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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
BENNINGToN's FOURTH OF JULY.
The Memorable Battle To Be Celebrated
by the Dedication of a Monument.


by the Dedication of Monument.
BENNINGTON, VT, Aug. 16.-To-day
Bennington is decked from its eastern
boundary to the Old Bennington on the hill,
and is one complete wave of bunting and
flags. Preparing for the great celebration,
the Vermont militia is now in camp. Promi-
nent guests of the State are expected to
begin to arrive tomorrow. Governor Page
and staff arrived this morning and went into
camp with the Vermont National Guard.
The 10th of August, the anniversary of
the battle OF Bennington. is to the people
of South Vermont what the Fourth Of July
is to the Nation. For nearly so years there
has been more or less preparation for the
building of a suitable monument, and the
dedication cf this will take place this week.
The cost of the monument and site had been.
in round numbers, S100, ZOO.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
JobnstoNp,s Professor Ont nm Rail

JOHNsrowS, Aug. i6-Prof. Brietkiewicz,
who las been in jail on the charge of assault
ing Miss Furmsn, the minister's daughter,
WAS released to-day without hearing on
SO OgO bail. Judge Barker will be here to-
morrow morning to hear the arguments in
the habeas corpus case.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Cleveland Doesn't Want Him.

BRADDocK, Aug. 6.--Paul Clossiok, who
has been held for murder committed IN
Cleveland on his own admission, was re-
leased to-day, Cleveland authorities not
having replied to telegTams of inquiry.
george SabUi, who was implicated in the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
TWO DAYTON FAILURES.
One Of the Firms Experimental on q New
Type Writing Machine.

DAYTON, Aug. l6.-The courts have been
asked for receiver for the firm of Mead,
Phillips & Granville, who have been for two
two years experimenting in the manufac-
ture OF type writing machines, and who
have sunk $4,000 in the business. They are
in debt that much more.
The failure was precipitated by the assign
and dealers in paper, whose liabilities are
Sl5,OOG and assets S55. .00l III. E. Mead Co.
are members of the National Paper Trust,
and had been regarded as gilt-edged
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Read Our Adyertisemept-HaIf.Pr;ce

Sale of black and white dress goods.
medium weights, extra fine quality. Come
and see. Jos. HORNE & Co,
607-621 Penn ayenue
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
Head Our Advertisement-Ha,f.P-,cs

Sale of black and white dress goods.
medium weights, extra fine quality. Come
and see. Jos. HORNE & Co.,
6QT-621 Penn avenue.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17

1t Has Lasted Eight Months and the Men
Still Draw Big Benefits.
BRApDocK, Aug 16-It has now been eight
months since the men struck at the Brad
dock wire mill, and nearly 100 men are still
drawing from the Amalgamated Association
a a week strike benefits.
They say that with what donations they
receive from other mill men they average
about SO a week.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
THE UTAH EXPLORING PARTY.

A Mishap to the Steamer Major Powell
Delays Their Journey.
GREEN RIVER, UTAH, Aug. 16.-The
steamer Major Powell was badly damaged
in the final test yesterday, and cannot start
on the proposed trip in less than two
weeks
The exploring party will go down the
Green river in small boats, marking out the
course, and as soon as possible the steamer
will follow.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
ANTHONY MEYER

Successor to Meyer, Arnold & Co., Lim.,)
UNDERTAKEN AND EMBALMER.
Office and residence, 11a Penn avenue.
Telephone connection. myl3-34-MwFsu
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
BARON HIRsGH's PURCHASE.

Nine Hundred Acres Near Cape May for
Another Hebrew Colony.
CAPE MAY, n. j., Aug. 16-It is reported
in real estate circles here that Wilson Banks
and others have sold to an agent for Baron
Hirsch about 900 acres of land in Woodbine,
on the West Jersey Railroad, near the
northern boundary of Cape May county.
The land will be used to establish another
Hebrew colony, one having already been
established about two miles above the re-
ported purchased tract.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
BRAppocKs LONG STRIKE.

confession, has not been heard of since the
matter was made public.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-17
EUROPE NEEDS THE GOLD.

Whether Europe sends us gold in pay
ment for our food products, or whether she
pays for them in her manufactured goods,
or in her own securities, is matter to be
determined by circumstances as they arise.
My own opinion, which 1 have already ex.
pressed on previous occasions, that since
Europe actually needed the gold which she
took from us in the spring and still needs it,
she will do her best to retain it and to in
duce us to accept payment for our grain and
our provisions, first in her manufactured
goods, anG, failing that, in our stocks and
bonds.
My private advices confirm the belief
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26

lumbermen hurrying toward the pile Of.
logs, nearly half of which had been pre-
cipitated down the rollway. One was
Mr.. Gains. AS he came up, Lyddy
suddenly let go my arm, and
dropped upon the snow at his feet in
sWoOn.
The men could hardly credit my rap
idly uttered account of our escape. But
when they found that all the fingers
upon the hand with which Lyddy chung
to the timber, so as not to smother me,
were crushed, and when they brought
her to and obtained the same story, in
broken accents, from her lips, they
could not longer doubt the truthfulncss
of our statements.
There were willing arms to carry her
to the nearest house, which was mine;
and her father was not 50 grulf as usual
when he spoke to her; and l noticed
tears in the eyes of two or three OF the
men, who always stood to it that Lyddy
wasn't bad girl.
never coastcd down a rollway again;
I cannot think of the experience now
without shuddcr.
Lyddy's hand was SO badly crushed
that it had to be amputated. But she
said that didn't matter 50 much, since it
was only her lett one.
Now she is the wife of sturdy lum-
herman, and they live up in the great
North Woods; and fifteen years have
elapsed since the simple bat brave
hearted girl saved the life of one now
grown to manhood, and at such cost
to herself. -Yankee Bjade.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
A TrIllion Of Kisses.

The case of the Plymouth man who
had his loveletters produced and read
in court should teach other lovers mod
Grafton in the making Of osculatory con-
tracts,
In single postscript the Plymouth
man undertook to deliver to the lady of
his choice no fewer than 1000, 900, GEO, -
600 kisses, and as such contract are not
infrcquently made in love-lettcrs, it may
BE we'll to give a thought to the magni-
tudc of the undertaking.
Whoever will take the trouble to figure
it out will find that even if this indivld-
nal should give the lady -, 600 a minute
(and we affirm that no person coulu hope
10 do more than that), and even If he
could keep up this rate Of OSCILLATION
twenty four hours day, never pauslng
to sleep, eat or take q breath, working
$50 days every year, it would take him
more than 100 years to complete the con-
tract, and by that time, it is painful to
reflect, the ardor of his love may have
cooled.
Even at the end Of 100 years, counting
-, 600 kisses u minute, there would re-
main an undelivcred balance of 200, 900
900, number which in itself might APP
pal the most industrious.
We, therefore, feel constrained to ad-
wise writers of lovc-letters not to under
take contracts of such magnitude. - Lon
don Tit Bits.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
The Bore in the Amazon.

The "bore" in great rivers is a curious
phenomenon concerning which we get
some interesting information from the
recent United States supplement to the
sailing directions of the east coast Of
South America. The bore on the ANA
ION seems to partake of the character of
a tidal wave. 1t sometimes occurs in the
western branch of the Amazon near
spring tides, but generally confines itself
to the shadows and atfiuents, aud is not
dangerous in depths greater than four
fathoms.
1t announces its presence by a roar
which is heard at distance of several
miles. This ominous noise increases as
the wall of water approaches, and then
the front of the bore, from five to twelve
feet in height, surges in with a breaking
force and spreads over the shallow waters
off Maraca Island and the estuaries of the
Araguri River. The velocity is from
twelve to fifteen miles an hour. Strange
as it may seem, the phenomenon never
developes except at low tide, aud is most
frequent and restrictive al the equinoxes.
The Chinese rivers have the most re-
markable bores. Then comes the ANA
Zon.
Sometimes three or four of these great
waves push up tie river IN quick success
sion. The explanation of the phenome-
non is easy. 1t is partly due to the trades
and partly to the prevalence of strong
winds, peculiarly favorable to the forma-
ton of a wall of water. The storm wave
of cyclone seems to unite with an ex-
ceptlonally. high tidal wave. ---Neo York
Voice.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
An Interesting Cavern.

Not long ago Judge j. n. Perry was
fox hunting with party over his land
in Morgan county, Ky, and us they APP
preached hi Oh cliff the noise Of the
dogs suddenly ceased. The hunters
hurried on to the point where the sound
was last heard and arrived Just Ill time
to see belatcd hound disappear into
hole in the face Of the cliff. Procuring
torches of pine knots, the hunters hastily
followed the dog. They had not gone
more than hundred feet until they en-
tered large chamber with vaultcd
dome. Every inch Of space on the walls
and roof was covered with minute
lvstals, that sparkIed like millions OF
diamonds when the light of the torches
flashed upon them. The men hurried
on, however, trying to overtake their
dogs, which they could now hear family
baying within the earth. After gong
about two miles through beautiful
rooms and lofty arches, and failing TO
come upon the hounds, the weary hun
tcrs had to retracc their steps, owing to
their hastily improvlscd torches beng
nearly burned out. The dogs came
home the next day. 4 few days alter
its discovery Judge Perry visited the
cave and explored it Il short distance.
He describes it as one OF the most Won
,lerful caves he ever saw. In one of the
rooms there is u stone wall seventy yards
long, four feet high and four tcet thick;
1t is built Of limestone rock OF k'na
not found in the cave nor anywhere near
it, The Judge is at loss to account Tor
the presence Of this wall, especially As II
is ccmcntcd together with a cement as
strong as the rock ItSclI. Many people
who have seen the cave and the artltIrial
wall are inclined to think this Is the
famous Swift cave, where that worthy
mined and coined silver hundred years
400. If this should prove correct the
Judge will soon be millionaire, as
Swift's cave was known to be one OF the
richest silver mines ever opened
PiCayunc.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
a Slaves Revenge.

In Hayti and Martinique the venom
of the terrible serpent indigenous to
those islands, the formidable fer de lance
has been often employed by the Africans
in disposing of their enemies. y
horrible but well authenticated instance
of native ingenuity and maltyoIence is
told in Martinique. \ huge African,
recently imported from the Guinea coast,
had been whipped by the order of his
master, one of the great planter princes
of the island while it WAS under French
rule. The victim made no complaint,
bat mcditated revenge.
BY long search he found the lair OF 4
pair of serpents i'll the garden adjacent
to the house. Watching his opportunity.
he killed one and dragged It's body to
the house through a window that was
open, ana into the bedroom OF the
beautiful daughter of the planter. He
dragged it to the bed, lifted the cover
ings and coiIed the reptile on the sheet.
When this was done he carried the dead
snake away ana cast it Into an adjacent
stream.
As night approached the serpent's
mate followed the trail, crcpt through
the window and to the bed
of the planters daughter. The lat
ter, half awake. made a motion to
brush off the intruder. Instantly the
fanrs were buried in her neck, and in
4 few hours she was a corpse st. Louis
ost-Dlspatch.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
To Save a Drowning Person.

eff you are ever called on to assist q
drowning person, be sure you get be-
hind him." says an expert swimmer in
the New York Recorder. "Never, under
any circumstances, face drowning per-
son. He is sure to seize you, and then
you are worse than helpless. Once you
are in the grasp Of drowning person
little short of miracle can save you.
Always get behind drowning person,
and if possible seize him by the hair.
Then tread water until other help ar
rives. Don't attempt to swim in and drag
your burden with you, for you will soon
find that you need both arms to make
any progress. Remember, too, that it
does not need great efforts to keep
body afioat. You can keep person on
the surface by placing the tip of finger
under the body. Keep passive and you
will not sink; you are bound to go be-
meath the surface if you struggle.
''Above all things, remember the utter
folly of going beyond the breakers. Ii
you do SO you will not endanger ycW
life.n
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
MONKEY TALK.
a Scientists Story Of a Wonderful
Conversation.

pr,r.e.nr y T. c,rnrr has I,no
e+,,Ii.1 t}, o,,no or1 r,nnl,nv. IN ,hn
,,n,Jn,,;r.I .,.,r,irns ,,l ,nrln most nf fi4
nI,.n,[.,rinns IN Chir,,n Ii,riun,ti
Tnr. >,orl, .,,I Washin,rton In thc LAT.
to. ritv in cnnnanv ,yith Dir Frank
I}.r.nI, If tnc N,tinr.L 40, y he s,.,Yr.
atoI Two mnrkcv, which hoJ been sa.eeI
In~nthrr and nl9rrd thr,n in different
rn7n,s ,T ,l,, ~" orr,,,anI , ,,hnnn.,r.,nh
i, front of nrn ,nonl,nv which ,rrnrdrI
IT'S chottrrinr mis- wa, relied oil to
tha.ntLrr monllr,- which cave evidence
If thr ,rrnatrsl ,,rrri,o and npru,c>ity.
/, Chiroto ot tbn Lnnl,,ri..,f ,irn,r,,urnt
If ;n,nIn p,r, snlonIi'} rrrorl, were
,,,In ,,n, fhn ,,ht,orr3,,h which Prof
ro..,or studied with ,Ijlirn,,rc until he
,,oI ,n,.t.r.I fo,v If tL,. suund, He
,hor ,,r,,,ccG IN +rv The r>nrr;,ncnt
yh;ch hn th,,s de,criLrs.
..II,,in,t described +, some friends
who ,,,..r,. Win mo tho word w,r,ld usc
,foo,l for awhile with NV side turned
,thocann cnnt,,nin,r .,.onnri,;,, nnnkcv
,cn,,ns rannrinust uttered the word
or sound which had translated 'milk.'
Nv first effort cauvht his ear and caused
him to turn and took ut me ON rCucat-
mo il about three or four times he an
swrrcl me very distinctly with the same
word had used. and then turned to a
small nan kent in the care for him to
drink from. I rcpeatcd the word again,
and he placed the pan near the front Of
the care and came cutie up to the bars
and uttered the word | had not shown
him anv milk or ANYTHING of the kind.
In,t the man in charge then brought mo
some milk which | ~ave to the monkey,
ona he drank il with great zest, then
looked at me, held up the pan and re-
npated fine sound three or four times.
II cave him more milk and thus con-
timed till | was quite sure he used the
same sound each time he wanted milk.
I newt Described to the friends who were
with NC A word which was very hard to
rnndonwnll hut translated it to eat
now held banana in front of the care
and bn ,t once raye the word | had de-
scribcd. Repeatcd tests showed to me
that he uscd the same word for apple,
carrot bread and banana, hence I CON
cIudod that It meant food or 'hun0cr,'
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
A Battle With Xulus.

A small-sized, -whiskercd, quiet
looking little man registered at the
Grand Pacific Hotel as Z. P. Wells, Kim
berly, South Africa. Mr.. Wells is the
manager of one of the diamond mines
located near Kimberly and is now on his
way to England, accompanied by his
wife. Mr. Wells thinks Africa has a fine
climate and his brOnzed checks and clear
eyes testified that he had good reasons
for saying so.
When asked about his personal expcr-
fences in Africa Mr.. Wells quickly pulled
himself into shell of modest reserve.
However, he has had some narrowing es-
capades with lions, Hottentots, kattirs
and renegade Boers. As is customary
with nearly all African pioneers and resi-
dents, Mr. Wells owned several spans of
lony-hor1ed oxen and a huge wagon. In
this wagon, accompanied by several of
his friends, he has taken 8 number of
trips into the interior to stalk the ele
phant and antelope and shoot lions. In
1889 one of these trips was taken. Ac-
companied by two katfirs and al Eng
lshman they went into the ''big game
country for some distance. They had
been stalking a herd Of elephants and
had killed big bull. The Kahirs were
removing the tusks and the edible parts,
such as the feet, tongue, heart, ETC.,
when one of them came running to the
camp in great excitement. He showed to
Mr.. Wells an "assegai' which ne had
cut out of the hide.
"Zulu assegai," he said. "Hunting
party on trail Of elephant. Zulu be heap
mad"
Mr.. Wells endea7ored to calm his
fears, but the Kat1ir was badly fright
ened. Some trouble had occurred be-
tween the Zulus and hunting parties
from the settle ments, but Mr.. Wells did
not anticipate any difficulty with them.
However, the next day, as he was stroll
ing through glade accompanied by his
gun-bearer, an assegai whizzcd past bis
head and struck quivorihg in a tree.
Then another one quickly followed. He
sprung behind a neighboring tree and
soon saw the heads of two or three Zuius
peeping over the bush on the opposite
side of the glade. Mr.. Wells waved his
handkerchief to signal a desire for par
ley, but no reply was received. The
Zulus crept around to where Mr.. Wells
and the Katfir were crouchlng and sud-
denly the Kafir received spear in the
shoulder. Mr.. Wells opened fire with
his rifles and dropped two Of the savages,
wounding a third one, but in the stliym-
ish he received an assegai in the left
arm. He fired several more shots,
putting his assailants to flight, ana then
made his way to camp Chicago Nelcs.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26
Panama Hats.

Panama hats are so named from the
circumstance of their beng shipped
from the port of Panama. They are
manufactured in fciaIoranl the neigh
boring states. III" material used is the
fibre Of the leaf Of the screw pine, which
is related to the palms 1t grows duIy
Oh tic slopes OF tn. Andes. The tree IS
described a, having 40 trunk. The leases
are on si~ns;cr stems that spring from
the srounsi They axe about two feet
long, fan shaped, and tonr parted. Each
of the srgmtuts is ten cleft, so that
when the Leaf is folded, as i'll the bud,
there are eighty layers.
The iibres Of these leaves is finely
piece of work. The plating of the hat,
is It SLOW and tircsOruc process. Coarse
hats MAY be finished in two or three
days, bat the fine oncs take IT. many
months. The work is begun at the
CROWN and finished at the hri!n. The hat
is made on block, which is placed on
the knees, and has 70 be constantly
pressed with the l'rcast.
About two hundred dozens Of these
hats are made every year. The price
varies according to the tjrmncSs Of the
material and the quality OF the work.
They are valued at from live to enc nun
bred do'IaTs
Panama hats are mUci! priced for wear
in the tropics, because Of their llghtncss
and lleXibIjty. They may be rolled up
and put into the pocket without injury
in the rainy season they are apt to get
black, but by washing them with soap
and water, treating them with lime
Juice. or any similar acid, and exposing
them to the sun, their whitcnes5 is easily
restored.
In Australia there is manufactured a
hat which is SAID to resemble the Panama
hat very closely. 1t is made from the
uncxpandcd leaves Of a native plant,
which arc immersed in boiling water
and then dried. The fibre obtnincd by
this treatment is plated as in South
America
Under the name of "Chattahs," kind
OF umbrella hat, or sunshade, IS made III
India of the leaves of a. palm, or OF the
pIantain leaf. IhattHhs arc worn Sy
the pIowmen, cowkcepcrs and coolies OF
Bengal and Assam.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26

The scheme of Felix Adler and others
in New York to help the laboring people
by inducing men and women of educa-
tion to meet them in the tenement dis
tricts cannot fail to do good, maintains
the San Francisco Chronicle. Incident
ally, these workers also may be able to
stimulate the work of building model
tenements ia which the poor can secure
well-lighted and wholesome rooms for
the same rental that is now exacted for
dark and ill.ventilated apartments.
Jacob A. Refs, New FORK reporter, last
year stirred charitable New York by his
graphic pictures of misery and vice in
the tenement quarter, and it is to be
hoped that this new society may push on
the reform that aims to give toiling thou.
sands comfort and decency in their
homes.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26

What story could be more romantic,
asks the New York Sun, than that of the
crew of the bark Compadre, bound to
Chilli from Calcutta2 The Compadre
caught fire in mid-ocean and made for
harbor in New Zealand. A hurricane
arose and the good ship became water
logged and began to sink. Finally she
drove ashore on ridge.of rocks off the
Auckland Islands. The sealnen swan
ashore and for 103 days lived precariously
and half starved on this nninhabited
reef. Then, at length, sailing vessel
was hailed, and bore them safely to New
Zealand, all save one man, who wandered
into the bush and was supposed to have
starved to death. After this story, who
can cavil at any tale of the sea for being
too romantica Here the plots of a dozen
novels are combined in one. There is
the familiar fire at sea, perhaps the most
fearful thing known to man; there is the
tempest, and the ship drifting helplessly
in the trough Of the seas at the mercy
of the winds aud waves; and then there
is the shipwreck on the remote, unknown
island, and after many months the vel
come sails Of the CASUAL, long-looked-for
ship. The earth man MAJ have con-
quered, but is not the sea still as full of
wonders and infinite perils and chances
u il the days 81 Tyre and sidon or in
tbs dateless times Of Ulysses
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26

The Home Journal has ransacked the
New York libraries for remedies for sea-
sickness. The result as tabulated seems
to indicate that the man or woman who
is not born sailor has the alternative of
staying at home or getting his frame
shaken to pieces with NAL de mar The
combined remedies are awful to contem-
plate, and the admission that their effect
is doubtful is not calculated to encour-
age their general trial.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-09-26

trouble is anticipated in working chan
mel across so narrow q shoal. Divers
will be sent down with the dynau tie
cartridges, who will place them in the
desired position and sink them to the
necessary depth in the sand. During
strong ebb tide the explosions will be
confined to the outer side of the bar, so
that the sand, when loosencd from its
compact state, will be washed out into
deep water by the force Of the outgoing
tide When the flood tide sets in the
work will be removed to the inner side
Of the bar, aud the sand on that sido
blown mp SO tnat it can be washed into
d"cp water III the SQUAD. Boston
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