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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23

PENN AVENUE sroasa
Dress Silks!
All indications point to large use Of
Silks for Fall and Winter Costumes;
accordingly we show every new, de-
sirable and fashionable weave and color
ings in
BLACK AND COLORED
SILKS.
A MAMMOTH
SILK DEPARTMENT.
GROS GRAIN SILKS
Rich, lustrous, well made, largest color
list; Soc, 75c, 81, 81 25.
FAILLE FRANCHISE
New shades, extra values, 75c, 81, 81 Is,
81 so yard.
BENGALINES,
In great demand; note the prices, 81 Is;
all silk, 81 80; extremely handsome and
extra width.
CRYSTALS ..
The newest weave; in fine qualities and
a large color assortment.
PEAU DE SOIES-
All colOrs, 81 yard, exceptional good
value.
SWIVEL SURAHS,
In high class Pompadour effects, now in
vogue for modish street costumes-S1,
81 25, 81 30 yard.
EXTREME NOVELTIES
In Embroidered Peau de Sole, Brocade
Satin Duchesse, Brocade de Persan,
Louis Quinze, Brocades, entirely new
designs; Brocade Satin Duchesse Robe
Patterns, A inches wide, an extreme
HONClbl 1OI obLCCG anu AOuSC nCoEs
EVENING SILKS
Plain Crepe de Chimes, 75c, S5c and 81
yard, in every shade.
Printed and Embroidered Crepe de
Chimes, latest designs and colorings,
81 % a yard to So so.
Bedford Cord Crepe de Chine, the
seasons novelty; complete line of
colors.
Paris Novelties in two-tone Brocade
satins in exclusive designs, imported
direct
WEDDING SILKS, .--. -
Cream and Ivory White
Satin Duchesse, Failles, Armures,
Crystal, Bengalines, Indias, N1oire An
tiques, medium to finest qualities made.
SILVER AND GOLD
BROCADED SATINS
In white and delicate tints, all brand
new designs
BLACK DRESS SILKS
Best makes, best values, newest weaves.
Black Gros Grains, SOC and up.
Black Failles, 75c to So.
Black Armures, f5c to 81.
Black Peau de Sole, 75c to 81.
Black Crystals and Bengalines, Black
Satin Soleil, Black Satin Duchesse,
Black Satin Rhadames, 75c to 50 yard.
See the 24-inch Black Satin Rhadames
at 81; can't be equaled.
BLACK SURAH SILKS
Bought in large lots from the manu-
facturers and sold at close prices: Soc;
(26-inch) at 75c; 24-inch, 81 (the best 81
Surah made); 81 25 and 81 so yard.
BLACK BROCADED SATINS
In new patterns just received; a full as
sortment of medium priced goods, and
also large line of extreme designs in
richest qualities.
Remember, this is the largest retail Silk
Department between New York and Chi
cago, and the low prices for fine qualities
and vast assortment have made it what it is.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-23
EVENING SILKS
WEDDING SILKS,

Cream and Ivory White.
Satin Duchesse, Failles, Armures,
Crystal, Bengalines, Indias, Moire An
tiques, medium to finest qualities made.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
Wound by the sun.

A clock is to be seen at Brussels
which comes as near to be a perpetual
motion machine as is likely ever to
be invented, for the sun does the
winding. The method by which it
works is described in the Optician.
A shaft exposed to the solar rays
causes an up draft of air, which sets
fan in motion. The fan acts upon
a mechanism which raises the weight
of the clock until it reaches the top.
and then puts break on the fan
till the weight has gone down little,
when the fan is again liberated, and
proceeds TO act as before
AS long as the sun shines frequent
ly enough, and the machinery does
not wear out, the clock will keep
going.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
BIRtH-BARK CANOE.

headwaters To New CT cans being effect
ed in this way For Ascending strean 5,
keel boats were provided. Arks and
RATS played a conspicuous and impor
tat part in the transportation OF heavy
material, live stock, etc the farmers OF
Central aud Western New York, before
the construction of the Erie Canal, send
ing their produce to markets i'm arks
down the Delaware and Susquehanna
Rivers Keel boats covered i'm with
cabins for ! aSsengerS were called
"bargcs f" Some of these were from 20
to 100 feet long and 90 TO 100 tons ca
Eacity. steamboats, for crossing ferries
(of eight-horsc power were in use from
1918 to 1874
Early canal pro Gets made slow head
way. The completion of the Erie Canal,
however, in ls25, and its success. both
fnan ially and as great artery OF com
mcrce, stimulated the construction Of
similar enterprises elsewhere especially
in Pcnnsyly aud New Jersey Tut
the first successful application of steam
as a motor by Robert Fulton in 1907, who
made an initial trip in the Clormont up
tho Hudson, a distance of 10 miles in
TIVE ity four hours, practically revolu-
tiouized existing methods OF transporta-
tion and travel. The first steamboat on
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Great Piece of MannnrN.

The distinction is now said to be-
long to Bombay OF possessing the
greatest piece Of solid masonry con-
struction that the world has seen in
modern times. 1t appears that for
years past the water supply Of Bonn
bay depended upon works known to
be defective, involving the possibility
Of a water famine in that great East
ern seaport, and in view OF this, a con-
sultation of eminent engineers was
held under the direction Of the gov
eminent, with the result that a large
dam was determined on to inclOse
the watershed Of the valley which
drains into the sea south OF Bombay.
This gigantic structure, designed and
accomplished by the superior engi-
neering skill OF II. G. Glover, is two
miles long, 1lS feet high and 1913 feet
wide at the base, with roadway on
top twenty-fOur feet wide, the stone
work alone costing So, 900. The
lake OF water which this dam i'm
prisons, is eight miles in area and
sixty miles Of pipe perform the SER
vice. Twelve thousand Hindoos were
specially trained by Engineer Glover
for employment on this dam.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
Driver Ants.

There are certain ants that show
wonderful intelligence, and the
driver ants" not only build boats
but launch them, too; only these
boats are formed Of their own bodies.
They are called drivers" because of
their ferOcity. Nothing can stand
before the attacks Of these little
creatures. Large pythons have been
killed by them in a single night,
while chickens, lizards, and other
animals in Western Africa flee from
them in terror. To protect them
selves from the heat, they erect
arches under which numerous armies
Of them pass in safety Sometimes
the arch Is made Of grass and earth
gummed together by some secretion,
and again it is formed by the bodies
Of the larger ants, which hold them
selves together by their strong nip.
pers, while the workers pass under
them. At certain times OF the year,
freshets overflow the country in
habited by the drivers" and it is
then that these ants go to sea. The
rain comes suddenly, and the walls
Of their houses are broken in by the
flood, but instead of coming to the
surface in scattered hundreds, and
being swept off to destruction, out of
the ruins rises black ball that rides
safely on the water and drifts away.
At the first warning of danger, the
little creatures run together, and
form solid ball of ants, the weaker
in the center; often this ball is larger
than common baseball; and in
this way they float about until they
lodge against some tree, upon the
branches of which they are soon safe
and sound. st. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28

a fool by the ignorant OF his day and gen.
cration) who, after overcoming the in
trgues Of hostile court by the aid OF
Queen Isabella, set sail at last, and, in
spite of adverse winds and mutnous
crew. completed his first transatlantic
voyage with results so startling and stu
pendous.
The international Exposition Of 1893,
Co be held in Chicago manned Columbian
in'his hoaor) will be worthy tribute to
Ills genius and life work. Cne of the
happe features among single exhibits
will be the exact reproduction in size,
form and equipment, down 10 the mi
nutost detail, of the famous yes ell from
whose deck Columbus caught the first
glimpse of the shores of tn new world
This precious souvenir. after being wei
coined on its arrival from Genoa with
due tonor' in New York harbor and
making the passage of the LAKES to hi
cago will be assigned 20 the Department
OF TranSpOr; alton Exhibits during the
Worlds Exposition. The classification
OF this department includes vessels of
every type and description, ancient and
modern.
The plans of this exhibition are not to
DC limited TO merely competitive dis
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28

ketc' cs brigantincS barkcs and shi.s I"
OF which SloJpS were the mos numer
GUS Lut Prior to tn revolution ship
building in the colonies la attained IL
considerable magnitude their vessels o.
all classes in 1869 aggregatiny o or %,
900 tons
The canoe ultimat, ly gave ace t.
the batteau or broad botto skiff on the
interior waters of the United States
These boats wer' pointed at the bow,
broad aft as nidShips, an fat on the
floor, with upright sides They are : i'll
IN service on the Aroosto (Me. River
Then followed the era of fat boats
and "broad horns" Cthc latter fer COAL
RATS, arks, etc, exclusively adapted to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
The Death watch.

The old superstition OF tho death
watch" is supposed TO have vanished
with the scientific explanation that
the sound is only the work OF harm
less insect: but as matter OF fact
there are still many people foolish
enough To he disturbed III they hap
pen to hear the mite at work. "A gem
tleman who supposed himself entire
~ free from this or any other super
stition. went To pass the night, at
the house of a friend in the country,
and when he was shown his chamber
for the night his host said;
Il hope you are not superstitious?'
mot in the least" the guest an
swered. "Why do you ask?"
Because" was the reply, "the
death-watch is sometimes heard i'm
this room, and | wondered IL you
would mind"
"Oh, not at ALL" the guest answer
ed.
He went to bed, and soon fell
asleep, but about midnight he awoke,
and on becoming thoroughly conscious,
perceived that he was straining his
ears to listen to the steady and con-
tinuOus ticking Of the death-watch in
the wall. He smiled TO find that so
slight a think had awakened him, and
composed himself to sleep again; but
TO his annoyance he found it impOssi-
bic to do so.
He listened to the sound OF the
death-watch with an indefinable but
constantly increasing uneasiness, and
when, after. a time, he heard the dis
tant howl OF dog, he was surprised
and not little disguised to find his
heart beating with unnatural rapid
ity.
The gentleman lay awake for the
remainder Of the night, uneasy, dis
concerted, and vainly endeavoring
to reason himself into saner frame
Of mind. He rose in the morning
thoroughly worn out.
You do not look as if you had slept
WE'LL" the host said. Il hope the
deathwatch did not keep you awake.
1T did, though" the guest answer
ed. 81 heard it all night long"
We'll, | am very sorry" the host
said, but the masons are coming this
morning to fix it,"
"To fix WHAT" the other asked.
why, the noise is made by Il tiny
leak i'm the side Of the reservoir for
rain-watcr. 1t is Just outside the
wall of your room on the terrace, you
know: and the water falling, a drop
at time, makes that sound OF a
death-watch.
The guest said no more, but he de-
clares that it is beyond the power of
any mysterious noise in the wall to
keep him awake another night.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
A Bullets Freak.

4 few years ago there was in por-
tions of the new West much lawless-
ness Of one kind and another, checked
only by an occasional piece of indi-
vidual retributiOn or by an outburst
of yigilance-committee work. A curl
Gus shooting affair which occurred in
Medora, North Dakota, is thus des-
cribed by Mr.. Roosevelt:
/ did not see the actual occurrence,
but | saw both men Immediately
afterwdrd, and L heard the shooting,
which took place in a saloon on the
bank, while | was swimming my
horse across the river. l will not
give the full names Of the two con-
testants, as l am not certain what
has become Of them; though / was
told that they had since been put in
jail or hanged, / forget which.
One Of them was q saloon-keeper,
Familiarity called Welshy. The other
man, Hay, had been pickering with
him for some time. One day Hay
entered the saloon, and the quarrel
became at once violent. Welshy sud-
denly whipped out his revolver and
blazed away at Hay.
Hay staggered slightly, shook him.
self, stretched out his hand, and gave
back TO his would-be slayer the ball,
saying, "Hcre, man, here's the bullet"
1t had glanced along his breast
bone, gone a roundabout course, and
come out at the pointof the shoulder,
when, being spent, it dropped down
the sleeve into his hand.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
In the Olden Time.

The following Twelve Rules" a
copy of which used to hang in every
colonial kitchen for the benefit of the
household servants, had perhaps a
share in forming the sturdy, upright
character OF which New England is
justly proud:
Profane no divine ordinance.
Touch no State matters.
Urge no healths.
Pick no quarrels.
Encourage no vice.
Repeat no grievances.
Reveal no secrets.
Maintain no i'll opinions.
Make no comparisons.
Keep no bad company.
Make no long meals.
Lay no wagers.
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ming lines between New York and Lon
don and Liverpool In the UnitedsStates
there was a CORES ponding increase in
size and sp'enior of river and lake
steamboats,, the Hudson River boats at
tanning an acknowledged superiority
over all other vessels OF their class in
the world
In connection with models, photo
graphs, and sketches illustrating the
many changes in construction, equip
ment and propulsive devices which have
marked the important transitivc periods
above briefly referred to, the reproduc-
ton of designs and improvements
adapted TO the protection OF life and
property on the sea-, buoys, signals.
lighthouses. docks, wrccking apparatus
and appliances, will be hardly less inter.
osting.
In the modern yacht ship-bu ldiI z
has attained its highest perfection as y
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play OF the finest specimens and models
OF ships, steamers, yachts, tOats, etc,
of the latest improved construction, but
is intended to show in realistic way
the methods OF water conveyance .pccu.
liar TO all countries from the most en-.
iightcned to the sem-civilizcd and bar.
barous A series OF object lessons in
chronological order will punctuate each
p ogressive step in naval arch lecture
from the crude attempts Of boat build
erS to the stately steamships and iron
-clads OF to-day.
Such an arrangement of naval sre.
ciaitei and curiosities will not only
crafty the sight seer, but possess his
torical and educational suggestiveness
that will invest them with far more than
ordinary interest. A similar judicious
plan will be adopted in the grouping of
art cles belong ng TO the other two dis
tinctive classifcations of this depart
ment comprising railways, their opera
ton and equipment, and vehicles on
common roads.
The continent of North America, from
the date OF its first settlement by white
men, will q one furnish material for an
ample and varied collection of naval
curios. The aborigines did not lack the
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was signally dispelled by subsequent
races, notably that between the Genesta
and Puritan for the same prize.
Then the conviction became general
that vessels of the Burgess model could
outfoot any craft of its class that could
be designed. But to the utter ANA o.
ment of yachtsmen and ship-builders,
one Horreshoff steps to the front with
the Gloriana, a strikingly unique anc
bold departure from all precedents in
lines, build and rigging, at present con-
coded to be the fastest yacht afloat. The
international regattas held in this and
foreign waters have been fruitful in
good results. Aside from the qualification
ed, every suggestion of improvement i'm
strength, speed and beauty which such
races determine are eagerly caught up
and incorporated in naval constru ton
on large scale.
The Monitor Merrimac duel demon
strated for the first time i'm combat of
national importance the superior eff
cheney OF heavy guns and armor plates
in avail warfare. Thenceforth the
"wooden walls, which for centuries had
been the pride and glory of England,
were so much useless lumber. Such
illustrious vessels as the Victory, the
Constitution, the Hartford, and others,
still exist as faithful reminders of patri-
otic duty nobly performed Their sp,en-
did records have gloriled history, and
their reproduction in model will prove q
profoundly interesting feature.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
Population of India.

The last Indian census shows that
in the last ten years the natural
growth of India's population has
been 1900, 0O0. The population now
numbers 2s6, 900, 600. One can hardly
appreciate what these figures mean
except by comparison. India contains
more people than all Europe, exclu-
sive of Russia. It's provinces are as
populous as great European states.
Bengal contains a population larger
than that of the United States and
all british North America, and fully
onc-ilfth of the entire human race
lives upon this little peninsula jut-
Jug out from the coast OF Asia into
the Indian Ocean.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28

TIA designates them as "sloops. pinks,
settlers for collecting oyster and clam.
In time the shallop came into use, then
the loop and the pink But the largest
vessels of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries were compare lively of small
dimen,ion very few being over 100 tons
burden. The waters OF Maine were eX-
plored in one bark of fifty and another
of twenty six tons. John Smith pene-
trated the rivers and bays of territory
now known as Virginia and Maryland in
long boat of twenty tons and two
vessels of forty and leo tons. A record
Of craft in Massachusetts, from 1874 to
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
An Expensive Diet.

Mrs. Canby-Oh. Titus, the baby
has swallowed hairpin!"
Mr.. Canby-That's it: just rs | ex-
pected. Now, you'll want money TO
buy some more. It's nothing but
money, money, money, in this house
the whole blessed time. I'll bet that
baby has swallowed more than $50
worth OF hairpins in the last three
months. Now, madam, this thing
has got to stop right here-either
that baby will quit eating hairpins
and come down TO common grub like
the rest Of us, or I'll know the reason
why-you understand?-Epoch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28

CHARLES ALGERNoN SwINBURNE.
the fleshly poet, has been visiting i'm
house in Cheltenham which was
originally built for and occupied by
Sir Walter Raleigh. We should think
Sir Walters ghost would haunt him
FOR the remark Swinburnc once made.
after going through every room i'm one
oil the London clubs, looking for one
I'm which there was no tobacco being
smoked: King James was n scoun-
1rel of the deepest dye; but / honor
and respect him, because he slit the
throat of that other villain, Sir Wal
ter Raleigh, who introduced the Gus
ton OF smoking In England"
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Naval Archiiecturr.

The perils incident TO the navigation
OF lakes end streams OF any considerab O
magnitude few centuries ago were suf-
ficient to test the courage of the DO dest
and bravest but the real and imaginary
dangers that confronted the mariner
who yentured In his frail bark upon the
unknown open sea were appalling To
eros and recross the Atlantic is now
pastime-a journey as safe and swift as
one covering the same distance on land.
But in the time of Columbus 1t was alto
gether a different affair, and we can
never sufficiently admire the moral for
titudc and grandeur OF purpo Q which
iaspired and sustained that heroic navi-
gator (contemptuously regarded as a
''crank" by the wise men and derded as
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in the Mississippi Valley. while on the
Atlantic coast the latter has been gener-
ally adhered to. The speed, size and
strength of the Hudson River and Long
Island steamers has been materially in
creased. The Albany, 1892, was 81 feet
long. e. = feet beam, and registered SIS
tons. The Massachusetts, traversing
Long Island S.und, was 2O2 feet long,
30 feet beam, and of GIG tons.
Meanwhile the vessels plying between
Atlantic and foreign ports had also
greatly increased in numbers and eff
cheney. An American merchantmen Of
LIB tons In 1S41 was said to be the
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facilities to ascend rivers or paddle over
lakes on their hunting and fishing OK.
cursions. TIE dugout, laboriously hewn
with shells or burned out OF a solid log:
tho birch-baTk cagoe, and the coracle,
tho latter consisting of wicker frame
work covered with skins. were their
chief means of water transpo tation,
and at first. for lack of anything better,
tho whites were not slow To adopt Indian
methods. Some OF their canoes we're by
no means insignificant affairs. The Iro.
outs made them from tweives to forty
feet long, with capacity for carrying
two TO forty men. The Chippewas
u>od the riad OF one birch tree. shaping
it ia graceful mode md sewing IL with
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28
A GroundIess Complaint.

Grieyed Guest - You advertised
fresh fruit every day; and I've been
here two weeks and / have not seen
single piece.
Shrcwd Host-You haven't! Well,
what's the matter with them tomatoes
right there in front of you?
well, tomatoes and fruit are two
very different things"
They be, be they? Well the next
time you lay out to pass the summer
in family of culture, you'd better
put little botany into you. Boston
Courier
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How to Treat Drowned Men.

Little George Washington - Oh,
pappy, Use done learned powerful
lot in ma school to-day. Use learned
what TO do wiz drowned man when
you find him i'm de water.
The Old Man-Gway, chile.
"Yes, / did. pappy Did you ever
find a drowned man."
"Couse, yes; lots Oh DEM
"Den what'did you do de berry fust
ting"
"Me? Oh, 1 jes' go trough der
pockets to see if dey hab anything wutf
takin'. boston News.
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expect to see models OF s'me OF the
original stern wheelcrs of which these
vessels were the type at the coming en-
position.
The record OF steamboat construction
from 1890 TO lS4l showed an increase
that more than doubled all previous cf-
forts, the tonnage of steamers in 1898
being about equally divided between
high presSu and low pressure engines.
The former were almost excl sively used
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-28

tamarack roots When Columbus landed
at the West Indies on his fourth voyage
ne was visited by an indian trader In a
canoe eight feet wide, formed out OF a
single tree and propel ed by twenty five
rowers. The canoes OF many Western
tribes were frames of osier or ficxibe
poles covered with buffalo skins sewed
together with the sinews of the deer.
On the Atlantic coast canoes were
us extensively by the first European
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remarkab wifi voyages between Eng
lsh and Atlantic seaport, and China,
Australia and Tactic coast points
1t was period especially active and
eyentful in matters bearing on all classes
OF navigation interests, most important
changes being due TO the successful APP
pication of the screw by Ericsson. In
1910 the Cunard line was established. In
1851 as many as fifteen companies sixty
three steamers. III, 496 tons were run
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safer Than any Safe.

Wishlets-These summer resort;
are so full OF all kinds Of crooks,
that for fear of being robbed, | al
ways leave my money in the hotel
safe.
Bishlets-I have much better
plan.
what is it,"
"My wife carries the Doodle in her
dress pocket. Brooklyn Eagle.