Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-11

Alez Willio11 EfnglGke. Language, was
slowly passing out his life in seclusion. the
victim of deadly cancer, and with the be-
ginning of the year his death was an
nounced. 1t is not often that a man,
especially writer, attains enduring faRe
from one work alone, vet kinglake did SO.
He had produced "Eothen," a book OF
travel, IN his younger days, which had re-
ceived some attention, but the irst-named
work placed him on the pinnacle Of fame.
1t excels il brilliant description, while the
chapters devoted to Napoleon III. and his
friends are so severe on those individuals,
that Its sale was prohibited in France during
the Empire. This is the work, of which
Archibald Forbes once declared that the
description of "the hand-to-hand fight on
the Heights of Inkerman," could never be
surpassed.
1t is not generally known that the Caro-
line Islands, the natives of which recently
revolted and slew several hundred of the
Spanish soldiers, are thought to have been
at one time the rendezvous of the Spanish
buccaneers who ranged the Pacific seas sew
ersl centuries ago. Many evidences of their
occupation are yet visible, particularly at
Bomabi, the largest OF the islands, where
there are many ruined buildings made Of
cut stone which have evidently been i'm
ported from some other country. The build
1ngs are arranged IN streets. as 1t they once
had formed part of a fortifcation. The
natives are a fine race, varying in some par
ticulars on the different islands. Those on
Bomabi average . feet inches in stature,
and are very intelligent by nature and
cleanly in habits. a Bomabi dude must
h,., L., A. a..
times every day he carefully oils his skin
aud paints it yellow.
The Carolinas were discovered about 1926
by the Portuguese, and were visited so years
aterwsrd by Sir Francis Drake. They did
not receive the name by which they are now
known, however, until 100 years later, when
they were named by the Spanish in honor of
Charles IL, the then king of Spain. The
Spaniards, who still control the islands, are
likely 10 have trouble with these people. for
though they are by no means warlike BY
nature, are hard fighters whence once
aroused.
A gentleman of this city who returned
from the Northwest during the past week
says the difference of opinion regarding
that section is something remarkable. Here
it seems to be the wish of everyone to go out
and settle in such places as Seattle, Port
land, etc., while there the main desire of
everybody is to get away from that country.
In Seattle this is most pronounced, particu-
larly since the destructive fire of last year.
It is splendid appearing town, the houses
in most cases being frer ana better built
than the majority of those in Pittsburg,
but since the fire mentioned the people have
lost heart and are leaving by the hundreds.
1t is the common belief there that for every
carload Of people that arrives from the East
four go back again. This gentleman is not
able TO offer any explanation for this change,
unless it be the excessive booming by the
landholders causing a too rapid growth
which the undeveloped country has been
unable to support
The bill that is shortly to be introduced in
tie English Parliament looking to the