mWT 'W?m - -' T it. 9 16 THE WOMEN OF SPAIN. "Mrs. John Sherwood Describes tho Beautiful Senoritas' DAOTX LITTLE MUSTACHES. Although Fond of Unll Fights Thej Ara Amiable Women. EDUCATED 12f THE ARTS OF COQUETBT icosxzirosszjfcx or rax sisrAxcn. j Aix ij: Baiss, July 12. LD-FASHION ED readers of romance and poetry have in tbeir minds certain verses of Byron and Moore, which give pictures of dark haired senoritas with mantillas and high combs, who are al ways looking over a balcony, and always being serenaded. The coquettish beanty, fall of intrigue, slip ping her love letter behind the back of her dncnna into the hand of the gentleman's gentleman, is sufficiently emphasized in the comedies of Lopez de Vega, from which she has stepped forever on the stage to the infinite delight of the constructor of opera librettos. She is a most convenient person age for light comedy, and easily costumed. She plays her part in a pageant remarkably well, and to-day may be seen, in real life, especially fitted for a volantc, the Spanish type of a victoria. With her hair beauti fully done up she drives up and down in the full blaze of daylight iu full dress to be admired by a crowd of beaux who stare at her withsut the least suspicion of insult To be sure, Spanish women are children of nature; they are fond of dress and amuse ment; they cannot be said to be intellectual as a class, although very great distinctions should be made. They have remarkable native intelligence and a gilt of conversa tion which is remarkable. They are relig ions, great lovers of home, good wives, good mothers, and good friends. Spanish men never, except on great occasions, go to church; the women have to do all the re ligion ot Spain. But is not this the custom of most countries? ".Nymph, in thine ori sons, be all my sins remembered." A srjuasu lady's pbide. The traveler through Spain sees the young girls, anywhere, as beau til ul as angels. They are tall, straight as an arrow, with the roost perfect figures, and with laces which pw Scene in a Courtyard. for a dark, tender, sad beauty, are unexam pled. The magnificent hair, alwavs clean, always combed, always marvelousfy dressed with "the inevitable flower in it, is alike the distinguishing mark of the poorest, as well as the richest, Spanish woman. In this re spect, the Spanish woman is unlike any other. Even Italy, the sister peninsula, so closely connected with Spain in the past Italy has no such distinction. The Italian peasant does not take such care of her hair, nor does the Italian lady manifest the pride, the neatness, tbe coquetry of fresh flowers, as does the Spaniard. The beautiful undn lating hair, so blue-black, with a rose hid den in its tresses it is the joy of Spanish travel to look at these heads. In going into small shops, and humble quarters, one often sees the business of hair dressinc in progress. One sister is dressing the hair of another, or the mother is arrang ing the coiffeur, etc. They have little heated irons, with whicb they friz the one side, and the other is allowed to go smooth. It is al wavs becoming to the lace beneath it. They wear it much over the face, avoiding the Chinese style. Little curls around the ears or pushing forward ou the temples show that the Spanish woman values the purpose of hair, which is to shade the eye and con trast with the complexion. At the back of the head the nuqne is al ways carefully brUbhed up. This nuque gives that character to the back ot the head which is so essentially Spanish. It is a remnant of the high-comb days and the man tilla. The high comb is now seldom worn, but the hair is always dressed high on the head, a natural crown which any Queen might envy. The Spanish eye, large, hnmid, tender, grand, languishing, furnished with lashes so long, so curling, and so beautiful, that the pencil of the artist falls in despair; the black pupil, the white sea, in which this lustrous orb sails all is indescribable ! Spanish eyes are sad. Spanish women, when they are not coquetting and laughing, have a sad expression. Is there a little of the Orient lei tin their expression? Is it Moorish, and does it speak of the harem and the inevitable heart-break ? Kext to the beauty of hair and eye comes the beauty of the flashing teeth. These are so universally per.ect that the student of dentistry should go to Spain to find ont how they manage it. There is very little good eating in Spain. Perhaps these fault less teeth are not spoiled by cakes and pastry and sweets in childhood. But the careless traveler expects to be rewarded when tne Spanish woman smiles with a row of pearls, and he is almost never disap pointed. THE FEMINISE MUSTACHE. Alasl here comes in the one note of dis appointment. Just above the teeth is a lit tle mustache, sometimes a very big mus tache. Nature in being so generous of her gift of hair, in a moment of forgetfulness added one dash of her brush too many on some of these beautiful faces. It is not universal, it is not inevitable, but it is com mon. The Portuguese women accept the mustache and cultivate it, as young men do, curling the ends. On a very delicate face the little feminine mustache is not al ways disagreeable; but to one who has passed the blossoming hour this heavy dark masculine belonging becomes an almost offensive feature, to foreign eyes at least. Bnt it is said to be agreeable to native eyes. Kelt comes, the pretty little Andalusian foot, which, in the grand dame, is always shod in the most perfect of shoes, with a silk stocking, which defines a very big ankle and adjacent beauties. In the lower classes the foot is, ofcourae,not so well olad. hut it is always small and alert The Span ish woman is born dancing, so she walks like a high-stepping horse, spurning the ground, and "OhI she dances such a way." At Seville it is the poetry of motion, as everything is poetic at Seville. Seville at night is full of mystery and beanty; it is a pleasure to peep through the jealous iron gates and see the beautiful Se ville woman at home. In the Patio by moonlight or in the splendid palaces illum inated brilliantly, one sees them, beautifully dressed in brilliant colors, laughing lightly. One hears the sound of music and of that tinkling of guitars so significant la Spain I tfh x'f0 . sr V i jjj 0i i v2j mm mm i.v i. w' - . .-v-Kr'K.w':.- m f$$ Or one watches them in the crowded streets, shaded by the inevitable lace over the head, with a flower at one side. Everywhere, on the balcony, in the street, in the window, in the Patio, they linger, laughing, singing, dancing, fascinating. While she is very young, the business of a Spanish woman is to be fascinating, and it must be conceded that she attends to the business very well. A saucy French author says, that in a conversation with one of these young houris, she asked him if in Italy, the women were cold. "Ah I no," said he. "But are they like ns salada, alluring?" she said. "No," said he, "there is a je ne sais quoi, about the Adalusians salada." To lower those beautifnl eyelashes, to flit the fan, to be all that is graceful, is their morality, their religion. This is salada. But they are at the same time, good women, faithful'wben they love, good mothers and good citizens. TAITHFUIi TVTVES. I have known, intimately, many Spanish women in other conntries than their own, who are models of every virtue. Beligious, careful and kindly, affectionate and faith ful friends, I consider them model women. I imagine there are many such in Spanish cities, although they are so reserved and so little hospitable, in one sense of the word, that I have not seen them at home in Spain. They do not like to invite a stranger to tbeir houses. Most of them smoke cigarettes while eating, and are jealous of any word of criticism; a Spanish household is a very different thing from an A Bpanlih Gipsy. English or Americas one. It is much more frugal. They seldom give ainners, and I was told that in one ducal mansion, in Mad rid, there is no dining room. Eating is with them a matter of very small import ance compared with the place it holds among tbe Anglo-Saxons. The Spanish women have not, at all, the beantifnl American hand, nor in tbe lower classes is the same importance attached to the manicure, to soap and water, as with us. Cleanliness and coquetry stop with the hair in all the classes below the highest To this love of beauty, of grace, of the arts of coquetry, the Spanish women can well be educated by their surroundings. They have every hour of tbe day open to them all the riches of the earth in their cathedrals and picture galleries. The most delicious gardens, and the vast assemblage of a Moorish palace, with its fountains, courts, sculptures, arabesques, streams bor dered with palnis; gates of ebony, and ivory incrusted with diamonds, thousands of col umns of most precious marbles, opening out of orange groves, great garden terraces, rich with statues, old lions,trom whose mouths dart perlumed waters, these are open to the beggar as well as to the duchess. The veriest gypsy can play the guitar. The climate entices to them all the fascinat ing lancuor and indolence, which is said to be a conservator of beauty; but hey do not grow old, handsomely. DBIGHT AND AMIABLE. But Spanish women who are brought up on bull fights are nevertheless very amiable and verr charitable. The charities of Ma drid are admirable, and many of them con ducted by women. Of course, the Sisters of Charity, those angels of mercy, are at the head of these. But the noble women of the court are their helpers. At the tobacco factory of tbe capital I saw a woman of the lower class who was the matron of the es tablishment I had a long talk with her about the 6,000 women under her care, and I was impressed with her sense, her tal ent, her undoubted goodness. Hers was a wise benevolence, far-reaching and admira ble. Spanish women are very 'clever, naturally, and whatever they wish to do or learn they can do or learn. They do not affect "cul ture" as a class, but they do admire a bull fighter. Frascuelo, Lagartijo and Cuco are great national heroes. More than the ap plause which follows a fine actor, is the fem inine adoration for a bull fighter. I saw the most respectable elderly females, at the head of a familvot daughters, throw a handker cLiet or flower to the successful torero who had Killed his bull. It was not a challenge; it was the sort of hero worship which we felt for our voung captains during our war. It was a tribute to courage, to daring, to their beauty, perhaps, for a torero must be a very handsome male animal. They are light, graceful and superb ot figure. Their nasty and disgusting trade has, to the Spanish woman, the redeeming quality ot being "National," and a tribute to the yeUow and red flag. We must bear in mind in trying to un derstand Spain, that it is, after all, a piece of the East It is a souvenir of the Moon. It is a noctune of Araby the Blest Not all that has come since of Boman and Castilian bravery, and hard work, has reached these lovely women. The mantilla is hut another form of the Oriental veil, which the nine teenth century is beginning to pin back into a likeness to the bonnet Bnt their homes are still veiled, enclosures in which the se cluded women dream perhaps of a world far away, perhaps only ot that paradise full of love, of delicacy, of peace, of which the Arabian poetry Is exquisitely eloquent AFFECTIONATE MOTHERS. As mothers, that highest function of the sex, they seem to be tender, affectionate and careful. The lower classes especially struck me as most agreeable mothers. They do not cuff their children or drag them about, as Irish mothers do, as many an irritable vira go in America can be seen doing. They seem never to be irritable, and one of the pleasures of contemplating a dirty, idle, and altogether careless, unwashed group, in Bnrgos, or in Seville, was tbe pleasant and polite manner in which the ragged boys and girls would wait for the maternal spoon to be dipped in the common dish of beans, which served for the family dinner; the smile ot the unwashed mother, who showed her beautiful teeth, in recognition of this humble courtesy; the kiss she gave to the ragged Pedro, as he finished the remaining bean, and tbe almost seraphic look which she gave to the Murillo baby in her arms, who, with his wealth of brown curls, needed only the glory to have become the highest type of what we reverence all this was delightful. Xes, they are good, gentle, tender mothers; perhaps not inculcating what we of a sterner race would call tbe "useful virtues," but giving their children nil they possess the gold of a human heart, in its best and most undefiled affection. Poor creatures, what better could they do? I never have received anything bnt ex quisite courtesy from Spanish women. Bnt from Spanish men, tbe puffing of a cigarette in one's face in a railway train, or at a din ner table in tbe hotel, seemed archaic rude ness. Never does a Spanish gentleman ask if smoking in your face is disagreeable to you. Perhaps it has never occurred to him that smoking could be disagreeable. Bo I think the Spanish women superior to the Spanish men! M. E. W. Sherwood. California Claret. Coleman's Flag Brand, G. W. 8. FJag Brand, Zinfandel Claret, By the ease or bottle. G. W. Schmidt, 95 and 97 Eiffli areaue, city, THE CAROEIMA'S DISMAL The Jungle Home of Bear, Deer, Eac cood, Opossum and Snakes. RECLAIMING THE VAST &WAMP. The Story of a Man Who Braved All Its Dangers for a Jag. A EEJECTED LOTEE'S DREADFUL FATE rWElTTEX FOB THI SXSrATCH.1 Down in Eastern North Carolina, situated between tho counties of Washington, Tyrrel and Beaufort, lies a vast tract of land con taining over 60,000 acres, known as the "Dismal." It runs along somewhat parallel to the Albemarle Sound, at a distance of from three to five miles from the sandy shores of that beautifnl inland sea. The strip ot high land in between forms some of the finest grain and truckery lands in the South, while the almost impenetrable jun gles of the bordering dismal afford shelter and protection to various wild animals notably the common black bear and deer. Numberless wild cattle browse upon its extensive reed pastures; the fox finds in its solitary thickets congenial camping ground, while the raccoon and opossum from its dense shades make nightly forays noon the bordering cornfields. In earlier days the cry of the panther broke the stillness of its depths and even now the huge wildcat is often encountered by hunters. During the rainy season it is mostly covered with water from a few inches to several feet in depth, though it contains manv high spots, acres in extent, that are never submerged. The tim ber is mostly juniper, with considerable cypress, some long leaf pine and scattering poplar and gum. For large areas tbe growth of juniper is so thick and tall that the sun never strikes tho ground. In such places we are reminded of twilight at high noon. It is only partially drained by sluggish creeks that circuitously find their way to the sound. Strange as it may seem the waters of these juniper swamps are con sidered a penacea for the ills of the locality. and their medicinal qnalities are so well es tablished that it is sent away by the barrel for such use. Natives, who had been shaken up by the ague until they were white as a piece of cotton cloth, would plunge into the shingleswamps, remaining for weeks drinking only'this water and re turn to the bill hearty and robust with tbe roses of health blooming on their cheeks. It is about the color of scuppernong wine and smacks a little of the juniper in taste. It is very palatable and when taken from the quiet depths ot its natural reservoir on a hot day makes a most delightful drink. RECLAIMING THE SWAMP. Many years before the war this body of land was purchased irom the State by a rich corporation, with Burwell Beddick Presi dent They attempted.to work out the tim ber, bnt when the war came on had only made a beginning, and its jungles for 12 miles, its width, were as unbroken as they were the day Sir Walter Baleigh furled bis sails at Roanoke Island, in the lower end of the sound. Surveying parties only had crossed to the other side, and that after weeks of patient toil with ax and cutlass. Many of the tales of narrow escapes from snakes yet told by the old chainbearers and their descendants. They tell that the snakes were so numerous the entire party wore buckskin breeches over their other clothing to protect them from the reptiles; and on reaching the other side it became necessary to send immediately back a mile or more to their last camp after something that had been forgotten (possibly a jug), so one of the party, a quick runner, started back, cutlass in hand, over tbe freshly cleared track. The snakes in the mean time had congregated along the pathway. Nothing daunted, he pressed on. With open mouths they would come at him two and three at a time, but he slashed right and left, behind and before, with his cutlass, literally hewing his way through snakes as he ran. When the camp was reached he counted 96 rattler's heads dangling from his buckskin pants. How many more he had decapitated he never knew, but that many heads bad hung on until the jng was reached. The lower end of the Dismal widens and deepens until its waters mingle with and are lost in those of the Albemarle. Hug ging the Sound along, as stated in the be ginning of this article, for a distance of 30 miles it makes a sudden bend, and termi nates within a mile of the town of Plymouth on the Boanoke river. The long strip of land in between forms the counties of Wash ington and Tyrrel, with their only outlet by land at Plymouth. Many wealthy planters lived down in these counties before the war, some of them owning as many as 400 slaves. For two years of the war the Federal forces held Plymouth. Their occupancy of that town closed up the people in the two coun ties between the Sound and Dismal as com pletely as a cork stops a bottle. A DIVIDED COMMUNITY. The inhabitants were very much divided on the war, furnishing six companies to the Confederates and three to the Federals. A young man of considerable wealth intended to enlist in the Confederate service, but pnt it off until he could win a promise of mar riage from a beautiful maiden ot his ac quaintance. For some reason she rejected him. In the meantime the Federals cap tured Plymouth, cutting off communication with Dixie. The fear of falling in tbeir hands, and the grief at being rejected by his sweetheart, unsettled his mind, aud forweeks he wandered about in a demented state. Saddling his horse one morning he rode to ward the dismal, and astonished a family living near its borders by telling them he intended to make his escape by crossing the vast swamp and joining the Confederates. Knowing the feat could not be accomplished by a sane man without compass and rations, they endeavored to dissuade him from the attempt He left and for days was not seen. His friends formed a party, and after dili gent search fonnd his none about a mile in the thicket tied to a tree, nearly starred and terribly bitten by flies; but its poor master was no't fonnd, nor was he ever heard from afterward. Northern enterprise and capital are about to change this vast wilderness into a hundred farms. A railroad has been run from the sound across its entire width, con necting with towns on the opposite side, and with the Norfolk Southern Railroad at E'denton. An immense mill has been built that saws up 500 of the largest pine logs daily. The lumber, after being thoroughly kiln-dried, is loaded upon cars and shipped to Baltimore, Philadelphia and other mar kets. The juniper is turned into shingles and coopers' timber. Quite a town is springing up around the mill and hundreds of native men are finding ready employ ment al good wages. The snort and whistle of the steam engine now Btartles the bear prowling through the undergrowth, and deer are frequently seen flying down the long stretches of railroad track. Soon their haunts will know hem no more. All will be changed. The timber once taken off, canals will be dug, completely draining- the land, and thousands of acres will be turned into fertile farms and smiling gardens. The President of the company carrying forward this work is John L. Boper, Esq , now re siding at Norfolk, Va., bnt a native of Pennsylvania. W. Cotton Downing. Ton Want TUero, Other Get Them. ' 13 cabinetphotos for one dollar at Stewart & Co.'s, 90 Federal st, Allegheny. 81. Cabinet of Children. $1. At 516 Market st, Pittsburg, Pa. "Use elevator. Aufrecht's Gallery. Patronize Hendricks & Co., 68 Federal tt, Allegheny; it is the "standard gallery" ef the two cities. Cabinet photos, 69c per dot Lies Pop ular Gallery, 10 and 12 Sixth w. xwrsu PITTSBTJliGr DISPATCH, DIVORCE RUNS RAMPANT. Eleven Cases. Iocladins tbe Nlibet Salt, At. tract the Attention of the Courts How Homes Go to Wreck. J. M. Shields, Esq., attorney for Mrs. Virginia Nisbet yesterday filed her answer to the charges of W. W. Nisbet, the well known Councilman from the Thirty-first ward, who In Jnne last sued for divorce, charging his wife with infidelity and naming a Bouthslde physlcianju her paramour. In the answer Mrs. Nisbet denies that her husband was kind and affectionate. On the contrary, she says, he was unkind, vexatious and cruel, and made her unhappy and miserable. 8he alleges they were married February 23, 1888, and he took her home, where be bad two maiden sisters, aged respectively 48 and ou years. These sisters are alleged to bare sub jected the wife to petty and disagreeable an noyances, and thesa were encouraged by her husband. On one occasion, in July, 18S8, she alleges, her husband struck and choked her. She alleges that her husband gave her cer tain drugs lor an unlawful purpose. These drags threw ber Into spasms and greatly in jured her physical health. On October II, 1888, while stiinil, her husband tooK her to her parents' home and left her $12. He called twice to see ber the first week; but after that his visits ceased, and be never contributed a cent for her support. She denies the charges of infidelity, and claims that ber husband has property belonging to ber, valued at 2,000. Mrs. Nisbet also enters a salt for divorce. In which she makes tbe charees given above, and asks for a jury trial, so that the chaiges made by her husband may be refuted. She asks for such alimony as the husband's circumstances will admit . Ten new suits for divorce were entered yes terday, in addition to the Nisbet case. Mrs. Mary Woolensack asked for a divorre from Florlan Woolensack, for beating and abusing ber. threatening ber life and trying to kill her with a hatchet, a hammer and an ax; com pelled to leave him for safety. Mrs. Emma J. Robinson vs Hucb A. Eobinson, for infidelity; desertion was the ground in the cases of Caro lino Whitehead against Richard Whitehead. Catharine E. Pinkerton against James Pinker ton, Julia Rummer against Joseph Hummer, Cline E. Harkness against Mary A. Harkness, inirEmma Edwards against Peter Edwards. Balina May Pastories asked for a dlrorce; would leave William W. Pastories for infideli ty, abuse and indlenities to the person; Annie Green would leave Mathew, and Annie L. Byers be divorced lrom Alex for the same causes. Divorces were granted Mrs. Barah Walker from Joseph C. Walker, and Margaret Dobbins from Thomas Dobbins, for desertion. H. B. Herron, Esq . was appointed commissioner in the divorce case of Emma J. Snead against George W. Snead; Thomas Patterson in tbe case of William M. Brown against Sarah J. Brown. The divorce suit of Nettie Florence against John Florence was allowed to be with drawn. 13 A 600D ENOUGH SIGNATURE. Jndgs Over Thinks a Christian Name as Legal a a simple Mark. Judge Over.of the Orphans' Court, yesterday handed down an opinion m the case of the con tested will of the late Harriet Knox. Mrs. Knox had separated from her husband, and bad an aversion to bis name. She left her prop erty to her sister and signed the will simply "Harriet." Sue also directed tnat -iiarriev be tbe only inscription on her tombstone. Her husband appealed to court from the de cision of Register Connor, admitting the will to probate. He held that the will was not valid, not being properly signed. Judge Over, in bis opinion, said that tbe whole document was In the handwriting of the testator, and showed the intent of her mind. A document signed by a mark was legal, and in this case tbe name Harriet could be taken for the testator's mark. He sustained tbe Reg ister, and declared the will valid. TOO ATTENTIVE FRIENDSHIP. That Was What Landed Edward McAfee In the Workhonae. Edward McAfee yesterday petitioned the Quarter Sessions Court for a reversal of tbe decision of Magistrate McKenna. McAfee was arrested on July 21 for disorderly conduct and in default of bis fine was committed 30 days to the workhouse. McAfee claims the penalty imposed was unjust. He stated that he was a gersonal friend of James Renziebansen, the mlthfiela street merchant and Councilman. On tbe day in question he alleges his friend had been drinking. He was trying to persuade him to go home, but the friend refused and started down' street McAfee followed, and Renziebansen accosted an officer and told bim he did not want the man following bim. Tbe officer spoke to McAfee and he replied that he wanted to take his fnend home. He was told to leave, bnt persisted in taking Renziebansen borne and was arrested. Legal Tender. AN order of conrt yesterday fixed the fee of M. A. Woodward, Esq., as master in tbe boy cott case of Brace Bros, against Joseph LEvans and others at $600, Judge Ewraa yesterday dismissed the ha beas corpus case of the Rev. E. F. Flemon. This leaves Flemon in the hands of the Sheriff, to await tbe Governor's disposal. AnauxxNT was had before Jndge Collier yesterday In the case of the Union Line Com pany against tho -Observatory Hill Passenger Railway Company, to restrain the latter from laying tracks on Irwin avenue, Allegheny. Judge Collier reserved his decision. Suit was filed in Common Pleas Conrt yes terday by J. A. Langfitt Esq., in behalf of Hannah Phillips against the city of Allegheny and W. J. Rfchter for $2,000 damages. Mrs. Phillips alleges that on tbe night of Jannary 13, 1SS8, while passing along Ingless street, Tenth ward, Allegheny, she fell lntoan excava tion over which there was no danger signal and knocked ont her teeth and dislocated her wrist arm and shoulder. AX.FHED Scheix, Esa., representing A. Elchler, of New York, entered suit in Common Pleas Court yesterday against Valentine Greeawald, of this city, for 12,000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that he Is the agent of a book called "Hid From the World," and that the defendant circulated bills, alleging that pur chasers of the book would be given a premium of in album, table ware, pictures, etc. These goods were never given, and as a result the ook has been damaged to tbe amount claimed. Oatgrown His Father. Mr. Hawbeck You ain't seen ay son afore, have yer? City Visitor Why, no. Very likely boy, isn't he ? Takes after his father. Mr. Hawbeck You bet he does, when he gits riled. Took after me four times 'round th' barn this mornin' 'cause I spoke kind 'r irritated to him. Judge. Enterprises of Great Pith and Moment Have, ere now, had their currents "turned awry." as Hamlet says, by an an attack of dys pepsia. Napoleon failed to Improve his ad vantage at Austerlftz in consequence, it Is said, of Indigestion brongbt on by some Indiscretion in eating. In order to avoid dyspepsia abstain from overindulgence, and precede the meal by awlneglassful of Hostetters Stomach Bitters, more effective than any dietetic In Improving tbe tone of the stomach. Liver complaint, chills and fever and rheumatism are annihi lated by the Bitters. Jim aa Natural Is the universal remark made by those who get Stewart & Co.'s cabinet photos, 13 for a dozen for one dollar. The place is 90 Fed eral st, Allegheny. Cabinet photos, 89o per doz. Lies' Pop alar Gallery, 10 and 12 Sixth st Mwrsu Hendbioks &Co's., 68 Federal st, Alle gheny, is the "standard gallery" of the two cities. Cabinets only SI a dozen. fcl. Cabinets of Children. 91. At 616 Market st, Pittsburg, Pa, Use elevator. Aufrecht's gallery. ILiijpn & Keenan repair and upholster furniture xt all kinds. Turkish mattresses and spring beds repaired or mads to order. 33 ana i water w. raoae iwv j .a SUNDAY, JULY 28, HARYEST FIELD FUN. The Country Lads' Campaign Against tho Humble Bees' Hive. MEETING A VERY HOT RECEPTION. An Insect That Has Solved a Mathemat ical Problem. THE BAD BOX'S JOKE ON All OLD HOESE IWBITTZX rOS TBX DISPATCH.! THE boy that has grown up in the cities without taking peri odical trips to the country has missed a 'great many things that go to round up a boy's experience, and that is pleasant to look back upon in after years, while from this close communion with Nature he will get a love for her which books will never inspire. Boys like to exercise their combative faculties, or, as a pseudo phrenologist would say, his "com bative bunions," which no doubt from his habit of wearing an old weather-beaten cap, have become irritated and swollen by the abrasion of his cap where it fits so tight back of his ears, and being nulled down so far as to force his ears down until they lop over, and are scorched and blistered and freckled by the sun until they resemble a lragment of a canned lobster. 'lis a day in July, hot, sweltering in the sun, but just air enough stirring to make it comfortable lying in the snade ot some early apple trees along an old fence row, where three boys are lying munching harvest ap ples and lazily WATCHING THE HAEVESTEES toiling in the field, the air is heavy with the fragrance of sun-dried clover, while the drowsy hum of insects has almost soothed them into slumber, when they are quickly brought to their feet bv the signal from one of the mowers that he found a bumble bees' nest Tbe boys had previously made ar rangements with the mowers to mark all the nests lound by driving a stick in the ground or by giving the signal if they were in sight. How their young blood tingled as they rushed "pell-mell" over the meadow, leap ing over windrows, dodging around hay- A JZapid Retreat. cocks, each one eager to be first on the spot. What capital sport it will be; the day is hot, and the bees will be very active and not all in the nest, so that tbev will have to keep a sharp lookout for those that are coming in loaded up and not get their flank turned. If their purpose was merely to rob the nest of its nectarous store, and did not de sire a spirited combat, tbey would have to wait until evening or some morning when the dew lavs heavy on the grass, and every blade is diamond tipped; then the bees are not yet on wing, or on some cool day when they are benumbed with cold and not bo active; but that is cowardly. A fair fight and no quarter, say we all, yelled the boys in a chorus. THE OPENING ATTACK. Arming themselves with a bunch of strong weeds or slender rods in each hand, the battle begins, one boy at either side of the nest, and as fast as tbey make their appearance they are stunned or killed outright by the blows that are rained down upon them, while the other boy stands guard to keep off the in comers. But look out they don't get the start of you; whale it to them till yonr arms ache and tbe perspiration streams from every pore. Look outl there is one behind you. Too late. Before he could turn and switch him to the ground he had lit on the back of the boy's neck and drove his stiletto to the hilt. With a howl of pain he is brushed off and trampled under loot But all this time the buzzing fellows were pour ing out of the nest, and every other one was getting on the wing. Now the excitement was at fever heat, and it took the combined efforts of two boys whoso muscles would not flag to drive them off, while the other lad kept thrashing them at a g.eat deal livelier rate of speed than if he was flailing buck wheat. Finally one of the boys is attacked furiously by a squad that he is unable to cope with, and cs they begin to drive it into him, now on this siuc and then on that, his cries for reinforcement are loud but ot no avail, as each boy now has as much as he could possibly manage. AN IGNOMINIOUS BETBEAT. His nerves began to waver, and in spite of bis efforts to brace himself up he found his knees weakening, and finally his cow ardly legs put off with him as fast as they could go, while his arms kept up a con tinuous motion, whirling the brush over his head, giving him the ludicrous appearance of an old-fashioned windmill being carried away by a cyclone. Upon reaching a wind row he gathered up an armful of hay, and. covering his head and hands, lay down until the red-hot varmints had all left him, thinking he was laid ont for good. The at tack is renewed when he gets his conrage screwed up again, and the bees who had de fended their home with gallantry were at last wiped out and their nest robbed of its precious store. The honev of the humble bee is very sweet and finely flavored, as it is procured from blossoms which the hive bee can not reach, especially red clover. This gives it a differentflavor, and I think far superior, but this may be accounted for by boyish im pressions which are sometimes reverted to as the good old times when I was young, or by the adage that "stolen fruit is sweetest" THE BUMBLE BEE. No insect is more widely diffused, as it ranges from the limits of floral vegetation to the equator. They live in much smaller so cieties than the hive bee and are less pro lific. Iu size the workers are the smallest, tbe males larger and. the females largest of all; their nest is a wide cavity in the earth, the bottom covered with leaves and moss and the sides and top lined with wax. The entrance is sometimes a simple hole, but is often covered up by a circuitous path under the moss or rotten bark around an old stump. The larvm live together until about to change into nymphs when they epin a silken cocoon, in which they are placed head downward and from which it is said they come out in four or five days in May or June. The males and neuters die off, in the fall, but the females live in a torpid state until spring witbont food, when each starts a new colony, which never consists of more than 60, and they do not ocenpy the same nest in successive years. Many species abound in America. The lapidary ia usu ally found in stony places.' They collect honey with great industry, are more numer ous than other kinds, and also better fight ers. Their M03T VALUABLE SEBYICE toman is tho fertilization of plants by carry ing pollen from one flower to another. It'is a well known fact that no red clover seed could be raised In Australia until humble bee were imported. They.are of a variety of colors, bat wtly . lustretu bl&ek, aad .-jr" t? .n-i. .;- .'.... -.ifr-Sj ;. k . , ." r .-, - . . .... v.?., ..? r. 1889. when powdered with pollen are a beautiful insect. The comb oi the humble bee is very rudely constructed, they using theold silken cocoons for storing the honey, sometimes adding a short tube of wax. forming a strik ing contrast to tbe comb of tbe hive bee, the exquisite structure of which no person can examine without enthusiastic admira tion. Mathematicians say the hive bee has practically solved a recondite problem, by making the cells fohold the greatest amonnt of honey with the least possible consump tion of wax. It has been proved by experi ment that 12 to 15 pounds of dry sugar are consumed by a hive of bees for the secretion of one ponnd of wax, thus as Darwin 'says, "the most wonderful oi all known instincu ia that of the hive bee, the comb being ab solutely perfect in economizing labor and wax." A BAD BOY'S TBICK. The sharp-witted boy with a streak of meanness in him about as thick as the lean in a side of bacon comes in for his share of A Joke on the Bone. the fun. Having found a nest so strong in numbers that he was unable to capture it, he deliberately and heartlessly drove an old blind mare that haunted the pasture right into their nest, after having excited them until they were in good fighting condition. Well, it was amusing tbe way she would kick np her heels and strike a gait across the pasture, making better time tban she had done since her youth, and then, when the poor old mare had taken all the bees with her, the grinning lad would dig up the nest and run off with the honey. The humming noise made by the humble bee in its flight from which it derives its name, is said to be pitched on a minor key, making a discord in nature, but to my ear not so mnch of a dissonant as a small boy will make if he finds, on tearing open their nest after a hard-fought battle, with numer ous stings, and reaching for tbe honey, nothing but some squirming larva, as is often the case. This is calculated to make a boy givo forth a most discordant yell. J. W. A. LATE NEWS IN BEIEP. Since June 1 the General Land Office has issued 7.663 land patents. C. V. Jaqnltb.of Blinois, a special examiner in tbe Pension Office, has resigned. O. J. Bixby, of Dakota, has been reap pointed Postofflce Inspector on mall depreda tions under Rule 10 of the Civil Service Com mission. William Hortz was arrested by the Sheriff last night in his bedroom at a hotel in Dabuque. He is wanted at Lewiston, Pa for forgeries ag gregating $18,000. A true bill has been returned against Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Maybrick, the American, on tbe charge of having poisoned her husband. James MTbrick, who was a wealthy cotton broker of Liverpool. A dispatch was received atthe Marine Hos- Sital Bureau yesterday from Dr. J. L. Pnsey, at lainesvills, Fla., In which he says that there Is no dengue fever at that place. He adds that there have been some cases of typhoid and typho-malarlal fever. Tbe annual retreat of tbe Dominlcian Bis ters began last evening at St Clara Academy, the mother house at Binslnawa Mound, Wis. One hundred members of the orderfrom all parts of the United States are In attendance. The retreat closes August 4. Charles Gee, a prominent Republican of Virginia, has been appointed a timber agent of the General Land Office, and has been assigned to duty at Bltka, Alaska, where he will co operate with the United Btates District At torney In suppressing depredations on valuable Government timber land. Attorney General Wm. PInckney Whyte, whom President Harrison appointed a delegate to the Congress of American Republics, has declined to serve, as be Is so busy aiding the Btate in tbe prosecution of tbe numerous mur der trials in Baltimore and also with his other professional business. The west-bound passenger train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, due at Mem phis at 1:05 A. xwas wrecked yesterday morn ing at Brighton, Term., SO miles north of Mem phis, by tbe switch being left open. Tbe killed aro the engineer, fireman, baggage master and mail agent All the passengers were badly shaken up, but none were seriously Injured. At Columbus, Christ Weinman murdered his wife at an early hour yesterday morning, then shot himself In the head, and the physi cians say he cannot recover. He blew the front portion ot his wife's head off with a shot gun, then fired a shot into his own head with a revolver. Domestic trouble was the cause of the traced. Preparations had been made by tho wife toflle a petition for divorce. Mr. Ticbenor, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, says that it is not a fact that the de partment has rendered a decision in the matter of Canadian cars, as was stated fn a New York: paper. He has come to an individual conclu sion in the matter, bnt be does not know whether the Secretary of the Treasnry will ap prove lr. His conclusion Is thatloaded cars en gaged in International traffic between tbe United States and Canada shall not be taxed. The State Department has received advices from onr representative inHayti up to the 15th Inst, but they contain nothing new. Min ister Thompson makes no allusion In his com munication to the request of Legitime that he (Thompson) nse his good offices with Hip polyte to bring about a cessation of hostilities, which leads the department officials to infer either that Mr. Thompson declined to act or that nothing came of his efforts wtth Hip polyte. The negotiations of the English syndicate for the Indianapolis breweries have terminated in a failure to agree on terms. The syndicate's agents express a willingness to invest $5,000,000 in the Indianapolis breweries, but they most have all of them at that price. One of the firms peremptorily refused to sell, while tbe principal proprietor of another is now In Ger many and cannot be communicated with. The. agents of the syndicate hare abandoned efforts to purchase the property. Joseph A. Buret, ticket agent at Easton, Fa., for the New Jersey Central Railroad Com pany, was discovered short In his accounts, and yesterday morning committed suicide by shooting himself In tbe left temple. The deed was committed in an outbuilding at the resi dence of Mrs. Dr. J. F. HotT, whose hnsband is in tbe Norristown asylum. Starck left a note giving a description of jewelry belonging to himself and Mrs. Hoff, and stating they could be found at Rosenfelt's pawn shop. A United States Marshal arrived at Sulli van, 111., Frlda v trom Springfield and arrested Joe and Lewis Freeman for making and pass ing counterfeit silver coin. A few months ago a neighbor while felling some trees on Free man's property fonnd some molds for the mak ing of small silver coin with other evidences of illegal work. He at once made his discovery known to the State's Attorney and he in turn to the United 8tates Grand Jury, whose inves tigations resulted as above. Tbe following Is an extract from a letter to United States Consul Taylor, at Winnipeg, from Sitka, Alaska, dated Jnlr 11: "Please be on tbe lookout for any news about the loss of a young man. Brace by name, from Nebraska, on the Pacific glacier, near tbe Slulr glacier. Glacier Bav. Alaska. He was correspondent f er a syndicate and Is supposed to be lost In a crevasse, ma companion, a yonng man. carae on board while we were at the Mnlr elacier. He had been missing three days then. His companion was getting Indians then to help him In his search. Th?re is little chance that even bis body can be recovered." Postmaster General Wanamaeer has ap pointed a commtssion to visit tbe Chicago post office, examine the postal service of that city and to receive and consider any recommenda tions for its reorganization. The following named persons constitute the commission: J. S. Clarkson, First Assistant Postmaster Gen eral; Henry C. Payne, formerly Postmaster, Milwaukee, Wis.; J, F. Bates, General Super intendent Free Delivery; Albert H. ScottChief of Salary and Allowanoe Division Postofflce Department and J. E. Stuart, Chief Division Inspector, Cblcuo. The commission will begin its Investigation In about one week. Bxcnraton to Atlantic CItr Via tbe B. & O. E. E. next Thursday, August 1. Bate $10 for tbe round trip; tickets rood for ten davs: cood to storj at Washington City returning. Trains of jasuaze eoacaes aaa ruuman paiaee ears will leave depot at 8 A. x. aa430 p. x, y r EDUCATIONAL. -VTAZABETH HALL- IN NAZARETH HALL NAZARETH HALL. Moravian Boarding Sehool tor Boys at Naza reth, Pa. Founded 1785. Reopens September 18tb. jya-TS-Thsu HOLY GHOST COLLEGE Complete preparatory, commercial and coiiegiaie aeparimenia, reopens wjU- DAY. SEPTEMBER!; new students examined Mondav. September 2. Aonlv to Rev. John .. ' r.. .- - . .. r. J oil vjyn-28 T. ilCRPHY, u. B. op., i-rcaiaenr. CHELTENHAM ACADEMY. OGONTZ, Pa. Unexcelled location and surround ings. New school equipment Gymnasium, military drill, etc Thorough preparation for college or scientific school. For circular, etc., address JNO. CALVIN RICE, A. M., Principal. je2S-63 NEW YORK MILITARY ACADEMY, Cornwall-on-Hndson. Courses of study In civil engineering, English and classics, labor atory, drawing room and field work. Beautifnl Dulldinirs, grounds, location. COL C J. WRIGHT, B. 8., A. M, Supt; BELDUN F. HYATT. Comd't of Cadets. jelO-U PITTSBURG ART SCHOOL, ESTAB LISHED 1SS1, oilers advantages of a thorough Academic School of Art combined with private instruction; each pupil under joint direction of George Hetzel (Dnsseldorf Academy), John W.Bcatty (Munich Academy). Stndents who cannot attend dally may enter for limited number of days or week. For prospectus address JOHN W. BEATTY. Principal. jy27-68 413 Wood street Pittsburg. St. Mary's Seminary, For boys between the ages of 4 and 12 years, In charge of Bisters of Charity. SETON HILL, GREEN 8BURG. PA. The object of this school is to provide for boys of tender years a place where they may enjoy the comforts of home and care of parents, to gether with the benefits, of salutary discipline and careful teaching In the usual English branches. Terms: Board, tuition, washing, mending and bedding per session, ten months, tlfiO. Music etc, extra charges. N. 11 This seminary is sltnated on same gronnds with St Joseph's Academy for Yonng Ladles. Session opens first Monday In September. For prospectus aUdress jy28su MOTHER SUPERIOR. ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY FOR YOUNG LADIES, BETON BULL, GREENSBURG. PA. In charge of tbe Sisters ot Charity. This academy, chartered with rights and privileges equal to the first academic institu tions in the btate. Is situated on the highest point of a tract containing 00 acres, in view of tbe Pennsylvania Central Railroad, 30 miles east of Pittsburg; and one-fourth of a mile from Greensbnrg station. Tbe plan of instruction is systematic and thorough, embracing all that could be desired for the highest culture. Besides the graduat ing departments, a special coubsx meets the wants of young ladles, who, not wishing to go tbrongh tbe courses of graduation, are anxious to obtain a good practical education. Terms, board, tuition, bed and bedding, per session, ten months, $200. The languages, music, drawing, painting, shorthand and type writing form extra charge. Elocution, vocal music In chusand fancy work taught free. Tbe Edison phonograph has been introduced as an anxillary In training the voice in elocution and vocal music Domestic economy is taught in each department and opportunities for cul inary practice, at the option of narents and guardian, afforded young ladles who wish to be come versed in housekeeping; N. B. This academy Is situated on the same grounds with St Mary's Seminary for small DOTS. Session opens first Monday In September. For prospectus address jy2S-M MOTHER SUPE RIOR, as above. MT. DE CHANTAL, Near Wheeling, W. Va., (SISTERS OF THE VISITATION.) A school of more than national reputation, offers exceptional advantages for thorough ed ucation of yonng ladies in all departments. Li brary of 6,000 volumes. Fine philosophical, chemical and astronomical apparatus. Musical department specially noted. Corps of piano teachers trained by a leadlngprofessor from Conservatory of Stntgart Vocal culture according to the method of the old Italian mas ters. Location unsurpassed for beauty and health. Ten acres of pleasure grounds. Board excel lent For catalogues and references to patrons fn all the principal cities, address 69-qfeaa THE DIRECTRESa DESKS A SPECIALTY. The Most Coxplxts Stock in the city. BED ROCK PRICES. We also manufacture this wonderful combination !Ea.sy Chair. STEVENS CHAIR CO. No. S SIXTH ST.. mlM6-SU PITTSBURG.PA TO EUROPE WE SELL TICKETS FOR the leading lines, seenre berths and pass ports. Issue drafts, letters of credit and money orders, and sell foreign com at N. Y. rates. MAX 8CHAMBERG 4 CO 527 Smithfleld st, Pittsburg. jy-wsu HTC1issW 1 as. rHSTsssFlll ( H-S PlrssWralll U Gd, nwrnma Have you used PEARS Soap? SWEEPIHG REDUCTIONS. Notwithstanding the fact that we yet' have about two months of hot weather we have made a bonafide reduction of 20 per cent on every Refrigerator and Baby Carriage In the bouse. Remember these goods must be cleared off, as our fall stock is constantly arriving and we must have the room they occupy. Now, even if you do not actually need either of these articles, take advantage of the bargain we offer, for who knows but that it may come in handy early next summer. And now a few words in regard to our stock of .- FALL GOODS. Carpets and Curtains, all the newest and best designs in Velvets, Hoquettes, Body and Tapestry Brussels, Ingrain and Cotton Carpets, and we are going to surprise some people by showing the most complete line, and really the lowest prices in the city. Lace Curtains and Portieres from 81 to $40 per pair. We now have about 3,000 pair ia stock. So yon may depend on a choice selection. Bedroom, Dining Room, Kitchen and Office Furniture, all grades, all woods and all the very latest designs. OUR PARLOR ROOM Has agaid resumed its old look, and is now complete. We are showing a finer line of Suits and frames than ever. Remember when yon buy these goods we guarantee them perfect, as we make them ourselves and know what they are. You ean buy from ns either for CASH OR CREDIT, And we are noted for our VEBX EASY TEEMS. HOPPfcR PROS, & GO,, 307'-"W"OO3D ST.-307 - OPEKfJATTrRDATIViaTINSTnffTrLia O'CLOCK. j jfniia t SESORTS. Atlantic CUT. - THE MANSIOH, ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. Largest and most prominently located hotel, with a new and first-class Restaurant attached. SSOebaln. Open all the year. Coaches to and from Beach and Trains. Brophy's Orchestra. je2a-51 CHARLES McGLADE. LONGVIEW SCHOOL-FORMUKLY HO TEL Longview will be opened for the reception of summer boarders by July 1, 12S8. For circulars and Information apply to REV. JOHN G. MULHOLLAND. my2TSu Longview School, Brookville, Pa. MORAN HOUSE AT EMLENTON, P.&-, on the Allegheny river: beautiful loca tion; lawn tennis and croquet; scenery delight f al; pure air and water; first-lass accommoda tions: rates reasonable; 89 miles from Pittsburg vlaA.V.R.R. N.MACKLN.Prop'r. jy28-75 4BBURY PARK HOTEL BRUNSWICK A leading hotel In every respect Beauti y situated near the beach. All rooms com mand an unobstructed view ot tbe ocean. Ap pointments unsurpassed. Drainage and Sani tary arrangements perfect For Information address MORGAN & PARSONS. jel5-35 HOWLAND HOTEL, LONG BRANCH, N. J HEXBY WAiTKK,PrOp'r., JNO. B. SCKLOSSXS, Manager, late of Hotel Duquesne. Fitubnrg. jy7- Thomson House, Kane, . MCKEAN CO, PENNSYLVANIA. 2,000 feet above ocean IeveL Open all the year. Now prepared for tbe reception of sum mer visitors. Rates. 2 00 per day and from $7 00 to SU 00 per week. Write for circular. JyJMl-MWTsn C. H. KEMP, Prop. RENOVO HOTEL, RENOVO, Clinton Co., Pennsylvania. 1,200 feet above ocean IeveL Open all the year. Now prepared for the reception of summer visitors. Rates. J2 00 per day and from 57 OU to $14 00 per week. Write for circular. jy9-42-MWTSn C. H. KEMP. Prop. Shorts' Palace Hotel, NORTH EAST, PA One of the leading and most pleasantly located houses on the Lake shore, between Buffalo and Cleveland. FIrstlas accommoda tions for summer boarding at low est reasonable rates. Send for circulars. jy7-58-Su LENHART COTTAGE, BEMUS POINT. CHAUTAUQUA LAKE, N. Y. The Lenhart Cottage is situated a minute's walk from boat landing and postofflce It has a nicely-shaded beach and lawn, which are always cool and refreshing. We have a beau tifnl view of tbe lake from all the rooms In the bouse. Tbe rates for rooms and board are rea sonable. For particulars address the proprie tor. I. L LENHART, Bemn3 Point Chant. Co N. Y. je30-77-su ' LONG ISLMD, H. Y. Unexcelled as a Summer Home. Its famous beaches are without equal. Frequent trains from New Yorkand Brooklyn to MANHATTAN BEACH, LONG BEACH, BOCKAWAY BEACH, FAR ROCKAWAY, ARVERNE, BABYLON (Fire Island), THE HAMPTONS, GREENPORT (Shelter Island), And all the Popular Resorts. For Illustrated Book, descriptive of Long Island and Its Pop ular Resorts and Pamphlet List of Hotels and Boarding Cottages send 5c stamp for book or 2c stamp for pamphlet to TRAFFIC MANAGER L. I. R. R.. jyq-54-wsn L. L City. N. Y. AMUSEMENTS. GRAND EXCURSION TO ROCHESTER. RTR. MAYFLOWER, SUNDAY, JULY 28, Leaving foot Wood sr. at 2 p. t, returning at 10 P. M. Round trip 50 cents. Jy2S-12 HAPuRIS' THEATER. WEEK COMMENCING JULY 29, '89 Great Dramatic Production of HIS NATURAL LIFE, Next week, The Money Lender. jy27-33-SU SCOTT &KENNEIEG Manufacturers of Ornamental Iron Fencing', Bailing and Cresting; 31 BAMPSON ST., ALLEGHENY, PA, Specially Adapted for Cemetery Lots. jel3-9-Tbsa i' HIlliiiMttmM s , 1 - ' iT .' 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