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Awav back in the middle of the last cen
tury, alone the bants of the stream empty
ing its waters into the Ohio a short distance
above MrKee's Bocks, stood a solitary cabin.
It was usnally silent, for its owner occupied
it bnt rarely, and it rested in a nook of the
loveliest vale of Western Pennsylvania.
The redskin troubled himself but little con
cerning either the cabin or its owner, as the
latter was known to be thoroughly in sym
pathy with the Indians. The pale-face was
Peter Cbartier, a French trader, one of the
first white men to brave the Wtstcrn forests.
Little is known of the eract location of
that cabin, for when the pioneers began to
settle thereabouts a score of years later, it
had been destroyed, and its existence was
known only by hearsay. But its owner
dwelt there long enough to give the stream
and some of the green bills whose feet rest
in it a name. Chartier (Washington, in his
journal, incorrectly pronounces it "Shur
tee") was not the sort of character after
whom It is advisable to christen anything.
His record of robbery and notorious at
tempts to involve the Shawanese Indians in
war with the Six Nations for which he was
compelled to permanently abandon his main
residence in Philadelphia, to live with his
red frirnds, is not calculated to inspire re
spect for the man, lint the name which be
gave to tbe stream will, for want of a better
one, likely femain as it is for many years to
come.
KOT A SENTIMENTAL PEOPLB.
As is usual in such matters, the early set
tlers permitted themselves to be but little
Cornelius Scully.
influenced by sentiment in the naming of a
place. One name was as cood as another in
their estimation, and Chartier was odd
enough in sound to be applicable to not only
the stream, but considerable of the country
surrounding it. So it was that the tract of
land at present comprised within a boundary
line drawn along the right bank ol the
creek from its mouth to "ortli Mansfield,
thence along the line of Union Township
and borough to the Ohio, and thence down
the river to tbe place of beginning, leccived
its name.
The compromise of Ju''c, 1780, which
vleldcd to this Stitc a portion of the old
Virginia claim, eventually ndded to Alle
gheny county a section which for scenio
beauty, fertility o soil ami rii linos of min
eral resources cannot he surpassed if
equalled throughout the State. Tlio section
referred to Is contained at the present with
in the limits of the townships lying south of
the Ohio and south and west or the Monnn
gahela. About a ear after the transaction
referred to In the above, and upon the erec
tion of Washington county, it became a
part ol that county, being Included In what
was then known as Jtnbcsun, Cecil nnd
Peter's towuthlps, and for a time a portion
was uuder the jurisdiction of Dickinson
township, which was organized In I78i, al
though sot confirmed until two years later.
All of these boundaries were again de
stroyed on September 24, 1783, and witb.the
territory ceded by Westmoreland divided
into seven towusbips, forming Allegheny
county. Th ire of these made up that por
tion on the southern and western tide of the
Ohio and Monongahela, and were firt
known as Moon, St. Clair and Mifilin,
These were in turn split up iuto a number
of smaller subdivisions, one of which is
Chartlers.
ANOTHER riONEEB NAME.
This township was much larger at one
time than now. It extended up the creek to
tbe small streamlet known as "Whisky
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run," which was originally Jbn Bell's
run," alter tbe brave pioneer who was the
first to frequent Its banks, and as it is tbe
only place that bears or bore the latter
name, It should be maintained, inasmuch as
the name under which it ii now known Is u
result born of the reunions which at one
time were beldata certain point, the prin
cipal participants of which vera notorious
tipplers and "the tipple they tippled."
The brothers Bell. John and James, who
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were the earliest settlers in the valley, came
from Virginia in October, 17C8. They
Eassed the first night on the tract now owned
y Jacob Doolittle, near Mansfield, on
which stood an old swamp o ik as late as
July, 1673, when it was blown down in a
storm, Irom which, on that first night.John
Bell cut a large chip for a homing block.
The next morning they crossed the creek
into what is now known as Bohfnson town
ship, a few hundred yards below North
Mansfield station, on the P., C. Si St. L. K.
K. Having staked tomahawk claims they
went back to Virginia, returning in the
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spring of 1769 with tbeir families. James
settled in .Robinson. John in Chirtiers.
Here they lived out a ripe old age, having
in tbe meantime witnessed wonoeriui
changes in the country around, particularly
the thriving town of Pittsburg, which had
grown ia the interval from a rnde frontier
fortification to a city of many thousand in
habitants. LIVED TO A BITE OLD AGE.
In the beautiful Chartlers Cemetery at
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Idle wood, overlooking the Mansfield Valley,
a splendid marble sha t commemorates these
hardy pioneers and their as brays consorts.
The inscriptions which follow art interest
ing: John Bell, dlad March 6. 1833, axed 90 years.
Blander, wife of John, died May 6, 1839; aged
Soyeara.
James Bell, Br., died December , 1EW( aged
88 years.
Mary, wife of James Bell, Sr died March 6,
1E38, aged 89 years.
It is rather a curious coincidence that the
fifth day of the month should be so fatal to
this family. Tbe Bells originally numbered
eight brothers, all of whom did good work
In the settlement of the wilderness. They
were named respectively John, James,
Charles, Samuel, David, Joseph, Robert
and William. Charles settled in Wash
ington county, this State; Samuel in Har
rison county, lnd.,and David, Robert, Will
lam and Joseph in Kentucky, Tbe last
named achieved considerable fame as an
Indian fighter and soldier of tbe War of
1812, participating in no less than 27
battles.
Starting from the progressive little town
of Chartiers at the mouth of tbe creek and
making a tour ol the valley, one cannot
help being struck by the certuinlv remark
able beauty of many spots along the banks.
Since the oil excitement, tlio pretty stream
reflects the myriad colors of tbe petroleum
film. Its waters follow a mazy course
throueh many changing woods and scenes;
past bills crowned with luxuriant vegeta
tion, through flower-scented fields and
meadows.
WORTH 001X0 MILES ZO BEE.
Surely no more delightful view Is to be
found anywhere than that from the house of
Mr. Cornelius Scully, at Scully's Springs.
I remember pausing" there to udmire It on a
beautiful June day several years slnoc. The
air was dellclously toft and warm, with
only a gentle hi at "of summer, and the early
flowers of inrliiff were still lingering u the
woods and fields, filling the balmy air with
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in the foreground like a silver belt, winding
through and along the lovely meadow lands,
sometimes at the base ot emerald hills and
sloping banks, anon resting In a gteen silent
pool, then purling past cold gray rocks or
lying asleep in the warm golden light of the
glorious sun, to awake again at an over
hanging tree and hurry with noisy haste
over stony shallows until lost iu the pur
plish shadows ot the distant hills.
Away over to the left, on the top of a
high hill, the Von Bonnhorst homestead
can be seen peeping from among tbe trees
surrounding it, and in the same direction,
but down on a sort oi table land Mr. Scully
points out the location of the cabin from
which Jennie Stoop was captured by the In
dians in 1780.
TIIE IV On All TBACT, "
About a mile above Scully's Springs 10
called from the chalybeate mineral springs
in the vicinity Is another splendid piece
of country, ot which the most part is or wss
owned by the Ingram family. This tract
was purchased by Thomas Ingram in 1818,
and occupied by him until his death, which
took place In 1805. Then it wns taken in
hand by his sou, Mr. Henry Ingram, who
died about four years ago at an advanced
age. The latter's recollections were ex
tremely Interesting, extending over a period
of 67 years' continuous residence in the val
ley. A short distance from the house occupied
by Mr. Ingram is a spot which marks the
location of the old "Hand Hospital" erected
and used by General Hand, oommandant at
Ft. Pitt during the latter part of tbe last
century, as an hospital for disabled or sick
soldiers. This arrangement was made on
account of tbe swampy condition of the
fort's surroundings, which were detrimental
Stone Covering General Hand's Well
to their recovery. Mr. Henry Ingram, who
remembered the hospital distinctly, stated
the year before be died that it was a two
story building, about 100 feet in length by
30 wide, with a porch completely encircling
it. There were no windows nt all and only
two doors. Partitions divided the upper
and lower floors into three rooms each.
There were also a number probably eight
or ten small blockhouses surrounding it,
and a single one on the hill rising to the
southeast
AIT HISTOBIO "WELL. '
Mr. Ingram assisted in the tearing down
of the buildings which took place in 1824,
and nothing now remains to mark the spot
but tbe old well, which was situated a few
feet from the main building, and is responsi
ble lor tbe name by which tbe institution
was best known in tbe early days, "Old
Well Hospital." A large flat stoue covers
it. Grape shot, cannon balls and quaint
surgical instruments have been discovered
at various times in tbe vicinity.
This part of the valley is very rich in in
teresting features. The Ingram property
possesses several valuable mineral springs,
which a syndicate endeavored to secure lor
development some years since. An enor
muns but unsatisfactory price was offered
but reiused and negotiations have never
been received. Tbe first traces of an old
Indian trail can still be seen and the bones
and relics of a pre-uistorie race have been
lound without number. At a ledge ot rocks
at the north side, stone Implements of all
kinds have been unearthed at various times,
among them stone axes and hatchets, knives,
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spear heads, mortar pieces of oddly marked
pottery and animal and bird-slmped pipes.
Several of the axes were of suoh size that a
belief has arisen that they were wielded by
a larger and stronger race than is known of
to-day. Copper has also been found in con
siderable quantities near the site of the old
hospital, and a salt manufactory was looated
at one time near by.
yiliST SCHOOL HOUSE AND CHURCH.
The first school bouse in the township was
built over 100 years ago at Will's Hollow
(from Will-o-tbe-Wisp), not far from tbe
Ingram farm. It was burned down in 1818,
but its successor, a building about the size
of an ordinary hen coop, erected immedi
ately after, Is still in existence. The first
church in the valley was of the Oatholio de
nomination. It was built in 1829 and is
still standing, olose to Cralton station, In
the midst ot a picturesque old burying
ground. '
The descendants ol old settlers in the fam
ilies of the Bells, Steels. Silks, Days, Lor
raine, Doolittles, Halls, Diosmores and
others are still to be met at various points
in tbe township. Judge Wilkeson, one of a
family of 20, rame from Carlisle, Pa., to
Chartlers in 1781, his father exchanging a
horse for a tract of land 200 acres in extent)
and the samp tract Is now worth at least
12,000 per acre. W. Q. Kaufman.
A Contribution From Texas.
Mr. J. B. Bos well, one of the best known
citizens of Brownwood, Tex,, contributes
tbe following item as his personal ex
perience: "After having suflered from
diarrhea for some time and having tried
different medicines with no good results, I
tried a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic.Oholera'
and Diarrhea Remedy, which relieved me
at once, and I recommend it to all who may
be suffering from this troublesome com
plaint," wrhsu
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THREE NOTED TOMBS.
Sacred Spot Which the Arabs Honor
as the Grave of Mother Ere.
A HEADSTONE SENT FROM HEAVEN.
Last Belting1 Place of the Fabled Lovers,
Paul and Virginia.
BOHES OF TB, LIVINGSTONE'S WIPE
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It Is not very often that an Amerloan
traveler visits tbe little town of Jeddab, on
tbe Arabian coast of the Red Seayet every
year, as the sacred season of the Hedjaz
comes around, hundreds of thousands of de
vout Musselmen are disembarked at its
little harbor. Intent on making a pilgrim
age to tbe Mecca, whioh insures the happi
ness and honor of Paradise. It was not
with any intention of attempting to visit
the tomb of Mahomet and to gaze on the
mysterious "Ksaba" that I took sail one
moonlit night from Suakin and crossed the
turbulent Red Sea to Jeddab. My object
was to visit the shrine of one venerated by
Christian and Ismalite alike the tomb of
Eve. tbe mother or mankind.
Leaving Suakin just after sundown, when
the land breeze had sprung up, in a small
dbow with a prodigious sail, I arrived off
Jeddah about 9 o'clock the next morning.
As seen from the sea tbe town is very im
posing. Tbe white houses, built entirely of
coral rag are, many of them, several stories
high and adorned with beautiful hanging
windows of carved wood work. The town
is entirely surrounded, except on the sea
front, by a massive wall from IS to 20 feet
hiub, with only three gates. At sundown
these gates are closed, and at all times they
are guarded by Turkish soldiers.
THE OBAYE OF MOTHER EVE.
As I was obliged to leave Jeddah again
that night I lost no time in getting ashore,
and alter breakfast and a tub, the latter of
which was very necessary a ter a night in a
dhow, I set off with one of the British Con
sular cavasses to visit Eve's grave. This
is situated about a mile and a half outside of
tbe city on the north. Passing out by the
northern gate the land rises gradually to the
grave, which is in lull view irom the time
you leave the city wall. The country pre
sents a very sterile appearance, there being
but little vegetation. A few date palms
are dotted about, and away to the west in
the direotion of Mecca, groups of stunted
acacia trees render the prospect less barren.
The approach to the tomb is up a sandy
slope, rising about 200 feet above the town.
Tbe grave itself is 160 feet long and 5 feet
wide, and is surrounded by a stone wall 4
feet high, covered with chunam. In the
center ot it rises a small dome-crowned
mosque, wherein pilgrims assemble to say
their pravers. The mosque is in cbarge of
some dervishes who have plenty to do in
keeping it clearof the crowds of beggars who
assemble and clamor for backsheesh.
Inside, the mosque is perfectly plain, ex
cept that in the center is erected an altar.
This stands about three feet high and is
covered with curtains. The curtains being
drawn aside discloses a black stone let into
the floor. This stone is supposed to lie
directly over the tomb of Eve, nnd is pol
ished like marble by the kisses of the faith
ful. It is by no means permitted to every
pilgrim to place his lips on this sacred spot,
but by a liberal amount of backsheesh and
the presence of the Consular cavasses I was
permitted tbe honor, and accordingly tbe
curtain was drawn, and, on hands and
knees, I paid homage to our legendary
mother.
ESPECIALLT BEST FBOJI HEAVEN.
Tbe stone which is treated with so much
honor is a very curious one, evidently me
teoric, and is supposed, like the Kaaba of
the Mecca, to have been specially sent
down from heaven for its present use. I
had a long chat with tbe chief custodian of
tbe tomb, who told me that the office had
been in tbe family for generations. He
said that the most regular visitors to the
shrine are the Bedouins, who, in their
yearly wanderings through the Arabian
desert, rarely fail to visit the tomb. I
asked bim if there were any legend as to
why Eve was supposed -to be burled there,
but he knew none, and a.ked, "Where else
would she be buried except on this sacred
soil?"
It is certainly curious that legendary lore
should assign two spots so distant Irom each
other for the graves of our first parents.
While Eve rests on the shores of tbe Red
Sea, 'Adam is popularly supposed to lie
buried under tho forest-clad slopes of
Adam's Peak. In Ceylon, On my walk
back to Jeddah I asked my companions if
they supposed the gravo represented tbe
stature ot Eve, and they said "Surely." A
stroll through the buzaarbrought a pleasant
day to a close, and soon alter sundown I
was again on tho sea, bouud for the African
coast.
O RAVES OP PAUL AND VIRGINIA.
It Is far away from tho Red Sen to the
Isloof Friioce, and probably no greater con
trast could be Imagined tliun that which
exists between the .arid shores of Arabia
and the troplo luxuriance of Mauritius.
Yet, Just ns tho tombof Kvethss Imbued
the desert with nil interest it would not
otherwise possess, so hus Ueiinrdln St.
Pierre's romance of "Paul and Virginia"
spread a halo round Mauritius, For Paul
and Virginia In the flesh and their true
story Is no less touching than the table.
In the year 1741 a terrible famine meed
over the Isle of Franco, and on the receipt
of the news In Europe a ship called the St.
Gernu was dlspatohed with stores to the
relief of the Qovornor. The shjp alter n
prosperous voyage arrived ono summer
evening off the island. The captain know
ing the straits the Inhabitants were In, was
anxious to communicate with theshorous
soon us possible, and endeavored to take his
ship In by night. Although they were but
a mile from laud only three escaped, those
who could swim being seized by the sharks
which infest those waters.
On board tbe St. Geruu were two lovers,
Mile. Malett and Mons. Ue Peramon, who
were to be married when they reached the
island. Their grief at the idea of being
separated when the ship struck was terrible,
and clasping each other in their arms they
awaited their fate. At length a wave swept
them Irom the deck, and the next morning
their bodies were lound, still locked in a
final embrace, where they had washed
ashore on the little beaoh of what has since
been known asTombeau Bay.
THE OEAVE STILL MARKED.
Such Is the true story of Paul and Virl
glnla, and In a grove of mojestio rnffin
palms, bard by tho little beach, stands their
grnve to this day. The drive irom Pqrt
Louis to Pampiemousses, where the grave
is situated, is a lovely one, and harmonizes
well with the romance attached1 to the spot.
Palms of all sorts, including the beautiful
talipat, line the road, and at the time I
visited it tbe beautiful flamboyant was iu
full bloom, and threw its scarlet spikes in
every direotion across the pathway.
The grave itself is situated a little to the
left of the road, about seven miles from
Port Louis. It is a simple structure ot
stone, about 3 feet high above the ground.
No Inscription tells who rests beneath, but
the Inevitable guide is at baud to point it
out, and demand a "pour 'bolro" for bis
pains. The stones have been sadly muti
lated by relic-hunting tourists, a mag
nificent bongaiuvilloea spreads its purple
mantle overhead, and I collected some of
tbe brilliant petals as a memento ol the
spot Clumps of searlet ponoea and a
monster passion flower added more beanty.
There has lately been a scheme to put up a
more suitable monument to the lovers, and
a considerable sum or money has been col
Jcotod on tho island for that purpose.
MBS, LIVINGSTONE'S OBAVE.
Many neopU who are well acquainted
with the trayeli and adventures of br. Ly,
wuo me iraTcu ana adventures of Dr. LI v.
ynfitono are unaware that tho trMh,wnJ
SUNDAY, -JULY 13,
climate of Africa claimed his wife, as well
as himself as its victim, yet such is the
case, and while Westminster Abbey holds
the bones of the great explorer, those of his
wife find a quiet resting place by the side
of the Zambesi. Passing down this beauti
ful river on my way from Lake Kyassa to
the coast, I turned aside at tbe littlo village
ol Thupanso for the purpose of visiting
Mrs. Livingstone's grave. The head man
of tbe villigo readily undertook to guide
me to the spot, but he warned me that the
undergrowth of the forest was very dense
and that It would be necessary to take a
party of men with us to cut tho way through
the Jungle.
The fact of an "insugi" being burled
there had rendered tho spot uncanny in the
eyes of the superstitious natives and the
Sathways which led by the tree under whioh
Irs. Livingstone was laid, bad become en
tirely obliterated. Starting from the vil
lage with ny guides and ten men, we at
once plunged into the forest which is here
very dense, and, owing to the thick
"lianes" whioh hang from every tree dffi
cult o passage. After three-quarters ot an
hour hard work wo arrived at the toot of a
gigantic baobab tree. Here, my guide in
formed me, was tho site ot the grave, but it
took another hour's hard work ofearing
nway the brush before we could reach it.
At last, howover, my search was rewarded
and tbe grave brought to light. A wooden
cross placed at the head had fallen down
nnd wreathed with creepers lay on the
ground.
SIMPLY A MOUND OP EAETH.
The grave itself is a simple mound or
earth, like so many of those seen In English
church yards, and, considering that it baa
not been banked up in a score of years, wns
in a fair condition. Considering the heavy
tropical rains of the Zambesi Valley, it is
wnudeiful that it had not been entirely ef
faced. I had the jungle around the grave
carefully cleared away and put a stout bam
boo fence around it, and replaced the cross
at the head. On my return to the village I
arranged with tbe head man to have the
grass or jungle cut periodically. Some day
I hope a more enduring monument may be
erected to the daughter of Moffat and wife
of Livingstone.
Certainly no more appropriate restirfg
place could be found for her than under the
gnarled and twisted branches of the old
tree at Thupanga. Here, amidst the scenes
nnd people she loved and within sound of
the waters that will ever be associated with
her husband's name, she was laid to rest in
tbe early spring of 18G2. Since that time
many of her countrymen have passed up
and down the Zambesi, and it is to be re
gretted that none ot them ever stopped to re
pair her grave.
Lawbence O. Goodrich.
HEWS FOB nEflimm.
Interesting Donations to (ho Carnegie Free
Library.
A copy of Craig's History of Pittsburg,
tbe kind donation of Mr. J. K. Bole, of
Cleveland, O., formerly of Allegheny City,
was received yesterday at the Carnegie Pree
Library. This is tbe first donation to the
library of a book that belongs to tbe circu
lating department proper. A valuable col
lection ot Stite documents had already been
made by Controller Brown, as well as a
goodly collection of Government documents,
, furnished to the library through the kind
ness of Congressman Bavne.
A very extensive donation of periodicals
came in yesterday, consisting of newspapers
in the French, German, Spanish, Italian,
Welsh, Swedish, Norwegian, Dutch.Danish,
Polish and Bohemian languages. These
periodicals have been secured for the read
ing room through tbe kindness of Mr.
Charles Abel and the Hostetter company, of
this city. Mr. Abel, who has recently re
turned from Sonth America, where he made
an extended tour, studying the commercial
situation of that country, has made arrange
ments that some South American papers be
placed on the tables of the Carnegie Free
Library reading room. All of the local
dailies save one are now in the reading
room.
Concert Programmes.
The following is the programme for the
Bellevue concert next Thursday evening:
March "Stato Camp" Muller
Oernert Orchestra.
Overture "Slrgo of Rochelle" Balfe
Gavotte "Qrazlosa" Ellenberg
Helectlon "Grand Duchess" Offenbach
Norcean "Fata Morgana" Tobanl
Idyl "LeTtevo" ;..Goiterman
Pavene "Inrantlno" Boggetti
Polka "Caprice" Bebr
Following is the procramme for the sec
ond Scwicklcy concert, Thursday:
March "Tannhaeussor" Wagner
Gernert Orchestra.
Overture "Jiorry Wives 01 Windsor".NIcolal
Two Numbers Ja Soldiers' 8ong....Noninszko
iwojn umoers b Herena(I MofZkowkl
Idyl "A Spring Murntug" Lauombe
Selection "Carmen" Blzot
Serenade Fill
Messrs. Ksculer and Cooper.
(For flute and 'cello, by request.)
Two Songs it "yK d"BIC Henselt
"lb La Uercouse Gounod
Helectlon "Gondoliers" Hullivan
Gavotte "Mlgnon" Thomas
Galop "Formula" Kesch
EDUCATIONAL GOSSIP.
Miss MAnriiA O'Dommjcl, of the Italston
Behool, has resigned, liar marrlago will take
place in August.
All tho school elections aro about over. with
tho exception of the llaliton, which will take
place to morrow evoulag.
TitK Interior of tho Hobo school bnlldlng will
bo entirely repainted during vacation. Now
furnltiiro will be added to some of the rooms.
M ins ltosu McCLitAitY, principal of tlio Mt.
Albion soliool, Is oooupylug a cottage at Valley
Camp. Mrs. Johnson, of the North K0I100I, Is
summering there, as is bsr yearly custom.
Mn. Woods, son of exChaneellor Woods, of
tho Wcstorn University, Is an applicant for one
of the ncwly-oreatcd positions at the Allegheny
High HcbuoL Jl u L a Graduate of Princeton.
PliOF. W, W. KENNBDY.of tho Allen school,
contemplates a vlU to Boston while tho O. A.
It. Celebration Is in progresi Micro. Prof.
Cargo, of the Mt. Washington, will also visit
Bosiou during this period.
Miss Emily Gardner, of the Llnooln
School.and Miss h. M. Uardner.of the Howard)
MI'S Coleman, Wickrrshami Profs. Wood and
Guttenberg, of the High Ucnool; Pror. Layers
of Lawrence, and, I'rof, Unyder, of tit Fifth
ward. Allegheny, attended tho National
Teachers' Convention at Bt. Paul.
ON Monday the Grant School Board re
elected the old staff of teachers. As the Grant
High School class made the highest class aver
age at the late High School examination, tho
board authorized that tho da.s be photo
craohrd in a bodv. the nlr.tnr mii. fr,..,i
.and hung for ornamentation In the lllirh
ttcbooi room of tbo Grant building.
The Central Board rooms have already as
sumed a funereal aspect, and affairs are in
statu quo. Only three principals made their
appearance at tbe Teachers' Retreat yesterday.
One of them, a well-known educator, bavine
plenty of time for meditation, drow the atten
tlon of bis hearers to tho aiirnnH whlpti i.a-..i
lowed tho footsteps of the principals who havo
left the nrofeksion to engage in otbor business.
'There's V. C. Lyne, who live years ago was
principal of tho Iark School, Sixteenth ward.
Wo all thought bo was doing a very foolish
thing, but he Is now worth away up in tbo
thousands, whicn he realized from the insur
ance and real estate business. Mr. Jobn Con
roy, after his term of principalsblp at tbe
Homewood School, received a patent for bis
metbod of beveling mirrors, and is doing very
,1f,,,lA ThJ. "words that Slayor Gourley and
William B. Ford, Delinquent Tax Collector,
have made are to well known to dwell on."
Tub following party of teachers left last
Thursday evening for Brlgantlno Beach: Miss
Kate Nlcpcr, of the North School; Miss L.
Montgomery, Franklin; Miss Slattcry, Bloom
nold;WlssRoowell, O'HarajMiss Bessie Gra
ham, VUh Ward School, Allegheny, also Jennie
Dumbrlll, a pnpll of tbe North School, The
Holdzkom House will be tbeir bealquarters
for a month or more. Next Thursday another
delegation of Pittsburg teachers will leave to
cultivate the seabreczes at this same point.
Fully 20 teachers will summer at Brlgantlno
Beaoh.
Auerioan challls 100 different styles
at lOo and 13o a yard.
TT3SU HUOUS & HAOKE.
Hnteeus gnteens.
20o goodi all to bo sold at 9&a a yard,
This week. Tbliweelc.
Kmablx a Bkusxm, ssviilh aye,
1890.
A JOLLY GOOD TIME
Is What Everybodj at Chautauqua is
Having This Season.
NOT A PLACE FOR iONG PACES.
The Mijlon That Obtains There Doesn't
Forbid ill Pleasures,
PITTSBURG PEOPLE ALEEADI THBflB
fSrXCUt, TILEOBAM TO in StSrATCII.1
IAKE CnAUTAUQUA, July 13.
HIS has been an agreea-
f " ble surprise, I assure you.
v II I always thought Chau
tauqua was so religious
a camp-meeting ground
and all that sort of thing,
you know. And Lake
wood it Is Just too lovely
for anytbingl" exclaimed
an Eastern girl as she took
a seat in tbe bow of the
steamer, her eyes dancing
and her cheeks reddened
by tbe kisses of the cool
lake breeze.
This is tbe old story often heard from new
comers. They are indeed surprised when
they first see Chautauqua (the Assembly
grounds). The idea ot its intensely educa
tional aspect soon vanishes when one is ac
quainted. He finds it a rational place with
rational amusements and entertainments.
He is delighted with the lectures, the music,
athletics, boating, and its walks and drives,
and soon is a staunch Chautauquan who
continnes to come here season after season
and swell the great crowd which increases
in size every year.
not too belioious.
What do they do at Chautauqua? It is
not a place, as the unacquainted often sup
pose, where you are fed on a diet of biblical
lectures and prayer meetings; where every
thing is so staid you must wear a long face
from morning till night in accordance with
the rigid rules of the association, and where
even tbe dial of the town clock is con
structed of oblong shape ; bnt yon are free
to do as you please, and every opportunity
is offered for such freedom. You may
study and attend the special lectures free
The Hall in the Grove.
from care; yon many enjoy all the pleasures
of the modern summer resort. Occasion
ally some of the people whose Methodism
exceeds their good sense are shocked by
some of the light entertainments and de
clare those "ball games and antics of the
college boys simply awful," but then to
the majority it lends a keener sense of en
joyment. The instructors! Theyare of every descrip
tion, aud come from everv country and
clime. Some of them are" "cranks," but
most of them are pleasant gentlemen and
ladies, and are always willing to talk with
you concerning their hobbies, even If they
are a little disappointed because you do not
mani est as much interest in them as they
do themselves.
A OENIAL BCBOLAB,
There is the genial, chubby-faced Dr.
Harper, of Yale, who goes about in a rapid,
careless way, with a large silk hat tipped
on the back of his bead, looking more like a
jolly Catholic priest than the Principal of
the Chautauqua College ol Liberal Arts,
and the greatest Hebrew scholar in tbe land.
He is authority on all matters concerning
the language of tbe ancient Jews. It is
interesting to see him preside over a class of
SO or 60 scholdrs and tbe enthusiasm nnd
interest with which he carries the class
along, demonstrates that he is a leader and
a te.iclier, as well as a scholar
Everyone on the grounds is familiar with
the face of Dr. H. B. Adams, who is tho
historical seer ol Johns Hopkins University.
Ho is a fine teaoher, good listener and a bet
ter talker. He is a greut walker and may
be seen any day strolling about the grounds.
Prof. Weldner is one ol the characters here
and is always interesting. He talks in a
German accent and works himself up to
grejt enthusiasm when' ho faces a class in
New Testament Greek. He balls from a
seminary In Illinois and dotes on Biblical
study,
ATHLETICS NOT NEOLECTED.
I must not nigiect, while speaking of tbe
Iiromlnent instructors, Dr. W. O. and
'rof. "Hal" Anderson. They are tho most
popular instructors at Chautauqua, unlcsslt
bo tlio praying pitcher of Yale and tho gen
eral of the Chautauqua colts. Mr. A. A.
Stugg. Their lino is athletics, both heavy
anil light, and they have charge of tho on-
tire department. Thov havo scoured a large
number of St, Lawrence boats, a plcassntf
ohango from the old ones, which required
the strength 01 a Heroines to propel, '
Captain O, . GUI, tho famous stroke of
the Yule crow and oaptaln of tlio football
team, will be hero in a tov days, and will
ondouvor to tosch Chautauquuns how ,to
keep their bnlance In the shell of the pro
fessional sculler. Soiuo of the Cornell crew
will be at Greenhurst, and there Is prospect
6teS5
HS&r?3v
Palestine Park, Chautauqua.
of a race between the two crews, Cornell
has been denied an entrance into the races
of Harvard and Yale. It tho boys from
Ithaca should succeed in vanquishing' the
"Oaptaln of the Blue" It would, Indeed, be
a glorious triumph,
Tbe flannel shitt hashed a great ragu at
Chautauqua. Everybody wears it. Secretary
Duncan thinks tha't it is one of the best ie it
urea ot the Chautauqua movement, andss ha
is ono of the most moving features of that
great Institution nnd wears one regula'rlr,
his opinion is a good one. Dr. Adams hnd
Prof. Starr wear them, and even Bishop
Vincent, it Is understood, is seriously cdu
temnlating donning the great American
neglige, though he is a little afraid that t
will not be consistent with the dignity of the
Chancellor, I
BOOM rOB IliritOVEMENX,
There are several things about tbe
grounds that will bear Ituprovemeut. The
new building where the book and news
stores are situated Is an eyesore and fairly
takes nway tho charm of tho bcantilul
grounds contiguous to it. An urcade should
be erected where all the stores could be
plncccl.
Lakewood if gayer, brighter and more
beautiful than ever this year, Ihe lawns
art well cared or, the hotels are Urger and
much, imprortd, and eYKythlng betokens
r'
-Zz'
iliipH
"SiS'W
that nicety and care always found at a
well ordered summer resort. Lakewood it
the most fashionable and tbe gayest resors
on the lake. Tbe large hotels are spacious
and roomy; two splendid orchestras lurnish
znuslo for pleasure and the dance. Ths
people here row a little, bathe a little, and,
pretend to roll the balls about tbe tennis
courts.
They find tbeir way to the table three
times a day and surprise themselves with
their keen appetites. They occupy tho
hammocks or sit upon the veranda. Some
times they go down to the billiard parlor
and push tbe balls about the tables or roll
the heavy wood balls at the big ten-pins,
which, like Banquo's ghost, will not down.
Each evening they gather for a merry dance,
and till night trip to the musio of the
orchestra..
TIIE PITTSDUEO CONTINGENT.
At the Kent many Pittsburg names are
noted. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Schoomakcr,
W. H. Soboonmaker and Jamie Scboon
maker occupy tho elegant and -large
Philips' Cottage, Just across from tho hotel.
Tho parties of Mrs. Schoomakcr are always
the rage of tbo season. Just over the way
the Mugce family, with their guest, Mrs.
Gillespie, occupy a cottage which has a
fronting on tho lake. Nearby tbe Gruff
family, consisting of Mrs. T. J. Graff, Ben
net Graff T. E. Graff, James N. Graff,
Mathew Graff and Miss Agnes Grdff, are
pleasantly situated in tbe Lose cottage.
Mr. D. Herbert Hostetter and family are
occupying their cottages.
Other names on the hotel register are O.
C Dickey, P. G. Digby, J. H. McMasters,
James Mathews, James Brown, S. Morris,
George Coe, E. McDougle, Thomas Mc
Dougle. W. J. Kerr, John Atwell, Camp
bell Boberts, Howard Simpson, A. K.Ward
and family, Mr. J. O. Milligan, G. F.
Gudes, May E. Opcides, George M. Don,
Master Lawrence Don, W. Clark, Miss
Clark, Miss Jane Black, Miss Jessie Black,
J. B. Albree, V. K. French and wife, and
Miss French.
At the Sterlingwortb everything is lively.
Mr. and Mrs. McCullougb gave a tea party
at Greenburst on Thursday evening. Gay
parties often go out for a ride in the tally
ho. Not as many Pittslurgers are here as
at the Kent. Upon the register for tbe last
few days tho tallowing appear: E. E.
Neale, Mr. W. M. Setley, M. M. Fitz
gibbon, W. G. Muzzy aud wife, Mrs. L. D.
Bobinson.
Mrs. C. W. Stone, of Warren, Pa., wife
of tbe Lieutenant Governorof Pennsylvania,
and daughter, Marie, are stopping here.
A KEEE AND EAST EESOET. ,
Across the lake at Greenburst life is less
fashionable and twice as careless as at Lake
wood. The; guests enjoy the tennis parties,
ride upon tie yacht and take long drives
into the country. Tbisisa fashionable re
sort lor dinner parties from every point of
tbe lake.
There is no more popular place for Pitts
burgers than Point Chautauqua, the grounds
and groves offering an excellent place for
strolling, and tbe balls ol tbe hotel being
wide and the rooms airy. Here are some of
the Pittsbnrgers registered: A. It. Spear,
jr., Juss Aijee xauic, Miss Alice itheem,
K. E. Faulk, George Anderson, E. T.
French, W.jE. Cunningham, G. B. Morris,
W. S. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. David Stew
art, Miss Martha Stewart and Miss Ella M.
Shaw.
Bemns Point Hotel and cottages have
fully their share of visitors. This is the
headquarters for Cincinnati and Cleveland
people. I
Tbe Beta Theta PI Club at Wooglia is
open, but &w guests have yet arrived.
A Great Saccem,
I do nofiknow of a case that was lost dur
ing our epidemic of bloody flux in this
county vjflere Cbiimberlain's'Colic, Cholera
and Diattbea Bemcdy was used. One of
my Irienife, about six miles from here.bad a
child thoj was given up by the two doctors
who attended it He then used Chamber
lain's Colic. Cnolera aud Diarrhea Keinedy
and ths child recovered. All who have
used Iljfspeak of it in the highest terms. P.
E. Lavenseb, P. M., Chestnut, Amherst
count, Va.
Foe; sale by E. G. Stucky, 1701 and 2101
Pena ave.; E. G. Stuck'y & Co.. cor. Wyllo
avej nnd Fulton St.; Market! Bros. cor.
Penn and Frankstown aves.; Tlico. E. Ihrig,
3010 Fifth aye; Carl Hartwig. 401C Butler
st,! John O. Smith, cor. Penn aye. and.l
Hi-!.. .. . T-. T nr-rt I O. n .IKK
iuuiu at., uuuirm u iiicuonnci & vu, tuo
JTIith ave., Pittsburg; and in Allegheny by
E. E. Ueek, 72 nnd 104 Federal its.; Thos.
B. Morris, cor. Hanover and Preble aves.;
Y. U. Kggers, 172 Ohio St., and F. II
'Eggcrs & Son, 100 Ohio st. and
field st.
11 Smith-
VTbSU
Bllks-Nllbs lllks.
1 22 striped silks to go at OOo.
11 23 India silks to go at COc.
II 00 India silks to go at 40a.
Oo surah silks to go at '20a.
Monday morning.
Knadle & Shubteij, 35 Filth ave.
Printed India silks great mark down
of prices this week throughout our entlro
assortments. "Huocs & Hacke.
TTS3U
nnniTl.9,l,.l...i.iM..V K..lnnln .
Monday morning. July 14,
h """- " "' "--, . i
Knadle & Suustek, 35 Fifth ave,
At the Golden Gate.
WELCOME, SHOE DEALERS.
After stock-taking we find in our Wholesale House about
150,000
Of New, Clean, Fresh and Desirable
Boots,. Shoes and Rubbers!
All suitable for early fall trade. Dealers who buy for cash
or 30 days cannot afford to let these goods go by, as they
are to be sold at
LESS THAN EASTER! MANUFACTURERS' PRICES,
kw". .:&. LAIRD,
i '
WnOMSALE BOOTS AND SHOES, '
EM 8 "W"OOD 0TBHHT
A GEHUIHE WILD BOY
Who Will Probably bs Sent to lbs ReforsBj
School.
A little fellow with all the Instincts of aa
animal has just been turned up by tbe Hu
mane Society. His name is Harry Allen.
Ho is colored, and 13 years old, but his
appearance would not indicate that he was
more than eight. The boy was
found by the ladies of the Improvement of
tbe Poor Society, in Oakland, where he was
begging. Tho ladies took care of Him and
tnrjicd him over to the Humane Society.
He was found to be a brother of Mrs. Lu
cinda Johnson, who HvesouThirtieth street.
She brought him from his home in
the mountains of Virginia, because they
could not keep bim there. Ever since ho
was a baby he would run off to the moun
tains. Sometimes he would be gone for
months before he could be caught. He lived
in tho woods on berries and raw meat. The
boy can climb a tree like a cat. He catches
birds and eats them raw.
The boy's hands are like claws, nis eyes
aro almost yellow, and the pupils of them
enlarge and decrease like those of a cat.
Ho has a wild look that is indescribable.
Mrs. Johnsou says sho does not know what
to do with him, ns be runs off at every op.
portunity. The boy will probably bo sent
to tbe Ileform School.
90. EXCURSION TO CHICAGO. 89.
Tho rid ay, July 24.
On this date the Pittsburg and Western
Railway will sell round trip tickets to Chi
cago, limit ten days, for f9, and run a
special train of Pullman sleeping cars as
first section of the Chicago express, leaving
Allegheny at 2:30 r. M. (central time), ar
riving in Chicago at 8:25 A. 21.
HARRIS' THEATER.
Week Commencing Monday, July 14.
Every Afternoon and Evening.
INIG0 TYRRELL
And his New xork Company, In the spectacu
lar melo-drama,
TEMPEST TOSSED.
A play replete with thrilling situations and
beautiful stage pictures.
Week July 21 A Woman of the People.
Jyl30
GUENTHER'S ORCHESTRA
Furnishes Mnsic for Concerts, Weddings,
Receptions. Sc.
Lessons on Flate arid Pianogivenby
PROF. GUENTHER. 69 Fifth aye., and Bis
sell block, room S32. ap2su
i
Catarrh Reached His Lunas,',
Mr. Frank J. Mason, living on Searhorn
stree ', Nineteenth ward, and near tbe Alle
gheny Cemetery, and who is employed at the (
la Belle Heel Works, in Allegheny, has been
permanently cored by tbe catarrh
specialists at S23 Peon avenue. Ha
had an offensive discharge from bis nose
and a dropping of catarrhal mucus into bis
throat, which became very tenacious and hard
to raise out. His throat became irritated and
sore and hurt him to swallow. He had pain in
bis forehead and frequent nose bleed. As bis
,'H
Mr. Frank J. Mason.
disease became deeper seated it attacked bis
Innus causing mucn pain in hi? chct and a vio
lent couirh. In fact he coughed night and day,
and In the night his couzb as simply terrible.
Ue could get but little sleep, and would often
waken with such a smothered feeling ha
could scarcely get his breath. Ha bad
no appotlte, and what little food ho did eat bo
wonld feel like vomiting up. The gas that
formed in bis stomaob nrter eating gave bim
great distress. Halost flosh. and bis lungs bo
cirno so weak bo could net Ilu on either side.
Every chango of weather would cause him to
taxe coin, .nigui sweats lurtner weaKenea
him until at nines bo was unable to do any
WOrk.
1
It was while in this condition tint ha
began treatment with tba pliy-lclan of tbo
uaurrn aim ujrsiiopsia insti ute. no says:
"ily disease was of six or sorcn years' stand
ing, and tbo above history of mycasols true.
At flrat I noticed that my mo and throat
would clog up In tbe evening, and I thought I
was taking cold. As I troattd with ssverat
doctors, and got no hotter, I became disgusted
with dnotnrlng, for l: seemed as if I never
could be cured. Finally a friend advised me
to try tho physicians nt tho Catarrh and Dys
peimlaluatltiitr. at ?J3 l'enn aronut, as his
wlro hud been cured by theno doctors. This
gave mo somn hope, and I decided to take a
cnur'oof their treatment. I Improved from
the tlrnt, I now feel well and strong, and shall
be glad to further describe my caso and perma
nent cure by these specl-illst.
"I'UANK J. MASON."
Please bear in mind that THEsB Bl'ECIAte.
IBTS HAVK IIUTONK OFF1CK, and whioh
is I'lUlMANENTLY LOCATED at 833 Penn
avenue.
Office hours, 10 a. it. to 4 r. if., and 8 to 8 r. x.
Sundays. 12 to i r.v.
ionsuiiauouireeioaii. rauents treated sue-
cessfully atliomo by correspondence. Send
tw0 j.egut stamps for question blank and
ad.
I dre all letter to tho Catarrh and Dyspepsia
I Institute. 323 Penn avenue. Pittsburg. jyl3
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