i y . 14 Oil CRUSOE'S ISLAND Lcwing Herds ana Bleating Sheep Eow Dot the Country Where the Hariuer LiTed So Lou?. AS ENGLISH LORD'S KGBLE WORK. Caves in the Hillsides TVfcers tlie Chilean Prisoners Were Conlined Until Life Was Worn Out ESCAPE OP 300 TOOS T7EET0HES. lie Itesost in Which EoMnscn Crusoe aiii Ills Han FridAj Hade Their Eoss. tetter Kb. S. rOOOCCPOXDEACE OP TIIE DISPATCH. Santiago de Chile, June 2T. HE first thinff a 'ourist does, on going ashore at Jnan Fer nandez, Is to start for the famous Lookout, from the top of which so says the his torian poor Crusoe used to watch for a tail, "and yet no sail from day to day." But he is likely to be long on the way, than a mile from because there are Chem Flip. though it is less the landing place. several points of interest to be viewed en route. First there are the people 100 hands to be shaken and 1.000 eager questions answered; for the arrival of a ship is by no means a matter of every day, and when one docs appear in the harbor every lonesome Islander, old or young, troops down to meet her. Though voluntary exiles in this beautiful place, wheie nature has been lavish in pro viding everything necessary to sustain lifa raxs ii:h.vA3sdet as without labor, the colonists pine for news from the distant world, whose echoes come to them The angels' visits, "few and far be tween." Though no longer a convict colony, as in days long past, tho island is lirtnally a prison, whose bolts and bars are ocean billows, and many a modern Crusoe voices his predecessor's sentiments: Oh Solitude. Where are the cliarraa That Saes have seen In thy facet Better dwell In the midst of alarms Than reijn in this horrible place. Peopled With Lowly Shepherds. There are about 100 residents on Juan Fernandez, mostly Germans and Chilean ranchmen and their families, for some years ego the island was leased to a rich cattle companv, who have now as many as 3O,C00 head of horned cattle and twice as many sheep grazing on the narrow valleys and on the reen hillsides The cottage's of the colonists are mostly within sii;ht of the landing, set in the midst of orchards on the ride of a hill slonirg down to the tea, and the oppressive silence of Selkirk's time has given place to the bleating and lowing of tiocke and herds, the merry shouts of chil dren and human activity." The houses are extremely picturesque, being made of the bright vellow straw of the wild oat, woven in and out through bamboo wattles and thatched with the same. Their high-peaked roofs project all around far beyond the nails, and the doorways are thaded by straw-thatchtd porches, remind ing one of French-Canadian cottages along the lower St Lawrence or chalets in the yalley of the Seine. Each little tome is inclosed within a wall of stones and brush wood, its rustio gateway overrun with lux uriant vines; and within the enclosure are granaries, store houses and ether out-build-luge, all set upon poles to keep them out of the water during the heavy rams of June, July and August. There is no winter in this latitude, but the wet season, though short, is more trying than the northern ice and snow. Visitors Always TVarmly Welcomed. "Whcver goes to Juan Fernandez finds himself enthusiastically welcomed by every soul on the island, and receives just as many pressing invitations to lunch, to dine and to stop over till seme other boat comes along as there are homes on the island, and if be has been bo thoughtful as to bring a few old books and newspapers, he has earned the lasting gratitude of the people. Besides caring for their flocks, the settlers raise fruits and vegetables to sell to passing ves sels. The soil is wonderfully productive, especially in the Northern valleys where de cayed vegetable matter and rich deposits of burned earth have washed down lrom the mountains. Grass and oats spring up spontaneously in the open 6paces, and vegetables of all kinds grow abundantly wherever the seeds are scattered. Wild grape vines and fig trees bearing excellent fruit flourish on the slopes, tad there are many natural orchards grown from seeds planted a century ago by Selkirk and other mrrincrs. Besides peaches, apri cots, pears, quinces and other Iruits common to temperate climates, the chuta is every where a species of palm which produces a delicious berry and among an endless variety of indigenous trees are pimento (pepper), Eandal, corkwood and myrtle. VVL-.lt a. Shipwrecked Lord Did. It appear that Lord Anson, an English man, rus doae more for the settlement aud cultivation of this island than the Govern ment that owns it. He stopped here first by chance, in the vear 1741, lor the purpose or recruiting his ships after a succession of disasters in their payuge around Cape Horn. The loss and dinger he had experienced led t establish a sort of recruiting station on Jnan Fernandez, for his own and oth r dis abled ships. lie devoted months to the production here of such fruits and vegetables as tailors crave, and caused quantities of beeds to be scattered all over the island, so that future voyagers might find a variety of refreshment. He also left ashore a great many domestic animals, that they might be come numerous, for the benefit of vessels in distress for provisions, castaways and ship wiecked mariners. "He who plants an olive, plants for his children's children." Lord Anson could not expect to uerive much personal advant age lrom these benevolent acts, but how many lives have been saved by his philau throphv there is no human record to show. After Lis death his papers fell into the hands of ilr. .Richard Walters, Cliaplain of, tlH i W ti Centnrian. who compiled from them the mot reliable description and accurate topo graphical survey of Juan Fernandez that has ever been made. Fih and Game Are riontr. Thongh the tillable area is small, because there is so little level ground, it is asserted that several thousand people might subsist comfortably on the main island alone, with out any supplies from other oountries be yond exchanging their surplus productions with passing vessels for clothing and gro ceries. The not very enterprising inhabi tants of to-day live chiefly on fish and goat's flesh, of which there is an eihaustlcss sup pi v. Boat loads of the finest cod, rockfisn, cullet, lobsters, lamprey eels, etc., may be caught ns fast as they can be hauled in any where around the shores; and pheasants, pigeons and other birds are as abundant as the wild goats and rabbits. Attended bv numerous volunteer guides from among the hospitable settlers, we again set out for the Lookout, but turned aside midway between the cllfl and the landing to explore some remarkable looking caves in a hill-side, topped by ruined fortifications. These are all that remain of the ruined set tlement founded here bv Spain in 1750. and of the Chilean penal colony established on the same Epot in 1819. The Spanairds built a great fort and a town, both of which were destroyed the following year by a violent earthquake. They were immediately re built and were in good order and inhabited when Carteret visited the island, in 1767. Prisoners Kept In Caves. Earthquakes are frequent in this archi pelaco, and several within the memory of people now living have done considerable damage. Nothing remains of the ancient fort but its foundation and a portion of the ramparts imbedded in reddish clay and overgrown with weeds. The convict colony was established as soon as Chilo gained her independence, and sometimes more than 1,000 criminals were here. Of course, after the manner of Ohileans,they were subjected to the most barbarous treatment in these gloomy dungeons, which are dug into tho brow of the bluff facing the harbor, and ex tend several hundred leet underground In the form of vault and passages, somewhat resembling the Catacombs at Borne. The gates by which the entrances were secured disappeared long ago, and the passages that have not fallen in are pre-empted by wild dogs,bats, toads and centipedes. We dared not venture inside.but one who did describes them in these words: "Bank ferns hung upon the sides; the walla overhead dripped with death-like sweat, slimy drops courted down the sides and the air was damp and cold. Thick darkness reigned within the depths, penetrated by no wandering gleam from the light day, for heaven neier smiled upon these dreary abodes of sin and sorrow. A few of the inner Dungeons for the TVorat Criminals were dug still deeper underground, reached by rough stairways of earth, shut out from the upper vaults by strong doors. These lower dungeons were not more than 5 feet long by i feet high, and from their size one may lorn some idea of the sufferings en dured by the poor wretches, loaded with JtffySr sees - vsots xhb snip, Irons, crushed down by impenetrable walls of earth, in ntter darkness, starved and beaten by their cruel guards, with no living soul to pity and no hope of release but in death. "By the aid of torches we saw deep holes scratched In one of the walls, bearing the impress of human fingers. Perhaps some unhappy murderer, goaded to madness by such tortures of mind and body as drives men to tear their own flesh when "buried be fore the vital spark is extinct, had grasped out the earth in his desperation and left marks of his death agonies upon the clay that entombed him. As we sonnded the walls, deep echoes breaking upon the heavy air seemed yet to mingle with his curses, and its last sephulchral throb was like tho dying moan of a maniac" A Wholesale Prison Delivery. At last, about 80 years after the founding of the colony, some 300 prisoners broke loose from their chains, murdered the guards and escaped. They seized the gar rison and for several days held possession of tho island. Just then a Nantucket whale hhip happened to put into Cumberland Bay for food and water. The convicts seized the captain add compelled him to put on board as many of their number as his vessel could possibly carry. Two hundred of them crowded in, and they threatened the ship's officers with instant death in cose of failure to land them on the coast of Peru, whither they determined to go to escape the veng eance of the Chilean Government The captain of the whaler ran over to th'e nearest land on the coast of Chile, and.lead; ing the convicts to believe that it was Peru, put them ashore only about SO miles north irom Valparaiso. They soon found out their dangerous situation; but it is said that every one of them sucoeeded in eluding the Chilean authorities and eventually joined the Peruvian aruy, whioh was at that time advancing upon Santiago. Most of the prisoners left upon the island escaped by different vessels and were scattered over the globe. But very few of those engaged in the massacre were recaptured.and they were shot in the central square of Chile's capital. All this occurred less than 40 years ago. Glory of a Frightened Governor. Speaking of those days bringB to mind the story of a former Governor of Juan Fernan dez, which is still told and believed by everybody on the island. Looking up to the "uppermost peak of Yonka an abrupt precipice on all sides, rising 3,000 feet into the blue one sees the dim outlines of a block cross, and wonders how in the world it got there. Many attempts have been made, by sailors and others, to scale this peak, but always without success, except in a single instance. One day the Governor of the convict island went out riding, as was his Ub-al after dinner custom, and when near to Yonka he beheld so remarkable a vision that he galloped back to the village in hot haste and related that he saw, away down in the volley, a very tall man, dressed all in black and mounted on a very tall white horse. The strange rider had a face of ghastly whiteness, and turning, he looked steadily at the Governor, "with eyes of fire, the glare of which made the air hot all around." Trembling with fear, the Governor made the sign of the cross, whereupon the phan tom put spurs to his horse and rode straight up the precipice to the top of tho peak, where he paused and looked back. Seeing the sign ol the blessed cross repeated, tho mysterious horseman lifted his hands wild ly as if in despair, and plunged out of sight on the ether side. A Cross Built by Criminals. Being a devout man and believer in spooks, the Governor recognized this as an omtn of impending calamity, which could only be averted by planting a cross on top of the peak. For this purpose he selected two criminals who were under sentence of death and offered them their liberty if they would make the ascent and erect the cross. The prisoners resolved to hazard the at tempt, as on the other hand there was the certainty of death. Tools, ropes, ladders and provisions w ere furnished, and they w ere sent ofi" with the warning that if they had not succeeded in the course of ten days, they would be immediately executed. " For moro than a week they toiled in ccssantl v, driving spikes into the cliff; and day by day went up o little higher, letting themselves down by night by ropes to the base of tho -orrcinice. On the eiehth -dav they reached the summit, almost dead, from A Tmn fright and worn to skeletons by the terrible ordeal through which they had passed, so that for many hours they lay completely prostrated. The table on top of the peak is a vat rock, 40 feet in diameter, and in the middle of it a clear spring bubbled Up. A Spook Clothes-Lino. One of the men bathed in the water, and felt so refreshed that he at onco knew it had iri3.rip.al nroporties. He peered over the western precipice to see where the cascade H fell, when, lo, directly below him, stretched from crag to crae over the awlulgorgo" was a clothes-line, hung full of linen 6hirts white as snow. Deponent does not say what this portended; but the convict called his comrade to come and see, and while they were looking a tremendous hurricane came up, compelling them to fall flat on their backs to avoid being blown over tho abyss. After the wind had passed they looked again, but clothes and line had dis appeared, and nothing was to be seen but the bare rocks. Then they fell upon their knees in prayer, and an angel appeared who showed them a tree suddenly grown up beside the spring and bade them U6e it for tho cross. They did so: and then letting themselves down by i rnnes. hastened to the Governor to re late their adventures. The tale so im pressed that dignitary that he not only re deemed his promise by giving them their liberty, but sent them home laden with gifts, and had crosses erected in various parts of the island and daily masses said by the soldiers for a long time afterward. A Tablet In Crusoe's Memory. ' On that side of Crusoe's Lookout which faces the bav, a marble tablet has been set, bearing the following inscription: "In memory of Alexander Selkirk, mariner, n native of Largo, County of Fife, Scotland, who lived upon this island in complete soli- RoMnson Crtaos's ZooToout. tude for four years and four months. He was landed from the Cinque Ports galley, SG tons, 16 guns, A D. 1704; and was taken off in the Dnke, privateer, on February 12, 1709. He died Lieutenant of H. B. M. S. Weymouth, 47 years. This tablet is erected on Selkirk's lookout by Commodore Powell and the officers of the H. B. M. S. Topaz, A. D. 186S." Standing where Crusoe stood when ha was monarch of all he surveyed and his right there was none to dispute one looks off upon lovely valleys and wooded ravines, fair and solitarv as the Hannv Vallev of IBasselas, 'till recently seldom trodden by human feet; environed on every side by Jong swells ot the. I'acino, unbroken to the horizon, except by the dim shapes of other islands belonging to the same group. The Cave Where Crusoe Lived. Later we hunted up other relics of Sel kirk's storv. Great care has been taken to preserve tilings just as ho left them, so far as inexorable time will allow. The "castle" long since succumbed to wind and weather, and the "country residence" as well; but the cave, which "has also been a famous re sort for buccaneers, may easily be visited. It lies in a ridge of volcanio rock, and looks as if it might be the doorway into the ruins of some splendid temple. The entrance is fully IS feet high, and the cavern runs back about SO feet, varying in height from ten to eighteen feet. There are many holes, or pockets, dug into the inner surface of the reddish rock, which, perhapa, were Crusoe's cupboards. There are rusty spiks nails driven all around, where he may have hung his guns and household utensils and those wonderful garments and umbrellas made of goat skins. A stone oven, with a sunken jilace for fire underneath it, is visi ble in the back part of the cave,anda broad, dark smoke line reaches to the roof, prob ably made While this man Friday kept the honse ricy. For, he sure, 'twas his business to do so according to the many long-winded songs that sailors sing pertaining to the Crusoe's adventures. Relics of the Tiilt. Nobody goes to Juan Fernandez without bringing away some souvenirs in the shape of sticks or stones. There is a wood pecu liar to the island which makes beautiful canes, having a rare grain and polishing welL Your correspondent pleased herself better by gathering a quantity of ferns and mosses that grew about Crusoe's cave and in the glen where his castle stood, in Becluded paths where he fed his goats and held converse with his faithful pets and honest Friday. I carefully pressed them in an album and sent them to my far-away home in the United States for the inspec tion of anyone who cares to look at them. When at hast we sailed away, twilight was brooding over the ocean, though the sun's last rays lingered in the sky. We felt immeasureably richer, having reduced to reality a dream of youthful days, and so the island of romance faded into the distance and the shadows of the night like other dreams of childhood's happy davs. Faxxie B. Waed. G. A. E. Excursion to Detroit. " On August 1, 2 and 3 the Pittsburg & Xake Erie Eailroad Company will sell tickets to Detroit and return, good for re turn passage until August 18, with privi lege of extension to September 30, either all rail or via Cleveland and boat, Monday trains Nos. 1, 7, 13 and 17, will have connection from Cleveland. A special train will leave Pittsburg Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock, central time, arriving in Cleveland at 11:30 a. m. This train will connect with the steamer City of Alpena, leaving Cleveland at noon for Detroit. On Sunday and Monday passengers on train No. 7 will connect with steamer, leaving at 2 o'clock p. 21. Passengers on Nos. 13 and 17 will connect with steamer, Jeaving at-10 P. u. 84 7G, 84 75, Si 75. To Niagara Falls and Return VIA ALLEGHENY VAJVLEY BAILBOAD, Saturday, August 1. Train leaves Union station at 8:45 p. at, arriving at Niagara Falls at S A, at, Tickets good live days returning. His Experience Is Texas. William Hutchinson, of Benton, HL, -while dealing in cattle and horses in Toxas last September, was taken with a very severe attack of cholera morbus and diar rhoea, coming, he supposed, from a change of drinking water. A local druggist ad vised him to take Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The sec ond dose, he says, effected a complete euro, and he now takes pleasure in recommend ing it to others. "WSu KRUK TKAKSl'ORTATION To Blaine, on tho Mouongahela, and Be. turn. For free railroad tickets to Blaine and return, maps, price lists, printed matter, and full particulars about the new town now attracting universal interest, apply at our office. Charles Somers & Co., 129 Fourth ave. Dabbs, the well-known photographer, No. C02 Liberty street, makes all sittings personally and makes the best possible like ness of everyone. The best authorities claim Mr. Dabbs has no superior in his judgment of the human face. Badges for lodges and societies at Mc Mahon Bros. & Adams', 52 Fourth avenue. u pJTTSBtmO- . DISPATCH, AN ABLE SON OF OHIO. Ex-Clerk Lloyd's Estimate of Judge Siielabarger's Ability. HE EEMKDS HIM OP WEBSTER. An Impromptu Ectort That Merits a High Place in Literatnra. HIS ABILITY IN -LEGAL PBACTICE rvmrrEN ran inn wsrATcn. Ohio has been prolifio In Statesmen, as well as in natural gas and agricultural products. She has furnished her sons for important publio offices from the Presidency down in such numbers as to entitle her to dispute the claim of Virginia to be "the mother of Presidents" and other great men, and she still has on hand a sufficient num ber to fill all the best places for all time to come. If I were to be born again into this world, and was consulted about it, my choice of a birth place would ba either Ohio or Tioga county, Pennsylvania, the latter of which .considering her territory and population, distances any othor locality I know of in the number of citizens she can spare to the publio service. Samuel Shelabarger, like Cox, was a native of Ohio, but here the likeness ends. They were the direct opposites of each other in every respect. Shelabarger was the solid man of the House. I have never known eny man who seemed to me to so much re semble Webster as Shelabarger, both in ap pearance and style of speech. He has the same dark complexion, massive brow, cav ernous eyes, saturnine expression, and the some ponderous logio in his discourse. Seeking After tho Eight Word. I remember an Incident related some where of Webster's style that is appropri ate. He was concerned as counsel in a case in the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Georgia Bank was a party. He had a habit of using one word after another until he got one that exactly expressed his idea. In this case he said: "We want the Georgia Bank to come out! to show its hand; to render up; to disgorge. And the word "disgorge" as he uttered it was said to have weighed at least ten pounds. This was Shelabarger's style. He pos sessed but little, if any humor, and small play of fancy. He was terribly in earnest, and drove straight at his point in every speech he made. Earnestness is a wonder ful element of power in any man. It is the keynote to the p'alm of life. All the moral forces of the universe are enlisted In the service of the truly earnest man. In the lexicon of such a man there is no snob word as faiL When you meet a man of that kind with his gun trained on you get out of his way. Shclabarger'B logic was of the meat ax order. It clove straight through the mailed harness of his adversary like the crash of one of the old orusader's weapons. Ha was the Richard Coeur da Lion of debate. He struck to crush. A Specimen of His Style. His words were of ponderous weight, and woo unto the head at which they were hurled. He might have been Justly de nominated "the heavy-weight of the House, and whomever he struck was sure, In the language of the prize ring, to "go to grass" and stay there. I cannot better oon vey an idea of his style than by quoting his reply to Eaymond, who interrupted him in the midst of a set speech with the question: "Where is the evidence of any specino act of the Rebellion that deprived any of the States of their rights as States and made them enemies?" Instantly camn the rcplyi '1 answer the gentleman in tne language oi tne supreme Court of the United States, that the speciflo acts were that they causelessly wagged against their own Government a war which all the world acknowledges to have been the greatest civil war known in the history of the human race. That war was waged by 'these people as States and it went through long dreary years. In it they threw ofi all allegiance to, and defied the authority of your constitution, laws and Government. They discarded all official oaths and took in their plao? oaths to support your enemy's Government. They obliterated from their State Constitutions and laws exety ves tige of Recognition of Tour Government, "They seized in their several States all the national property. The Senators and Representatives in Congress consulted, ban tered, defied, and then left you. They ex pelled from their land or assassinated every inhabitant of known loyalty; they be trayed and surrendered your armiesj they passed sequestration and other laws in flag itious violation of the law of nations, mak ing every loyal citizen an alien enemy; and placed in the treasury of their rebellion all money and property belonging to such citi zen; they framed iniquity and universal murder into law; they besieged for years vour capital, and sent your bleeding armies back here in rout upon the very sanctuary of your national power. Their pirates burned your unarmed commerce upon every sea; they carved the bones of your unburied heroes into ornaments, and drank from gob lets made out of their skulls; they poisoned your fountains; put mines under your sol diers' prisons; organized bands whose lead ers were concealed in their homes, and whose commissions ordered the torch and vellow fever to be carried to yourcities and to your women and children; they Planned One Universal Eonflre of the north from Lake Ontario to the Missouri; they murdered by systematio starvation 60,000 of your sons as brave and heroio as ever martyrs were; they destroyed in the four years of horrid war another army so large that it would reach almost around the world in marching columns, and then, to give the infernal drama a fitting close ana to concentrate into one crime, all that is criminal in crime, and all that Is de testable in barbarism, they killed the Presi dent of the United States, Mr. Speaker, I allude to theso horrible events of the recent past, not to revive frightful memories, or bring back the impulse to the perpetual severance of (his people, which their con duct provokes; I allude to them for the purpose of reminding you how utter was the overthrow and obliteration of all gov-' ernment divine and human; how total was the wreck of all constitutions and laws, po litical, civil and international. I allude to them to condense their monstrous enormity of guilt Into one crime, and to point the gentleman from New York to it, and to tell him that that was the specific act." And the words "speciflo aot" seemed to weigh about four tons, and Eaymond asked Shelabarger no more questions. A Remarkable Impromptu Retort. I have not intended in this quotation any more than the author did in its delivery, to revive any of the frightful memories that time has hushed to sleep, and prefer to "let the dead roast burv its dead." The war. thank Godl has long since ended in a re deemed Union, an untarnished escutcheon, a free flag and a reunited people. I have quoted it as the most remarkable impromptu retort that I ever heard or have ever mot with in all the annals of forensic dis course. It seemed to me as I listened to it, and does as I now write it, equal to the best specimens of Grecian or Koman eloquence. It would constitute one of the most remarkable indictments of its kind ever penned, if it had been deliberate ly written, but when it is remembered that it was made in response to a question that certainly could not have been anticipated nor provided for, it stands out unique in tne History oi legislative uiscussion. kji dinarily such a question would provoke a sharp retort, either humorous or serious, but here we have a lengthy, cogent, com pact, well-expressed and completely wrought out reply: that is, under the cir cumstanceSj absolutely marvelous, and dis closing a mind of no ordinary character. Ills Faculties Keen as Ever. Judge Shelabarger located at the expira tion ol his Congressional -service in Wash-. SUNDAY JULY 26, 181 ington, where,, in oompany with Judge Jeremiah Wilson, of Indiana, who was his associate in Congress, Tie has successfully pursued his profession of the law. I had an opportunity of hearing him very re cently in an argument before the Supreme Court of the District ot Columbia on the question of the constitutionality of the re cant Congressional legislation in regard to the establishment of the Bock Creek Park, in which he seemed to me to manifest the same qualities of mind and the same mas terly logio that characterized him during his Congressional career. He takes rank among the ablest of the remarkable men who shaped the legislation of the war period and the succeeding period of reconstruction, and who, but for tho war, might have lived and died, as Grant and many others would probably have done, unknown to fame. Clinton Lloyd. Copyrighted, 1891, by Vie author. IRON-CLAD DESTROYERS. BIG GUNS THAT WILL- EFFECTUALLY PROTrCT THE COASTS. Tho First One Successfully Tested at Sandy Iloolt American-Made Ordnance Is Proved to Be Equal to the Very Best In the World. NEW Yobk, July 25. The first high power gun of 12-inch caliber built in this country was tested yesterday at tha United States proving grounds, on Bandy Hook Point The results, as reported by the ord nanoe officers present, were satisfactory from every standpoint. They show that American ordnance making is equal to the best in the world, and the sea coast de fenses with American guns can be made effective against any iron-clods on tha ocean. The tests were not fof tha orninary servioa charge, which consists of 440 pounds of powder, but were conducted under a re duced charge of 250 pounds of German brown prismatio powder and a projectile weighing 1,000 pounds. . Wen the shot left the muzzle of the first 12-inch steel breech-loading rifle there was an explosion that shook the very earth. As the heavy mass of steel cuts its way through the cross wires. 200 feet distant, it plowed its way through the water five miles to tha eastward. It first struck tho water about 1,000 yards from the shore, and then made a bound about GO feet in the air. It struck again about 400 yards further, throwing aloft a great volume of water, made another plunge and was lost to view. When the gun was cooled Lientenant Gibson aud a corps of assistants swuug open the 2,000-pound breach plug and made an examination of the effect of the first fire. The pressure gauges showed 20,000 pounds to the square inch, with an initial velocity of 1,437 feet per second. These results dif fered but little from the estimates made by the experts before the gun was even com menced. The powder used was that made for the 10-inch gun as the Dupontlot, which was ordered especially for the 12-inoh gun, had been delayed, owing to an accident at the factory. This explosive will be slower in burning, thus allowing a greater charge than the German prismatio powder. The test was an important one in the his tory of heavy ordnance in this country, and shows that American guns are equal, if not superior, to any that can be built abroad. The great Krupp rifle of the sama caliber can only fire a charge of 357 pounds of pow der under ordinary severe conditions. The American gun can stand 440 pounds and at tain a range of 12 miles. The forgins, tube and jacket of this gun were furnished by Schneider & Co., in France, but theborings wore made at Watervliet, and the jaoket shrunk on and built up under the direction of Captain L. L. Bruff, of the Ordnance Corps. Since the building of this gun tha foundry at Watervliet has been enlarged and a new plant added there and at tha Bethlehem Iron Works, so that all parts of mo ucuvj guuo itui uv uiuii in uie uiiiteu GOOD CHANGE To secure a new suit. Fully fifty per cent has been knocked off the prices of these. The suits we are to-day selling at 8, $10 and 12 are the same that we sold all the season at $12, 14 and $16. And they are worth these latter amounts to day, but the summer is advanc ing, and we must clean up as we go, so as to start each season with a brand new stock. Your chance in Men's Suits is not confined to a broken lot of odds and ends, but covers the entire stock. GOOD CHANGE In Hot-Weather Clothing. We have this week replenished our stock as the recent hot spell has stimulated the public interest in this class of goods. Everything in this line for the street, the store, the mountain or the seaside. Prices can't but please you. GOOD GHAGE In Furnishings of every descrip tion. Present prices on these goods are fighting profit at every turn. We'll give you an ex ample in a seasonable subject Outing Shirts. See in these a line of Sateens reduced from $z 34 to 93 cents. Similar reductions all round. GOOD CHANCE In Neckwear. The year around we handle Neckwear at a small profit, hence when we cut prices, as at present, it is plain to be seen that the buyer has the ad vantage. But Summer Neck wear can't be sold in the fall, 60 prices drop until you buy it States, making ns entirely independent of. the European manufacturers. BA2AH SZBXHABDrS OBIGHT. Her Oregon Nephew Tells, an Entirely Dif ferent Story From tho Accepted One. Portland, One, July 25. The town of Pendleton contains a nephew of tho actress Sarah Bernhardt. His name is J. H. Keables. He has received a letter from his mother, now Mrs. L. E. Bell, who lives at White river, Tulare county, CaL She states that her niece, Miss Mary Munn, has re ceived a letter from Sarah Bernhardt, in which the actress discloses the fact that she is Mrs. Bell's younger sister, who ran away from her home in New York 39 years ago. According to Mr. Keahles' story, Sarah's true name is Sarah King, and she was born on American soil. Her father, Kingsley King, was of French and Jewish descent, and "a plasterer by occupation,, living in Rochester, N. Y. Sarah's mother being dead, she and the other children lived with an aunt, her father's sister, Mrs. Mary Fire field, in Rochester. One day a remark dis pleased her and she left the house. Thi3 was not an unusual occurrence, and no at tention was paid to it Sarah did not re turn, and her fate had been a mystery for 39 years. Blie has several relatives, including two sisters and a brother, in tha United States. Feet without corns are pearls of high price. Daisy Corn Cure is positivo and per mancnt in its effect 15 cents; all druggists. m? & THEATRE POPULAR "WITH THE PEOPLE. Under the Direction of R. M. Gullok & Co. THE BEM SEASON OF 91-92 Will Commence Saturday Night, Aug. 8, WITH GAYLOR In his new farcical creation, SPORT MUSTER (OHEOFTHE40Q) ASSISTED BY A Powerful Company of Comedians. MJ''fRICEj RESERVED SEATS Jy20-ll FOB DYSPEPSIA mstress after Eating, Stomach Caurrh, Head acho, Heartburn, and all forms ot Indigestion. Prepared from the fruit of tha Papaya Melon Tree found la the tronlcs. Druggists soil thm. -9J-TTS ;i& rno-iDjL.ir May be heard and appreciated ?vN.. ?.. h k a-w- UJiTf)3rm HI rEEf :o o o f j I ) No" 1 4 GOOD CHAIMCE TO-MORROW AND ALL THIS WEEK To see and appreciate what Gusky's are offering' in the articles you most need at the present time. GOOD CHANCE to save money in the purchase of the same, for we are having in every department A GENERAL CLEAN-UP. And are offering some really reliable merchandise at prices that would not be thought of in the regular way of business. The sounds of our prices is as sweet music to the economical buyer. OOOID OHAUCB In Straw Hats. Thousands of these still on our hands. You need them on your heads. Come in and take your selection of what becomes you at a saving in price that you would scarcely believe if we stated it Light-Colored Derbys that sold from $2.50 to $3.24 now offered at $1, and being readily taken. , NEW ABVEli'nSE31KNX8. ALLEGHENY, TTfO DAYS OJfLY. EXPOSITION PARK, MONDAY &TUESDAY, AUGUST 3 and 4, BARNUM & BAILEY'S GREATEST 'SHOW ON EARTH NERO, Or the Destruction of Rome. Actually 1,200 People in the Cast. Imperial Costumes. Lordly Triumphs. Kingly IMspIays. Colossal Terpsicnorean Entertainment On a Monster Stage 450 feet long. CAfiTAi IimuTXD, Duait Exrairsxs. $3,MO,000. 7 300. P. T. BAENUM and J. A. BAIXEY, Equal Owners. Beproduotlon of Ancient Botnan Scenes, Fall of GREAT NERO'S EMPIRE. Ancient Comhtts, Chariot Raolng, Sports end Contests, COO Actors, 100 Dancers, 300 Performers, Soldiers, Senators, Slaves, Glad iators, Priests, etc., faithfully representing the days of old Borne, and the Dawn of Christianity. Presented oefora the Prince of Wales and Entire Royal Family of Great Britain. SO ANIMAL CLO WKS, Herd of DANCING ELEPHANTS, 10 Dens of Trained WILD BEASTS. SO PANTOMIMIC CLOWNS, In fanny capers. A Truly Wondrous and Magnlfloent Show. A DOZEN ACTS going on at once. 125 AMAZING DISPLATS. Two Performances Daily, at 2 and 8 r. n. Doors open an hour earlier. Admission to all, 59 Cents. Children under 9 years, 25 Cents. TREMENDOUS HEW STREET PARADE, With oil Novel and Rich Feafuresrat 9 A. M. on AUGUST 3. Beserved seats will he sold at the usual prioe, and admission tlokots at a slight ad- vanoe, at the Henricks Music Co.'s store, 101 Fifth ave. Jy2S43-2C,29,30,31,l,3 Throe Points of Sapeiioritr Guaranteed: Safsty, Economy, Low First Cost Bepeated tests prove that It la absolutely Non-Explosivo and i the most Durable ever made, 'fihfmnr testimonials from hun dreds of users In all parts of the country. sizes iu to i,ujuh. tr Lc? HAZELTON TRIPOD BOILER CO. 809 Monon Block, CHICAGO, ILL. 8-85- jeSzon CANCER and TUMORS cored. No knife. Send for testimon ials. G.H.lIclIlohael, MTd.. 63 Niagara it, Buffalo. N. Y. mhi8-71-TTS3uwi a nil m m ill13 ! eg ! B.'f ' HANT in many houses of "worship. -sA-rdTS 300 TO 400 MARKET STREET. HEW ADTEKCTSEMENTS. THEATER. PITTSBURG'S LEADING THEATER DAVID HENDERSON & JOHN WNOETON MANAGERS. Cooled lifjuSu Air. PEELIIH SEASON. Evenings at 8:15. Matinees, 2:15, AI ASSURED SICK1 Twenty-flvo Hundred People Crowded the Theater Last Evening. SEE THE PRICES. Best Seats, 50 Cents, Balcony and Family Circla, 25c. TBS GflRROi OPERA GO. In an Elaborate Production of Lecocci's a'anoful Creation. ROTE THE GREAT COMPAHTi CHAS. H. DREW (the original comedian). JOHN E. BRAND (of the Casino, New York). LAURA CLEMENT (Duff Opera Company). AUGUSTA ROCHE (D'Oyle Carta Company). JESSE JENKINS (Ship Ahoy-Com-pany). LILLIAN SWAIN (Emma Abbott Company). ADA BERNARD (Henderson's Gondolier Company). HENRY HALLAM (leading tenor New York Casino) and 4Q OTKE3BS Q MONDAT, AUGUST 8, THE BOHEMIAN GIRL. JySfrEO GOOD CHANGE In Boys' and Children's Cloth ing. Your anxiety about keep ing the little ones looking decent during vacation time will be considerably lessened as you scan the prices we have made on seasonable clothing for the younger members of the family. Even $z now buys a stylish little Short-Pant Suit, and if the boy's activity destroys it before school opens the loss won't be great. GOOD CHANCE In Shoes. You are well aware that price-standing alone means nothing, and that it is our re liable quality standing behind our extremely low prices that makes the chance. Not a worthless shoe in the entire stock. Not a shoe in the stock but is actually worth more money than we are at present asking for it. Not a shoe in stock that any other dealer in town can match in price and give same quality. This is your chance in shoes, and it's a good one. GOOD CHANCE In Trunks and Valises. We have had a daisy season in these. Our uhmatchable prices have brought us an immense increase in business. But anticipating an advance we laid in an im mense stock. It's large enough yet to sup ply several hundred travelers and low enough in price to save them hundreds of dollars. GOOD CHANCE In Hammocks. We still have a large stock of these on hand, and they must be closed out. A genuine Mexican hammock that sold at $1 a week or so ago now goes for 67c. Other and more expensive ones at a similar re duction in price. n 3 1 ,.'.
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