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which has not received notice in the press
is of great economic interest, and of equal
interest to the geologist, in that 1T affords
an explanation of certain hitherto unex-
planned phenomena displayed in the geo.
logic structure of the lower Mississippi
region. 1t Is well known that the Missis-
sippi delta projects fifty miles or more.
like great tongue. into the Gulf of Mexi-
in part by Lakes Pontchartrain and
Borgne. and several smaller bod
les of water, fresh when far inland,
brackish when near the coast and salt when
opening freely into the gulf; and that the
course of the Mississippi marks the axis of
ridge built by the river itself during sac-
cessive ages-a ridge whose outward ter
minus is the extremity of the delta. lt
may not be so generally realized that the
height of the ridge is such that part OF
the waters of the great river overflow the
natural and artificial levees during each
great freshet and find far shorter courses
into the gulf. but this is true.
During $780," continued the Professor,
years was opened. Thisi is the Nita crevasse.
Through it an immense volume of water
escaped into the lakes-a volume not yet
accurately measured. but probably equal
to that of the Missouri during flood. or
that of the Delaware. Susquehanna. Poto-
mac and James rivers. The effect of this
vast volume of fresh water was to trans
form the previously brackish lakes and
saline bays into fresh-water lakes and es-
tuares. But the result. which it Is the
special purpose of this communication to
bring out was the destruction of the salt
water fauna and the substitution of fresh
water and mud-lOving fauna over an i'm
mense area. During the recent year
an important industry of the gulf
coast about the outlets of the lakes
mentioned was oyster fishing, but the
oyster beds all along the coast have been
injured and in many cases destroyed. The
sea fishery region has also been ruined.
and the pickerel and other characteristic
fishes of the Mississippi may now be taken
where four months ago only saltwater
forms were found. This tranformation in
the fauna of the region is of immense eco-
nomic importance. Valuable industries
commodities in New Orleans and other
Southern cities have been affected. OF
even greater scientific interest is the trans
formation, for 1t illustrates transition
from marine to a fresh-water fauna over
hundreds of square miles effected within
few weeks. Hitherto the geologist
employed in the lower Mississippi region
has been puzzled TO account for sudden
transitions from fresh-water to saltwater
deposits. and vice versa; but there is here a
modern example of as wide extent as in
all those which have hitherto embarrassed
the student"
Mr.. Spencer of Paxton. Sullivan county.
was introduced and invited the geologists
to visit the coal fields of Greene and Sulli-
van counties. The president made few
remarks, expressing his pleasure at the
number present at this summer meeting
and testifying TO the merit of the papers
read and discussed after which the society
adjourned until next winter.
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AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.
Interesting Papers Presented at the Summer
Meeting of that Organization.

Interesting Papers Presented at the Summer
Meeting of that Organization.
Prof Alexander Winchell called the first
session of the American Geological Society
to order yesterday morning, at Ii o'clock,
the president. Prof. j. ID. DANA being alb
sent. w. j. McGee opened the programme
with paper OH ''The Appomattox Forma-
tion in the Mississippi Embayment." The
subject relates to an area extending from
the coast along the Rappahannock river
west to the Mississippi. and north into
Tennessee. and covered with an
interstratitied sand and clay, quite sus-
ceptible to and much affected by erosion.
1t is said fully three fourths of the forIna-
tion has been removed by erosion. The
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-08-20

Colonel Martin, of Indiana, Thinks the Elec-
tiOn Bill Is Alive.
Pittsburg Chronicle It elegraph.

Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Congressman A. n. Martin, of the Elev-
city to-day bound for Washington. He has
been at his home in BlufftOn, during the
past two or three weeks. and processes to
be rather rusty so far as acquaintance with
State political developments is concerned.
Colonel Martin has views, however. which
are worth repeating. He does not believe
that the federal election bill is dead, a con-
viction which seems somewhat unusual in
view of the fact that he is a Democratic
pillar. He says there is an element in Con-
gress which will push this bill even to the
exclusion of the tariff bill He looks upon
the election bill as being the salvation of
the Republican party. and believes that the
Republican element he refers to shares the
same belief. This same contingent. he says,
has more faith in this measure as a party
bolster than the tariff bIll and he says it
will not surprise him # this bill is event
ually shelved during the present Congress
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Change of Customs.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

PhlIaneIphla 1h'lUIftf
While the European Sabbath is making
inrOads in America. the American Sabbath
is gaining foothold in Europe. Even in
Paris il is becoming the custom TO suspend
business and stop work on that day. This
is proper thing 10 do for humanitarian
reasons. quite aside from any question Of
religious belief That men and animals
must have rest days is law of nature from
which there il no appeal.
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Charles Robertson, Carlinville, III.
Mrs. Charles Robertson, Carlinville, Ill.
l.. III. Pammel. Ames. la.
Albert = Hitchcock. st. Louis, Mo.
ID. q. Eaton, Brooklyn, MY.
T.. W. Hyde, Cincinnati. O.
Walker Bowman. Blacksburg, Va.
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"nIrs. WfnsIo,r,s Soofhina !Surup"

Has been used over fifty years by mothers for
their children while teething. with perfect sue
cess Ii soothes he child. softens the gums.
allays all pain, cures wind collie, regulates the
bowels, and is the best remedy for GiarrhGa,
whether arising from teething or other causes
and is for sale by druggists in every part OF the
world Be sure and ask for Mrs. Winslows
Soothing Syrup. Twenty-Five cents q bottle.
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Officers Elected.

The Society for the Promotion of Agri-
the following gentlemen to memberehip:
Prof. l.. HI. Bailey. of Cornell University;
b. f. Fernow. of the Department of Agri-
culture, Washington: Prof. w. Z. Stone.
Purdue University; Prof. q. f. Plumb. In
election of officers resulted in the selec-
tion of DR.. e.. L. Bessey. of Nebraska Uni
versity. as president: Prof. Lazenby. of the
Ohio state University. as secretary, and
Prof. II. w. Wiley. of Washington. as third
member of the executive committee. DR..
George III. Cook having died since the last
meeting an appropriate resolution was
adopted regarding his services as member
of the society,"
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BRIGHT eyes regular features and n graceful
figure fail to produce their due effect IL the
pexion Is defacec with pimples or blotches. or
the skin Is rough harsh. TO remedy these de-
fects nse Glenn's sulphur Soap.
Hills Hair dye restores the tinge OF youth 70
gray locks
The Indianapolis journal., 1890-08-20
What is ScrofuIa

Itis that impuIty in the blood. which. aceumu-
lating in the glshds of the neck, produces un-
slightly Jumps or swellngs; which causes painful
running the arms. legs, or feet; which
developes ulcers in the eyes. ears, nose, often
causing blindness or deafness; which Is the origin
OF pinples, cancerous growths, or many other
manifestations usually ascribed to humors."
1t is more formidable enemy than consumption
or cancer alone, for scrofula combines the worst
possible features Of both. Being the ancient,
It the most general of all diseases or affections,
for very few persons are entirely free from it.
How can it be cured? BY taking Hoods Sarsa-
parilla, which, by the cures it has accomplished,
often when other medicines have failed. has
proven itself to be potent and peculiar medicine
for this disease. For all affections of TIE blood
Hoods SarsapariIlai is unequalled and some of the
cures it has effected are really wonderful. II you
suffer from scrofula in any of its various formss
be sure to give Hoods Sarsaparilla a trial.
Hoods SarsapariIIa
Sold by all druggists. el six for IS. Preparedonly
by c. l. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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In the Masonic Temple, are now open.
Ladies' hours every morning from TO IL
IN. Gentlemen's hours to 10 D. IN.
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HOTEL ENGLISH.

Fronting Circle Park and Soldiers Monument. In
dianapolis. Eirstclass rooms without board by the
day week month at reasonable rates. Elevator
and all modern improvements Restaurants conNen-
lent 10 Hotel, where good meals are served nj 20
cents and upwards
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So
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To Chicago aud Return.
nET

To Milrau7ee and Return, ria the Monon
Route, Saturday Aug. 2S, 1890.
For further information. tickets and sleeping
car accommoda tions. call at Monon ticket Office
26 South Illinois street, Union Station or Mas
sachusette avenue.
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$500 ROUND TRIP

SIMMONS Liver Regulator IS the foe OF malaria,
as it throws of the bile and prevents its accumu
laffnQ
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The NetC Turkish Baths,

COUGHS and colds kept of by taking Simmons
Liver Regulator TO regulate the system.
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Saturday, August %. 1890. Tickets good going
on morning and evening trains, and To return up
10 and including morning and evening trains out
of Chicago Tuesday. August 26. Information
and tickets at Pennsylvania ticket office, Wash
ingt0n and Illinois streets. or Union Station.
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Special Cheap Excursion, Indianapolis to
Chicago, ria Pennsyiranfa Line,
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tion an output OF 5UO,OOO tons OF cane sugar
wonld not be an extravagant estimate.
1T is discouraging to be compelled to say
that up to the present time no investment
of capital for the production of sorghum
sugar has proved remunerative. On tho
contrary, we have seen O continued series
of financial disasters attend all these ef-
forts and in the face of such an array of
facts it might seem illogical to assume that
there is any region in the United States in
which sorghum sugar can ever be profita-
bly, Produced The Professor however.
thought if certain lines of work, to which
he devoted much of mis- paper. were fol-
lowed for few years that success was
sure to result. The area suitable
to-. to the culture indirs+.d OF the sg sugar
Wiley. is marked by belt ex-
tending across the country from the At
lantic to the Pacific. the central pOrtion of
which is fixed by the mean isOtherm of 700
Fab. for the months of June, July and
August. Extending for a distance of fifty
miles on each side of this line. the belt rep
resents vast area within which it is hoped
that millions of acres, suitable to the culti-
vation of the sugar-beet. will be found. "A
production of 100000 tons of sugar from
each of the three sources mentioned" con-
tinued the Professor, would for the pres
ent supply the total demand of this coun-
try; and there is no reason to suppose that the
production of sugar. once established,
would not keep pace with the increase of
population and the increase of cOnsump-
tion." In regard to the difficulty of secur-
ing the investment of capital in the manu-
facture of sugar Professor Wiley said 1t had
been due TO two canses, the first of which is
found in the fact that the facilities of this
country for the production of sugar have
never been properly presented to men of
capltal and. second, TO the fact
that the status of sugar, from an
economic point of view, has not
been regarded as firmly established.
He thought the uncertain attitude of the
government In regard to the sugar tariff
had done much tn maintain the industry in
statu quo. He disapproved the propositions
~ admit raw sugars free of duty and to
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laws as yet unknown, but that when a de-
preston is full of sediment re-elevation Is
beds. instead of being permanent
outlines of the earth's contour, are
subject to the same laws of elevation that
govern the rest of nature. On this view
the ocean abysses would be areas of sub
sidence untitled by deposit because they
were out of reach of shore action rather
than permanent depressions on the earth's
surface"
Remarks upon the paper were made by
Professor Hitchcock. of Hanover. n. H.,
and Professor Stevenson. of the University
of New York. Prof T.. l.. Herrick, of the
University of Cincinnati, read a brief
paper on the "CuyahOga Shale and the
praf Wa f was oy
and Professor Claypole, of Buchtel College.
Akron. Following this came paper on
'.raconic Ores of Minnesota and Western
New England" by Prof. N. H. Winchell.
II. V. Winchell. had collaborated in the
collection of the facts contained In the
paper. The last paper of the afternoon
was by Prof. H. s. Williams and entitled
What is the CarboniferOusp
At the evening session, which concluded
the summer meeting. number of interest
ing papers were read. among which were
'GeOtechtonic and Photographic Geology
of Western Arkansas" by Prof. A. Wins
lGw of sy Pro City MU snd Na
of Meridian, Miss. which was read, in the
writer's absence. by Prof. w. j. McGee, OF
Washington. ID. c.; Recognition of Mineral
Contours in Thin Sections," by Prof. A. {.
Lane, of Houghton. Mich; Geology of
Southern Indian Territory" by Prof. r. I.
Hill. of Austin. Tex, and IAN Old Lake Bot
tom." by Prof. l.. +. Hicks. of Lincoln.
Neb. The paper on THE Nita Crevasse"
as given by Professor McGee. was exceed.
ingly interesting The great freshet of
the Mississippi in 1890" said Professor.
was unprecedented in the duration of the
flood. Unprecedented, also. in the many
localities in the height reached by the
waters. One Of the effects of the tgeshet
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IN Europe several years, received his doc
torate at Harvard. In 1880 he became Iect-
urer on embry yology in Harvard medical
school, and instructor in oral pathology
and surgery. In 1883 he was made assist
ant professor of histology and embryology
IN that institution. He has written copi
ously on biological subjects. and is q recog-
nized authority In that branch of science.
Prof Ira Remsen. of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. the discoverer of saccharin. the
wonderful sweetening substance derived
from coal tar, and which is $50 to 800 times
sweeter than sugar. is in the society. Prof.
Remsen is a chemical philosopher. he has
published a textbook on theoretical chem
istry. and he stands at the head in the de-
prrtment of organic chemistry. Prof. Rem
sen gave his sugar substitute the name of
"benZoyl l-sulphonic-imide," with the for
mula CO H4, co SO2. \ III. but its CONNER
cial name is simply saccharin. 1t il used
all over the world to sweeten medicines in
which sugar is not allowed, and particular
ly by diabetes to sweeten their coffee and
team short, as general substitute for
sugar as far as the taste is concerned. 1t does
not ferment and it passes through the
body unchanged. Professor Hurry says
Dr. Remsen 10 one of those philosophic in
vestigators through whose work clyiliza-
tion is really made possible and really
progresses. The chemists of the West will
be gratitied to see face to face one whose
work has been so long familiar to them.
His discovery OF saccharin was merely a side
issue, an accidental outcrop of theoretical
invests igation. He did not "go for to do it,"
as the practical men say. Quinine will be
synthetized some day as an outcome of
similar tinkering with the atoms and
molecules.
Prof. 5. A. Miller, of Cincinnati, is the
author of q large number of scientific
works, the most important of which is the
Esgth American Paleontology and Geology.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-09
Foolish Consistency.

Emerson tells us that there is no par
,, ticular virtue in consistency. How stu
pid a man must be, he says in effect,
who is not wiser today than yesterday,
and who does not accordingly have to
change some of his opinions.
"a man will never change his mind
who has no mind to change" says Arch
bishop Whately, and Faraday expresses
the same idea when he charges us to re-
member that, I'm knowledge that man
onlyis to be despised who is not in state
of transition"
There is medium between what a
worthy old gentleman calls "whifiiin
about like a weathercock" and remain
ing rigidly in one rut of belief Most of
Us know instances Of men who cannot
bring themselves to say anything which
would contradict what they uttered last
week or last year.
A certain lrishman once declared that
he had owned a horse which was fifteen
feet high. A few days after he referred
TO the same animal as being fifteen hands
high.
But" said a listener, ''you gave it the
other day as fifteen feet"
Did l, thin?" said Patrick. "Well,
I'll stick to it. He was fifteen feet high"
Youths Companion.
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SIaen.

Whatever feats of endurance men may
accomplish they cannot live long without
sleeping. The victim of the Chinese WAX
ing torture" seldom survives more than ten
days. Those condemned % die by the wax
ing torture. which Is infinitely worse than
the death suffered by Kemnler, are given
all they wish to eat and drink, but when
ever they close their eyes they are jabbed
with spears and sharp sticks until they
awaken. There is no torture moro hor-
rible. Men sleep under every condition Of
bodily and mental suffering.
Those condemned to die, even though
they fear their fate, generally sleep the
night before execution. Soldiers have been
known to sleep when on long and weari-
some march while walking in the ranks,
or lying on a bed of stones, or in the mud
and water. No one knows just what sleep
is. The prevailing theory as to its nature
is that Of the psychologist Preyer, who
holds that refuse matter accumulates in
the nervous centers in such quantity as to
bring about insensibiiity. This insensi-
bility is sleep, which continues until the
brain has been relieved Of this waste mat
ter by its absorption into the circulation.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-09
The Honest" Georgian,

A Georgia man tumbled out of boat
in river near his home in sight of
frenled friends and disappeared. A
body was found in the stream a few
weeks later which was identified as his
by his family and twenty-seven acquaint-
ances. But the life company in which
he was insured felt compelled to with
hold payment for while, and was sued
for the amount. Judgment would have
gone against the company sure had not
the drowned" man walked into court
alive and told how he had dived under
the boat, hidden in the bushes on the
other side, rifed a grave a few days
later for corpse, which he rugged out
with his own clothes and dumped into
the water. But his conscience and evil
dent pride in letting his neighbors see
the size of the joke he had gotten on
them were too much for his cupidity,
and he gave the whole snap away.-Chi-
cago Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-09
A Trotter's Wild Break.

A strange and exciting runaway of a
horse through Penn street business
place occurred at Reading, Pa. Charles
w. Bechtel owned 5000 spirited trotter,
which was standing in front of his cloth
ing house, hitched to a trotting buggy.
The animal SHE'D at bicycle and dashed
on the pavement. He dashed into De
Witt & HillegaSs' Leaf tobacco ware
house, a building 200 feet long. Re en-
tered by the front door while the place
was crowded, and made a mad break
for the rear. About the middle of the
building he tore loose from the vehicle,
cleared an elevator shaft twenty-five
feet wide and dashed through the rear
door into the street below, distance of
some twenty feet. His progress was only
stopped by striking a brick house on the
opposite side Of the street, crushing in a
wall. The animal died three hours later.
Baltimore American.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-09
Mbat DnNou Dripko

The Wichita Water company com
mencing Oct. 10 and continuing until Nov
10, 1890 will make great effort for bust
ness. IL will tap the water main Law the
pipe TO the curb and place in position the
stop cock and box free OF charge to all who
desire TO use water works water
The best water in the city, ask your ply
stefan.
Professor Church, chemist. of Toneka,
after making a thorough ANALYSIS of
Wichita : water works water has the fol
lowing To say: This is a good. pure
drinking water Of good mineral and or
ganic composition. I would rank this
water as pure for drinking purposes"
Landlords here is an opportunity 10 i'm
prove your property at a slight expense.
Grasp it. Remember the offer is only good
for one month, sure.
This proposition does not apply TO par-
ties whose property is on paved streets or
on streets where the water company have
no mains, or TO parties wanting water for
spriakling purposes only. For further
particulars apply at the company's Office
JIG North Market street
ul226t WICHITA WATER COMPANY.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-09
A Winged Lizard.

One of the strangest of the many
strange creatures that inhabit the wilds
Of southern Asia and India is the flying
flowers" small, brilliant hued lizard Of
the order bracovolans. On the wing
bracovolans resembles richly tinted iu-
sect; when at rest it compares favorably
with others of the lizard tribe, with the
exception that it has an extraordinary
protuberance on both sides Of the body.
These are the wings, which are formed
by cuta1eous flap, wing1ike in shape,
supported by aseries of false ribs. In
color these flying lizards are blue and
gray, with intermediate tints Of various
kinds and shades.
The tail is long, slender and very
snaky in appearance. A large double
pouch extending below the head adds to
the ferocious aspect of the little rainbow
colored brute. The wings are not true
wings, strictly so called, but are used
merely as parachutes. When the lizard
leaps from the limb Of a tree into the air
the upper current brings them out, and
enables the possessor to soar away at an
angle to greater or lesser distance, &C
cording to the height of the starting
point.
The lizard can change its direction
while in the air, a power not possessed
by our flying squirrels" Hence the
casual observer might readily believe
that they had the power of moving the
winghke appendages, which would. in
that case, be true fight. Soaring is,
however, the limit Of their power, the
height of the starting point regulating
the distance travelled in the soaring
fight, which is quite frequently several
hundred yards, an aerial exhibition
which strikes terror to the heart of a
stranger wandering for the first time in
the jungles Of the antipodean wilds.--
ST. Louis Republic.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-09
A Remarkable Cnnnl.

The most remarkable canal in the
world is the one between Worsley and
st. Helens, in north England. It is
sixteen miles long and underground from
end to end. In Lancashire the coal mines
are very extensive, half the country being
undermined Many years ago the man
ayers of the Duke of Bridgewater's es-
tates thought they could save money by
transporting the coal underground in
stead Of on the surface; therefore the
canal was constructed, and the mines
connected and drained at the same time
Ordinary canalboats are used. the power
being furnished by men. The tunnel
arch over the canal is provided with cross
pieces, and the men who do the work Of
propulsion lie on their backs on the loads
of coal, and push with their feet against
the cross bars of the roof.-St. Louis Re-
public.