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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

OFFICERS OF THE SHIP.
The little craft, paid for by the voluntary
contributions of thousands of Sunday
school scholars, was named the Pitcairn
by the foreign mission board. The official
measurement of the schooner was as fol-
lows:
Registered length, $3.50 feet; registered
breadth, 27.20 feet; registered depth, 10 feet;
gross tonnage l2l-j0 tons; net tonnage, 1l5.45
tons. The deck is 101 feet long over all, by q
feet wide. The vessel has two masts-fore-
mast and mainmast-each about so feet long.
In the forecastle are eight berths, capable
of accommodating twelve persons, and in
the cabin amidships are three staterooms,
accommodating Eighteen passengers. There
are also toilet and bathrooms. The entire
cost of the schooner was $4,000.
A crew of eight men were selected for
the Pitcairn by the committee having the
ship in charge, and were appointed posi-
tions as follows: Captain, j. NJ. Marsh;
mate, J. Christensen; carpenter, j. l. Tay;
sailors, G. A Anderson, Peter Hansen, C.
Kahlstrom; cook, Charles Turner; cabin
boy, Nicholas Garthofner. They are also
Seventh Day Adventists, and among them
the following languages are spoken: Eng
lish, French, German, Scandinavian and
Spanish.
The missionaries selected TO sail on the
Pitcairn were Elder f II. Gates and Mrs.
Gates, of Ohio; A J. Reed and Mrs. Reed,
of Massachusetts. and the veteran John l.
Tay, accompanied by his wife.
The Pitcairn was stocked with provisions
sufficient to sustain fifteen persons for tw'
years, and started from San Francisco on
the 10Th of October, 1890, passing cut TO
sea through the Golden Gate just as the
sun was sinking in the west. She touched
at Tahiti, from which place word had
been received of her arrival, and at last &C
count was sailing southwark 70 the IA
nous Isle of Pitcairn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

the experiences Of other years and other
countries, the brol was not an excessive
one.
1t is not easy to get at the old records
on this subject, but from the few at
hand it appears that the people of the
Old World have suffered more from in
tense heat than those of the New. For
instance, in 1903 and 1904 the Rhine,
Loire and Seine ran dry. The heat in
several of the French provinces during
the summer of 1905 was equal to that Of
glass furnace. Meat could be prepared
for the table merely by exposing it to the
sun. Not soul dare venture out be-
tween noon and p. m. In 1718 many
shops had t0close. The theaters did not
open their doors for three months. Not
a drop of water fell during six months.
In 1773 the thermometer rose to 118 dogs.
In ITS the heat of Bologna was so great
that numbers Of people were stihed. In
July, 1898, the heat again became intol-
cradle. Vegetables were burned up and
fruit dried on the trees. The furniture
and woodwork in dwelling houses
cracked and split, and meat went bad in
an hour.
In 1900 Spain was visited by a swelter-
ing temperature that is described as
fearful. Madrid and other cities were
deserted and the streets silent. Labor
ers died in the fields, and the vines were
scorched and blasted as if by simeon.
Another disastrous hot wave swept
through Europe in June, 1851. The
thermometer in Hyde park, London, in
Dictated from 80 to "a dogs. in the shade.
In the Champs Des Mars during re-
view soldiers by the score fell victims to
sunstroke, and at Aldershot, England,
men dropped dead while at drill, COM
pelling the officers to suspend the exer-
ciSeS.
Some of us recall the terrible expe-
riences of 1858 in New York and else
where. In that year New Orleans was
desolated by the yellow fever. 1t seemed
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22
Insect Plaques.

Cold weather evidently fails TO affect
the vitality of insect eggs. In spite of
the exceptional rigor of the last winter
all northern Prussia and Silesia Is suffer-
ing from the ravages of a beetle known
as the Mai-kafer (''May bug, and the
south coasts Of the Mediterranean have
been visited by portentous locust swarms
In Sicily the public schools Of several
villages have been closed to enlist the
youngsters in the warfare against the
common enemy, and in Algiers a dis
trlct OF twenty square miles has been
covered with locust stratum of three
to five Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22
DRAMATIC NOTES.

J. K. Emmett, contrary to general be-
lief, did not originate the song, Sweet
Violets," which he made so popular. 1t
was introduced first in a play called
Quartz Valley" which he bought for
5000, and one act of which be utilized in
Fritz Among the Gypsies." He rewrote
the music, but did not alter the words
Ellen Terry describes stage fright this
way: You suddenly feel as il your tongue
had become dislocated and was lying pow
erless in your mouth. Cold shivers begin
to creep downward from the nape of your
neck and they seem TO meet in the small Of
your back"
Mrs Robert Ray Hamilton" who pro-
poses TO 20 on the stage next season. says
she is having three plays written around
the rather disreputable story OF her life
Charles L Gardner viii be her manager.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

The little island of Pitcairn is mert
speck in the vast Pacific, lying 1000 miles
almost due south of San Francisco. that is
in latitude % dogs. south and longitude
100 degs west from Greenwich. The island
is less than three miles long and two miles
wide. Although of volcanic origin, it il
unlike the other islands of the south seas
for it has no coral reef.
In April, 1867, Pitcairn was first discov
cred by British merchantmen com
manded by Captain Carteret.
In 17SS and 1889 the British ship Bounty
was engaged in conveying young bread
fruit trees and other tropical plants from
Tahiti, in the south seas, to the West In
dies, and on the 28th of April, 1890. mu-
tiny occurred on board, and Lieutenant
Bligh and eighteen men were set adrift in
an open boat. Sixteen of the mutineers
went ashore at Tahiti. The nine under
Fletcher Christian took six Tahitian men
and twelve Tahitian women and sailed
Sept 81, intending, as was supposed, to
find some unknown island, and there form
settlement.
In a short time all the men but two of
the mutineers and two of the Tahitians
had been killed. The survivors were Alex
dAueE OIi1lOIl, dIUcI HdIu hAOHA do OOuu
Adams, and Edward Young, who died
some time later of asthma.
The island settlement was visited in 1903,
and afterward in the years 1914, 1917, 1926
and $780, John Adams seems to have made
thorough repentance of his course of life,
and instructed the young in the precepts Of
morality and religion.
In 1885, numbering 1914 souIe, they de-
parted for Norfolk island, leaving Pitcairn
desolate.
Pitcairn was not devoid of attraction,
however, for in two years William and
Moses Young with their families, re-
turned to the island, and were afterward
followed by others. The next American to
visit the island was John l. Tay, who had
been sailor from his sixteenth year.
When he went before the mast Tay had
been presented by his mother with copy
of the Bible and a small volume entitled,
''The Mutiny on the Ship Bounty" He
read the book and became deeply inter-
ested in the mutineers, who had settled on
Pitcairn island. Nh. Tay was a Seventh
Day Adventist, and in 1886 he determined
to make an attempt to reach Pitcairn
island for the purpose of missionary work,
and took with him large supply of books,
tracts and papers. Accordingly, he made
arrangements with the owner of the Tropic
Bird, a vessel plying between Tahiti and
San Francisco, to go on his vessel as car
penter. His books were taken as freight.
The Tropic Bird left San Francisco July l,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

Miss Nina Van Zandt, of Chicago. who
became we'll known the world over at the
time of the execution of the anarchists
and had herself married to August Spies
by proxy, is now TO be married in fact TO
5. ). Malato, a Sicihan. The groom has
only been In America six months and
cannot speak English.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

agent in its deadly work than alcoholic
stlmulants, or even ice water, when the
latter is taken injudiciously. Nervous
anxiety and inordinate fear will tend to
PROSTATE the strongest physical system,
and moderation in all things pertaining
20 the appetite is therefore advisable.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

Nathaniel Leavitt, a farmer of ST.
George, Ne, put away in a canvas purse
money 10 pay mortgage due last month.
Upon going after the purse ne found
that mice had totally destroyed every
bill,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

The children Of the late Sonora Llanos,
the only sister Of John Keats, have pre-
sented to the British Museum forty-tvo
letters from the poet 20 their mOtbex.
The period these letters cover e1ten6s
from 1917 TO 1920 They have been pub
Eshed in collected edition Of keats
writings, but the originals have valae
al their own.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22
HE WON THE SUBURBAN.

Loantaka, the Horse That Left Tenny in
the Rear.
Here is picture of the horse that knocked
down the Suburban persimmons and left
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22
THE MISSIONARY SHIP.
ROMANTIC STORY OF THE OUT
FITTING OF THE PITCAIRN.
The 3Tutineers of the British Ship Bounty
Founded Colony and the Seventh Day
Adyentists Have Sent Missionaries to
Their Descendants.
ESPECIAL Correspondence.l

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.-News has just
been received of the safe arrival at Tahiti
of the missionary ship Pitcairn, which
started some months ago from San Fran
cisco with two purposes in view, visit to
the island of Pitcairn and the discovery, If
possible, of the fate of Elder Cudney.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22
Within! Eagle
HISTORIC HOT SPELLS.
AFTER ALL, 1T ISN'T so HOT OF
LATE AS IT WAS MANY YEARS AGO.
Great Rivers Dried Up in the Fourteenth
Century-Meat Cooked by the Sun in
France-Car Rails Twisted and Boards
Cracked.

81 ~ 4OElchA AS OAO
exhibition of so
3lar energy wit
messed in various
parts of the Uni
ted States during
the present sea-
son was not real
ly a phenomenal
event in our me-
neurological his
tory. In fact,
COMPARED with
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-22

Z. r. POWELL, Prsst o ". LAHAER V. PrssL
Z. T.. FRASE. Asst Cashier
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15

The tack companies of New England
have met and formed trust. Several
years ago there was u larger tack trust
the history Of which is thus given in
Hardware, the New York trade journal;
When the tack manufacturers com
bined several years ago they at irst were
satisfied with moderate profit. A high
tariff protected them, and all would have
been WELL but 10 per cent. dividends
gave way to Is, cupidity took 20, and
then the bit was taken" and 80 was
considered none too good. Capital dis
covered the golden mine, and almost any
one who could talk tacks found 1t posi-
BILE TO obtain a moneyed partner, and
when the end came eighty concerns were
uncovered TO the light Of statistics. The
impetus was on, however, and the num-
Der did not stop there. 1t was the kill
ing of the goose that laid the golden egg
with vengeance not often seen.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15

Protection does not always accomplish
the Object 10 has IN -icw Mckinley
raised tine dutie. on wool last year for
the benefit Of the wool growers. Gut NJ
benefit has resulted On the contrary
OHIO wool Of the best quality il lower
than usual In Texas, too, where mo
dunn and low grade clothing woods are
proiuccd. the outlook is reported to be
disCouugIug.
\ special correspondent Of the Boston
Wool Reporter, who has been travelling
IN Texas, was told by the sheep growers
there that tine wool product this year
will probably be considerably less than
usual, owing 20 the discouraging outlook
for good prices. He found, also. that
many sheep are being shipped out Of the
state for mutton On one ranch of -, OOO
10 1000 she,pa good portion of them
We're being fattened for shipment to Chi.
cago and Kansas City. While the wool
clip OF Texas last year was about 5000,
600 pounds, this correspondent estimates
that IL viii not he more than about
$1,000, 900 this year. aud he does not be.
lieye that 5000 600 sheep will be shorn
this year, while about $3.50. 900 were
shorn last year.
The wool market reports have recent
" made mention of the fact that Texas
and territory woods are IN good demand,
and the stock of them nearly exhausted,
owing to the fact that Australian woods
have been more largely imported this
year than ever. and the woods from the
southwest are needed 10 mix with them
in manufacturing II the wool duties
were removed, would not orr native
wool be demanded in greater quantities
than ever, more looms be employed and
more people better clothed than ever?
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15

The craze tor severe exercise has been
growing among women for the past three
or four years. until now IL Is question
whether more injury than benefit is not
derived from IL. There Is no doubt that
women need a certain amount of eXer-
else. The good effects of a brisk mile
walk in the morning, and another before
retiring at night Is undeniabe. An
hour. ride on horseback may be added
20 this, If a woman Is not too delicate.
The women who take the regular daily
walks of from five % ten miles, and IT,
main for hour, IN the saddle. on "a big,
powerful, hard gated trotter. are inva-
riably i'm this country the slight, nerv-
ous, why little creatures who have not
"A pound of flesh TO lose. Consequently,
TIN, wear and tear on their strength and
nerves will in time cause a collapse,
especially II this violent exercise has
been adopted after living for years a life
of Incidence Could stout women be
persuaded 10 overcome the feeling of
extreme fatigue, which they experience
after their first long walks, aud continue
them regdlrly, and at a rapid gait, rs
near running as possible, for few
weeks, the burden of superfuous flesh
would soon bee reduced. ann their former
activity return. The trouble is that the
wrong women do the exercising.
Do not carry 10 TO extremes. Cut down
your walk 10 two or three miles "a day,
Take your ride IN the morning and limit
it 30 IN hour. luu cannot get too much
fresh arr. 80 dr.yc and stroll out Of doors
a. much rs you can, but do not wear out
your body and bring premature lines
into your face 10y excessive EXERCISE
New York Truth.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15
Emma Abbott's Monument.

A handsome memorial TO the late
| Emma Abbott is now in the process of
construction, and will be erected in
the beautiful Oak Grove cemetery of
/ Gloucester to mark the final resting
place of the prima donna and her hus-
band, Eugene Wetherell. In design the
memorial is Of the gothic style of archi-
lecture The total height from the
ground is ffty-seven feet Five massive
granite steps lead from the ground 10
the floor of the canopy, and under this
floor the ashes Of the famous songstress
will be placed. The interior arrange
mcnt of the tomb is both new and novel.
The lower compartment contains the
coffin, In which the remains of Mr..
Wcthorrll are incased. This in turn is
inclused IN a catacomb receptacle Of pure
white marble, Theoretically sealed; on
the top of this Will be built unique
columbarium TO receive the ashes of Mrs.
Wetherell after the urn containing them
is placed therein. The heavy slab Of
Quincy granite composing the center
piece of the floor Will then be placed in
position. From the base mp the memorial
is constructed of selected Westerly gran
ite, the carved pillars supporting the
three sections are highly polished, while
the remaining decorative work is carved
in the rough in high relief.
The apex of the monument is crowned
with a carving of the lamp of life. This
memorial was selected prior TO the death
Of Mis-, Abbott from large number of
designs submitted to her 10y the largest
constructors of this class Of work, both
at home and abroad The design was
accepted aud the order for the same
given two months previous to her death,
and ut the time the memorial was in
course of construction az the firms works
in Wet Quincy, Mass. -Philadelph
Times
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15

Laredo, Tex, has been on great
boon" within a year past, but the i'm.
provement company OF the town has
been put into the hands Of a receiver,
aud the outlook is described as decided
ly gloomy"
One of the causes for the fiattening out
Of Laredo's boom is worthy of attention
from those simple minded people who
fancy that tariff does not restrict trade
and interfere with business. A CORE
spondent of The American Wool Re
porter writes from Laredo As follows:
"One Of the severest blows Laredo has
experienced, and which has added niue h
to the depression in real estate there, is
the result of the decision of the late Sec-
rotary Window. shutting out Of this
country Mexican lead ores. At this point
had just been erected the buildings of
the Omaha and Kansas City Ore Ssimp-
ling works and large concentration for
the reduction of ores by the Yguaua
Mining company, of Philadelphia, at
cost of 100000. These industries
are now closed down, and the machinery
has all been removed to Monterey. Mex.
ico."
The Window decision has now given
place to the Mckinley law, aud as this
law imposes duty OF II cents per pound
on lead ores, Laredo cannot smelt thoss
ores with profit, although lying right on
the Mexican border.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15
Ernd, Mndr NnILiny sLirt..

Several leading dry goods houses in
the city make "A speciality of the sale of
simple aud stylish ready made walking
skirts. the hodices of which can be
quickly made OF ike fabrics of a plain
contrasting material, or be worn with
one of the new prettily shaped and
trimmed French jerseys. These skirts
are really "A great convenience, as most
women are IN haste some time or other
for "a quiet utility dress suitable for walk
ing or shopping USES Plenty Of time is
given TO gowns for great occasions, but
every day, ordinary dressing is too often
done without time or forethought
This is the reason why we SO frequent
ly see such lamentable figures on the
street, particularly in the morning
hours, the same people turning ont per
fectly appointed and beautifully gowned
later on in the day, in the park, at the
art galleries or for afternoon calling
This is not desirable.
The sight is species of disillusion-
ment unfavOrable TO women in general,
and prejudicial to individual members
of such haSty class There is some
thing of the old curl paper idea about it
which il not pleasing. Ergo, blessings
on the origiSator of the ever ready dress
skirts that are now exhibited They are
simple, stylish, neat and inexpensive. -
New York Post.
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15
How tn BE - Happy Old Maid.

To have SO much to do that there is no
time for morbid thoughts.
To never think for moment that you
are not attractive, and TO make yourself
look as charming as possible.
To be so consiierate of the happiness
of others that it will he reflected back To
you as from looking glass.
To never permit yourself to grow old,
for by cuItivating all the graces of heart,
brain and body. age will not come upon
you.
To believe that life work has been
mapped out for you, that it is near you,
and to do that which your hands find
for you.
To remember that the happy old maid
is the only member of family who,
not having any other claims on her, can
be Gods own sunshine 10 those in sorrow
or in joy.-Ladies' Home Journal
Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1891-05-15

ISL. lSB. iS;2 1881.
35NG.j7 inches~ss.25 slm SUSd 500
7S1iSp6 inches. go 20 lpl Lee
This does not show that prices were
kept up until we began to make plate
glass. On the contrary, the prices have
steadily fallen Only during the past
decade have our manufacturers been
able TO produce enough glass to affect
the market.
The duty on the sizes Of plates now
imported are twenty-five cents and fifty
cents per square foot, and our manu-
facturers add the duty to the price Of
the glass they make, thus enabling them
To exact this amount from the consum-
ers. That the domestic manufacturers
do add the whole amount of the duty To
their glass is shown 10y the fact that,
while the small quantity Of plate glass
imported last year is valued in the treas
ury reports at slightly less than thirty
three cents per square foot, the domestic
manufacturers sell their output at an
average of about eighty-five cents. Thus
the domestic manufacturers are able to
declare enormous dividends on watered
capital, and last year the Pittsburg
Plate Glass company declared a divi-
dend of 81 per cent.
At the same time that the manufact-
urers make these enormous profits they
pay the lowest wages of any industry re-
quiring skilled labor. The highest wage
they pay their workmen for twelve
hours work is three dollars per day
This amount is earned by the master
teasers. Other workmen receive a. low
as $ % per day for the same number of
hours. They are enabled TO keep the
wages down by importing contract labor
ers IN spite Of the contract labor law.
The real causes of the fall in the prlce
Of plate glass are the use of machinery,
which makes possible cheaper produc-
ton, and the greatly increased demand
for plate, which IN turn makes possible
production on large scale.
The true effect of the duties upon
plate glass, therefore, is to make posi-
BILE the combinations among the manu-
facturers TO keep up prices and keep
down wages. Ii is impossible 10 evade
the duties so that the prices they fix can
not be cut. But they succeed in evad-
ing the contract labor law so that they
have practical free trade in labor. Thus
on the one hard they make consumers
pay more, and on the other force their
workmen TO accept less for their labor.
These are the true effects of the high
duties, and, being such, tariff reformers
are perfectly contented TO let their OPP
ponents have all the glory that they can
make out of them