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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-12

bill should pass. To this Legislature one
| of the largest petitions has been presented
that has ever been presented to the Lseis-
latnre OF Maine, Of more than 5000 sisnat-
ures. Shall We not give the people what
they will and what they wish3 | believe
his measure is for the hes. iatersst OF the
State. irrespective of party, and I hope
thst we shall accept the report.
Mr.. Peaks calling for the yeas and nays
they were ordered
Mr.. Shaw Of Portlan1-3efore the vote
Is taken l would like to present for the
consideration of this House few petitions
hat have been handed me from the citizens
Of Portland In aid Of the Ciason ballet bill
ard would like TO read q few names.
Mr.. Stsa read from the petitions names
of ieading Portland men, which will be
found under the heading Tabled Pending
Reference "
Mr. Piummer OF Brunswick-There is
one thing which may be called 10 your
attention, that from my town, Of = little
over 5000 inhabitants, there has net bsen q
petition put before this body asking
for the passage of this ballot reform
bill. ! look at it in two lights. The
Republicans Of my town knew very well
the position to3k 10 this House two years
ago vixen / cast my ballot with that little
minority Of IS ia favor Of the Looney bill.
Though they knew / would vote for II,
nevertheless they saw ct to return me.
Within the lass three days prominen. Re-
publicans in my town have spoken to me 10
relation to this, hoping that il might psss.
have carefully read the speeches upon
this question, and in my honest judgment
there has been 20 evidence pas forth to
convince me that this bill ought not to have
3 passage. Their arguments are argum .n.s
Of fear. l have lived within the Repub-
licsn party since the day Of its birth. and
an not willing to concede ',hss there
are smarter, keeuer men in the Denoe,a.-
ic party than there are in the Republican
party today. Isis said that the Democratic
party 10 solid in favor Of this measure.
That il the great lever by whieb they
work and 1t seems to me chat the Iepubil-
can party would do we'll to take . lesson
from this. A gentleman ssys tbs when
he came here he found that it vas In the |
ai.-the ballot reform bill Well, gentle |
men, that 10 Jest vhsrs W should lok for |,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-12

In addition to the gentlemen appointed
yesterday to attend the funeral ceremony
of Representative N. A. TrAfton, the chair
announced the follovipg members Of the
committee: Messrs. Cummings Of
Harrison and Libby Of Embden.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

government schools. No old buck will
go upon the warpath while his children
are away at school and in the power of
the government.
Commissioner Morgan is man who
says little but does much. As soon as
he arrived in the territory he went to
Anadarka, in the midst of the wild
tribes, and there held conference with
the Apaches, Comanches, Wichitas, XII
owas and Caddoes, which was the largest
Indian conference ever held in the south
west. Assisted by the Indian agent, the
Baptist and Methodist missionaries and
number of the young Indians who had
been at school, he succeeded in winning
a large number Of the most prominent
Indians from the new belief and con-
vincing them of the falseness of the
doctrine. All of the tribes then agreed
TO return to their homes and go about
their usual avocations. whether they be-
ieved in the coming Messiah or not.
at Darlington conference was held
with the Cheyennes and Arapahoes with
similar results, and among the Poncas
and Osages 1t was found that the craze
had made but little Roadway, and the
few who wanted to dance INDUCED in
that pastime until they got tired and
then returned to their homes.
The Indian commissioner is man pos
sessed of strong personal magnetism, and
he exerted wonderful influence over
the Indians he met.
Sitting Bull meanwhile took the ponies
with which he had been presented and
left for his home in the north. While
number Of the Indians still believe in the
coming Messiah, and persist in holding
dances in his honor, their number is now
comparatively small, and there is no
longer any possible danger Of an upris-
ing among the southern Indians.
FRED l.. WENNER.
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is trite when applied to the fashions Of
dress but it is less so when turned upon
those of manner, rs it may be with equal
truth. Instances are continually crop
ping up TO show that what we used 70
laugh at our grandparents for doing we
now do ourselves with a comical assump-
ton OF originality.
Cne may read these things as one runs,
and without multiplying instances we can
refer to the latest development OF this re-
vival Of antique customs, the spelling
school. ''Ihe spelling school" some one
eXclaims with an incredUlous laugh; but
we answer him with one OF good natured
superiority. for it is evident by this that he
lives out Of ne world. IN a certain grave
circle OF New York society. one neither
young nor old, neither iogy nor fast, a
great deal Of genuine amusement is being
cuiled this winter by leasing new life to
an old custom. The lad If il must have a
modern and slaEGy denomination, was
started by Boston lady who is passing
the winter here, and With 50 fitting an in
itiate and with 50 many prominent people
deriving pleasure from ii the fashion viii
doubtless become general.
Judging by recent experience re-
marked Cornelius Van Colt, postmaster Of
the city of New York, spelling needed
this flip badly. Whatever the cause may
be-whether the introduction Of newly
coined words, or the prevalence of foreign
words in our literature, or the invention of
spelling by sOund-the fact remains that
the younger generation is always spelled
down by the elder, and the elder cannot
make as good a record IS it did years ago"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
HAPPENING EVERY DAY.
Pathetic Incident from the Streets
Great City.

A Pathetic Incident from the Streets OF
a Great City.
please, SIR" plaintively began the
, little boy, ''can you
NO" roughly answered the man ad-
dressed, brushing the Lad aside and pass
ing on.
He was pale, delicate, child. nurt-
ured, mayhap, in home that had once
been home of luxury, and all unused
as yet to the cold and heartless rebuffs
that a selfish world bestows too oft on
its suffering poor. Loving hands, per
hans only an hour before, had curled his
golden hair, turned down his white col
lar over his faded bat clean jacket, and
placed in his breast pocket the spotless
handkerchief that peeped out at its top
Loving fingers had mended-Oh, so care
fully!-the worn places in the knees Of
his stockings, tied the bits of ribbon
that encircled his slender neck, and his
cheek was yet warm with the imprint OF
q mothers tender kiss.
please, sir" he murmured, stepping
up to another passerby, will you
you shameless little rascal" inter
rupted the unfeeling wretch, scowling
at him. IF were a policeman should
run you in!'
The blood rushed to the boys pale
cheek, and he looked for a moment as if
he were going to cry, but by strong
effort he held back the tears and paced
back and forth on the sidewalk He
looked longingly at the glittering display
of holiday goods in the shop fronts, and
the tempting array of bonbons that the
confectioncrs had cunningly arranged in
their windows, stamped his feet to
warm them, breathed on his blue and
benumbed fingers, and his little frame
shlvered as a cold blast struck him and
almost blew him from the walk
Should he give it up? No. The daunt-
less soul of the boy spoke through his
flashing eyes and glowed in the flush that
rose to his thin cheeks. He had the right
10 happiness that life confers upon US
all. He made one more trial
Mister" he said resolutely. walking
up TO a man who was standing in door
way, cant v gimmy match { light
dis yer gol blamed cigarette stump
Chicago Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

dIfhcu!ucs-i-. !. ,.,:, .oC Il 'front.' al
very cold behiud-thcse pioneers, these
citizens in embryo, pursued their course
into the dictionary manfully and maid
fully"
The result has been in many individ-
uals the inheritance of the ability to keep
words in mind. clothed in the complete ar
NOR of Webster. Now you know what to
reply when next that boaStGul individual
who has corrected Il word for you says
with false candor, Il don't know how it is,
but can spell-it comes naturally" You
may tell him to give all the credit Of it to
his mother, or you may relate the anecdOte
in its two hundredth edition of Gen. Jack
son, who, as he corrected a misspelled word
in an important state document TO which
his secretary had timidly called his atten-
ton, growled out, ''I'll fix it your way this
time, but | wouldn't give a cent for man
who can't spell word out one way"
What memories are associated with those
old time spelling schools! The excitement
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

~ y I'm AIN UNA L NIANl-E
Mr.. Van Colt is an enthusiast in this
new-old fashion, and he is said to be a
champion speller At a "bee" held recent
ly he spelled down party of forty on a
remarkably simple word, dagger" every
body else pinning their faith to two as.
But the simple words were ever the bane
of the infancy of the spelling school. 1t
was ''rhomboid," ''phthisic," ''pharmaco-
poeia," 'caoutchouc" and others even more
difficult and unusual that everybody
learned to spell and could not be caught
on. 1t was on such words as lilly"
pony" "poison," and ''poniard" that the
line of spoilers used to 20 down like a
house of cards. This is general of all
spoilers today as it was many years since.
ard iii the latest revival of the fashion in
1876. In that year there was a perfect
craze for ii in the west. Schools churches,
societies and private houses were all the
scenes of this rivalry of vowels and conso-
nants. The young man, then, who re-
fused to spell on any ground whatever
was, if not ostracised, at least subjected TO
a severe letting alone There were a few
cases of stubborn objection to revealing
weakness in that line among the young
men, but never among the maidens. They
were always ready TO spell-the dear crea-
lures are generally ready for every form
of mild dissipation-and they never seemed
TO mind whether they spelled well or bad
ly. 1t was sport all the same.
Not that | wish to say that the girls Of
that generation-now our gentle young ma
trons-spelled very badly. On the contrary,
they were famous for proficiency Yet it
sometimes occurred, in moment of abb
sent mindedness, let me say. that she"
missed word and ''he" spelled it correct
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Some Paris Ronnets.

Strings TO al bonnets are narrow. and
only tie in a small knot without ends.
One of green velvet has a : mall fat
crown, and along the edges on the side
are bands of gold lace, above which IS a
sort Of coronet made by twist of vel
vet, surmounted by leaf and flower of
rich black bcadvork. with which are
interspersed a few emeralds. The whole
effect Is very stylish and elegant. The
velvet is dark emerald green.
The Hading vel IS sill worn. and
Others with chenille or six dots as large
rs ordinary lozeages are much liked by
soma. Others like the frosted. and a
few always wear the dotted and red
veil. Some wells have red stripes which
cross the face Just over he checks: these
mako the nose look ~ red as the cheeks
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the whites to ye the lAcGn Jlessdn.I
A tradition has long prevailed among
these that q great prophet Or medicine
man would some day relieve them from
the hated bondage G. the whites So
when last April a Ilt ssenger came among
them from the north, and said that GER
tain chiefs there had been visited by the
great Messiah, al were ready for the
story, and many believed at once in the
coming savior. The Cheyennes and
Arap2hoes were the most active in the
matter, and at once raised a sum of
money and sent two Of their number to
the reservations in the north, with the
request that at least one of the prophets
of the coming Messiah should visit the
southwest
These messengers visited the Sioux
agencies in Dakota, and returned with
the assurance of the great prophet that
he would visit the southern tribes very
soon. This great prophet proved to be
Sitting Bull, not tAe Big Medicine Man,
but the son of former illustrious
chief Of the Arapahoes, who had gone
y
Arapahoes TO the number of 1900 gath
cred on the banks Of the Canadian river
south of Fort Reno to listen TO the story
of their coming savior Sitting Bull
stool in the center Of a great circle, with
the chiefs sitting at his right and left,
and with many strange signs and mys-
ferrous movements told the following
story:
About year ago he went hunting
with large party Of Sioux among the
mountains in Wyoming. One day he
became separated from the rest, and, led
on by some strange impulse, he hurried
Oh toward the Shoshone mountain,
which arose in the western horizon.
When darkness came on he was at the
foot Of the mountain, and just before
him shone q bright red star, which he
followed all night, and at daybreak
found himself on great rock which
overlooked a valley more beautiful than
any he had ever seen. Down its center
flowed a stream clear as crystal and alive
with darling fish. On the mountain
sides We're deer and mountain sheen. on
the lower slopes grazed thousands of
buffalo and here and therea bear prowled
among the under5rush.
In the open places stood great num-
bers of Indian lodges covered with the
finest skins, while at many places in the
valley he saw great numbers of Indians
In strange dance, and to his ears
was waited the sound of strange and
mysterious songs. Just below him he
recognized party OF dancers as Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes, who had died and
gone to the happy hunting grounds.
There were all the great chiefs of the
past. Long he stood and gazed upon
the scene, when suddenly a voice at
tracted his attention TO the rear, where
standing upon the mountain side was a
strange being wrapped in blanket Of
white and with flowing hair of the same
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

". True love carried ont the ala-e then
in every sense. How could he explain and
how could she admit her grievance. on.
it was all due 70 That Ge,esta5ls spelling
school. and tlc poor incGima;c thing re-
ceived a sunc;eo amount Of abuse from
lover and sweet he.-t
Yet. after all th., may be said Of SIS sue
ceSsful revival in - and its certain ponu-
larity IN III. the apo,leosis 81 the spelling
school occurred u cur c~1nIf4-hers day
IN the day d SAGE coaches Gud Millions.
the day Q: high bo1ss ana muit.caped
coats, IN tn day o PoAe Uon1ccs and pucc
colored silk-
Dr.. Ecclsston has written II the custom
IN his excellent History Of the Colonies --
but lie might ha.s y-,- d SIN more aCr1i
raUIe ana amusing sJo-y-anl who 90 Ettea
IS be 70 tell i-.-ot cLe spread Of the craze
in the Log c2Uin epoca OF the history CT
Indiana. Then il a back county Of that
remote reserve, the girls. he-l-hy and rosy
checked. rode double back f1r miles 70
the Friday night spelling school
It was usually held IN the poor building
full OF chinks. through which the bitter
wind whistled. THAI served As a school
house on week days and meeting house On
Sundays Around a great stove. glowing
red, they formed in circle. every. EirI and
every fellow" with mit,ens on. and the
girls with shawis and even cynforte-s
around than and II ths fz.s al shTsicAI
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
A French Breach Of Promise Case.

At last the hard commercial spirit 81 the
Nineteenth century seems to have spread
to the sentimental la.d Of France For
the first time in the history Of the country
a French deceiver has been sued in a
French court Tor ore sch Of promise Of mar
ria-e. and had a verdict for damages Of
Leo returned against him. It j. interest
ing, however, u uo-a the sharp line Of de-
narration drawn by the bench between
the material ana the merely romantic as
peCts Of the case. That pecuniary comDen-
satiou could make amends for the JriGla-
with the plaintiffs affections does not seem
20 have occurred 70 -hc tribunal But in
aSmUch Is tic plaintiffs family had pro
yided tro0s-.zl, watch, through The
fairhless-ess ofthe bridegroom. : Ief- upon
their hands. they are % lie Unidentified by
the gentleman vt8 loved ard rode away.
* Is deci- .oa ian Of interest. and shows
that the French ns-io1, however s-uti-
mentally Il may Tx. j. a. bottom quite as
practical rs ether nations
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

manner must the Indians here prepare to
receive them. All day long he talked
with Sitting Bull, telling him these
things and many more, and at dusk he
disappeared in the west with the setting
sun.
Wearied with travel and loss of rest
Sitting Bull dropped to sleep upon bed
of moss. At dawn he awoke to find
himself in front of his own lodge, ten
suns journey from where he had been
hunting.
Such story, told in such a manner,
would have had an effect on less credu-
lous hearers. Under Sitting Bulls d.
rection a ghost or spirit dance was at
once organized and kept up for three
weeks.
And such a dance as it was. On a
couch of skins reclined Sitting Bull, sur
rounded by the chiefs of the tribes, while
round about them ina great circle danced
the braves. With painted faces and
hair bedecked with feathers. from left to
right they circled, now leaping into the
air, now beating their breasts, now re-
peating in low, HOMOGENEOUS tone the
refrain of spirit song" and suddenly
breaking into the weird funeral yell of
the tribe.
When this dance was finally brought
to a close most of the participants were
worked into perfect frenzy, and all re-
turned to their homes preaching the new
doctrine, and prepared to be called at
any time to aid in driving the whites
from the country.
Sitting Bull and delegation of be.
levers at once visited the kiowa, Co
manche, Apache and Wichita tribes.
where were enacted the same scenes that
had taken place at Darlington.
Arrangements were then made to hold
grand dance, TO be participated in by
ali the tribes, and it seemed for time
that the Indians were to be so carried
away by the new belief as to be led into
making war upon the whites.
While the believers in the new Mes
siah at the north al hold that he will
command them to drive the whites from
the land by force, those here in the
south are divided. Some believe in war
as do the faithful at the north, but the
greater number believe that the Messiah
is AL powerful, and can dispose Of the
whites without any help.
The arrival of Indian Commissioner
Morgan in the territory some little time
also did much to tame down the re-
igious ardor Of many Of the Indians, for
they believe that lie has the entire con-
troll of their supplies, and know that as
head Of the Indian schools he has many
of their children in his care. Gen. Nor
gan, by the way, believes that the solu-
ton of the Indian question will be
reached by getting all the children in
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which ran high AZ one after another went
down on knotty word, until only two,
perhaps. were left Of a long line of spell
ers; the feast Of apples and nuts after the
bee was over-the nuts cracked on fat
iron between the knees of the boys-the
big, choice goodies being slyIy reserved for
some fayorite maid. This humble amuse-
ment supplied the place of theatre, opera
and ball TO these simple folk. Then the
ride home in the frosty moonlight. the
merry laughter of the crowds of young
people, or tie soft love words of some
couple, tagging far in the rear, who were
keeping company"
These are memories which last through
life with many who were actors in that
rustic drama. \ man Of wealth and posi-
ton in New York who is particularly Ii
able to lapses Of memory in regard 10 the
spelling Of words, recently told me that
there was one word over which he never
hestated-tbe word separate" He never
wrote it without recalling the time when.
forty years ago, IN a western country
school house, ne had "downeG" the best
man in the spelling school on that word,
and, flushed and trium phaut. had on tn.
homewarI ride received q kiss from the
beauty Of the county. the girl he afterward
married. FRANCIS ". LIVINGSTON.
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Il call THAI rug Ss-sGns," said a head
Of house, who refuses either To know o,
TO pretend 20 know anything about pot
terry. although his house Is well filed with
specimens collected by members Of hi.
family. Satsums has come TO be his ex
preston Cor everything that his you1gest
boy calls daisy, and lis daughters new
toque and his wif-'s latest purchased
painting are classified alike by him, VERY
pretty, quite SatsuEa- Boston Tran
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
What is

Pitchers prescription Infants
Children. 1t contains neither Opium, Morphine
Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
Paregoric, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil.
It Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years by
Millions of CastOria destroys Worms and alays
feverhness. CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhea and Wind Collie. Castora relieves
teethng troubles constipation and fatulency.
assimates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
toria is the ChiIdren's Mothers Friend.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04

The monkey wrench i not called so on
account of it, fanciel or actual resent blanc
70 monkey. or because il is a handy tool
To monkey with, but simply because i;
Is the invention of Mr.. Charles Aoncky
81 hI2Ss county. y. Y. Although the
world has pretty nearly lost track Of Nj
Noncky, II SeescS - &c q settled fact that
&c sold his patent Tor 5000 and invested
the proceeds II homestead in the abcrs
1--cl,. coGa:y.-St LcG:S Rcuubl:c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-04
[SneoiaI Correenondence /

ARKANSAS CITY, Dec. 1S.--The ex-
citemept in the northwest has caused
the people to overlook the extraordinary
events in the southwest. There are in the
Indian Territory close to 100, coo Indians
Something over half OF these belong to
the Five NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Choctaws,
Chickasaws, Greeks and Saminoles-who
are to a certain extent civilized, and from
whom no danger is at any time to be ap-
pretended. About half Of the balance
are partly civilized, but fully 10000 be-
long to fierce and warlike tribes, as the
Cheyennes, Arepahoes, Wichitas, Co
manches. Apaches and Caddoes.
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color. About mis- he'd was a strange
hight, and as he IN v'j toward Sitting
Bull he seemed 10 Walk only upon the
air.
With a voice as musical rs the falling
waters the strange AID mysterious Wis
ltor spoke to Sitting Bull. ana told him
that he was the same Christ who once
appeared upon earth TO save the white
men, but ne had l. en- cruciied and
reie,ted by them, and now he was coming
again to save the Ir6isnS. The scene
which Sitting Dull icho,l in the valley
below WAS a vision o. tbs hsppy hunting
grounds wh'-' - b. rs.ah-
Ished on earth. When he appeared ne
would bring with him all the dead
Indians, the deer, the buffalo and other
game; the white men would be driven
from the land. and the Indians again
come into possession from ocean 10
ocean. The dead Indians whom he
could see dancing were preparing for
their return to earth. and u the same
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T 1T IRE not so
trite q Comparison
Iwoul5 hken fash
ion to an eccentric
comet thatreturns
on its orbit in a
certain lapse of
years, or to a tide
measureless like
that of the Medi-
terranean, which
Eeverthelessinth the
course of tim e
reaches the high
est rocks it washed
a hundred ye ars
ago. This smile