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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18


Ballot reform has triumphed in Iii.
nois, The bill upon which the two
branches Of the Legislature had dis
agreed, and which had been sent to a
conference committee, having been
reported back BY that committee In such
a form as to secure adoption by an over
whcsning majority beth in the House
and Senate. The bill contains all the
essentials of the Au@trslion system. the
official ballot printed at the public
expense, the secret voting booth and
the customary regulations regarding the
making OF nominations by nomination
papers signed by certain specified mum
bers Of voters, or by conventions OF
political parties polling certain per-
centage of the total vote. From such
summaries and descriptions of the bill
in the form reported back as have been
printed, 1t does not appear that any I'M
portant concessions were made by the
friends OF the reform In order to secure
the passage of the measure. The bill
seems to be a sincere one, calculated to
do great deal OF good in checking
questionable practices and promoting the
purity OF the ballot. Itapplies to all elec
lions, except those for trustees Of schools,
school directors and other local elections
of that character. Nominations for
Offices to be filled by the vote of the
entire state ean be made by papers
signed by 1000 voters, and smaller num-
bers are fixed AZ the minimum for nom
nations to lesser offices. One amend
ment, made in the Senate and adopted
by the committee. provides for the open
ing of the polls except in Chicago at 7
A M, and closing them at ) r NJ, instead
Of at +. NJ thus obyiating any voting
after dark.
A peculiar feature of the bill is sec
ton requiring the ballots after they are
counted to be strung upon wire, which
is to be knotted and sealed, so that the
ballots may be preserved for six months
in any case, or where there is q contest.
until the contest is decided. When the
ballots are destroyed they are to be
burned in the presence Of representa-
tives of all the parties concerned.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

A Maine boy, +. ". Pond Of Belfsat
won the Dartmouth College tennis toufna
ment on Monday.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

Every indication points to . succrssfu
msckefei fishing season this year. Qnits
large quantities or mackerei ara being
fcand along the Massachusetts shoee, and
the tish are being seen in various direction.
on the Maine COAST. The master Of Nov,
Scotia schooner reports passing through
immense schools Of mAekerel OF Mount
Desert = few days since, and two large
seinsrs were q work on them.
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Nevens Of Auburn 10 b build The anAs.
lance wagon for the Maine militia. n VII
Be dandy.-Asburn Daily Gasstts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

". Frank Wall 10 acting - night bssSues
master ct the Maine Central station dusisg
the illness Of Mr.. Cusbman, who 10 ashsas
in PittsAeM with bilious fever. Cuslis
Sears is filling the lstter's place during ~
day time,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

Those Interested in the Ksnusbsc 1
Warrington R, r. viii meet Il Gardissr \
organise next week.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

Chief's dsgrss will b. worked d ths VI. /.
ram Of Cushnoc tzibs this evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

Mr.. Henry e. Duncan, who has jaS COZ.
plsted . most successful seriss Of sssaa
recitais at The Congress Square. Pest,esd,
viii receive limited number Of pupiIs h
this city on Wednesday Of each vsst.
Instruction will be given on the organ,
piano and in harmony. Mr.. Duncan ny
be addressed Ia care AZ The Aususta Hoss,.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

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Mr.. Arthur II. vsvisl. arehitscs, Of Bss.
ton. has been in The city making psslia-
mary arrangements for plans for ~
rebuilding Of Granite hall. He len III
Boston yestsrdsy. He will return Win ~
plane probably Friday. The propsisssfs
will follow out their original plan Of bsild-
ing brick front with An entrance Ssen
Water street, leaving the north vail 70
stand.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-18

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Cooler.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
FLOWER AND TREE.

Seven thousand persons can find ample
room to repose under the shade of single
mature banyan tree.
Decidedly remarkable is the camphor
tree, from which camphor is prepared by
boiling the chopped branches in water 1t
is mainly produced in the Island of For
mosa.
The snake tree of Guiana is so called be-
cause the seed is twisted in manner to
resemble coiled serpent. For this reason
the Indians employ the nuts as an antidote
for snake poison.
The republic of Honduras is very rich In
the valuable wood called mahogany. A
recent survey of these forests estimates the
fit for market at $2O0,0O0,0OO.
1t is a whole days task for two men to
fell a mahogany tree. On account N the
spurs which project from the base of the
trunk scaffold has to be erected and the
tree cut off above the spur leaving
a stump of the very best W m ten to
fifteen feet high.
In Lawrence county, Ills, the trunks
of two elm trees, standing about twenty
feet apart, have met at quite a dis
lance above the ground, where they
blend into symmetrical trunk of large
dimensions. The trunk is nearly 100 feet
high, and wagons can easily be driven
through the great triangle which forms
the base
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15

pers that Salvador may be trained again IN
1892 for the benefit of Longstreet. Riley
and few others.
Nellie Sontag, the famous trotting mare
owned by Richard K Fox, has foaled a
brown FLY by Hermes. 2:211<. The FLY
should be a wonder.
Firenzi and Sir Matthew are the cham
pion and junior champion, respectively, Oh
1891, by virtue of their victories in the
Champion and Junior Champion stakes.
Mr.. Bonner's assurance that Sunol is not
broken down Is good news to the trotting
world. The fast daughter of Electioneer
is little lame, but nothing serious is an
ticipated.
Nancy Hanks mile in 2:12H at Roches-
ter not long ago was very creditable per
Torrance, and her subsequent quarter in
BIZ shows what a wonderful fight of
speed she has.
Pierre Lorillard, after three or four years
of comparative quietness, has again be-
come plunger, and is giving Michael
Dwyer a race for the title of the biggest
bettor on the American turf.
Another marvellous performance by a Ill
hputian trotCer is recorded in England. AT
the late Manchester meeting a bay mare,
Milkmaid, 1872 hands, won a purse at
mile and a half, the first mile being done
in $685..
The black gelding David L, with
pacing record of 2:1951, has been sold to F.
]. Middagh, Of Patterson, Pa, for 81, 500
Considering that he was barely over IA
hands, his record is remarkable. In fact
he can boast of being the smallest horse
that ever entered within the 2:20 circle.
The directors of the Washington Park
(Chicago) association have made arrange
nents for 1898, and propose in that year
that the American Derby shall be worth
100000 to the winner, the added money
being $4,000. The Queen Isabella stake,
happily named new event for S-year-old
FLIES, will have 81, 900 added money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
POWDER AND BALL.

Including the native troops, the English
establishment in India is about 220,0o
men.
The Italian government will revive tn.
medieval Venetian custom by wedding al
its future warships with the Adriatic.
The Engstrom rapid fire gun finds favor
in the Swedish and Norwegian navies. II
is the invention of Lieutenant Engstrom
of the Swedish navy. Engstrem alleges
extreme lightness for his piece.
George Hochheimer, an ez-private Of the
United States army, has invented an ex-
plosive which he says will put the vaunted
melinite in the shade. Experiments made
at Fort Smelling show the new explosive
has tremendous force.
Velocipede service is to be formally in.
troduced into every Russian regiment. 1t
will be used to facilitate the delivery OF
messages from headquarters to the officers
of the various companies when the regi.
ment is stationed in the field.
Recent tests of lances by the Belgian cav
airy have resulted in favor of the English
weapon. Each lance is about feet inches
long The German lance is of hollow steel
and weighs about 2-5 pounds. The Eng
lish lance is of bamboo and weighs fully
three-quarters of pound less.
General Berdan's new mechanical fuse
has been successfully tried at Sandy Hook
This fuse is so constructed as to utilize the
rotary motion of the shell when passing
through the air, so as to cause the shell to
explode when it has made the number OF
revolutions at which the fuse has been set.
By novel device heavy guns can now
be aimed and fired with the greatest accu-
racy, without exposing the gunners and
without their even seeing the object to be
fired at. The principle used is that Of so
training the gun as to cause the object to
be fired at to be reflected upon screen a.
the rear of the gun.
The proposed French law against spies is
terribly rigorous. Death will be the pen
atty inflicted on every ne who, while con-
cealing his name, pos ion, calling or ma
tionality, gathers or permits to be gathered
for him, in a fortified place, information
which pertains to the defense and safety of
France in her relations to foreign enemies
The English flagship has a, displacement
of $3.50 tons, and is armored with inches
of steel, backed by 10 to II inches of wood
Her main battery consists of eight 1S-ton
rifles, two 121SS-ton rifles, four 611S- ton rifles
and six 4inch rifles. The secondary bat
terry consists of seven rapid fire and ten
machine guns. The speed of the Hercules
is fourteen knots.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
SOURCES OF BEAUTIFUL COLOR.
Chinese white is zinc.

Chinese white is zinc.
Blister is the SCOT of wood ashes.
Indian yellow comes from the camel
Ivory chips produce the ivory black and
bone black.
The various lakes are derived from roots,
banks and gums.
Turkey red is made from the madden
plant, which grows in Hindostan.
Scarlet is iodide Of mercury, and native
vermilion is from quicksilver ore called
cinnabar.
India ink is made from burned camphor
The Chinese are the only manufacturers
of this ink.
Mastic is made from the gum of the
mastic tree, which grows in the Grecian
Archipelago.
The yellow sap of tree of Siam produces
gamboge; the natives catch the sap in Co
coanut shells.
Blue black comes from the charcoal Of
the vine stalk. Lampblack is SCOT from
certain resinous substances.
The cuttlefish gives the sepia. It is the
inky fluid which the fish discharges in or
der to render the water Opaque when at
tackled.
Raw sienna is the natural earth from
the neighborhood of Sienna, Italy. Raw
lumber is also an earth found near Umbria
and burned.
The cochineal insects furnish q great
many fine colors. Among them are the
gorgeous carmine, the crimson, scarlet,
carmine and purple lakes.
The exquisite Prussian blue is made by
fusing horses hoofs and other refuse ami
NAL matter with impure potassium car
Donate. This color was discovered acci-
dentally.-American Druggist,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
FooTLIeHT FLASHES.

The famous and all too earnest Suicide
club of Bridgeport, Conn. is TO be made
the subject Of farce comedy.
Paul Arthur, the well known comedian,
was recently married to Katherine Grey,
an actress of considerable reputation
Henry Irving says he shall produce
"Henry the Eighth" this winter en- scale
of magnifcence never eaualed in London.
In "Sinbad," a Chicago production, a
ship is seen at Sea in q storm. She sinks
and afterward the audience sees her wreck
as it lies on the bottom of the ocean
Sarah Newell Atkins, known as Nine.
Palmer, an American and singer OF great
European note, recently gained divorce
from her husband on the ground of cruel
treatment.
Leonard Grover, once manager of q
Philadelphia theater, recently found in a
bundle of old papers letter from Abra-
ham Lincoln calling for box. The strange
part of it was that it had, wholly by acci-
dent, been slipped into an envelope con-
tanning also a letter from John Wilkes
Booth.
NJ d'Ennery, the French playwright, is
now more than eighty years old, and is de-
scribed as still hale, hearty and bright Of
wit" He claims to have been for the best
part of his life "a moral man, and to have
lived by rule and limited his ambition to
that of being popular playwright, never
troubling himself about what the academy
might think of him"
1t is said that Mr.. Gladstone once wrote
q tragedy which has never been acted. 1t
was offered to Mrs. Langtry, but the Jer-
sey Lily found it too difficult, and, al
though she greatly desired to present it in
London, was forced to decline the honor.
The Earl of Lytton has also written a
drama, which is soon to be produced in
London, and has classical theme. 1t was
originally intended for Mary Anderson.
Opinions about Mckee Rankin's "Abra-
ham Lincoln" differ widely. Some say the
play will be a great success, while others
predict that people will not care to see the
tragedy. The controversy sure to follow
its production may, however, bring out
many inaccuracies in history. w. J. Fer
guson, for instance, who stood in the wing
with Laura Keene. opposite the box in
which Lincoln was shot, protests that
Booth did not say sic semper tyrannis, but
in jumping fell on his right knee and theE
slowly walked off the stage.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
WAYSIDE GLEANlNGS.

A Pennsylvania girl keeps six rattle
snakes as pets.
1t is estimated that at least 1000 900
pounds of rubber are annually used for BIZ
cycle tires.
South Dakota now has the largest arte-
sian well in the world. 1t shoots water 40
feet from the surface
Chinese workmen who labor at the looms
making mating consider themselves lucky
if they earn five cents day by hard work.
There are eighty-two national cemeteries
in the United States, and they have 327, 179
graves, about one-half of which are marked
unknown"
A valley more wonderful than the 70
semitic, except in the matter of waterfalls,
is said to have been discovered in Kings
River canyon, above the far famed Yosem-
lite.
Travellers in Ceylon are astonished to
discover that the men there are far NOR.
graceful than the women. They are bette
looking, also and dress more stylishl'
while the women work in the fields !
become coarse and hOmely.
Strictly speaking, the only precious
stones are the diamond, ruby, sapphire and
emerald, though the term is often extended
to the opal, Notwithstanding its lack of
hardness, and to the pearl, which is not q
mineral, but strictly an animal product
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
CURIOUS cULLINGS.

A Circassian mothers first care is 60 pro-
mote the growth of her children's eye
lashes.
Straight streets are unknown In China
They are purposely made crooked to con-
fuse Satan. as the Chinese believe the devil
travels in a straight line.
When the japanese hitch horse in the
street they do so by tying his forelegs TO-
gether. Hitching posts are never used il
Japan or Corea except by foreigners.
Soak terminating lettuce seed in alcohol
for six hours. set it on the table planted IN
an equal mixture Of unslacked lime and
rich soil; at the soup sprinkle with luke
warm water The lettuce viii grow 70
about the size of bazelnuts before the time
for serving salad.
Following the suggestion OF DR.. Verin-
court, of the department of agriculture in
Russia, large npmoer Of farmers have
put their cattle in blue spectacles TO pro
tect their eyes against the terrible light of
the snowy stsPpes. About 400 pairs of
the blue spectacles are thus actually in usa
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
PHILOSOPHICAL QUOTATIONS.

Extravsganoe is a greater devastation
than war.
No man can tell today whom he will dis
Ike most tomorrow.
The whole life of a selfish man Is con-
spiracy against the rest of humanity.
The greatest thief in the world is the
man who robs you of your peace of mind.
The safest and best of ali Gods crea-
lures is the woman who is happily mar
ried.
II you make yourself bone Of conten-
ton you can't complain If people pick at
you.
There is nothing more wearing on the
mind than the thought of an unfulflled
duty.
Before doing anything bad, it might be
wise to remember that maybe this is the
day when you will get caught at il.
The men who take your advice never
give you chance TO forget that it was
your advice, If il turns out to be bad for
them.-Atchisou Globe.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
CROWN AND scEPTER.

The Duke of Flies baby is nicknamed
Outlet" in the royal family.
The king of Sweden is great swimmer
and had an ambition in his youth to emu
late the deeds Of the Berserkers.
Ex-Queen Natalie, who was expelled
from Servia, has begun suit in Paris
against her husband, ex-King Milan, for
100000 francs, part of her personal for
tune.
King Lobengula, the black ruler of Malta
belaland in South Africa, is a magnificent
specimen of savage royalty. He is fifty
seven years old, of superb physical proper
lions, and dignifed and courtly bearing.
The favorite page of the crown princess
of Sweden is a little negro boy who was
imported from Egypt. He is a pretty
little fellow of twelve years, and is dressed
in picturesque costume topped off with a
diminutive red fez.
The empress of Russia, in her fondnes
for dancing, has evening parties that BORE
her royal husband, and it is related that on
one or two occasions he has sent the guests
ton and extinguiship the lights in the
ROOM
The most valuable oriental mats in the
world are owned by the shah, the sultan
and the maLarajah of Bareda The for.
mer two possess some valued at over
$250,0O0 each. and the latter owns one or.
namented with pearls and diamonds and
said to be worth S850,00O
The young king of Servia, aged sixteen,
and to become full blown king in two
years, Is a laRky, pale faced lad, who wears
his hair cropped close. He has his moth
er's large fine eyes, but his forehead is
low, and he does not seem to be possessed
of the same shrewdness and quickness as
his father. He has had miserable ed
ucation and leads solitary life without
having a single playmate.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
SNAP SHOTS.

The idea of the pt graphic school Is
growing, and Their everal of them in
the country now.
AT the exhibition of photographs at the
recent convention at Buffalo portraits and
genres were mostly seen. Cabinets were
few.
1t is the young men and women who
never give up that make the good ANA
teurs and turn out pictures that please
themselves and friends as well.
1t is always a good plan fer the beginner
to accompany the experienced photosra-
pher on fie i trip and learn some points
about choosing the subjects for the pic
ture.
NJ Marcy, by arranging his own appara.
tus, has succeeded in photographing the
fight Of insects, the exposure of the plate
being necessarily not over lbs. 0OOth part of
a second.
h. 2. Robinson, whose English land.
scapes were so much admired at the recent
exhibition in New York of the Boston.
Philadelphia and New York societies Of
amateurs, has been elected president of the
Photographic convention of the United
Kingdom OF Great Britain.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
SCIENTIFIC WAITS.

A seamless steel boat, made from one
piece of metal by hydraulic pressure,
promises to be very desirable. It will last
a great while and cannot leak.
A new antiseptic called microcidine has
been discovered. 1t is powder, formed of
naphthol and soda 1t is almost harmless,
and is neither poisonous nor irritant.
1t has been demonstrated that while the
greatest velocity impaired To cannon
ball scarcely exceeds 600 meters a second
about 1890 miles an hour-meteors from
space penetrate the air with a velocity, it is
claimed, of 1000, sometimes 10000, meters
per second.
The latest plan to improve the draft
of the furnaces of ocean steamers is to in
crease the height of the smokestacks. The
new steamer Scot, of the Cape Mail line, is
provided with smokestacks 100 feet high
above the CRATES, being the Hottest stacks
ever put into steamer.
The tunnel that will connect Butler VAL
ley (Pa.) with the bottom of the mammoth
Ebervale vein viii be one of the greatest
engineering feats of the century. 1t will
open an almost inexhaustible supply of
coal, and will serve as a drain for all the
collieries in that vicinity.
Steam pipes have recently been made of
ramie fiber, or China grass, hardened I'M
der tremendous hydraulic pressure, and
possessing tensile strength equal to two
and one-half times that Of steel. China
grass is unaffected by moisture, will not
shrink nor swell, is nonconductor of
heat and it cannot rust.
The addition of aluminium to molten
steel before pouring an ingot has been
found to render the metal perfectly sound
when cast. The action seems to be entirely
chemical. and is about twenty times more
powerful than that of silicon. The amount
used is from four to eight ounces ton,
and when used manganese can be dispensed
with.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-09-15
The Corpse "Took a Hand

DR.. L. Corneau, author Of q work en-
titled Certain Signs Of Death, says
that he can cite ninety-six web anthem
ticsted cases where persons were buried
alive by mistake. Here is one; A French
army officer, on Aug. 80. 1925. was buried
at Saintes with military honors The
parting salute awoke him from apparent
death &c knocked upon the lid Of the
coffin, was heard and set az liberty. he
marched back 70 the house Of mourning
az the head Of the detachment TIA. had
been detailed 70 escort his remains TO the
tomb.