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The Press., 1891-01-22

The oyster industry is on rapid decline in Maryland, according to reports. Less than ten years ago the receipts of oysters at Baltimore were three times as great as at present, and the quality is now very poor. This industry has been one of Mary. lands greatest sources of wealth. Its de- struction as things are going on now is in- eyitable. >'
The Press., 1891-01-22
Volume B. Number 43.

Referring to the state survey for new map of Connecticut, the Danbury News saye: "A notable fact that has been brought out by this survey is that in the valley through which the Northampton railroad runs, there are no tillable lands above an altitude of 400 feet between New Haven and Simsbury. a distance of forty two miles, while about eight miles to the west some of the very best farms are 800 feet or more above the sea level"
The Press., 1891-01-22

MILES NERVE 6 LIVER PILLs.-Act on 8 new prin- ciple-regulating liver stomach and bowels through the nerves. new discovery Dr. Niles Pills speed fly cure biliousness bad taste, torpid liver, piles constipation. Unequaed for men, women and chil. dren Smallest, mildest surest. 50 doses 26 cts Samples free at w. D. HEALD'S Drug Store.
The Press., 1891-01-22

MAY THANK HER SrARs.-The narrow escape of ture death. She states that 'for twenty years my heart troubled me greatly. became worse. Had smothering spells short breath, futterlng could not sleep on my left shoulder, had much PAIN IN BREAST, shoulder and stomach. Ankles swelled. Had much iii tried Dr. Miles New Heart Cure and Restorative Nervine. The first bottle helped me, and was soon virtually cured" For sale at w. D. HEALDS Drug Store A fine book on the Heart and Nerves free.
The Press., 1891-01-22
And there it's easy waters rest,
 Clear as they left their crystal spring.

Sweet stream it were fate divine,
 Till this worlds tasks and tolls were done, To go, like those bright floods of thine,
 Refreshing all, enslaved by none; To pass through scenes of calm and strife,
 Singing like thee, with holy mirth, And close in peace a varied life,
 Unsullied by one stain of earth.
The Press., 1891-01-22
MUSICAL.

Having resumed business at the old stand, am prepared to wait upon my old customers and as many new ones as will favor with their patronage. Stringsfor musical instruments speciality. Organs and second hand, for sale or to rent. All delin- quents specially invited to pay up. Persons hav- ing neither money or credit need not apply.
 Respectfully, Re F. TAYLOR, Dec. 18th, 1890. No. South-st.
The Press., 1891-01-22

DEFoRMITY FRox BRIsHT,ss DIsEAsB.-S. D. Van Buskirk, of Demarest, N. u says: "D-. David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy, Of NRondout, N. Y., has cured daughter of Brghts Disease, after all other means had failed. She was So swollen that she meas the knee. To say that we feel thankful for such a boon as Favorite Remedy is bat poor expression"
The Press., 1891-01-22

Forth from New Hampshire's granite steeps,
 Fair Saco rolls in chainless pride, Rejoicing as it laughs and leaps
 Down the gray mountains rugged side; The stern, rent crags, and tall, dark pines, Watch the young pilgrim passing by, While close above them frowns or shines,
 The black, torn cloud or deep blue sky. Soon, gathering strength, it swiftly takes
 Through Bartlett's wales it's tuneful way, Or hides in Conway's fragrant brakes,
 Retreating from the glare of day; Now, full of vigorous life, it swiftly springs
 From the strong mountains circling arms, And roams in wide and lucid rings,
 Among green Fryeburgs woods and farms Here, with low volce, it comes and calls
 For tribute from some hermit lake; And here it widely foams and falls, -
 Bidding the forest echoes wake; Now sweeping on, it runs its race -
 By mound and mill, in playful glee; Now welcomes with its pure embrace The.vestal waves of the Ossipee. At last, with loud and solemn roar, Spurning each rocky ledge and bar, It sinks where, on the sounding shore, The broad Atlantic heayes afar; There, on old Oceans faithful breast, It's wealth of waves it proudly filings,
The Press., 1891-01-22

BUcKLEHs ARNIcA SALvE.-The Best Salve in the worldfor Cuts, Bruises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
 Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chiblains, Corne, and all Skin Erupt0ns and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 26 cents yer box. For sale by E. K. Taft. ~
The Press., 1891-01-22
LOCAL roPIcs-PEsN,D AND sClssoRED.

William o. Jillson. who owns three quarters of the Hop River Warp Compa- ny's stock, and who is business manager of the company, has assigned to Jnlius Pinney of Willimantic. The liabilities are stated to be over .S65, 900, and it is sex- pected that the assets will realize about fifteen cents on the dollar.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
HON. SAMUEL G. poMERoY DEAD.

Our dispatches this morning announce
the death of man who had much to do
with founding Kansas, much to do with
the molding of the character of the state,
and more probably than any single indi-
vidual to give the territory and state
prominence and standing in her darkest
hours before the world. Being present
when President Pierce signed the Kan
sas-N Nebraska bill, he uttered solemn
personal protest, which has gone into
history. when he Immediately started for
the territory, to whose people he devoted
his life and talents for years, and up to
the time he was reduced and then be-
trayed by A. NJ York. In the early
days for freedoms cause he was beaten
and imprisoned, but he never wavered.
He was the first to be elected to the
United States senate from Kansas, in
1851, where he remaines' for twelve
years. He was born in Massachusetts in
1915, and his death will be mourned by
many Kansas men and women whose
faith in his greatness of heart and purity
of life never faltered. And he was kind
hearted, never, SO far as we ever heard,
even rejecting on the men who brought
.his public life to an ignoble end and
ruined him financially.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

II the invention Of DR.. Bates, OF this
city, stands the test Of experiment. the
entire electric railway system Of over
head wires and poles will soon be super
seded by simple conduit bolted 70 the
center Of the track. Some such inven-
ton is greatly needed. The overhead
maze Of wires is constant source Of de-
lay and danger. The place for all cleo
tic wires, whether for railways. tele-
graphs or telephones, IL unCsrgTound.
or properly insulated and protected in
conduits. ss proposed By DR.. Bates.
The main difficulty to be spprshsnded
with the new invention Is with snow and
ice in winter The slot which admits
the trolley arm from the car into the
conduit Is protected from rain and dust
by steel strip which acts with . spring.
II this strip aud spring can protect tie
slot alike from rain and dast - summer,
and from snow ard ice IN winter. the IN
venti0n may prove 70 be ons q the raost
important IN years President Lowry
deems the invention % posses consider
able merit. and will undoubtedly give j;
thorough trizL-Minneapolis Tribune.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
A Russian General.

Suwarof, the great Russian general, af-
fected ''saucy roughness" of speech, espe-
cially when the pettiness of small natures
awoke his contempt. One day, after a re-
view of troops, the Empress Catherine was
SO pleased with the precision Of their move
ment that she distributed rewards broad
cast among the officers. Suwarof regard
ed the obsequious crowd in grim silence,
until the empress, turning TO him, in-
quired:
"And you, general. do you require moth
ing?"
"weIl, mother" he replied, pay the
rent of my lodgings"
"Are you much in debt them"
"Three and a half rublesl'
The grim old soldier was wont efter this
to boast that the czarins had paid his
debts. The sum total was about two dol
lars and half
After great victory over the Turks he
refused to share in the spoils, and persist
emily declined an Arab horse which one OF
the generals pressed upon him.
"a pony of the Don brought me here"
he said, ''and a pony of the Don shall take
me away"
But" objected the other, "he will now
be unequal to bearing the weight of your
laurels."
"a Don pony has always carried me and
my fortunes" was the sturdy response
Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

of the ruins of SoltIutum, the Sic.lian
Pompeii, Iembellishesi with photographs.
'sMafmaiion in tha Market, By Mary
Bacon Hord, desctibes the waning
fortunes of the lhouse celebrated
for thel residence there Gf the
ill-fated iEmpress Josephine. Julia
Hayes PeFcy describes the Ladies' New
York club in an entertaining a5ticfe to
which Harry Fem has contributed illus
trations. Elizabeth Bisland whites of
Tattersalfs, the great London horse Itar-
ket, and the family who have given it
name and fame N bAy Elliott 5eawell
contribuths 1.-THE Romance off Count
Konigsmbrk, the titled adventures for
whom thf wife of George l of England
spent thirty years in prison; hnd, the
Countess Ella NotEaikow writes of
Woman's!Share in Russian Nihili$m, Iker
article being illustrated with portraits of
many fail conspiratbrs. There hre be-
sides pap4rs on the Evolution ofithel So
cietv journal, by Mrs. Roger Al Pryor;
Society Women as authors, by Anna
Vernon uorsey; pretty story, II Man
dolinista, by Daisy Q'Brien, and vefses
by Katherine GrosieAn, Mrs. Charles B.
Foote and Susan Hartley SWEET, allithe
important articles being liberally Illus
trated.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
KANSAS as SEEN BY VISITORS.

Among the large number of recent
visitors to this state from the east was a
Mr.. Stoffrengen, of Connecticut, who
after making tour of the state ex-
pressed himself pretty freely as to his
impressions. What he says is the uni
versai sentiment of those who have
visited the state this year, and they ought
to cause the PETERS and Simpsons and
Leases, to hang their hands in shame Tor
their defamation of the fairest land aud
best state in the Union. Mr.. Stofreagen
says:
''This trip has been a continual sur
prise to me, from Topeka to Dodge City,
as well as revelation. How Kansan
can go east and defame his own state, as
some of your howlers have, is beyond
my comprehension, but, then, do not
understand how Peter denied his
Christ! Such men disgrace the
grandest state I have ever seen,
and they do not deserve cit
izenship. Such crops never saw before;
such fruit, wherever set out, cannot be
found in any other state; such bounte-
Gus returns were never yielded to a
prosperous people as the rich soil and de-
lightful climate of Kansas has given.
| looked for bleak desert. and find a
paradise, richer far than that of olden
time recorded in the Bible. With less
than one-twentieth of your land under
cultivation, you have the principal
granary of the world and you could
feed the nation. If man could only do
his share, as has been done by nature,
Kansas would be garden. To see is to
believe, and l have seen and am no
longer an unbeliever. 1 am prepared to
say you will soon win a return of the
confidence in financial circles you merit.
l shall purchase property here, and
would not hesitate to invest in any of the
counties seen. [ would like to visit the
other counties of your state, for it does
me good to see such evidences of pros
DaritV y
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

A managing editor tells this story OF
how he failed to get the best Of CORE
spondent: "News was scarce and the pros
poets of getting out an interesting paper in
the morning were poor indeed, when from
a small, but prosperous and supposedly
pious little Illinois town came this dis
patch:
Fifty Of our best citizens arrested
tonight for playing poker
''In a jiffy l wired the correspondent:
Rush details and all the Names
"While awaiting the story my spirits
rose as pictured the effect of the bucolic
sensation on the first page. The prospects
of dry paper were about disappearing as
thought how interesting the story would
be fifty prominent citizens in a small
town like -, you know, means pretty
much the whole town., when there came
on the wire, not the correspondents story,
but his reply TO my order;
II am NO fool. | expect to live in this
town for several years.'-San Francisco
Argonaut.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

The pearl fishing craze in Wisconsin.
which was at It's height in numerous
rivers year ago, seems to have ended
as speedily as il came. Pearls were
found in the clans in many rivers, bus
none of any particular value was found
except in Sugar and Pecstonic8 rivers
in southern Wisconsin. Not only has
the stock Of pearls been exhausted, but
the CLANS have been practically extermi-
mated No good pearls have been found
for several months,
II is the opinion OF dealers that profit
ablc pearling in Wisconsin rivers is
practically ended for several generations
at least, as there are few CLANS remRin-
ing in the rivers which produce pearls,
and it viii require many years for the
CLAIMS to multiply sufficiently. Besides
there is no knowing how many years are
required to produce the pearls, even
were the CLAIMS to become numerous
again. There is no means Of estimating
the value Of the pearls taken frcm Sugar
and Pecatonica rivers while the excite
ment lasted, though it would undoubted-
ly run far up into the thousands Of dol
lars.
Pearls were sold in the market here
for all sorts of prices, from few shil-
lings up to nearly 81 900. One firm in
Milwaukee sold three 70 New York
dealer for 81, 900, while hundreds Of
others brought prices ranging from $50
to $500, and some Of the choicest were
sold by New York dealers, it is said, for
as high as 5000 each. There is yet
great demand for Wisconsin pearls. aud
their scarcity, it is believed. viii tend
greatly to increase their value Il IL a
pity that ''the goose which laid ths
golden egg" or rather the CLANS which
produced the pearls, should have been 50
ruthlessly exterminated. - Milwaukee
Sentinel
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

The most distressing reports continue
to come from Russia regarding the un-
fortunate peasants in Kazan and sother
provinces which Ave been overtaken by
famine; the drouth in different sections
of India is creating much misery; there
is wretchedness in Germany among the
common people on account of a scarcity
of food; Chill is convulsed with civil war;
several of the states in Mexico are threat
ened with famine. Truly the people of
this country have PAUSE to be thankful
that they live in a land of peace and
plenty, which h3 IS never enjoyed the
favor of Providend E to more marked
degree than in thi ; abounding year of
grace, 1891.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
CALLING a HALT.

From the Leavenworth Times.
In the Alliance convention at topeka
last Saturday, Frank McGrath, president
of the state Alliance, stated that he is
flooded with letters from the east asking
if Kansas farmers are repudiatofs. He
said he was kept busy defending Kansas
and he urged that the calamity howl
should cease.
The Times has all along urged that
this cry that the people of Kansas are in
such desperate straits was injuring the
state and doing no good. 1t is false.
Kansas is a prosperous state and her
farmers. though not becoming E.lilBon-
aires, are rapidly getting in comf9rtsbie
circumstances.
And even if it were true that tile state
is on the verge of bankruptcy ii. would
not be good policy to herald it to the
world. Many man has saved himPelf
from bankruptcy by keeping al brave
front and working on.
But Kansas only needs that the trt nth
be told of her to inspire the greatest cpn-
fidence in the east.
President McGrath is entitled to the
thanks of the state for calling upon the
calamity howlers to stop their hcwling.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

An interesting comparison was -
Gently made Of two sf the greatest AL
road corporations IL tbs world. ons Eng
lish, the other American. Ths PsEnsyi-
vsnia syEtsn, regarded - Cbs AggTsgs-
ton. though IL includes more than 100
minor corporations. rspressats 1918
miles q r1iiroad and = cana, . share
ard bonded capital Of e7oo. 900 .ooo. gToaA
earnings iz 1850 Of e1ss. go. 900 and tns
movement 10 the satas ysaT q IS7 90. .ooq
tons Of freight and 81. .oOo. 900 pa~~zgsrG.
The English corporation rsfsrrsd 10
tbs London and EorthvsstsTn-has -
authorized capital of eaSS.sT7,s7s and
,sis Eazlss Of rosd. on winch ths groas
receipts 70. che yer were 80 Js51 IA
TIE disparity IN gToz rsoe4rEs p>r nils
il not eTtrsnsly lArzs. but ths cEpttaii-
Eztion q ths EaElaA line - ynsfly
greater. IN proportion 20 E1slsass sd
trzHic, than fhat 6f tbs AmsriS&a sys
-MechAniczl 6swE
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
THE INTERSTATE sQUABRLE.

The new interstate railway commits
sioner it seems is to come from the south.
So far as the great west is concerned.
the section that furnishes the bulk of the
continental traffic 1T has Rot had mem
ber west of the Mississippi and SO far as
the interests of the trans-ldississippi are
concerned, it would have been much
better if no interstate commerce law had
ever been enacted. The law, and the
rulings of the commission under it, have
always been against the commercial life,
profits and hopes of the west, and the
law and the commission are more than
any other single cause responsible for
the discomfort that resulted in the Alli-
ance me ,ament. The law was never
anything else but a job and scheme to
foster. and preserve the interests of the
old commercial centers of the east, to
hold tributary the west and to hedge and
protect the railways against
1t is a law that will probably never be
wholly repealed and its clamps are such
that it will take many years to SO modify
it as to render its workings equitable.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

Every few days it is announced from
some quarter that the Alliance is busted.
and this is followed by the counter
statement that the Alliance is 25 per cent
stronger in Kansas now than it was at
this time last year. But neither of these
assertions is of any special concern to
Republicans: all they need to do is to
get in line and hold their ground, every
man doing his duty, and they are bound
to win. The Republicans in Kansas are
in the majority by large odds and they
have nothing TO fear when acting unit
edly and in harmony. Let the heather
rage, and the (would-be) kings of the
earth imagine vain things, which they
do: no harm can come 10 the faithful
and true.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
Ancient Mechanical ronl..

At the Royal society conversations a
great deal Of interest was excited by the
exhibition of sixty tools and utensils of the
Roman period, found together in pit in
the Roman British city of Silchester, Hants.
These included an anvil. pair of black
smiths tongs, hammer, axes. gouges, CHS
els, adzes, a large carpenters plane. two
shoemaking anvils, two plow Golfers, a
standing lamp, gridircn. bronze scale
beam and others.
Many of these articles were most remark
ably like similar tools Of the present day.
the plane, which was evidently trying
plane" and entirely Of metal, being very
suggestivsof a Yankee origin. IL is said
to be the only Roman plane found in Brit
ain.-New York Telegram.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
CARLISLB'S MISTAKE.

To the Editor of the Eagle.
The tariff is the great issue of the day
and on it the fight should be made, so
said this leading Democrat recently.
This is a grave mistake. There are other
issues of equal if not of greater inn
portance to the prosperity of these
United States. In Democratic view of
the tariff for revenue it amounts to no
more than convenient way of collect
ing money for the use of the govern
ment; it does not involve even the idea
of the preservation of our labor nor our
home market. 1t says to the American,
you are no better than a citizen of any
other country, even those governed by
authority. If we are no better than
slaves what becomes of our claim to a
free government? The tariff tax, if
there is no principle in protection, might
as well be collected with our city, coun-
ty and state tax. 1t seems to me the
Democratic party has no principle
at stake and only talks tariff
reduction while the times are depressed
to catch sympathetic votes. Upon it he
saws the party is united and can make a
confident and aggressive battle. A
wave of prosperity has struck this coun-
try and will disperse his prospective
votes. He further says the party is not
united on the free coinage of silver, and
it would be suicidal to advance it to the
position of equal importance with the
tariff. But to the American people it is
of equal importance, because it involves
the same principle of protection-the
use of our own silver in the development
of our mines. There are other issues in
our country of greater Importance to us
than these. There is the preservation of
our land our homes and our altars
against the possession of foreigners.
There is nothing so sacred to an Amer
lean as his home circle. If YOU tear 1t
asunder by loose divorce laws, or invade
its altar by a temporal power, you
weaken the stability of our government;
ami if you ignore the right to naturalize
a foreigner before you allow him to vote,
you knock out one OF the pillars of our
government. We must protect Amer
leans, or we can not long boast of a free
and independent nation.
II. F. BIDWELL,
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

Leavenworth Times: I'VE have little
respect for the man who cannot read OF
the prosperity of Kansas with pleasure,
The man who dislikes to hear his state
praised, who dislkes to hear of her pros
perity, who dislikes to be told of her
great crops and how her farmers are
rapidly getting out of debt is not q
patriot, he is demagogue Unfortu
nately there are good many such dem
agogues In Kansas just now. The
Times is quite right in what 1t saws,
though it is gratifying TO note that the
number of such demagogues is growing
less every day and sympathy for such
demagogy is rapidly vanishing-giving
way to feeling of renewed confidence
in the prosperity of Kansas and content
ment and happiness of her people.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28
a MAGAZINE WRITTEN BY WOMEN

As was expected, the greatest interest
has been exhibited in the new story by
Amelie Rives which was begun in the
August number Of the Cosmopolitan.
The second part appears in the Septem-
Der number and the story VII close II
the following issue.
The September issue Of the Cosmopoli-
tan magazine is q 'womsn's number" so
far as the authorship Of its articles Is
concerned. bur the general interest Of
the periodical i sustained 5y the varsity
and timeliness Of the topics treated The
opening article. on Ed0uard Detaille. x
By Lady Dixie. and Is profusely and
beautifully illustrated and reproductions
of the famous artists most noteworthy
paintings a Forgotten City ~
Eleanor Lewis, Is q romantic description
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

If the government should control the
transportation lines of the country for
the benefit of the public who patronize
such lines and are in some measure de-
pendant upon them for success in busi-
ness and general prosperity through the
cheapening of rates, why not, upon the
same idea and for the same purpose have
the government control all othe~ indus
trial operations? If such policy would
simplify and render the service cheaper
by reducing the expense account in one
case itwould certainly do so in the other,
and if that is the great desideratUm, i. e.
the lessening of costs to the public, why
not apply the rule to the entire economic
system OF the country and have the
government father everything? There is
where the policy will lead to in the end.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1891-08-28

The announcement that Henry NJ.
Stanley has almost recovered from the
injury received while climbing the Alps
in Switzerland, coming SO soon after the
report that Emin Pasha has recently
achieved a great success in Central
Africa, is taken by some as an intima-
tion that Stanley is jealous of his laurels
and is contemplating a return to the
dark continent al an early day. 1t is
soout time for him TO break out again,
somewhere.