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The sun., 1891-05-02

Great Heners TO the Mcw,ry OF "a r,uo,.
Man Whose Death Was TrnuicnI

Groat Hsners TO the Mcw,ry or n r,u...
Man Whose Death Was Traricai.
LISBON, April 15-The funeral of ,anor.
Silva Porto. whose body arrived here on F,,.
day last from West Africa. occurred to.as,
with great ceremony. Representatives OF ,hs
roJal family were present 10 do honor to tbs
memory Of tie famous Africnn ira, el,er. Cab.
met Ministers. past aud rro sent. a large fore.
OF military, n number OF hands. and all IN.
African explorers now In this country e,csns
se, ,pA rinto. who is III. were In the processon
The urn containing the romalls was coward
with flags. II will be buried In Olorto. ,hs
birthplace OF silva Porto.
This man was famous as the first whits man
In this century to nearly cross Equatorial
Africa He was by far the greatest traveller in
Africa until Livingston e's time. and on Ali ths
larger maps Silva Porto's routes Tar into the
dark continent are traced In all directions, Hs
did n good deal - enlarge our knowledge O,
Vas in isss that silva Port mrs went 10 Hi,,.
IN 1889 he rs!prned 10 the west coast and sci.
active trade with the interior .reslons lmsa IA AZ
never returned 10 Portugal. He built large
Ssrs any ~ s.ss s, Ss nss. sn1 %
i ivory sna Se' nrcduSe sReh' sRd 'i ::
nj as, and he knew every trade route LEADING
lLOm Dine 70 mo Oehrt OF tn0 continent. lr.
plorers have always spoken well OF Silva Por,o.
He ass slways very kind 10 hem and furnished
them With supplies when they were needed
When SerpA Hnt0 set out into the Rrea, nm.
known. kilva Porto wrute 10 him that n he cot
into trouble anywhere he must. II possible send
word 70 BIhe and hv would ut once set out 10
his relief
I.ivi aston. tells OF Silva Porto whom bs
met when he crossed the continent. A great
many writer's affirm that Silva orto crossed
Africa IN 1883 a from Bthe to Cape De,0ado
This IL erroneous. silva Porto ID not hirnseIi
cross tho continsnt, though be. travelled from
Bihs nearly to- Lake Nyassa He sent his car
avan IN 70 the Indian Ocean. and that ex.
plains the blunder into which some writer's
have fallen. Silva Porto long had great In.
fiuepca over the natives. bnt the last days Of
his II q were clonded. In the uprising OF the
l.ihraus in lasy against ths missionaries Silva
Porto came In for part OF their misiortunes
The nali,e+ burned his town OF lei.
monte; and left him almost rcnniiess,
ne they destroyed q large part sot
his Accommodations. He sent. 10 tho coast
TO inform The Government that he needed
a-eistance. hut no Asaistanca cnme. The
longer. and the old man. believing that be Was
abandoned. At Inst decided that he did not
care to I've longer 80
He wrnpned himself in a Portuguese nag
and aat down nenr AkeR OF tRunp wider. which
he fgnited and was. Of course. lust antly killed,
Hts Tragic en.i WAS In strange contrast with
the p.,mp and ceremony with which his poor
body "a received IN the land Of his biith.
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SULLIVAN Is a much better man than
SLAyIN. Better not forget It

Few rulers sre moro bothered with the
business Of government than the new Queen
OF Hawaii Durins her brief reisu since
the death Of King KALAKAUA. she has had
trouble with her Ministers and other func-
tionaries OF the State. trouble In the nego-
tistion OF treaties with other powers. trouble
in establishing the succession 10 the throne.
and great deal Of trouble with the foreign
factions that are conspiring against her au-
thoritx There is NO end to the operations Of
the oonspirstors. who are pittsd against each
other. and all OF whom are pittsd against the
nstivsa According to recent sdvicss. they
are still engaged In the attempt which they
began last January to destroy her govern
msnt the destruction Of which would very
surely BE- followed by disorder and civti war.
The Queen has been striving TO orGanixs 0
native party. and. - the natives are far more
numerous than the European residents. her
success In organizing It would oonstituts
guarantee Of her rafety.
Queen LIIIuoKALASI is ruler Of FIRM Will
and good capacity; and there 10 reason 10 be-
hsve that she will bs able to hold her place
against the alien conspirators.
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Married By AIsernan sn,th.

Alderman "stlver Dollar" Smith PERFORMED
his ftat marriage ceremony yesterday. The
event took place In tho Judges private room at
the Essex Market Police Court. The contract
ing parties were George Simon. butcher. IL
years old. OF Ludlow street. and Miss Fr8ncSs
Samuels. Ii years ole, OF 82 'DfSision" stpSsi.
The marriage was the outcome II q suit
travail. Simon had spent TWO days in Iail. Al
dermHn Smith was rather nervous. hut. with
the cer.monv the Alderman was about 10 ~
ercise his rrerogativs of kissing the bride. but
she objected. saying H. she had to kiss any,
men, -poin ing to two repo tiers who had inst
sienc ed their names rs Witnesses TO the mar.
the g, oom was brought before Justice Meade.
who gay. him some good advice and dis
charged him,
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prxrr,s srrrnAtsrvo xosk
TIE Remarkable Optesne 81 Using f7eus
Isstesa or Fatty IN Hskipg W.

rvn the tnfedeo sau
It 10 doubtful whether the annsls OF ths
than nm sceident winch SefsI Actor Henry
s,y. gsly On This As ks.u last Ha.. =. Wa
stspdine room Ss only. Ia his msssnp s Sns ss the
Judge in the iourth act Dixev weafs an srtl-
ncial noss,a huge Roman, nasal aprendaGs
Uron the occasian re- erred to The play made
big hi Il, and th. a5st three acts were present;
ciockwnrK. Al shis point. howevsr. DixsY
made the discovery that the property man mad
EsGssied 10 prGEds putty Ir that rMScpnd
article, 1t was nearly time for the cUrlnia
eG say anH ThsS Sss
baye made hin, instantly famous had he been
ed: quick. now Get me some flour. Quick |
nnn to n groesFy hansv inch OF the way
Scared by. the rather warlike demonstrations
OF hdon,s. !he. youngs;er lost no time in getting
the much desired flour. DixeI hastily mix Cd
dough. fashioned II Into the sem plance. OF his
putty nose. and painted Il as usual. Tho ie.
was lighter than nnsty aud more adhesive J.
while there was no d difference in appearance.
After q short wait tue curtain was rung up
nisht sna he @ from hs gas Ssm Ws,
quite oppressive. sy the time Dixey Rad fin;
freely. owing 10 tho unwonl Cd heat. This CON.
binatt, n OF cir u,nstances had most wonder
AL All effect ppo, the eomedian's artificial nose.
The members OF the. company were thunder.
struck TO- observe that the most prominent
feature of the Judges physicgnomy was grow
lnK. aud growing very rapidly. tpO
With n three minute from the beRinnfng OF
the Act that wonderful nose had doubled In
eiye and was stiil growing with u persistence
which threatened Rnon 10 eclipse the othsr
facial features. The orchestra noticed the
phennmenon and every. PLAYER. stared at Il 10
astontshnient Then the audience observed
the change In the Judges appea 'ance and
wdndsred how It was producsl nnd what 1t
But matters steadily grew worse, and finally
tba actor was Obliged b. skip lightly from the
stage to take heroic measures Tor reducing the
mysterious and inax pliraDla swelling OF his
D lose. Abont two. thirds OF II was LETT IN tbs
this time. Int the fractional
prob nscis continued its dilating tactics and
when the act closed the Judges nose was stl
mt ch larger than usual.
When the curtain WAR rung down the nom.
bers OF the com pany. male a rush for Dixey's
dressing room TO mud out what was the matter.
and ANAL can OF -four In the other: He was
rea'!ing aloud to bimse.f the printed directions
on the can: ssll- Raising Flour-.Reau!re. no
veast or Isaven. Mix with little cold water
and set In a warm place for a few minutes.
when the dough will be ready for baking"
The sun., 1891-05-02
An Apparatus 10 Discover Comets.


The ssnsitiveness OF salenium to light has
been taken advantage OF BY Prot. Barnard OF
Lick Observatory, Cal, who has en- ployed II In
making device for automatically detecting
comets. prism is placed In front OF the OBJ:
ject glass OF the telesrope. and. as 10 we'll
known. "a prism will divide ray Of light into
49, primary coiors, red. orange. yellow. %c.
slts. corresDonding to the position Of the three
hydrorarbon bands WHICH Characterise, the
passes through ibs rr am It IL dec omrosed. and
II tue llgnt is that from comet ertain RAYS
selenium cell which CONNECTS with a battery
and an alarm. The most curious Thing about
does not affect the api,a ratus and that It is
susseptible only to comes. The telrseops is
chinery. and A. the alarm Will ring II comet
swsepa across the face OF tho prism. the as
no. 10 s
nHrd has the apparatus 81 arranged that IL
VII Enf ths nss,n IN hs This I'M
o.e In tho mechanics OF astronomy
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Extortionate TAKE. on the Congo.

LONDON. April 27.-The latest news from the
Congo is that all the traders on the lower
river. except one Dutch house. have removed
from tho Congo State side OF the river to the
Portuguese sid. for tho purpose OF escaping
The tremendous taxes that hive been imposed
by the Congo State since ha year came tn The
finances OF the state running low, u q, heduo
Of taxation was rut in force wh.ch.in the opin-
the or. gone over TO the other bank. where
the taxes nre com mparatiyely light One honso
at Bona Ind to pay "a 900 year for n license
TO sell spirits, and the same amount at Ns:edi.
VIII 10 land 10 taxed not by the lot but by the
square ,ard. and the taxes are doub bled wbsn
killed trade on the Congo state side OF tho river
The sun., 1891-05-02
NEVIS FROM COSTA RIGA.
That Country IL Anything hut Priei
KlddeA-Liberty OF tho Press.

That Coustry Is Anything hut Priest
Ridde.-Liberty OF tho Press.
BAN JosE. April 11.-To.day the Costa
Ricans as we'll as tho Nicaraguans. celebrate
the thirty-ffth anniversa OF an important
battle against the fllibusters at Rivas. on
which occasion Walkers stronghold was fired
by Juan santamaria who there and then lost
his life Tho santamaris monument will bs
unveiled in about Q week. While 1t is true
that the present administration Is inclined to
favor the Church far more than the pre-
ceding one did. 1t Is far from true
that Costa Rios is any way "prlest-
ridden" Indeed the poor padres some
times have serious difficulties to contend with.
The Introduction OF religious instruction in
the public schools was not and is not accord
ing 70 the universal dosire. great many
good Catholics have told mo they thought that
1t was not advisable: they believed that re-
lClous teaching should be done at Sunday
school. or by the mother ut home. Whom the
priests first began their labors-saturday Is
tho day on which they visit tho schools-many
OF the pupils were disnclined for the lessons
OF piety.. Tho bad little boy-very similar to
Torld-was inclined to scon. Many OF The bad
10 sob pS
osophtcal parents.
s,S,s WIZ al, he large devoted BY the
Iriest.ridden. The church bells SlamorinE all
day long call the women and children only OF
the upper c,asses. At weddins or funeral
the cathedral or the church is filled with kneel-
Ing women. tho only men present. with rare
exceptions. being the bare-iooied. pioue. and
prAyerfui peones. The men of the upper classes
are outside. in the porch or on the side walk.
This ts the rule. and the explanation Is that
two-thirds or three-Iuarters OF the prominent
Costa Rlcans are agnostica ally inclined and too
hoGsst a to i Play the hypocrite; There e. 10 my
me li6erty OF thS prsss Is Ersetsr, perhaps.
one OF the opposition Ionruae. Is fined every
now and then $l0l. and the editor of III HrraE
do. another OF the same sort. was not long
since committed to jail for an attack on the
government. bur got of with a heavy nne.
Nevertheless and Notwithstanding, the press
has abundant liberty
There Ia an epidemic OF newspapers in the
country" said Don Ascension Esqulvo, laugh
ingly: ths other evening-a.i,9o .i many Of them.
you suppress them2"
dsashe sbsn sss great Liberal
down In the Ban Carlos country reports the
discovery OF admirable lands whioh might
easily be obtain able for olonlzation: the lands
are are suitable fer caeso. fruit and FORAGE. and
surveyed Tor the railroad Of the North.
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g-sat savns In power saerds By antheSM comes par
tiousry 70 good stead in renderiaF vsry hsh
speed praeticsp,A Shn vin ss appreciated when It II
ndsstsod that uft but ios tons st speed Of only
six miles - hear in,o rpsos requires more than s1o
horse power ssd the above fssss OF the val
, ture require more than ~ horse power present
priDeip,es OF traction"
Fired with his triumph over tho powers OF
the air. Mr.. LoKBER rishes on his anthexis
into the cmpyroan, where his prophetic eye
disccrns the dissolution Of the Peace Socie
ties and the bankruptcy Of KRUPP.
-Ths in,snssncs of our time 10 prepare' are looks
for tn, new AMI better mode OF convsrancs and LONG
enough has tn. brute had the exclusive privilege Of
swift At last will take possessicn
Of the smpyrean, which from the besinninR was In
tended TO be the rrsa highway OF the Inhabitants
Of the Ri.bs IL is not yet fty years spcs ths first
flashed the nrst elsoire wire into Baiu.
more: what cor has wrought A still Ersatsr boon
h about to be vouchssd to buanity IA the establish
,nsnt Of mode Of trausp lation thai oTers absolute
safety and with its enor mons speed and savnr IN
power with its conditions OF comfort health and Dc.
light to greatly cheaper and tncreass travel
And when 10 these oons,derstlens IL added = momsh
tons moral factor the abolition Of which becomes
inevitable with the establishments of air transit my
undertaking oombines - other ever did. every.
thing acuatsi 70 most effectively appeal 70 heart
head purse. and public spirt win baltimore ada to
her receipt OF the n electric message the nrst ascent
OF tie air car 7"
A pleasing and philanthropio prophecy for
the fulfilment Of which the Baltimoreans
should be willing to subscribe literally. We
don't see. however. why Mr.. LoEBKR thinks
that anthexs will put paddock ON the gates
of war. Wouldn't It put war on higher
plane, go to speak Afsht between armored
air ships OF war would be fine sight
and our young men would be on hand in
The SUNS air car TO report 1t. Moreover.
the sporting blood OF Baltimore Ii especially
rich. and It is question whether the town
will care for aerial transportation which will
stop the martial game. Anthexis. In the
light of . peacemsker would appeal to Phil
adelphia moro strongly than to the Monu-
mental City. But. before Mr.. LoEBER both
ers himself further about tho abolition Of
war, he might exhibit three or four columns
OF anthexis before the scientific faculty Of
JOHNS HOPKINS University. Let US SEQ
whether he deserves . patent on his dis
covery Of latent resistance.
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aged and seemingly dying Cardinal to re-
sumo the helm OF state.
It is certain that BISMARCK might from
his seat In the Reichstag put some telling
questions to his successor in the German
Foreign ONCE. What. he might ask, have
you done with the empire which left im-
pregnable7 What has become Of the In
fiuence which but yesterday was undisputed
in any European capital2 What is left Of
the triple alliance which elk months ago
bound Austria and Italy in indissoluble
bonds3 Why is 1t now necessary to buy
with inordinatc concessions tho constancy
Of tho HAPsBunas, and why do we now hear
from Rome that in European complications
Italy will be guided by her own interests
alone2 How cid 1t como to pass that she
has entered into an offensive and defensive
league with France? For twenty years,
while occupied the post OF Chancellor.
averted that combination, 30 pregnant with
peril to tho stability Of German unihcation.
Yet scarcely am out OF of1oe than tho most
dangerous enemies Of Germany unite. How
do you purpose to protect the fatherland,
assailed as 1t now will be upon both fanks
at oncep
These arc questions which BISMARCK will
be justified in putting; and It may puzzle
CAPRIv1 to reply.
The sun., 1891-05-02
A Pr,u,sr., nons .t Colorado sp-,us..

COLORADO srHIsos, April 2a-Two or three ysars aso
Mr.. O ". Childs and Mr.. Anthony Drsxsi Of Phiadsl
phs gave sum Of ssooo each 10 assist In founding
home for old and disabled prnserA Ana the manssers
Ut that fund By judlcous appeals 10 printers have In
creased the fund until It 10 now well on to so0On A.
committee spio MED by authority of . Ast,onsi ssso
ostion o: printers after nars,ui sad extended sx
animation Of nearly every poss 10 the LsiIsd statss
nnAy settled upon Colorado Springs a. the beet place
70 erect the rrintsrs Home Some sf ear pusno spiris
cd eissns ssvs eighty sorss OF .rouAd within min
uss drive OF the ety centre for the Of sssoes
ton and work has already bssa eommsnesd On rbs
structure
The building AAd Erouads. whsn completed. will cost
about siooOn and viii add greatly 10 ths beauty OF
our wonderful citv. W. @.
The sun., 1891-05-02
Fatal Love at First Sigh.
from fAs kaco. Esp,

A peculiar suicide WAS committed ia Scot:
land. on the East Tennessee. Virginia. and
man named Charles PATTERSON got on the train
~ Macon. aud seemed In the best Of splrts
a osa shs q tue Ss sas
Here, while stsndIne on. the platform, be
csugh! slight, Of . beautiful ,yoman on the
vefanda OF tho Hotel Cam. He saw her for
only moment. whom the train pulled out
From taen on 10 Scotland. slx miles. he Isvsd
about her. and declared that. As be could n0f
de for her. AZ Scotland he went to the hotel:
and to room. At o'clock he cut bis thI9Af
from ear q ear with pocket knife DO died
Hs last WeIds usss, Il Ap ayteg tegh hsac
The sun., 1891-05-02
The Death Penalty Among the Creeks.
Fro,a ,hs Clobe- Democrat


AT the last legal execution In tho Greek
Na'ton wns resent said MIR. Leo E Ben
nett, the Government ageut for the five oi H.
fed trihos The details were very different
from an execution tn the army. squad s3e:
tRiled. and some OF the guns arc lett unlosded
40 nobody can tell who fires the fatal shot At
this Greek execution the condemned man WAS
seated on the ground with his back against a
tree and his legs atretched out In front He
was not bound 10 the tree, nor were his hands
tied. just before the execution some ono put
= bandaxe. over his eyes. but the prisoner toro
1t oH and throw It Rway. ., ..
Perhaps tho strRneest tart OF tho proceed
inga was the selection OF tho oxecutionerr.
Jhet WAS left to the condemned man. He was
to do the shooting. Strange to say. one Of iia
.elrctions was his cousin. Both men were
from the light horse OF ihe nation The tive
ont IN front Of tho condemned man twelve or
iss Sn. n,
and fired. Both BULLETS strucks the LETT breast
over the heart and not more than an inch and
In q few seconds was dead" an
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Anthexis.

Tho starting Of the Chicago air chip is now
considerably overdue. Meanwhile q Bal
ttmoro genius, MIR. CHARLES G. LoRBER,
announces in the Baltimore Sun that
he has solved the problem Of aerial
navigation. 1t Is necessary, he says. that
the air should help propel the air ship or car
by opposing the propulslve force with re-
sistance sufficient to cause that force to
react against the vehicle; and resistance
sufficient for this purpose is sufficient to
support the vehicle. Tho flying bird "ex-
hibits the air under conditions pointing to
great latent. inherent forces" This latent
resistance is illustrated by tho soaring vul-
ture supported by the air without using the
propulsive force Of its wings. and by the
same bird carrying as freight or passenger
a prey weighing moro than ITSELF Mr..
LoEBER says that he has discovered latent
resistance In tho air sufficient to support
and propel carriages carrying many hun
dreds OF passengers and many hundred tons
OF freight. To this latent resistance he gives
the name OF anthexis.
Anthexis ID the resistance Of the cir column formed
through certain and conditions which, dscrsss-
with altitude II At level 100 pounds ana
at height Of 1000 feet l. 100 pounds for every
Of air conveyance embodss the OF snthsx and IL
practical features are an air preferably built Of
steel o. tren In shape crsss between shs watsY ship
and the bird provided with wings for ascent dsscsu
and support In air with propeller ana ruddsr for on
wTl propusio, and control Of course and with steam
power for working those dsviosa The wnss propeller
ruddsr alike and peculiarly constituted namely
with certain physical properties In sddros 70 their
mechanism. for IL h through those properties that
aaIhsxb V obtained"
Mr.. LoKBKB is sure that extreme speed.
perfect safety. and great saving Of power
will be insured by his contrlyance. and that
1t will make transportation by air tho final
and perfect form Of conveyance:
Ths air car rests firmly. n proportion 70 IL weight
and load epen two sxpansivs air columns fermsd By
the wnsA and also against the air columns formed By
the propeller and ruddsr that neither gravity
nor storm. however violent dspaes II Descent i
also made through pswsr, aAd here In ascent and
onward loeomoiion government Of the air and
troll OF speed and eearss are absolute and psFfs,t
normal spesd OF three hundred miles hear becomes
~ prAoeabls thirty miss the railway, with lsns
sxpsnditnSs OF power for An equal lead. peculiar
The sun., 1891-05-02

1t was on the 18th Of April that the new
Pacific ocean steamship. Empress Of India,
left Liverpool. and II was on the 2sth Of tho
same month that she arrived at Vancouver.
after touching at Hong Kong and Yokohama.
Those OF her passengers who intended to make
q tour around the world are now on the way
eastward By the Canadian Pacific Railroad to
Quebec. whore they will take ship for LIVER
pool. from which they started. They will
doubtless bs able to boast whom they reach
Liverpool that they have made auicksr time in
going around the world than was ever made
by any other travellers.