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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
WHERE MAMMA IS FOUND.


Il Is q Product Of Several Countries, and
Is Found in Trees Like Pitch.
She mamma of commerce comes chiefly
from Sicily. 1t Is . sweet substance OBJ
tanned from a small tree, which Is known
as the mama ash. This tree can be grown
as far north as England, but IN that coun-
try il yields DO mamma, and is cultivated
for ornament only. The mama is formed
from the sap The trees are ready TO be
tapped at the age of 8 years, when the
stems have a diameter of about three
inches The tapping is done by making
| cuts through the bark to the wood, the in
cisions being one or two inches long and
about an inch apart.
The first cut is made at the lower part of
the trunk. The next day another cut is
made Just above the first, and SO on, day
after day, during the dry season The next
year the untouched part of the stem is
operated upon in the same way, and the
practice is continued in successive years
till the tree is exhausted.
The finest mamma is that which is in
crusted around pieces of stick or straws
| placed in the missions. Flake mama is
that which has hardened on the trunk.
The inferior quality is from the lower in
Il.
the mama is dried on shelves
There are other plants that yield a SINH
lar product The tamarisk of Arabia ex-
udes from its branches a substance that
becomes solid in the cool of the morning
This is known as tamarisk honey. The
emulation is assisted by the puncture of a
small insect. 1t is said that this honey is
described by native writers as dew which
falls upon the leaves Of the tamarisk and
other trees.
The Persians gather kind OF mama
from leguminous plant by shaking its
branches or by picking the leaves and
gently beating them over cloth when
dry. Throughout. Persia and Afghanistan
naturally produced mamma is harvested
from different trees and shrubs. II is eaten
by the people as a sweetmeat and IS ex-
ported to India.
In Australia q sweet substance is OBJ
tanned by the natives from the sandalwood
1t is favorite article of food with them
and with the colonists. The mama gath
cred from the leaves of the eucalyptus is
rather product Of insects. The exuda-
ton of the sap is due TO their puncturing
of the leaves, and the same is supposed to
be the origin of the mamma which is col
lected from the twigs of certain species of
oak
The notion of the Arabs that the mama
was dew deposited upon the leaves of
shrubs reminds Us that we have the phe-
nomenon of honey dew on leaves of the
elm in this country. 1t is to be observed on
hot and dry days in August. The upper
surface of the leaves becomes vanished
with q soluble sweet gum, much reSorteG
TO by insects in the morning. 1t hardens
in the hot sun. This appears to be a true
natural emulation of sap from the leaves,
caused by excessive heat There is no in
dication of the leaves being punctured.
The visits of the insects are result, not a
cause.-Youths Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
How Does 1t Happen?

New fashions for spring and autumn
crop up like mushrooms in single night.
But how are they made, and who makes
them?
Men laugh at the caprices of an unwritten
code by which the outward line of beauty
has become almost as variable as the occult
course of the female mind itself; yet, though
conformity to custom in the matter of
dress shows no appreciate weight if cast
into the balance against life's serious re-
sponsibilities, time and time again does
this simple little problem perplex the
scoffer to the point of absurdity.
A man may still be honest in a hat OF
last years shape, but to insist upon wear
ing it is to go heavily handicapped; the
odds are ten to one that, from looking as
kance at him, his fellows will proceed to
charge him with eccentricity, and end by
grave doubts about his reason. He finds
himself suddenly forced some fine morn
ing TO set aside his own taste for that OF
the whole civilized world, which agrees in
thinking his brim an inch too wide How
has the world participated itself so swiftly
to this just conclusion? The process is
as startling as any transmutation of the
alchemists; it defies augury, like the philos-
spher'S Stone-Scribner's
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
In and Out of Liverpool.

In 1889, a, 002 vessels passed in and out of
Liverpool OF these g, 01o used the Queen 5
channel, passing the Crosby lightship and
Askew spit, while 1903 went through the
narrow Rock channel Thus the full aver
age traffic in and out of the Mersey wa
10 steam and sailing vessels day. Any
thing which stands in the way OF such
trade, which renders the navigation dan
gerous or only little more difficult, which
causes the loss Of time, should be dons
away with.
There are in Liverpool sixty lines CT
steamers trading foreign" sixty differ
ent house flags can be counted in the docks
on any day of the year which belong to the
port, and these lines include at least 600
steamers, without saying anything Of the
coasting trade or those boats which run to
Ireland. In this same year, 1889, the Gus
toms returns for Liverpool were inward, F."
{, $50, 3S1 tons OF shippings, and outward
$780,, ~ This was an increase Of nearly
100000 tons on the previous year.-NUr-
rays Magazine.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
Wa. Adam n Nexrn9

There has always been tradition Il say
always, because 10 scholar, no odds how
profound. has ever been able TO trace il 70
its original source) among the Africans
that the first man God created was black
man, and that the scare he and his consori
received when God called upon them tn
know why they were in hiding after they
had eaten of the forbidden fruit caused
them 20 turn pale with sheer fright. How
much of a basis OF truth there is for this
curious belief it would be hard 10 tell, an
tiquarian research having during the las.
decade added 20 rather than taken from
the original tradition. The earliest me
moral tablets found D. the Iats George
Smith In Palestine and other parts Of tie
orient give the Tradition high credit
One OF NJ Smiths inscriptions, CT tab
lets, which has been deposited in the Brit
ish museum, IN class *, No. ,3S4- gives
sn account OF the creation Of man By the
god Mir-kU, or Noble Crown" and runs
As follows: TO fear them the gods, be
made man, the breath Of life was in him
May he the god Mir-kul be established,
and may his viii not fail II the mouths ot
the dark races which his hand has made -
The words N parentheses are by MoncUre
D. Conway. who has made close exam
nation Of the inscriptions The .bove Is
said TO be tee earliest aIlasion IL existence
70 the Biblical account OF creation. and II
distinctly points to the first race as being
dark. and confirms VIA. SIR Henry Raw
lnson said long aSo-that Is, that the word
Adam" (Ad2ml means dark race" IA
distinction from '-SarkG- meaning Light
race"
Mr. Smith during his life pu. forth many
ingenious arguments 70 prove that tie 60
count CT the sons OF God marrying The
daughters Ct men Gen " simply meant
that the Sark1 were inis--narrylng with
the Adam people. To suEl ne whole Est-
ter up, vas Adam . Iegrof-Ss- Louis Re
public
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
A QUESTION.

What II the Life Isometimes miss
Were In Some othee work. than this
Made mine? II thiaEs long for here
Were in SOHO brighten happier sphere
Laid at my feet, aud We1e told
That they were mine to have and hold
Mine, the long days Of Mleness,
OF sunshine and soft winds cares,
Ease, warmth, light, perfume, love and
flowers,
And music through the slow, sweet hours
Would not the old LIES homely ways
Smile on my heart, and vanished days
Come back to haunt me. bringing tears.
And longing for these quiet years?
II might walk where beauty filings
Her mantle over earthly things;
Where the grand gloorns Of cloud nists rest
Upon blue mountains towering crest:
Where sand and silver water meet
In ripping murmurs at my feet;
Or through deep forests arching halls,
Where sunlight blent with shadow falls;
Caught back BY branches fold on fold,
curtain draped in cloth of gold
Would not long for twilght's gloom
In the old fire Lit sitting room7
For twilight voices talking low,
And shadows swayiDg to and fro?
What II the spirit love, who seems
To beckon to me through my dreams,
were mine In tnAt new WorlQ, ana
Should know with blissful certainty
That tears and sorrow never more
Would follow kisses, as before
Would not another wistfu1 face
Go haunting me from place to place;
Another voice come whispering low
OF things forgotten long ago?
So, dear within my heart, hold
Ny LIES dull story-quickly told
The calm old town in sweet repose,
The village houses nesting close,
The afternoons long solitudes.
Far of the mist enchanted woods,
Still nights when fog and moonlight meet
And tangle in the leafy street,
All Of the old, sweet, quiet days,
OF woman's work, and wornan's WAYS
And, If in some sad. weaiT hour,
wish my life had richer dover
OF grandeur and suhlimity.
ask this question silently;
Would I not long for twilight's gloom
In the old fire Lit sitting room;
For twilight voices talking low,
And shadows swaying to and fro?
Juliet V. Strauss In Indianapolis Journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
How he Came Ont

Bulfnch-What's the matter, Wooden:
Wooden-rve Just been 70 ask old
Cashbox for his daughter.
Bulfnch-Well. how did you come
ont?
wooden-Through the window.-Bo$
on Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
A Noted English Woman.

NEW YORK, March IL. The woman
whose indomitable courage, powerful
mind, fiery eloquence and indefatigable
energy made her for years a co-leader with
Charles Bradlaugh of the English secular
ist movement, who has done more really
effective work in modern radical move
ments than any other woman of the present
age-Annie Besant-is coming over on a
visit to the United States, and is expected
to arrive here early in April. She is one Of
the few whose names could not be omitted
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
Al Che Chrrch Fafr.

Do ycu know why VOC remind ne % TIE
steamer Teutoaics'' ssked Jimmy Bz6de-
mann Of the Rebecca al the we'd
No, SIR" she answered, with srnli.
that woul6 have graded above No. Is D21ch
standard
Then I'll tell you It's because yen
draw 8 good deal of water, NJ cez,. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
Making Sure

Mamms-You naughty grill You've
eaten every cooky there was on the
plate. told yea you might have three.
Little Edith-Yes, bat You didn't tell
me which three. So had 10 eat sll 70
be sure 20 get the right ones.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07
XAH SimnlA.

Teacher-When you stop TO think Of
it. scholars, the rivers are very important
things. Now. what would we do II
there were ne rivers to carry away the
rain and the melting snow;
The Prodigy-Let en- run down the
sewers.-Lowell Citizen.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07

Mother-I am glad TO see that you gave
your sister toe larger piece OF cake
Little Boy-The Ittless piece had the
most raisirs-Good News
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07

wnsu Baby was sick, We gave her CastortA
When she was q Child, she cried for Castoria-
When she became Mss, she chung TO Castoria-
When she had Children. she gave them Csstoria
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07

Os5e@ and yards or Hsssisy ave. Do
tween pouxiss ave. SD FIRST -.
Branch yards AZ rioa cry, okisse-
Ia All h Rene, T. T.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-04-07

T. r. PowyrL. rrs'st q. ". flsrxxs " rrest
C.E FBINK. Asst Cash'sr.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Playing Peekaboo with Death.


Mrs. Divine, ID widow. of Cornwall, II.
Y, went to church Sunday, leaving her
two little girls, Nora and fanny, age1
respectively six and four years, alone III
the house. Half an hour later Mrs.
Benton, the wife Of 4 neignboring
farmer, saw the children sitting on the
grass under an apple tree, striking every
few moments at something on the
ground. After each stroke they scream
ed with laughter.
Mrs. Benton's curiosity was aroused,
and she crossed the road to see what was
amusing them. As she approached them
Nora cried gleefully, Big worm
playin' peekaboo wit u.s." She had
hardly ceased speaking when half the
length Of a great copperhead snake
darted out of the hole in the direction of
the children. Two switches descended
smartly upon 1T and the ugly head was
quickly pulled back.
Mrs. Benton called to her husband,
who was watching har, and rushing for
ward she dragged the little girls away
from the hole. Mr.. Benton arrived just
as the snake looked out again to see
what had become of them. The farmers
stick fell upon his head and he went
back no more. His body was very
nearly four feet long, Mrs. Divine
tainted when she saw the snake and
heard the story, but the children
wept and refused to be comforted be-
cause their playmate was dead.-Hart-
ford Post.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Robert, the Waiter, Is Dead.

On T%hirty-ffth street is a little low
browed chophouse. The place seats
but thirty people. The walls are smoked
and dingy and exude odors of 10, 900 by
gone chops and toasted cheese entertain
ments. The paintings crowd each other
on the dirty walls and have that pecul-
iarly indistinct look of the work of the
old masters.
Yet, forbidding as this would all ap-
pear, this place is noted for its choice
morsels and is f%requented by the swell
est men about town. Among the familiar
belongings the face of Robert, the single
waiter, is seen no more. Robert is dead.
Robert was a waiter among walters. He
forgot. He knew a thousand Gus
toners by sight. He sized personal tastes
up by a sort of instinct. He was never
elusive, but took your tip ~graciously.
Tips? He made from five to twenty
dollars a day, did Robert. He averaged
$500 a month and he had a monopoly.
But Robert is dead, good fellow, and
gone where tips are not recognized. He
is not forgotten, however, by any means,
for late in the morning, V your Welsh
rarebit and toby of ale, you Will hear
many stories Of the dead waiter whose
face so long seemed a part of the place.
New York Herald.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Doctors Differ About Gray Hair.

Some authorities seem to regard the
grazing of the hair as a mechanical and
incidental phenomena due to defective
functions, and others regard it as an Or
ganic or chemical process. The location
and character of the coloring substance
in the hair is also a question about which
authorities differ greatly. Watts Die
tionary of Chemistry" also DR.. Bichat
and DR.. Draper, have advanced the view
that the color is in the central portion of
the hair, while no less an authority
than Cuvier asserts quite the reverse,
that the peripheral portion contains the
color. Other authorities, as Drs. Car
penter, Todd and Bowman, state that the
~pigmentary granules are sometimes in
one part and sometimes in another of
the hair shaft, while "Kolliker supposes
that the dark pigment Of the medulla
are nothing more than the globules Of
air in the air cells, "-Hyiand G. Kirk in
New York Times.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Maine and Her AIackerel.

The advent of mackerel upon the
Maine coast and into it's countless little
bays occasions great general excitement
and a feeling of security against positive
want the coming winter. The good
people all hasten to salt down a barrel of
fish to each family, and with pork and
potatoes in the cellar they feel that they
can in a measure prepare, like the
oft quoted man in Scripture, to ''eat,
drink and be merry" In these Maine
villages visited by the silvery tribe there
is an odor of cooking mackerel emanat-
ing from every cottage, and the summer
visitor may reckon on getting all the fish,
and more, that he wants. 1t is at such
times that the boarding house keeper
makes something on his people who pay
him only a dollar a day.-Boston Herald.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Too Clean to Be Good.

While laboring under the misappre-
hension that it was counterfeit, the
cashier of a large store on Main street
refused on Monday to receive Il two dol
lar bill that had merely been disinfected
by a judicious use of soapsuds and car
bolic acid. The bill was clean, and
therefore looked upon with suspicion!
It's genuineness was subsequently estab-
lished by the Charter Oak bank exchang-
ing it for another bill. Would it not be
better if s~torekeepers and the public in
general would refuse to receive bills
which are so soiled as to suggest at sight
the need of disinfection, and accept those
that are fit to handle?:-Hartford Courant.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Mexican Ruins Discovered.

Some interesting ruins Of ancient cities
have been discovered in the heart of the
Sierra Madre, near the natural warm
baths of the Piedras Nerdes, Mexico.
Some Of the houses are in a good state Of
preservation. In one of the cities can be
seen a great cupola, which stands di-
rectly in front of a farm, and there are
many other interesting objects. An ex-
ploring party at the last account was at
Casas Grandes, chihuahua, and the in
tention was to remain there for a num-
Der Of days in order that a thorough in
vestigation of the ruins might be made.
Exchange.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
A Girl Who wouIdn't Black Boots.

have known a. wedding appointed,
and the doors of the chapel open, and
every one waiting, but no one arrive,
and the parties remain unmarried. In
one case a foolish dispute occurred as
the young couple were walking across
the fields to the place of worship about
who ought to clean the husbands boots.
At first it was only a joke, but it was
taken in earnest. and the bride elect
seated herself on a stile TO argue the mat
ter out. Neither would give in, the vii
lage clock struck twelve and they re-
turned home unmarried. London Tit
Bits.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
A Dream That Located Lost Shears

What's in a dream? Nothing, of
course, say most people, and specially
those practically inclined. Sometimes
their faith in this statement is some
what shaken however. Such was the
case with an Augusta (Me.) woman.
She had lost a pair of shears several
months before, but the incident had
passed from her mind, when of an after
moor she fell asleep on the sofa and
dreamed that she had discovered the
scissors were about the sofa. Waking,
she began to grope around. Finally she
started to look under the sofa, and just
as she placed her hand IN the carpet she
remarked, "What q fool | am" At that
instant her hand came in contact with
the scissors, which had lain under the
carpet since it was put down.-Ex-
chaDOa
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Rev. j. L. White,

Pastor First Baptist Church, Durham, n. c..
writes:
The night after we got to Blowing Rock, N.
c. my wife was taken down with a severe
phoid. 1 called. in the physician, but he did
her no good, and on the third night. at mid
night, | began giving her Germetuer every
two hours. Soon she fell asleep. began per
spring, and awoke next morning without any
fever. The Germetuer did it. We started
home that day. still using Germetuer, and
Mrs. White improved all the way, and has had
no fever since. Fraternally,
Durham. n. C. il. WHITE.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17

These are from people well known and
thoroughly reliable. Their experience is not
peculiar, for the remedy is undoubtedly the
best remedy known for FEvERs
Do not fail to use it for stomach and bowe
troubles. such as CHOLERA MORBUs Zone dose
often cures, CHOLERA INFANTUM safe to give
at ANY age, DiarrhOea. Dysentery, etc.
Keep it always on hand it will save money
Sold by our drug dealer.
KINGS ROYAL GERMETUER CO,
Manufacturers, Atlanta, Ga.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17

" Baseball playing on the house roof is
tie novel though dangerous way in
which a number Of factory hands in New
York spend their dinner hour. A long
cord is attached TO the ball and then
tied to the chimney, so that the bail
cannot get put of reach.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Self Formulating.

He-After we are married. darling, |
trust your wealth won't necessarily be
thrown up to me.
She-No, | rely upon you to keep it
down, dear. New York Epoch.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17

4 lobster more than three feet long
and weighing twenty-three pounds, was
caught q few days ago by Captain John
Condor, at Moose p1int, near Belfast,
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
Rev. T. G. BOykin,
State s. S. Evangelist for Georgia. states

State S. S. Evangelist for Georgia. states:
My daughter had a slow fever for several
days, and the symptoms all pointed to a pro-
tracted case of typhoid fever. We used the
usual remedies for several days with. but little
if any benefit. We then tried the Royal Ger
metuer and nothing else. The second day
after its use there was a clear remission of the
fever, n on the third day she was able to sit
up. After that she continued to improve
steadily and now is entirely restored. We at
tribute these happy results to the use OF
Royal Germetuer.
Decatur, Ga. 7. c. BOYKIN
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
GermetUer Cures FeVers.

As responsible intelligent men we make the
statement that, after long experience and am
pie test, we believe Germetuer will break ANY
case of ordinary or Typhoid fever within
twelve hours from first dose. Our belief is
based on such testimony as we offer below:
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17

You can get from Us the finest groceries
at the lowest possible price. 1t isn't pos
sible that you al do as well elsewhere f;
it is more than possible that you will do
a great deal worse. Whatever you pay,
you are not taking any chances-you
have a sure thing. We try 10 Hndersell
nobody, but We permit nobody 10 under
sell US. There are many reasons why
you should give Us your patronage, but
there is one reason that stands head and
shoulders above the rest-it will pay you.
If you want to get something superior al
a price which is inferior try US and be
convinced of the fact
--~~-1-
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
nR. J.. }.

With fifty years experience as a General
Practitioner. tenders his services TO the citi-
zens OF Durham. His specialties: Mucous
| Particular. Indigestion. Bronchitis, Scrofula.
CONSTIPATION and Headache, Secondary and
Hereditary Diseases. Home at c. NJ Hern-
donts. Ofiee over Jones Jewelry store once
hours, 9 O'Clock a. M, tn l. m. and from 2 p. N,
to A ID. m
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
LUTZ & NICHE,
Civil Engineers md Architects

Reconnaissance, surveys, locations, maps,
estimates and specifications for all kinds OF
railroad, town, masonry, sewage disposal,
landscaping, water supply, bridges, roads, etc.
Architectural plans Of all descriptions, eSti-
mates, specifications and superintendent.
Contractors making bids on any class of work
will do well to call on us for an. estimate of
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1891-09-17
HOTEL CLAIB0RN.
DURHAM, n. c.
Under New Management.
w. H. BILLINGS, Prop. and M'R'gr.
RATES., 200 PER DAY.
FOR SALE!

The valuable farm owned by the late +. N.
Strudwick. situated one mile south of Hills
borO, consisting of about 200 acres of land,
finely adapted to the raising of grass, gram
and tobacco; we'll watered, good natural
meadow; also several acres improved grass
and clover; dwelling house with six rooms,
comparatively new, all necessary out-Dultd-
1ngs and good barn; unsurpassed well OF Wa
ter and good springs; fine young orchard,
several hundred trees in full bearing.
For terms and further particulars, see at
once or address
DIR. VIM. STRUDWICK,
HillSbOrO. N. &.