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M ushroOrn Lore.

From the Lewiston Journal
local expert proposes to make mushroom
hunting speciality this summer, and he is GER
tain that if there is any section of Maine where
there are lovers Of this fungus it is right here
in Lewiston and Auburn. On his finger he can
count scores Of men (has to use his fingers
twice over and more too. you see,) who are
fond Of them and know how to cook them. AT
one certain country house in Lewiston the
Sunday mushroom dinner is q fxed thing in
summer, and my aren't they delicious! The
old rule for distinguishing them from toad
stools-viz., eat them and If you die they are
toadstools-is not now operative. It's poor
mushroom gatherer who does not know the
difference. The top of the young mushroom
is white, the under portion loose and lighter;
as II natures the top changes to . brown color
and the under part to dark red The stsm,
which Is white and round when young, also
grows dark with age. Eatable mushrooms have
pleasant odor and are never slimy. test
proposed is to sprinkle salt ON the under side
or spongy part and give it time TO act II IL
turns black the mushroom u good; u yellow,
the tosdstool IL poisonous
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Disappeared In the Whirl.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Jack Robinson, Of circus fame, came into the
city last Monday minus his gold eyeglasses.
The manner In which he lost them was e.
pecially fudicrous. Itappears that Mr.. Robin
sons little daughter had q guest ON Sunday
her cousin, the son of Charlie Robinson. In
rummaging around through the house for some
Amusement Charles boy discovered the eve
glaasss lying on table. Placing them upon III
nosa and looking over them In the manner
peculiar to the owner, he said: Lets play Uncle
jack examining the ballet. You are the halIek !"
Ihe glnas0 vsss nevse found nftsr .fhax
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Advice to Lady Gardeners,

from the PhiIadelphl Times
Now plant schemes for summer travel. Rake
in your husbands loose change and cut back
his superfuous expenses. Cultivate hectic
fushes and sick spells, showing the need Of
fresh air and of transplantins to the seaside.
Prepare for summer dresses and get ready
your guide books. Saratoga should be
brought out and overhaule2. Water the
family doctor with generous fees and
cultivate his ideas that the European
travel treatment would best suit your case.
Begin to mulch your husband with kindness
and fattery. 1t may encourage the growth of
his iberality. When he is ripe for picking he
should have more fondling and be put into the
sunlight Of warm affection. This should be
kept up until he begins to drop big leaves from
his check book. When you have got all you
can. turn him out of the pot and throw him
into corner to dry off,
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intensely cold. remaining both winter and sum.

intensely cold, remaining both winter and sum.
mer at a temperature but slightly above freez-
ing. The contents of trawl hauled from the
depths at the equator viii be found to in
clude mud and ooze SO cold as nearly to freeze
the hand. In order that il NAV be understood
how the bottom layer of the seas is formed il
must be realized that all the rivers of the world
are continually pouring out volumes Of dstri-
tus into the oceans. The heavier particles of
this detritus are precipitated not far from the
mouths OF the streams themselves. but the
hghter particles are held in suspension and
carried thousands of miles from shore before
they fall upon the bottom. This process. con-
tlnued for millions of years. makes a deposit of
hne mud, with which are mingled the shelly re-
mains OF the animals that drop from the sur
FACE. such Is the ooze described sort Of
broth" as it has been called, from which the
lower types Of life can obtain readily digested
food. Plenty of food is supplied by the ocean
for Its inhabitants, and, inasmuch as the abund-
ance o, lie In region Is always in direct ratio
with the amount Of sustenance available, it is
found that many localities in the seas far sur
pass the richest districts of land in the thick
ness OF their population. No tropical jungle
compares in respect to wealth of mineral and
vegetable life with q marine area such as a
coral reef.
POWERFUL JAWS AND TEETH.
One finds the fishes of the ocean depths pos
sessed, as a rule. of huge and powerful jaws,
formidable teeth shaped like lancets, and pro-
longed appendages which serve as acute organs
OF touch. One NAV imagine them. when in
search of food, Illuminating the water around
about by their phosphorescent light. Some of
them carry torches at the extremities of their
back fms, while others have cleaning plates on
their heads, others vet are resplendent with
bright spots extending along the body while
In Others again long streamers carry lights on
their ends or the fins themselves may be in
tensely luminous. Sometimes the whole body
Is phosphorescent and diffuses a subdued light
as is the case with some of the deep-sea sharks
One species is nearly all mouth, and having al
most no power of locomotion. lives buried in
the soft ooze at the bottom. its head alone pro-
truding, ready to ingulf any prey that may
wander into its cavernous jaws. Not few of
the crustacea of the depths are very interesting,
some Of them being of enormous size. Be
sides, there are numerous curious kinds of sea
worms, which live in tubes and resemble the
most brilliant of flowers. unless they take
fright and hide in their houses OF pouips and
cutie fishes with many arms there is an end
less variety. In short, the life of the ocean
abysses composes one great volume in the ZOO
logical history Of tho world-a volume which
has scarcely been opened as yet to the study of
mankind.
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Pretty Peggy's Mournfui Experienced
Chapter From n Curious Railroad Book
What Made Peggy superstitious and CAL
IOus-Ths Weird Closing of a Strange Tale.
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MISS PEGGY PRYDE.
The Events of a Year Form a Lies
History.

FATE A CRUEL ROBBER.
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always that he knew nothing with which to
compare it. that /: was tender and sweet an
the best meat he had ever eaten. Tingles is a
large man. wearing full beard and is as sturdy
alaborer as can be found. Nothing is known
Of his past life, but it is said that he has made
remarks which point to the fact that his record
as snake eater ante-dates his arrival in Gen.
trail America.
LEFT HIM TO HIS STEW.
We finally left the repulsive scene as he was
about to commence on his dish Of snake stew
and going to our tents rolled rather than lay
on our cots until morning dreaming of snakes
in a manner that would rival any ordinary case
OF delirium tremens and even now so vivid is
the recollection that we would rather be num-
bered among the doubling ones who have not
seen the exhibition Of snake eating than to
know that it has occurred here by the evidence
of our eyes.
So great was the general disgust with the
snake eater that he has since been sent away
from the railroad camp.
The above story was related by an officer of
the company few evenings ago. and its truth
is testified to by q number Of witnesses to the
scene. c. E. X.
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wELsHMAN WHO PRECEDED coLUMBUs
1t is extremely probable that the great ma
jority Of those who dwell within the limits O.
the United States are of opinion that Columbus
was the first white man to set foot on this con.
tinent. This opinion, according to historians.
Is decidedly incorrect, but there is more than
little diversity Of opinion as to the original
nationality on this side OF the Atlantic.
Mr.. Curtis introduces some testimony in the
shape OF fac similas of two pages of David
Powelfs History of Cambria. This history was
translated in 1854 from the Welsh Of 200 wears
previous In these pages Prince Llewellyn
Madoc Is shown to have landed on American
soil in ITO. These two pages state that
Llewellyn prepared certaine ships will
men and munition, and sought adyen-
lures by seas, sailing west leaving the
coast OF Ireland SO far north. that he came TO a
.ano unknown, where ne saw mamie strange
things This land must needs be some part Of
that countrie OF which the Spaniardes sf6rme
themselves TO be the first finders in Hanno's
time; Tor BY reason of the order of Cosmo-
graphic tins land, to the which Madoc camo
must needs be some part Of Nova Hispania
or Florida Whereupon it is manifest that that
countrie was long before by Brytaines discoy-
cred afore either Columbus or Americas Yes
putius led anie Spaniardes thither. or the Wage
and returne OF this Madoc there be mamie
fables famed, ~ the common people do use in
distance OF place and length Of time rather to
augment than to diminish; but sure 1t u, that
there he was And after he had returned
home and declared the pleasant and fruitful
countries that he had scene without inhabitants;
and upon the contrarie part for what barren
and Wild ground his brethren and nephues did
murther one another: he prepared number
Of ships, and got with him such men and
women a. we're desirous to live in quietness.
and taking leave of his friends twke his iournie
thitherward Againe. Therefore IL IL TO be pre-
supposed that he aud his people inhabited part
e. -
Loues, that In Acusanus and other places.
the people honored the cross: whereby /,
may be gathered that Christians had BEEN
thsfs belose ~ eouning q - epauiard1,
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The "snake eater" as he 10 known here, il
always careful to cut OF the head OF the rep tile
before proceeding to eat II, though, - every
one knows, the venom of the most poisonous
snake 10 dangerous only when entering the
blood and 1t can be taken into the stomach.
provided there be no abrasion with which Il
could come In contact without danger.
When We Questioned him about the
tasts ef TIE meat his answer W.
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Necessarily there can be no life in the ocean
save where there is food for it to subsist upon.
and thus all the living creatures are either
preying upon each other in the swarms near
the top or find sustenance in tie ooze at the
bottom, which is cruel formed of the more or
less decomposed carcasses OF the surface ami
mails that have died. OF course the fishes are
continually devouring one another. And this
is the manner of existence in thAdeep seas be-
low and aloft, each species being continually
gobbled by the next biggest and 30 on. Life ID
pursued on strictly carnivorous basis, and.
as for the abyssal fishes, they are much more
fierce fesh-eaters than any known to surface
waters; they have savage teeth, and many Of
them can swallow others many times their own
size. The organic slime at the bottom of the
ocean, made up OF slowly decomposing mate
rails, was mistaken by scientific dredgers only
q few years ago for Q very low form OF life. ex-
hibiting what might be taken as illustrative Of
the source from which oil higher oresnisms
came originally. In other words It was inn
agined to be so much protoplasm, and was given
the high sounding name Of .sbathybius," mean
ing deep life. But this delusion was sibse-
quently exploded upon discovery of what the
slime really was-namely, primordial pap, laid
out in thin layer over the entire ocean door.
20 that the animals dwelling there need only
roll around In order to find ali the food they
need. :,
UTENaELY COLD.
Do1oW E0o nnfhnunn ~ vnAnp - ~ $780, I.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-27
KIDNAPPED BY A SERVANT.
A MILLIoNAIRE's ONLY CHILD MIS-
TERIoUsLY STOLEN.

No CIew of Its Whereabouts Young
Waitress Takes the Child From Hall
In Which 1t Was Playing on a Simple
Pretext.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 26-This place was
startled this evening by the announcement
of the bold kidnapping of the two-year-old
son of David T. Beals, President of the
Union National Bank and a millionaire
capitalist, well known throughout the West.
The abduction was under conditions that
make the tracing of the child and his abb
ductoress extremely difficult.
Mr.. Beals is an elderly man, and this be-
ing his youngest child, is regarded by both
parents with peculiar favor. They are
nearly heartbroken over his mysterious dis
appearance The kidnapping was done by
the waitress, known as Lizzie Smith,
engaged in the Beals' household. :
Just as the family was finishing the din
ner this evening the waitress remarked that
she would 60 out after the evening paper,
which is always delivered on the veranda of
the house. She had been gone
but few moments when Mr..
,Beals heard an outer door SIAM This,
while not being unusual, somehow excited
Mr.. Beals' suspicion, and going into the
playing about The child had been play
ing in the hall with two of Mr.. Beals'
grandchildren. Upon being questioned
they said that Lizzie had taken the child out
of side entrance.
Search was begun at once for servant and
child, but up to the present no trace of
them has been found. Mr.. Beals at once
put the case in the hands of the city police
and the Pinkertons, and they are making
every effort to find the child. The waitress
has been in the Beals household only three
weeks. Very little is known of her.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-27
People Who Come and Go.

George T. Bishop, commercial agent OF
the "Clover Leaf line. was registered at the
Monongahela last night. There is nothing
jolly railroad man had "and wife" after his
name His friends about the city congratr-
lated him heartily. The couple left for a
trip to Cincinnati late last night
]. B. Brooks, Second Vice President,
Secretary Liggett and Fourth Vice President {
Davidson, of the Pennsylvania Company g
lines went through on a special car last
night to Philadelphia. They will attend the
quarterly meeting of the company, and Mr..
Brooks said it would be'of an entirely rou-
tine character.
Walcott Lay, a special United States
Revenue Agent, is stopping at the Contra!
his buslness here is of importance, but can
not be made public until his report is made
to tine Commission in Washington. He init
mated it would make good reading matter II
published.
N. II. Woodward. an iron and furnace
the Monongahela. He was formerly a resi-
dent of Wheeling, but removed to the
South. which country he thinks Is re-
markable for its rapid progress and strides
in manufacturing interests.
J. C. Nurtz, Cashier of the Youghio-
gheny Bank at Connellsville and one Of the
prominent men Of that coke center, spent
Thanksgiving in Pittsburg.
W. T.. Rainey, we'll known in the coal and
coke world, was one that registered at the
Anderson last night from Cleveland.
H. B. Wick and W. J. Thompson, two
members of prominent Youngstown families,
are registered at the Duquesne Hotel.
Captain Joseph Mckee, Q prominent citi-
zen and politician OF Fayette City, was in
Pit:sburg yesterday on business.
w. S. Bishop, the wide awake night
clerk at the Monongahela House, is visiting
his parents in Steubenville.
Frank J. LIE Moyne and F. N. worre11,
of Washington. Pa, are registered at the
Monongahela House.
w. F. Springer, a leading Philadelphia
business man, is over in Pittsburg visiting
acquaintances.
T. N. Barnsdall, the big, good-natured oil
man Of Bradford, is registered at the Du-
quesne.
Francis A. Lyte, of Kane, Pa, is one of
the distinguished guests at the Mononga-
hela.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-27
A PARALLEL TRAGEDY.
Circumstance which Tends to Show That
Fanny Cartwright was Murdered.

Circumstance Which Tends to Show That
Fanny Cartwright Was Murdered.
CHICAGO, Nov. GA remarkable de-
velopment was added to-day to the mystery
surrounding the death of Actress Fanny
Cartwright, whose dead body was found in
lonely railroad yard, where, according to
the belief of many, to cause an appearance
Of accidental death the corpse had been
dragged after the woman had been mur-
dered. John Beatty, in whose company
Fanny was last seen alive. has refused up
TO tonight to admit any guilt on his part.
The singular circumstance brought 10 light,
il is thought, may tend to unseal his lips.
He was arrested seven wears ago for an
almost exact lv similar crime-the killing
of Amelia Olsen-a tragedy which has never
been explained. Amelia, like FANNY, was
exceptionally handsome and lived in the
same part of the city. The Olsen girls
body was found in the middle of an un-
frequented prairie, and had evidently been
dragged some distance. 1t was evident she
had fought brarelv for her life, and Beatty,
who was arrested in the crowd of morbid on
lockers drawn TO the place, had face badly
scratched presumably by a woman's fingers.
He docgedly refused. as in the present case,
TO make explanations, but his mother came
forward with story of a quarrel between
himself and his sister. The man is team
ster He is known 10 have been acquainted
with Amelia Olsen.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-27
YESTERDAYS HOTEL ARRIVALS.

MoNoNaAHELk-E. w. Tucker, Milwaukee
Isaac Mausbach, Philadelphia; z. L; Fisher
and wife Dennison; II. W. and G. w. Gray,
HSSTaoTs H1SSssaa Wheeiins: snnk erGms nysei Rane
Bishop and wife, Cleveland: A. J. Parker,
New York; C. Shumaker, Oil City: r. Hudson,
kittanning; w. F. Springer, Philadelphia
w. =. Neckerson, Boston; r. j. LIE Moyne, f.
N. Worrell, Washington.
ANDERsoN-F. H. Smith, New York; A: b.
Miller. ]. @. Sleater, w. II. Hensel, fn1Iadel.
phia; W. E. Frick. Trenton; W. T. ker and
born, Rochester; r. A. Kelly, Buffalo; J. E.
Plummer, New York; Morris Epstein, Gin
cinnati; W. S. Davis, Philadelphia; 7: Nc
Gon6raE New York r. G. yoT. Mahcni " Cold: D.
smith, Cincinnati; Charles w: Waite, Bos'
ton: c. B. Martin, Miss X. Reilly, st. Louis;
H. E. Willard, CINCINNATI; f. W.. Moyer,
Greensburg: F. W. Marden. Boston;
DUouEsNE-A. Dundin, Chicago; W. Kelly,
Philadelphia: F. L. Dyer, Washington: F. j.
Carnnan, Lims: H. B. Wick, w. J. Sampson,
Youngstown: 1. J. Steane, Hartford; 7; n.
Barnsdnll, Bradford; Oscar Fraenkel, New
York.
,scHLossER-H. o. Price. Cleveand; E. E.
Smathers, Bradford; j. J. Swartwood: New
York: Carl Boothman, Boston; s. w. Wech-
ter, Philadelphia: c. F. Banning, New YORK;
l.. f. Andrews and vile, Titusville; NJ E.
Andrews Titusville; II. Landsrath, Oil City.
ST. JAMEs-Captain C. S. Carson. Washing
ton; w. G. Kohler. Johnstown; G. hocn, 3. =.
hOCn, II. Ge1Del. butleTs NJ MouI,
Brennan and wife, Buffalo; F. McGee. Miss
Waters, Mcdonald: T. Stour and wife VII
kinsbnrR; j. Porter and wife, W1lmeralng;
B. F. Thompson and wife, Cleveland; y. A.
Beathen and wife, Beaver Falls; 5: Merrill
Bolivar; S. A. and j. Jordon, Hillville: d. II.
Stonecker Dennison; Mrs. l.. Harsnn1an
Washington: E. Lender, Waynesboro; NJ
Milesnnd wife, Oil City.
CENTRAL.-T NJ. Brown. San Francisco; s.
Workman, Washington: H. p. Cassidy, Phila'
deIphia;J. A. Penton, Detroit; Miss Edith
Friedman, West Newton; Miss Ada HUFF
man, Hope Church: W. II. Dalv. New 1ork
c. NJ Kelly, H. NJ Huffman, Latrobe: c. H.
Crasraft. St. Paul; w. f. Scott, Waynesburg
D. A. Wilson, Youngstown.
ST. CHARLEs-J. K. King, Monongahela City;
B. F. Thompson, Cleveland; F. L. Hoge,
Waynesburg; r. NJ. McCune, II. jackson,
J: II. Mande, E: II: McCune, Fayette City; r
W. Somers, Virginia; J. T. Curtis, }. F. Ed
wards and wife, New York; H. G. Burnett
and wife, Detroit; G. W. Ellis, Philadelphia
J. F. Miller Buckhannon: J. H. Mexican
F. H. Kelly, Greensburg; J. R. Scott and wife
ST T,0ujS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-27
MUMM1Es OF DOGS.

Well-Prsserved Specimens Found in Many
Of the Egyptian Museums.
Popular Science Monthly.l
As there were cemeteries for cats, there
were also for dogs, where their mummies
are to be found by the thousand. L am cog
infant of them at Stout, Sheik, Fadl,
Feshn, Sakkarah, and even Thebes, and
most of the Egyptian museums possess
more or less well-preserved specimens of
them. One of these mummies was
recently opened and drawn by Herr
Beckmann, German. 1t was a small
harrier, about 1s mouths old There is
hardly anything left of it but the bones and
the skin, and few bits of muscular tissue
between the teeth, reduced to dust. It had
been wrapped In q wide band of coarse cloth
glued to the skin by thick layer of btu
men. Over this envelope they had ap-
piled thin mat of dried reed-stems like
those which are found on MANY human
mummies of the twentieth dynasty, and
later, fastened by long cord of braided
grass
The animal, thus bundled up, presented
the appearance of cylindrical mass, or of a
veritable basket of game, with both ends
left open. A decent shape had to be given
to this queer:looking package. A net work
of fine cloth was thrown over the part which
answered to the body, SO arranged as to de-
sign parallel rows of superposed squares
along its length; kind of ornament which
is found on many mummies of small animals,
as of the cat, ichneumions, the ibis and the
hawk. According to usage the head is COW
cred with a pasteboard mask, in which the
phsiognomy of the animal was reproduced
as far as possible. 1t was painted dark
brown, except around the eyes, the lips, and
the nostrils, which were white. The half
opened mouth showed the points of the
teeth, and the ears rose above the head.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-27
SAMOA IS WARLIKE.
Natives Who Object to Heavy Tax
alton Flocking Under the
OF MATAAFA THE REBEL.
The Ex-King Claims That Malietoa's Ten
ure Is Not Permanent.
COMMISSIONER IDE ON THE DISPUTE

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 26-Among the
passengers on the Mariposa from Samoa was
United States Land Commissioner H. C. Ide,
who was sent down to Samoa to straighten
out the land titles, in conjunction with the
English and German Commissioners. Mr..
Ide was compelled to resign on account of
illness in his family. Speaking Of affairs
in Samoa. he said:
"Tbe native people regard the taxation to
which they have been subjected as oppres-
sive Petty chiefs have left Apia and gone
to Mataafa, who is quartered at Malie, six
miles distant, and hostilities may be ex-
pected at anytime. They look to Mataafa
to redress their wrongs, real or imaginary,
and the latter chief makes no secret of his
ambition to succeed Mslietoa- In fact, he
has declared himself in this respect. He
says he is the rightful King of the Samoans.
He argues that in the Berlin treaty the
powers laid down that Malietoa should be
King until his successor be elected. He
demands that an election take place. He
has the people with him, he claims, and,
therefore, says he is the rightful King.
"When the news of his warlike attitude
reached Apia the council was called by
Malietoa and proclamation issued order
ing the chiefs to disperse. The latter re-
fused to obey, and their lands were de-
clared forfeited to the Government and
they themselves declared rebels. This was
the condition of things when 1 left Apia,
and if the powers do not interfere, 1t looks
as If war could not be averted.
"Baron Won Pilsach, the German Presi-
dent of the municipality and. the adviser to
the King, has resigned, but still goes on
conducting Samoan affairs. He will
not leave there until after January
l. Notwithstanding the fact that Ma
taafa is the moving spirit in
fomeAting the trouble, the natives claim
there are too many Offices held by the
foreigners for which they have to pay.
They think the Office of the Chief Justice
and President could be combined, and that
similar other changes could be made.
Comm issioner Ide said that it has been
discovered there are more deeds on record
in Apia than there is land in all Samoa
The titles had all been filed, indexed and
registered. but the work of Strengthening
out titles will not be completed for two
wears or more.