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4S7 600 soldiers, and on a war footing it's total
runs up to more than two and one-haH millions
The famine in Russia has taught Germany
that che cannot rely upon the granaries Of the
car to supply rye enough to feed her SOL
diers, and the danger of war with Russia
has led her to carefully examine the other food
resources Of the world. She knows that 1t Is
out Of the question for her to hope to raise
enough food herself, and if she must be
dependent on other nations for her sup
ply she would prefer to have it come from other
parts Of the world than Europe. At present
the staple food of the soldiers is rye, but the
experiments which are now going on include
mixtures of rye and potatoes, of rye and pea
nuts, and, in fact. all sorts Of possible combi-
nations. The agriculturists Of Germany view
the situation with great alarm and both they
and the miliers, who know that new machinery
will have to be bought for the grinding OF
maize, are opposing any radical change The
government, however. is testing the matter
scientifically and practically and our American
corn Is being submitted to more experiments
here than any which it has undergone in the
United States If il should be adopted as an
army food our exports Of American corn
will rapidly surpass in value those Of
wheat. and the price of Indian corn will
even five cents bushel on our prod
duct would add to our wealth more than
Sl00, 00O. 900 year. and the raising Of Indian
corn will at once become more profitable than
the raising of wheat The Russian famine
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PRODUCTION OF "rHAMARa. "

"Thamara" was the work of au Unfortunately
scientific musician, now fifty years old. whose
only previous dr. matte piece came out in the
provinces when he was a lad of nineteen. The
public naturally terrified at all these wears
Of erudite preparation, but the musicians were
in still greater dismay The first difficulty was
to find q director. NJ. Lamoureux, who carried
through the difficult preparation Of "Lohen-
grin T" tried his hand once or twice with the or
chestra. and then seen no more. When the
composer. who bears the imposing name of
Bourgault- Ducoudray, went to look for him he
was told that the energetic director was afraid
of erysipelas. that ''Lohengrin'' had greatly
tried him, that he was occupied with the con-
certs for which he has long been noted
and he begged to pass the
baton to some one else. Another director was
found, and then trouble began with the
tsnors. One after the other seized with
sudden illness. which quite prevented the neces-
sary rehearsals. There were other vexatious
postponements But the directors Of the opera
were not yet at their wits end. In fact, unless
'Thamara" was brought out before their term
expired they would incur o considerable forfeit
to the state, for ''Thamsra" was one of the
works of national composer which the min
lister Of fine arts had designated for perform
ance ct the National Opera, and the present
management was short Of its required compile
ment BY one piece. In their extreme need thew
found q ginger who succeeded in doing some
thing unique in the annals OF the stage. This
was N. Engel, who bad already taken the place
Of vergnet 1t short notice in 'sLohengrin." He
consented to try this new part, Of which he was
rot even an .under-study, and score in hand he
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state. The Mexican authorities had never
heard Of the disease and no trace Of it could be
found ia the United States. All Of this infor-
nation was laid before the German government
and 1t effectually settled that question.
This movement for the introduction Of In
dian corn in Europe is being pushed by Score
tary Rusk for all 1t is worth. and the govern
ments OF Europe have learned more about our
Agricultural Department during the present
administration than they ever have before.
Secretary Rusk has brought the department 90
to the front In Europe that the Russian govern
ment has just decided to adopt our system Of
crop reports, and while was in St Petersburg
the agricultural officers Of the car received
directions from Secretary Rusk a. to how to do
this. Here in Germany his efforts in the push
ing Of our American pork have been supple
mented by the work Of his agent for American
corn. This agent II Col Charles J. MUIR
ply, who IL known in America As "Corn-
meal Murphy" and who has been try
ing to introduce American maize into
the markets Of Europe for some years.
He has had corn exhibits 81 the leading agri-
cultural and industrial exhibitions Of Europe
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Peru. Grenada and Tenochtitlan The trials and
triunrphs Of its early explorers had no more re-
liable ehronicling than that OF those notorious
hbbers. the friars, who followed fast on the
heels OF the Spanish and Portuguese seekers
after Fl Dorado. and their iong-forgotten rec
crds. which seem to contain less of fact thu
fable. no. easy to obtain at this late day
1 have found q few musty tones in the
museums and public libraries Of Lima Santiago
and Rio de Janeiro and have been intensely
interested, and in reading how in nearly every
successful encounter with South American In
dians, the victory was dus to san Diego or Sac
Christavao some other sanity parsonage
who appeared in PROFESSIONALLY riding from
the clouds q snow white pafrey-at precisely
the right tunctnre to rescue the invaders. The
saints did not always help them out, however,
but appear to have sometimes had business
elsewhere, leaving their pro'eges quite in the
larch IN critical straits to perish of starvation
or 1T the hands (or rather teeth Of cannibal
savsges. 70 struggle vsinly against adverse
winds and resistiess currents on the boundiess
santa Maria de Ia Mar Dulce-"Fresh Water
Sea Of Saint Msrv." a. the Amazon was first
called-or to wander up and down for weary
months lost in its labyrinthian network of
igAnpes.
THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMAZON.
Though this greatest river Of the world was
discovered more than three and half CEN
turies sgo to this day at least two-thirds Of it
remains wholly unexpiored. Few persons ex-
cept Wild Indians and the slave hunters who
once pursued them have ever penetrated be-
yond the banks Of its nayigable affluents while
Thousands Of miles OF Its remoter wilds are yet
bat dImly guessed at, never having been seen
By white men. The tragic romance of the
AmAzous discovery has no parallel in history.
IL occurred near the middle OF the sixteenth
century, when the existence Of a new world had
Int EAar1 - L. l.LI
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about 500 miles, without finding food sufi-
cient for themselves, they began to ques-
ton the propriety Of returning. but dared
they 60 back empty handed to the starv-
ing army and face the brutal rage OF the
exSw1uehsrd GoncaioS Besides. how could
they ascend against the current in their
enfeebled condition, and II they succeeded it
would be but TO. perish with the rest Don
Orellana urged these considerations upon his
companions, together with the well-known
fact that "all rivers to the ocean run"
and that therefore there was some
chance Of not only saving their own
lives. but immortalizing their names by fresh
discoveries. with such plausibiiity that all con-
sented except tvo-a young knight Of Badatoz
and dominican friar. These objections Orel-
lana disposed OF BY setting the stubborn twain
ashore. to perish or return to the army as best
thew could. Then. In order that he might make
discoveries under his own name and not under
delegated authority in the name Of another,
Orellana renowned the commission be had ro-
ceived from Pizarro and was elected commander
by his own men.
AN ADVENTUROUS VOYAGE
On the last day Of December. l541, mass was
said by Friar Gaspar and the adventurous voy-
age begun. Their prospects were gloomy
enough All their provisions being exhausted,
they were reduced TO boiling their lcathern
girdles and the soles Of their shoes in the hope
OF extracting sufficient nourishment to sustain
life. Soon it became necessary to build bet
ter vessel, and this being accomplished after
great difficulty and delay they resumed their
voyage. Sometimes they met with kind re-
ception from the Indians, but generally had to
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FEEDING THE GERMAN ARMY.


We have no vast standing army in America
and You cannot understand at glance what an
important thing the feeding Of such q vast
body of men this German army is. The
food has to be Of a certain character. It must
be q food which will keep for weeks without
spelling, and it must be capable of being trans
ported long distances without injury. Corn
bread will not do this, but when mixed with
rye IN certain proportions its character is
changed and it keeps very well. These proper
tions are now being determined by the govern
ment chemists and bakers, and am told that
bread made Of one-third Of corn and two-thrds
OF rye is a success. Such q bread tastes no
different from rye bread, and the soldiers Of one
of the garrisons here were fed for eight days
on such bread and they did not know it. After
they were told what they had been eating they
found fault with it, but not before. The bread
is being tested in the prisons and in every way
possible to find just how well it agrees with the
men. how long it will keep and the exact
amount Of its strength producing power in
comparison with rye. The grain used is ground
at the government mills and the bread is
made under the eyes of the government Off
cials.
In the meantime all sorts Of faults are being
found with Indian corn as an army food by the
rye and potato raisers OF Germany. and one
charge, which has been lately preferred, is that
II gives the soldiers a disease. The enemies of
Indian corn charged that the Italian soldiers
were afflicted with this disease and that the
soldiers of Mexico got a sort of an itch from
eating corn bread. They charged that our sol
diers were affected in the same way and that
| such food had caused the same trouble in the
army Of France. These complaints were brought
to the attention of Consul General Edwards
| and he nipped them in the bud by writing to
the various authorities of the different coun-
tries on the subject He received the
other day letter from the French
minister of at Paris, and this
stated that the French soldiers never
had SUCH disease and even if they had had it
it could not have come from the use Of corn
food, for the army had never used it to any ex-
tent The Italian minister of replied that
corn had been found very good food for SOL
diers in that country and that the only trouble
from it WAS when it was used in an unripe
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Of the missions the upper Amazon
and she Immediately resolved to set out
on the perilous journey. She was accompanied
by her two brothers, a French physician, her
two children, a nephew ten years old. a negro
slave and three female servants. They journeyed
over the Andes on mule back to the mouth Of
the Bobonnassa river, where the muleteers left
the "a and returned to Quito. The doctor and
the negro slave went to Indian village in
quest of boatmen and canoes. leaving the
others In camp beside the river awaiting their
return They never came back Whether they
were murdered by the Indians or devoured by
jaguars or lost their way and persisted in the
wilderness was never known. The others
after waiting q month determined to
build a raft aud venture down the river
ALONE IN THE wILps
Shortly after their frail boat went to pieces,
all their provisions were lost and the party mar
rowly escaped drowning. In this desperate
strait there was only one thing to be done, to
attempt to follow the banks of the river on
foot; but in a few days all died of starvation
excepting Madame 0donnais. who wandered on,
crazed with grief and terror. Nobody knows
how long she remained in this condition, sub
sisting on an occasional bunch OF roots or nest
Of partridge eggs she happened to End. At last
some friendly Indians found her and broughr
her down the river to Andoas. Thence
she was sent to TabatingA, where some friends
Of her husband put her on board Portuguese
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vessel and took her to Para. She did
not recover her reason for months. and
long afterward her husband wrote:
'She is still delirious most of the
time The remembrance OF the terrible spec
tacles, the horror Of the endless solitude, and
the darkness of night in the desert had such an
effect upon her mind that her hair turned
white" And no wonder. when she stood the
sole survivor among the dead bodies Of eight Of
her family and friends and attempted to bury
them with her own frail hands.
FANNIE B. WARD
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Condemned to Death Three Times,

Fron the London News
Hans Nielsen of Copenhagen has had the
probably unique experience Of being sentenced
to death three times. Such is the lenity of
Danish law, or, rather. the inaisposition of the
authorities to proceed to extreme measures,
that this notorious criminal has already been
reprieved twice and relegated to prison for q
long term.
1t was in prison that he committed his last
ofense, for he murdered one Of his iailers.
Nielsen began his career of crime at the age Of
eight by setting FIRE to a farm house, and it is
doubtful whether he has ever earned an honest
penny in the whole course of his existence.
He was formerly resident in London.
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HE FRENCH NEVER
leave of reproaching
the English with their
artistic shortcomings.
For instance. the mod
ern English school Of
painting is not repre-
scented At the Louvre
or at the Luxembourg.
where Mr.. Whistler :
portrait OF his mother
has lately been hung.
And Mr.. Whistler. as
the PARTISAN nevspapers
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from The Detroit Free Press
The young man from Chicago with his bride
was doing the Corcoran Art Gallery in Washing
ton with the air of a Chicago connoisseur.
Good Lord. Daisy" he exclaimed, as he
came up in front Of TruesdelPs beautiful sheep
picture. "ain't this corker?"
"You bet it IS" she responded enthusiastic
ally. land guess that's why they put 1t in the
Corxeran Gallery"
And the fuzz on the sheep began to look Wild
and woolly.
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EXPERIMENTS A R E
being made here in Ber-
lin which promise to be
of vast importance to
the future prosperity
}of the United States.
The government of
Germany is carefully
testing the uses Of our
Indian corn. and is con-
sidering the adoption
Of it as Q food for the
German army. This
avv,nv nan nnregdfa ~
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Z CANNOT Il U r v
our backs upon the
Amazon without refer
ring to some Of those
intrepid voyagers who
first ventured upon its
yellow tide and made
known its wonders to
the world This region
Of romance and adven-
ture has had no Pres
colt nor Washington Ir-
wing 70 immortalize Its
traditions, like those Of
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He~e "' 'eHorys
From the Brandon Bucksaw.
Lord George Gordon Fitzhugh (who is taking
his leave)-"Aw, it seems to me, Miss Nor
leigh, I have fawgot.en something. Aw-lei
me see."
"Miss Morleigh -''Your gloves, perhaps."
Lord George Gordon Ftzhugh-"Oh. no.
Now wemembah. Aw-wili you mawwy me?''
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A ROMANTIC TRAGEDY
The Story Of the Discovery Of the
Great Amazon River.
THE FABLE OF Ell DORADO

GencaIo Pizarro and His Search for the
Golden City. with Its Monarch Clothed In
Gold Dust-Adventures of Madame Godin-
The Amszons.
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Special c lrreSpondsnce Of The Evening star.
M.~Ots Brazil Oct g. Is9.
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night their way, with great losses and danger Of
complete destruction. 1t was in June Of the
same year that they discovered what they had
reported to be Amszons or female warriors, in
battle with q hostile tribe. Friar Gaspar
solemnly affrms that dozen of these women
fought at the head OF the tribe which was sub
ject to their authority. He described them as
very tall and large limbed, having a white
complexion and long hair plated and braided
around their heads; and also affirmed that the
men fought desperately. because IL any de-
serted they would be beaten TO death by these
female tyrsnts.
USELESS REWARDS.
After seven months Of untold hardships sad
numerous adventures Oreilana sailed out of the
mouth Of the great river (Which they named
Amazona in remembrance of the alleged
women varriors) and reached Spain TO give an
account OF his discoveries, assisted by the
fertile imagination Of Friar Gaspar. His ex-
cuse for deserving Pizarro was accepted
and he received a roval grant of the region
he had discovered with right OF conquest.
He found no difficulty in raising funds
and recruiting sdventurers for a second expedi-
ton. The return feet entered the Amazon
early In 1874; but they got lost amid the iaby-
ninth Of channels at the mouth of the river aud
never found the main branch. After beat
ing about month or two without making
any progress Orellana and most of his men
sickened and died. He had not even the honor
of being the first discoverer of the Amazon for
that belonged to Pinzon in 1900, though Orell-
ana undoubtedly the first to descend the
mighty embouchment.
NEARLY HrSpprn vr.ps,rvp
:. s..o,d ro-,r ,n.,a-,o, -. -,
49, nc Ana%oh ironi
eui'o. ihis was long after the Portuguese had
established themselves near the mouth of the
the cantain osneralcy ~ ~ 80 a.
Csdeira and the especial nrotection ~ Nos,a
Senhora da Balem. The expedition was COM
posed OF two franciscan friars and six soldiers
who had been sent on mission to the Indians
on the frontier OF Peru. The mission proved
unsuccessful, the savages numbering several of
their number, and the rest, not daring to under
take the dreadful journey back to Quito, COM
United themselves to the waters as Orellana had
done century before. They reached Para in
safety, but were so stupefed by the horrors they
had undergone and fear Of the cannibals, whose
clutches they had barely escaped. that they
we're never able to give any account Of the
journey.
THE FIRST ASCENT OF THE AMAZON,
In the same wear (I637) the frat axns6i.io,
o. a.. 80. - r. =.
w 'Ne ", 'No hniA@on was iormeo- II
was composed OF seventy soldiers, Zoo native
rowers and bostmen. besides females and slaves
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Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
BERLIN October 10 1892
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OUR CORN IN EUROPE.
Secretary Rusk Pushing American
Corn in Germany.
ARMY AND PRISON TESTS.

The experiments Of the Ksiser's Chemists
Bread Prom Peanuts, Potatoes and Rye
A Caravan Of Wagons $50 900 Miles Lonr-
All Germany Waiting for the Govern
ments Decision.
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has shown Europe that our corn is the best
corn in the world. 1t has brought the different
countries to comparing the different kinds OF
maize, and the result il that our corn has been
shown to be far superior to that raised in south
Russia, in Spain and in Italy. and if maize is to
be used as an army food it will be the American
corn that is choSen.
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OUR BREAD IN BERIIN.

the foreign supply of rye which Germany nov
gets from there would be cut off and the Ger
mans would be materially crippled from tn,
lack of it. BY the way, young man, do you know
anything about Indian corn?''
Il have planted it, hoed and husked it," sale
l, 'and ought to know something about it."
"Well, what do you know about its''
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Pans. October %. ls92.
nn, a.nnN-.-N >rnA-KD
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sang through. With unprecedented success, the
entire tenor role ss planned for the general rs-
hearsal OF that same evening
The sun., 1892-03-17

HIS Holiness A Applauds Americas Efforts TO
Honor the Great Discoverer.


ROME. March 1a-Mr. Thomas B. Bryan.
srecial Commissioner to Italy for the Chicago
Worlds Fair. has received the following letter
from his Holiness Pope Leo KILL:
GREETINGS: While we see on all sides the
preparations that are eagerly being made for
the celebration OF the Columbian Centenary.
feasts In memory OF q man most ilustrious
and deserving Of Christianity and all cultured
humanity. We hear with tho greatest pleasure
that the United States have. among other ma
tions. entered this competition OF praise in
such manner rs BELTS both the vastness and
richness OF the country and the emory OF the
man so great as he to whom these honors arc
being shown. Nothing. certainly. could be
more splendid than what is told us Of the grand
and magnificent Exposition which the nation
will hold at Chicago. bringing together every
Kind Of produce and work which fruitful no.
ture bears and the artful industry Of man
The success of, this effort will surely be
another proof OF the great spirit and active
Wiz sSaS sssss snd hnpps
daring. We rejoice. moreover, in the nobility
tSe & the whs s IN
honor and. gratitude to that immortal man OF
Mnom hys Sy SPoSep r. ThG Of nd
ried TO the most distant PARTS Of the would.
wearied by labors until, having in a certain
manner renewed the bond between two parts
slowed upon both such benefits that he In JUS
rior.
while. therefore. we bestow on the citizens
OF the great republic we'll m erited praiae, we
express the fervent hope that their noble un-
dertaking may. other nations uniting with
them and lending nid have a most prosperous
issue that Will prove OF great use In stimulat-
ing the ingenuity OF man In promoting the de-
the fine arts.
Given at st. Peters. Rome in the year
LEO KILL"
The sun., 1892-03-17
CLAIMS AGAINST VENEZUELA.
The Treaty OF Arbitration to be Favorably
Reported to the Senate.


Reported to the Senate.
WARRINGTON. March 16.-.The Senate Com
mlttee on Foreign Relations to-day ordered
favorable report to be made upon the treaty to
arbitrate the claim OF the Venezuela
Steam Transportation Company Of New
York against the Government OF Venezuela
for damages on account Of the seiz-
ures and detention, Of the, company s
Sa' tions 'fssfu'la enesus nsa !s' svsasd ssysls
In all OF the correspondence which has en-
until II the Piity-irss Gonsress. @ "s0is ioist
RTef,1ent p IIs nai%.a %tS tske ~ such %sssaIss ss
promptly obtain indemnity from the Vene-
Zuelan Government" and to eecure this end
he was authorized to employ such means or
exercise such power as might be necessary.
tha rms Hsnt aetin1 was promptly communicated to
after entered into negotiations. suggested By
President Harrison. for the settlement OF tho
claim by arbitration. The result was the treaty
upon which favorable report was to-day or
dered 1t proyites that the claim in question:
for twenty years. about 900 altogether.
shall be presented to hoard OF three arbitra-
tors. who shall hold their sessions in tho city
OF WASHINGTON. Each Government Is to ap-
point point one member. and they are to select tho
t!d ha fnns knss t s9 :su s o nams ss him.
shall be binding. and II any amount
2. q ,TnY ,mToneY 9. shall be found to be, due
q IN i've saas snnss Gn IN.
6t8llmentS.