Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-09-07


in the Transportation building w ,
5 the history of their progress In thsn.
| And the order Of the use made of a MIS-
was evidently this: First, the dc
T then the OK, the ass and the horse
: cession, with camels, llamas, buffalo,, N
elephants in their native regions.
, The visitor entering that building b, o
, north end comes first upon an all-ws"'
Mexican cart with two OF those y Al
horned oxen hitched, and the whole I
Is so comically natural, SO exactly Ill al
vehicle as saw IL in Mexico, that la
expected to hear the shrill "Cars
Viejo. cabroD, carramhal' as one ha
in Mexico. In these carts one finds
was undoubtedly the primitive form n"
wheel-that is cross section cut out
tree, the toughest wood the barb
could find Of course. 1t was greai
for civilization when some man inve
a way to hollow out the center ot
wheel and make it much lighter Will
tanning its strength; but when hub,
and felloe were completed there was
tzation, indeed.
In the same line is the bullock cart
siam, the rude country cart from TUT
the heavy wheels from Santa Dom
and the specimens from Malacca, I'd
India and South Africa. But all
have hub and spokes, though Of veryi
construction. which increases the woi
| that the solid wheel should still be iu
in Mexico. In brides, saddles and 81
all these nations show far greater
provements, which may be due to the
that they used them long before they
vehicles. But the interesting fact is
IN water transportation they reached
lection, that is on a small scale, almo4
the start. The light boats OF the Mali
the canoes Of the South seas, the caiqy
the little Siamese skiffs and even
kajak (they spell it in several other wS
Of the Esquimaux are about as good
their purposes as civilized men cd
make.
United States Consul Merrill. Of Jeru
lem, hls sent boat used on the sca
Gallilta which he maintains is Of idei
cally e same pattern as that used by
apostt ic fishermen Of the year q Z
thereo jouss. II so, Peter and AndH
must ! ave been very skilful boatmen, -
l shot hate to trust myself in it.
has a , sent a complete Jerusalem ira
ports' On exhibit, consisting of the leat
bottl for carrying oil, wine and wal
water jars to be carried on the he6y
water kins, small hand jugs of terra cod
piaqt and other covers for the vessels
whfci food is carried, and n variety
baskf and panniers as used by hue kste
lhe iseuce OF ornament on these thin
calls Q my mind the alleged fact til
there has never been a time when ~
-four he'd in Palestine and raises d
quesf On whether the prohibition 70 Iol
enfoi ed among the Jews and tacitly =
cepte by their SUCCESSORS has wrought =
orgai &c change in the people do nws
Just ow remember the name Of any greA
Jew painter or sculptor, though theha
may e such. >
Far more interesting are the paIari
luiri sedan chairs and other applianeei
Used where man is the carrier of man and
WON IN, and Of all these the most iriterestn
ng is the Madagascar palanquin used bJ
Mad lme French-Sheldon in her long jour-
ley a Africa in 1891. During most Of thu
line she went afoot, directing the coursa
" I'll column, and only used this palan-
Iuin when sleep or rest became necessity. J
{ is at once light and strong and her four
tai rart carriers bore her along with ease.
United States Consul Bannister, Of st.
,, ~ H.
,ed. whether pension has been granted and
ecured, II rejection improper or Illegal.
ed for soldiers and sailors Of the late war vi
for advice. No fee unless suceessfai. Addrel
AIMS COMPANY,
RN, Managing Attorney,
~1en,M6Y0a n