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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
Fire VIII Not Destroy 1t.

Asbestos is a mineral fiber of the
hornblende variety. 1t derives its
name from Greek word which signi-
fies understandable by fire" The an
clients were familiar with its uses and
the modes Of obtaining it, yet. strange
TO say, always alluded to it as
4 vegetable production. 1t was
used in all their funeral
rites, but particularly where crena-
ton was practiced; the corpse being
wrapped in an asbestos cloth so as to
keep the ashes of the dead person
from 1ningling with those of the wood
or other combustibles used in incinera-
ton of the remains The people of
Egypt and many other countries of the
anc;ents. especially the royal and
wealthy classes, made towels. napkins.
tablecloths. etc, of asbestos, and
cleaned them by throwing them into
the fire.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
GERMAN IMMIGRATION.
The Reason for It's Western Trend Found
in Social Conditions.

The Reason for It's Western Trend Found
in Social Conditions.
The state of Maryland is cons!dera-
bly, agitated BIZ the immigration ques-
ton. Her authorities have been inves-
tigating why the majority Of Germans
and other desirable immigrants locate
IN the west, where they have TO pay
two or three times as much for land as
they would in Maryland President
Louis Heninghauseu of the German
society Of Maryland makes this inter
esting statement Of the cause:
some time ago | visited friends
who had settled as farmers in Iowa
They had paid more than twice as
much for land of the same quality az
that offered for sale in our state J
was curious to know Why people should
locate at 80 great distance from the
market and paw higher price for the
land than they could have bad at their
landing place. I pom inquiry Iearned
that still further west Land had been
and Is nor being sold a. higher
prices than the same quality q land
brings in Maryland A. The climate 81
our state is mildrr ard more healtaful
and we are free from drongbts, ey-
clones and billiards, Cur government
and laws as free and as well adminis-
tered as in any OF these western states.
there appears 10 me but one cause for
the retarded German agricultural inn
migration 20 Maryland. and tha; seems
TO be the social conditions Tie former
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

A ROMANTIC CAREER.

THAT Of George c. :. IL. the New Sem
ator from ,-.ifornia.
The life Of George Clement Perkins,
recently appointed by the governor OF
California to succeed the late Leland
Stamford in the United States senate.
reads almost like romance of the
good old-fashiornA Kind, says Har-
per's Weekly Hc was born in Kenne-
bunkport, Me-. August %, 1889, and
when twelve years old concealed him
self aboard q vessel called the Golden
Eagle. bound for New Orleans. Ills
presence was not discovered until the
vessel WIS u 60, and he then became
one of the crew. For the next four
years the future senator followed a
nailor's life. and landing then a. San
Francisco he again became a lands
man, working in various places as
miner and also teamster. Going to
Droville, he entered store as porter,
then became clerk. and finally rose to
3he position of part proprietor. his
business 1ourished, and in time became
worth half million year. Mean
while Mr.. Perkins was interested in
many outside ventures. including min
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

Of pigeons, al least FIVE miles long By
one mile wide The birds began
building when the snow was twelve
inches deep in the woods, although the
fields were bare At the time
So rapidly did the colony extend its
boundaries thu. il soon passed liter
ally o-cr and around the place where
he was netting, although. when he be-
gan. this point was several miles from
the nearest nest Ses.Ings usually
start II cec.duo1s woods. but during
their progress The pigeons do not SKIP
anY kind Of trees thcT encoantcs. he
Petoskey nesting extended eight E-,siszs
through hardwood timber. then crossed
. river bottom, wooded with aroor
vftse. ard thence stretched through
white pine woods about twenty .EalieA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

ing, numbering and sheep and cattle
ranches. With others he established
the Bank of Butte, and encountered the
men in the years following the war.
in 1872 he settled in San Francisco, be-
coming member of a small firm that
has since grown to be the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, possessing fleet
of steamers which ply from Alaska to
Mexico. Lucky investments, aided by
clear business acumen, have furthered
the fortunes of Mr.. Perkins, until to-
day he is accounted a wealthy man.
Outside of his business, however, Mr..
Perkins has long been interested in
politics. He has been always a strong
republican. and first voted for Pres
s6ent Lincoln. In 1859 he was elected
70 the state senate OF California from
Butte county, and returned in 1873 to
fill part of term.
Mr.. Perkins received the republican
nomination for governor of his adopted
state in 1879, and was elected over
three other candidates. His admins
tration was a strong and able one, and
gained him the confidence of his fell
1owmen. In addition to these offices
he has been connected with many po-
litical committees, reaching as far
back as 1857, so the United States sem
ator is fully acquainted with all the
minuti@ of organization and parlia-
mentary procedure.
Senator Perkins is resident of Ala
MEDIA county, and is thoroughly home
man. He has three daughters and a
son. the latter now receiving course
at Annapolis. The senator is distinct
1y an American type, having risen
from sailor-boy to the highest posi-
tions that can be offered by the state,
and, like SO many men renowned in
the history of our country, owing all
success to his own unaided efforts.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

FOR the entire distance OF twenty-eight
miles every tree of any size had more
or less nests. and many trees were
filled with them. None was lower
than about fifteen feet above the
ground.
At least FIVE hundred men were en-
gagged in netting pigeons during the
great Petoslzey nesting OF 1881. Mr.
Stevens thought that they may have
captured on an average OF twenty
thousand birds apiece during the
season. Sometimes two carloads were
shipped south on the railroad each day.
Nevertheless he believed that not one
bird in a thousand was taken Hawks
and owls often abound near the nest
ing Owls can be heard hooting there
all night.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

fered it to you, and you wouldn't touch
it. ! have an idea that / should like
the experience. I am to give him my
answer tomorrow"
well, my boy" said Cochran, 81
wish you JOY. l got enough of the job
in less than three months. Washing
ton simply wore my soul out. A coach
and six horses couldn't drag me back
there"
That's just the trouble" argued
Bartlett. ''You didn't stay long
enough. The only inducement for an
active man to go to congress is the open
ing it offers for q career. but you can't
achieve career in three months.
Look at some of those fouthern fell
lows. They go back term after term,
making little Roadway at first, but
gradually becoming better acquainted
with their duties and the methods of
legislation. By and by the country
finds them out, and then they work
their way into history.
Now, my notion is that our northern
practice of going to congress for a term
or two and then dropping out is bad
thing for the public interests, and is
destructive also of all honorable ambi-
ton on the part OF our representatives..
If l should accept this nomination,
should go to Washington with the in
tention of doing some hard work and
staying there long enough to get the
benefit of it when it had begun to bear
fruit
Well" answered Cochran, thought
fully, Il dare say there is something
in your idea. l had never looked at
the matter in just that light"
The next morning Bartlett concluded
to accept the nomination, and dropped
in upon Croker 20 say SO.
you are TOO late, Bartlett" re-
marked the Tammany dictator. with a
smile, that place is preempted."
"You astonish me-" exclaimed Bart
lett. Il was not aware that you had
offered it to anyone except Bourke
Cochran, who didn't care to consider
the proposal at all
That's true said Croker, 'but
Bourke called ten minutes ago to say
he had changed his mind
This shows to how narrow a chance
Tammany hail. the democratic party,
New York city-shall we say the ma
ton also?-cwes its recovery of the
public services of Cochran. and what
direction his ambition now takes.
1t may be added that, although Mr..
Bartlett was unable to get the seat he
wanted in the Fifty-second congress,
another has been found for him in the
Fifty third, where he and his eloquent
friend will sit as colleagues.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
Books and Stationery,
SCHOOL AND OFFICE SUPPLIES.
w M. +. S NJ ! 7 II.
Successor TO Hyde a Humblel.
Ia Il. Main st. Wichita.

slave owner is not sympathetic 70 the
foreign conner. / found a far greater
social equality and intercourse among
the farmers and farm hands in the west
than in our state. Intermsrriages are
there a matter Of course. Very little
distinction is made at their social gath
ering. These German farmers work
hard in six days Of the week., and on
Sunday after church service they are
fond ,of a cheerful gathering. Next
20 their untiring perseverance, their
great checrfulness is the mos; proui-
nent feature in the social life Of these
people. Therefore they will settle
where they can find these conditions,
even If they have TO go twice a. far
and pay twice as much for land. N.
Y Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
PACE TRACK GAMBLING.
Tho Sharp Professional BoosmaAer Can
Afford to Laugh at Chance.

Tho sharp Professional Boosm2ker Can
Afford to Laugh at Chance.
In new book called Chance and
Luck made up of essays by the late
Richard A. Proctor, the subject OF race
track gambling is discussed in very
interesting way. He shows, clearly
enough. that any man who follows the
races for a livelihood, unless he is a
professional bookmal1er, is perfectly
certain of bitter disappointments
Many gamblers have systems, but Prof.
Proctor, who was a mathematician,
demonstrates how misleading is any
system of chances. For lucrative
practice of the bookmaker's calling,
the first rule, according to Prof. Proc
tor, is always to lay odds against
horses, never to back them. Next, he
should make his wagers against every
horse in the race as early as possible
when the odds are longest. IF he
laws against a few which are certain
not to run, so much the better for him;
that is so much clear gain to start with.
He should proportion his wagers so
that the sum of what he lays against
horse and what he is backed for may
amount to about the same for each
horse. The precise system requires
that it should be exactly the same. but
the bookmaker often improves upon
that, by taking advantage in special
cases of his own knowledge of horses
chance and of his opponents inexperi-
ence. In every case he lays odds a
point or two short of the legitimate
odds against horse. When his book
has been made up upon these prin-
ciples, the bookmaker can watch the
race with perfect calmness. If he
follows this course he cannot fail to
gain steady income from his victims,
whereas, the fellow who goes into the
betting ring, if he continue patiently
in his course, is likely to learn before
long how it is that the bockE'akers
make SO much money.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
The rational will. or the educated

The rational VIII. or the educated
will, should give impulse and guidance
to all our thinking. loving and doing.
II should control appetite. it should
nourish faith and hope, it should lead
us on through the illusory world or
sensual delights. through the hardly
less illusory world OF wealth and pow
er. still bidding us look and see that
the world. 10 which the conscious self
really belongs. is infinite and eternal,
and that to seek TO rest in aught else is
20 apostatize from reason and con-
science. -Bishop Soaulding.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
a VENERABLE SCHOLAR.
Dr.. Mommscn, the Famous German Jurist
and Historian.

On November Prof. TheodOr
,Mommsen, the eminent German iurist
and historian. will celebrate the tiftieth
anniversary of his electorate. a num-
Der of representative students in the
chief European countries have formed
q committee to arrange for a common
pration of this occasion, and they now
Invite subscriptions to fund for the
endowment of research and scholar
ship in Mommsen's special field. The
ultimate form of the endowment viii
sbe settled by the historian himself.
THE treasurer of the general commit
tee is Herr Ludwig Delbruck, 81 and
.63 Mauerstrasse. Berlin. DR.. MoEm-
sen was born at Garding in
tSchleswig, November 80, 1917. He
became professor of law at Leipzig
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
MILLIONS OF PIGEONS.


Pare from Bendire's History Of Ameri-
can Birds.
The largest nesting he ever visited
was in 1873 or 1877. It began near
Petoskey, and extended northeast past
Crooked lake for twenty-eight miles,
averaging three or four miles wide.
The birds arrived in two separate bod
les, one directly from the south by land,
the other following the east coast Of
Wisconsin and crossing az Manitou
island. He saw the latter body come
in from the lake about three o'clock in
the afternoon. 1t was a compact mass
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

"A assure has been discovered in the
bluff four miles south of Ponca, Neb.,
from which issues blast of intensely
heated air In the report in which the
discovery is announced it is stated that
s'the breath of the blistering wind" has
sufficient force to carry away bits of
per and even twigs.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
GEN, ROGER A. PRYOR.
Famous as An Editor. Politician, Soldier
and Lawyer.

and Lawyer.
Judge Roger A. Pryor, of the court
of common pleas of New York, is en-
joying the comparative quiet OF judi
cial Office after an unusually varied
career. He has been in turn editor,
duelist, congressman, soldier, prisoner
of war and practicing lawyer. and was
no mean adversary in any OF those
varied fields of conflict Judge Pryor
was born in Petersburg, Va, nearly
sixty-fve years ago. After course in
two colleges he was engaged on the
staff of the Washington Union and
later was editor of the Richmond In
auirer. He also published newspaper
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
The aahia aiu Eagle: SATURDAY ornna September saa
HE CHANGED HIS MIND.
A Funny Story Told Of Orator
POurko Cochran.
How He Found Ills Way Back Into Pol
itIcs After Having Declined a Noni.
nation for Ccncress-Mr. Bart
let's Talk.

Bourke Cochran has now become so
marked a figure before the country
that nearly everyone has forgotten that
he dropped out of public life for
couple of years with the avowed inten-
ton of never entering il again. They
tell funny story about this IN New
York. says the Boston Globe.
In the early sos Cochran had OBJ
tanned good deal of local fame as an
orator. both at the bar and in demo-
cratic conventions, and his friends had
urged him to go to congress and make
his reputation national He was ac-
cordingly elected to the Fiftieth con-
gress, but, being a new man and unac-
quainted with parliamentary practice.
no scope was given him for the display
of his peculiar talents.
Before his first session was over he
was so disguised that he refused to run
elected in his stead. When he retired
in the spring of 1889 he was the hap
piest man in New York. He plunged
into his law practice with zest he had
never known before, and fairly rev.
eled in compassion for the poor fellows
he had left in Washington earning
S., 600 a year while he was earning
$50. 900.
This sense of satisfaction continued
undated until one day in the summer
of 1890 he met in the street an old
friend Of his. Franklin Bartlett, a clever
young lawyer Of high social standing
and a follow member of Tammany hall.
They stopped to chat moment, when
Bartlett said:
s'BourLe, am thinking of making a
run this fall for your old seat in con-
gress. Mr. Croker tells me that Flower
doesn't want it again. and that he Of
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
Worked the Other Wny.

"Strange! Senex's hair used to bs
white, and now it's coal-black. Won
der whether he dyes it?'
mo: you see last year he slept in q
haunted room, and his hair turned
black in a single night. Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

courts. Some Of his opinions have
been among the most eloquent and
forcible in expression which have re-
Gently appeared in the volumes OF re-
ports. He has unfaIing politeness
toward the members of the bar who
appear before him, and is socially
faV0rite
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

while still q young man. Having
been dismissed for the part he took in
political affairs he was made titular
professor of law at Zurich in 1852, at
Breslau in 1854 and at Berlin in 1858.
In 1875 he was appointed professor OF
Jurisprudence in the university of
Leipzig. On June Is, 1882. he was
tried al Berlin for having in an election
speech slandered Prince Bismarck, but
was acquitted. The decision was ap-
pealed against, and the imperial high
court of appeal at Leipzig finally ac-
quilted Prof Mommsen of the charge
In 1850 Prof. Mommsen's library was
destroyed by FIRE and number of his
English admirers had the happy idea
OF presenting him with selection of
classical and historical books printed
in England to compensate him for some
portion of his loss.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02
Poison from the Breath.

Every body has noticed the drops ~
moisture that collect on a cold day on
the window panes Of "A room where a
number Of persons have assembled. but
everybody does not know that this
moisture is poisonous. II a few drops
be gathered and thrown on q rcd-hot
stove the evaporation viii give out .
strong smell like bsTning hair or
feathers. The condensed breath can
tains a large quantity Of organic mat
ter. and 30 Is rank poison
u grant. says one. tha. there are
men and women who sing poetry and
live vrose-wheeibarro~ Christians.
who never 70 without being pGAhed
and who are rery easily upset
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

When Baby vas SIS, &c gave her CaStofia-
WIZ she VS. Child. size cried fo- CaStoria-
When she became Miss, she CLING 10 CaStoria.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-02

English Women in Government Employ
More women are employed in the
English government than by the gov
eminent OF snv other country
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19
NOTICE.

Thcbusiness office and editorial rooms
Of the Astorian office will be closed
after II p. m Of each day. All commu-
nications or business locals should he
handed in before that timo, as th-
editor viii be at the down town Office
after that hour. At the present time
the business Office and editorial de-
partment will be found in the Office OF
Elmore, Sanborn e CO., where they
will remain until the work of remodel
ing the Astorian building, on the cor
ner of Third and Cass streets, is COM
p'eted.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19
SPECIMEN CASES.

S. II. Clifford, New Cassel, Wis, wa.
troubled with neuralgia and rheumat.
ism, his stomach was dlsordered, his
liver was affected to an alarming de.
gree, appetite fell away, and he was
terribly reduced in flesh and strength
Three bottles Of Electric Bitters cured
a. Edward shepherd Harrisburg,
ILL.,. had running sore On his leg OF
eight years standing. Used three bot
Ties of Electric Bitters and seven boxes
of Bucklen's Arnica Salve, and his leg
is sound and well. John Speaker, Ca
tawba, o., had five large fever sores
on his leg. Doctors said he was in
durable. one bottle of Electric Bitters
and one box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him entirely Sold by Chas.
Rogers, druggist.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

An $50 lot for So.
Groceries cheap for cash at Howell
& Wards.
The Belmont cigar can be had at
Chas. Olsen's.
All groceries sold at bottom prices
for cash at Howell e. Wards.
Meany is the leading tailor and pays
the highest cash price for fur skins.
For 81, a lot is delivered every week
to the buyer in Hills First addition.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

The British barks Embleton and
County of Merioneth, while on their
way to sea on Sruday, drifted on the
sands north of the channel below the
West Shore Mills. They attempted TO
sail out of the harbor, but the wind
died out and the tide carried them to
the sands. Both vessels were brought
lack and a slight survey will be held.
No damage was done, it is thought, and
weather permitting, they will sail this
morning
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19
BuCKLENs ARNIcA sALVE.

The best salve In the world foi cuts
bruises, sores, plcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, tetter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns, and all skin eruptions, and positive
ly cures piles, or no pay required. II
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion or money refunded. Price rs cents
DER box. For sale by Chas. Rogers, scc-
lessor TO ]. &. Dement,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

Don't go to Portland to buy your
tickets for the "Old Country" and the
East when you can get them for the
same price at the Union Pacific Office
in this city, and thereby save your 10.
cal fare TO Portland.
All the patent medicines advertised
in this paper, together with the cholc-
est perfumery, and toilet articles, etc.,
can be bought at the lowest prices al
j. w. Conn's drug store, opposite Oc-
cident Hotel, Astoria.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

a splendid line of books by popu
lar authors for Is cents each, at Griffin
( Reea's.
our Zoe, S5c, sue, Use. and LOO kid
body dolls are the best value ever Of
fered In Astoria Griffin & Reed.
The City Chop House and Restaurant
at 4l0 Second street is open day and
night Everything first-class. Nothing
bus white labor. John Dragolich. Pro'r.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. II
soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind cholic, and
is the best remedy for diarrhoea. Twen-
ty-fve cents bottle. Sold by all drug
gists throughout the world.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

Fhe case Of Charles Olsen VS.. the
City OF Astoria and Dr. Walker, which
was tried before Justice Cleveland and
jury on Saturday. resulted in dis
agreement among the jury, who stood
three in favor of plaintiff and one for
defendant The case viii in all prob
aplllty pc tried egalD.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19
NOTICE.

The regular annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Pythian Land and
Building Association will be held on
Saturday, December 30th, at o'clock
=. m, az the office of DR.. Jay Tuttle.
e. A. MOVES, Secretary.
Astoria, Nov. 30 1893
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

A bulkhead is being placed around
the piling which forms the foundation
1M the Vppertown school house, for the
purpose of affording protection against
ihe heavy driftWood which has beer
in the river for some months past
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-12-19

Fhe death of y. e. Habersnam, for
merry OF this city, occurred Sunday il
Portland, and tho remains were in.
TERED yesterday. 1t has been realized
for some time that Mr.. Habershan
was likely to die at any time. and his
friends were quite prepared for the
tesull