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The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18
Died in a Few Minutes.

LEWISTON, May 17.-David Shelby,
aged 30, employed in the Cumberland
mill, lost his left arm and had his side
badly torn by being drawn into picker
today. He died in few minutes. He
belonged in Canada
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18
Game Today.

The Brocktons will be the attraction
on the Portland grounds this afternoon.
This club is playing excellent ball and it
is one of the strongest teams in the
league. O'Brien and Kirmes. formerly
of the Portlands, are with the Brocktons.
Game will commence at 3.15. Ladies
free to the grounds and grand stand.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18
CAPTAIN Carpenter Prom oted.

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., May 17.-Today
Captain Charles Carroll Carpenter, u. S
N, commandant at Kittery navy yarG
received his commission as commodore
and at noon the swallow tailed pennan1
denoting his rank was hoisted and
saluted with II guns. Later Commander
Carpenter rendered q banquet to the
heads of the departments, the clerical
force, foremen and quartermen at his
residence in the yard.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18
OF AMERICAN INsTlTu
TtONS.

Meeting of the Managers of the Maine
League-Secretary Dement'S Report
The League Will Make an Active Cam
paign.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18

Hunting Down the Clinton Desperadoes
-HALLowELL, May 17.-Deputy Sheriff
Ned Maddox of this city, one of the best
known criminal chasers ia the State, has
just returned from an extended quest for
Wallace Nelson and Henry Written, the
desperadoes and incendiaries, now Sc
creted in the Clinton bog. Mr., Maddox
expects to return to Clinton shortly, and
it is probable that he will head a posse
in an attempt to dislodge the men.
His Boat Capsized.
MEXICO, May IA man named Cary,
said to belong in Bangor, was drowned
Sunday, while crossing the river, his boat
being carried against boom and cap
sized.
Light for Madison.
MADISON, May 1.-THE town has vot-
ed to build an electric light plant and
secure water power to operate it. A
loan of $4,000 has been authorized
why He Will Not Re Consul.
BIDDEFoRD, May 17.-Col. Frank W.
Roberts of this city, has been offered the
consulate at Cape Town, South Africa.
He has decided not to accept because of
his disinclination to take his children
from the public schools here.
1.-The York County Hospital.
SAco, May 17.-At meeting of the
York County Hospital in this city to.
night, a vote was passed instructing the
directors to accept Mrs. Horace Wood
mans offer of the free use of a house on
Middle street, for temporary hospital.
The vote embodied provision that the
location of the permanent hospital shall
be left to a vote of the association.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18
ChalIenge.

We, the Rockets, challenge the Cham
pions to a game Of ball on the Western
Promenade, Memorial Day at p. m.
JAS. O. DAY.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-18

MADISON, May 1.-THE town has vot-
ed to build an electric light plant and
secure a water power to operate it. A
loan of SIS, 900 has been authorized.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

Ifany supposed the proposition to re-
peal the federal election law is a purely
southern scheme, intended for the ben
eft of thessouth alone, they are sadly in
error. Colonel Fellows, the notorious
copperhead from New York City, who
is one OF the chief orators of Tammany
Hall, says: pass the bill to repeal the
federal election laws, and New York
state will hereafter give Democratic
majority OF 100000 votes" The Tam
many congressman did not need to stop
at that figure. lie might as well have
said that Tammany would hold back the
returns in the city until it was ascer-
tanned how many votes were needed TO
give the state to the Democracy, and
would be certain to supply the deficien-
cy. Colonel Fellows declaration, logi-
cally interpreted, means, of course, that
the United States election laws now
prevent frauds, and thereby greatly en-
barrass Tammany Hall.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

The denizens of Kansas City, Mo-,
howled awfully at being called cliff
jewellers by the EAGLE, but Mayor Cow
herd of that place confirms tie charac-
terization by declaring that Kansas City
is set upon sseventy times seven hills. ;"
Whatever the mayors meaning, the re-
mark goes to prove that the place is SO
irregular you can't set coffee pot down
on the townsite without spiiling the
coffee. Seventy times seven accurately
calculated would be found to be some
thing like 400; and with 400 hills in a
space of five miles square the street de-
partment may well despair of finding
grade that does not resemble the line of
streak of chain lightning.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
CHARMS FOR DISEASES.

Greek. Latin and Ansio-Saycn Gib5crish
That Was supposed 10 Cure.
Lists of the potions, decoctions. and
remedies resorted TO not only by the
Dyalls, Firms, and Badagas, but by
Greek philosophers such rs Serapion
and Alexander of Tralles are by no
means attractive. II is sufficient to say
that they are the quintessence of every
thing noxious, repulsive and nasty.
Eye of newt, toe OF frog, and liver of
disappearing Jew are savory and deli
cate in comparison. But no one could
find fault with this ancient prescription
for good physician: He should be
truthful, of calm temper. not peevish
with an irritable patient, hopeful to
the last day of his patients life, and
rigid in seeing that his orders are car
ried out.
In China, whether the family physi-
clan possesses tbo above qualities or
not, his salary is stopped as soon rs the
householder falls sick. The difficulty
of this situation is enhanced by the
rule that after feeling the pulse and
looking at the tongue, the physician is
i4OO W easSn ohF eAStphNSp'hN tb'ee'Oh'
nor may the sick man volunteer any in
formation. An old Roman was not
above the use of what are called magic
songs, but which seem pure gibberish.
A dislocation was to be reduced by the
utterance of the formula, ''Huat, hanat,
pista, ista, damniato, damnaustra."
The closing. words seem more allied 10
the language of the modern cabman
than to that of the elder Cato, to whom
it is ascribed.
Not much more civilized are such
Anglo Saxon phrases as the following:
To remove dust or particles from the
eye, you should spit thrice and say
three times, 'Tetunc, resonco, bregan
gresso;" to staunch blood, say these
words, "Sisycuma. cucuma, incuma,
cuma, una, ma, a." and to cure the
toothache spit in the mouth of frog
and say, "Argidarn. margidam, sturdi
gam" For quinsy, however, you need
only press the throat with the thumb
and the ring and the middle fingers,
cooking up the other two. and tell the
disease to be gone. Saturday Review.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

found it absolutely undesirable. and
had to be relieved at frequent intervals
The dumping ground near the Es-
outline cemetery. including the present
cemeterv Itself. was the greatest Of
these nuisances, aad so long ago as tho
beginning OF Cur Christian era shs
Roman rulers found 1t necessary To
cover this area with TWENTY-FIVE feet ok
soil and TO convert It into garden
The long and active survi vel of dis
ease germs in soil wa also claizses; in
excavations made inside cofTe-dam
uncovering the bed of the Tiber. along
side the hriige ieadi ng 20 the Castle Of
ST Angelo. in Rome. Here. ia success
sive strata. were found coin ard other
relies fixing the age q he deposit down
TO the fourth century a. D The soil
as it was slowly removed YVES piled
upon an adjoining wharf. and then
taken away When the very lowest
and oldest of the strata disturbed was
50 disposed of. On epidemic of typhoid
fever broke cut among the worimeu
and those living in the immediate VIZ
cinity. The result Of careful exasnfns-
ton is said TO have shown that tho
trouble came from this loves. strata.
and that disease germs that had been
living dorma ut a. the bottom OF the
Tiber for nearly fifteen hundred years
were ssll active Tor evil, and proved
their vitality.
This statement as far es the survival
of the germs Of typhoid Is concerned.
has been disputed. Considering the
difficulty of detecting these germs in
refuse recently Deposited. there j. am
pie room for doubt as - the exact
point in the strata that caused tha
trouble nhsn-V,sf - 4 z vi nerrin.s Nc.rs
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
A MARVELLOUS MUSICIAN.


tfui2 ZOE MS ' Soziff,
From his earliest childhood Ole Bull
was exceedingly sensitive to music
His uncle, who belonged 10 a quartet
club, used. when playing on the violoa-
cello. TO put the little fellow IN ths
empty case and keep him taere uutil
his nervous excitement made it iGnpos-
slble for him to remain Il spite of
this excitement. he narrowly observed
all that the players did: he knew
the sounds OF the notes long before ne
could name them; and when at the age
OF fve his uncle made him the promo
possessor of a little scrap of violin
which he received with kisses and en-
braces-to every ones aTnazement. he
PLAYED upon II at once with remarlSa-
ble correctness.
His next violin was given to him. at
his earnest solicitation. two or three
years afterward, by his father He
could not sleep for thinking of it. When
ne heard his father and mother draw
ing the deep breath of sleep, he rose
and lighted a candle and tiptoed to the
room where the dear violin lay, in or
der to open the case for one delighted
look. The violin WAS so red. : said he.
as Mrs. Child rep -ted, 'and the pretty
pearl screws did smile at me so, |
pinehed the strings. just little, with
my fingers 1t smiled at me ever more
and more. / took up the bow and
looked at IL 1t said to me that it would
be pleasant to try il acress the strings.
SO | did try it-just a very, very little.
And it did sing to me so sweetlv. Then
/ did creep farther from the bedroom
AT first / did play very soft | make
very, very little noise. But presently
/ did begin a capriccio, which ! like
very much: and it did go ever louder
and louder and louder: and | forget
that it is midnight. and every body
asleep Presently | hear something go
crack! And the next minute l feel
my fathers whip across my shoulders.
My little red violin dropped on the floor
and was broken. | weep much for it;
but it did no good They did have a
doctor for it next day, but il never re-
covered its health
His father had meant that he should
be clergyman. and in due time the
hoy was placed at the university of
Gottingen. Rut il was quite useless
study or not, music would get the upper
land.-HarperS Bazar.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS.
Home OF Cannioa,s aud Hessi-Hunters In
the Southern paciac.


the Southern raeiie.
The solomon gro0p Of islands. re-
Gently annexed bg England i the larg-
est spd rs yet least known of any in the
Pacific Ocean. though among the very
first to be discovered. There are seven
or eight large, mountainous islands
varying in length from seventy 20 one
hundred miles. and 3 great number os
smaller Islands, ranging from tit.een
10 twenty niles II length, down 10 ths
tins coral islet only half mJc across.
The Solomon Islanders are OF a mixed
race, varying between an almost pare
Malay type and the darlser-skinne4
Poiynesisn. Though they are aimos;
universally canpihalS. they stand n
other respects by no means low in The
scale of sayages. The men are. q
rule, tail and well formed. and the
women. in their youth, are handsome
and attractive, though the drudgerr
which falls to their lot sooa ages and
hardens their looks. Indeed the con-
dition of women among them, rs .
most savage races. il ono OF absolute
subsection. The wife is the Household
slave. She is completely in the power
of her husband for life or death. Is
goods be stolen from the house she =
responsible to her lord IN the first case.
not the thief. Wives are bought and
sold just like other commodities. and
among the wealthy chiefs polygamy /,
freely practiced.
1t was on one OF these islands that
Mr.. Bates, an English yachtsmau. land
cd from his vessel and started into tho
woods. tie never came back. A small
party vainly searched for him. and for
years trade goods landed on the island
were done up in wrappers. on which
were printed the words: Bates, we ara
of the solomon group that an unfortu-
nate Italian was kept as a slave for n
number of years. until he finally got
chance 10 esca ne to New Britain. here
at last accounts he was living among
the natives, his mind almost wholly
destroyed by his sufferings OF earlier
years.
Head-hunting Is still carried on 10
some extent in connection with canni-
balisn. but much more from the sim
pie desire of the chiefs n accumulate.
skulls as a token of power or OF pro.ess-
1t has also sacridciai aspect. in caSs
of the death OF chief head must 90
provided, and the launching OF a new
war canoe or the completion Of bam-
boo house must be signalized in the
same way. Within the radius OF The
head-hunting forays no nation can hs
said To enjoy security Of life for a sin
gle day. The custom IS now carried on
less openly than OF old
Every chief has his butcher who isan
important member of mis- court. when
a captive is taken in war he is handed
over to this official and promptly de-
spatched. The body is then cut up aad
the joints are hung upon a tree re-
served for that purpose in the village.
and the people are invited u come aud
buy.-PhiladelphiA Telegraph
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

4 Paris shop girl ordinarily begins
at salary of from s. 20 s. month
Besides she invariably has q commits
sion on her sales, varying from 4 TO !
per cent. according 20 her success
Many receive rs high as $50 a month
in salary and make much more in com
missions. Retail selling is The rreas
business Of all Paris, bu. the better
places are hard 70 get and require Al.
most as much pushing and influence
as 20 obtain a government position IN
America The most attractive girls
will always stand the best chance AZ
the arst and many keep their places
on the strength Of their good looxA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
THE RoMArlC STORY OF A RAILROAD

To the Editor Of the Eagle.
The average worlds fair visitor leaves
the gates of the White City with con-
fused idea that he has made great
acquisition to his store of general
knowledge, but what that consists in or
what is its real scope and value he does
not know and will not know until the
experience of after years develops it and
brings it into use. Years from now as
his reading and conversation viii recall
what he has seen, he will begin to ap-
prsciate the value of his visit 10 the eX-
position. Many come with no serious
idea of using it as a means of education,
but the most careless visitor cannot but
be impressed with the great object les
sons that illustrate scientific and histor-
ical facts. One can be familiar from
childhood with historical fact, vet in
his wanderings through the byways of
the fair will stumble upon an exhibit
that graphically illustrates that SINE
fact by means OF relic or collection of
Anticipated instruments and he will be
lSS0 dliu saSiOliiSuSO 10 linu tlat lie
never before realized the real meaning
of the statements drilled into his mind
from boyhood.
One of the great exhibits of the fair is
that of the Pennsylvania railroad. In
the hurry and rush of life in this age
we do not appreciate what we have or
give credit TO the means by which j.
has been gained. We accept the state
ment as true that these great con-
veuienceS did not exist only fifty or
seventy-fiye years ago. but what life
without them was we have 10 real con-
ception. The average man does not ap-
preach a conception of what stupenu-
Gus achievement IL has been 10 annihilate
time and space as our transportation
facilities have done.
The romantic story OF the solution OF
the railroad problem is told by the
Pennsylvania railroad exhibit. 1t is
contained in beautiful building neai
the S,xty-fourth street entrance. The
building Is Ionic in architecture. ex-
ceedingly graceful in outline. aud repre-
sents model modern suburban depot.
1t Is built in the form of a Greek cross
with Ionic pillars extending along the
south side and forming an arch sc each
end. Ii is beautifully decorated with
statuary and ornamsntal panels and Is
luminous IN its coating of pure white
and gold trimmings. The collec-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
EFFECT OF SOIL POLLUTION.
Disease Germs Preserved for yearly 1900
Years.

Years.
DIR. Lanciani, in his work on ancient
Rome, says that while system Of gar
bage objection existed under Roman
rule. the disposal of refuse was as
crude as it is IN many modern towns
and cities. 7 hat this disposal method
was regarded es nuisance at very
early period is made evident By the
fact that sanitary laws were passed
two tn ousand years ago that were in
tended to at leas: mitigate the trouble.
Some Of these laws. craven on stone,
were unear thed By DIR. Lanciani in his
excavations, and the text Of one of
them reads: &C. Centius. son OF Gains
the Prantor. BIZ order Of the senate, has
set nd this line of terminal stones 70
mark the extent of ground that must
be kept absolutely free from dirt and
from carcsssess ard from corpses.
Here also the burning OF corpses il
strictly forbidden" On che bottom of
this stone. in red letters. some proba-
by near resident had written: DO
carry the dir. little farther; other
wise you vii be fined"
But this bounding line, beyond which
any foul matter might be cast 70 ps-
trefy under Roman sun. vas only
four hundred feet from the city walls
as erected by serTius TnlliES when
DIR. Lanciani dug mp these stones on
june %, 1854. and abosst two thousand
years after the use of this area fc-
refuse disposal the soil was still 50
polluted ard the stencil arising from
Il 50 horri bic Shat even his T~orsCnen,
Injured 10 such WORK as they were.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

Many of the people seem 10 think that
irrigation is not practical where there
are no living streams, but the fact is that
millions of acres are irrigated in the
western states from artesian wells and
from water that is collected from surface
drainage into reservoirs. There Is a
scheme now in progress in southern Cali
fornia to collect the waters of the Colo
RADIO river into great reservoir and lead
it in steel pipes one hundred and forty
seven miles for irrigation purposes. The
capitalists who have this enterprise in
hand expect 10 irrigate desert area or
eight hundred thousand acres in this
way, the cost of which will be many
millions. There are various ways in
which irrigation may be successfully
carried on, and it is hoped that an inter
change of views npon the important sub
ject at the Salina convention today will
result in its being put into practical
shape so that it may be promptly applied
IL this state.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28
LOST OPPORTUNITY.
1t seems that with all the efforts of tn

It seems that with all the efforts of the
agricultural department to introduce
our corn as an article of diet into Ger
many it is about to prove failure. If
it does so turn out it will be because it
has not been properly presented; that is
to say the uses and excellence of corn
meal and other products Of Indian corn
have not been practically demonstrated
to the people over there. As prepared
by the average cook in this country,
even, corn bread is about as uninviting
to the palate as any article that appears
on the ordinary bill of fare. There is
corn bread and corn-bread. The way it
is fixed up at most city restaurants and
city homes with eggs and other fixings,
it tastes like so much saw dust and re-
quires to be eaten with equal quantities
of butter, and the fine fancy fried mush
is an abomlnation of cold clammy sub.
stance, with brown crust. But just
let one of our western cooks get hold OF
some fine white meal and make a mush
to cut in thin slices, Or fine Thin hoe
cake properly fried brown and crisp,
and the being that don't smack his lips
over it knows not what is good.
The worlds tair afforded splendid
opportunity to demonstrate to the thous-
ands of foreign visitors the many ways
IN which corn meal may be prepared for
table use and itsexcelience in each form.
1t was suggested months before the
fair opened that arrangements be made
under the auspicics of the agricultural
department or the states or both, to have
this staple article of food prepared on the
ground to demonstrate its possibilities
for variety as well as to show the in
quirers how to prepare it. but the sug-
gestion was disregarded and the golden
opportunity lost.
The catchiest hit made by Kansas dur
ing her week at the fair was in distribut
ing ham sandwiches free. IF, instead of
that the products Of corn had been
served in only part of the many forms
in which it is capable of delighting the
appetite there would have been gained
double point and tie state received the
benefit of the advertising at once unique
and lasting.
It's not 100 late, though, for the gov
eminent 10 profit by its mistakes in the
matter of presenting this great cereal
to the hungry millions on the other side
1t is easy to be done. Secure as experts
to accompany the government agents
a number of our western country wo-
men cooks to make bread and prepare
the corn and meal in a variety OF ways
they SO well know how, and the effort
cannot but be crowned with success.
The business must be dore just right.
Two-thirds of the cooks cannot even
boil an egg or potato without spelling it.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

In the center of the building is LARGE
chart hung in a circle so as TO form
room ten feet in diameter and eight feet
high. Il gives map OF all that POI ton
of the United Suites east of the Mis-
sippi covered by the Pennsylvania lines.
Upon the heavy marks indicating the
various divisions of the road are little
stickers indicating the exact position OF
all the trains of the road at O'Clock y.
M. on Columbus Day, October 81. 1892.
This map alone is Very interesting
study.
In addition TO thaSe general exhib T.
are many unique and ingenious Jecises
fo- impressing the visitor with tie real
purport of the figures used in describing
the great extent of the system. There
are $50, 000. 900 invested in the Penn
sylvania company, s6s5, Cos, 600 of this
amount is invested in property used for
railway purposes. The ienghth OF track
If the rails We're laid end TO eud. would
he once around the world and extending
l,400 miles on the second lap. These
facts are wildly illustrated by section
of track with silver dollars laid edge 10
edge on top of the rails. with piacaTd
explaining that il would take such
double row CT dollars LAID over the entire
system 10 represent the amount Invested.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

The Knights of Labor all over the
country have been asked to select dele
gates to the Pan American Bimetallic
congress 10 be held at St Louis next
week. A. c. Baker, grand master work
man of the order in Kansas, has ap-
pointed the following delegates from
Kansas: Frank Dibert, Eureka; Mrs.
Mary +. Lease. Wichita; Robert Osborn,
Fort Scott: {. h. Davis and 5. p. Cross,
junction City; y. j. Kellogg. Melon
AID; w. 5. Fleming, Oberlin: a. II. Bal
lard and w. N. Russell. Fredonia; a. B.
Whiting, Topeka. ID. E. Barry, Atchi-
son; a. 4. Stewart, Manhattan; j. j.
Barnes, Pratt; N. E. Wells, Smith Cen
ter; w. f. GRAY. Norton, and 4. E. Pat
tee. Salina. Governor Lewelling has
added to the list of delegates appointed
by him the name of David Overmyer of
Topeka
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-09-28

The relatives of the two would be
train robbers who were killed while at
tempting 10 hold up the decoy train near
St. Joe Sunday night, attempted to
hold the officials of the road on the
charge of murder at the coroner's in
quest, upon the plea that the two men
might have been captured alive if the
officials had tried. If the statement
we're true, which is doubtful, it would
1fford no paliation for the crime al
tempted to be committed by the slain
men, who were murderers at heart as
well as robbers, and were taken in the
NJ