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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-15
MAINE LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.

TuEspAY, March II. 1898.
The Senate was called to order by the
President.
Prayer by the Rev. Adams of South Gar
diner.
Journal of yesterday read and approved.
Papers from the House passed in con-
,ss, rvaucs
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r nncssec Onyx Cave.

isll sst'What believe to be the largest and
finest onyx deposits in the world" said
Mr.. Philo B.. Shepard, shave recently
been discovered in some caves in the
Cumberland Mountains of West Teunes-
see. 1t has been known for some time
that there was fine quality of onyx or
chalcedony there, but the mines or caves
have scarcely been touched, and recently
my attention was brought to the exist
ence Of large caves in Anderson County,
the roofs of which are bristling with
stalactites of onyx, and in some cases the
columns reach to the floor Of the cavern.
l found one column fourteen feet In
length, tho top Of which is more than
four feet in diameter, and, believe, an
onyx slab four feet wide by six long
could be sawed from it. The onyx in
these caves is wonderfully free from sand
pockets and other blemishes, and is moro
richly colored than any eyer saw, aud
seems to exist in unlimited quantity.
Onyx, as you may know, is formed by
the drippings of limestone, aud in early
stages looks like prisms of glass or frosted
icicles hanging from the roof, and count
less ages must elapsc before even the
smallest cone of onyx could form, while
the large column have described must
have been growing since tho beginning
Of time. When the value of these stoues
becomes known to the world then Ten
nessee onyx will be more widely known
than Italian marble, but as yet only few
samples have been taken out."--St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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Mexican Pearl shcrles.

The Mexican Government has leased
to the Compania Perlifera me Ia Baja
California for sixteen years the pearl fisn-
cries comprised between the mouth Of
the Colorado River and Cape San Lucas,
on the cast coast of Lower California,
and between the port of Mazltian aud
Barra de Suchiate, on tn, Pacific Coast
Of the mainland, with the exception Of
the Ensenada de Chamela fisheries. The
consideration is tho paymeutby the com
pany of $40 per ton of pearl oysters Oh,
tanned in the first three years, aud $l2
per ton during the remaining thirteen
years of the lease.
The fisheries are to be divided into
two portions, to be worked alternately
every two years, thus preventiuy the ex.
haustion Of the beds. The company
further binds itself to avoid the use of
destructive methods of fishing, to pro-
tect and extend the oyster beds, and to
introduce improved breeds, such as the
Tahiti pearl oyster or some other su-
perior variety. Francisco Cnroni
Gle.
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eyes, ana many or them may oe consiu.
cred beautiful, They dress in gay
colored holokus, sort OF gown, and
wear wreaths, or, rs they term it, leis,
of flowers.
In his food tho Hawaiian native still
clings to the nstive fashion which be-
longs to his primitive condition. His
menu consists of poi, boiled or baked
that smells worse than the rankest linn
berger cheese, but which isn't go bad
after all to the taste. Taro is tropical
fruit, from which taro -four Is made.
While the native male is making n few
dollars at fishing, his spouse earns a
tribe, too, by the loui lomt treatment.
in which the native woman IS au expert.
The term really stands for what is known
in civilization as massage, the natives8
from time immemorial being experts in
its manipulation.
Although small in numbers, the
American In Hawaii ''gets there" every
time. He owns four.fifths Of Hawaiian
wealth, nine tenths OF her foreign COM
merce, aud carries in his ships eight
tenths of her freight.
Still further, it must be remembered
that the Hawaiian Islands have, by their.
strategic opposition, the positive control
Of the commerce Of the Pacific Ocean,
which will be enormously increased
when the Nicaragua Canal shall be COM
pleted.
The United States already 10y treaty
holds possession of the sple3did Ha-
waiian harbor of Pearl River( which is
the best place to occupy until actual an-
nexation is established. H%s"s" =
Hawaii is we'll equipped with news
papers. There are two daily Englist
papers, aud one daily Hawaiian paper,
called Ka Holomua, meaning the Ad'
vance. There is another daily Hawaiian
sheet, watch is called K, Leo Ks
Lahui, or, The Voice of the People, and
then there are monthly Chinese, Portu-
guese, English, German and Spanish pa
pers, catering to the wonderful cosmo
politan population that make up tn,
100, 900 souls on the island.
There are eight OF these islands, which
have an area OF 6740 square miles, OF
about 500 square miles larger than Con.
necticut aud Rhode Island put together.
They arc situated 2100 miles from Sau
Francisco, 1910 miles from Auckland,
New u >alaud; 44S4 miles from Australia,
3440 miles from Yokohama, japan, aud
1890 miles from China.
In general character the islands arc
alike. They consist of mountains, VOL
canic in nature, scanned with valleys and
gorges, with rolling plains lying botwoen
aud along the foot of tho mountains.
The five principal islands arc Hawaii,
from which the group IS named, Maui
Oahu, Kauai and Molukai. Honolulu
located at Oahu.
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The insignia Of rank of General Com
manding is denoted by two gold EN-
broidered fve-ray stars, one on each sid,
equidistant between the center aud tn,
outer edge Of the strap, with golc
shield in the center. Lieutenant. Gener.
al, three silver embroidered fve-ra,
stars, one star on the center of the strap.
and one on each side equldistant between
the center and edge of the strap; tn,
center star the largest. Major General,
two silver embroidered five-ray stars,
same size, the center of each star one
inch from the outer edge of the gold
embroidery on the outer ends of tn,
straps. Brigadier General, same q
Major-General, excepting one star, ;n.
stead OF two. Colonel, same as Major.
General, omitting the stars aud substi
tuting silver embroidered eagle
Cloth Of the strap for general staff and
staff corps, dark blue; artillery, scarlet,
infantry, light or sky blue; cavalry, vel
low. Lieutenant Colonel, same a.
Colonel. according to corps, omittina
the eagle and introducing silver em
broidered leaf at each end. Major, same
as Lieutenant. Colonel, according to
corps, substituting gold embroidered
leaf at each end. Captain, sime as {,
Major, according to corps, emitting the
leaf aud substituting two gold embroid.
cred bars at each end. First Lieutenant,
same as Captain, according to corps. ex
cepting use OF one gold embroidered
bar at each end. Second Lieutenant,
same as Colonel, according to corps,
omitting the eagle. Detroit Free Press.
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Maryels OF Plant Life.

Nowhere is the evidence OF design il
nature more emphatically set forth than
among certain forms OF plant life whictq
in their various functions, seem to ap
proach so near the animal kingdom thai
the observer feels that there is SOM
strange plant animal-someth.ng the
might possibly form a connecting liul
between the ANIMALS aud plants.
In close study of these plants we see
many evidences of seeming intelligence;
that are not found in some animals, an
SO remarkable are the actions oS'..,an,
plants that the impression s foFs5s ~.
us that we are confronted with intel
ligence. or something strangely akin I'd
ii.
In the present paper wish to call at.
tention to the group which is popularity
known rs carnivorous plants, or flesh
eaters. A familiar example is the little
drosera, SO common in various portion
of the country. The plant is small ano
inconspicuous. The first Que ever eaw
caught my eye by sudden flash of fer,
red light, and kneeling on the daml
grass, fairly caught the little carnivors
in the act which has rendered It so fam
Gus. There were several tender, ,delicat,
stalks in tho centre, ana around about il
near the ground four or FIVE singular,
round, pad-like objects, about the siz,
of small buttons.
These were leaves, aud their upper
surface was covered with reddish ten.
taclcs that stood boldly up, each bearing
n delicate drop of dew thaC cleaned aud
glistened in the sunlight like vcritable
garnet. Across the top Of the leaves d
long legged fragile insect lay, caught
but second before aud dying q most
terrible death.
Five or six Of the hair like tentncica
were thrown across its legs and wings,
holding it down aud pressing its body
nearer and nearer to the leaf, while other
rich blood-red stalks were In oil posi-
tionE, bending over to encompass the
victim.
The sight was horror in miniature,
aud reminded ME Of the actions of an
octopus or deviltish, as the iitt'c ccpha-
lopod is commonly called. 1t has eight
sucker lined arms radiatin; fro n a small,
bag shaped body, aud c,ci arm has all
the sinuosity, all the possibility OF mo-
ton of snake, ever undulating, qniyer.
ing, as if with suppressed emotion, while
over the entire mass waves an vaTici
shades Of color seem to c5b aud how. -
The Californian.
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It Is q well-known fact that ses.aue.
mones have sense by which they recog.
nise food. This has been studied re.
Gently by Herr Nagel, at the Zoological
Station in Naples, and he has endeavored
to localize 1t. Among other experiments
a small piece of a s,rdineN was brought
carefully to the tentacles OF one Of these
animals; the tentacle frat touched, then
others, seized the food and surrounded
1t, and the morsel was swallowed. A
similar ball of blotting paper, saturated
with sea-water, brought near in tho
same way, was not seized. II, however,
the ball was soaked in tho juics of fish
1t was seized with the same energy as
the piece of fish, but often liberated
again after time without being swat
lowed. Blotting-paper saturated with
sugar acted like the other, but moro
weakly. II saturated with quinine, it
was refused, tho tentacles drawing back.
New York Post.
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August
Flower

lam ready to testify under oath
that Il it had not been for August
Flower should have died before
this. Eight years ago I was taken
sick, and suffered as no one but
q dyspeptic can. I employed three
of our best doctors and received
ne-beyas 50 they told me that / had
heart, and liver trouble J
Everything q ,,siIistressed n,e SO
that I had to thrGa- sap August
Flower cured me. There is no med.
icine equal to it," LORENZO F.
SLEEPER, Appleton, Maine. O
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NNE quart -four. tcaspoonful
" salt. half a tcaspoonful sugar,
heaping teaspoonfuls Royal Baking
Powder, half medium sizcl cold
boiled potato, and water. Sift to-
gcthcr thoroughly flour, salt, sugar.
and baking powder /; rub i'll the
potato; add sufficient water to mix
smoothly and rapidly into a stiff
batter. about as soft as for pound
cake; about pint of water to n
quart of -four will be required
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The New Bread.

Attention is called to the new method
OF making bread OF superior Iightncss,
fineness and wholesomeness without
yeast, receipt for which'is given else
where in this paper. Even the best
bread makers will be interested in this.
To every reader who will try this, and
write the result to the Royal Baking
Powder Co., 106 Wall street, New York,
that company will send in return, free, a
copy OF the most practical and useful
cook book, containing one thousand re.
ceipts for all kinds of cooking, yet pub
lished. Mention this paper.
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THE FIGH| ilERvyHEs,
Charging Updta xpire-walled Squares
of Epglishy fSoldtery With Reck-
less Brayefy

iii
ohareing UppFire- "a,.ea SQUARES
OF EngiisnY,soldse WIN neck-
less 'ravefs.
TT is easier to turn a hungry tiger
aside FROM his prcy than thor
oughly excited Dervish from his
& swoop on kn enemy, writes cor
respondent on fhe London Telegraph.
His half f.brothef in fanaticism and creed,
the Indian or Afghan Ghazi, is terrible,
but the African and Arab Dervish is
superlatively awtul, with an incurable
delirium for his opponents gore.
HowiiQR and Thirilng Dervishes, such
asfra AEON Especially conducted to
see .,,a,-...gg the East" are com.
.partY Ytefy HARMLESS sort of lunatics com
paiee with those types OF the African
bigots who, converted" to Mahdism,
burn to run amuck with the rest OF the
uTbelieving humanity. Once fairly bit
ten with the tarantula OF Moslem sectai-
d..n zeal, the proselyte is consumed With
the belief that the delights OF the
seventh or any number Of heavens await
HIM II he can only engage in sturdy,
steady butchery with "inddels," OF his
own or any race. ills a matter OF indif.
ference to him i, In the operation, while
ne sheathes hta,5Sword In his and his
Prophets enemy, the latter is doing the
same to him. Quick and happy transla
t'on he holds as his sure reward.
The still light the other day between
tho Egyptian troops south OF Wady
Halia and the Mahdists recalls to me
many bygone incident aud fierce struy'
gle between British and Egyptian troops
and forces largely composed OF Der
wishes. Ambigol Cataract, where tho
sK'rmish TOOK place, Is about sixty mules
south OF Wady Hatta. There Is an Egyp.
tian outpost az dema', whero the great
Second ostaraet proper begins, aud nm.
other at Sarrass. The one station is fit'
teen miles ana the other thirty. y.,hrso
miles iurtner gp stream, and tue railroad
iine ara ironclad train st,ll run through
to Doth posts. NO doubt when the Der
,,a0a v,sn raaaets numbering s Avv % s'r9ug' were
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Receipt for Making One Loaf.

more or less according to the brand
and quality of the -four used. Do
not make a stiff dough. like yeast
brcal. Pour the batter into a
creased pan, ANS inches, and q
inches deep, filling about half full.
The loaf will rise to fill the pan
when baked. Bake in very hot
oven 45 minutes. placing paper
over first IS minutes baking, to pre-
vent crusting too soon on top. Bake
at once. Dent Ms.r aOffh milk.
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nc brave, but tho Dervish Is heroism
run crazy, These so-called stholy beg.
gars," self-sworn to devote themselves
to the Prophet's cause, came at General
Graham's square of marines, Highland.
mon, and stout linesmen as II we had
been children to be frightened by cry,
Clad in their patchwork rags, with
shaved barred heads, many armed with
no better weapons than sticks, they
charged fulfin front Of the fre-walled
square. Down they went by scores aud
hundreds, but others quickly took up the
running toward us, saw them that
day--more than one of them-pierced
through and through with Martini. Henry
bullet wounds, como fercely on, reeling
like drunken men, their teeth cleaning
and eyes afame with hatred. Happy
were they il they could but cross
weapons with our bayonets. When ex.
hausted nature failed them, their last act
was generally to hurl the weapon they
carried, stick, lance, or sword, toward
our ranks, and shout an Arab impreca.
ton against us, tNosranil (Nazaruno! y
An old gray.haired sheik actually
charged the square reading the Koran
aloud, which ne held in his hands.
Later on, when Sir Herbert (then
Colonel Stewart charged the worsted
Atab footuaen with his two regi.
ments OF cavalry, their mounted
Dervishes faced his whole force and
boldly charged them in return, Again,
at Tanai, when the Arabs broke into
General Davis's square, where / was,
and having temporarily captured our six
machine guns, on which they danced in
iendish glee, the Dsrvishes were in the
forefront Of the attack, A big marine,
who had bayoneted one of them, found
his rifle caught and clutched by the fa'
natIc savage, who strove to wrench his
Ioeman with his sword, 1t was at the
moment we were being driven back, aud
while the marine tugged and swore to
gct his weapon freeS the reeIing DerVist
essayed with his parting strength to sla,
or wound our Tommy Atkins, In the
desperate battle at Abu-Klea, similar
scenes occurred. state il as fact, ol
which I took personal note at the time,
that during the melee in which Colone
Burnaby fell, a Dervish, who had struck
that officer, and was promptly bayonete
through the back. twisted about while
the steel was protrudipg, and tried to
thrust his lance into the ol1ier. Even
the crippled aud wounded Dorvishes on
the field Of battle lay in wait to stab the
chance passing enemy. Asked to "sur.
render" and pot down their swords aud
spears, the inSariable answer of the
sorely stricken Dervish was, "Christlan
Tor infdeD dogs, neveri" When l saw
them last in the Soudan, few years ago,
there was no abatement In their blood
thirsty ferocity, nor show of hesitation,
whether they numbered few or many, of
. longing to get to close quarters with
their enemy,
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The New Bread.

y OVAL unfermented bread, made without
~ yeast avoiding the decomposition produced
in the flour by yeast or other baking POWDER
peptc paatable and most healthful may be
eaten warm and fresh without discomfort. which
is not true of bread made in any other way. s
Can be made only with Royal Baking Powder.
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BLOOD POISON
A SPECIALITY.
"A SUCCESS"

FL. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, O., Gentlemen
l have suffered from catarrh for about FIVE years
and have tried several remedies without relief
until commenced to use Halls Catarrh Cure last
February. l must say that it is A SUCCESS,
the dropping in my throat disappeared entirely
after the first bottle. 1t increased my appetite,
that now weigh eight pounds more than my Gus
tomary weight. have recommended it to others
and all who used it have been greatly relieved and
speak highly of it. One of them was in my store
yesterday and expressed his wish to peddle this
winter. Will you please let me know the lowest
terms you could furnish it for, as I would like to
keep it in stock. Hoping to hear from you
soon, remain, Yours respectfully
r. c. HAUSWEDELL
Lake City, MINI.
SOLD BY DRUGGISTS, 7Sc.
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In the dining-room o, an English
hotel a Scriptural text is hung on the
wall, as follows. await on the Lord
and He shall exalt thee to inherit the
land" and alongside of it is n warning
from the landlord, reading "Watch
your hat aud overcoat, as the proprietor
Is not responsible for them"
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: Westminster Bridge, built in 1850,
was the first in which tho foundations
were laid by the aid of cai:suns.
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Ladies' needing n tonic, or children who
want building mp, should take Browns Iron
Bitters. II is pleasant to take, cures Malaria
Indigestion. Biliousness and Liver Complaints,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
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OF the Is, ,327 iemaie dcpos'tors in the
savings banks of PhiladelphiH, S2i6 arc
described as hCarlm .huusc kccprrs.
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The marriage q announced at new
York City OF Elsphtherios Pe!aIas tc
Catharine Eleferopuls. The priest was
Rev Paisios Fefentinha
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40 cleen eystsm ina gentle and truly
osnenci rhen the sprinstims comes,
usee 80 remedy,syrupo of Figs.
one boslle n the family and
costs only 70 cents: 4 .rise 81. rryis
and be pleased. Manufao{ - ths Califor-
mia Fig Syrup Co. only. - 81 n 4
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In A. d. 1O5 TraJsn buils magnin.
cent stone bridge across the Danube 477o
feet long.
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CoUaHs AND HoARsENEss.--The irritation
which induces coughing relieved by use OF
"Brorn's Bronchiof 7roches." Sold only in boxes
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A light suspsnslon bridge was built at
Niagara Falls in lS4s and removed iu
1854.
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his full mental power until the age OF
twenty Ave, and the Development of
ts'ent Is most marked between tho ages
vi thirty and forty five
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Weeping trees, from which drop, OF
pure, cold water fall, are OF frequent
occurrence ia tho forests OF Oregon,
Montana, Washington aud British Col
umbia.
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Many persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns Iron Bit
% ters res1iIds S. the u bSystsm aids digestion re-
splendid tonic for women and children.
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RlI1 or LAVE Agents At ONCE. Sample
MOOt uAvS Sashlock Pat. 90 free by man
Tor &c. Stamp. Immense. Unriyalied. Only good
one Invented. Beats weights. Sales unparalleled
612 a day. Write quick. BRoHARp, Phila., Pa
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II any one doubts THAI
we can cure tho most OBJ
stlnate case In 10 to 90
days, let him wrlto for
particulars and invosti-
gate our reliability. Our
financial backing 10
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call winter as we'll as in summer, the
Hawaiian deyotes to pleasure. In Homo
lulu baseball is the fad. All the island
world goes to the grounds and watches
gentlemen teams play. Many of the
young ladies in the city go to the grounds
on horseback; some riding astride in male
fashion, but always with escorts. Then
the Hawaiian Jockey Club has a race
track near Honolulu, and to it, during
the racing season, the fair world and the
brown world of Hawaii go.
At all these amusements the native
band is conspicuous feature. The baud
has forty members, all natives except
the leader, who is German. The band
cost the late Government $50, 900 year
to support.
The native Hawaiian lives an easy life.
His home is in funny grass house, like
some gigantic hay NOW. Its interior is
one room, in which are a few of the
primitive articles of modern house.
But there is much to ad nIre and com
mend in their character. Tie natives
are amiable, honest aud generous, and
have certainly shown themselves sus-
ceptible Of intellectual aud moral eleva.
ton.
Physically they are OF good stature,
active and we'll made. The descendants
Of the chiefs are usually large men and
exceed in height the average European.
All are experts in swimming, and are
good fishermen and horsemen. Fishing
is their usual mode of living.
The native women have r.ch olive
compilations, well.developed forms,
black, glossy hair, aud large, lustrons