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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-27

The W. c. T. T., OF South Dakota, will
oppose the resu omission of the prohibit
tory law by the Legislature this winter.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-27

4 bill will he introduced in the next
legislature OF New Hampshire, prohibit
ing the manufacture OF spiritueus and
malt liquors.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-27

New Jersey W. {. T, [. won the prize
banner given by Mrs. Hunt for the
largest numb of scientific temperance
instruction superintendent appointed
during last year.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1894-12-27

Miss Willard is quietly resting after the
fatigue of the great convention at the
Abbotsford, overlook ing Commonwealth
avenue Boston, where Lady Henry
Somerset will soon join her. Mrs.
Stevens, who will assist in the plans for
the years work, is spoken of by Miss
Willard as the Ari-tides OF the W. {.
T. L.
, 1894-10-10
CASSAVA MEAL AND TAPIOCA.

Next to rice and sage, there are but few
food products of a similar character that
have such an extensive use as tapioca.
And notwithstanding the enormous guam
titles that are produced, and the cheap
rats at which it is sold in the English mar
ket, but little is generally kaown::os to its ORR
gin and preparation
Two distinct plants, though closely bota-
nically allied, furnish tapioca: til ey are
Manihot utilissima, PohI. known as bitter
cassava, and Manihot aipi, PohI, the sweet
cassava. The plants are natives of
Brazil, where they are extensively c%ultiva-
, 1894-10-10

Tom:"you would marry the greatest fool in
the world if he asked you, wouldn't you?"
Edith: "Oh, Tom, this is so sudden"
Surprised. = Glow many years have you
been dumb i? sympathetically asked a gentle
man Of a beggar who pretended to be bsreft
Of speech. Five ears, SIR replied the i'm
poster, completely taken off his guard.
A Proper Time for Everything. - IF you
wish 10 retain your situation, Mr.. Piper, it
will be necessary to pay more attention to
your personal appearance. You look as
though you have not Shaved for a week" ''But
l am growing q beard, sir" That's no ex-
cuse, sir. You must do that sort of thing
out of business hours
, 1894-10-10
(Spectator Sept. 8th.)

The Dutch. who are ut home an efficient
people, make a horrid mess of their foreign
possessions. The natives in South Africa
regard them with horror, and III the Eastern
Archipelago will not yield except to positive
force. Moreover, the Dutch do not display
capacity. With their endless wealth they
ought to have conquered thu whole archlpel-
ago forty years ag,, but they hardly advance
a step. They viii not have Borneo now,
for we are there, they haYe been at war with
Acheen for twenty years, Cad this week the
people of Lombok, aided by thu Ballnese,
have cat off a whole detachment. killing an
extraordinary proportion OF officers. The
English would do all the WoCi i'll three years,
the natives submitting to regular laws ana
paving regular taxes. Something III The
Dutch i~rritates the dark races profoundly,
and one wonders what it IS. 1t ~ said TO
be their cruelty but they are not more cruel
than the native leaders themse!! YES, and 1t is
certainly no want of efficiency. We suspect IL
is the feeling which induces them to treat dark
men exactly as if they were animals, sometimes
kindly and sometimes cruelty, but always
with 8 grave 'immovable contempt; but then
what does that feeling arise from ? 1t Is
wholly apart from the i~nsolence OF the
French, ard the passionless a%oofness OF the
English. and the rigidity of the Germansj
and suggests the dominance of some idea.
The Dutch are slow people, but in the
words of the. American poet, "they get there
lust the same They have been considering
the subject of draining the Zuyder Zee Tor a
century or more, and nov a Royal Commls-
sion has Just completed a practical plan, when
the Dutch Government, if 1t thinks ut, can
carry ont for about G26, 900 ,OOO; getting III
exchange a new province about as Dig as
Oxfordshire-i. e., 100 square miles, worm
about .f27, 100000. The Times OF Tuesday
gives an interesting account OF now TINS great
work is to be accomplished. LOOK at the
map Of Holland and note the l8laho OF
Wieringeu, which lies roughly, about nan
way between the chief basin OF the Auydor
Zee and the row Of islands which are do'ted
along the sea, to mark out, as 1t were, inc
sea.flontier Of Holland. This island OF
Wieringen is to be joined TO the land on each
side by huge embankments. II the water on
the inside of it were merely a huge Podole' IL
might all he pumped out. But 1t Is not mere
ly a puddle. A large river, the 1sse!! twas
thai the river that Hamlet wanted to drink
up?) runs into it, and must oe PROVIDED Ior'
Accordinply the Dutchhen only propose to
Rim off four great"p6lders'' or reclaimed areas
round the edges of the puddle, and to leave
the middle as the Yssclmeer, giving its wa
t5rs an escape by means Of locks and %sluices
in the embankmemt. The locks will also be
used by ships wanting to come into Hollands
new lake. 1t is calculated that the embank-
mont would take zine years to make, amt
that the whole scheme would not be finished
for thirty three years. The reclaimed land
will. it is said, be the best in Holland.
, 1894-10-10
sIsAL HEMP AND RAMIB IN JAMAICA

Sisal fibre culture is an infant industry in
Jamaica, but it is receiving considerable
attention, as it has been demonstrated that
there are soils in this island highly adapted
to its cultivation, and that the climate is
Identical with that Of Y%ucatan, where it is so
extensively grown. There seems to be no
doubt but chat it can be cultivated there as
proftably as in Yucatau.
The present Governor Of Jamaica, Sir
Henry Blake, formerly Governor of the Ba-
hamas, where he was largely instrumental
in the introduction Of the sisal hemp industry,
has taken q deep interest in its cultivation
since his arrival in this colony, and has done
much to promote it.
The task Of securing young plants to set
out has been attended with some difficulty.
In the year 1886 the Botanical Department
endeavoured to procure a supply'.fromY ueatan,
but the planters, wishing to retain a mono
poly of the trade that brought them large
fortunes, refused to export them. However,
through the special request OF the Colonial
Secretary, addressed to the British Vice
Consul at ProgressQ, one dozen plants Of the
ordinary kind under cultivation were secured,
In 1889 the Government of the Bahamas
forbade the export for II period of three years,
but fortunately more than 10000 plants
were established at the Hope Gardens, near
Kingston. In 1891 the Jamaican Govern,
ment i'm ported from Florida %, 600 plants of
the same variety as that grown in the
Bahamas. This was in addition to over
$1,000 already supplied to planters, and over
10000 planted in the Hope Gardens, herets-
fore mentioned.
There is now a large supply of plants at
the Hope Gardens, which are offered for sale
at 1916 dolls. per thousand. The planter is
thus enabled to procure them at less expense
than formerly. Lieut. Colonel Ward, Jamai-
can COMMISSIONS at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, has recently become interested
in siSal cultivation, and has set out about
one hundred acres. The plants are doing
we'll, and lie is preparing to cultivate them
upon a larger scale.
The cultivation of sisal hemp, aside from
beng O. source of revenue to the planter, will
enable him to utilise barren and impovsrish-
ed soils, hitherto deemed worthless. The
only requisites are that the soil be dry and
that the rays of the sun be allowed free pene-
%tration, shade being prejudicial to the plants.
The bulletin Of the Botanical Department of
Jamaica fer October, 1898, predicted q fair
export of sisal fibre, from the Bahamas in
1894, and q large export in 1895. The
United States consul at Kingston is inform
ed by the superintendent of the Hope
Gardens that there will be IA limited supply
of sisal fibre for export from Jamaica in 1895
or 1896. If. he says, the present prices con-
Time sisal fibre is destined to become one of
the principal exports of the island, and will,
no doubt. become as great a bo0n to the colo
ny as it has proved to Yucatan and the
Bahamas.-West Indian G Commercial Ad-
n~erfiSpr-
, 1894-10-10

A London weekly journal contains the fol-
lowing reference to the government-owned
hotel Of Kingston Jamoica:-''Ihe Govern
ment of Jamaica, which OWNS the Myrtle
Bank Hotel in the city Of Kingston, want to
lease that house equipped for business as it
stands. The house has sixty six visitors
bedrooms, stands on the shore Of Kingston
Harbour, and with live management might
perhaps be made to pay, as Jamaica is now
beginning to attract winter tourists. A pho
tograph Of the hotel may he seen at the
offices Of the Grown Agents for the Colonies,
Downing street, London.
, 1894-10-10
WEST INDIA GOSSIP.

West India G Commercial AdUertaSer.)
We imagine our contemporary the Pau
NoH Gazette is not far wrong IN giving as
oue reason for the attack on Sir Napier
Broome by the local press the panclty OF sub
iects on which to write i'll a rude tropical
colony: but surely that is not sufficient excuse
for tbe extreme coarseness of the language IN
dnlced in. any more than it is for the needless
w vehement tone of the Governors defence.
The Trinidad, as we'll as othef colonial Jour
nails should not lose sight of the fact that
Governors are representatives OF the ooVe'
eipn. and as such demand n little courteous
treatment even when they are believed to be
in fault in a matter q public patronage, Tor
which in the Trinidad case there were no
good grounds.
The following paragraph from a Canadian
Journal is of more than ordinary interest to
our West Indian readers, because the adhesion
of the Dominion and jamaican Governments
to the project for connecting Canada with
the West Indies may be regarded as assuring
fhe success of the scheme for u connecting
cable .-.eThe Board of Trade has pronounced
strongly in favour of an annual subsidy to be
maid by the Dominion government to a direct
cable between Canada and Jamaica. The
urasent cable from Halifax to Bermuda would
he utilized as the first stretch OF the proposed
cable The government Of Jamaica has pro-
missed an annual subsidy Of $4,000 for q
, 1894-10-10

years; the British Government is expected 10
assist, and the Dominion Government is ask
ed for an annual subsidy, equal to that pro-
missed by Jamaica"
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TRIMMED HER EARS.

A Philadelphia Society Woman UndergoAs
nm Operation 90 Improve Her looks.
A young society woman from Phila-
delphia underwent q painful operation
Tuesday mt the hands Of Dr.. l. +. Pit
kin, 1877 West Forty-second street. to
remedy pair of ears which she thought
were not shapely enough. In reality
they were not at ali unusual either In
size or design, but the young woman
thought they stood ont too much from
her head
She sat i'm the chair yesterday after
noon, and with the exception Of 9 few
spasmodic little screams Submitted to
the painful operation without flinching.
DR.. Pitkin made long incision In the
back part OF each ear and cut ont o v
shaped piece Of membrane. Then he
sewed mp the wound and drew the ear
back close to the head. When one ear
had been fixed mp, the young woman
looked In the mirror and seemed tc
think the Improvement very slight, but
the surgeon assured her that IL was
greatly improved. and when both had
been treated she thought they looked
much better. The doctor said he had
treated another woman similarly the
iay befae. New York World .s
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An Expensive Cow.

There is man in Chicago who pays
$1S, 600 year for the privilege OF keep
ing cow He is sane man, q business
man, man Of family and generally
respected In the community. His poor
relatives declare him freak, and his
neighbors shrug their shoulders and
murmur things about rich mems whims.
The way Of it is that he possesses val
uable building lot in q choice residence
portion of the city. and having nothing
else TO do with it he put q nice little
fence around it and quartered therein
his pet Jersey COW. The cow was an
artistic cow and harmonized well with
the green turf and little bushes, 80 peo-
pie rather admired the arrangement.
One day man came along who thought
he would like to build q house ON that
particular lot. 80 he hunted mp the own
er and made him q spot cash offer Of
$500, 900 for the land His offer was re-
fused, decisively and politely.
But. demonstrated u relative,
aghast that would pay you $1s. 900
yearl Why ON earth did you refuse
it?''
The rich man Lie cigar and turned q
protesting face on his accuser. "Yes,
he assented in . puzzled way, ''but
what would have done with my cowY'
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CANADIAN ANNEXATION.

The London 'sThunderer' Makes some I'm
teresting Comments ON the Subject.
Within few months the mother
country has shown some reviving inter-
est in Canada, which has long been the
most neglected of her colonial children.
The Times has been publishing series
Of letters from special correspondent.
After summing mp the Canadian situa-
tion The Times says editorially.
Whether these unique conditions,
pregnant, it may be, with the fate of the
whole world, point to the absorption of
Canada in the United States. or to her
acting as the FINK provided i'm the labor
atory of nature for the ultimate fusion
of the whole Anglo-Saxon race, is q
question which only the future. and
probably the far distant future, can de-
termine. What is certain is that the
influence of Canada ON the international
relations Of Great Britain and the Unit
.ed States has tended, more than any
thing else, to the peaceful and not in-
equitable settlement by arbitration Of
questions which In less favorable cir
cumstances might have proved intract-
able to diplomacy. What may be the
future of Canada in relation to the
United States on the one hand and TO
the British empire ON the other no man
as yet can say, but no man who looks
before and after and strives to measure
the forces which prescribe and deter
mine the course Of human affairs can
doubt that the problem here propounded
is big with the fate Of untold genera
tions OF mankind. /"
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They SHOT 70 xiii.
4 FAfal Duel the Result of Remark In
Fun 90 q Pretty weanan.

4 Fafsl Duel sHae Resnlt u Remark In
Fun % . Pretty Wommn.
| A pretty Spanish girl sat BY the win.
dow of her house at El Monte Monday
evening when q woman with number
of Mexicans drove by. One OF them,
named Juan Orosco, saw the girl. His
eyes kindled with admiration, and he
called to her In Spanish, iOh, my pretty
onep' As y consequence Of the remark
duel 10 the death was fought between
the pretty girls husband and the young
man, and the girl Is now widow. The
contest was before witnesses, but sur
geons and seconds were omitted
The wagon had got about q mile away
from the house when the sounds OF d
horses hoofs were heard, and soon a
man was seen TO drive up. beating his
horse In o vicious manner to increase his
speed. The rider Of the animal was Car
cia. the young woman's husband, and
he was gesticulating wildly TO the men
in the wagon. The wagon was brought
TO D standstill, and Garcia drove ur. He
berated the men for insulting his wife.
The men In the wagon were inclined to
regard the matter as joke. but Garcia
was terribly in earnest He challenged
Orosco TO get of the wagon and fight
him. Orosco, thinking Garcia meant an
issue at fisticuffs, jumped from the
wagon with alacrity. He was much the
younger man and more active and 1.-THE,
and as he jumped from the wagon he
called to his companions TO watch how
quickly he would "do'' his opponent up.
Scarcely had Orosco got few feet
away from the wagon when Garcia
pulled revolver and began shooting at
him. Orosco was somewhat dazed at
first, but he pulled ont revolver and
returned the fire It In said that Garcia
fred four shots and Orosco three, but
anyway, after Orosco was through shoot
ing. Garcia was heard to give cry and
fell back I'm the road One OF the bullets
from Orosco's weapon had gone through
his head Orosco was shot through the
right hand.
When Garcia fell, Orosco expressed
his regret, and with his comrades drove
back TO El Monte. The jury brought i'm
q verdict Of killing in self defense. -
Los Angeles Cor. Sam Francisco Exam
iner
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MAxlM,s NEW IDEA.
a Fort In the Air which woulA Cost =
FUrknne. hut End d War.

y
Fortune. but End d WAX.
The celebrated inventor Of the Maxim
gun, one OF the most formidable Of
modern weapons, is hard ct work, as he
hes been for long time, upon the old
problem Of aerial navigation. In one inn.
portant respect Maxim is working ON
different and less difficult lines than
those which other inventors have tried
20 follow. They have aimed at the de-
vising OF flying machines which could
b. operated at cost not too great to ad-
init Of their use i'm the ordinary bnsi-
ness affairs of life. The inventor Of the
Maxim gum, however, il very appropri-
ately working, primarily, to produce q
machine which can be used In warfare.
For this purpose it is not at all neces-
sary that the expense of air navigation
should be low enough TO bring IL within
reach OF commerce or travel What he
is aiming at is the creation OF new
and terrible engine of war, and every
body knows that the great powers Of
Europe take little account of cost when
they ara dealing with the arrnaments
which they regard an essential to their
very existence.
II q flying machine or airship can
be invented which will be efficient in
ordinary weather and will enable the
power possessing it TO attack the for
tresses and camps of its enemies from
above, there will be o mad rush To OBJ
tain plenty of the new engines of de-
struction, no matter how much they
may cost to build and operate. The pic
ture Of wholesale destruction which is
held up before the military mind when
an inventor talks Of pouring dynamite,
shells down upon beleaguered fortress
from great height and thus blow it
into atoms, without risk or possible de-
Tense, is too attractive to permit money
TO stand in the way at all Perhaps we
shall see that wonderful dream OF the
poet come true which is told In the
lines:
Hear the heavens fill with shouting, and there
rained o. Ghastly dew
From the nations airy nayies grappling in the
central blue.
Cleveland Leader.
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LOVE STREAMS.

Like swollen brook In springtimn.
Eaaming, sparkling. laughing, cay.
Onward leaps fmpetuous passion
Day by day.
Mother Nature sets the fashion
All obey.
Like . winding stream In summer.
Broad and deep and calm and clear.
Onward flows loves mighty current
Year bY year.
Mother Nature, all inherent,
Guides us here. =
Like q vast unfath0med ocean,
Swelling. throbbing, ever free,
Onward drifts loves tide immortal
Ger life's sea,
Sweeping on toward heavens portal
You and me.
Minneapolis Tribune,
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C<kDGleMs
raka Notice.

That Matthew w. DAILY, the assignee Of the
Bank OF South Dakota, having fully complied with
hi. trust and being deeirgue 20 be dischsrGed
from ali further dntiee, liabilities or responsi-
bilities connected Herewith, will apply 20 the
Honorable Joseph wv. Jones, at hia chambers In
the city Of sioux Falls, county Of Minnehaha,
STATE or South Dakota ON Tuesday. the Oath day
or July fSoA at the hOuF 0f o'clock In the after.
nOon OF that day, or as e0On thereafter as ne can
be heard for an order audisinG and settling his
accounts and for his discharge.
Dated. Madison, south Dek0tA, June S0th.
1894 MATTHEW w. DAILY,
Assignee.
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a NentueI.y' suicide s,rub.

lin Bowen, hamlet In Powell c0un-
ty. KY, the young men have suicide
club. Two bright youths. one 0f them
engaged to be married. have killed
themselves within two months without
shadow Of excusesor q word Of expla-
nation. Paxents are terribly Distressed
lest their own sons should be the next
TO draw the red ruble, and In q spirit
Of reckless bravado follow out the man.
dafe of tho awful oath.
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Notice.

NOtlC9. 8H.398... Z
10 the Creditors of. and aii Persona Having
Claims Against. John Huecker, Of Ramona.
Lake County, south Dakota:
Notice 10 hereby given, that on the 2lst day Of
Jane 1894. JObn HueekeS, dFuggiet, OF the gil-
lare uf Ramona, in Lake county, South Dakota,
made A voluntary assignment 10 the undersiGned
fOr the beppft Of al hfe creditors, without pref.
erence OF priority, and which said deed OF as-
eiRnmenf wAa hled for record, and recorded, In
fhe oSCe 81 the register Of deeds within and for
Lake cOnufy, south DaAota, on the 2ist day Of
June. 1894. Now, therefore, all persons are
hereby required 10 make due and legal proof OF
thstr claims and demands against the eaid John
Hueeker and Ale the came with the Undersigned,
at th0 village Of Ramona, n Lake county, south
Dakota within thirty days after the date Of this
Dated jane q, 1894.
SAMUEL BAST,
Assignee OF John Hnecker, insolssIt.