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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-16
One Way to Eat an Orange.

Those who take an orange every morning
may like to try the manner of eating them
that prevails in the land of oranges. Take
thin skinned, heavy orange, thrust fork
through it from the stem end and with a
sharp knife cut the rind away. beginning
at the fork and cutting downward. Place
the orange on ice for half hour and bring
it to the table with the fork still in it, If
oranges are good, they can be eaten from
the pulp with perfect ease and with much
more satisfaction than will be experienced
in any other way Of serving. Chicago
Herald.
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lieved in the work done there. he knew
thoroughly the system of visible speech
and was most ardent in it's support. I
would strengthen the feebleness of nv
word by falling back upon his great
memory, with the hope that something
of his constant and unfagging interest
in this school may SO animate the citi-
zens of Portland that, in the presence of
this newly aroused interest, there NAV
be no further proposal of disseminating
an Institution which is doing SO much
to "widen the skirts of light and make
the struggle with darkness narrower"
JOHN A. BELLOWS
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The worshippers Of Cleveland are very
much broken up over grave discourte-
sys which has been shown the President
by Senators Hill and Murphy of New
York. These gentlemen were invited to
a State dinner and did not go. 1t is point
ed out that no matter how badly the
relations between them and the Presi-
dent were strained they should have gone
to the banquet; they should have gone
though their feelings were such that
they would have had to glover across
the table at the host. This may be
courtesy, according to Washington socie-
ty law, but the majority of people will
be inclined to think that it is more cour-
ueous to keep away from banquet than
to go to it imbued with we'll nigh un-
comfortable impulse to insult the host.
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The cigarette manufacturers of Rich
mond, Va, are raising heaven and earth
to defeat the increase of the tax which
the Wilson bill puts upon their product.
They say that the cigarette has been
much ma.igned and that the opposition
to it is based on nothing but prejudice.
AS the manufacture of this article is
largely Southern industry the oppon-
ents of the increase will receive a good
deal of consideration; though hostil-
ity to the cigarette is SO strong
that it is doubtful if they secure what
they are after.
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Friends of the administration who did
not approve its determination to restore
the Queen of the Sandwich Islands have
been wont to attribute the conception of
that undertaking to high motives. They
have said that the President reached the
conclusion that the Queen had been de-
posed by our minister and our naval
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Subscription Rates.
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THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16.

All the reputable Democratic papers OF
New Jersey denounce the scheme to steal
the Senate OF that State which the
Democratic members have concocted,
and SO do the most of the prominent
Democratic leaders. Their opposition
has not, however, up to the present time
served to deter the conspirators from
proceeding with. their dastardly work:
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Grand Tour by
SPECIAL TRAIN
THROUGH EUROPE.

The party will leave New York Saturday,
February II on the splendid North German
Lloyd Steamship "Spree," and to be absent
Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Austria
Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria, Servia,
Germany, Holland, Belgium and England.
Nearly all the great cities and famous art
centres of Europe are included in this tour, and
giimpses will be had into Africa and Asia.
The Special Train, will include sleeping
cars and a dining Car, and the best hotels,
numerous carriage rides, and many special adj
vantages for sight seeing will be provided in
all the cities visited The party will be linn
tied in numbers.
Send for descriptive circular.
RAYMOND s. wHITCoMB,
296 Washington Street Opposite School
street,, Boston, Mass. ian13d3t
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24

"Christmas il at hand" There is more
universal joy encOmpassed in the quota
ton marks above than there is in the uni
verse OF existence outside Of them9
No matter how old you are, no matter
If you have reached the age when to
smile is undignifed, no matter if you
have reached that regretted period in
life when romance is almost a bore, you
are still as happy over Christmas az
though you were still young enough 10
hang up your stocking with note on it
and believe that glorious old story
about Santa Claus
Christmas is the day on which We for
get every one Of the vexing troubles Of
the world; at least we ought to.
Christmas Is the day on which We for
give our enemies-for the day. It IS the
day on which we forget we have to work
provided we don't have to work. 1t is
the day on which we make as many peo-
pie happy as we possibly cannot for
getting, of course, ourselves first
Fourth Of July, Thanksg wing and
birthday are rolled into one grand bundle
and magnified on Christmas.
And yet even Christmas has its DR. aw-
backs
You remember how 'sbroke" you were
for time after last Christmas. Aud yet
you don't seem to care if it is repeated
this Christmas, as it probably viii be.
Nearly all this week you have been
down town with the pushing, pulling.
hurrying, uncertain crowd Glowing
your way to windows and into stores,
spending twenty dollars worth of time
to buy five dollars worth of presents
that are unsatisfactory to you after you
have bought them.
You have not been alone though. At
least fifteen thousand people in Topeka
have been doing the same thing for two
weeks and are not done YET Tonight
they will all be down at once and you
will have difficulty in getting anywhere
The stores will be packed and the poor
tired clerks will be ready to drop from
exhaustion when they start home for the
rest they need 50 much.
The children are out too. They have
been promised good things on Christmas
all the year if they would behave and
they are expecting them. OF course they
have behaved.
They want to give, too. and they are
going to do it. Some, nice presents which
they will buy with money their parents
have given them and some with money
they have earned themselves The latter
are the happier
How can they wait till evening for the
Christmas trees2 How can they wait till
Christmas morning TO open their stock
ings and pour out the good things that
are bound to be there9
1t is a day of laughter with them and
it is indeed a hardened man or woman
who would not join them ia it. Make
Christmas a day Of peace on earth and
good Will to men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24
AN IVY LEAF.


Placed Upon LonGfonowsa Bust In W@as@
minister Abbay.
The great love which Americans
bear for the memory of Henry W
Longfellow is shown constantly by
little acts at his burial place and at
his home. In Poets Corner in West
Minister abbey is a bust Of the Amer
lean poet. II is an object Of the
deepest interest to all American vis-
itors to the abbey, and every once in
q while the vergers find fastened to
it sheets Of pa per on which quotations
from the poets best known works
are written These are we'd
regularly and destroyed In August
last some one left a tribute to the
poet which the attendant did not re-
move. and which will probably re-
main where it is
1t is an ordinary sheet Of note
paper, to which is pinned large ivy
leaf Under the leaf is written in q
strong hand. evidently a woman's:
Brought by loving hands, many,
many miles across the sea. from a
spot he well loved" Underneath is
written a quotation from Brovnings
Gods in his heaven, al1's well with
the world" The dates July 10 and
August follow, signifving in all
proba bilities the time Of the pluelSing
Of the leaf and its being placed in the
abbey.
Thousands of visiting Americans
have read the little tribute. and the
vergers in the abbey guard the paper
and leaf zealously. No one connected
with the abbey remembers having
seen the paper and leaf placed where
it is, but the attendants say it APP
peared there on the afternoon of Au-
gust ;.
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KANSAS PARAeRAPHs

A Wellington minister delivered 4 SER
mon on the subject, "Ihe Modern Ball
Room, or a Spade is Spade
Society mention from Burdick. "Two
more ladies viii arrive before Christmas
Good for the boys"
Williamsburg people who know how
to have a good time are going to have
a racing bee on Christmas day.
A constantly increasing demand has
compelled Harper county 10 build a
poorhouse. 1t Will be done about Janu-
AIRY 1st.
Dillon social item in Hope Crescent:
The semi annual quarrel as to who would
play the organ IN one Of our churches,
was cele brared Sunday.
They have been shipping sand out Of
Lawrence. DISAPPOINTED football en-
thusiasts find ia this fact some explana-
ton for their lost hopes.
A pet crow has been doing all sorts OF
mischievous things at Usage City. 1t
was generally supposed that all those
birds had been eaten long ago.
An Atchison dentist is going to give
his girl a set Of false teeth for Christmas
He thinks that will make her mighty
slow to break the engagement and re-
turn his presents.
Upton has organized a vigilance com
mitfee, and received a box Of firearms
and ammunition It is prepared to ex-
and burglars that may call
Ft Scott is all excitement over a
vicious cow that is in the stock yards
there. They broke her horns of at the
roots to tame her, and now wonder why
she doesn't get kind and gentle.
The Atchison Globe is making a fight
on the issuing Of street railroad passes
The fight is all right enough, but the
street railroad that has enough generosi-
" to do such a thing should be carefully
preserved as a curiosity.
THE Dumb Chorus or the Football
Eleven" was a feature in an entertain
ment at Abilene 1t was considered a
novel thing as being the only case where
anything like football was ever enacted
without noise.
The Salina thief who stole seventeen
pairs Of trousers and got eighteen months
in the penitentiary shouldn't feel so
bad about it There are a whole lot Of
people who work six months to save
money enough to get one pair and then
have TO get them time.
College students are the very last ones
ever TO feel the effects OF pinching want
or corroding care. A junior at the Col
lege Of Emporia rode to the train in a
hack when he left for his vacation and a
sophomore in the same institution hired
his grip carried to the train.
Atchison Globe: Harry Jordan, Of the
Seneca Tribune, was IN Washington
when Garfield was assassinated. and in
France when President Carnot WAS muir
dered He is such a hoodoO that his
movements are watched, and when he
goes TO Topeka, a lot OF big feeling poll
ticians make it q point to be away from
home.
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TOOK THE OATH ABROAD.
William Rufus King who was Running
Mate with FRANKLIN Pierce

william Rufus King Who was Running
Mate with FrankiIn Pierce.
William Rufus King, born April g.
1886; died April Is. 1853, was a vice
president of the United States who
never served in that capacity, and one
who took the oath of office on foreign
soil-some thing which can be said Of
no other executive chicer elected by
the people of this country. King was
an invalid, but his friends urged him
to take second place on the ticket
withPierce IN 1852. Both we're elected.
but MIR. Kings health failed
50 rapidly that he was forced
to 60 to Cuba early in 1883
some two and a half months
before Inaugural ton day. Not having
returned to the United States by
March 4. congress passed a special
net authorizing the United States
consul at Mantanzas, Cuba, to swear
him in as vice president at about the
hour when Pierce was taking the
oath of Office at Washin gton. This
arrangement was carried out to a dot.
and on the day appointed, at a plan
tation on one of the highest hills Of
Mantanzas, Mr.. King was made vice
president of the United States amid
the solemn ..Vaya vol, con dos" GOD
be with YOU Of the creoles who hal
assembled to witness the unique spec
tacle Vice President King returned
to his home at Cahawba, Ala, arriv-
ing at that place on April Il. 1888.
and died on the following day. His
remains were laid TO rest on his plan
tation, known as "Pine Hills -
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For a hobby suit with
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lican party, then in its infancy, and
soon gained great political influence
with his German fellow citizens He
soon acquired good command Of the
English language and was a power on
the stump in the memorable campaign
of 1860
President Lincoln made him minister
to Spain, but he resi- ned in 1862 to enter
the Federal army as brigadier general Of
volunteers. He was made a major gen
eraI in 1868 and served with distinc-
ton IN the second battle Of Bull Run
and at Charlottesville, Gettysburg,
fredericksburg and Chattanooga.
Mr.. Schurz's political affiliations
have been various He served as a Re-
publican United States senator from
Missouri from 1869 to 1875 He was
temporary chairman Of the convention
that nominated General Grant for presi-
dent in 1868, and four years later he
presided over the convention that nomi-
mated Greeley In 1876 he supported
Hayes, and he served four years in the
cabinet of that president He supported
Garfield in 1880 and Cleveland in 1884,
1883 and 1892. His last vote, in No
vem Der, 1894, was cast against the
Democrats, but with which party he
will be identified in the next campaign
is one of the problems of politics.
Since his retirement from Office Mr..
Schurz has lived in New York city. For
three years ne edited The Evening Post
and is now interested in one Of the Ger
man Am rican steamship lines.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24
4 ST LOUIS AND NEW oRLEANs srEAMEn.
Especial Correspondence.l

ST LOUIS AND NEW ORLEANS STEAMER.
Playing second fiddle to Chicago and
hidden by dag and by night and by
night and by day in q smudge Of black
smoked
You think speak with undue heat
perhaps, and that possibly have per
sonaI grievance against the new order
Of things Well, I have a personal
grievance, and I don't know why 1
shouldn't be hot whenever think or
talk about the river. What am 7 now?
Nothing but a night clerk in a hotel.
That's all I ever will be too. What
would I have been if the grand old riv-
er hadn't petered out? Why, man. I'd
have been a pilot now, or maybe cap
tain Of such boat rs the Mary Bell, or
the Robert E. Lee, or the Natchez. /
tell you the days when the Lee and the
Natchez used to race up and down this
river were days when 1t was worth
while to live. It was the evil one him
self sir, in my opinion, that put it into
the heads Of the railroad men to make
all their roads of uniform gauge. Be
fore that time the grand old river had
some show. But that action settled the
fate of the Mississippi. Before that we
could carry grain to the seabOard cheap
er and quicker than they could. Then
they had to stop at St Louis and half
dozen other points and transfer the grain
from cars on 4 foot 8 = gauge to cars
on foot or 6 foot gauge, or from
wide to a narrower one, as the case
might be-
Later some one devised the scheme
of lifting the car bodies, all loaded, from
one set Of tracks and lowering them to
another set by means Of hydraulic jacks.
That expedited matters a good deal, but
still we had the whiphand But when
they all adopted the same gauge. making
it possible to carry grain TO the seabOard
without breaking bulk, the river was
done. Every year since then the tonnage
has been less than it was the year be-
fore, every year fewer new boats have
been built. and every year. though old
St. Louis has steadily grown, she has,
relatively speaking, dropped behind in
the race. The everlasting cutting Of
timber on the upper waters has also hur-
RED the decline Of river traffic, for,
while just as much water passes down
the stream IN a year as there ever did,
it goes down in a hurry in the spring.
just like one big wave, so to say, and
the summer period of low water, when
the river is practically not navigabIe, is
longer every year. All this time. too.
the railroad fiends have been insulting
the beautiful upper river with bridges.
When the big bridge here at St. Louis
was built, all the world was amazed,
and no one more than the river men
themselves, who held that it could new
er be done successfully. Now I don't
know how many bridges there are be-
tween here and St Paul. There are so
many that it's like trying TO run a boat
through a tunnel to navigate the upper
stream AS for the Missouri, you can Il
do anything at all with it. The Nilsson
RI was always worse for shoals and bars
than the Mississippi. and the railroads
have been meaner there They have
built their bridges with the piers nearer
together. and it's almost impossible to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24
AMeRlM's ACTIVE VOLCANO.
The Island Belongs to Group Noted For
Waking Sudden Disappearances.

The Island Belongs to a Group Noted For
Making Sudden Disappearance.
Ambrim, one of the New Hebrides is
lands in the southern Pacific, was re-
Gently destroyed by an earthquake and
volcanic disturbances. On Nov. / 3 an
earthquake shook the island to it's re-
hottest foundations, and an entire viii
lage, inhabitants and all, was cast into
the sea- A volcano became suddenly ac-
tive, and a great stream Of lava rushed
across the island stream of fire and
plunged into the sea, causing a dense
pillar of steam to rise thousands Of feet
into the air. These islands have long
been noted for their ow-you-see-me-
and now yOu-don' t character. In 1871
Aurora, one of the most fertile islands
of the group and some SO miles long and
five miles broad, suddenly sank into the
sea, leaving no trace OF it's existence.
Ambrim is or was so miles in circum-
ference, and was fertile and we'll Guilt
waited It had become celebrated for its
excellent coffee. The center of the island
is now a mass of lava, and the crater
of the active volcano is a mile in diam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24
HOW FISH BREATHE.
They Require But the Minimum Of Ozy-
gen to Keep Up Temperature.

They Require But the Minimum Of Oxy-
gen to Keep Up Temperature.
The gills Of the hsh are situated at
the back part Of the sides Of the head
and consist of a NUM- Der of vascular
mem branes, which are generally ar
ranged in double, fringelike rows, at
tached to the parts by the base only.
In some cases these mem branes are
feather-shaped; in others, mere folds
attached to the sides Of the gill cav
tiles. The fish is a cold-blooded ami
NAL; that is to say its tenn perature is
seldom more than a degree or two
higher than the water in which IL
lives. This being true, the creature
needs but a very small amount Of
oxygen to keep the blood az
a temperature sufficiently high
to sustain life. This oxygen is
supplied TO the blood of the fish
by respiring large quantities of water
or, rather. drinking large quantities
of water, and respiring the air sepa-
rated from it by the gills- This ex-
plains why fish cannot live in tank
of water which has been sifted
through the gills time and time again
any better than a human being or
other animal can in air that has been
deprived Of all its oxygen by being
taken into lungs and expelled with
out being aerated Fish that die in
the stale water o. aquariums may be
properly said to drown, because they
perish for want of air, the same ching
man and other long breathing ami
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24
4 FACE LANCE m POLITICS
fhe Picturesque and Interesting Career
of Carl 6churz.

fhe Picturesque and Interesting Career
of Carl Schurz.
Carl Schurz, who has been reelected
president of the National Civil Service
Reform league, is a pioneer and has
long been one Of the foremost leaders in
the reform. AS secretary of the interior
he introduced competitive examinations,
and since retiring from the cabinet Of
President Hayes in 1881 he has labored
actively with voice and pen for the pro-
motion Of the movement.
Carl Schurz has had a singularly
eventful and interesting career. Born
near Cologne, Prussia, March 2, 1929,
he was educated in the University Of
Bonn and early took an active interest
IN politics. He was such an ardent re-
former that he Joined the revolutionists
and was soon compelled to flee from his
native land He went to Paris, thence
to London and finally came to America
in 1852. He located first in Philadel-
phia and few years later moved to
Wisconsin. There he joined the Repub-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24

ANOTHER Hillmon case ID brewing at
Kansas City. The insurance companies
which had written policies to the amount
of $4,000 on the life Of the missing Dr.
Fraker refuse to pay the claims and have
appealed the case 10 the supreme court
The present generation Of claimants will
all be n the happy hunting ground be-
fore the matter is finally decided Courts
seem to be often as useful for pre-
venting the settlement Of controversies
na settling them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-24

Countess Oyama, the wife Of Field
Marshal Count Oyama, who is COM
handing the second japanese army in
the vicinity Of Port Arthur is described
as one Of the most charming and accom-
plished ladies Of Japan She was edu-
Gated in an American college, either
Wellesley or Vassar, and speaks Eng
lish huently. She was one Of the lady
commissioners appointed by the empress
Of Japan to gather and send an exhibit
to the Worlds fair.