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Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
THE CENTER OF THE EARTH.
Said to Be Composed of Gold, Platinum
and Iridium.

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Did YOU ever stop to consider the fact
that in all probability the center of the
earth is q globe of gold. iridium and plati-
mum? These metals are, of course, in a
LIQUID state, the iridium at the exact cen
ter-that is, providing there is not some
heavier metal at present unknown to man
occupying that place-thc platinum next
and the globe of gold surrounding the
other two.
But" you say, what proof have we
that your proposition is a tenable hypo-
thesis?" In answer l would say, two
proofs at least, and perhaps more: First,
the three metals mentioned are the heavi-
est known substances compared bulk for
bulk. This being the case, they would be
naturally attracted to the center of our
planet 'In the beginning" as Moses
would say, the earth was liquid, if not
gaseous. In either case the heavy metals
mentioned were held in solution. By
gradual condensation the metals settled to
the center. Iridium first with the pro-
viso above mentioned), platinum next,
gold last. IL
Ages ago., when tho crust of the earth
was thin-very thin-all the gold now
known was vomited out in volcanic erup-
tions. This last mentioned fact is the Sec
ond reason for believing that our globe has
a golden center core woven around a
nucleus of iridium and platinum. A third
reason for believing that there is gold at
the center is this: The earth as whole
weighs five times as much as globe of
water of the same bulk, while the rocks
forming the same outer crust are less than
three times as heavy as water.-Chicago
Times. Er
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

1t is not surprising that Arizona people
should object to having Chief Geronimo
and his band Of bloodthrsty Apaches
foisted upon them. Tbis precious aqgrega-
ton is now confined at Vernon barracks in
Alabama. They are emphatically Indians
who are only "gooP when they are dead.
If they had rec ived their jast dues the
people Of Arizona would have no occasion
to fear them at this time. OF all the In
dian tribes the Apaches are conceded to be
the worst. They are born murderers and
thieves, stealthy, treacherous, and coward
ly. If the baud now in captivity, which it
cost the government thousands of dollars
to subdue, is again turned loose more
trouble is sure to follow.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
Ii a Failure.

Whatever rank Lii Hung Chang may be
entitled to as diplomat and as states
man in the domestic affairs Of China the
Syracuse Herald is of the opinion that he
msnder because of bis nominal success in
putting down the Tai, Ping rebellion, which
waged from 1852 till 1864. General Gordon
was LIS chief sgent 10 subduing the rebels in
that war, and it was through him mainly
that Lii won the prestige which gave
him promotion and ultimately absolute
power. The duel with Japan has shown
that China was totally unprepared for war,
despite her almost ine xhaustble resources
and the progress which she was supposed
to have made during the last decade
in the education and equipment of her
army. Ii Hung seems to have
underestimated grossly the military
strength OF Japan and to have as egregious-
ly overestmated the effective strength of
China, and in directing operations in the
field and on the water he has shown little
military instinct. Clearly he is vastly over
matched by the Japan war office, and bis
superior officers are as boys to men to the
trained and acute intellects commanding
the land legions of Japan and her splendid
cruisers.
Lis deposition would seem to be inevi-
tnhlp in ease hp has not teen already re-
moved from power, but it is extremely i'm
probable that there is 10 all China a man
capable of filing his place as well as he has
done it, and change in office will, on this
suppositon, be more disastrous to China
than to allow him to retain all his lckets
and all his peacock feathers. Ii appears to
be sort of connecting link between China
of the past and China as she viii be
when the spirit of the West has taken
the masses of the people and of any other
man at court, but is not moderated as are
all educated Japanese and majority of the
bourgeoise. Under the circumstances moth
ing less than what has happened was to be
expected. 1t is certain that China's en-
lightenment can only come after humiliat-
ing national defeat, and this sslutary and
necessary preparatory lesson for an era of
development Japan seems destined to ad-
keep,their hands off.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
The Career OF TiIlman.

The indications point very strongly to
Governor Ben Tillman of South Carolina
as the next United States senator from that
state. In many respects this man is the
most picturesque figure in American poll
tics. lie came into prominence in 1875,
or rather in that year there was begun a
general Tillman movement as it ia called
in his state, which is TO all intents and pur-
poses the Popuist movement. His early
history is summed up in the following
sentence in a sketch of his life: "He
lost one eye when u boy, and So obscure
was he in the family circle that only those
who were connected with him by blood
knew Of this unhsppy accident. In 1876
he joine military company. and the fol-
lowing year was elected captain. He was
one of the noted red shirt brigade during
the Hampton campaign of 1867, when the
whites were struggling for supremacy
over the blacks, and became somewhat of
terror to the negroes of his neighbor-
hood. After this he subsided into a small
farmer, and never left the vicinity of Edge
field until 1856, when he made his first
speech at Bennettville at meeting of the
State Agricultural Society. He made de-
cided hit among the farmers end he saw his
opportunity. Instead of trcatises on crops
he gave it political turn and shaped it so
as to array the Turning classes against the
city brokers. His popularity increased un-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
PERSONAL.

Lord Breadalbane, who is said to have
the most magnificent estate in Scotland
can ride 100 miles along the Argyleshire
coast without setting foot off his pos
sessions.
Principal J. D. Horne of the Brattleboro
(Vt) high school has accepted a call to the
principalship of the Lawrence Mass high
school. which he held prior to going to
Brattleboro.
Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens, tho
youngest son of Charles Dickens, has been
living in Australia for more than 25 years,
and is member of parliament from Will
GAMMA, New South Wales
Marion Manola has been taken from the
Kelley institute at Nbrth Conway, n. H.,
to her home in Winthrop, and was accom-
panied by her 14-year-old daughter Ade-
laide. Mrs. Mason has not greatly i'm
proved during the weeks she has spent in
North Conway. Her vagaries are of tho
same general character which were de-
veloped in the early stages of her troubles
shortly after the unfortunate scenes in
court incident to the arrest on complaint
OF the New York jewelry firm.
1t Is said that Mrs Celia W. Wallace Of
Chicago, purchaser of the Tiffany chapel,
will present the chapel to st. Johns cathe-
dral of New York, and give with it sum
Of money sufficient to create a fluid for
its preservation. Although she spends the
greater part of her time in Chicago, Mrs
Wallace was born in New England. She
Is the only surviving daughter of DR..
Thomas Whipple and Priscilla Pierce
Whipple, late of Wentworth, N. H., and
traces her ancestry through distinguished
congressional line to William Whipple,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence. I@
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

til 1890, when he was nominated for COVER
nor, thirty out of thirty-five counties in the
state going for him against III, opponent
General Earle. Then the line between the
two factions was distinctly drawn and the
fight began.
Since then bis history is we'll known. He
succeeded in overthrowing the old regime
so completely as to be able to defeat Cen
eral Wade Hampton for the United States
Senate ard send the present Incumbent,
Irby, to Washington in bis stead. Then
followed his dispensary law aud his long
fight in the courts over its constitutionality.
The Tillman faction has complete control
of the state political mschioe, and with
the exception of the seventh and first dis
tricts every representative was elected on
the Tillman platform. The first district
sent negro, George Washington Mur-
ray, and the seventh elected Judge Izlar to
succeed Brawley, who was appointed United
States district judge by President Cleveland.
The conservative element under Senator
Butler has issued call to reorganize the
party, declaring that Governor Tillman has
read himself out of it by endorsing the
Ocala platform. 1t is apparent that Till
min has the power by reason of the pas
sions and prejudices that prevail-all un-
accountable, but still exis,iug. As one
writer puts it, the opinions and convictions
of lifetime are brushed aside and hero
,corsb;p "a tbo orlar 80 tho Joy
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
Church and Pastor.

Four persons were baptised at Mercer
Sunday afternoon by immersion in Sandy
river.
The Sanford Congregational church has
extended call to Rev. George Colby De-
mott of Warren.
Rev. C. C. Phelan will close his labors as
pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church at
Camden on Oct. 1ith.
Rev. d. Il. Ford baptised twelve persons
at Solon Sunday and in the evening he
received ten in full membership.
Rev. Preston A. Smith has been obliged
by i'll health to give up his position as
pastor of the Hsrtland NJ. E. church, and
is taking an enforced vacation.
The new Methodist church at Camden
will probably be dedicated Oct. IA. Plans
are now being made for the event, which
will be a most elaborate and impressive one.
Rev. James G. Merrill, editor of the
Christian Mirror, has accepted call to the
pastorate of the Congregational church at
Scsrboro. He will combine his editorial
duties with his church work.
Bishop HeaIy of Portland, will attend
the dedication Of the churches of the I'M
maculate Conception at Calais Sunday and
will afterward visit the church at Benedicta
and be present at the dedication of the
church at that place.
The Universalist Society at Pittsfeld are
soon to make some necessary repairs on
their church. The Pittsfeld Methodist
Society have abandoned the idea of erect
ing their new church until next year. The
Free Baptists of the same town have re-
Gently enlarged and recatalogued the books
in their Sunday school library; they now
have 725 good volumes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
PROBING THE HUMAN BODY.
The Electric Bullet Finder and Its Mode
of Operation.

| of Operation.
Tho electric bullet finder, or probe, an
Invention of DR.. John II. Girdner of New
York, consists of an ordinary telephone
receiver, an ordinary metal probe and an
extra bulb of the same metal that the
probo is made of. lnasmuch as there Is
no battery connected with the apparatus
Il may puzzle even an electrician to dis
cuyar wherein the electrical element lies.
Just here is where the instrument assumes
its truly scientific aspect, for its invention
proves that there is definite quantity OF
Electricity in the battery which supplies
The current
DR. Girdner had tried for years to devise
some surer means Of locating bullets than
was possible with the ordinary probe.
Some years ago somebody had invented an
electric bullet probe which depended on
battery cell to supply the current. But
the trouble was that as soon as the end OF
the probe was inserted in the flesh an cleo
trio circuit would be established through
the flesh itself, and the electric bell would
ring. So it was not known whether
bullet had been touched or not.
One night it occurred to DIR. Girdner
that the body itself might contain enough
of current to operate bell or tclc-
phone receiver. Experiment proved the
fact. The principle of the instrument is
as follows: The metal bulb is placed in
the wounded PERSONS mouth. The tele-
phone receiver is held to the surgeons
ear and the probe in the hole made by the
bullet. The bulb in the mouth and the
probe are made of the same metal, copper
being preferred, and because they are
the same no manifestation is heard in the
telephone. But as soon as the leaden
bullet is touched it brings another metal
into the circuit. The human body then
Immediately becomes one immense cell,
which generates a current strong enough
to operate the telephone, so that as soon as
the bullet is touched click is heard in
the telephone, and the location of the bull
let is established beyond adoubt.-Boston
Transcript.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

1t is the fight of lifetime with David
Bennett Hill. He cannot afford to do any
"outside of the breastworks" act. His ac-
ceptance of the Democratic nomination is a
big blunder. The fulflment of his cherished
political aspirations makes it imperative for
him to carry New York this fall, and that
is precisely what he cannot do. The Re-
publican current has set too strongly in that
state to be stemmed. 1t is a Republican
year, and the next governor of the great
Empire state will be Levi p. Morton.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

President Cleveland has agreed, it is
said, to go down into Chairman Wilson's
district and attend barbecue. Getting
voters into q frame of mind to vote the
Democratic ticket by feeding them well
is not bad idea during these Cleveland
times and the president does well to en-
courage the idea
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
Liked Doughnuts.

A big, good looking horse, attached to a
covered wagon and standing in front of a
bakery, stepped up on the curbstone in his
eagerness to meet the driver, who was at
that moment coming out of the bakery
ioor with. smile upon his face and a
doughnus in each hand. He gave the horse
first one and then the other, and the horse
ate them with evident enjoyment.-New
Work
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
PRESS COMMENTS.
The Intent OF The Voter is Considered.
{ (Hallow ell Register.

(IIallow ell Register)
Again, we believe that a large percentage
Of votes were needlessly Cast aside by bal
lot clerks, who did not appreciate the new
law. The intent of the voter, as well as
his actual vote, is considered By the Aus
tralisn law. Secretary of State Fessenden
does not believe in changing the law at
every session Of the Legislature. Mr.. Fes-
senden's idea is to adopt system and sick
TO it. That is right.
Keep Il and Learn II.
bath Independent
Change the ballot Law again and there d
be 10 900 instead of ) 900 errors at the next
general election. X ,ep it and learn it.
Further Change Would Produce Further Con.
fusion.
(Brunswick Telegraph
The protest from the Maine press
against any more tinke,iny of the Aus
trsliin ballot law seems to be well nigh
the reasons glirst, prac-
,icsily the same, that further changes
would produce further confusion of
metho ls, and consequently more errors.
Present Method Very Satisfactory to the
People.
(Pittsfeld Advertiser.)
Four to five per cent of the votes cast
in the recent Maine election were thrown out
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
A Eelniobliging Friend.

Il am so glad have met you, as have
two favors to ask of you"
"What are theys''
II want you to lend me $40 and not to
say word about it to any onc.''
1.-Two favors at once, man! That's too
much of goc. thing One of them-ycs
l won't breathe q word of this to living
soul. ."-Almanaqu de la Risa.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

A Portland gentleman has in his pos
session a sword of great value. 1t has a
keen blade with solid silver handle. 1t
has thereon inscribed these word:
"To my wifes honor;
To my mothers love.
Tom my enemy, the poin'."
This sword was presented by Maj jor- Gen
eral Henry Knox of Thomaston, Maine,
after the Revolution, to a friend of his "a
Colonial colonel) in a town adjoining Port
land.
Bath has no intention of being outdone
by Brunswick which claims to have the
largest boy in Maine, if not in New Eng
land, AMI brings forward as is champion
in this line girl of 10 years who weighs
lS0 pounds, and is gaining in weight at the
rate of II pounds month.
A horse railroad along the beach rs one
of the schemes now being discussed to boom
Popham another season.
During the past season a Belfast family
consisting of three adults procured one-half
of their food support from one-fourth of an
acre of land devoted to garden vegetables
and fruit. The only outdoor worker was
half blind veteran of the Civil War, and
his success is conclusive evidence of the
possibilities of farming in Maine.
The trials and troubles of lumberma an
who is getting crew ready to send to the
woods are many. They are very often
Obliged to advance money to the men to
procure clothing etc., and are then COM
PEELED to keep strict watch On them, other
wise they may be minus men and money. 1t
is common trick with the men to get
money from one lumber man and then hire
with someone else.
The plan Of having private cemeteries
which has been successful in various large
cities will, it is reported, soon be tried in
Portland. A corporation is soon to be
formed, and the Richardson property, COM
priSing about 60 acres, at Deering Center,
will probably be purchased for a cemetery.
Mr.. W. r. Raymond of Bangor, has an
English grammar and dictionary which
was printed in Edinburgh in l777, and which
has been in the Raymond family for years.
His daughters, Mrs. Il. 4. Thurston
and Ada Raymond have piece of silk
tina. came from the sunken Isle of Jamaica
over two centuries ago. 1t has been
through seven generations of the Raymond
family. 1t was formerly part of dress
worn by one of their ancestors.
Years ago the harbor tides rose and fell
along Commercial street, Portland. Be-
tween the site of the'present custom house,
to the east, on what is now street, and
the next building, was launched the irst
regular fishing smack during the admins
t,aion of Presidcnt Jackson and was called
the Hickory"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
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Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

An Aroostook correspondent writes that
if the people of that county didn't read
about hard times and financial disasters in
the newspapers that fact would scarcely
be known there, so abundant are the signs
Of prosperity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

How would the Democrats of the country
feel should David B. Hill, he who stood
aloofsfrom his party in the Senate, carry
the Empire states Would they claim it for
a Democratic victory: No one cares for
the answer, however, the conditions are sup
positions. David B. Hill cannot be elected
governor Of New York this fall on the
strength of bis Democracy.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
AstOnished the Pastor.

Pastof-Tommy, have you read the
story of Moses in the bulrushes?
Tommy-Nope. Whenever we do sneak
In one of them good detective stories, ma
finds 'em an burns 'em up.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
NOTE AND COMMENT.

Cleveland fishes while David B. Hill is
cheered to the echo at New York Demo-
cratic convention Is the lone fisherman
no longer the party idol?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING.

All hands must get rid of the idea that
a man with money can be forced to put it
in circulation by law. To attempt such
force is to make him draw in his horns and
bury his cash.-Galveston News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
MAINE GOSSIP.

Eastport's latest institution is a dime
museum, AMI its success seems to be an
assured fact.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

If this thing continues much longer the
Democratic party will have to supplement
Rs relic of the war, the income tax, with a
draft to obtain candidates.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

Squirrel Island is to have r $l7 900
hotel. With such an addition it will have
no difficulty next season in accommodating
its hosts of admirers.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

One thing the Republican campaign
committee should insure beyond the
chance of doubt-and that is the defeat
of William L. Wilson. If they cannot
beat him, in his close district, they cannot
hope to elect a Republican house, Lowell
Courier
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
Almost a Foresone Conclusion.
bath Times.)

Two coming Legislative events seem to
cast their shadow before with tolerable dis
tinctness. One of these is the election of
Hon. Llewellyn Powers of Houlton, speak
er of the House, by unanimous Republi-
can vote and the other the choice of Hon
F. M. Simpson of Carmel as State treas
urer. These results seem almost fore
gone conclusion and furnish good reason
for felcitation
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.

AT Schillgallen in Germany lately an
old gentleman of 70, named Jurklies, who
had already buried three wives, proposed
to a fourth. She told him he was too old,
whereupon he went into the neighboring
forest and hanged himself.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
II Was Fatal.

The man at the Emergency hospital who
blew the gas out has discovered that the
blow was fatal.-Washington Hatchet
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

Australia, the child of England, has de-
clared against free trade. And this repub-
lic-the natural commercial foe of Eng
land-is preparing to adopt John Bulls
system! just think of it!-[N New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

1t is the common belief that the peach
tree is necessarily of short life, but there
are some very old orchards on the Della
ware peninsula, and single trees have
been known to bear for a great many
years. A Sussex county peach grower has
an orchard 30 years old. and in good peach
years it Yields abundantlY
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
Peculiarly Fitted for The Place.
(Industrial Journal. }

A vacancy having been created in the
board of railroad commissioners by the
death of the lamented Col. A. W. Wildes,
the friends of Hon. Parker Spofford Of
Bucksport are urging his name in connec-
ton with this responsible position. Aside
from Mr.. Spofford's many excellent quail
ties as citizen and business man, his ex-
tended experience as an engineer and rail
road builder peculiarly fit him for the place.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

" "A N6T0 put in these columns secure
" AAv = - more answers than those who
have not tried It are aware
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

as defective through improper marking. Our
observation was that most OF the errors
arose from confusion with the mode of
marking the ballots in practice two years
ago. Now it is proposed to change some OF
the details of the law next winter. Will
this constant changing of the voting regula-
tions tend to reduce the confusion among
the people? What we want is permanent
system of voting, and the present method
is a very satisfactory one to the people as a
whole. Try it again without further tin
kering.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28
1hs Trouble Was With ovsr-coniideni.
(Boothbay Register.)

The trouble was not W ith our ballot law
but largely with over-confdent voters who
neglected to inform themselves. They will
know how to vote according to the present
method, next time, but if you change the
law again their this-year's education will
have gone for naught.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

The pernicious activity and offensive
partisanship of the Republican party are
at work rather early in the Empire state
this year. When they begin operations at
this season it is a sure sign that the Demo
cracy will have business with the political
grave digger before snow flies.-[New
York Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-09-28

1nasmuch as it is admitted that the
campaign in New York state must be
fought upon the issues which President
Cleveland has made, the logical course
for the Democratic convention is to nomin
ate a distinctively Cleveland man for
governor. No one believes that such
candidate could Philadelphia In
Qurier.