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St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

ago. These Abyssinians had come to
Jerusalem on pilgrimage. They want
ed to worship in the Church of the
Holy Sepulchre. They were tall, fine
looking men, with regular features and
with faces Of a dead black Their
complexion was not oily like that of
negro, but it was of a rich dull
black. There are a large number of
priests in Abyssinia.. There are said
to be at least 10000 monks in the
country These men have a great deal
to do with the government The Abys-
slnians have no literature worth men,
t1oning. They have neither painting,
sculpture, nor architecture There is
no foreign commerce, though there
are some imports, upon which the king
collects an immense. duty. A mule
load of goods pay $5, a donkey load
$2 and porter's load 81.
QUEER SURGICAL METHODS.
Gen. Dye saw something of Abyssin-
ian surgery during his stay in the
country. He says that when limb is
broken In battle the Abyssinians pound
that part of the limb below the break
into jelly. Sometimes they pound
1t up as far as the next joint, and he
says that in most of such cases the
men get well. They know nothing of
Va NiLolJ w IlllG LII. jack
son was in captivity he was asked to
treat a soldier who had been wounded
in the hand. He knew that if he
touched the man and the man died, he
would be responsible, so he refused,
A few days after this the man rel
turned. His hand had been crushed
with stones up to the wound, and to
DR.. Johnson's surprise, he was recov5
ering. During the battle number Of
Abyssinians were shot, and in some
cases they extracted the bullets by
placing tube just large enough to
cover the hole into which the bullet
had gone, and sucking 1t out with their
mouths.
RAINY SEASON COMING ON.
The rainy season will soon be on in
Abyssinia. The country Is, you know
very high. It may be called the
Switzerland of Africa. 1t is made of
broken plateaus, great ravines and
narrow passes. 1t is generally healthy;
but it lies so near the equator that II
Is very hot In the summer, and the
low lands of the country are full Of
miasma and fevers during the wet sea-
son. This season begins about the midi
die Of June, and If the Italians should
make war they will have to fight the
climate as well as the people. At this
time the winds from the Red yea bring
heavy rains. The days are hot and the
nights are cold. They will have to
pass over the lowlands near the Red
sea before they get to the mountains,
and the broken nature of the country
Is such that 1t is doubtful whether the
Abyssinians can ever be conquered;
There are, all told, about four million
Of them, and these are scattered over a.
territory four times as large as the
state Of New York. During the rainy
season the ravines and gorges are filed
with water 1t will be almost impos-
sible to carry heavy guns, and in ad-
dition to this the troops will have to
fight with the lions and leopards and
other wild animals which infest the
unsettled parts Of the country.
Frank G. Carpenter. |
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

The marks but does not make the king
The awards that crowned Dr. c. Ayers Sarsapala do not
make it's superiority but they mark it the King of all
Blood Purifiers
The Worlds Fair refused to accept anything but the best
BY accepting Ayers Sarsaparla they declared be the
BY refusing admance to other sarsapara they declared
Ayers to be the best beyond all competitions
Good sarsapala motto for the home we'll the Fair.
Admit the BEST exclude the rest.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

one Of the chiefs, who took him to
be his slave, and from this time he
was well treated until peace was
brought about and he was exchanged.
The nervous wear and tear was such,
however, that 1t almost killed him.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
ABYSSINIAN CHRISTIANS

The most of the Abyssinians are
Christians. They believe in the BIZ
BILE, though not just as we do. saw
a number of them during my stay in
Egypt, and I met quite a crowd of
Abyssinian Christians at Jerusalem
during an Easter week several years
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29

holding down her head by the horns.
The other twisted a halter about her
fore feet, while the other cut a steak
out Of her rump. They cut out a piece
bigger than two ordinary beefsteaks,
first laying back the skin, and, after
the steaks were cut out, fastening the
skin on again with two small skewers
or pins. They plastered clay over the
wound, and then drove the cow on
ward to the camp where they intended
to eat 1t. Bruce describes banquet Of
raw flesh, where the COWS were cut up
by inches outside the door, being cut
in such way as to keep the animals
alive as long as possible, the flesh be-
ing eaten. as soon as it was taken in.
He tells how the Abyssinians eat raw
meat. They cut it into long strips, and
then, putting one end Of the strip in
their mouths, and holding the other in
the left hand, the man cuts off a bit
of the meat with an upward blow of
his scimeter. The Abyssinians make
a good deal Of noise when they eat,
and the bigger the bite a man can
take, and the more noise he makes in
chewing it, the more polite the man Is
thought to be. They are very fond Of
red pepper, and they sometimes eat
pellets Of raw meat, red pepper and
onions
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
HOW ABYSsINIANs DRESS.

The Abyssinians are very fine-looking
people. They are a mixed race, and
have, it is said, considerable Caucasian
blood. Some of them are as black as
the blacklist negro. Others are as
brCnzed as an American Indian. Their
noses are straight, rather than thick
They have fine eyes and a proud, erect
carriage They are very hospitable, but
they live very simply. They have prac-
tically no stores, and the business Is
chiefly done in the markets at the fairs,
which are held from time to time in
different parts Of the country. There is
very little farming. The women and
children work in the fields and tend to
the herds and f1oeks. Every man has
the right to as much land as he can
pay taxes upon, but one-fifth Of all he
raises goes to the king and one-tenth
to the governor In some parts Of Abys-
sinia salt Is used as money, and salt
and cotton are the chief commodities.
The people dress, to a large extent, In
cotton. They wear a sort Of q toga
about nine feet long and six feet wide,
which they wrap about their bodies.
These togas are homemade In addi-
ton to them, the soldiers and rich peo-
pie and chiefs wear close-f1tting trous-
ers from the low waist to the middle
thigh. The chief also wears a sort of
shirt of authority. This is of foreign
make, though a lions skin sometimes
takes the place of 1t,
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
ABYSSINIAN WOMEN.

The Abyssinian women are said to be
very beautiful. They are of different
colors, some jet black, others copper
colored and others fair. They are
noted for their very pretty soft hands,
which are so small that in general they
will pass through the bracelets which
At their wrists. They use mutton fat
in the dressing Of their hair, and sleep
upon pillows, upon which they rest
only the neck, much like the Japanese.
The women do all the work connected
with the household and the men scorn
to do anything of q domestic nature.
The women do not fight in battle,
though they go to the field and take
care of the wounded. They are often
given charge of the captives, and dur
Ing Gen. Dyes trip one of the doctors
escaped through a woman who fell in
love with him. Abyssinia is said to be
q land of free love. Marriage seldom
lasts for any length of time Couples
marry and separate at pleasure Upon
separation they divide the children.
The eldest son goes to the mother and
the eldest daughter to the father. If
there is but one daughter and all the
rest sons, the father gets the girl, but
If there Is one son and all the rest
daughters, the boy goes to the mother.
St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-29
The Best Sarsaparilla is DR. j. c. Ayers.

You can't get the best out of any thing unless you put
the best in it. You can't get best bread cheap flour
You can't put cheap material into clothing and get
out OF It, The best must in before you get the best
out That is what makes Ayers Sarsapala the best-the
best goes into it. the best ingredients the SKILL the
best experience.
There are inferior grades of the Sarsapara plant The
best grade in Honduras Ayers Sarsapara is made
exclusively from the Honduras plant and the Dr. j. c.
Aver Co., practically controls for it's USE the entire sarsa
para product of Honduras is the only sarsapara made
exclusively from this variety of the plant
The best skill goes into the compoundng of Ayers Sarsa
para 1t is not put up to sell but cure trained medi
CO skill goes into the blending of the healing Ingredients
The best experience goes into Ayers Sasaparia-more
than half century of it. You don't trust your health
to nexperence Fifty years of healing great record for
any remedy That is the record of Dr. j. Ayers Sarsapa
ra Others may initiate the sarsapaa They can't initiate
it's record But you don't want imitation sarsapariNa You
want the the best Get it. 1t is prepared only by the
Dr. J. c. Aver Co. It is sold throughout the entire world
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
THE DINNER PARTY,
Kind of Intellectual Picnic to Which
Every One Brings Contribution.

All authorities and the observation Of q
writer in Good Housekeeping agree that
there should bo nothing formal about fam
lily conversation at table. Bits of news
and neighhorhood gossip, of the lighter
and better Sort brief reference to any cur
rent topics of interest, even good natured
nothings" are better than glum silence.
But with the necessity for conversation
there is an equal necessity for wise selec-
ton of topics, especially when others than
the family are present. We must avoid
those which can be made painful or un.
pleasant to any listener and to do this
where several guests are together, perhaps
some of them for the first time, requires
tact and discrimination. Political or re-
ligious topics should be touched very
gently.
Some one has said that the French are
the best diners in the world because OF the
ease with which they maintain the
sprightly, cheerful conversation which is,
quite as much as the menu, the charm of
dinner, IL is an unwritten law of these
people that no one shall be permitted 70
monopolize tho conversation, though it
may have what, for a better name, we
will call leader. A witty story, COM
PANS''N iHto u ltN stuteUCeS, Or u uElrub
pun may start u flow of rattling talk
which will quito fill the spare moments OF
the dinner.
Another thing, French hostess invites
only people who are acquainted and con-
genial, so that when the party comes to-
gother there is the right spirit for pleas
ant hour. This of course refers to din
ner where invited guests are present, but
the distinction between that and the or
binary family meal need not be great.
1t has been truly said that in many
families when guests are invited, too
much attention is given to the culinary
and too little to the intellectual repast.
We would do well to take a lesson from
Mime. Mohi. the brilliant Frenchwoman,
who entertained many famous men and
women at her hospitable board
We are told that she was accustomed 10
give little care 80 the dinner beyond or
dering an abundant supply of simple food.
but that she bestowed much thought upon
the intellectual MENU
She regarded dinner party as "a kind
of intellectual picnic, in which every one
brought u contribution toward the COM
mon meal"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
THIS MEANS YOU.
Your Past and Your Present
Contrasted.
How Terribly You have Changed
Since Then.
An Exact Picture Of Your Present Condition.

How keenly the vision of the past comes
home to thousands. and with how SHARP
pang do we regret our vanished health
and strength, As in dream, we remem-
Der our sturdy youth, overflowing with
boisterous vitality. We recall our strong
and lusty past, when our nerves seemed
power of endurance knew no fatigue.
How different is the picture when We
suddenly find ourselves with weak and
shattered nerves, tired brains and ex-
hausted bodies, depressed and dspirited,
broken down alike in nervous and physi-
cal health
We are prodigal of our powers, vigor
and energies in youth and early life. We
use them up in business, work, pleasure
or dissipation and suddenly find our
selves cid before our time, Frustrated in
health, exhausted in brain and nerve
power, and left without physical energies.
nerve strength or ambition. Then, like
the prodigal, we would return to our
former condition OF strength and health
Luckily for us, there is that great and
wonderful restorative. DR.. GrCcne'S Ner
vura blood and nerve remedy, which will
give back to the weakened and exhausted
system the strength IL has LOST the mar
velous remedy which impartS strength
and vigor To brain and nerves Vltalizes
and invigorates all the physical powers
and restores us again to that grand degree
of lusty strength of bounding pulse and
strong physical and nerve power, which
In ignorance or folly. VIC have exhausted
Here ia the proof Mr.. John e. Milroy
who Is foreman OF the Merden Conn.
Britannia Co, has for years been noted
for his enormous strength This great
strength he lost, and now he has recovered
it again by using DR.. Grcene's Nervura
Over year ago, he says, :" | suffered
terribly from nervousness, headache. lack
of appetite. and that tired feeling sll the
time | tried several remedies before
started in on DR.. Greene Ncrvura blood
and nerve remedy, and / found that DR.
1reene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy
was inst what ! wanted
when first started to use this remedy
had fallen to 165 pounds. Now, | weigh
little over 1893 pounds have always
been considered about the strongest man
in town, and in order to keep up my repu-
tation in that respect I shall keep on
using DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy.
This greatest and grandest Of medi
cines, DR. Greenes Nervura blood ard
nerve remedy, is the discovery and pre-
scrption of the most successful specialist
in nervous and chronic diseases DR.
Greene, of 81 Temple Place, Boston,
Mass, who can be consulted without
charge, personally or by letter
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
REACHES THE HUB.
The Little Conqueror Comes to
Boston. People are Becoming
Enthusiastic.
(From the Boston Globe,)

When the welfare of the public is at
stake our citizens are interested. The
little conqueror has come and conquered,
Boston has proven no exception to the
rule; everything is sweps before the on
ward march. Enthusiastic people are
talking about their experience. Many
reader of this knows where the Photo
graphic Studio of Mr. c. Fl. Foster is at
% Hanover street, and no doubt num-
ber know Mr.. Foster personally, Bos'
tonian for 80 wears, and a man whose
statement should satisfy the skeptic
This is how he speaks of his ease. To our
representative he said: about - years
ago l was very sick man with Diabetes.
That is what the doctors called it, They
told me would not live for many years,
and advised salt water air ut the sea shore
as the only thing that could be done for
me. This appeared to help me, but for
the last 10 years | have suffered excessive
ly from most distressing pains across my
kidneys, which were constantly there,
until began TO take DOAN'S KIDNEY
PILLS, and they have relieved my suffer
ing to the extent | hardly expected would
ever be my lot had back ache so bad
at times it required almost superhuman
energy to Keep up, There was dull,
heavy, indescribable sensation in my
head. My appetite was irregular, utterly
falling me at times. My work taxed me
and made the backache worse. Then
read about Doan's Kidney Pills. l was
suffering greatly at the time, aud decided
to try them. | got Il box at Knights
Pharmacy, o. Court St, and commenced
taking them. After the first few days
knew they were doing me good, and as
continued the backache disappeared and
rapidly improved. The backache left me,
and l no longer experience former suffer
ing. My head is clear, and | feel brighter.
The urine used to contain Il heavy sedi
ment. Doan's Kidney pills have restored
it to normal condition. l feel today n
hundred per cent. better than in years. |
regard my case as being really wonderful,
and if my recommendation Of Doan' :
Kidney Pills will induce other sufferers
from kidney disorders to try them
gladly authorize you to use it.
Deans Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers. Price 30 cents per box, or sent
by mail on receipt OF price Foster Mil
burn Co, Buffalo, n. Y, sole agents for
the United States
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
McklNLEY'S CHANCES.
Ohio Congressional Delegation Looking After
His interests in Washington.

Washington, Feb. 3-All the Republi-
can members Of the Ohio delegation in
Congress, with the exception OF Senator
Sherman and Representatives Watson.
Dewitt and Beach, met here, tonight, TO
discuss the prospects of Major Mckinley
for the Presidential nomination at St.
Louis. 1t WAS stated after the meeting
that Senator Sherman was not expected to
be present. and of the other absentees that
one was sick and three were out of town.
The reported object of the meeting was
to endorse Major Nckinley,,s candidacy.
but this was not done and probably will
not be done by the delegation, ana the
ground thas there is no necessity for it.,
after Mckinley has been approved as o
prospective Presidential nominee by the
Ohio Republican state convention.
The strength Of Mckinley throughout
the country in comparison with that of
the other party candidates for the nomi-
nation was discussed. the entire time of
the meeting teing consumed in this cx.
change of views.
1t was decided that weekly meetings Of
the delegation should be held and an ad
iournment was taken until Monday Dighr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
NEWS NUGGETS.
Brought by the Wires from the North. Eas,
South and West

W. s. Parks, postmaster at Delaware.
Ohio, assigned Monday. Liabilities,
$50, 900.
An estimate places the total loss by Sun
days fire at Philadelphia, at 81, 344. 500.
insurance, 81, goo. 600.
Austin Gibbons and Bobby Dobbs
fought six rounds to draw at Patterson.
n. j., Monday night.
Fire in the Island City paint works at
Montreal, Monday night, caused q loss OF
$50, 600; partially insured.
The kentucky House. Monday, passed
the Grazinnia bill, which makes pool sell
ing outside of race courses felony.
The Chicago & Great Western will with
draw from the Western Passenger Asso-
citation and sell the 80 days limit &. A. r
tickets to st. Paul.
The London Daily News publishes a
letter from l'rfa, in which the writer es
Inmates that the victims OF the massacre
there Dec IS. numbered $500.
A dispatch from Massowah SAYS that
King Mcnalik has released ten officers de
tained by him when the Italian column
of Col GalliaIo was allowed by the
Abyssiniaus to evacuate the town Of
Makalle.
Pref. Bascom, piano player at a
Lowell, Mass, road house, drowned him
self In the Merrimac canal, foot of Anne
street Monday In pocket was IA piece
of paper bearing the words, Mrs Mary
Scott, South Berwick, Me-
The Italian murder correspondence
ira oil tp
Guided the letters ana kilograms from
''ov. Mc1ntlre to Secretary Gresham and
Mr.. Uhl, showing that he was in entire
sympathy with the endeavors of the Fed
eral government to give entire satisfaction
to Italy in the matter.
A motion was made in the supreme
court of the United States, Monday. by
Attorney General Harmon, a special coun
SCI for the United States to advance the
Betlner telephone case for an carly arau-
ment in the next term of the court Messrs
Fish & Starrow acknowledg ging the recent
of the notice, said they would net oppose
IT,
It was said at Hart ford, Ct. Monday
night that Mr.. Lawler's resignation as
general manager of the Philadelphia
Reading * New England, had been de
manded by Receiver Sherwood Lnwler's g
accounts have been gone over resultinu If
is said, in disclosing IA shortage Of $1,000
or $1,000. Receiver Sherwood refused IN
affirm or deny the truth of the report
Captain Coombs ana crew Of the
schooner Cyrus Hall of Boston. which was
burned at sea. arrived at Key West. Fla.
Sunday night. They abandoned the YES
sci shortly after !. Several vessels vert
in search of the schooner, and. Monday
the pilot boat Hero returned and reported
that the vessel could not he seer. The
supposition is that she has sunk. Both
vessel and cargo We're insured
A terrible explosion, killing John Lea
OF Buffalo, n. Y, and Alex Gordon of
MelrOse, Mass, and dana gine a large
amount of property, took place at the
compression house used in connection with
the construction of the new South Law
renee, Mass. sewer, Monday night. Dvna-
mite was the probable cause The build.
ing was blown to atoms A buildinp 50
ieet long with several hundred pounds of
dynamite, was demolished, hut the dyna-
mite did not explode
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04
" DON'T DO IT AGAIN -
Is End Of All British Comments Upon the
Ambassadors Speeches.

London, Feb. 8. The Daily News com
ments upon the fact that Ambassador r
Bayard has issued to the press his core
spondcnce with the Washington govern
mont anent the speeches delivered by him
at Edinburgh and Boston, which called
forth the resolution of ccnsure adopted bv
the committee on foreign relations In the
House Of Representatives
The paper says that Mr. Bayard has
shown by his action that he is as much
without fear a. his ancient namesake. the
Chevalies Bayard. who was without fear
and without reproach. 1t adds that more
of those who read the correspondence With
eandor will think that he is almost equally
without rep1oacb.
1t concludes; He makes merry at the
expense of Congress We firmly believe,
for the sake of our great kindred people.
that the affair will come to nothing All
the same, Mr.. 3ayard had better not do it
again"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-02-04

all along the cordilleras, even under the
equator. There it may be seen soaring
high over the highest SUBMITS, and often
quite five miles above the level of the sea :
Its breeding place is upon the lodges of
cliffs in the cordilleras close to the snow
line.
The nest is a simple hollow scraped out
In the thin stratum of earth covering the
ledges, or even in Il depression in the rock
Itself. The eggs are only two in number.
OF enormous size and II chalklike white
ness. The young stay "a long time in their
eyrie, fed by the parent birds with many
morsel fetched from afar and it is
months-the Chilean hunters say "a whole
year-before theA1ttain complete develop.
ment as to size and plumage.
Eight to nine feet is tho usual spread Of
wing but low and then an old cock is
brought down from the mountains whose
wing primaries from tip to tip give the
enormous dimensions of IA feet! So SAYS
Professor c. II. Coe In an interesting ar
tiele in Popular Science News, the source
of the cut and these facts about the larg-
est of flying birds,