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Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27

ano is always with him in t1ot,Iy weather
and sunshine, and, to dispose of its being a
sun shadow, says it is often on the same
side with the sun. Then he states that it
is only on his walks for exercise that it
comes to his side from the gloom. Wby is
that? Because he has completed his labors
with material things and goes forth with
n restful mind. His whole being is ready
10 receive his guest, and he welcomes it
ana lends an ear to its promptngs That
ne IS not u spiritualist is readily seen. as
ne asks for scientific explanation. Spir-
tuailsm is science much dcridcd and lit
tie understood, but in it lies the only
explanation of Dr. McKahan's case.
Throughout his whole 40 years the pres
ence has been there, but he has refused to
recognize it, and even now he scarcely
knows what it is. 1t will continue with
him to guide, counsel and comfort him
just as the flesh and blood presence of the
original would do were it possible for it
to accompany the sorrowful man on his
lonely strolls.
DIR. Carl Borcll explains the strange case
from the point of view Of an oculist. He
says the hallucination is of brain origin.
There Is species of phenomena often
met with in the practice of oculists and
recognized by them as subjective scnsa-
tions of light Persons who are totally
blind and to whose optic nerves no light
can penetrate think they see flashes and
sparks of light and even the most bcauti-
ful colors. The sensation of form percep-
ton is never present, however The rea-
son for this is that the irritation OF the
optic nerve which causcs the sensations
Is sutfuse. 1t is not caused by any particu-
lar form of substance and therefore no
sensation OF form is produced. This man
sees form. His hallucnation, therefore,
does not come under the head of subjective
impressions, but is purely of brain origin
would not say that we see With the brain
and not with the eye. 1t is probably moro
nearly correct TO say that we see with both
Certainly sight is impossible to one with
out the other All we know about sight
is that aN inverted image is photographed
on the rctina, which is simply another
name for the optic nerve, where it spreads
out to receive the impression. From the
retina it is flashed along the optic nerves
to the brain. If the optic nerve should be
severed, total blindness would cnsuc, even
though everything in front Of the retna
was normal and the inverted images were
photographed just the same on the rctina
On the other hand, though the optic
nerve is all right and the connection with
the brain not disturbed, if disease shuts
the light from the retina absolute blind
ness ensues, although, as have said, irri
tation OF the optic nerve may produce sub
jectiVc sensations of light.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
A Building For Children.

In the Transmississippi exposition at
Omaha there is to be children's build
ing. 1t will be special feature of the
educational department, which is i'll
charge of the women. The object is to
have home for children on the exposi-
ton grounds, filled with everything
that can interest and amuse young peo-
pie and where they will be taken in
charge and entertained. The feature is
n most worthy and important one, is in
stituted and being pushed by the whole
army of clubworking women in the
state-a sufficient guarantee of its COM
plete success.-Ram' Horn.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27

to the glory, profit and victory which
would result from war with the United
States. They have now been rudcly awak-
ened to its terrible consequences. A starry
ing nation cares nothing for national
honor
The queen now has an honorable excuse
to give her people why she must sue for
peace The Carlists view the riots with
mingled horror and distress. They know
they mean death to their cherished plans.
The dearest ambition of Wcylcr may be
defeated by these same maddened starv
ing mobs. For once they may prove the
bulwark of royalty and not the destruc
ton.
The price of loaf of bread counts but
little in the eyes of the rich man save in
an abstract and ideal sense. Even the
American workingman, with his relative
~ high wages, can remain indifferent
thereto But III Europe, where the wages
of labor are small beyond all American
conception, and where the workingman is
expected to keep his wife and his family
on $3.50 and 81 week, the increase in
the price of a loaf of bread even by a few
cents is q matter of vital consideration
and entails the suffering of the pangs of
hunger.
Perhaps no better illustration of the
subject can be given than the figures Just
published by the French government.
According to these, the annual consump-
ton of wheat in France amounts to $780,
600, 900 hectoliters whereas the annual
production does not exceed in the best
years 90, 900, 600 hcctoliters, and last year
amounted to only S5, 900, eco hectoliters,
so that 5000, 600 hectolters have to be
imported from abroad, and it is hardly
necessary to say that whenever, through
one reason or another, there is any partic-
ular scarcity of grain the brokers and
dealers as well rs the domestic farmer take
advantage thereof to increase the price to
as high a figure as is possible.
At the present moment the price Of
grain in Europe is higher than at any
previous time for 90 years Indeed there
are some authorities who allege that there
has been nothing in the present century to
compare with the phenomenally rapid and
extreme rise of wheat during the last
week Today wheat is at Sl.90, and it is
only necessary to recall to mind that when
wheat stood at that figure 1870 years ago
in France the entire country rose in in
surrection owing to the severity of the
sutferings of the people caused by hunger
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
A PluckY Woman.

Mrs. W. H. Wilcox of Los Angeles
has two United States flags flying in
front of her house at S25 Golden ave
nue. The other day tall, swarthy
Spaniard came to the door, at a time
when she was alone in the house. and
demanded that the flags be hauled down
Mrs Wilcox frightened him away with
tiny nickel plated bicycle wrench,
which she pointed suddenly at him like
a revolver. He Went away surly and
glowering. She watched him down the
street until he was joined by another us
dark and as big as himself The two
had conference. Then they attempted
q flank moment. The Los Angeles En-
press says: 1.-The second man sneaked
around the side of the house, while the
first marched boldly up to the door.
Almost before he reached it the plucky
woman burst it suddenly open and
with wild yell poked her shining
weapon right under his nose. Like Mark
Twain'S coyote, there was only crack
i'll the landscape to indicate which di-
rection the Spaniard S flying footsteps
had taken. Since yesterday Mrs Viii
COX has re-enforced her monkey wrench
with an auxiliary battery, consisting Of
o six shooter. "
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
PUBLICAN giySEsEc CO, CONVENTION
WILL BE HELDIN
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA,
tuesday, June 7th, 1898
AT 1890 A. M.

For the purpose of nominating three
candidates for senators, one candida.e te
deeds der dsher dpa one randidate for register of
one candidate for county treasrre1. ~ n,sa
candidate for county Commissioner ali
70 be voted for AT the September .iect;on.
ana transacting any other business tbat
may properly come before n 'ii"1
The basis of representation will he 80
iolloWs: Each city and town and uIanta.
ton VIII be entitled to one delegate ana
1or each 20 votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1896. an addi-
tlonal delegate, and for a fraction of 40
votes in excess of IS votes, a further al.
ditional delegate-as follows. az"
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
A Brave Woman.

Mrs. Lizzie Goodman lately walked
400 miles, from Memphis to st. Louis
carrying in her arms her crippled
5-year-old son. Her husband had died
in poverty, and her granduncle, farm
er living near St. Louis, offered to give
her and the child a home. The soles
were worn off her shoes long before she
reached the end of her journey, but the
farmers all along the road were kind to
her. giving her food and nights lodg-
ing whenever. she asked for it. In st.
Louis some compassionate women sup
nlied her with shoes, and she set out
courageously to walk the few remaining
miles to her uncle's home i'll Baden. -
Boston Woman's Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
rneauer NIrses.

The manager of one of Philadelphia's
theaters has started a novelty, which
might well be copied by all theatrical
managers He has added to his corps of
attendants a trained nurse, who will
attend to any case of sudden illness
which may occur when a crowded audi
ence is present. Very often doctor has
to be summoned to attend to some one
seized with faintness or evel a fit of q
more or less dangerous character, and
in these cases it would be great COM
fort and convenience to have nurse on
the spot, and in most instances further
aid would be needless. s.-Philadelphia
BrnSS
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
The Third District Republican
Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
CITY HALL, AUGUSTA,
Tuesday, June %, 1898.
AT 10 O'CLOCK. A. N.

for the purpose of nominating a candi-
date for Representative to 56th Congress
of the United States to be voted for at
the September election. Also to select n
district committee and to transact any
other business that may properly come
before il.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each city. town and plantation
Will be entitled to one delegate. and for
each 10 votes cast for the Republican can
didate for Governor in 1896, an additional
delegate, and for a fraction of 40 votes in
excess of 70 votes, a further additional
delegate. Vacancies in the delegation of
any city. town or plantation can only be
filled by resident of the county in which
the vacancy exists.
The District committee will be in session
in the city council rooms of City hall. at
O'Clock on the morning of the conven-
ton. for the purpose of receiving the Gre
dentials of delegates. Delegates, in order
to be eligible to participate in the conven-
ton, must be elected subsequent to the
date of the call for this convention.
Per order,
J. w. BLACK,
7. o. VICkERY,
CHARLES II. DRUMMEY.
w. II. WILDES,
Committee.
Augusta, Nav 2, 1898.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
The Chesterfield.

-, !:,s-:.7sst levy women have made on
rue,.ElascuIlne wardrobe has been head
ed BY the fair hrntresses of England and
Long Island. 1t is the appropriation of
hee2long overcoat. Whereas men have
adopted a special coat-tho covert coat
for riding to hounds, which is short
enough to- be worn comfortably while
on horseback and has been found 50 CON
venientth that it has been generally adopt
ed for mornings wear-women have
seized upon the Chesterfield, and adapt
ing it to their needs use it when they
are moving about before or after riding.
1t gives Il piquant, mannish appearance
to Il slight and pretty woman and will
doubtless be used for other occasions
than that for which it was originally
intended. New York Letter.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27

The Theater Hair.

It $ far cry from war to the theater
nat, but women were ever inconseoueut.
and even i'll the more vital excitement
they find time to wage minor conflicts
having very different objects from a
fray at large One of these took place
IN theater the other afternoon. A wo-
man was ushered to seat in front of a
whole row of other women. The wom-
an' with her customary conscientious
ness, removed her hat. "Oh, dearr'
went up Ill groan from the woman di-
rectly behind the newcomer. "Why.
what's the matter?' chOrused the other
women. II can't see, went on the com
planant. "When the curtain goes up,
l don't believe / shall be able to see a
thing. " But she's taken her hat off. -
sad the other women. yes" admit
ted the complainant, "she has, butt
IN tones intended Enthusiastically for the
newcomer ear-"she's got such lot
OF halr and it's piled on top of her
head SO high that it's just as bad as a
hat" Murmurs of mingled pity and
Indignation here broke forth from the
other women, the complainant finally
declaring, "Women have no more right
to wear their hair like that to the thea
ter than they have to keep on their
hats. . But the joke of it was that after
awhile the newcomer had the curiosity
to turn round and take a look at the
complainant She particularly wanted
to see what sort of hair the woman had
and how she Wore it, but in this she
was frustrated. The complainant had
on her hat. .-Philadelnhia Times.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
A CH0STLY GUARDIAN.
Rl;nd DR.. McKahan and His
Spectral Companion.
EVER FAITHFUL DAY AND NIGHT.
=. the Mysterious Attendant Some Friend
From the Spirit World or Merely the
Creation Of a Disordered Mind?-What
Experts Have to Say.

DIR. F. Mckahan of Clarksburg,W. Va,
&c ;sprotccted by ghestly guardian. Though
hind. he secs it hourly 1t comes to him
an, Of the darkness and gloom and walks
hy hs side. pale and silent. When he sits
alone in his rooa, it is there. Inthc midst
Of his family circle it fingers near When
he walks along the street, it walks with
bim-a human form, apparently clothed
in human garb. To OARS it is invisible,
h,,t to him it is living, breathing reality.
In a letter to medical journal Dr. Ne
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
Strategy.

Mr.. Chamberlain when a little boy
was playing one day with his sister at
a game of ''battle," F" each child having
a regiment of toy soldiers and a popgun
to fire at the enemy.
The little girls soldiers went down
very quickly, but his stood firm, and ne
was proclaimed the victor.
He had glued his men to the floor -
London Figaro. .-,-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27

In round numbers there are 1850
journals i'll Paris. One hundred and
seventy of these are political organs,
over 100 each are fashion papers and il
Illustrated journals, some 1870 medical
papers, over 200 financial papers and
about GO dealing with the turfand other
branches of sport.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
Not to BE Seen.

81 wouldn't be seen smoking ciga-
retter' exclaimed the princess earnestly.
Accordingly she summoned her good
fairy and bade that functionary lend her
n match and render her invisible. De-
troit .JournalAr-
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27
The "King of the Gypsies."

Interest in gypsies is not what it was
and one learns almost with surprise that
Lady Victoria Herbert, Lord Carnarvon's S
sister, restored the tomb of Richard Stan
ley, the liking of the gypsies, which has
stood in Highclere churchyard since 1922.
In the past generations gypsics were Il far
moro familiar topic, and the mysteries of
their origin and language were regarded
with much interest. That eccentric gem
MUS Borrow devoted great attention to
them, and in the drawing room dittics of
our youth the gypsy was often celebrated.
We recall a few lines more or less accu-
rately:
"Come, fly with me nowi"
"Can trust to thy vow?"
'Oh, yes, come away!"
"Wilt thou never betray?"
"Oh, never by me shall thy trust be betrayed
l will never betray thee, my own gypsy
maid"
The odd thing is to find the king, who
died at %, not only buried in the church
yard, but commemorated i'll an epitaph.
The Dutch call the gypsies Heiden because,
as Brewer says, "they are heathens,
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27

VacancIes in any delegation can only be
filled by such delegation.
Delegates, in order to participate in the
convention, must be elected subsequent
to the date of the call for this convention.
The county committee will be in ses-
sion in the ante-room of the hall at 10
O'Clock on the morning of the convention,
for the purpose Of receiving the creden-
tials of the delegates.
Per order of the Republican county
committee.
WILLARD NJ. DUNN. Chairman.
e. G. STEVENS Secretary.
May 2 1888
Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-05-27

The marriage of japanese brlde IS
not complete until she bathes 'i'0 Ao0'
Of the bridegroom. ..-...
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
MANY PRECIOUS STONES.
United States Has Number Of varie-
ties of Them.

United States Has a Number Of varie-
ties of Them.
Diamonds have been found in Wiscon.
sin. In 1896 one stone of 6M karats
was found in Sauville, Ozaukee coun.
tv, six miles northwest of Milwaukee,
and another of lilo karats in Burling
ton, Racine county. In 1856 one of 81
karats, but of poor color, was found
near Kohlsville, Washington county
Wis. These gems were found in what
is known as the Kettle Moraine of the
later glacial epoch. Biologists say that
they were carried by ice from the north.
One diamond of 3-16 karats, one OF
Lilo and a third of I-32 karat were found
near Butte, Mont, a few days ago. Ru-
hies have been found in surprisingly
large quantities in the Cowee valley of
North Carolina. With them are very
beautiful garnets.
On the bars of the Missouri river, in
Montana, sapphires of. small size, but
fair quality and good in quantity. are
being taken out by companies formed
for the purpose. Several fine beryls
have been unearthed in Maine. In
North Carolina some good specimens of
emeralds have been discovered. Topaz
occurs in Idaho and Montana.
Connecticut, Maine and North Caro-
lima have produced several good speci-
mems of tourmaline. Garnets occur in
fair quantities in California. South
Dakota and Virginia have produced a
few valuable amethysts. A beautiful
opal was found in Maryland. In Lin
coin county. Idaho. there is deposit of
opalized wood which is susceptible Of
superb polish. Turquoise occurs in
Arizona. in the Burro mountains.-N.
Y. Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
Italy in Euroue.

With better government, better
health laws, reviving industries, the be
ginnings of school system. careful ag
riculture and gaining intelligence, tn.
Italians must emigrate to the number
Of 100000 to 100000 per year, or even
more. to relieve the pressure at home
They are overfowing into the neal
countries as well as the far. The people
Of France have ceased to increase, the
deaths now equaling the births IN num-
ber. The Italians, who once owned the
Riviera and lost It by war, are fast oc-
cnpying it again. Southern France
swarms with them. Secretary Calboli,
of the italian embassy in Paris. devotes
an article in the Riforma Sociale to the
ratlrone owned gangs of his country
men who work in French mills.-Phila.
delphia Press.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30
BLOOD SPOTS ON GLOVER.
Pretty story from the Romantic Gre.
ole CAPITAL.

Pretty Story from the Romantic Gre
ole Capital.
Albert II. Atkinson, who lectured be
fore the Monday Afternoon club re
Gently, formerly lived in Indiana, but
has resided in New Orleans during most
Of the last ten or eleven years. He has
been teaching music in the New Orleans
university. The romance and pictur.
esqueness of the creole capital appealed
SO strongly to him that he studied many
phases of its life, and these he has em.
bodied in his lecture. Mr.. Atkinson has
with him several faded clover leaves
which recall one of the pretty little
stories which may be heard in every
quarter of this old and cosmopolitan
place. The leaves are known as the
spotted" clover. for in the center OF
each is a tiny. blood-red, heart-shaped
spot. They are found in only one place
in cemetery in New Orleans, and that
is on the grave of young man. This
is the cemetery in the midst of which
is the chapel of st. Roche, said to be the
smallest in the world. Many people
profess to have obtained remarkable re.
suits from prayer in this chapel. As
the story goes. many years ago young
man in New Orleans died, two days be
fore the time set for his marriage. The
next week, which was the one following
Easter, his betrothed was found dead
lying across his grave, and on the grave
had trickled few drops of her blood
The next year the clover, with the red
spots on the leaves. sprung up. Each
year since then, shortly after Easter
this odd clover has reappearred, re.
naming for about six weeks. On nc
other spot in the cemetery is the clover
found. A botanist insists that the spot
was due to some salt in the earth that
covers the grave, but those to whom st
Roche is dear want none of the bota.
nist's theories.
Mr.. Atkinson says he thinks voodoo-
ism has been on the increase among the
superstitious of New Orleans in the last
few years, accessions to the ranks OF
these believers being from the white
people in many instances. Some of the
white believers are prominent in Ger.
tain walks of life. On last June %, st
Johns eve, tie negroes had a big voodoe
dance in swamp back of New Orleans
The police suppressed their rites wher.
ever found in the city.-Indianapolis
Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1898-04-30

RETURNED WITH HIS DEAD.
Hauling the Bodies Of Wife and Chil,
alren fcnm IIanaaa IN Illlnnis

Hauling the Bodies Of Wife and Chil.
tIren from Kansas to Illinois.
John A. Cowden, who drove through
st. Joseph, NO., the other day on his
way from Wallace county, Kan, to VIM
field, ILL.,, was probably making as sad
= journey us was ever undertaken by
d mortal man. None knew that the
stained and tattered canvas-cov-
cred wagon sheltered the dead. and
that the bodies of Cowden's wife and
two children were being taken by him
from once happy home to their old
home in Illinois for interment. The ma
ture of the load which the ponies had
dragged across the treeless state of
Kansas was accidentally discovered
when Cowdcn stopped before an under
takers place to obtain some assistance.
He said he went west ten years ago
and took farm in the extreme western
tier Of Kansas counties. His wife made
the journey with him, and their chill
dren were born on their new claim.
They managed to make both ends meet
and last fall were hopeful that better
times were in sight. Then misfortune
came. In November fire destroyed
their home and almost their all. In the
wretched dugout in which they were
forced to take refuge the two children
sickened and died, and were buried on
the banks of the Smoky
In despair, Cowden and his wife de-
cided to go back to their old home in
the east and take the remains of the
little ones with them. This, they rea-
soned, could be done in the winter,
when the freezing atmosphere of the
wind-swept plains would almost petri-
fy the bodies before starting. The Sol
omon river was crossed at Delphos, a
little more than half the distance to the
Missouri river, when Mrs. Cowden sue
cumbed to the exposures and priva-
tions of the trip and died within "a
hours. They were in camp on the prai-
rie, far from any town, and where med
ical aid could not be secured. When it
became evident to her that the end was
near she begged Tor one more look at
the faces of her children. The husband
took the lids from the boxes, and, lift
ing his wife in his arms, he held her
gently within touch of the forms Of the
children. The coffin lids were replaced,
and that evening the mother died. Her
body was wrapped in blankets and was
hauled to small town, where box
was secured, and then the old man with
his silent company drove wearily on.
He avoided all but the smallest hamlets,
fearing that he would be prevented
from continuing, but, crossing the Mis-
souri, on the bridge at this point. his
passage through st. Joseph was un-
avoidable. The undertaken kept the
mournful travellers secret until he was
well beyond the jurisdiction of the
health authorities.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat