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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02
BLOTTED OUT,
About 200 Lives Lost by Erup-
ton from Pelee.
Morne Rouge Destroyed and LecarbeI
Swept by Tidal Wave.
Eruption Took Place Saturday Night
People Are Terrorized.

Castries Island of st. Lucia, B. w. T.,
Sept. 1.-The British steamer Korona
arrived here, yesterday evening, from
Fort de France Island Of Martinique.
She reports that terrible eruption of
Mont Pelee occurred at 9.39 Saturday
night, and that the people who arrived
at Fort de France from the northern
part of the island reported that the
village of Morne Rouge (ncar the dis
trict previously devastated) had been
destroyed and that Lccarbel "a
village on the coast close to the
southern end of the territory which was
destroyed at the time Of the great
eruption) had been swept by tidal
wave over 200 persons lost their
lives.
sloop from the island of st. Vincent
which reached here, this morning, re-
ports that Mont Pelee's crater is now
quiet; but that detonations during
Saturday night were the loudest heard
up TO that time and that the inhabit-
ants were terribly alarmed.
Mont Pelee has been in constant
eruption since Aug. Is. There was an
enormous fall of ashes from the vol
cano. the night of the 25th. There was
very severe eruption, tne HlSut VI 'ht
2Sth. The mountain burned fiercely
that night and out at sea passing ves-
sells We're covered with ashes. The
night of the both there were three sep
arate eruptions.
1t is impossible to approach the
ruined town of St Pierre from the sea.
The people of the village of Lacarbei
on the coast are terror-stricken ami
flying to the interior. Hot water rs
pouring down off Lorraine and Basse
Point The governor of Martiniqu.
has ordered every available boat to re-
move people from the coast villages to
Fort De France.
At s O'Clock in the evening of the 3Oth,
the sky was cloudless. Suddenly one
half of the horizon was obscured by
black cloud Of dust. This cloud was
the center of magnificent electrical
effects. the flashes of light SURPRISING
the most elaborate fireworks. FLAMES
and flashes continued to burst from the
cloud until nearly midnight Columns.
CONTINUED on page %
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02
MILLS ARE CLOSED.
And According 70 Indications They Will
Stay Closed.

Bangor. Me, Sept. This being Il holi-
day. the saw mills here did not open, 50
it was impossible to tell how completely
tied up are the tide water mills by the
action Of the employees. Saturday, in vot-
ing to strike for q shorter work day
The union has received no word from the
owners of the mills.
AT a late hour tonight, the saw mill
owners announced that the mills would
not be opened except as nOn-union estaD-
lishments and with II hours constituting
a days work. The operatives are out on
strike for 10 hours and the recognition of
their union, but the only concession Oh
fercd by the owners is the allowance OF
an hour for dinner instead of half an hour
as heretofore. This being the situation,
the mills must close unless one side or
the other gives way or enough non-unl n
men can be secured to run the Mills
which is practically impossible, it IS
Thought
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02

we are now showing the Fall Styles in
Stiff and Soft Hats by the best makers
in the country.
Agents for Stetson's and Guyer's
Celebrated Stiff and Soft Hats,
We will be pleased to have you in
srect our Fall line, whether wishing to
purchase or not,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02

The principal event-No. s. of the after
noon was the 50 target known team
match. and this was won by the Auburn
team with 226 dead out of a possible go
This was a very handsome race, the
Waterville team coming second with just
three birds lesS-223. The teams were
nip and tuck all the way through and
the race caused no little excitement as
il progressed and warmed up. But as
the Waterville team was host for the day.
perhaps it's Just as well that those three
or four odd birds were not killed. These
two teams or their crack squads always
drew the shooters around them when
they faced the traps and the referee got
so used to saving dead that he often
called lost birds dead. The two teams
did some very pretty shooting all through
the day. Portland was third in the match
with 219.
Beside the team match. events 4, ). g.
and were shot off during the after
noon. Two more were scheduled but had
10 be postponed on account of darkness.
1t was not decided whether these will be
shot off today but they probably Will be.
The light was bad during the latter part
of events and and the kills We're very
credible.
In event 4-15 targets unknown angles
Cnshuan and Scribner tied for first place
at Il. In event SIS targets Known angles
Horne. Colman. G. H. Darton, and
Whitrnore all killed straight strings. In
event 6 Green and Cushman Were tied
for first with Ia each. In event .-25 tar
gets known angles-Horne, Noble and w.
Continued on page 81
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02

One of the most picturesque features of
the winter maneuvres in the caribbean
sea will be q mimic. assault upon CUE
Ira island. which will be defended by five
companies of marines. scheduled 10 en-
bark an the Panther either at Philadel-
phia or at Norfolk by Nov. 20 The plan
is understood TO involve an attempt to
landing parties of jackies from the war
Sims and the earnes tness which the men
throw into the work should make the at
tack in Culebra one OF the most faithful
pictures of real war which the maneu7
yres will produce.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02
Conditions and General Forecast.

Washington, Sept. 2.-There have
been showers and thunderstorms from
the extreme Southwestern states, into
western New England, and tempera-
lures have fallen to IS degrees over
the shower areas. In the New England
states showers, early Tuesday morning,
will be followed by fair weather dur
ing the day, continuing Wednesday.
1t will be cooler, Tuesday, in the mid
die states and New England states. On
the middle Atlantic coasts, the winds
will be fresh and mostly west.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02
H.C. BarkerCO,.
Cash HatterS and furnishers,
Opp. Hotel North, I 2lS Water St.,
Augusta, Me. Gardiner, Me.
FAIR AND COOlE.

Washington, Sept. Forecast for
Tuesday and Wednesday: New Eng
land, fair and cooler, Tuesday, preceded
by showers in early morning, except
showers and stationary temperature
during the day in eastern Maine;
Wednesday, fair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-02
Boston Forecast.

Boston. sept. Local forecast for
Boston and vicinity: Tuesday, partly
cloudy, possibly local showers, con-
tinued warm, fresh southwest winds;
Wednesday, fair and somewhat cooler.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

The poisonous properties of the toad
have long been regarded as fabulous;
but recent investigation has proved
that the skin of species of toad Sc
cretes poison similar in action to digi-
tails. The venom of the toad has had
the reputation of possessing poisonous
properties from very early period and
was probably one of the earliest forms
OF animal poison known. The old ira.
dition that King John was poisoned by
a friar who dropped a toad into his
wine was regarded as a ridiculous fa-
bic until some years ago, when 1t was
discovered that the skin of the toad
secretes body the active principle Of
which "phrynin," is a poison of consid-
cradle power.
Nature Notes mentions a curious Incl.
delit which was witnessed at Belper
sulall town not far from Derby Eng
ihhd. Late one afternoon three rats
were seen crossing a yard from the d.
rection OF the fowlhouse. Cne rat had
heh egg between its fore legs and
It's mouth and was being carried by the
other two. one at each end; that is, they
were carrying in their mouths the other
rat with its back downward. A day or
TWO atterward the correspondent heard
suuealing noise in the fowlhOuse,
more llk" that of a child than that of
rat, so lie opened the door and there
was rat on his back, with the egg as
betore Mentioned, and two others en-
deavoring to raise him and take him
away.
n member of the medical faculty Of
tue University of Michigan has discov.
ered That galvanic current promotes
tht growth of tissue. Two cages of
guinea pigs, six to the cage, were ex.
perimented with. The guinea pigs were
al exactly the same age. Through one
OF inc cages an electric current was
passed day and night. The other cage
Was IN no way electrictified. For
S'ateo period the animals in both cages
were led with precisely equal quaint.
ties OF FOOD of the same quality. The
experiment proved that guinea pigs
VINO hVeds in the electrified cage gained
III weight during a measured time 10
PEI cent more than those in the non.
e'ec'ric cage. If, as a result of these
experiments, electricity be applied on
large scale to the fattening of animals
uSeh as food possibly electric bacon"
vi electric beef" will command a spe-
cial price.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
CHAPTER XXI

Three months have come and gone.
Great changes have these three months
brought. They have unhoused Seaton
Dysart and given his Inheritance into the
hands, the most unwilling hands, of his
cousin. Hands too small to WELD SO
large a scepter
But Nr. Peyton has nobly come to her
rescue. II is to him that most Of the
innovations owe their birth. The hand
some landau, the pony trap, the single
brougham, all have been bought by him.
He has perfectly reveled in the choosing
Of them, and has perforce dragged the re-
luctant Vera up and down to town, aid
ed manfully by Giselda, now his wife.
who has also been reveling, to view the
several carriages, and give her verdict
thereon.
To-day is rich in storm and rain. The
heavens seem to have opened. Down
from their watery home come the heavy
drops, deluging the gaunt strawberries,
and beating into the soddcn earth such
presumptuous anemones and daifodis as
have dared to show their faces. Vera
has just ensconced herself cozily before
the leaping fire, book in hand. having
resigned all hope of seeing visitors to-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
New Wall Panar

a new wall covering is being p,scad
upon the market. 1t is an arti6o,oI
leather and is the invention ns " y
frenchman. French leather nan.na
have not been sold in this conntrp e.S :.
anything like the extent tbey - ~
twenty and even ten years ago naoa
raline and the various high roI,oe
Anagiypta, Lincrusta, Lignomur c.
cold and Tyncastle, which lend In ~
selves so readily to decorative tron.
ments' have very properly taken a.
place OF the foreign feathers, The NV, VIC
paper consists of pieces of refuse Skin
and hides cut exceedingly small n,fras mn
IN IN vat filled with an intensely aka
line solution. ami
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
oIveRTING A RIVER ca,,no-
Big Job of Engineering Un,.
by Uncle sam in CoIora, akeu

Big Job of Engineering IN,
/ Wy "'" IN Noiora ado.
/ In accordance with the polt
mended by President R)oseyI,. 'eeoin'
message to Congress. the I'm. ~ MS
government is taking its ira states
ward reclaiming the arid nR, p 10
West. Tue
One of the greatest enginee'
of modern times is already ~ ieats
The GunnisOn river in Color way
he diverted from its course ~ ~ 10
six-mile tunnel so that the str ''ush
irrigote tbe uncomnabgro Sam shsu
'I.,,I ~. e. 600 600 Ileyi Z
The result will be that a whole farm.
ing community will be reclaimed ana
a fertile district, now parched and dr.,
for lack of water. will once more bios.
som as the rose.
When the Uncompahgre valley was
settled few years ago, abundant irri.
CATION was supplied by the Uncom.
pahgre river but the cutting of tbs
timber since then has caused the
stream to shrink TO tiny creek. Asa
consequence the farms were desertud
and the value of the land sank to al
most nothing. Now, with the promis.
of new water supply, the land has
fairly leaped in price, and some of II
is now held as high as $500 an acre
The work preliminary TO starting the
big tunnel has just been completed by
the United States Geographical sur.
vey.
1t involved a trip across the Black
canyon of the Gunnison, a district
never before explored In its entirety by
white men. A few years ago a party
Of explorers made the attempt. but they
had gone only short distance, when
they lost all their boats and supplie.
and barely escaped with their livn..
Before setting out the government
employees planned to have provisions
lowered to them by ropes from above.
So they started with as light an equip.
ment rs possible, only their surveyors
instruments. camera. and few nee,
essary articles. 1t took them ten days
to traverse the ten miles of their jour.
ney.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

day. when the sound Of carriage wheels
on the gravel outside the window, the
echo Of a resounding knock, startle her
out Of her contemplated iTepose.
And ~now there is litee quick rush
through the hall, a springins step up the
staircase, the rustic OF silkeu skirts in
the aute-room beyond. voice that makes
Vera start eagerly 10 her feet, and pres
entity Mrs. Peyton. looking supremely
happy. and, therefore, charming, fings
herself into her sisters arms.
"Oh, l am too glad 10 be surprised, -
says Vera, fondly. :.
You're an improvident person" says
Mrs, Peyton, beaminS on her from out
the masses 6f furs that clnthe her dainty
form. "Grace telesraphed for US, TO. help
her with. a dinner party that is 10 come
of tonight; 50 come we did. And, being
SO close to you, felt should see you
or die'ts ..
IFS selfish. know. but I'm 50 glad to
have you. Let me take of your 'furs.
What delicious coat! You-hadn't that
when / was down with you, eh"
NO. It's new one, Tom gave 1t to
me-. He's absurier than ever. But
haven't braved the elements to talk
about him. 1t IS about Seaton want
TO tell you"
"Seaton? To come out such a day as
this to talk of Seaton But why? 1t
must be something very serious" says
Vera. changing color perceptibly.
Vera. | cannot help regarding us-you
and meas in part criminals. Poor, dear
fellow, il must have been a blow to lose
everything in one fell swoop. And yet
what more could we have done than what
We did do? To the half Of our kingdom
We offered him, but, as you know, he
would none Of u.s. -..
81 know all that We have discussed
it thousand times"
The face IS, Seaton Is leaving Eng and
forever, and he has desire, longing he
cannot subdue, and, I'm sure, a most
natural one, to see his old home before
he goes
"Well?" says Vera. cOldly.
well" in exactly the same tone. with
little mOckery thrown in, that's the
whole Of it. He wants to get a last look
at the old place before leaving it for
ever AT least that is how he puts it.
Can he come? that is the question. l
really think It would be only decent II
you were to drop him line and ask him.
1t would be the most graceful thing, at
all events"
An hour later Griselda drives back to
the Friars with the coveted note from
Vera to SeatOn in her hand.
Ito be cOntinued.)
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
BREAD 300 YEARS OLD.
Loaves that Were Being Baked When
Pompeii Was Destroyed.

Sufferers from indigestion are ad
Vised to eat stale bread; the staler the
better, they are told. There is in the
museum at Naples some bread which
ought TO be stale enough for anybody
1t was baked one day in August, rs
A. D., in one of the curious ovens still
to be seen at Pompeii.
More than eighteen centuries, there
fore, have elapsed since it was drawn
all hot" and indigestible from the
oven. So it may claim to be the old.
est bread in the world. You. may see
1t in glass case on the upper floor OF
the museum. There are several loaves
of 1t, one still bearing the impress of
the bakers name.
In shape and size they resemble the
small cottage loaves of England, but
not in appearance, for they are as
black as charcoal, which, in fact they
closely resemble. This was not their
original color, but they have become
carbonized, and If eaten would proba-
bly, remind one of charcoal biscuits.
When new they may have weighed
about couple of pounds each, and
were most likely raised with leaven.
as Is most Of the bread in oriental
countries at the present time.
The popular idea that Pompeil was
destroyed by lava is fallacious one.
II lava stream had descended upon
the city the bread and everything else
in the place would have been utterly
destroyed. Pompeii was really buried
under ashes and fine cinders, called by
the Italians lapilli. On that dreadful
day in August, when the great erup-
ton OF Vesuvius took place. showers
of fine ashes fell first upon the doomed
city, then showers of lapilli, then more
ashes and more lapilli, until Pompeii
was covered over. to a depth in places
of fifteen and even twenty feet.
Other comestibles besides the bread
We're preserved, and may now be seen
in the same room in the museum. There
are various kinds of grain, fruit, vege-
tables and even pieces of meat. Most
interesting is a dish of walnuts, some
cracked ready for eating. others whole
Though carbOnized, like all the other
eatables. they have preserved their
characteristic wrinkles and lines.
There are figs, too, and pears, the
former rather shriveled, as one would
expect after all these years, the latter
certainly NO longer Juicy" But per.
haps the most interesting relic in the
room is honeycomb, every cell of
which can be distinctly made out. II
Is so we'll preserved that 1t is bard to
realize that the comb is no longer wax.
nor the honey, honey.
A piece Of the comb seems to have
been cut out and one can Imagine
some young Pompeiian having helped
himself to 1t and sitting down to eat
it, when he had to jump up and fly for
his life. One cannot help wondering
what became of the piece-whether the
young fellow took it with him and ate
it as he ran, or whether he left 1t on
his plate, Intending to return for 1t
when the eruption was over.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

story palace and never comes forth
again. A hell announces to the world
that the Grand Lama is installed In the
sacred chamber. This enthronement
is accompanied by ceremonies SO
strange and elaborate that 1t would re-
quire volumes TO describe them. Each
one of the nine stories is the scene OF
some symbolical and mysterious per-
formance. The Tibetans say that the
wealth of the Grand Lama In Potala
is ten times that OF the rest of the
world put together. Outside Lhasa Is
the sacred grazing ground, where 300
brood mares feed, from whose milk
fermented liquor is prepared for the
Grand Lama. A great temple OF Lhasa
contains tile greatest image in the
world. called the Jo-YO representing
Buddha. 1t is 12O feet high, rises up
through four stories and is covered
with jewels
About one-third of the population of
Tibet consists of lamas who dwell in
lamaSeries. or Buddhist monasteries.
They possess practically all the wealth
of the country and rule it absolutely.
The lamaserieS are situated in the most
fantastic places, some on the tops Of
mountains. others on the sides of them,
hanging over precipices so that one
can only reach them by ropes. The no
bic philosophy of Buddhism is almost
entirely lost among the degrading su-
perstitionS and mummeries of these
lamas, Many of them do not know its
elementary principles.
The lamas of a certain superior order
have the strange custom of manifest
Ing their power to die and come back
to lie. There is another equally inter-
esting class Of lamas known as Skoo-
shOks. These are men who have at
tanned such a pitch of virtue that they
are fitted to attain Nirvana, the last
reward Of the Buddhist religion. But,
instead of entering Nirvana, the Skoo-
shOks consent to be reincarnated and
live again for the good OF their fellow
men. When an old Skooshok Is dying
III the flesh, newly born child Is Sc
lected and the sacred one transfere his
spirit to this child The new Skooshok
Is then carried away to a Gompa, or re-
treat, where he dreams away his life
In meditation. 1t is considered prob
able that the Mahatmas. about whom
considerable has been heard in Europe
and America. are really Skooshoks.
1t Is well known that Buddhists are
in the habit Of praying with the aid of
a wheel, but the extent to which the
system is carried in Tibet Is impress
sive. The Buddhist, 1t should be re-
membered. has to pass through a long
series of incarnationS in various animal
forms until he has so purged himself
Of sin that he is fit to enter into Mir
vana. The process may be accelerated
by prayer, and for convenience the
the prayer Is written and fastened on
wheel, which the devotee turns In
Tibet devout and prosperoue man has
a collection Of prayer wheels driven by
wind and water power In this way hs
may in a few years, make progress
Whlch would otherwise occupy millions
OF years of reincarnatlons.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
kipling as a Guide Book,

Henry sturges Ely of Binghamtou
has just returned from a iournav
around the world. The trip has Undue
ed in him an exalted idea of Rudvord
kipiing. There is no guide book in the
far East like him." said Mr.. Ely The
crews of the freighters and tramr
steamers and all the deep-sea wander.
ers know him by heart He Is Rae.
decker plus imagination, yet an abso-
luteiy faithful reporter. Take his line
And the dawn comes up like thunder
outer emma cross the bay. not only
saw the dawn do that a hundred timss
from the deck of a tramp steamer on
the northeast route from Singaporo
out nave heard deck hands quote The
phrase. The effect of the line renro.
uuces the phenomenon perfectlv-tbe
utter suddenneSs of. it. as If If Ieanod
at you from ambush. 1t is even truor
OF the sunset. The night comes down
IKE thunder he might have said Kin
hhg as a statesman may or NAV nn,
De correct but as a guide book for tho
East he has no equal"-Nev yort
Tribune. A
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
The Winner.

ne eats potatoes with his knife,
=, ne speaks of the old woman" when
ne makes reference to his wife.
but he receives salutes from men
VINO nave no time to notice me:
Ills llls speech is rude and rough, he's Gu,
FROM coarse material, and he
hAS uone the world no service-but
He's making money.
or. Is TO him an empty word,
10 MIN the bard is but a jest;
NO graceful sonnet ever stirred
responsive chords within his breast;
WIN elbows squared he crowds along,
All ignorant Of cultures laws,
ana gentle people in the throng
@'anu Dack and bow to him-because
~. He's making money.
chicago Record d-Herald.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
His Ring.

Mr.. Lothario-Who was th..
you just spoke to? siri
Mr. Benvolio-Why, was her foco g.
miliar to you? ee Ia
Mr.. Lothario-No, but ono 30 =,
rings she's wearing was. mps. @ 'ne
Deen engaged to her once.-Catbo,,o
Standard and Times. Noic
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

IBID you dream on Amy's wedding
caker'
"Mm-yes; thought 1t was safer to
put 1t under my pillow and dream on
1t than to eat 1t and have the night.
Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

The royal crown of Persia, which
dates back to remote ages, is in the
form Of a pot of flowers, surmounted
by an uncut ruby the size of hens
egg.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

The joys Of meeting pay the pangs
of absence; else who could bear it,
Rowe.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24
Warrior.

'es'er-l met man yesterday who
mas been through many battles.
Jimson-Army officer?
=, 'es'er-Nope, prize-fighter. - Chic
State Journal.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-04-24

Well, guess III chance it.".says Sed-
ley after a long glance at the young
mans pale, earnest face.