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The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
The Horse on the Prairie.
Huntington Hawkeye.l ]

voune farmer came galloping over the
.,r,ir;a 10 ms while we trotted along. Now, II
Won have never seen the horse on the prairies'
Won have never seen him at all. lie Deiongs
there. Until you see him in his home' you can
never realize now tame picture ne maAes
curyetting in the streets OF city, OF pfanclns
tbrouph the thronged drives OF park- bu1
ont bere-the day is full of sunshine, the an oi
December is bracing and pure, ana on tnese
plains it is exhilarating as champagne as iar
ont ON the pale brown prairie as you can us
tinpuish objects you can see the moving speck
ON the horizon. and watch it coming into clear
ar view as YOU see ship sail in sight at sea-
Tho f;cnre of the man and horse seem one; the
motion of the easy gallop is regular as Husis'
rising and falling in perfect cadence AS tneS
come nearer the figure of the horse perlecV IN
ort,ine and graceful in every movement, tn'
iong tossing mare, the easy seat OF the rider
r;din@ with straight knees and long stirrpps
and Nv and by the muffled f1utter. rather than
ciatteS Of hoofs on the turf; and BACK Oh anu
around all this the background OF iar,Ieaoh-
inc prairie dimpling in all shades ol pioMu, sti
and the setting of a sky blue as turquoise, WIN
+Je wide. wild sense of a picture that you new
s~ want 10 forget and could not forget IL you
,ro,id We ali wanted to shout as the Iiuer
0alloned up. and, with CHEEKY delio 70 W
our driver went swinging on hpse ave, seed aed
beautiful saddle horses IN Gsntpa PARK nound
a nago sheir saddles with the trip hammer ease Of
/ the ths 0 Enelish riding school; | have seen ine
snH and their wonderful Jockeys throwing
the miles away like many seconds in Jerome
t,s,aSsSS nss9 while the ground fai ly rocked and
4 trambled under their chargin feet; | have
4 wstehed, thrilled with excit' nent, slx-guin
hattarv 90 wheeling and thun ering into posi-
\ tion in the very face of a charging column al
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
Protection in Canada.

Canada's experience with Protection is
Trade. The protective policy has since its
adoption only two years ago exercised
most beneficial effect upon the industries of
the Dominion. A report made to the State
Department by Consul Crawford contains
interesting informati on concerning its oper-
ations. The revised tariff went into effect
March Is, 1879. In anticipation of its pas
sage heavy importations of merchandise
were made by Dominion merchants. This
surplus stock had to be consumed before the
of its effect. So the time the tariff has ac-
tually worked is brief, and the result the
more significant. Under the old system the
industries of the Dominion became para
lyzed, the balance of trade was against the
country, and there was a general stagnation
of business. So many people were out of
employment that great numbers left the
Dominion and settled in the United States.
The number of laborers who left Canada
during the quarter ending September 80,
1880, was 1862. During the past year busi-
ness has been rapidly reviving. New facto-
ries are being built, old industries re-estab-
lished and the people are well employed at
wages nearly as high as those paid in the
country. The number Of immigrants fell
from the number given above for 1880 to 49,
346, for the corresponding quarter of the
present year. The demand for labor in this
lumber regions of Maine and New Hamp-
shire has heretofore been readily supplied,
wages ranging from SO to S12 per month
during the Winter of 1870 and 1880. Now
wages have increased, Mr.. Crawford reports,
to from SIS to $24 per month. Both en-
ployers and employed, producers and con-
sumers, are reaping benefit.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

PRESIDENT Garfield was bothered with
one persistent crank, Greek named Tach-
myntis, whose craze took the mild form OF
correspondence. He numbered his letters,
which had reached so when Garfield was
shot, The man has since begun on Presi-
dent Arthur and has reached number 13 in
his new series of epistles. He formerly fire.
quented Washington, but the authorities
hustled him off to New York.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

GENERAL Pierola's departure from the
country, based as it is upon the surrender
of his claims to the Presidency, materially
siinpliies the political situation in Peru.
There is now only one administration, rep
resented at present by Senior Montero, and
the re-establishment of social order and
constitutional government seems to be in
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
Where the Word "Bosh" Origi.
mated.

Bois-le-Duc, or as the Dutch called 1t, ''Her-
togen-bosch"o "or "Bosch, - has had the distinction
of adding new word to the English language,
the word 'Bosh," signifying rubbish. Hertog-
enbosch is celebrated as manufacturing the
very worst butter in all Europe, which is large
ly imported by the London buttermen, and the
term "Bosh butter came by degrees to be ap-
piled to artificial butter, and even to rubbish of
other kinds. Bosh is a fine town Of about 5000
Inhabitants, with wide streets and the most
magnificent cathedral in all Holland. This
remarkably fine church is called "The Dutch
Cologne" from the resemblance it bears to the
great German church. 1t was commenced IN
i4l9, and completed about the year 1902. Un-
like most of the churches in Holland, it is COW
cred both within and without with ornament
tracery. paneling, sculpture and carving are
spread over the whole surface of the building
II is yery large, and one hundred and twenty
feet high to the internal vaulted roof. The
great organ is a mass Of carved oak. The pull.
nit and side-screens are equally rich and
splendid: the exquisite marble rood-screen,
which formerly adorned this cathedral, was re-
moved few years back, and is now in the
South Kensington Museum. How the Dutch
government could have allowed the dean and
Chapter to have removed such fine work out
of the country is unintelligible. Bois-le-Duc Is
the see of one of the Dutch Roman Catholic
bishODS
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

w. f. FITZGERALD, a prominent Mississip
pi Republican who was an independent can
didate for Attorney General of that State,
has been in Washington for two or three
weeks. He admits that he is anxious to get
up an independent movement in Mississippi
similar to the NJ aho movement in Virgin
ia, and thinks there would be fine prospect
of success. He is strongly opposed to any
attempt to set up governmentin in Mississip-
pi in opposition to Democratic officers who
were declared elected. He says it would be
absurd to attempt it, as the Democrats have
the Legislature, and the experience of Lou
isiana and South Carolina with dual govern
ments ought to be sufficient to deter Repub-
licans from attempting to infict M Mississippi
with such an evil. 1t would be wiser to en-
courage the independent element of the Dem
ocratic party, and to give them an opportuni- :
ty to separate themselves from unwilling af-
filiation with the Bourbons. A division OF
the Democrats upon live issues would Sc
cure for Republicans and Independents
free vote and fair count, and overwhelm the
Bourbons.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

MARK TWAIN is angry because the Cana
dians will not score two weeks residence in
Montreal as domicile qualification for copy
right in that country. For once the illustri-
Gus Mr.. Clemens has figured as real I'm
nocent Abroad" and has received the cold
shoulder in cold climate. He processes,
however, to be able to get even with them,
and is very likely to do so.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

THERE is no occasion for the inYestiga-
tion of fraudulent pension claims by the
Senate, the Chicago Inter-Ocean believes,
and says what is needed is a law authoriz-
ing the Commissioner of Pensions to make
an investigation of pension claims at the
locality where the claimant resides, instead
of compelling him to send exparte evidence
to Washington.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

In Tennessee there is anarchy in the
Democratic party and panic, according to
the Memphis Avalanche, which says, "The
boldest, wisest and most influential leader
must step to the front, reorganize and lead.
1t is that or "a lost cause for the Demo-
Gratis in Tennessee
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

THE refusal of the Reichstag to vote the
money for military school which he is
desirous of establishing in Alsace, may an
noy Prince Bismarck, but it will not seri-
ously embarrass him. If he thinks it worth
his while to insist upon it, the school will
be built, and the comparative small increase
it will produce in the sum total of the enor-
nous military appropriations will never be
noticed. Still, the rejection of the item is
a straw in the wind.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

MEMBERS of the special House committee
to audit the expenses of the sickness and
burial of President Garfield, say that no ex-
orbitant bills win be allowed, and that it is
mere nonsense to talk about allowing the
attending surgeons 100000. The commit
tee will, before deciding upon the amount
to be allowed the surgeons, get the opinion
of prominent local surgeons as to what
would be handsome fee
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

The Iowa Legislature will probably elect
Mr. McDill, who was appoiu ted by the Gov
ernor to take Mr.. Kirkwood's place, to fill
out the short term, and James F. Wilson,
for the long term. 1t is thought that Secre-
tary Kirkwood will remain in the Cabiuet
until after these elections are held.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

BOTH Prof. Huxley and Goldwin Smith
have declined the appointment of the mas
tership of University College, Oxford, of
which DR.. Bradley, now dean of Westmin-
ster, was the recent incumbent.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

A bourgeois of Paris was showing friend
wretched little house which he had in the envi
rons, with what he called garden, about as
big as a table-cloth, and without even shrub
growing in it,
"And you dine here in the summer" said
the friend. "Why, you must broil."
"Not at all / have very high table, and
get under it. It's heavenly lie Figaro.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

time when minutes meant hours, but think
never saw the horse when he seemed so much
and beauty of earth and air and sky seemed to
be made to harmonic with him, his strength
and beauty and grace, until watched him
sweeping over the great sky-encircled prairies
of the West
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

''PIcToRIAL," "Sweet Heart" "Elgin
Heart" and "Elgin Beauty are leading
brands of chewing gum as published in the
Confectioners' Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

EVERY regular attache of the PRESS is furnished
with Card certificate signed by Stanley Pullen
Editor Ali railway, steamboat and hotel managers
Will confer favor upon us by demanding credentials
Of every person claiming to represent Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

NEARLY four years from the date of its
being placed on the docket is the time now
required to reach case in the United States
Supreme Court.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 21.

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for pubica-
tion but as a guaranty of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve com-
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

Mr.. BLAINE's declarations on the canal
question are in entire accord with popular
sentiment as felt by the Utica Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
NERVOUS DEBILITY.
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ment. One dollar box, or six boxes for five dol
propretors, John C.West & Co., guarantee six boxes
to cure any case. With each order received for
six boxes, accom- anied with five dollars, the pro-
prietors will send the purchaser their written guar
antee return the money if the treatment does not
effect cure. Guarantees issued through Fl. II.
HAY & CO., Druggists, only agents In Portland,
Me-, at junction Middle and Free SITS.
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The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
INSURANCE


Losses Paid, over 500, ,0O0, 900.
ALSO THE
Old Phoenix, of Hartford,
Losses sfsSi' PAID over s8,ooo,ooo. So'000'e00'
Continental, Of New York,
Assets, S4,0OO,OOO.
National of Hartford,
Assets, $1,6OO,OOO.
Orient, Of Hartford,
Assets, $1,000, 900.
Shoe & Leather, of Boston,
Assets. SI,2OO,OOO.
Commonwealth, Of Boston,
Assets, $500, 600.
Western, of Toronto,
Assets, sl,s5O,OO0.
Lion, Of London,
Assets, $1,000, 900.
Assets, 5000, 900.
Assets, S1,100, 900.
ALSO, THE OLD
Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
OF NEW YORK,
Established in 1843.
CASH ASSETS, over $92, ,O00,O
It's RATES of premium are LOWER, its DIVE
DENDS LARGER, its Security Greater than any
other Life Company, in the WORLD its Policies
are continually increasing in value.
A Policy for $1,000, on well-known citizen of
Portland, is now 80, SEQ
Payments for Death Claims and Endowments av
eraging $125.000 weekly. dec1bd3w
L
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21

Dressing Cases, Furnished or u
furnished,
Smoking Sets,
Cigar Cases,
Fine Wallets,
Pocket Books.
Letter Cases,
Pocket Toilets,
Shaving Mugs,
Card Cases,
Playing Cards,
Pocket Flasks,
Pocket Scissors,
Vest Chains,
Sleeve Buttons,
Scarf Pins,
Brush Brooms,
Broom Cases,
Moustache Cups,
Scrap Baskets,
Writing Desks,
The Portland daily press., 1881-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS
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FOR LADIES AND MISSES.

we submit the following list of articles which
stock i'm first class reliable goods
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-29
4 Volcanic Outburst.

Given large volume of heated vapors
and liquid rock that has burst its Wav
upward through the subjacent strata. in
what way will it manifest its presence.
and what traces will it leave behind
This vapOr does not seem to exist sonar.
ately from the molten rock or lava at
any great depth, but as it approaches the
surface the enormous pressure is re-
duced, the water and other gaseous
matters expand, separate themselves into
little bubbles scattered through the
highly heated liquid magma. These
will collect, to certain extent. and
from their ightness will float to the sur
face of the lava and there burst. The
vapor may have commenced to form at
great depths, uno IN us upward Journey
may have become exceedingly bulky, 80
when it reaches the surface it would es-
cape with loud explosion. If we
watch lava in the crater of a volcano in
a quiescent state, such as Vesuvius. we
see these great bubbles, so to speak, con-
tinually forming and bursting. As they
burst, the surface of the vesicle is blown
up as soft, pasty fragments, to the
height of many feet. These masses ap-
pear black by day, but red-hot BY night:
they may cool or not, before falling; il
the latter, when they strike the ground
they adapt themselves to the IRREGULAR
ties OF the surface, and form, as it
were, q cast thereof. This condition is
much exaggerated at the first outbreak
OF an eruption; the vast column of frag.
ments often reaches an altitude of two
and three thousand feet. There the
pieces ascending meet those descend
ing. and q continual grinding is going
on between them; the fine dust is taken
by the wind and transported often many
miles, forming the so-called clouds Of
volcanic ash: The larger fragments (or
Iap'1', as they are sometimes namely
may again fall back into the opening OF
around its edge, thus building up an
annular bank. This is really the foun- :.
dation of the cone.-Popular Science
M0nthlu.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-29

At the invitation Of the Art Commit,
tee of the Union League Club, an audi.
ence composed principally of members
of the Club and of artists assembled last
evening in the Members Hall to listen
to q lecture by F. D. Millet on ssRoman
Costumes. The simplicity, beauty.
and grace Of the method of wearing t6e
toga were admirably illustrated bv the
draping of excellent models. Premis.
ing that the nrst form of the toga was q
rectangular piece Of cloth twice the hight
OF the wearer in length and in width
one-hah as much, Mr.. Millet introduced
his first model, man clad only in q
short tunic, and threw around him q
togs of the time Of Cicero, three times
the models hight in length and slightly
ssmi-circslar, beginning 1t the left
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-29
A Town Built on Diamonds.

No town in South Africa can boast
such rapid growth as Kimberley, the
seat OF the Government in Griuualand
West, and the headquarters of the South
African diamond diggings. Eleven
years ago not hut stood where now
some 5000 people, with trade of over
O,OOO year, form one of the most
thriving communities on the African
continent. It is now discovered that the
town Is built upon land that promises to
be as productive of diamonds as the
neighboring "diggings" which have
been the source Of its wealth and the
very origin Of its existence. Kimberley
Is identical with the IS New Rush - dis-
mond settlement of 1870; and the thou.
sands who focked to the locality to So
cure ''claim"' in the valuable reefs.
which have been worked further and
further to the east Of the future town.
where in such hurry to seek their for.
tune in the diggings that they forgot to
inquire whether the soil on which they
pitched their fonts or erected their log.
huts was not equally diamondiferous.
As the wooden shanties have given place
to more substantial buildings, it has been
found that Kimberley itself has been
built on q diamond field, and that the
west end or residential part of the town
is as full of gems as the actual diggings
themselves ct the eastern or working
end of the town. New claims are being
taken up in all directions, and land
which was beginning to acquire consid-
cradle value as building sites has sud-
denly assumed importance as possibly
containing some new " Star Of South
Africa" How many houses win be
pulled down in the search for the dia-
monds upon which they are built it
would be difficult to say. But it will be
to watch the future progress
OF town which owes its existence and
its subsequent partial destruction and re-
moval to the same cause.-The abundance
of the diamonds in the midst Of vhich Il I
appears to have grown
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-29

shoulder, passing under the right arm
and over the left shoulder again. . The
inner fold in front was slightly pulled
out to serve - pocket, and the rear
folds were sometimes pulled over the
head. Priests whom sacrificing twisted
the toga tightly about their LEGS. Dif.
ferent ways of wearing this, which was
the State toga, were shown In q statate
OF Cicero. The togs Greconika, nearly
the same as the Etruscan toga, was
shown-narrower and hanging in
straight, less flowing lines, as in . statue
Of Sophocles. This, which from its tex
ture and style cost as much (about S5OO)
as the large toga, was worn by way Of
relief, and was often clasped over the
right shoulder. All were weighted q
the corner to aid in throwing them over
the shoulders, and to assist the proper
disposition of the folds.
The military sagum was described.
and then Mr.. Millet passed to the tunic.
q long sack-ike belted garment with
short sleeves, and the half-boots of nm,
tanned leather, strapped about the an
kles. Sandals were never WON with
togas. The Roman peasants costume
was also shown, consisting OF long
loose tunic, rough bell-shaped over.
garment, high fez, and piece of cloth
about the feet, which were presumably
protected by sandals of rawhide. Tho
different varieties of tunics-those with
broad stripes for Senators and those
with narrow stripes for knights-vere
described, and Mr.. Millet said that the
costume of Wallachian peasants exactlv
resembles that of some figures on Ira
JAMS column. After the wars with the
Gauls kind of trousers was introduced.
first wide and long, later tight and short:
their use was confined chiefly to the sol.
dlery. The model was then attired a.
an ordinary soldier, in tight short trous-
ers and a tunic, over which was leath.
or jacket, with shoulder pieces, and
carved bands of steel and similar waist
piece, an iron helmet, and q scatum or
large rectangular shield with q convex
surface, and q short two-edged sword.
worn high up on the right side. Then
The model appeared as q heavy-armed
gladiator, with huge brass helmet and
visor, greaves, and armguard, and az.
forward as ritiarus, with trident and
net.
A female model was then brought for.
ward, her hair bound with q fillet. clad
n the long white flowing tunica intima.
confined by the Roman form of corset
band around the waist crossed over
he bosom. Over this was put long
White skirt, clasped at the shoulder With
febual.-N. 2. Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-04-29
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

/ ~
Prince Bismarck says that Emil,
lola and other French novelists are re
sponsible for the running away of hi
son Herbert with another mans wife.
Princess Stephanie, of Belgium, i
periodically having her wedding gar
ments trimmed with Brussels lace, one
piece of this lace having alone cost Il, OO(
francs.
AT recent ball at the Elysee Presi
dent Grevy shocked Partisan society BY
wearing no decorations and shaking
hands almost Is freely as if he had beer
President of the United States.
The leaders of Russian society in
Paris have decided upon observing three
months deep mourning, during which
they will see no company. The ladies
are to wear coarse black stuff dresses
with very long square trains, and long
thick wells.
An American officer has . right to
remain covered in the presence Of the
Queen, and an ancestor of Lord Forces
ter held grant from Henry VII, still
extant, comforting the privilege of wear
ing his hat in the royal presence.
Queen Vietoria's gold and silver
plate, which is kept at Windsor, is said to
be worth $15, 100000. When the Queen
entertained the late Car shortly after
the marriage of his daughter to the
Duke of Edinburgh, gold plate to the
value of SIC, 1000, 600 Was used. The
custodianship of the gold pantry at
Windsor Is considered an Office of great
trust.
Prince Oscar of Sweden and the
Princess Victoria of Baden viii unite by
their marriage the ruling house and
that which was deposed to make way
for it. The Princess, who is the only
daughter of the reigning Grand Duke of
Baden, had for her paternal grandmoth-
er daughter of Gustavus ". of Swe-
den, whose uncle and successor, Charles
Kill, was the last King of the house of
Wasa, and was followed by that lucky
ex-lawyer, Bernadotte.
-Gambetta's last speech has been
printed on broad sheets, and posted on
the walls and pillars of Paris and of
provincial France. People remark that
Gambetta has thus assumed q sort of
sovereignty, and that M. Grevy is no
where. It is thought that before the
end of the year he will accept response
BILE Office as chief of the Cabinet and
Foreign Minister, and that next year he
will hint to M. Grevy that he is ready to
pass from the Palais Bourbon to the
Elysee Palace. France is mindful of
many centuries of monarchs, and will |
not object to be governed by the strong
will of one man.
The late Car is said to have been
not SO apprehensive of plots against him
Turing the last few weeks of bis life as
,e was last year; so that he fell into the
I'D routine he was accustomed to follow
before the days of the duel between
Sihilism and Imperialism. His new
wife, however, had not an easy moment
when he was away from her. Although
woman of easy temper and lymphatic,
ne was prey to the gloomiest appre-
tensions whenever he went abroad, and
us return was always the occasion of
Domestic festival.