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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18
Rear Admiral Markham.
IN. Y. Evening Post.]


Itseems not very generally known to
the readers of the daily press that Rear
Admiral Albert Fl. Markham, whose YES
sci, the Camperdown, annihilatsd the
flag ship of the British Mediterranean
squadron in the recent maneuvres off
Tripoli, Syria. was the leader of the adj
vance column of the Polar Expedition of
1876, under command of Capt. (Sir
George) Mares. The name of no more
gallant commander appears in all the
annals of Acrtic exploration. and the ex-
ploits of few travellers have done more
to establish a reputation for English
pluck and logged determination than
that terrible struggle with the frozen sea
which alone relieved the fortunes of the
most deliberately equipped expedition
that ever sailed the Northern waters.
Markham's ''farthest' (s3 degrees 20
minutes) has since been eclipsed by the
s'farthest north of Lockwood and
Brainard (S3 degrees "a minutes, 1892,
but this later exploit has in no way dim
inished respect for an achievement which
carried the British standard many miles
nearer to the Pole than had been posi-
Bile before. In the official report adj
dressed to his superior, Markham states:
Il feel it impossible for any pen to de-
pict with accuracy, and yet be not ac-
cused of exaggeration, the numerous
drawbacks that impeded our progress.
One point, however, in my opinion, is
most definitely settled, and that is, the
utter impracticability of reaching the
North Poe over the foes in this locali-
ty." Lit was this experience, even more
than the outbreak of scurvy, which in
duced the early return of the expedition.
much to the surprise of all England and
the disgust of those who had confidently
imagined that the Pole had finally been
conquered. A popular clamor for court
martial was. through government influ-
ence, quelled by comforting knighthood
on the commanding officers. Read-Ad-
miral Markham is without question one
OF the first authorities on Arctic explora-
ton, and his opinions on subject to
which he has given the closest study are
entitled to the highest consideration. In
his work "A Polar Reconnaissance, pub
lished in 1881, he states his conviction
that the Franz Joseph Land route to the
Pole offers greater possibilities than any
other-a conclusion in which he is today
supported by many Arctic experts
and which had long ago been arrived at
by the late DR.. Petermann 1t is known
to many who have followed recent Arc
tic developments that Admiral Markham
had longing desire to return to the Po-
lar regions, and it was for some time
assumed that hewould be associate COM
mander in the Nansen Expedition. An
other distinguished member of the same
family, Mr.. Clements r. Markham-trav-I
eller, geographer and historian-has re-
Gently been elected President of the Roy
al Geographical Society of London.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

whom it is taken to prove that he did not
steal it and that it is rightfully his.
This, however, is not the method of the
Hon. Mr.. Smith. Hereverses the presump-
ton of the common law. He orders
that the pensioners shall disprove by
affirmative testimony the suspicious that
are entertained against them, and DEGREES
further that in case theydo not the pen
slons shall be taken from them. So far
he has applied this method to only one
class OF pensioners, but it will be seen
that there is no limitto it's application,
except what the caprice of the Hon, Mr..
Smith may set. In week or two he may
begin to suspect that men on the pension
rolls alleged to have lost an arm or a
leg haven't lost either member, and may
put them to the trouble and expense of
proving their disability all over again on
pain of losing their pension if they do
not succeed. Possibly Mr.. Smith doubts
and suspicious may grow to such an ex-
tent as to prompt him to demand affirma-
tive proof that there ever was a war be-
tween the North and South
And this method of purging the pen
sion rolls of every name against which
Mr.. Smith may entertain doubt or sus-
picion is systematically styled making
the pension roll roll of honor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18
A Wild Beast Caravan in the Desert.
[McClure's Magazlne.]

Few of those people who go to me-
nagerie realize what an immense under
taking it is to transport wild beasts from
the land of their birth and of their free
dom to the land of their imprisonment,
and, too frequently, of their death. I
will ask my readers to picture for them
selves an African desert blazing be-
meath burning sun. Across the weary
waste of sand long column of men and
animals is vending its slow way. AS it
draws nearer we see that lit is caravan
of wild animals on Their way from the
interior to the seaboard. And as it
passes us, the vast mass of living Great
ures, as IN a chemical process, slowly
dissolves itself into distinct particles and
individualities. Let us regard them
carefully. In the first place we notice a
procession of fourteen stately CRATES,
then some five elephants, a huge rhi-
noceros, four wild buffaloes bello wing
sadly after the mates they have forever
left behind. Then there go Numbering
ons, in which are safely confined thirty
hyenas, five leopards, six lions, two chez
tabs, sixteen antelopes, two lynxes. one
serval, one wardbob, twenty smaller car
niverous animals, four African ant-eat-
ers and forty-fve monkeys. And then
there come slowly prancing by, wary
restless, cunning, twenty-six ostriches.
There are twenty boxes of birds, from
which sounds of shrill screaming are con
stantly proceeding. There are upwards
of a hundred Abssinian goats scattered
here and there in the procession. These
are to give milk for the young animals,
and to serve as food and meat for the
old, The caravan is on its way through
the desert to Suakim, which is the first
shipping place for Europe. There are
no less than hundred and twenty cam
els in it, which are required to carry the
food for this caravan, and there are up
wards of hundred and sixty drivers in
the procession. 1t takes the caravans
upwards of thirty-six. days to cover the
distance which lies between Casaala in
the interior of Nubia and the port of
Suakim, for which they are bound. The
same journey is usually performed by
quick post camels in twelve days.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

Maine farmers are pretty we'll along
with haying and fair crop has been
harvested in better than average condi-
ton. The Indications now are that hay
will command a good price. Drought
in France and Germany has cut short the
crop in those countries, and New York
merchants are receiving anxious in
Quiries from abroad in regard to the
crop in this country. There seems to be
abundant reason for believing that the
demand for hay for export will be
large.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

The Worlds Fair directors seem to
have suddenly forgotten all about the
poor laboring men who could not find
time to attend the fair except Sunday;
all about the educational value of the
fair; all about everything except the
dollars and cents which did not flow
freely enough into the treasury to make
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, JULY IS.

Lieut.. Totten seems to have come to
the conclusion that it is of no use for
him to issue any more warnings. 1t is a
very sensible conclusion and it is to be
hoped he may act upon it. The world
has got almost as tired of Lieut.. Totten
as of Prof Wiggin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

1t will be interesting to watch 1.-THE
progress of the fight between Gov. Till
man and the people of Charleston. 1t
was in Charleston that the Governor S
liquor law encountered the most bitter
opposition to its passage, the representa-
tiyes from that city declaring that none
of the Governors official dispensaries
would be permitted to do business there.
The Governor declares, however, that if
one OF his dispensaries is not permitted
to run the people will have to go thirsty,
and he has accordingly enlisted corps
of detectives and spies who are now
searching the city for illegal shops.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

TITH appetites sharp as the swords
wv of Spain,
w And pie-crust as long as the coast
of Maine,
No wonder you're seized with an inward
pain,
And made cross and grabbed.
But when you do shorten the pastry with
lard,
You render digestion remarkably hard:
We beg of the cooks Of the land to discard
This dangerous habit.
It ruins digestion. The experts insist it
Should never be used in pie.crust or
biscuit,
And never in cooking at all should YOU
risk it.
But people must,
1t seems,
Have crust
To make pie;
And think it hard to Danish lard
With which to fry
Now "CoTToLENE" is pure and clean,
And will supply
The place of lard in this regard.
Suppose you try
Croquettes, and see
How delicate and crisp they'll be.
Physicians, chemists, cooks, all say,
By using "CoTToLENE' you may
Prepare your food in such way,
That children and dyspeptics too
Can eat what other people do.
Its color is quite golden looking,
No odor rises from its cooking;
1t will at once enlist your favor,
When you have tried its matchless favor.
Your health and wealth you will enhance
By giving "CoTToLENE" chance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18
THE HON. HoKE SMITHS Suspicious

-,
The Hon. Hoke Smith, Secretary of
the Interior, suspects that under his
construction of the laws certain men
who are receiving monthly stipend
from the government for injuries re-
ceived or i'll health incurred by reason
of their services in the war of the REBEL
ion are not entitled to it. They have
been receiving this money for some
years. There has been no concealment
about it. There names have been borne
upon the pension rolls. placed there pre-
sumably according to the laws and in
.terpretations Of them made by former
heads of the interior department. Hoke
however, suspects that many of these
names do not belong there. The
natural and proper thing to do under
such circumstances is to institute an
investigation in regard to the suspected
names to determine whether or not the
suspicious are well founded. That
method of procedure is the one adopted
by tie courts in all civilized countries.
In the dominions of the Gar it NAV
possibly be the practice when man is
suspected of having property that
does not belong to him, to seize the
property and call upon the person from
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18
MOVING MACHINES,

Parties interested in Moving Machines ara
invited to call at Stevens s. Co., 164 Gnransxasr.
cial street, and examine the New Yankee Gssr-
less. This machine is constructed upon neu,
principle, with no cogs or gears. A very easv
machine to run. iulyS-eod limo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

THE Stockholders of the Atlantic & St. Law
Il renee Railroad Company, are hereby
notified that their annual meeting for the choice
Of Board of Directors and for the transaction
Sented. will be held at ten o'clock In the fore.
noon of the first Tuesday, the first day Of
August. 1898, at the Office of the Treasurer Of
the Company in Portland.
F. r. BARRETT.
Clerk of the Corporation
ju7 FSTptn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18

The German Emperor has secured the
passage of the army bill in modified
form, but the price he has paid for it re-
mains to be disclosed. He has doubtless
had to make some important concessions
to some of the factions in the Reichstag,
the exact character of which will appear
in due time. 1t seems the bill was car
ried by the strength of Prussia and the
larger German states, Southern Germany
and the smaller states being opposed to
to it. An analysis of the election re-
turns shows that the popular majority
was against it. It is among the proba-
bilities that when the time comes for the
/. payment of the price agreed upon for
the support of certain of the political
faction the emperor will fine himself
good deal embarrassed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
1T IS ALL
THAT is CLAIMED FOR IT !!

Women of all ages, and in all con-
ditions, will find just the help they
need in Skoda's Discovery.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
"Where's the BedP"

There is gentleman living i'll
county, South Carolina, who, although
he has been to New York and some Of
the other Northern cities, yet, strange as
it may appear, had never seen an elevator
Being called on business to Charles.
ton, he went to one Of the principa,
hotels, and registering, asked the clerk
for nice room. The clerk, calling the
colored porter, said, "Take this gentle.
man to room 49,"
eyes, sah," said the porter, and with
a pompous air he picked up the valiss
and led the way to the elevator. Going
in he put the valise on the floor and said
"Walk in, sab."
The gentleman walked in, and look
ing around in amazement, asked 'Is this
| the best room you can give me7 'Wherei
the bed2"
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
1uhu Snii.n's Orders.

WA.uIXGT,N, ID. G. With "A vicw to
relieving his Office MS far as possible from
lie pressure Of hico-scek:rs, aud in the
hope OF obtaining more time for the trans
action oil public business, Secretary lloko
Smith has issued request that persons,
seeking appointment in the public se:-
vice within the classified grade, apply to
the head of tn, bureau in which .hc ap-
pointmcnt is sought. Persons seeking
appointment below the classified grade
are referred to the appointment clerk OF
| the department.. If tho Sccrctary's re-
quest is fully observed, he expects to be
able to receive all who may have legiti-
mate business with his Office between the
hours of 10 and 10 on other than cabinet
/ days.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
China Will Retaliate.

NEW YoRK.-The Rev. Dr. j. 8. Bald.
sin' Tor tweuty-two years Mcthodist
missionary In Chill, and for nearly a
iuarter OF century secretary of the
missionary board Of tho Methodist Epis.
opal churoh' which has largo moncyed
interest In China, said that he had nos.
i've information from dignitsrics of the
Ihinese Government and from his own
'hinese missionaries that il tho Chinese
exclusion Act is carried in.o effect md
'n.nese arc shipped from this country TO
'hina, dOportod simply because thoy ac
'ere without taking out certificate. that
Americans In China will DO likewise do.
'oFsed from that country to tho United
Itatcs.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
THE MARBLE STAIRCASE.
The Only Natural Underground Stair
way in the World.

The Only Natural Underground Stair
way in the World.
NATURAL BRIDGE, RoCKBRIDGE CoUN-
rY. VA.-Thc marble staircase was open.
ed at the Natural Bridge Saturday with
appropriate ceremonies, and in the midst
Of public festivities. This staircase leads
ietae iietae bvs vssy4 4rtti deste6t is the only
natural underground stairway in the
world. The grottocs have been thorough
ly illuminated and afford abundant op-
portunity for studying the beautiful and
wonderful interiors. The entrance is
about five minutes walk from the Natural
Bridge.
The ceremonies of the day were begun
with religious exercises, after which a
procession Of 200 school children, fol-
lowed by the students Of Washington
md Lee and the Military Institute and
The public in general entered. The arch.
way is 500 feet in length, and reaches
from the Cannon river to the plains
,bovc.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
A Generous Cat.

Amember of the geological Society
savs: az once had cnt which always
sat up to tho dinner table with me;
and had his napkin round his neck and
his plate and some fish. He used LIS
paw, of course, but he was very par
ticul:r and behaved with extraordi-
nary decorum. When he had finish 90
his fish sometimes gave him a piece
of nine One day he was not to be
found when the dinner bell rang,
40 we began without him. just NJ
tho plates were put round puss
came ~ " snSshss ~ ~
mouth. Before he could be stopped
he dropped mouse on his own plate
and then one on mine. He had di'
vided his dinner with me, ~ } had
often divided mine with him. "--LoI
| don Answers, ----------.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
NORTH CAROLINA SUUIpS.
Newsy Gleanings from Cherokee
Currituck.

Newsy Gleanings from Cherokee to
Currituck.
Trinity Cole C commencement will be
held at Durham June z and 8.
Wilmington's water supply consists OF
aSar!y q million gallons, divided into So
cisterns.
Rev DR.. w. S. Black, the Supt. of
the oxford Orphan Asylum, says that
worthy restitution is greatly over-crowd-
ed. There are now in its shelter 232
children, while the accommodations arc
only for 900. Since the year began no
less than 90 applications for admission
have been rejected.
A guinea nest was found in Pitt county
with sixty eggs in it.
There is in Greenville coloicd wo
man, AZ years old, who is the mother ol
eighteen children, twelve of whom arc
living.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
JOHN L. SULLIVAN IN A FIGHT.
a One-armed Man who Was Not
Afraid of the Big Eallow

bIDDEFoRD, ME.-John l.. Sullivan
"gured In fight on the east bound Pull.
nan train. He and the members of hi,
nan from Boston" theatrical troupe
we're going through to Bangor. The OK.
Shamplon occupied seat in the smoking
ear and beside him sat John Sheehan OF
boston. Max l.. Lizotte, Blddcford
attorney, got aboard the train at North
oerwyck, aud took seat at the end Of
.uc smoking car. Mr.. Lizottc aud
oheehan were former residents of Lewis.
'on, MIR. Lizotte went back to speak 70
oheehan, and as he reached over to sbak.
hands Sullivan kicked the lawyer in tho
'tomach, at the same time shouting.
Get out of my way"
Lawyer Lizottc has but one arm. but
vl'h that he let out with blow that took
"Hect under Sullivan's car and doubled
hlm Dack over the seat. Sullivan stood
stepped up and struck EEs lawyer ashS'
mouth, driving Mr.. Lizotte's teeth into
his upper lip and bringing flow OF
blood from his nose. Other occupants
of the car separated the bclligcrcnts, and
John L. was hustled off into the sleeping
car. At the Saco station the BiddeFord
LAWYER went into the forward end of that
car, hoping to find the eN champion
there, but Sullivan's absence prevented
further hostilitics.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
THE BANK OF THE CARoLiNAs,
With a Number of Branches at Differ
ent Points, Suspends.


ent Points, Susponds.
CHARLESTON, s. C.-The doors Of the
Bank of the Carolinas. with the home
,fficc at Florence, this State. closed with
notice of its temporary suspension until
a meeting of the directors. The capital
stock of this bank is nearly 100000. 1t
has branches at Kingstree, Conway, Will
listen and Varnville, this State, and sew
cral towns in North Carolina. 1t is be.
lieved the bank has assets to cover all in
debtedness.
The stripgency of the money market
and the consequent inability to realize on
securities held by the bank, is the cause Of
the 1si!gre; The bank was stRSt6aas sa as RNd RHNdh, X
good business and successfully with
stood considerable pressure at differen
times. Little, if any, doubt is entertain
cd of thebank's paying dollar for dolla
and Mr.. Coffin has executed a deed O
trust for all his town lots and persona
property in Florence TO secure any pos
sib'c deficiency.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
The NEWS IN BRIEF
Ihe Latest Hsppsnine. co,,.,
and Printed H. u0nseo

sese Happenings Conden.e
ana Printed Here.
Inc nooding of the st. Francis vo,,.,
~ ARKANSAS, will prevent tho planters :
a' section from making a cotton cro
ss year. The 2 counties in the ove,
aowed district cultivate annusl,v ,h.,
! .% no' hooded s7S, 900 acres of cotton an,
the Weld is about 40, 600 bales. '''
Mrs. Jefferson Davis and dau,b,or
M.' ss WINNIE have engaged rooms a,
N"rragansett Pier for the summer.
Inc directors of the whiskev. tru,,
ne,a a meeting at Chicago Monday and
reauced the price of whiskey cent.
master General General .! !sss ssHlsbYgv X 2s.ss he,
signed
The Spanish Infsnta Eulalis is in
Washington, as personal representative
of the Queen of Spsiu, and is the guest
If the nation.
A Bristol, Tenn, special says: The
yard engine of the South Atlantic and
Ohio Railroad teie,copcd street car a,
4 crossing, instantly killing the street car
conductor, Alf Pdrrott, aud injuring ]
Or 2 others slightly. The conductor was
horribly maugled aud the car was totally
dcmol shed.
The printing of envelopes by tho
Sovcrnment for business purposes will
abolished by September next, and
tn $3.50, 600 annually paid for this work
will hereafter be distributed where i,
bc'ongs, among the printers through
out the country, There is no more
sense in tn government printing en-.
velopes for business purposes than there
would b, in the government starting
clothes pin factory, or insist on lettering
all the tembstones sold throughout the
country. The work belongs to the print.
srs aud the law ought to have been re-
pealed long ago.
During the recent term of Stokes court
It Danbury, horse was sold for 65 cents
Ind afterwards swapped off for a pocket.
lnife.
The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-05-26
The Judge Marries Again.

CHATTANOOGA, TENN.--Judge H. d.
D. Twiggs, of Augusta, Ga, who re-
Gently secured divorce at Sioux City,
5. D :, from Lucie II. Twiggs, q leading
society woman, of Augusta, and rela-
tive OF Senator Gordon, arrived in Chat.
tauooga at noon and was Immediately
married at Stanton House, to Mrs. Cor
uclia Il. Garrison, charming young
widow, of charleston, s. G. Mrs. Har.
rison has been living at Stanton House
for the past month with her tive-year. old
son, awaiting the granting of the divorce
to Judge Twiggs.
The judge is fully thirty years the
senior of his new bride.