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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18
3 battle Obsoured by Ants.

Winged ants always fly in compa-
MES sometimes very numerous. When
Colonel Augustine Frazer, on October
6, 1919, was watching the battle of the
Pyrenees from the mountain called
Pena de Ava he and his officers were
suddenly surrounded by such cloud
of ants that their view of the bait G
was cut off and they were compelled
to seek another station.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18

Or COURSE the trusted mint en-
ploye who raked $4,000 from the
vault will not be punished. The vul-
gar and hasty conclusion that he is
thief does grave injustice to as
fine an example of the kleptomaniac
as ever cheated the prison cell
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18
IDAHO

A PRETTY English girl has sued
his royal and spectacular highuess
the sultan of Johore for breach of
promise. This young woman had
best beware-the sultan might mar
~ her, as English law permits-and
then turn her over to her forty pred
ccessors in his heart and harem for
punishment.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18
Three Harvest Excursions south via tho
Wabash Railroad

On Aug. 22nd, Sept. 18th and Oct. 10th
the Wabash will sell round trip tickets TO
all points in Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee
Except Memphisl, Mississippi and LouisianS
Except Now Orlcans), at one faro, plus 100,
For tickets or folders giving description
Of lands, climate, sc, call at Wabash Office,
1909 FarnHm Street, or write
q. N. CLAYToE,
Northwestern Pass. Agent, Omaha, Neb.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18

The modern Haytian war ship
Alexandra Potion sank the other day
in calm sea with all hands on board.
Whatever the modern armor-clad
ship may be in battle it seems
mighty perilous sort of place to
stay in in time Of peace.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18

absolute infiexibility and to their
most-prized reward-the iron-eross-
of which there is but one degree, and
which can be earned only by actual
bravery ON the field. They have used
the word to designate the treasure at
Spandeau and they have also adopted
il to characterize an institution in
their minute and comprehensive
scheme of military organization to
which they attach great Importance
When the German army is transformed
from huge reserve of precautionary
power into a massive instrument of
aggressive force, its units, the indi-
vidual soldiers, are put into absolutely
new uniforms The purposes of this
step are numerous 1t makes the
operation of mobilization more simple
and systematic, and with the con-
tingency of prolonged warfare it
makes the continuance of military
operations more economical. There
is a sentimental issue involved-the
personal pride of the soldier is stim-
ulated and his zeal in service in
creased.
In equipment and accouterment a
similar system is followed. The re-
suit is that the soldier starts out in
the condition practically that he
should be theoretically. His equip
ment IS heavy one, but the knnwl-
edge that every pound of weight ne
carries represents something useful TO
his occupation and his comfort and
convenience while engaged in il
lightens his load. He realizes that he
is provided for every emergency. In
his knapsack are his clothes and his
cartridges. Each one of his pockets
has a particular purpose. The lining
of the one on the left OF his tunic Is
medically prepared. to be used when
necessity arises as an antiseptic band
age. In his haversack is his loaf of
bread-the staff of life-and the So
called '.iron ration" This is the in
stitution to which reference has been
made. IL is the reserve fund of the
soldiers food, his sustenance When
deprived of all other resources Of
mess, commissariat and forage. There
is a huge factory in Mayence
devoted to the packing of
these iron rations." In small
bags, in preserved and compressed
shape, these rations consist of coffee,
rice, hard tack and tobacco, in guam
tity sufficient to provide for three
days use. The cavalry receives in adj
dition similarly prepared rations for
its horses, consisting Of hay and oats
sufficient for five days. These rations
are to serve only in cases of extreme
necessity. They are sacred whenever
the trooper is provided by the com
missary department with the neces-
sary food. or when he can procure it
by rcquisition or forage. The iron
ration cannot be touched except BY
command of superior officer. In the
pre- paratioa of these rations chemical
science has been az york, and 1t is be-
ieyed in the articles provided the
greatest amount OF nutrition has been
secured in the most compressed and
endurable shape. In the grand
maneuvers which annually take place
in Germany, and in which the soldiers
are exposed to every contingency save
that of an enemy's deaths dealing
powers, the Iron rations" are carried,
and their purpose made clear to the
men.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-11-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
WHEN AND HOW TO DESTROY
POISON VINES.

Eternal Vigilance and knife-stolen
Crops-Caring for Rough Fodder-GiVe
the Hen CredIt-Poultry PIeklngs and
Household Helps
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

caused by disease of the OYSTER" and
this statement is more or less generally
believed, as is also the erroneous infer
ence to be drawn from it, that the oyster
referred to is the edible oyster. The
mother-of-pearl is nothing more than a
series of layers of nacreous matter de-
posted by the oyster upon the interior
Of the shell, and the pearl itself is a
perfectly accidental formation. 1t is
caused by d similar deposit of nacre
around some foreign object. This for
eign substance may be q. grain OF sand,
a parasite, or some similar object; but
most authorities agree that it is more
usually an undeveloped egg of the oys-
ter around which this natural deposit
is thrown.
The largest pearl ever found measures
two inches long, and weighs three ounces,
This is of Eastern origin. The largest
found in the Gulf of California did not
exceed an inch and quarter long, and
was somewhat larger than the egg OF a
blue bird. Many of the Californian
pearls are black and speckled; These
are considered more valuable than the
white pearls in Europe, but the most
highly priced pearls of all are pink.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13


Canada is having strange and hui
initiating experience in endeavoring to
attract settlers. There is no doubt that
the agricultural lands of the western
provinces of the Dominion are among
the best in the world, the government
is good, and the danger from Indians
is much less than on frontiers in the
United States Yet the settlers do not
come. The present year the Dominion
government made special effort to attract
them; but nevertheless the number of
settlers entering the Canadian Northwest
declined 81 per cent, as compared with
last year, while the number of home
stead entries decreased 25 per cent Only
24O0 homestead entries have been made
in the Canadian Northwest this year, of
which % per cent were taken up by
people from other parts of the Dominion.
Only 74OO settlers have located in that
section this year. The glitter which
attaches to the fame of the Great Repub-
lie is the attraction for the homeless of
other lands. They may not get farms
here so cheaply as there; but they have
the proud consciousness that they are citi-
zens of the United States of America.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

We are often told that local option
law is much easier to enforce than a
prohibitory law; and that the frequent
complaints we now hear of the non-en-
forcement of the Maine law would be
unknown with the Massachusetts sys-
tenn. But it was only a few days ago
that the Boston papers had sensational
accounts of public hearing in Fall
River at which the members of the local
ministerial association appeared to de-
nounce what they termed scandalous
evasion of the local option law. One
clergyman told of seeing crowd drink
ing in a drug store; while another
brought up the fact that while Fall
River had voted +" no licensen there were
over five, hundred persons paying the gov
eminent tax for the privilege of selling
liquors. 1t is worth while to notice cases
of this sort, as they show that there are
many imperfections in all systems of
regulating the liquor traffic.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

No one seems to believe that the
.physical endurance" mummery will
amount to anything in the Senate. 1t is
probably attempted by the administration
leaders only to make the country think
that they are trying to do great things.
The leaders, themselves, probably, have
a pretty clear idea that it cannot succeed.
But can they satisfy the country by any
such performances? The thing to do is
very simple. 1t is only to take vote.
Suppose vote should be taken, even if
some Senator who had already spoken
five or six hours, should want to speak
longer9 1t does not strike the average
citizen that any great harm would be
done. The majority can take vote if it
wants to, at any time. Why not do it?
The problem is such one as the horse
sense of New England town meeting
would solve in less than an hour. Vote,
gentlemen, vote!
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

In his grafton at the centennial exer-
cises at Williams College the orator,
Chancellor James Fl. Garfield, Of the
University of Nebraska, took occasion
to call attention to the advantages OF
the smalln college. He said that the
ideal education called for but one pupil
and one master. The most powerful
inspiration was that which came from
close. personal relations. The best OF
the education which Williams had
offered young men during this century
had been the influence of the members
of its faculty. Association with strong
character must breed strength OF char
acter. The relations of teacher and
taught were mutual relations, and were
mutually helpful, uplifting and upbuild-
ing. This is undoubtedly one OF the
greatest advantages of the small col
1eges, which are doing their work in Sc
quiet way that only on occasions like
anniversaries are they brought promi-
nently before the public.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
What Pearls are Made of and where They
Are Found.


Are Found.
Very few people are aware that the
pearl-oyster is not in any way like the
oysters which we eat. 1t is an entirely
different species, and, as matter of
fact, the shells of the so-called pearl
oyster are of far more value to those
engaged : in pearl-fshing" than the
pearls. There are extensive pearl fisher
les in the.-Gulf of California, and some
of the finest,s.pearls have been taken
from these waters. In 1881 one pearl, a
black one, was sold for $4,000, and ev-
ery year since that time many pearls
have been taken from the beds in the
California .Gulf valued at over $500
each. But such finds" are very rare,
and, as rule, the, pearls which are
brought up are of very little value.
The shells, however, are very valuable;
most of them are shipped to Europe,
where they are manufactured into orna-
ments, knife handles, buttons, and the
hundreds of other articles for which
Mother-of-pearl" is used
Another fact concerning the peari-oys-
ter and the pearl itself is very little un-
derstood. / have seen in books of in
struction both in this country and in
England the statement that "the forma-
tion of the pearl in the oyster-shell is
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
CURRENT COMMENT.
WHAT DEMOCRATS SHOULD DO.
IN. Y. SUM-

IN. Il. DULL
Let the Democrats in the Senate pass
the silver bill of themselves alone! Let
them agree on Democratic policy as to
the question, for which they will be
ready to have the party take the sole re-
sponsibiIity and obtain the whole glory
Then they can proceed to pass those
measures formally and Explicitly de-
manded by the party and the people the
repeal of the election law, the repeal of
the Mckinley act, and the destruction
of the whole robbery of protection.
Filibustering will be powerless to pre-
vent the execution of their will in fulfil
ment of the promises of the Democratic
party and the mandate of the people.
Let there be peace in the Democratic
ranks! Let there be union to keep the
advantages and discharge the duties OF
the trust committed to the Democratic
Congress! The Democratic party issin
absolute control of the government,
and it must use its power, not hand it
over to political enemies disastrously
beaten only SO lately as last Noevmber
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Damascus blades once played the deuce
In carving up mankind;
Our Yankee blades more peaceful use
Is cutting up the wind.
All honor to the blade of steel,
By Yankee land adored,
That slippeth through the weighted
keel,
The dandy centreboard!
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

THE Annual Meeting of the Portland
Il Widows Wood Society, for the choice OF
officers for the ensuing year and the transac-
ton OF such other business as may legally come
before said meeting, will be held at their office,
City Building. WEDNESDAY, evening, Octo-
Der 25, A. D., 1898, at 7.3o O'Clock.
S. FL. COLESWORTHY.
October 10, 1893. oct1od2w
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

The federal election bill has passed
the House land Mr.. Gatherings, OF Mis-
sissippi, is happy. When Mr.. Catchlngs
run for Congress the last time total OF
1854 votes were cast, of which he ap-
propriated 2, 495. In nothern district
it is usual for the vote to amount to
q. 600 or 10000. Mr.. Catchings has q
holy horror lest the purity of our cleo
lions should be sullied by federal inter-
ference
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
MAINE STATE PRESS.
AND
Subscription Rates.

Subscription Rates.
DAILY I'm advance) Sc per year; S3 Tor SIX
months; 81 so quarter; 30 cents month.
The DAILY is delivered every morning by
carrier anywhere within the city limits and at
Woodfords without extra charge.
DAILY Mot in advance), invariably at the
rate of 81 year.
MAINE STATE PRESS, (Weelly) published
every Thursday, So per year; 81 for six months;
so cents quarter; 20 cents for trial subscrip-
ton of six weeks.
Persons wishing to leave town for long Or
short periods may have the address OF their
paper changed as often as desired.
Advertising Rates.
In DAILY PRESS $3.50 per square. first
week, rs cents per week after. Three inser-
tons or less, $1.oo per square. Every other
day advertisements, one third less than these
rates.
Half square advertisements S1.0o per week,
first week half price each succeeding week.
"a Square" is spaceof the width OF col
umn and one inch long.
spectaJ Notices, on first page, one thlrd ad-
ditional
Anusements. and auction Sales, $500 per
SQUARE each week Three insertions or less,
$3.50 per square.
headS,o Notices in nonparell type ana
classed with other paid notices. 20 cents per
line each insertion
Pure Reading Notices in reading matter type
Is cents per line each insertion.
Wa,ts. TO let, For Sale and similar adver-
ments. 25 cents per week. in advance, for 40
words or less, no display. Displayed adver-
:. 8, 49, H., -, aeo raaf1ines and all adyer-
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
TAXES FOR 1893.
City Of Portland.

TREAsURER's OFFICE,
September 8. 1888.
NOTICE Is hereby given that the tax bills for
IN the year 1898 have been committed to me
with warrant for the collection Of the same
In accordance with an ordinance OF the city
all said taxes paid on. or before October 81,
1898. GEO. II. LIBBY.
sept9dt oct31 Treasurer and Collector.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

One of the most interesting spectacles
of the season is afforded by the Demo-
cratic campaign orators in Massachu-
setts. They are all declaring that the
Democracy propose to reform the tariff
gently, cutting off inequalities" and
making raw materials free. These
soothing syrup orators are being remind
ed sthat sthe Democracy at !. It's last
national convention said:
We declare it to be a fundamental prin-
cipIe of the Democratic party. that. the
Federal government has no constitu-
tionaI power to impose and collect tariff
duties except for the purpose OF revenue
only.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13

NY. Sun.
The menhaden have appeared in large
mum bers off the. southern New England
shore
Gen. Thomas L. Rosser, whom the
country remembers as , a Virginia fire
eater, has caused sensation by leaving
the Democratic for the Populist party.
The new census of foreigners in Paris
is about completed, and it appears that
there are $3.50 permanent American
residents. This is falling off of more
than 200 within two years.
M. Daniel BeIlett has an article in the
Economists Francois wherein he states
that in 1896. the United States had 237,-
500 miles of telephone wire, used by
about 227, 900 subscribers, who exchanged
in the course of the year more than 453,-
600, 900 communications.
The joint Congressional committee to
inquire into the status of the law or
ganizing.the executive departments, &c.,
has made report showing that of H.
500 employees $50 have from one to nine
relatives each in the government service
at Washington.
In Boston women pay taxes on more
than $12o, 900. 600. They pay into the
city treasury annually in taxes about
81, 500, 900, which is expended by the
representatives of men, nine-tenths of
whom pay only poll tax of 81, and
some not even that.
The opportunities for cutting large
sizes of lumber out of the Oregon pine
tree or Douglas Fir, as it is generally
known on the Pacific coast, are great.
The growth is tall, reaching in some
instances the height of 300 feet, and the
diameter ranges from 6, to IL feet, per-
hitting the cutting of long and large
dimension stuff The wood is strong
and is excellent for structural work,
and the height and straightness of the
trees make 1t particularly valuable for
| spars.
The largest circulation of money in the
United States within the present genera
tionsswas recorded in the last monthly
| statement Of circulation. The aggregate
| circulation is given at 81, 701, $50, 91S,
which amounts to $500 per capita for
/ an estimated population of 67,306, 900.
| 1t is nearly fifty per cent. in excess OF
| the per capita circulation Immediately
after the resumption of specie payments
| on July /, 1879, when the amount was
| S16T5.
British trade papers are disturbed at
the prevailing low prices of pig iron in
this country, and warn their own iron
masters that if such rates continue it is
| possible that the United States may
| begin to compete with England as ar
| iron exporting country.
The women of Flushing, L. l., at the
recent municipal elections made great
effort to elect two members of the school
committee. They even ran carriages tc
convey voters to the polls; but were
beaten, only getting 100 votes out of $40
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
FINANCIAL.
OFFICE OF THE
ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE
RAILROAD COMPANY.
p. O. BOX s4e. No. SO MILK ST.
CIRCULAR NO. 60.
BOSTON, Oct. IL, 1898.
no THE HOLDERS OF THE
GUARANTEE FUND MORTGAGE
6PER CENT. NOTES,
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Company:
FINANCIAL.

THE GUARANTEE FUND MORTGAGE
SIX PER CENT NOTES of the Atchison Com
yem VENT, i, 1893, for 100000 (and of which
ooo, 900. leaving 81, 900, 900 outstanding and in
lien ii to the GENERAL MORTGAGE FOUR
the Company. dated October 8, 1883, which
originated with the Financial Reorganization
of the Company, under which, as we'll, proyfs-
ion was made LOT tne retentlon Dy Inc onio ~
GENERAL MORTGAGE FOUR PER CENT.
GOLD BONDS of an equal amount OF such
bonds seoooos9So t9 ProRRdNs fHT u Fap
NOTES. = ~
The Directors of the Atchison Company be-
lieye it to be advantageous to the Company :, to
| defer retirement of the GUARANTEE FUND
| the GENERAL MORTGAGE FOUR PER
| CENT. GOLD BONDS reserved remaining
! with the Trustee until required for purpose or
| such retirement.
| The Company now offers to theIholders
| of the GUARANTEE FUND MORTGAGE
SIX PER CENT, NOTES the right of such
| of five per cent Is per cent?. to be pa id by
| the Company on November 1, 1898, to such
! holders as will signify their assent on or
! before October 25th instant.
The principal and interest of the extend
| ed Guarantee Fund Notes Will be payable
In gold.
The NOTES OF those hOlderS VINO nave
| not assented to extension by Oct. 25th in
slant will be acquired and paid for in full
| on Nov. 1st by a syndicate who will extend
| the NOTES for the period above stated.
| Holders are respectfully asked to promptly
| communicate their wishes in writing to
j. w. REINHART. PRESIDENT,
50 Milk ST., Boston.
| Those who assent will be notified when to
| present their NOTES at the office of the Com
| pany for Endorsement, affixing of new coupon
| sheets, and receipt of each premium, payable
| November l.
BY order of the Board of Directors,
GEORGE C. MAGOUN, Chairman.
| j. w. REINHART, President.
| octi3 eod2w
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
TIE PRESS.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER 10.

The times are not so hard that they are
not being made harder for some by
strikes in Providence, Lowell and Au-
burn.
The Portland daily press., 1893-10-13
ANNUAL MEETING.

i Hospital will be- i,e n At at a o'clock in the
afternoon 81 Tuesday. NO November Z, 1923. in
the office OF the treasurer Of the eorpofatlon IN
the Portland Savings Bank Building, n III r4 qf,s
ensuing year and of transacting such other
business as may legally be presented.
By order Of the Directors.
T. r. BARRETT. secretary;
Portland. October ii. 1893. octl leod4w
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-07-20

Ex-senator John j. Ingalls, ha,
unsheathed his tomahawk, and is out
figuratively speaking, for the gore of
Whitelaw Reid, Some time since he
undertook to criticise the eminent
New Workers. qualifications for a
Nice-Presidential candidate, and
spoke of him as an aristocrat, full of
supercilious insults to laboring men,
and made various reflections on his
dress, manner and ways. The other
day Mr.. Reid took occasion to retort
in kind, suggesting that if he him
self acted like gentleman no such
accusation could be brought against
ingalls,, that the latter when last
candidate crawled in the dirt before
his constituents, but was thrust into
the gutter by Mr.. PETER and Mrs.
Lease, and has ever since b cen lying
there spouting mud and bad Ian
guage, The ex-senator is expected
to get back at the ex-Vice Presiden>
tial candidate in few days with
reem of foolscap and pen dipped in
gall.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-07-20
RAILROADS AFFECTED.

The railroads in Utah, Idaho,
Montana and Colorado are affected
by the depression in mining. Rail
road men say the general public can
hardly realize the extent Of the reduc-
ton in the freight business. Ore
shipments have practically ceased,
causing a great loss of freight, and
the local passenger traffic is much
less than usual. Retrenchment is
the order of the day and the number
of trains are being reduced on many
of the roads.
As the railroads are owned by
eastern men the loss of business re-
sulting from the low price of silver is
creating sentiment in favor of the
metal in an unexpected quarter.
Every stakeholder in western rail-
roads feels directly interested and
the managers of the roads say they
are as deeply concerned in the solu-
ton of the silver question as the min
ers and farmers. This will tead to
influence congress to a considerable
extent as owners of and dealers in
railroad bonds and stocks in the
principal eastern cities will not want
to have their value deprecated.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1893-07-20
The Ozark.

G. r. .Higley is now located at the
Ozark saloon, which he has fitted up
in style and restocked with first class
liquors and cigars. New billiard and
pool tables. Beer 8 cents glass.
All other drinks one bit. jy12
For SALE-Household furniture
for sale cheap. Apply at this office.
Tobacco Users Smile Sometimes.
when told that tobacco hurts the m
their wives never do, because shat-
tered nervs. week eyes, chronic
catarrh and lost man. hood, tells the
story. If your husband uses tobacco,
you want him to quit, post yourself
about No-to-bac the wonderful,
harmless, guaranteed tobacco habit
cure, by sending for our little book
titled: Don't Tobacco Spit and
smoke your life away" mailed free.
Drug Stores generally sell No-to bac,
The Sterling Remedy Co., Indiana
Mineral Sprins, Indiana. j19.tf.