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The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18

NEW SORh--Ar lOCD, SCUS Henry II CIleIll-
berlain, Fossett Maracabo; Martin V B Chase,
Pinkham. Manzanlla; Johanna Swan. Murphy.
Fernandina; Stephen Bennett, Anderson, from
Bartha Louise 31s
yanseler, Keller do; Lucy, Cook Calais; Fur
ian. Sargent. BoOthbay.
Cid 18th. sch R I Rundlett, Fountain, Key
West and Tampa.
Sid 10th sehs Lizzie Heyer, for P inta-Pitre;
Jeremiah Smith. -.
Passed Hell Gate 18th. schs Jas A Stetson,
New York for Portland; A Perry, do for Bris-
tol; Edw Lameyer, do for =.
At City Island 9Th. schs j II Wainwright,
as Moe 1nep aayHs
I Mott, Thurlow Helen G King, and Q M
Mafrett
BOSTON-Ar 18th, schs Waldemar, Leland,
st Marc; Nathan Lawrence Haskell, Norfolk.
Below. schs Augustus Hunt from Newport
News; Danl B Fearing. from Philadelphia.
Al 18TH harque Augusttne Kobbe; Hill, from
Sid 10th schs Sarah W Lawrence. for Nor
folk; Catawamteak. for Rockland: Nevada. de;
i Boynton. for Rockport Loring Ballard,
New York; Edward l. Warren. Belfast; Wins
low Morse, Belfast; Ripley, Rockport.
SAN FRANCISCO-Cld 10th, ship Highland
Light, Hartman. NanaimO.
PUNTA GORDA-Ar 18th, sch Monhegan,
Baker. Key West.
MOBILE-Ar 10th, sch job F Kranz, Nc
FERNANDINA-sl 10th. sch Jennie Hall,
Watts, New York; Clara Leavitt. Lombord,
fOrt0 CaDoil0.
RRUNsW ICK--Ar 10th, sch Annie S Conant,
Mcdonald, New York.
sid 10th sch Abbie G stubbs, for New York.
CHARLEsToN-Ar 10th, sch Genevieve. Ha-
PORT ROYAL, SC Cid 10th. sch Nahum
Chaplin, Arey. New York.
WILMINGTON NC--Cld 10th, sch R S Ora
ham, Taylor. Philadelphia.
FORT MONROE-Ar 18th, sch r F Petit
grew, Morse. Boston for Norfolk.
BALTlMORE-Ar 10th, sch Yale, Handy.
Cid 18th, barque Payson Tucker, Cakes, for
Ar 18th. sch VIM II Allison, from Savannah.
Sid 18TH barque Amy, Blatchford, for Rio ia
PHILADELPHIA-Ar 10th, sch Fannie j
Bartlett, Kreger. Savannah.
Cienfuegos
NEW LYNDON = Returned 18th. sch John
Holland. Stevens. for Norfolk.
Portland for New York. Bessie H Gross, Smith.
from Deer Isle for do; Laura Robinson, Rob
bins, Hallowell for do; Gertrude Bartlett,
PROVIDENCE--Sld 18th, sch Agricola for
New York.
Sid 18th, sch Matte b Russell.
HYANNIS-Ar 18th, sch Calvin f Baker,
PORTSMOUTH Below 9Th, schs Carrie G
Crosby. Boston for Rockland; Forest Oak. do
for Tremont Alert do for Jonesport; Ben Hur,
do for Bath Nellie Clark do for st John, NIB ;
+ Rich Plymouth for Boothbay.
Also below. schs Bilow. Rockland for New
| do; Ella u Jenny Grand Manan for do; Lottie,
| Thomaston for do; Calvin F Baker, Rockport
| for Batimore Carrie G Miles, fin Rockand for
| Providence.
| ROCKLAND--Ar 16tn, schs Maggie Ellen,
| Littlejohn, and J Nckcrson. Littlejohn, Port
| land; Addie 2 McFadden. Belfast.
| BELFAST-Ar I2th sch Chester r Lawrencr,
| Banks, Boston.
Foreign Ports.
| Sid FIN Melbourne Dec 30, ship Lucille, Con-
/ way. Sydney. NSW.
| Ar at Molendo prior to Feb 8, barque Penob-
| scot. McCarlder. New York via Valparaiso.
! Ar at Queenstown 8th inst ship X u Rice, Col
| son, San Francisco. (Oct 3.)
| at Nanaimo 18th inst, ship wilma, Slater,
| San Francisco.
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18

UT S. ENGINEER OFFICE. 537 Congress
u. street, Portland. Nalne. January 27, 1899.
Sealed proposals for dredging in Cocheco
River, VII, win be received at this office until
8 p. m. Monday, February 20. 1898. and then
and all available information will be furnished
on application TO this office. PETER G. HAMS,
Lieut. Colonel of Engineers. feb6,7,S,9, TINS
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18
Spoken.

Feb Ia. lat 35 %. Ion "a. sch Harry Prescott,
from Brunswick for New York.
Dec 18. lat 80 s, Ion 35 W, ship Chalienger'
Purington, from + ortland, 0, for United King
dom.
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18
Th&snrm1y
STEAMERS.
Portland & BOOthbay Steamboat Go

NV INTER ARRANGEMENT-On and al
w ter Monday. November z, 1892. Steam
er Enterprise will leave East Boohbay every
South Bristol and Boothbay Harbor. Every
Wednesday leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, at
8 a. m. for Round Pond, touching at Boothbay
6. so a, M for Portland. touching at Boothbay
Harbor. Every Friday leave Portland at q.
m. for Bootbbay Harbor, Pemaquid, South
ting. No freight taken after 7.45 a. m. on day
Of Sailing. ALFRED RACE. Manager.
Z nov4dtf
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
for Infants and Children.

ssCastoria is SO well adapted to children that
RECOMMEND itas superior to any prescription
known to me-" II. A. ARCHER, II. D.,
iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z. :.
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18

Ar at Havana 18th inst, brig Stacy Clark,
Bowers, Mobile.
Arat sagua 9th inst, sch Sadie willcutt,
Brown, Apalachicola
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18

mThe use OF sCastoria is so universal and
It's merits SO well known that it seems work
If sr,pererogation to endorse it. Few are the
Intelligent families VINO do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, D. D.,
Il New York City.
Late Pastor Bioomingdale Reformed Church.
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18
Grain Quotations.

NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE.
coRREcTEDBY PULLEN. cRocKER & Co.
s3aursla quotations.
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18

8 MidShip Saloons, Spacious Pf0menau6 DECKS
Electric Lights, Ladies' Rooms and Smoking
Rooms on Bridge Deck, Large Water Tanks,
insuring ample supply OF fresh water for entire
voyage. :
Steamers sail from Portland on arrival OF
noon trains from Cauada and Boston, and from
Halifax on arrival of Canadian mail train.
Rate of Passage-Cabin, $45 to $40, return
$95 to $40 and 81 80, according to steamer and
accommodation. Second Cabin $50; Steerage $50
For Tickets and all information, apply to
GEORGE Fl. STARR, AGENT.
zig Union Wharf, Portland,
or to DAVID TORRANCE s. CO.,
General Agents. Montreal and Portland.
noY23dtf
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18

Foreign Ports.
Sid FIN Melbourne Dec 30, ship Lucille, Con-
way Sydney. NSW.
Ar at Mollendo prior to Feb s, barque Penob-
scot McCaiIder New York via Valparaiso.
Ar at Queenstown Sth inst, ship K u Rice, Col
son. San francisco. (Oct 81
Ar at Nanaimo 7th inst, ship wilma, Slater,
San Francisco.
Ar at Montevideo Feb Z barque Chas F Ward
Coombs. New York, 40 days
Ar at Tacotalpan 9th inst, sch Addie E Snow,
Whitman, Vera Cruz
At Matanzas Feb TO- barque Jes W ElWell;
Goodman. for North of Hatteras; schs. w
Dunn. and Stephen G Loud, for do.
Ar at Havana Feb II, sch Cotrell, Has
kell, Mobile.
The Portland daily press., 1893-02-18
New York Mining Stocks.
(By Telegrapil.)
New York Stock and Money Market.
(By Telegraph.

The following are to-day closing quouatons
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
An American InstItutIon.

An Englishman who has now learned
two or three things about America in
general and New York in particular.
admits that he did very amusing and
British thing when he first crossed q
New York ferry. 1t seems that the fer
rybcats of this town are famed abroad
for their size aud steadiness, and this
particular Briton bad been assured that
he would never know hewas afloat when
on one of these boats by means of any
motion perceptible in the cabin. Re-
,nembering all this, the Englishman
seated himself in one of the ferry
houses on first coming to the city and
patiently waited until the usual Ameri-
can rush for the wharf should proclaim
his arrival at the opposite shore. No
rush occurred, however, and after sew
eral boats had come and gone the Briton
made the humiliating discovery that he
had been thinking better of an Ameri-
can institution than it deserved.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
CITY COUNCIL OF kEMpsN.
Dutch Simplicity Was Their Strong Point.
Like That of Some Other Councils.

Dutch simplicity Was Their Strong Point
Like That of Some Other Councils.
Kempen, a town IN Holland on the
lower Rhine (the birthplace Of Thomas
Kempis), is a famous residence of Deo-
pleswith small incomes. The magma.
ton of these Dutchmen must be as linn
TIED as their incomes, judging from the
droll stories that are told of them, saws
Harper's Young People
At one time fire broke out and
much damage was done because the en-
gines were out of repair. The council
met, and after much argument it was
voted that on the eve preceding every
fire the town officers should ca-efullv
examine the engines, pumps, etc.
One OF the greatest profits of the town
was the toll exacted at the gates. The
council wished to increase the income
and instead of increasing the toll it
voted to double the number of rates.
This same council also ordered the sun
dial to be taken from the courthouse
common and placed under cover, where
1t would be protected from the weather.
But OF all the queer things that are
told of Kempen and its people notbinr
is SO absurd as this: Grass grew on the
top OF very high tower, and the onlv
way these drol Dutchmen could th:ni,
OF to get it off was to hoist cow nm
and let her eat IL
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
THE CURSE OF AUSTRALIA.
Kangaroos Killed by the Thousand, But
| StiIl Plentiful In Some Places

| aAiSaTooS hibc0 ny INC 1nOuBA0up But
Still Plentiful In Some Places.
| The kangaroo plague, says Hard
wicke's Science Gossip, has always been
a great nuisance to the Australian
squatters, for on an average these ami
mails consume as much grass as sheep.
IT is stated that on sheep run of GO, 600
to $4,000 acres 10000 kangaroos were
killed annually for six consecutive
years, and yet their numbers remained
very formidable in the locality. In the
colony of South Australia hundreds of
thousands of kangaroos are slaughtered
annually for their skins and the bonus
offered by the authorities. The num-
bers of these marsupials in New South
Wales in 1889 was estimated to be over
100000, and yet about 500, 900 kanga-
roos and 650,000 wallabies were de-
stroyed in the colony in that year. A
bonus of sixteen cents for each kanga-
roo killed is offered in Australia; hence
the colonists are gradually exterminat-
ing these native animals. Over half
million skins are annually shipped to
England and large number to North
America, to be converted into leather.
The macropidB includes several kinds
of kangaroos and wallabies. The prog
ress of settlement in Australia has
driven these animals from the more
densely populated parts of the Austria
liam continent, but in the country and
districts they are still numer-
Gus enough to cause very considerable
damage to the natural grasses So |
serious has been the injury thus wrought
that the colonial governments and run
holders pay small sum per head for
inc destruction of the kangaroos.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
Big Tips Going Out.

The days of big tips are said to be
numbered, and in consequence sadness
reigns among the walters in the promi-
nent hotels and fashionable restaurants
of the land. A writer in the New York
Commercial Advertiser says: "Wherc a
rich man would give tip of one dollar
he now gives, on ordinary occasions, q
quarter of a dollar. And some even
condescend to offer dime. At first tn
walters used to show by the cold stare
on their faces that they did not care
for such small tip, but now they take
it with a faint attempt at amiability.
Where party, however, has q swell
champagne lunch after the theater the
waiter is never tipped less than fjfty
cents. He is not surprised to receiv,
one dollar. A certain millionaire has &
habit Of putting the amount OF his
pour boire ON the corner of the table as
soon as he sits down. The walters do
not consider it good form"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
The palmetto Proving Useful.

The graceful palmetto, that grows so,
profusely in the lower tiers of the.
southern states, has recently become a.
factor in the industries of the south.
for its wood is hard enough to carve
and its fiber is strong enough to make,
excellent cordasye and useful substi--
tute for sponges. In Jacksonville, Fla.
a factory has been started for the pur-
pose of making brushes and brooms of
the fiber, and elsewhere sink brushes
are being made of the wood, half of
whose thickness is being converted into,
bristling points. The young leaves of
the tree make a salad chat the people
are beginning to appreciate, and the
taste of it is lilsened to that of chest
nuts. Bears knew about it long before
the people did, and it is a favorite arti-
Gle of diet among them = the black
bears climbing the trees and browsing
on the fresh shoots as eagerly as they
browse on vyaterrnelOns
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
DOG TRAINED TO STEAL.
Tho Latest Curiosity of Crime In the
Worlds Metropolis.

Tho Latest Curiosity of Crime In the
Worlds Metropolis.
This curious account of the depreda-
ton OF felonous dog is from the Lon
don Daily Graphic. Frederick Harnp-
ton, forty-five, described as a fish
monger, of London road, Croydon, was
charged on remand recently before
Mr.. Biron, at the Lambeth police court,
with stealing and receiving lady's SILK
umbrella, value seven shillings six
pence, the property of Louisa Squires.
The evidence already given showed
that on Saturday the prosecutrix was
walking along Kensington park road
with an umbrella in her hand. She saw
trap coming along and dog run
ming behind. The dog came toward
her, took hold of the umbrella and
shook it, and she had to let go.
The dog then ran off with the UNI
brella in the same direction as the trap.
The prisoner, who was driving, was af
terward arrested, and upon searching
the trap the policeman found seven UNI
brellas, including the one identified by
Miss Squires.
"A second case was gone into. Mrs.
Henrietta Ray, the wife of DR.. Ray, of
East Croydon, stated that at the begin
ming OF last month she was walking
along London road, Croydon. in COM
pany with two other ladies. The wit
ness was carrying sunshade; dog
suddenly ran up to her, snatehed her
sunshade and ran after the trap in
which there were two persons. That
morning she saw the sunshade at the
court.
Other victims testified. Eight UNI
brellas were found at Hampton's ]odg-
ings- The prisoner was committed.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
BITTEN BY A DOG.
Twas a Fearful Bite, But the Blood
Didn't Pour from His Boot.

Twas a Fearful Bite, But the Blood
Didn't Pour from His Boot.
A Lewiston man was bitten by dog
the other day, says the Lewiston Jour
nal. He felt the dog bite into his leg,
close its teeth upon each other, and just
scrape the bone. He kicked the dog
over the Pine Street church steeple Ia
hyperbole,) J. and limped home. Half
way there the blood began to run into
his boots. He could hear it swashl
swash! swash, he says.
Every now and then he began to look
back to see where his trail, like that of
his ancestor at Valley Forge, should be
marked by blood. When he reached
home he took every precaution against
ensanguined tapestry and bloody door
mats He took his person to the sleep
ing-room, held his foot over the cuspi-
dor, and gently took off his boot.
His sight wavered and vision fed.
Was that his blood9 Then things
cleared and he saw no blood. There
was none in his boots, none in his
socks, none on his tourserloons, none
and he has been hunting to
this day to see where the dog bit him.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11

cember, 1890 / then offered and begged
him to accept payment Of the as by
equal monthly installments. He re-
fused to do SO, and ! was advised to de-
cline further payments Subsequently,
he pressed me for payment, offering to
accept new bill for the amount above
and interest, which was. unable to
meet. Hence his attachment of my
salary From the above statement it.
would appear that the teacher in ques-
ton received 95 only, paid e44, and is
still in debt for an amount, including.
interest and costs, of els los 3D.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
Virginia Clty's Gloomy Outlook.

The outlook in Virginia just at pres
eDt II far from promising. Last nights
train carried away many miners who
were out of work and who determined
to leave while it was possible to do so.
The situation is daily becoming more
and more cherries and there is every
prospect that Virginia will Join the
ranks of snch towns as Egan. Canon and
Treasure Hill. The meeting held We'd
inesday evening may he productive Of
benefit and we sincerely trust that it
may.
Stockholders are relinquishing their
shares rather than pay the assessmeDte
thereon and these shares are rapidly be-S
coming worthless paper. Many mines
IN Virginia are practically abandoned
and hundreds of men are out of work.
While the prospect is not very cheering
we are loath to give up the hope that
Nevada will come out on top and as long
as there is house standing in the state
or an inhabitant living in cur sagebrush
land we shall believe 10 the future pros
perlty of the 'Silver State" and hope
that our sister city may be as flourish
ing as OF old.-Carson News.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11

variety In Spain.
/ Judging from the taurine statistics
bull fighting is not decreasing in Spain.
"a Spanish merchant, = writes Med.
rid correspondent, could bear the loss
of his king with more resignation than
the abolition of his favorite sport, and
an Iberian republican would prefer his
scorrida de toros' (bull-fght) to any re-
public, even if granted three acres and
a COW. A Spanish caballero, with
more pride than hard cash, will cheer
fully forego his Sunday dinner if, by so
doing, he may secure his seat in the
bull ring. Maria and Juanita will
readily deny themselves for time =
new dress rather than miss the excite
mert OF the Plaza de Toros' Besides,
are not their raven black hair, blue
black eyes, rosy lips (whence proceed
sparkling wit and lively repartee), their
small hands (which manipulate the fan
with such grace), and their tiny feet. on
which they glide, all sufficient to at
tract chances of admiration? During
the present year the number of first
class bull fights in important cities has
been 2S9, the bulls killed being 1884.
There have also been 307 fights of
young bulls (novillos), in which l, 4o7
were slaughtered. OF the chief fights,
l6 took place in Madrid, IS in Seville, IL
in Barcelona and IL in Valencia. Two
mcn-pi eadors-were killed: of the es-
padas and banderillos 16 were more or
less seriously wounded. In each course
from six to eight bulls are done to
death; but recently in Madrid, in a
fight which extended two days, IS were
finished Off Many Of the enthusiasts
Judge the merit of the fight by the num-
Der of the horses slain. On some days |
"a, or even more, are gored to death by
the long horns of the Spanish bulls.
The bull ring in Madrid holds $1,000 |
spectators, who are still apparently de-
lighted with the barbarous and horri- |
Die spectacle, in which blood flows
'lentifully, and aged or unsound horses
ire disemboweled on the sandy arena
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
It Was Thrown Over serpent,s Heau
Just In Time.

It Was Thrown Over a Serpent's Heau
just In Time.
The trayelerin the uncivilize6 regions
of South America has to face many
perils. If he escapes the savages, who
are adroit and bitter enemies; if he can
secure water and food, and survive the
| intense heat, and believes his expedi-
ton has every chance of success, he
may die within an hour from the bite
OF a poisonous serpent, says Youths
Companion.
M. Thouar, in his diary, kept during
his explorations in the Pilcomayo delts
under a commission from the Argentine
government, describes an experience
which prompted him to eternal vigil
lance in regard to snakes.
He was lying in his hammock; the
sergeant of his guard was asleep under
a tree close by. Suddenly he noticed
an immense serpent coiled about the
sergeant's leg and extending its head
toward his bare chest
What should he do? To wake the
man meant certain death to him; but
how to kill the creature or attract it
away without waking him? He re-
called method of capturing the cobra
in India.
He prepared a sipknot. By stealthy,
almost imperceptible movements he at
tracted the serpent's attention. 1t
turned its head. Then he leaned from
his hammock and with long piece of
grass tielsled it gently on the throat.
1t raised its head. He cast the moose
over it and drew it tight around the
neck.
1t was not a moment too soon. The
sergeant awoke. He tainted with
fright, but the danger was past The
sliplSnot had saved him and stroke of |
she saber cut off the serpent's head.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
Torgot ks NIIssIon.

At a time when the Irish situation
seemed critical to the officials at Dublin,
in 1881 or 1882, a certain liberal peer was
delegated to go to Hawarden and consult
with Gladstone. Upon his return his
friends received him with eagerness,
'Well, what did he say; what policy did
he recommends" The peer blushed
slightly, hesitated moment, and then
mildly remarked: "Well, to tell the
truth, the fellow was SO wonderfully
agreeable that we never got on the sub.
ject OF Ireland at all"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
HE HAD TIGHT SHOES
Why Gen. Jim Lewis Did Not Rise at tn.
Proper Time.


Proper Time.
Gen. Jim Lewis, as he is familiarly
called, is said by his friends to believe
in the efficacy of eccentric habits with
the fair sex, and many acts of a smile
provoking character are told of him.
His most recent act in this line, accord
| ing to the ST. Louis Republic, occurred
short time since at dinner party
given by lady friend.
During the course of the dinner the
general, SO the story goes, was noticed
to lean over and reach down toward the
floor, first on one side, then on the
other The movement was noted, but
was thought to be only one of his pc
culiarities AT the close of the dinner,
when the ladies rose to retire and al
low the gentlemen to solace themselves
with an indulgence of good cigars, the
general did not rise.
This action produced an awkward
pause, and made the general the OBJ
served of all observers, noting which,
together with the look of inquiry and
expectancy with which he was re-
garded, he made prompt explanation to
the effect that his remaining seated
was due to his shoes not being wholly
on his feet.
He did not, however, have to explain
that their not being SO was due to his
peculiar side movements at the table,
when he had partially removed them to
ease the pressure upon the supernu-
merary excrescences on his pedal APP
pendages for-the ladies had fed.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1893-02-11
EmptY Room Towns.

There are twenty well-built towns in
Kansas without single inhabitant to
waken the echoes Of their deserted
streets. Saratoga has a thirty-thou-
sand-dollar opera house, large brick
hotel, ty-thousand-dollar school
house and a number of fine business
houses, and yet there is nobody to even
claim place to sleep. At Fargo a
twenty thousand dollar schoolhouse
stands on the side of the hill, Inonu-
ment to the bond-voting craze. A herder
and his family are the sole population
Of what was once an incorporated city.
This is sad commentary on unhealthy
booms. Those Kansas towns, like
Wichita, advertised themselves as
phenomenal boom cities, For awhile
Everything was lovely and the goose
hung high" but at last dry rot took
hold on the boom towns and killed
them.