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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-03
is IT CIVILIZATION
That Causes Scenes Like This
to Be Enacted z
WAR was Bad ENOUGH YEARS AGO,

But With Modern Battleships the Destruc-
tion wrought Can Not Be Imagined-An
= Eng1lslhmnn Who Was ON n Chinese War
ship During the Battle on. x..Iu river
Describes What BE Saw.
LONDON, Oct. "A British naval Off
Ger attached Co the Chinese naval squad
ron, which was engaged in the fight off
the mouth of the Yalu river, has written
a letter to The Cratic in which he gives
additional details of the fighting and
says:
''On board the warship Chen Yuen
the fighting was awful The decks and
the space around the guns were strewn
with human fragments Three of five
men working four-ton gun were blown
up by a shell from the japanese warship
Naniwa. The fourth gunner was shot
while TT. ing to escape from the turret
and the fifth
Stuck to His Post.
This man fired three rounds at the
Naniwa, one shell entering the engine
room of the Japanese ship and another
smashing her forebridge. The Naniwa
then hauled off The Chinese admiral
rewarding the surviving gunner with
present OF 1000 taels.
"a shell glanced from the steel deck of
the Chen Yuen and went through her
tower, shattering everything therein. A
lieutenant who was in the act of speak
ing through the tube leading to the en-
CINE room, was blown into atoms and
his head was left hanging to the speak
ing pipes. Huge fragments of armor
and teak backing thereof were carried
in board by the shot, crushing large
number of sailors into shapeless mass.
Drenched with Blood.
ga Europen engineer who was in the
act of cropping about in an endeavor to
repair a steampipe was drenched from
head to foot with the blood of an as
sistant who was disemboweled by his
side by a shot from the enemy's ship.
The Chen Yuen arrived at Wei Hal
Wei the day after the fight in the same
condition IN which she left the battle.
No attempt has been made to wash the
blood from her or to remove the corpses
which strewed her decks
If They Could Have Seen.
The writer expresses the opinion that
If the European rulers could have seen
the decks of the Chen Yuen-they would
have foresworn war henceforth and for
ever.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-03
RAReARIsM AND CIVILIZATION.

a New York Minister Tells the Lesson o
the War in the East.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-10-03

hoy Could Have seen.

The writer expresses the opinion that
If the European rulers could have seen
the decks of the Chen Yuen- they would
have foresworn war henceforth and for
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-18
KOREA.
Korea is a wondrous land,
Half Jap and half Chinee

Korea is a wondrous land,
Half Jap and half Chinee,
With people swarming there as thick
As leaves upon a tree
So full that killing men is deemed
A rather proper trade,
And if man should fire a gun
He'd kill whole brigade.
There every man of standing wears
Next TO his very skin
a frame of very light bamboo
From ankles to his chin.
On this he hangs his cotton clothes
And, in SoPs fiercest rule,
The air goes circulating through
And he is ever cool.
The men there go abroad by day,
And women go by night;
And, when the women walk the street.
The men are out OF sight;
And, If rude man ventures out,
The vigilant police
Will nab and fog, holding him
Till the women's hour shall cease.
-Erchonge.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-18

my own grounds, and that If there
was any necessity for cZarda / would
build one myself. That man went to
Mr.. Stephany, who sold him part of
my space for $1,000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-18

Several citizens of Portland. Or.
have formed corporation, with a
capital stock of S1,0OO,OOO to build
beet-sugar factories in Oregon. h
G. korn, recently of Germany, who
is one of the incorporators, has made
an extensive chemical examination
of the soil In different sections of the
State with very satisfactory results
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-18
Massage.

AIRS. PRAY WOULD ANNOUNCE
w that she will attend limited mum.
Der of patients. Address at 81. M.
Whitney's. King ST.; Bell Telephone 10,
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
MISCELLANEOUS.
PALE, thin AND EMACIA7ED
PEOPLE.
MIsCELLANEOUs.

The country is full of them. They
do not know what it is to feel well
like other folks. Medicines Of all
kinds have been tried without good
results. Cod Liver Oil and the prep
arations of Malt have all failed.
What is the reason? These ema-
ciated people cannot digest starchy
foods. The fat of the body is pro-
duced with bread, potatoes, and 9th
er starchy food. If they will eat
food that is CRITICALLY digested,
they will grow fat, strong, plump
and robust. They will commence
gaining flesh at once. This Flesh
Forming Food is called PASKOLA.
You can buy it at any drug store.
Send your name to The Pre-Digest-
ed Food Co., 80 Reade ST., New
York, and get their interesting PAM
phlet.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
A TAx-RIDDEN TOWN.

The inhabitants of the farming Sec
tions of Cape Elizabeth are now receiv-
ing their tax bills for tL e past year, and
to say that they are ast tonished when
they inspect them is putting it mildly.
Their taxes have more than doubled. A
farmer who had to shell out S1OO last
year for the public good finds himself
held up this year to the tune of S225.
Over large section of the town-and
that section devoted to agriculture-the
tax rate this year is 81 0.60 on a thou
sand. PortIand's tax rate is $40 on
thousand, and our people think that is
high. But here is farming population
burdened with a tax rate more than
double. If anyone wants to know how ii
happens that this enormous and de-
structive burden has been imposed upon
an industry of SO small returns that
it is only by the hardest work and the
greatess prudence that man can get a
living out of it, he will find part of the
explanation in the character of the town
and part of it In an act passed by the
legislature at it's last session. Cane
Elizabeth, as is we'll known, is, so to
speak, part city aud part country. That
is to say part of it is thickly settled
and part sparsely settled. OF course
the villages need water, and light, and
fire protection, and sidewalks, and
great many other conveniences, which
the farming sections do not want. and
as their voting populations are in the ma
jority they not only need them but they
get them also. The result is that town
expenditures have been constantly in.
creasing for many years past, and while
very few of the benefits from the i'm
provements have accrued to the farmers
they had to pay large portion of their
cost. Their property being of the kind
that cannot be removed or concealed.
hears the brunt of every increase in
town expenditure.
Last year the tax rate. not including
that assessed for the support of schools,
was about S21 on $1,000. This year it is
S24. so, and this large tax is not assessed
on a low valuation. On the contrary. the
valuation of the farming property is, as
rule, fully equal to what the prorertv
could be sold for Indeed, within the
last two or three years several large
tracts Of land within the town have been
sold for even less than the amounts
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19

The Hon. Frederick R. CouderJ an
nounces that he has decided to vote for
Hill in order to save the party. Last
year Mr.. Coudert declared it was his
opinion that Hill had nearly or quite
wrecked the party, and if it was not to
be completely destroyed Hill and his ilk
must be thrown overheard. What has
changed Mr.. Coudert's mind can only be
determined surely when Coudert sees
fit to tell. The most reasonable explain
alton is that during the last twelve
months Mr.. Coudert has become more
intimately aquainted with his party, and
discovered that his idea of year before
that it desired pure ADMINISTRATION and
clean candidates was quite erroneous,
and that the truth is that it wants just
such men as Hill to lead it, and if it
can not have them it will lie down
and die. Mr.. Coudert's second idea is
not so com pllmentary to his party as his
first, but it is his sober second thought
and for that reason is likely to be more
nearly correct 1t accords, too, with the
observation of disinterested parties.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
MAINE STATE PRESS.
Subscription Rates.

Subscription Rates
DAILY I'm advance) Sc per year; So for six
months; 81 so quarter; so cents month.
The DAILY is delivered every morning by
carrier anywhere within the city limits and at
Woodfords without extra charge.
DAILY (Not in advance), invariably at the
rate of 81 year.
MAINE STATE PRESS CWeekly) published
every Thursday So per year; 81 for six xmonths;
SO cents quarter; 25 cents for trial subscrlp-
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, S100 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 souare,' is a space OF the width OF a col
umn and one inch long.
s,,ec;a1 Notices. on first page, one third adj
ditional.
A,n,,se,neuts and Auction, Sales, $500 per
SQUARE each week Three insertions OF iess'
s1.50 per square,
reading Notices in nonpareil type and
elassed with other paid notices. 20 cents per
line each insettion.
Pare Reading Notices in reading matter type
e5 cents per line each insertion.
Woqds To Let For Sale and similar ao'el-
ments. 25 cents per week, in advance Tor 4o
words or less, no display. Displayed adVer-
tisements under these headlines and all aavef-
tisements not paid in advance, will be charged
atregular rates.
InMA1NE STATE PRESS $1.oo per square
Tor first insertion, and fifty cents per square Tor
each subsequent Insertion.
Address all communications relating to sub
scriutiou and advertisements to PORTLAND
p1IR11sp1Nc Co.. OF EXCHANGE STREET
PORTLAND. Me.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as thew cannot
each the seat of the disease. Catarrh is n
blood or constitutional disease. and in order to
cure it you must take internal remedies. HALLS
Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine. 1t was
prescribed by one of the best physicians in this
1t is composed of the best tonics known com
bined with he best blood purifiers, acting di-
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists. price Toe,
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
Proposals for Fire Boat Service,

SEALED proposals for fire boat service for
- the City OF Portland, in accordance with
Department will be received on OF before Octo.
Der 26th, 1894. by the Undersigned to whom
all communications should be addressed. bear.
ing the endorsement. Proposals for Fire R"at
Service" The committee reserve the riSbt I"
reject any or all bids. Specifications can he
obtained on application to o"n oo
FRANK H. LITTLE.
Chairman Committee on Fire Department
oct12 dow
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19

Hill has consented, against the vigor-
ous protest of Tammany, to allow the
regular State Democratic ticket to head
the local ticket of the Grace Democracy,
which bears the name of Colonel WI.
Strong, Repu blican, for mayor. Appar-
emily Hill has no objection to recognize
ing kickers when there is a chance that
it will enure to his benefit.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19

If the new tariff law is to be commit
ted to the protection of its friends, as
the Democrats insist, it NUT be handed
over to Senator German and Brice and
the Sugar Trust. They are all the
friends it ever had.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
STEAM LAUNDRY.
LACE CURTAINS A SPECIALITY.

No necessity Of sending to New
York. The Peoples Steam Laun-
dry, Nos. SO and 50 Free ST., guar
antee as nice work on Lace Cur
tains and all nice fabrics as are
done in any Laundry.
We refer with pleasure to our
many patrons in what manner our
work is done. Do not be deceived
by the idea, that skilled workmen
are not to be found i'm Portland.
THOMAS & JEWETT.
n
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
TIE PRESS.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10.

The dispatches indicate that the Czar
is fast nearing his end, aud that few
days will see another Czar Of all the
Russias.
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
PIANOS! PIANOS! PIANOS "!

good opportunity Second Hand Upright Square piano
new at the beginning of the
We also have Square Pianos that
will
condition - ~ - - eoo1
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19

0Aft t lNYES | W [ N | ) !
Portland 6's, due 1aoy
Westbrook, AS. due 1909
Brunswick As, due 1891 to 1924
Augusta As, due 1919
Dexter SIS, due 1897
Chicago, Illinois, SIS, due 1901
Marietta, Ohio, SIS, due 1898 to 1910
Marion. Ohio, SIS, due 1914 to 1916
Portsmouth, Ohio, SIS, due 1928
Fremont, Ohio, 6's. due 1908 to 1909
Stark County, Ohio, SIS due 1902 s. 1908
Tuscarawas,. Co., Ohio, SIS, due 1897
Highland Co., Ohio, SIS, due 1906 & 1907
Lawrence, Co., Ohio, SIS, due 1912 to 1914
Daviess Co., Indiana, Sc, due 1902 & 1908
jackson Co, Indiana, 6's. due 1895 to 1898
NC, r. r. First Mort. US due 1893
NC. II. r. Cons. Mort. rs due 1912
NJ G. r. r. Cons. Mort. SIS due 1912
Portland Water Co., 4's, due 1897
DuluthISt. Ry1st Mort. SIS due 1920
sep29 diff
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
ANNUAL MEETING.

fNH E annual meeting of the Maine General
4 Hospital will be held at four O'Clock in the
afternoon of the first TUESDAY. the sixth
day OF November, 1894, in the office of the
Treasurer OF the corporation in Portland. for the
purpose OF electing officers for the ensuing year
and OF transacting such other business as may
legally be presented.
By order of the Directors.
F. r. BARRETT, Secretary
Portland. October IL, 1894.
octl2 eod4w
The Portland daily press., 1894-10-19
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

a new artificial honeysuckle on her bonnet.
The peron who answered her call was
amused to see humming brid light on the
lady's headgear, and thrust his long bill
into the flowers, eidently in search of
sweets, remaining there some little time,
ana left only when he found he was sold.
Fannie is Thomaston cat and has three
kittens. but her mistress thinks three too
many to keep at once. SO one day she said
to the maid of al work: Il must have
those kittens dI owned.' Fanny was listen
ing, and that day she and the kittens we1
missing, some three days after Fannie made
her appearance minus the kittens. Her
mistress caught her up and after little
chastisement said Now Fannie, go and
get your kittens and bring them horne or
they will starve.' Within a half hour she
appeared with her family and they are now
receiving due care from Fannie's mistre
As showing the immense freight business
done in comparatively small town it may
be mentioned that there is now in process
of erection at Fort Fairfield a B. & A.
freight house 1S2x34 feet. The large potato
uOuSo u Oni1u5, l oolc oS AouSutOH IL l4UX4U.
1t required about $4,000 feet of lumber to
build it.
The lobster fishing industry at vinal-
haven adds in no small degree to the PROS
perity of the town. Number of lobster fish
ermen, 81. Value of gear S1495. Boats
$4,000. Estimated stock for year S23,50O.
The estimated amount of money stocked
for the year is considered very conserva-
tive, OF $3.50 per man.
George Lashus was brought to Augusta
Wednesday afternoon from Waterville, and
tried before United States Commissioner
Choate for violation of the liquor law.
Lashus was bound over till the December
term of the United States District court of
Portland under $500 bonds,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07

Matthew Henry's commentary on
the Bible was written for the common
people, and in the slang of the day. In
commenting on Judges TX, he says:
I'VE are here told by what acts Abime-
leck got into the saddle. He hired for
his service all the scum and scoundrels
OF the country. lothian was really a
fine gentleman. The Sechemites were
the first to kick him of. They said all
the i'll they could of him in their table
talk. They drank health to his confu-
sion"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
HERE AND THERE.

| 1t takes 200 pounds of good butte,
In year to pay for the keep of cow
| "A barbed wire fence and winter
killed grass make poor shelter and
food for cattle, yet thousands of head
have no better.
TO get the earliest peas sow any
OF the earliest smooth sorts Just as
soon as the frost is out of the ground.
They will flourish even in soil not vel
dry enough for ordinary garden crops.
DO not allow dog in .the stable,
for his presence will irritate the cows.
Do not allow the hired mar to smoke
there, for the fumes OF the tobacco viii
do the milk flavor no good, and .
chance spark from the pipe may fire
the barn.
Whenever an animal intended for
slaughter is permitted to become poor.
the profit on that animal has disap-
peared, and the best that can be done
is to see that the loss is as little as pos
sible.
The whole superstructure of gar.
dening, especially the branches of
Horticulture and landscape gardening.
depends upon the love of the beauti.
ful. We can not make use in utility or
sense of flowers, lawns and shrubs.
any more than we can pictures or stat
uary.
That cow should sell for less than
her earnings for year, is an ANOMALY.
but fact A fifty-dollar COW is ex.
pected to produce not less than seven
ty-ive dollars worth. A similar anon.
ally exists in the price of agricultural
lands, which are expected to sell for
the value of one years average crop.
Some dairymen invite their Gus
toners to visit them and see how their
business is done. Others are too bash.
full to do this, and would much rather
their customers would attend to their
own BUSINESS and let them alone. And
the customers are pretty sure to do so
after awhile.
The tendency of the age is towards
labor saving contrivances One con-
trivance of this sort that is much
neglected, is making stock harvest
their own feed. Especially does this
apply to hogs; they can be made TO
harvest nearly all the feed they con-
sumo at great saving of labor, and
benefit to the hogs.
The pullets Of the large breeds
should be Matched before April 1, and
II by the middle of March, it will be |
all the better, as they will then have
plenty of time TO grow before fall.
Eggs of the small breeds need not be |
used until later, as such pullets re-
1uire much shorter period for reach
'ST maturity.
Asparagus is just the crop of which |
the average home grower might plant
! larger patch than required for his
own use; that is, if he does not object |
% securing little pocket money from |
MS garden. Asparagusis easily grown,
md yet always sells The neighbour |
viii want an occasional mess,
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
CLEAN UTENSILS.
A First Requisite to the Successful Dairy.
man,

A First Requisite to the Successful Dairv.
man.
One of the most dangerous germs that
can infest milk is that found in old rot
ten milk in, the seams, joints and cor.
ners of the utensils used in handling
the milk. One of the most serious OBJ
jections to the use of wood milk pals.
butter bowls and utensils of this kind
is the difficulty in keeping them thor
oughly clean. Many of these are made
OF wood that absorb, to more or less
extent, butter fats; and when used for
some time get full, and can not other.
wise prove but nest for the propaga-
ton of these germs. Then little
carelessness in cleaning, will leave
more or less in the seams or corners to
rot and breed germs, that are not only
destructive to the good quality of the
butter but breed disease.
So far as is possible use tin and
pressed tin utensils, when it is possible
to secure them. The less risk of hay
ing these germs, and the less work re-
quired to clean, makes this class of
utensils the more economical to use.
If hot water is used with soda. and
care taken in cleaning, there need be
no difficulty in keeping clean. 1t is
still best however, to air few hours
at least after using. Clean utensils
is one of the items in manage
ment that while comparatively usual,
IS nevertheless Important, when the
best quality is to be considered; and
carelessness in this respect is often the
cause ca the butter not coming up to
the standard. Milk SO easily takes any
odors in the>air that care must be taken
in every respect to have everything as
clean as possible-especially the YES
sells that must in any way come in con-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1894-04-07
WEALTHY AUTHORS
rrenchmen Who Have Become Rich N
Grinding Out Literature.

Frenchmen Who Have Become Rich n
Grinding Out Literature.
Many OF the French authors. As "a
well known, have ear ned large incomes
from the products of their pens So
numerous. indeed, are the stories OF
success that the days when Corneille
received only 500 francs for his "Atha-
lie" seems even further back than they
are.
1T is familiar fact" says Die Vie
ner Mode, in an article upon the wealth
OF WRITER'S" that Alexander Dumas the
elder received immense sums from his
theatrical pieces and novels, and that
MS works still assure a good income to
ms son. 1t was the first production Of
Henri I'LL which changed the for
tunes OF that writer. On the day be-
lore the production he was a subordi-
nate official in the service of the Duke
OF Orleans, and content with his an
nual salary of 1900 francs. On the
following morning, however, he was
the lion of the time. He sold his
manuscript for 5000 francs. Dumas
the elder would have died million
aire many times over had it not
been for his tendency to waste
money. The younger Dumas has
earned, without doubt, much less
money than his father, although he
had the advantage for making his
debut with famous name. The first
hundred productions of The Lady
with the Camellias' brought him only
10000 francs. But from that time on
his income mere ased rapidly. For in
stance, the clever writer received
10000 francs for t he right of translatr
ing 'Francillon' before it was presented
to the theater-goers single time.
Victor Hugo" cont inues the jour.
nal, left 100000 of francs, not in
Guiding the value of his works. The
works produce an annual income of
3d. 900 francs for his heirs. Victorien
Sardou owns princely palace in
Marly-le-Roi, and has a princely for
tune to support it. The beautiful home
OF lola, in MEDIUM, as is we'll known,
has cost the owner millions of francs
already and requires an immense in
come to keep it up. The countrymen
OF MEDIUM, by the way, get as much
from lola as possible. A pound of
peas, for instance, can be purchased
for 30 sous. bat lola pays often as high
as francs.
But all these large incomes are ex-
ceeded by that of Georges Ohnet. His
'Forge-Master' has been a gold mine |
for him. In 1885 it was estimated that |
the revenue from the novel and drama
hearing that N n ma xyoc ,v,oro <b,r soo |
600 francs. Thus it may be seen that
the calling of the dramatic author in
Paris pays well, and that, in general,
to speak with Rossini. they do not die
from hunger. IN Y. Tribune.