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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-08-02

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IN HUB MARKETS.
General Business Boom Has
Not Reached Fish.

Firmer Tone to the Butter Market Eggs
Quiet and Beef Dun The Live Stock
and Wool Markets.
Boston, July 31.-The salt fish trade has
been rather tame the past week, and the
expected increased demand has not put in
an appearance. Jobbing orders have been
light, and dealers are beginning TO think
that the business improvement, which has
reached almost all other branches, is going
to give the fish folks the % by.
But there is no good cause for apprehen-
sion. Midsummer weather is unfavorable
for the movement of fish, and buyers are
always cautious about this time. The me-
diminished fat mackerel running 300 or
over to the barrel, which are SO much de-
sired, are beginning 10 come in, and may
soon be here in large enough quantities to
meet all wants.
Schools of mixed sizes are showing up
all along the eastern coast from Cape Cod
to Portland, and there is a good prospect
for the shore catch to turn out well.
Prospects we all know are deceptive at
times, especially mackerel prospects. but
while vessels are bringing in fair trips
every day there is good ground for hope.
The landings of the New England fleet
for the week foot up 1176 barrels of salt
mackerel, and include II arrivals at
Gloucester with 946 barrels, and four ar
rivals at Portland with 23o barrels. In ad.
dition to these a trip of 1870 barrels was
brought into Gloucester Monday from the
North bay, the first of the season.
The seasons catch is still not much
more than half as large as last year at this
time, being 1920 barrels against 1926
barrels in 1894, but this weeks receipts
show gain over last year, and it would
not take long to even up if the shore fish
ermen should strike few large schools.
All kinds of fresh fish, except halibut
and mackerel, have been in liberal supply
and prices on cod and haddock have ruled
low. Receipts of the latter aggregate
1,047 $50 pounds. There has been a moder-
ate trade, but not enough to impart much
life to the market.
CLANS have been in good request at the
standard price of 30 cents per gallon. A
few oysters in the she'll are selling, but
nothing doing in other kinds. HOLSTERS
in moderate request at IL and IA cents per
pound.
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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-08-02
HOW AN Advertisement
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
HUNTINGTON is COMING,
ToWne and Mills Will Meet
Him at FL PaSo or New
Orleans.
These Gentlemen, 1t Is Said, VIII
Start on Their Trip
To-Day.

Afteral several postponements of his
proposed trip to this coast G. P. Hunting
ton, president of the Southern Pacific, has
at last got his pressing business affairs in
such shape that he can get away from
New York, and was expected to leave that
city last night in his private car.
AS has been customary for some years
in these trips to the West, Mr.. Huntington
will come by the Sunset route, via New
Orleans and Ell Paso. This will give him
an opportunity to inspect the longest
stretch of road owned by the company
and the part of it which is at present re-
ceiving the most attention from that cor
poration.
Mr. Huntington seldom travels at night
when going over his own line of road. The
plan usually followed is to lay up at some
important railroad point every night and
travel in the daytime.
The inspection which the president gives
the road on these annual trips is thorough
one Over each division he is generally ac-
companied by the superintendent in charge,
who explains what improvements are be-
ing made, those that are contemplated,
and receives the orders of his superior.
At the offices of the company in this city
it was reported yesterday that General
Manager Towne and General Land Agent
Mills wonld leave the city to-day for the
purpose of meeting Mr.. Huntington at
some point along the road They may stop
at Ell Paso or may conclude to go on to
New Orleans.
Their mission is supposed to be to give
the president such information in detail as
to the situation here as has not been sup
piled him heretofore by wire or letter. The
trip, however, is usually made by some of
the officials as matter of courtesy to the
president.
1t will be several days probably week
or two-before this city is reached by the
party. Mr.. Huntington has expressed a
desire to witness the coming festivities at
Los Angeles and this may detain him sew
era1 days
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oNEeFrHzIvlANELL IS
e. ANIMAL LIZ

'How's that for ugliness?" said an ami
NAL collector, taking up a tall bottle and
holding it against the light as connois-
seur would wine.
The bottle-a big-mouthed affair-was
filled with diluted alcohol and held an ex-
traordinary looking insect, that was ap-
parently all legs and claws and almost a
foot in length.
81 have caught any number of curious
creatures" continued the animal-hunter,
"but this is the most singular. was
providing through the forest of one of the
South American countries one day in
search of specimens when I observed a
small bird fluttering violently and evident
ly entangled among the branches of small
tree. Approaching it carefully l saw the
supposed branch move, but even then,
when within several feet of the bird, still
thought it impaled or caught in some way.
Suddenly, as I stretched out my hand to
release it, I saw that the little bird was in
the grasp of veritable monster; gigantic
insect that so initiated the green twigs of
the tree upon which it stood that it was
almost indistinguishable.> The animal was
this fellow have in the bottle, as you see,
a perfect imitation of jointed green twig =;
even its small wings are limitations of the
leaves of plant.
at is gigantic mantis-one of the deli
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
A DRUMMER IN TROUBLE.

James Watson Committed to the County
Jail for Contempt.
James w. Watson encountered the wrath
of the Superior Court yesterday and in
consequence was sent to the County Jail
for contempt.
Watson secured divorce from his wife,
Sierra M. Watson, about a year ago. and
was directed to pay $3.50 attorneys fees
and $75 month alimony. He neglected to
pay, and week ago was cited to appear in
Department to show cause why he should
not be punished for contempt. He adj
mitted that he had recently sold property
for $4,000 but could not explain what had
become of it. The property was purchased
five years previously for $4,000, and his wife
declared he had admitted having sacrificed
it to escape paying alimony.
Yesterday he remembered that as re-
CARDS the $4,000 purchase money he had
lost $4,000 of it at the races. The court an
imadverted severely on the evasion by the
defendant and ordered him into the Gus
tody of the Sheriff until he pay 1925 now
due
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
THE NEW PORT WARDENS
Commissions Are Issued to
MeSSrS. Provost, Atwood
and Harvey.
The New Board Will Claim Their
Seats A Contest in
Prospect.

Port Wardens' commissions were issued
yesterday to Nelson Provost, successor to
J. w. Gage; H. R. Atwood, vice A. ]. Mar
tin, and P. ]. Harvey, vice B. ]. Watson.
The three gentlemen were appointed by
Governor Budd and confirmed by the Sen
ate during the closing days of the last
Legislature. Samuel Braunhart was ap-
pointed at an earlier date to fill the vacancy
created by the retirement of Samuel K.
Thornton, whose term expired March 1.
The contention was made that the terms of
Gage, Martin and Watson did not expire
until March l. 1896, and the Governor, in
all probability, has deferred issuing the
commissions of their successors until he
looked up the law in the case
The old board was appointed by Mark
ham in 1891, and Thornton took his Office
Immediately, but the others failed to
qualify until q year later. Thornton was
the successor of Port Warden John Mar
tin, who died in 1890. On the. death of the
latter Governor Waterman appointed Alec
Badlam his successor, but Badlam was
never confirmed, and when Markham took
office he ignored Waterman's appointment
and named Thornton the successor of John
Martin. The latters term, had he lived,
would not have expired until March, 1892.
Thornton going into Office in 1891 his four
years OF service expired this year.
The new Port Wardens intend making a
fight for their office, and as soon as their
commissions are received they will take
the necessary oath and demand the retire
ment of Messrs. Gage, Martin and Wat
! son. The latter gentlemen have already
expressed themselves in regard to their
| position in the matter. They will refuse
| to yield, basing their refusal on the conten-
! ton that they have yet year to serve.
Budd's appointees insist that their term
of office dates from the issuing of their
commissions, and claim that the term of
the present board has expired. The mat
ter will probably be taken into the courts,
and pending a decision the old board
! claims the right to act
Of the new appointees Provost and At
wood are master mariners. Captain
Provost was formerly in command of the
schooner G.. H. Merchant and Captain At
wood has for years been the surveyor for
McNear. P. J. Harvey is the agent of the
Sacramento Transportation Company and
has been on the water front for many years.
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course. The other successful candidates.
who will henceforth be known as the class
of '95, were Miss Nellie Averill Armstrong
of San Diego, Miss Josie Bryan of San
Jose, Miss Esther G. Macomber of Angel
Island and Miss Bertha Brosius of this
city. The parts they took in the gradual
ing exercises reflected the thoroughness of
the training of their principal, Miss Emily
Curtis.
The programme of exercises was one of
particular merit, good chance for Del
sartean and vocal display being given in
the tableaux mouvants, in which Misses
Vida White, Esther G. Macomber, R..
Francis Luse, Mabel E. Sweetland, Josie
Bryan and Lulu Krieg participated. 1t
illustrated various popular sentimental
songs. The Rotations of the graduates
were as follows: 1.-The Maiden Martyr"
Miss Esther G. Macomber; "a Village
Singer" Miss Bertha Brosius; and How
the Church Was Built at Kehoe's Bar
Miss Nellie Averill Armstrong. Miss
Mabel E. Sweetland's rendition was a
pantomime, "Tit for Tat" BY way OF
variety several musical numbers were in
terspersed among the exercises, Mrs. Jessie
ID. Moore giving vocal solo, Miss Char
lotte Gruenhagen a violin solo and NJ B,
Wallach cello solo. A scene from
MARY Stuart closed the programme.
Miss Vida White impersonating Mary and
Miss Bertha Brosius Elizabeth.
The California School of Elocution and
Oratory was established in 1881, and has a
board of directors composed of prominent
State educators and scholars and a number
of ladies and gentlemen of high social
standing. Prominent among them are
Professor c. w. Childs, principal and
Professor George r. Kleeberger, vice-prin-
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cate little praying fellows common in this
country, but enlarged out of all proper
tions-a veritable giant. 1t had been rest
ing on the twig or branch unseen, COM
pletely protected by its resemblance to the
branch, and the bird had possibly alighted
in it and been clasped in the trap-like
claws that came together like springs. My
sympathies were with the bird, but it was
such remarkable occurrence that | stood
and watched the tragedy to the finish.
The terrible insect remained immovable !;
only its two claws clutched the bird, the
sharp points perforating it when it slowly
pressed the struggling body against its
mouth, apparently sucking the blood. In
any event the bird soon died in its en-
brace and threw my insect net over the
monster, and here he is.
mo, it did not struggle and seemed to be
incapable ofany quick movement, its limbs
being raised almost automatically. 1t gave
me the impression in all its movements of
some weird machine that had been wound
up and moved with the regularity of clock
work. / learned from the natives that the
insect was famous as bird catcher taking
every case they must have been deceived
by the appearance of the insect, thinking
it branch of the tree.
"Our ordinary mantis, little creature
hardly an inch or so in length, preys upon
other insects, catching them just as this
monster did the bird.
'Before | went to South America" con-
tinued the collector, ~ had read the story
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
INSECTS THAN
eRfeH BIRDS

the method described by Nine. Merriam,
who came upon a huge spider devouring
bird that had evidently been caught in a
web spun over crevice in tree. She de-
scribes the monster devouring its prey as
disgusting spectacle, it having covered the
unfortunate bird with some secretion and
was slowly sucking it's blood.
81 heard strange stories about the taran-
tula. According to the natives it was not
always deadly, and gave to the victim a
peculiar spasm, SO that they appeared to
go through dance. Some were rigid,
their movements being very SLOW Others
threw themselves about in frantic man.
ner, as though mad. The tarantula, the
famous dance of the native Spanish people,
is supposed to be modelled after this singu-
lar disease, and is often very graceful and
attractive.
''If all the insects which prey upon birds
and other animals were collected it would
make an interesting showing. One would
hardly expect to see an insect preying upon
fish, yet in New Zealand have seen large
dragon fly catch small fish. The big insect
would skim along the surface and dart into
the water, seize small fish and bear it
away. The same has been observed in
this country. Gosse, the English natural
ist, saw dragon flies catching small fish in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07
.REcKONED SHE COT EVEN,
The Woman Who Struggled
CatSkin MuffS Across the
Canadian Line.
The Clerk Told Her What They
Were-She Was Angry and
Talked Back.

~ see by an advertisement of yours, !"
she said, putting down big bundle on
the counter of a Sixth-avenue furstore and
fumbling for her handkerchief, THAT your
store valuable furs through the summer,
and guarantee to keep out the moths. Is
that SOP"
at is, madam" said the clerk politely.
"Well l own two mighty fine muffs, and
I'd kinder like to store 'em. Wouldn't think
of bringin' 'em to you, only last year put
up my best plush coat in camfer-a dollar
worth of it-and along came them buffaler
moths and chawed up the whole back
breadth. They just seemed to banker
after camfer, and now feel bit skittish
about the muffs."
"We'll take good care of them, madam. -
"'Tain't too early to put 'em away2"
ooh, no"
81 see they're having sleighin' out
West"
"Reckon won't need them muffs,
hey?"
Il do"
could I get 'em if it came off cold?"
"You could"
"Well, guess I'll leave 'em," concluded
the camphor skeptic, untying the string
on the bundle. These are valuable furs,
young man." she added. "You don't get
no such lynxskins down here. bought
them muffs in Canada last fall, and I
didn't pay no duty gettin 'em in, either"
"How's that?" asked the clerk.
81 wore 'em in"
az don't understand, !" said the clerk.
Don't hey2 Well. put foot through
each muff see"
"Werent they weren't they rather
warns" ventured the clerk.
Warm Well, you can bet perspired
and blushed all the way over the border.
though, of course" she added, modestly,
"them muffs was only Just above my
shoes.
'Of course" echoed the clerk, hastily.
"May l see the muffs, ma'am?"
She opened the bundle, and an express
sion of surprise crossed his face as he ex-
amined the contents.
You said you didn't pay duty, be-
lieve," he asked.
sYou better believe l didn't"
81 think that cats are on the free list,
madam"
"Hey?"
81 say cats are Free"
Suppose they are?"
Merely that your muffs are catskin,
treated and dyed, that's all. Shall l give
you receipt"
"What?'f asked the woman again, unable
to believe her ears.
"Catskins, madam"
The owner of the muffs quietly gathered
up her property and arose.
They're no more catskins than you
are" she said, with an expression of con-
tempt. 'It's just envy. You couldn't
bring in muff the way l did to save your
neck, because there amt enough shape on
your whole body, all the way from your
head to your feet, to hold muff.''
BY this time she had reached the door.
says the New York Advertiser, but she
screamed back:
"Cats, hey? You pore, skinny little man,
with a fshpole shape; mebbe they are
cats but reckon we're even"
And by the looks of the pale-faced and
pop-eyed clerk they were.
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of Nine. Merriam about spiders that cap
ture birds, and / must confess took it
with grain of SALT but when I reached
the deep jungle and saw the wonderful
butterflies, the gigantic spiders, l. was
ready to believe anything and kept my
eyes open. More than this, one of nv
guides, an Indian, told me that the taran-
tula lived on birds and he had seen them
eating them.
81 found that the most of the big spiders
did most of their exploring in the night.
finding several in my tent--huge hairy
creatures that would cover saucer. One
day as we were pushing along the north
branch of a sluggish river, on the outlook
for game, my man, who was twenty feet
to my right with my gun, gave a shout
which brought me to his side, and there
was the bird and the spider. The former
was good sized sparrow, which had evil
IDENTIFY been caught in a net of some kind
as it was entangled, and the spider, great
ugly fellow, had Just seized it, and despite
the blows the bird gave it with its wings
and beak, was pressing it to the fatal man
dibles, and soon killed it.
"The bird was as large as the spider and
was a good illustration of the strength of
these insects; but they undoubtedly rely
to great extent upon the effect of their
poison, which Immediately enters the
veins of the victim and tends to paralyze
them.
During long trip frequently saw these
spiders capture birds One method was to
crouch upon plants, and when the birds
came futtering around the flowers the
tarantula would suddenly seem to strike
it down with its powerful front claws and
in moment send its mandibles through
the flesh. At other times the bird was ap-
parently caught in a web that was spun
for the purpose OF trapping them. This is
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-07

Alabama, while the larvae of the dragon
fly is known to be an enemy of small fry.
Among the bird -hunters may be in
cluded the scorpion. In the East India
Islands a very large specimen is found,
and well-known naturalist actually
vne ap ora ae scorpion
bird, which was small one, holding it in its
claws and striking it with its claws killing
it almost instantly.
"The South American and African ants
are famous in this respect, and often sue
coed in destroying large animals. A fly in
Africa kills thousands of horses and cattle
yearly, depositing its eggs in the bodies,
where the young live for while-illustrat-
ing the fact that it is not always the
largest animal that is the greatest de-
strOver"
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cipal, of the State Normal School at San
Jose; President +. N. Beard of the Napa
College, and Professor Rockwell D. Hunt,
who fills the chair of history in that insti-
local elocutionist; Arthur P. Chipron. as
sistant secretary of the Young Mems
Christian Association; Hon. G. w. Cross,
Rolla V. Watt and Rev. E. r. Ollie of this
city, Mrs. Mabel Garthwaite Cockroft of
Oakland and Mrs. ]. S. Mccain of Ala
media. The faculty consists of Miss Emily
Curtis, principal; Miss F. M. Estabrook,
associate; Miss Vida White, Sigismund
Blumann, Miss Jessie D. Moore and Miss
Susie W. Nicoll.
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An Old TIM
EM|GRAN ship
ACROSS FHE ATLANTIC ON a
BhAekBAhh LINER

ment, for beside me there stood a young
emigrant girl much older than myself who
was looking at the compass and she asked
me what it was.
We're a-goin' to ave breeze shortly"
I heard the pilot say to the captain, who
had Just come up out of the cabin and
Joined him in walk on top of the after
house. Its lookin' dirty way off there to
the south'ar of east, (" he went on. Give
been watchin' it for some time and it pears
to me to be risin."
"Get your men together, Mr.. Patton"
said Captain Stowell, the ships COM
mander, land heave in the slack chain
Send few of 'em aloft to cast off the yard
arm jackets, and when the slack is all in
We'll masthead the topsail yards to be
ready for sheeting home"
The breeze that the pilot predicted came
sooner than expected, and inside of half an
hour after feeling its breath the anchor
fuke was in the grip of the shankpainter
and the Isaac Webb, the famous Blackball
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broke against the ships stern and the few
as they rowed 10 and from the ships
There wasn't breath of wind The
starry banner at the peak of the monkey
gaff hung in folds sluggishly, and the
weather vane that was fastened to the
mizzen royal backstay looked as limp and
Iifeless as a wet main deck swab that lay
on the windlass end.
ming gear, the crowds of young women and
men, dressed in homespun, about the decks
and looking over the rail- all went to show
that she was an outward bound Yankee
packet, and the house flag at the fore royal
truck proved her to be BlackbaIl liner
awaiting breeze and the turn of the tide
to get under way.
Look you here, young fellow, if you
wantto get on aboard this ship without trou-
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fore topsail,, and part of the time we had
her reduced down to a storm staysail.
The sea dashed itself into a fury and the
big green waves, as they rolled up above
us, broke, and their curling crests leaped
over the ships bows, chased each other
door of the galley, put the fire ont in the
range and drove the cooks away. The
matches were all battened down and the
companionways closed up tight. making
the tween decks the most miserable Of
places.
All of our passengers were young, and
the sexes about evenly. divided. They had
brain and Drawn. and In their composition
soundest and the best looking of the family
that emigrated. The dwarfs and cripples
were kept at home. Seven hundred of
these. young people, with hopes high burn
ing, braved the dangers of the wild At