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The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05

The schooner Emma e. Wltheren of
Gloucester, came into Custom House
wharf yesterday and ran into the end
of the dock carrying away cat head
and windlass break. The Witherell
will go on to the marine railway today
to be rep aired. The other day she ground
ed on Pumpkin Knob and carried away
30 feet of her keel.
Oae Of the masts of the wrecked
schooner Robert F. Carter has gone
adrift and the Belknap was out looking
for it yesterday. This stiok is quite val
liable. The wreck is fast breaking up.
United States Shipping Commissioners
Tolman sent Grew to Bath yesterday
for the schooner George l.. Drake. She
is loaded for Norfolk, Va, and will go
from there to Demerara.
Twenty-six car loads of cattle have
been received at the Grand Trunk stock
yards.
The steamer Hibernian is on her way
from Glasgow to this port
The steamer Memnon has bauled
around to the elevator to take on grain.
The schooner City of Augusta is on
her way from Baltimore TO this port
with coal.
/. The schooner J. f. Randall. Croker,
sailed from Philadelphia for this port
with coal Saturday.
The crown has bean put on the fourth
hand OF the caiss0n on Spring Point
ledge lighthouse. The iron rail will be
put up, and the brick work will be COM
menoed next week.
The Dominion liner Labrador left
Neville January for this port.
The Gloucester fishing schooner Emma
&. Witherell came in yesterday with a
good fare of fish.
The brig Rocky Glen has been char
tered TO bring cargo of salt from Turks
Island to Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
The Underrroupd Alarm system.

The underground system OF the fire
alarm and police box wires is practically
completed. Over fourteen miles of wire
were required to complete th e work. The
ducts where the wires are laid are Of
sufficient capacity to hold three times the
number in the event of extending the
service at any time.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
Law students, Club.

The next regular meeting of the Law
Students club will be held on Wednesday
evening, at 2. 80 p. m., in the office OF
George F. McQuillan, Esq, No. 9s Ex-
change street. Levi Turner, Esq, will
address the club on the Rights to
Privacy" Mr.. Turner was to have met
the club at the last meeting. but owing
to illness was unable to attend. A
cordial invitation is extended to all wish
ing to be present.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
Maine Medical School.

The students who have been in attend
ance at the Portland School for Medical
instruction leave for Brunswic1 tomor-
row to attend the opening of the term OF
the Maine Medical school. DR.. Charles
o. Hunt of this city is to read paper
on the first day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
Union Meetings.

The st. Lawrence St. and Congress
st. churches unite in their services dur
ing the week Of prayer. Meetings are
TO be held in Congress st. church this
evening and Tuesday and Friday eve
ming, and in the ST. Lawrence ST.
church on "Wednesday and Thursday eve
niEgs. The public is earnestly invited
to attend,
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
Tho Emerald Association.

At the annual meeting of the Elm erald
Associates, Sunday afternoon, the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
President-James Angus.
Woo Fresident-WilIiam Goodine, Jr.
Treasurer-John J. Mcdonald.
Recording and Financial Secretary
John Il. Riloy.
Janltcr-Henry Phillips.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
A BIG MONTH,
Portland's December Export Business
Beats the Record.

Portland has beaten her record of
export business, as far as through
European freight from the Vest is con-
cerned, all to pieces. During the month
of Decem ber just passed twenty seven
hundred and seyenty-six cars were re-
ceived and forwarded. This is more than
double any previous record.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
A Telegraph Messenger Boy in Trouble

A Telegraph Messenger Boy in Trouble.
The principal case before the Municipal
court yesterday morning was that OF
Arthur W. Smith, telegraph messenger
boy charged with intoxication and utter
ing profana language. Smith is sixteen
years of age. and Sunday evening he be-
came drunk. He pleaded guilty and for
intoxication was fined s3 and costs and
for the second charge IS and costs.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
Atlantic Telegraph Company.

At a meeting of the Atlantic Telegraph
company held yesterday afternoon at the
Falmouth hotel the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
Presldent-John W. Deering.
Treasurer-J. j. Donovan.
Clerk Nathan d. Pratt
Direotors-John W. Deering, John j.
Donovan, George P. Wescott, Portland
Thomas G. Gerrish, Nathan d. Pratt,
Lowell, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
The Lowell Diamond.

The Lowell Diamond is now about
ready for the inspection of riders, and
promises to be one of the lsaf ing wheels
for 1897 It has many excellent qualities
that must be seen to be appreciated. Call
at the Lowell Arms company, 1S0-1S2
Middle street before making your sslec-
ti0n of new mount.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05

Scallops opened out of the shell, as
well as oysters and CLAIMS, at Loveitt's
up to date market, 9 Casco street.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
Selling Liquor Without Government
License.

In the United States District court
yesterday Robert Mckee of Fort Fairfield
paid $40 and costs in retail liquor
dealers oase John Casey of Allagash
Plantation paid $25 in similar case. D.
Dedille Hewett OF Fort Kent and George
W. Nichols of Dover recognized in the
sum of $500 for their appearance at the
next term of court.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS ToDAY.

J. &. Libby-2.
j. &. Palmer.
Eastman Bros. & Banroft.
RineS Bros.
Owen. Moore & Co.
job n P. Lowell Arms Co.
Dow 81 Pinkham.
Apples for Export.
NJ C. M. A.
For Sale.
j. j. Reyol.
T. F. Homsted.
Hooper, Son s. Leighton.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Portland heatre.
Stoddard Lectures.
New Wants, To Let, For sale, Lost Found
and Similar advertisements WILDE found under
heir appropriate heads on Page 6.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
ssGw NEW ADvERTIsEsKENTs4
PRICE !: CUTTING !: SALE
still goes on
AIT THE LITTLE CORNER STORE.
yards Novele that have
season for 81. SD yard.
we price o ridiculous
goods wide wool and takes I2
to I-2 yds. for a pattern.
coIorngs greatest have offered.
wide shlkolenes left for usual
price l.2c.
Dress a discount from
former prices.
prices.
HOMSTED's is the place,
451 Congress Street.

The weather today
is titely to be
Fair.
Portland. January 5, 1896.
N UR great clearing
" sale Of Portieres,
Curtains and Drap-
cries which began yes
terday seemed to have
been the very thing you
were waiting for. And
while we are delighted at
the enthusiastic responce
to our advertising we are
not surprised, as the val
ues offered are really won-
derful and we have fully !
expected you'd come for
them.
Many Of the special
lots mentioned yesterday
are now sold out, but
many others are still here
and we can still offer
quite as many induce
ments for an immediate
visit.
The white Muslins by
the yard, for example.
They are specially fit
for chamber curtains,
sash curtains, for the
front door sidelights and
other places. They are
all desirable patterns and
Of excellent quality. One
more days selling should
see the last of them.
If you havn't already
supplied your wants we
recommend you to come
today then.
OWEN, MOORE & &C
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05

See the immense soallops in the shell
at Loveitt's fish market 9, Casco street.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-05
HARBoR DRIFT.

Items of Interest Picked Up Along
Shore.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
ROBBING THE SPIDER.

~ revolving by a delicate running gear.
| BY means of this machine he solved the
great problem of how to wind the
thread. All former efforts to wind the
web had been made after the spider
had spun it, in the way they had wound
the silk of the silk worm. But the
SPIDERS web being much finer than
that of the silk worm every attempt to
wind it had resulted only in hopeless
tangle, the breaking of the thread,
and finally in eXhausting the patience
of the eXperimenter NJ. Cachot pro-
posed to let the spider do the winding.
He caught the end Of the web while
it was still attached to the body Of the
spider and fastened it firmly to the bob
DIN. Then the machinery was gently put
in motion. The spider, finding his web
reeling away from him, apparently of
its own voliton, naturally pulled in the
opposite direction to get away. This
was the crucial point of the experiment.
If the spider pulled with sufficient force
to break the thread the experiment
would of course be n failure. To NJ.
Cachot's great delight he found that
the spider seemed to enjoy the process
and did not pull harder than was nec-
essary to keep the web moving. The
tiny thread continued to wind off on the
bobbin until the spider had been COM
pletely deprived of its web. Then an
other spider and still another were
treated in the same way, until enough
thread had been wound Off to fill the
bobbin, when new one was put on the
machine and the process repeated.
When a sufficient quantity of the web
had been collected to make thorough
test of its fitness for manufacturing
purposes the thread was woven into
fabric. 1t was found TO be the finest
quality of silk, and experts to whom
1t was submitted declared it to possess
q particularly high market value.
NJ. Cachot claimed and received the
reward from the British manufacturers,
and has exhibited the new fabric in
many of the large manufacturing cities
of England and the continent, where IL
has excited the liveliest interest.
NJ. Cachot has arranged to begin the
manufacture of spiders web silk on a.
large scale, and has taken a factory In
Paris for the purpose. Here he will
keep his spiders and viii work them at
regular hours for all their web is worth.
When spider is used up he will be fed
and petted back TO condition again
while another will take his place on the
bobbin. An expert who knows all about
the habits of the insect will be placed
in charge of the spider department Of
the factory. and II will be his business
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
Worn Knees.

Many stories are told of the keen wit
and ready speech of Dir. Mason, once
pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian
church in New York. Not only was he
great and eloquent preacher, but
many of his most telling lessons were
given in private rather than in the
pulpit; so heard, they We're sure to be
repeated and not forgotten. He had a
great fondness for animals, and par
ticularly for horses, of whose good
points he was said to be an excellent
judge. On one occasion a brother min
lister who was intending to buy horse
met DIR. Mason and stopped to ask his
opinion of the animal which he was
then driving. DR.. Mason surveyed the
horse with long and careful scrutiny,
and after several inarticulate sounds of
disapproval he finally pointed to the an
imaps knees, which were decidedly
worn in aspect. THAT is good sign
for minister" said he, with humor-
Gus smile, ''but it is a very bad sign for
a minister's rse!"-Youth's Com
panion.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

to see that they are properly cared for,
fed and housed, and provided with
everything that puts a spider in good
humor with himself and all the world.
M. Cachot has advertised fer spiders
and will purchase as many as are
brought to him, thus giving to the world
an entirely new industry, in addition
to that of the spiders silk---the industry
of spider catching. If the supply ex-
ceeds the demand NJ. Cachot says he
will study the different varieties of in
sect life with view to finding out
which produces the finest quality of
silk, and will gradually weed out those
that are not blessed with fine web.
He will also experiment with various
diets to ascertain whether or not it is
possible to train the spider to give forth
web that is an improvement on the
ordinary product. He declares that he
is only on the edge of his discoveries in
the spider web industry and intends to
continue his experiments until he has
secured quality of silk that will eclipse
anything that has hitherto been turned
out from any looms in the world.
So that at last better way has been
found for the housewife than the crush
ing out of the life of spider by means
of n broom handle. If she can catch
the insect there is money to be made
by the sale of it to the web weaver.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

give against dumb man?" asked tn,
viceroy.
"Oh, your eXcellency," replied Solus
falling into the trap, "the man is ar
impostor. assure you he is not dumb
Before he ran into me distinctly heard
him cry out; Make way"
"Then," said the viceroy, sternly, al
you heard him ask you to make way
for him, why did you not? The fauIl
Of the accident was entirely with your.
self, and you must give this poor mar
compensation for the trouble you have
given him in bringing him here."-
Youths Companion.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

moon shone brightly in the sky, its
light could with difficulty pierce the
thick mass of foliage and dispel the
semi-darkness beneath. The stiffness
was unbroken save by the distantcry of
some wild beast. The echoes were so
far reaching that the most distant nur-
mur could be heard plainly.
Into these uninhabited taigas anyone
may go to seek for gold, as the hunter
may penetrate the same disma! region
in search of game, provided that he has
a certificate from mining officers, which
he may get by merely giving proofs of
good citizenship. He cannot, however,
go alone. There must be prospecting
party made up which may consist, say,
of a professional gold hunter, an over
seer. eight workmen, ten horses. IL
saddle bags. provisions and tools, the
whole Of which may be estimated 70
cost about s2,5oo.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
WEALTH IN sPIDRE's SILK.
a Discovery That Promises to Be
a Money Maker.
A Frenchmnn's Ingenious Contriv-
ahce Thnt Robs the Spider OF His
SILK and Inaugurntes n New
and Profitable Industry.
copyright, 1871

A scientific discovery of great interest
to the world and regarded as one of the
best money-making discoveries of thu
year is that silk of an exceptionally
fine quality can be made from the web
of an ordinary spider. For years sci
ence has looked with longing eyes at
the fine silky web that seemed to have
no other use in the domestic economy
than to enmesh any unfortunate fly
that happened to come within trapping
distance of the spiders lurking place.
1t was known that the web had a silky
texture and might serve some useful
purpose in manufacturing industries,
but how, first of all, to get the spider to
give it up in sufficient quantities to
make it worth while, and how, secondly,
to wind so fine thread without break
ing or hopelessly entangling it, were
the problems that scientists despaired
of ever being able to solve.
There was Il strong incentive for some
one to solve it, however, for the manu-
facturers of Great Britain had dubbed
together to offer a standing reward OF
$4,000 to the man who could invent
some way OF turning spiders web to
profitable manufacturing account. In
spite of the reward and the prospective
fortune from the solution of the puzzle
no one could make anything of it, until
Frenchman named NJ. Cachot, who
had for many years been studying the
question, hit upon way by means of
which both difficulties could be ever
come. Now spiders web silk is an as
sured fact, and the industry will proba-
bly, be a thriving one in the near future.
provided the spiders DO not take to the
woods under this new form of brigand-
age.
N. Cachot discovered that the only
thing necessary to make the spider as
sst in the robbery Of it's own web was
to get the thread properly started in the
right direction. The spider viii always
good naturedly unwind himself as long
as the pulling power that draws the
web from him keeps up the strain. NJ.
Cachot designed Il machine containing
the diminutive bobbins, kept constant
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

the newly discovered Eldorado in the
Klondike of Alaska; for not only
are the geological and climatic condi-
tions very much the same in both re-
gions, but also the character of their
mines, as well as the method of work
ing them.
AS characteristic of sub-Arctic min
ing regions in general, now propose
TO give the reader some of the observa-
tions and experiences noted while on
recent journey through the mining
districts of northeastern Siberia. To
those about to set out for the Alaskan
fields they may not be devoid of prac-
teal interest.
The journey was made in Siberian
skiffs along the Lena and its tribu-
taries and on horseback through the
taigas or dense Siberian forests. Four
sturdy Russian fishermen manned our
two boats at bow and stern, and with
their long birch poles pushed us up
slowly against the swift current of the
mountain streams.
Every now and then we would catch
the glimpse of bear or deer scamper-
ing away from the rivers brink when
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

the dirt above it from six to one hun
d-ed and twenty feet.
The extraction of the auriferous sand
is conducted in the simplest manner
possible by means of picks, crowbars
and shovel. However, in the Olekminsk
district the use of explosives in the
mining works is yearly increasing: the
annual consumption of dynamite at the
god workings of this region now
amounts to 20 tons. The auriferous
sand is transported in wheeled carts
drawn by horses to the separating ma
chine. This is nothing more than huge
iron truncated cone resembling a coffee
roaster, perforated on all sides. This is
made to rotate by water power and the
large stones and pebbles find their way
to the waste heap where man is con-
stantly watching for nuggets.
The workings Of the Oleliminsk dis
trict are situated at a distance Of 230
miles from their depot Of supplies and
in winter they travel back and forth on
the frozen surface of the streams and
in summer on horseback overland.
The gold is transported in a rather
novel manner. 1t is first poured into
bags of coarse linen, which are after
wards stamped with the brand of the
1nine and sewn up in leather sacks
Each bag contains about so pounds OF
gold and two of them constitute n load
for one horse.
To the two bags is fastened a stick of
dry wood at the end of a strong cord, 50
that in the event of the horses burden
being washed away while crossing n
swollen river, the floating wood will
indicate the whereabouts of the sunken
treasure.
In the middle of June or at the end of
the summer season the departure of q
load of gold from the mine is accom-
panied by pistol firing and the booming
Of cannon, and cheers and Blessings bid
the caravan bon voyage.
THOMAS G. ALLEN, JR.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
The netort Courteous.

The noted French writer, Piron. was
a wit whose reputation for brilliancy of
speech was unrivalled. He was famous
for his flashing retorts; but even the
best of us sometimes have to bow to
superiority, though it be only tenn
porarily. A lady once thoughtlessly
asked Piron in company whether he
could tell her the difference between
woman and mirror, ut is, madam" !"
said Piron, instantly, "that mirror re-
hects without speaking, and q woman
speaks without refecting." VERY well,
VI. Piron," she replied, little nettled
oy the remark, 'Fout can you tell me
The difference between a mirror and a
nan?' NO" answered the poet. "Oh,"
was the reply, sit is this. NJ. Plror. A
mirror is always polished. but maa IA
lot always so."-Youth's Companion.
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

northeastern Siberia produces, alone,
fully oue-half of all the gold now mined
in the Russian empire; although its
gold industry is as yet in its infancy.
Notwithstanding the severity OF the
climate, the costliness of labor and
food, and the distance from any in
habited place (1,2OO miles from the
Siberian capital, Irkutsk) still its pro-
luction of gold is developing rapidly;
already stands first among the gold
Producing regions of Siberia. Some
dea of the enormity of its industry
lay be CLEANED from the fact that the
wages Of the men employed in its
mines amounted in the last three years
to S4,oOo,0oo, while the cost of the chief
articles of consumption at these mines
was nearly SS,000,000.
have referred thus briefly to the
placers of northeastern Siberia as indie
ative of what may be expected from
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21

taken unawares by our noiseiess APP
proach, and then they would disappear
in the dense pine forest; for we were
in the midst of a pinewood desert
whose end was undetermined.
The German Black Forest and the
great Lithuanian are as nothing COM
pared with these sub-Arctic forest re-
gions. Up to the present time they have
been abandoned almost wholly to the
forces of nature and they present any
thing but q pleasing spectacle to civil
lized man. There are many places
where, for hundreds of miles in every
direction, stand growths Of pine, with
interlacing SUBMITS that obscure the
sky. The absolutely naked trunks,
which rise perfectly straight to an
enormous height, are so uniform in
their appearance that even experienced
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
rhe professional gold.hunter Knows

The professional gold-hunter knows
In the first place that the deposits are
TO be met with in the beds of running
streams or in the crevices of the earth
that have evidently served as channels
for running water. Moreover, he knows
that the rivers that wash up gold are
always those which have their sources
in ravines the rocks of which are very
much weatAer-beaten. Gold is rarely
found at precipitous spots and is most
abundant where the water ages ago
had a calmer current
With knowledge of this kind the god
hunter proceeds till he reaches the val
ley of a stream where the presence of
pyrites, iron, strata clay or quartz indi-
Gates the likelihood of god deposits.
The exploration of these deposits is
always made in winter, in pits. with
fire at the bottom to thaw the earth so
it can be handled. The gold-bearing
sand is taken into warm winter quar-
ters and there washed and assayed.
The work of testing locality may
take long time; meanwhile the work
men and overseer live in their wretched
hut. which often is not well rooted and
is heated only by a portable stove. The
wind whistles through the cracks of the
moss-callied walls, and while intolera-
bic heat reigns in the vicinity of the
stove, there are icicles on the walls.
As rule the richness of these gold
bearing strata varies in each deposit,
the upper portion generally containing
an accumulation of coarse particles cf
gold mixed with quartz, magnetic iron
and pyrites; in the middle portion the
gold is finer in its particles and the
sand less profitable; and lastly. in the
tail of the deposit there remains feat
ing dust which only yields a trace Of
gold. The gold of the Oiel:minsli de
posits has the popularity of being dis
tributed in two and even three layers,
the bottom one being BY far the richest.
Tie thickness of the gold-beariug
strata is from two to fifteen feet and
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1897-08-21
An UnIucky Helmet.

A curious circumstance was COLI
nected with Younghusband's death.
After the battle of Cawnpore he had
purchased at auction very smart he'll
met, which had been the property of
Lieut.. Salmond, of the Gwalior cavalry,
who had been killed at Cawnpore. This
helmet good deal excited my envy and
admiration, and as had not possessed
decent headdress since the mutiny be-
gan, had asked friend to buy il for
me at the auction of Salmond's effects.
But poor Younghusband outbid me. At
his sale l was again outbid, and the hel.
met fell to the nod of Lieut.. Hayelock.
nephew of the general. He, too, was
killed wearing it; and rumor subse-
quently said fourth officer had bought
it and had been killed. Itwas strange
coincidence, and as these deaths oc-
CURED quickly one after the other !
ceased TO wish had been its possessor
-"Odd Memories" by Gen. Sir Hugh
Cough.