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The Portland daily press., 1899-07-18
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

W. E. Walker s. Son, OF Augusta have
Portland Rendering company. Il Is the
present plsn to collect from Augusta,
Halloweli ana Gardiner and ship the
grease from Gardiner daily In big cans to
Portland.
The reunion of the First Maine Regi.
ment Heavy Artillery association. of the
civil war Is to bo held in harrington,
Wednesday, August IT,
George Gro;ton OF Belfast. has died a
petition in bankruptcy.
Mr.. Ryan, the blind man, will he out
of town until September, and will not
be s'e to attend work here until after
BW OF diphtheria are reported at No.
"a enlesf. street and No.ini Fore street.
d. street department has taken up the
As-tle street macadamizing which was
left over from last year. Other work for
this week will be the resurfaoing OF upper
sections of Mountfort and Morning
streets. 1he sidewalk repair on Exchange
street. is being continued.
A bottle of hydrogen exploded at the
wholesale drug store of Cook, Everett
q Pennen Monday noon, injuring ID.
Lee Shepherd, enc of the employees Of the
establishment. The broken glass cut his
left arm quito badly.
Bids for building about 1880 feet of
i2-inch sewer in Congress strset, west of
Douglass street. were opened at IL O'Clock
Mon lay at the Office of the commissioner
OF public works The BIDS were as fol-
lows: Thomas Shanahan. Se29; Worster
s. Wilson, $3.50. 80; John Il. Flanagan,
ssss; John w. Guiliver, si,e5G 80; d. f.
Griffin q Bro, $3.50. Commissioner
Fernald awarded the contract TO Thomas
Shanahan, the lowest bidder.
Friday nighb duriag the fireworks at
Fort Allsn Park, MIS-. j. NJ. Plummer,
of st. John street. got thrown off an cleo
trio car and suffered sprained back and
wrist. She with another lady stepped on
car to come home. and seeing there
were no seats attempted 10 get OH, when
the car started, throwing her violently
to the ground.
The Portland Railroad carried 40,000
people on Thursday, e6,c00 on Friday
and about 10000 on Saturday.
A brisk shower about S O'Clock yester-
day afternoon laid the dust and was well
coined by the owners of gardens and
lawns.
4shThe fifteenth annual picnic and field
day OF the Portland grocers. provision
and fish dealers, win BIS hold at Hotel
Velvet, Old Orchard. Wednesday, July
%.
Portland Christian Endeavorers and
their friends go to Underwood park next
Saturday afternoon, July 81 on regular
trips Of Yarmouth cars, and return by
moonlight on steamer Madeleine.
Portland and Pine Tree lodges, Ameri-
can Benefit Society will hold their union
basket picnic at Underwood Spring,
Wednesday, July 10, taking the s. 40 am
ear.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-18
MAINE S. OF v. INVITED TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE.

Col. Edward Ii. Smith OF Westhrook,
the commander OF the Maine Division,
Sons of Veterans, has received from Col
Ernest D. Folsom, the commander Of the
New Hampshire division Of Dover. N.
H., an invitation for himself and the
camps OF the Maipe Division, to attend a
grand gala week outing to be held at
"4hs Weirs." from August 81 to 20.
August % Is to bs set aside as Sons of
Veterans day, with special programme.
Including speeches BY Past COMMANDER
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-18
A SLIGHT BLAZE.

The alarm from box IL about O'Clock
yesterday afternoon was for slight blaze
in building owned Ivy Mr.. Carleton on
Lafayette street and occupied by William
Pennell. The fire was extinguished
without having done much damage to
the building. The cause of the fire is I'M
known.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-18
NEW ADvEnrrsrsIEurs.


1<O make the cot
l. tage cozy-ccrner
look cozier throw
in a few more bright
cushions and a pillow or
two. They'll liven up
the whole room and lend
an air Of luxuty that moth
ing else will do SO well.
The Needlework de-
partment offers a lot of
new designs to-day, sum-
mer novelties of special
appropriateness, also the
unfinished tops and backs
stamped for embroidery,
all ready for a bit of your
handiwork to be added.
New ideas in fancy table
cloths of denim and art
ticking and canvasses.
embroidered and braided.
Odd things in Cushions
for the smoking room,
library and den. Pretty
little pin cushions of silk
and lace and a trif1e of
needle work about them.
Dining room linens
stamped for working
and the pattern to be
wrought, all commenced.
Dainty novelties of our
own devising particularly
suitable for prizes and
occasion gifts. Travel
lers money bags, jewel
pockets, pin cushions of
silk look like fruit emery
cushions, handy boxes
for newspapers, boots or
any other unclassifed
things. Baby pillows
and carriage afghans.
guest books with
painted covers. photo
graph frames, watch
pockets, yarns and Ber-
Inns woods.
The Needlework Sec
ton just now has an I'M
commonly large and in.
teresting stock of fancy
novelties chosen with
special reference to the
requirements of the out.
ing season.
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-18

NEW ADvEnrIsEmnsrs TODAY.

Owen, Moore & Co.
). n. libby Co.
Qren Hoopef's Sons.
zho Bceshes.
AMUsEafENTs
Casco Bay Steamboat Co. q.
New Wants, TO Let FOR sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements win be found under
their appropriate heads on pages
The Portland daily press., 1899-07-18
Patrons Of the PRESS who are 20

Patrons of the PRESS who are go
ing out of town for the season are re-
minded that they may have the ad-
dre.s of the paper changed as often as
desired, if they are regular subscribers.
To those not regular subscribers the
paper will be mailed at the rate of
fifty cents a month.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

and put on a look of bitter contempt.
On the other hand, it is natural that
quiet, decent, self-respecting people,
who ask nothing of him and do not
wish to trouble him with their private
affairs, never come into contact with
him unless they stand in some official
relation TO him or have real business
to transact with him. So it is quite
natural that he sees a great deal of the
low side of human nature, and it is
hardly surprising that he is said to
have become skeptical, and even mis-
anthropic. Prince Bismarck is GER
tainly well aware that there are many
very honorable people i'm the wrold, but
experience has taught him that IT is
his ill-luck to have intercourse with
comparatively small number Of them.
He clngs firmly to the few men and
women he trusts because he knows
them to be his true friends; but he is
suspicious of strangers. His first
thought when he sees a new face may
naturally be: We'll, what does the
man want of me?' This explains why
he is generally feared, though his in
innate friends warmly testify to his
friendliness and amiability."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

1t appears, therefore, that the sur
plus at the end OF the year was S5S,-
642, ,23S. This is more than double the
surplus at the end of 1897, more than
five times the surplus at the end of
1896, and more than ten times the sur
plus at the end of 1885 while in 1894
there was a deficit of $tO,77O,455.
In 1898 the railroads carried 5l4,9S2,-
2sS passengers, an increase over the
previous year Of 1O,S75763. The pas
senger mileage was 1852, ,497 66i, an in
crease of 1,l77 539, ,664, Tons of freight
moved were 912 1878, ,S53, an increase Of
124,5SS,4 4O5. The freight mileage was
114566, 1871 an increase of 1928, 604,-
O41
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
RAILROAD MATTERS.
FLOTSAM AND JETSAAI.

Susqnehanna county editors have,
temporarily at least ceased calling
each other delightful liars and blast
ed idiots How good and how pleasant
it is, good brethren, to dwell together
in unity
Somebody is a little behind in their
studies. A Binghamton newspaper re-
Gently announced that Governor Pat
tison of Pennsylvania" would attend
the Binghamton exposition.
1t has been rumored that some enter
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
BIsMARCK's MIsANTHRoPY.
Why the Prince Held Mankind Gen
orally in Bitter Contempt.

Berlin Letter TO the London Standard.
Herr Rudolph Lindau one of Prince
Bsmarck's most trusted subordinates,
who has for many years been chief of
the press department of the foreign
office, has just published a very inter-
esting article about Bismarck, for
which he has been collecting material
since he entered the foreign office in
1878. / quote his remark on Prince
Bismarck's contempt of mankind:
THE begging letters addressed to a
man like Prince Bismarck number
thousands. Some time ago, when he
was Ill at Varzin, all the letters ad-
dressed to him that were not of
strictly private nature were sent back
to Berlin TO be read and answered
there. The majority of them contained
most obedient' requests, but hardly
one of the writers had any claim on
the prince. One of the officials whose
business it was to read those letters
an orderly man and evidently a lover
of tatistics-amused himself by draw
ing up n list OF all the petitions for
money The total amount of the sums
begged for was 100000 marks. The
prince did not laugh when this was
told to him, but shrugged his shoulders
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

prising citizens of Great Bend recently
cabed Dreyfus, asking him to make
his home in Great Bend, if acquitted.
The report that Dreyfus answered Il
would rather go back to Devils Is
land" is presumably the invention of
malicious and envious Hallstead man,
Yet a little while and Pennsylvania
may be known as the state in which
Susquehanna is located.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to organize
a gigantic trust in Susquehanna cOun-
ty to control the production of Office
seekers?
A vicinity judge thinks there is no
reason to hurry divorce cases; that
such matters can as well wait as not.
In giving expression TO these vices the
judge may show much sound sense,
but he also displays wOful ignorance on
the question of divorce, as considere;
from the standpoint of the party seek
ing a separation. If there's one per.
son on earth who is in awful rush--a
hurry of the cannot-wait variety, it's
the party who is waiting for a divorce
that he may marry again!
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

niece mean by thanking me?" asked
DR. Fraser curiously Eve done moth
ing that she should'---
We'll" said Mrs Mellish (striped
sunshade very useful now), you see
she feels rather Indebted to you be-
cause-because she is going to marry
your nephew"
Madame" said DR.. Fraser, you are
an artful and a delightful creature.
and | have a good mind to tell you So"
Sir" said Mrs. Mcllish. you are an
ill-tempered, goodnatured boy, and
have a great mind to kiss YOU"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
Present Status.

POor's Manual gives the present mile
age in the United States as 1S6,S09 SO.
Railroads reporting the results of oper-
alton have mileage of 1S4,S9I and the
following is a statement of their assets
and liabilities:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

Philadelphia was connected with
York in 1887, Boston with Albany in
1S41, Albany with Lake Erie in 1912,
and Philadelphia with the coal fields
of Pennsylvania in 1912. But it was
not till 1850 that the railroads began
to exert an important influence upon
the commerce of the country. The Erie
canal was opened November 4, 1925.
There were artificial waterways of
similar kind in other states, though not
so important. They had cost a large
amount of money, and it was not the
wish of the people that the business OF
the canals owned by the common
wealths should be transferred to the
railway companies owned by private
individuals. Those who connected AL
bany with Lake Erie by rail had no
thought of cutting into the freight
traffic of the Erie canal. The legisla-
ture, indeed. to protect the canal, had
levied canal tolls upon railroad
freight, and the railroad managers ac-
cordingly expected to make their
money from passenger traffic. But in
1851 the Erie road was opened, charges
on rail freight We're removed, and the
railroads began to increase their busi-
ness. In that year the miles in opera
tion were S,S76 and the gross earnings
Were S39, ,j663jS. The discovery of gold
in California stimulated railroad build
ing to an extraordinary degree From
1S49 to 1857, 17,13S miles of track were
laid, the increase being from 1855
miles to 24,503. By 1860 the mileage
eoE
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

In 1898 the railroads received $272,-
5S9,59l from passenger traffic, SS6S,924
526 from freight traffic, sos, 446O7 from
other sources, a total of gross earn
ings of $1,249,5 ,5jS,724. The operating
expenses were $3.50 S92 $50 so that the
net earnings were $3S9,66G,474. To this
must be added other receipts, includ
ing rentals, of $lO4, j36 ,9O4, making the
total available revenue $494 2O3,37S.
The payments by the companies
from, tbis rpVanup were as follows.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
DEVELOPMENT OF
OUR RAIL ROADS
Begun seventy-one Years Ago and
Now the Amazement of the Civil
lied World.
Rochester Pcst-EXpress.

Rochester Pcst-ENpress.
The construction Of the railway sys-
TEN of the United States began July 4,
1925 when Charles Carroll of Carroll
ton, the only surviving signer of the
Declaration of Independence, broke the
ground for the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. In 1885, seven years later 1,09S
miles of line were in operation in the
states bordering on the Atlantic ocean.
In 1910 there were 3,1o6 miles, as fol-
lows: New England states, 493; Mid
die states. 1,463; Western states, 1872;
Southern states, 95G.
The first railroad in the state of New
York was that connecting Albany and
Schenectady. 1t was opened in 1881.
In 1S4O the roads in this state were as
follows:
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18
WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
A BIG BLACKsNAKE STORY
FROM LANEsBoRo.
Death Of an Aged Resident of New
Milford-Mike Gilhool's Adven-
ture with Wild Cat--Montrose
and the susquehanna Teachers.
Railroad Matters of Interest.


Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Susquehanna. Oct. 17.---Near the Ca
nauacta creek, in Lanesboro, a black
snake met a water snake. on Friday.
The reptiles did not Immediately clinch.
but Kissed furiously and circled around
each other. as If seeking for an OPEN
ing. The water snake was much the
smaller Of the coipbatants, and he was
evidently trying to transfer the battle
to the stream. some twenty yards
away. The black snake showed a live
~ anxiety to prevent this. He pressed
matters, and the serpents began to
strike at each other with their tails,
and in a few seconds the dry lanl
snake succeeded in getting the tail
of his opponent into his mouth and to
preclude all possibility of an escape
began to eat toward the head.
This was exactly what the water
snake wanted. He started on a
straight line For the stream, and his
consumer following him and dining
upon him simultaneously, was, Of
course, obliged to travel a little faster
in the same direction. The water
snake was a rapid mover, and the
black snake a quick eater and for a
short time it seemed to be doubtful
whether one reptile or two would be
visible when the stream was reached.
About half of the leading serpent's
| anatomy had been devoured and the
| edge of the water was only a few feet
| away. When the black snake sudden
| ly realized that shabby trick was
Seing played upon him al meal time. He
| hastily attempted to diSgorge his re-
past, but the effort was made too late.
| Not more than five inches of water
snake had ben yielded up when both
reptiles plunged into the stream and
sank at once. hundred bubbles
arose, and the only spectator of the
uncanny contest is inclined to believe
that the black snakes life fioated to
| the surface i'm one of them.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30
PRESIDENT MOHLER COMING
viii Arrive in Granseyille this Wed
neSday Evening, June Is.

The first railroad president tc
come TO Camas Prairie will be here
this evening in the person OF Presi.
dent Mohler of the o. r. & N.
The following telegram, dated
from Westlake and addressed to
A. +. Parker, of the FREE Press,
annou nces this important occur
renee, an event that surely marks
an epoch in the history of this Sec
ton, and of Grangeville in particn-
lar:
"W i'll be there this evening with
party of six, and leave again in
morning. A. l.. MoHLER. :"
VIII lie in Portland last February
we saw Mr.. Mohler and repre-
scented the Clearwater basin so
effectu ally that we then and there
secure d his promise to come up to
Camas Prairie and see the country
for hi mself. His present visit is
the re suit, and we trust that it may
be pro ductive of good in the way of
convih cing Mr.. Mohler that his
compa ny will make no mistake in
carrying out it's long-cherished but
long-d eferred project of building a
railroa d right speedily into this
section.
1t y suggested that our business
men hould give Mr.. Mohler and
party an informal reception at the
Bank of Camas Prairie this even
ing.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30
Need New Properties,

1t develops from CONVEX.
satioh had with Manas er J. ].
Benn EFT of the DeLamar Co,
that the company needs the
Big Buffalo Hump property,
and its acquisition under bond
is quite as agreeable to them
as il is to the new mining
coun try to have SO responsible
a co mpany located on a big
prop erty in the camp. The
company now owns, and has
opera ted for years, the group
of y lines in Owyhee county
known as the DeLamar mines,
but I he ores of this group are
abou t exhausted, and the mill
ions of money made out of that
property is now seeking eager
ly other investments. Mr..
Bennett is confident he has
foun d what his company needs
in II e Big Buffalo group. He
thin ks the tests made will show
favo rably, and the develop
men of the Big Buffalo will be
pushed with all the character.
istic energy that has marked
the company's operations at
Del -amar.
L he workings on the Buffalo
will be quite different class
of NJ mining than that employed
at | >eLamar. The latter prop
erty is a dry mine, and the
ores are treated by the cyanide
process, but at Buffalo the
mines will combine a great
dca of water and great plants
of pumping and hosting ma
CHR ery will be used, and the
ores will require quite a differ
ent treatment.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30
Harpster Happenings.

Sand Sayler, the man who
was hurt at the Montana mine
at Newsome creek, is reported
as doing as well as could be
expected. We did not learn
the particulars. At one time
he was reported dead.
Mr.. Milot is building a har.
ness shop in Bridgeport.
Buffers Bros. are moving
their machinery that was left
along the wayside during the
bad roads.
Hal Wilds came out from
the Station Thursday and re-
ports his claims looking bet.
ter as depth is acquired. He
left Saturday to visit his moth.
er in Seattle.
Bert Cummings is out from
Dixie and looks as though he
had wintered well.
Will Birtsch is out from the
Station for supplies and reports
snow pretty well gone and that
loaded wagons are going over
Old Badly. He starts back
tomorrow.
This has beena showery day
and came in good time, and is
welcomed by all, except the
campers.
Preaching at the school
house next Sunday by Rev.
Mr.. Kinkaid. We also expect
to organize a Sunday School.
RAMBLER.
Harpster, June 2o, 1899.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30
Cord Wood Wanted.

Bids wanted for furnishing forty
cords Of red fir and tamarack wood
to Independent school district No.
2, Grangeville; wood to be deliv-
cred on or before September 1,
1899; the successful bidder to exc
cute bond in the sum of 500 for
faithful performance Of contract.
All bids to be handed F. D. Rich
ardson, clerk Of board, before June
3Oth, 1899.
BY order Board of Trustees of In
dependent School District No 2,
Grangeville, Idaho. DIV
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30

Local railway matters are
SO active that we are apt to
forget that another force is
busy down among the Snake
river rocks only a few miles
away. A gentleman who re.
Gently came up the river gives
the following, which shows the
present condition of that work :
Above Billiards. landing at the
north head of the 2,2oo.foot
tunnel, So men are employed
and the heading fairly started.
AT the same camp above
Powder river 100 men are
working. Five miles above
this 80 to 40 teams are at work
and 60 men. AT the next
camp above 100 Italians are
employed. The first tunnel
ten miles below Hunting.
ton is completed and the grade
is ready for the iron to this
point. Up to the present writ.
ing the Northwest has 90 feet
of track laid. The contractors
have had an extension of time
from August to
January I, 19oo.-Weiser Sig.
nal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30
dahO and the Copper Era.

~ anu anu inc topper Era.
! he investment journal
Stoc ks thinks if the times are
at q indicative of the future
now is the time for the pros.
pector to find copper and says:
"W e are just entering on a
copper era. The age of cop.
per will be the most progress.
sive age the world has ever
kno wn. Electricity is yet in
its infancy even in progressive
Am erica, and does not require
a " onderful imagination for a
per son familiar with existing
con dition to look a distance
into the future and see rail.
roa DIS multiplied to four tracks
and running by electrical pow.
er at ten per cent of the pres.
ent cost; with the great mills
and factories deriving their
mo- tive power from natures
ow n generators, and ocean
liners depending upon electric.
ity for power, light and heat.
One may also imagine that the
era of copper will see the rein.
ven tion of the lost art of hard.
enlng and tempering copper,
and its many useful and beau.
tifu | combinations with other
me tails, which is elevating it to
the king of metals. These fu.
ture uses, in scientific and
civilized countries and
era dually spreading to others
VIII ose resources are at present
sea rcely recognized, will main
tam the great demand for COP.
per long after steam motive
power is a thing of the past"
By the Environment of the
copper era Idaho should enter
lpon a career of elemental ac.
ivl ty that is likely to exceed
we n the glory of the early
'lac GER days or the later silver.
ead period, or the present gold
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30

quartz excitement. That the
copper resources of the Snake
and Salmon river countries are
not in the least transient or
problematical is amply evil
denced by the construction of
two railway lines having the
copper camps as Their imme.
date object and by efforts of
other established railways to
effect traffic connections with
the upper country. The Idaho
copper belt is fully hundred
miles long and recent invest.
ments in the properties were
made on the strength of thor
ough and scientific examina-
tions showing an average per-
centage of pure metal higher
than conservative opinion is
willing to accept as a fact.
When the copper country be.
gins to produce onc.half what
is now confidently asserted for
it, and this half cut squarly in
two again with the remainder,
central Idaho will enter upOn
halcyon days of new and colos.
sial riches that will make it's
previous mineral output look
pale and feeble in CONTRAST
Weiser Signal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-06-30
Denver Items.

The rains are moneymakers
for our farmers.
]. A. Wilkinson, wife and
daughter, of Grangeville, were
visitors Sunday.
Another large party of sur
veyors arrived Saturday even.
ing and were sent to Stuart bv
Engineer Dixon, who has
charge of all the crews along
Cottonwood creek.
1t is no longer a speculation
here as to the intentions of the
Northern Pacific railroad.
They evidently mean business
and the building of the road is
an assured fact, and we expect
to soon chronicle full particu.
lars as to who has the con.
tract, etc. Our town is still
full of contractors and con.
tracts will not be let until all
the surveys are in to St. Paul.
SO we are informed
Denver, June 81.