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The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

Among the ola parchment deeds in
the State land office at Augusta, Is one
dated 1892, from Royal Flint and
Henry jackson to William Duer and
Henry Knox. Knox was at that time the
secretary of war. This transaction In
volved the sale of 100000 acres of land,
which was that section of the State now
known as the Bingham purchase. The
sum paid is not mentioned in this paper,
but In two other documents made few
months later in the same year by Henry
Knox 10 William Bingham, and William
Duer TO Bingham, the amount stated for
each mans claim of the 2 600, 900 nores is
$50, 600. General Knox, besides living
with great hospitality at Thomaston, was
extensively involved in speculation in
Maine lands.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

Something new in the way of campaign
ing developed in Florida the other day
when all three of the candidates for Unit
sd States Senator appeared before the
Legislature and addressed that body, each
in behalf of his own claims to the sena-
~torship. Senator Pasoo began by review
ing his record as u public servant for
thirty years past. He noted his success
in pushing Florida Indian war claims
through the Senate and in securing large
appropriations for Florida rivers and har-
bors and for public buildings in the last
two Congresses. He referred glowingly
to the States position as the gateway to
the West Indies and Nicaragua Canal
Before the Chicago platform was adopted
he was 16 to silver man, and has al
ways been in favor Of putting every one
on record for or against the free coinage
of silver. Former Senator Cali delivered
an anti-corporation speech, saying he was
the original free silver man of recent
times and claimed he would get two
thirds of a popular vote. MIR. Taliaferro.
who is Jacksonville banker, declared
his adherence to all principles of Demo
cratic faith. and apparently made favor
able impression by his discussion of the
present issues. This is far preferable to
the method In vogue in many states OF
establishing headquarters to which the
mem ers of the legislature are taken one
by one and instructed in the merits of
the candidates.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

Bryan's supporters at the South are all
wrought up over the report that negroes
were present at the dollar dinner, and
that Bryan ate at the same table with
them. Democratic officials in Texas say
that If the report turns out to be true
Bryan will lose many warm supporters at
the South
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

The suggestion Is now made in WASH
ington that it would be well to buy off
Acuinaldo. But from 10 st recent &C.
counts he is too utterly corrupt to stay
bought,
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

1t is said that considerable of the silver
ware which adorned the tables at the
Croker dinner mysteriously disappeared
and has not been found The people who
attended that dinner had no fondness for
silver, SO we must look elsewhere for the
exclamation.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

The Merchants Club. of Boston. at
their dinner Tuesday evening, discussed
a subject of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to those
cities which are prone to distrust their
own abilities for seif government. In 1885
the powers oil. the a.dsrmen land com M on
council OF Boston ware to q large extent
taken away by. action Of the legislature.
ILis was undoubtedly done vt the insti-
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20
FASTING AND PRAYER,

And would respectfully request all
the people of our State to so use and 90.
cupy the day as shall be consistent with
the purposes for which 1t has been set
apart.
GIVEN Mt the Executive Chamber, In
Augusta, this seventeenth day Of March,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety mine. and of
the Independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and TWEEN
ty-third.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
By the Governor,
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

Judge Peabody, Of St. Louis, has pub
lIshed a card in which he denies the wide
ly published report that he decided that
in certain circumstances a man had right
to beat his wife.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

Gov. Roosevelt says he has no idea OF
being candidate for the next Republican
nomination for the Presidency, and does
not want the Vice Presidency anyway.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20
RETIREMENT OF SPEAKER REED.
{ Boston Herald.

1t will DO a cause for genuine regret If
Mr.. Reed decides to quit public life and
establish himself in New York city IS
mem Der OF q law firm. His method of
ruling the House of Representatives has
been, in a numte Of respects, one to
which exception could be taken. but on
number OF highly important occasions he
has stood as great granite breakwi
In protecting the national government
against storms of vicious, extravagaut
and denoralizing Legislation. weaker
man than he would have gone down be-
fore the pressure put upon him, and one
Is quite prepared to pordon the eccen-
many instances been of invaluable service
to the country We are told that the
probable successor to MIR. Reed in the
speakeIship, If he concludes to retire from
public life is Col Grosvenor of Ohio,
who, as the warm friend of President
Nick inley and Senator Hanna, will re-
ceive the unoslired support OF the admin
istration. Ii Col Grosvenor is elected,
we shall have the House Of Representa-
tives run upon pretty cheap political
basis. The Ohio representative, In past
sessions could almost invariably be
counted upon, in the course OF a debate,
to confuse 1t by demagogic argument,
and a control exercised by him, so far as
high purposes are concerned, would be as
iiiferent from that displayed by Speaker
Reed as night is from day. All sorts OF
schemes would be readily admitted and
pushed through. The doorway for the
entrance of exploiters would be thrown
wide open. and Congress, IL the minority
could not rally to it's SUPPORT number of
prudent and disguised Republican mem
bers, would furnish in the next session
some OF the worst Illustrations of bs
trayal OF public trust For ths good of
the country we hope that Speaker Reed
will not permit the temptation of large
legal fees to turn him from the duty that
awaits him next winter at Washington.
COLONEL BRYAN ON "ERRING
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

The engine which blew up on the
Wild River railroad is called man eater.
Although only nine years old, it has six
dead men to its credit. The railroad COM
missioners will investigate the accident.
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20
STATE OF MAINE.
A FAST DAY
PROCLAMATION.

Blythe advice and with the consent Of
the Executive Council, and also conform
ing to time-honored custom, do here
by designate
Thursday, the eth Day Of April,
In the year OF our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety nine, as day
-
The Portland daily press., 1899-04-20

The Second District contest begins to
look like hirpodro ne already.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02

machter, 1 paid them out. 1 sat upon
a stone and shot them as they ran
down the HILL rolling them over, net
as die bocke Dust like buck); het was
allie locker lit was very nice). That
same man said to me, But 1 bear no
malice; in future, if an Englishman
touches his hat to me l shall acknowl-
elge it. After that 1 came to the con-
clusion that the TranSvaal border was
no place for Englishmen.
The natives" Mr.. Haggard thinks,
probably will attack their ancient
enemies, the Beers, unless we can pre-
vent Them They hate the Beers and
with good reason. 1t was their hatred
of the Beers, for instance, that cost us
the Zulu war; and L remember at the
time the difficulty that Sir Melmoth
Osborn had in preventing them from
attacking the Dutch in the course of
the 1881 rebellion.
White must stand against black
The Beers and ourselves are of COM
mon stock-that is the sad part of this
struggle. We cannot see their wives
and children put to the assegai. 1t
seems POSSIBLE that the end of all this
miserable business will be that we
shall have to fight native races, such
as cur old friends and allies, the SWa-
zis, who, contrary to cur solemn prom
Use, as defined by the convention, we
have abandoned to the Boers, in order
to prevent them from fighting our enc
mics.
IF we are to stay in South Africa,
we must rule in South Africa; it is a
case of govern or go. And if we go,
then goodby to the prestige of Great
Britain throughout the world"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02

religious. services. and the man who
keeps late hours drinking and carous-
ing, must pay the same penalty SO far
as the late hours and loss CT eileen are
concerned. The woman who gives her
children unsuitable food and trains
them in unhygienic habits of living.
though never SO conscieGtiously. is
sowing the seeds OF disease. and ugIi
ness just as certainly as if she did it
ntelligently and purposely. Hence. to
be beautiful. we must first have knowl-
edge.
1t is imperative, in the first place.
that the relation between physical hab
it's and functions, and beauty of per-
son and of mind, be studied and UNDER
stood. Tradition and custom are the
natural enemies of Improvement. In
all ages the doubter, the questioner,
the investigator, has been, the friend of
progress. The person today who would
become beautiful must bring every
habit of mis- life into the light of pres
ent knowledge and have it examined by
the latest scientific standards of health.
lie must be convinced that how to live
is sacred study. and if any habit is
condemned by this study, he must be
ready to carry out the verdict with de-
termination and common sense.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02
he bridge, their compulsory line of re-

the bridge, their compulsory line Of re-
treat
The Morning Posts military CORES
pondent, who has usually shown great
ability, suggests that the Beers are still
on the south side of the river and that
the bridge is in their hands. He points
out 1.-The great danger to the small Brit
ish force which crossed on pontoons."
The Importance attached to this pom
looming operation is proved by the fact
that General Pole-Carew, one of the
only two British generals, was selected
to superintend it.
No word has since arrived either
from Lord Methuen or from Natal.
Speculation, therefore, is useless. 1t is
believed that Lord Methuen will be in.
stantly reinforced from Cape Town by
two battalions of infantry, detach-
ment of cavalry and a battery of artil-
lery.
Colonel Albrecht, who is directing the
work of the Beers in opposing Lord
Methuen, was originally an officer in
the Austrian army. He entered the Free
State army and soon brought its artH-
lery to high state of efficiency. He is
known as an able artillerist and strate-
gist
Some surprise is expressed at the fact
that Lord Methuen's troops should fight
without food or water. 1t seems, how
ever, that he is not using timed ra-
lions. He seizes and pays for fresh
food. Usually he begins a march at
about o'clock in the morning, after a
breakfast of cocoa. Then he does his
fighting or marching and afterwards
pitches his camp near the best water,
dining when his transport arrives. His
afternoons are given over to resting.
Only bare necessities are allowed
AS a correspondent describes it, the
British are fighting an omnipresent
but almost invisible foe Unstinted
admiration is everywhere expressed of
the splendid work of Lord Methuen's
column. With force really made
quate, ne has marched fifty-three miles
and fought three battles within seven
days.
While no credence is given to the ral-
mors that Ladysmith has fallen, the
scare serves to impress the public with
the danger of what is still within the
bounds of possibility. Such a misfor-
tune would probably produce a formid-
able revolt among the Cape Dutch.
The Daily News says: Whatever
comes, we must brace our nerves to
meet it. Certainly it looks as if we
have before us very stern and earnest
struggle before we see our way clear
to final victory"
The Times comments on the fact that
thus far the Beers have been able to
compel attacks by inadequate forces
upon their well chosen positions, while
keeping the initiative in their own
hands. 1t says:
Ample numbers are our greatest
need, and the decision 60 send out, the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02
WAS A HARD FIGHT.
General Methuen's Report of the Bat
+1e a+ Modder River

General Methuen's Report of the Bat
tie at Modder River.
London, Nov. 29.-The war office has
received the following dispatch from
General Butler:
Cape Town, Tuesday, Nov. 2S.-Gen-
eral Methuen reports: Modder River,
Tuesday, Nov. 2S.-Reconnoitered at 5
a. m. enemy's position on River Mod
der and found them strongly en-
trenched and concealed. No means of
outfianking, the river being full. Ac-
ton commenced with artillery, mounted
infantry and cavalry at $50, guard on
right, Ninth brigade on left, attacked
position in widely extended formation
at $50 and. supported by the artillery
found itself in front of the whole Boel
force, 5000 strong, with two large
guns, four Krupps, etc. The naval bri-
gade rendered great assistance from
the railway.
After desperate, hard fighting, which
lasted ten hours, our men without wa
ter or food, and in the burning sun.
made the enemy quit his position. Cen
eral Pole-Carew was successful in get
ting a small party across the river.
CALAMITY assisted by 300 Sappers
L speak in terms of high praise of
the conduct of all who were engaged
in one of the hardest and most trying
fights in the annals of the British army.
If / can mention one arm particularly
it is two batteries of artillery"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02

blood she would have won out, but she
seemed to be bleeding from fifty places.
one of her eyes was gone, her nose was
ripped open, and altogether she had
been fearfully punished.
Old hunters say that il seems as
if an angry grizzly will fight after it
is dead, and this bear had been in a
state of frenzy since she smelled the
bits of fur which had once been her
cubs. The peccarieS were apparently
I doubtful whether to begin the fight
but the grizzly settled the matter by
making a charge on the drove. What
ever hesitation the peccaries may have
had ABOUT commencing hOstilities, they
were willing to fight if the bear wanted
TO. Both sides went it as if fresh
The grizzly had a. little the better of
the charge, crushing the peccaries be-
meath her paws, and trying hard to
hght her way through the drove They
piled on her, however, and forced her
down. Over on her back rolled the
grizzly every ounce fighting desper-
ately; again she swept herself clear of
her enemies and rose to her feet. I
could see that her oJheT eye had been
torn out in the last struggle. but,
blinded and staggering. the old bear
was stH eager to further avenge her
cubs. An old tuSker of peccary
CHtsI5Su anu was caught by the big
paws while the blinded bear tore at his
entrails with her teeth. Then the drove
came in for the last charge. and still
striking and biting. the grizzly was
overborne. The tusks and teeth of the
peccaries tore her on all sides as she
went down. The grizzly made one last
effort, swept a paw around. throwing a
dying peccary outside the circle of her
foes, and then rolled over on her side
dead. In less than five minutes the
peccaries had torn ~the fierce ole. bear
as completely to pieces as they had
the Cubs.
1T was a dearly bought victory.
After the drove had gone counted the
bodies of over fifty peccaries on the
ground. The trials of blood showed
others had suffered severely. The cubs
had killed two. The others were me-
mentoes of the mother grizzly's ven
-eance.
My sympathies had been with the
old bear, but after all the fight had
turned out the way she would have
best liked. Her cubs dead the mother
bear did not care to live And she
died in a manner which must have
satisfied her grim old soul-with the
bodies of her enemies piled around
her and biting hard and deep even in
death" EDWIN J. WEBSTER.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02

/ her cubs, she looked the incarnation
of hate. Her big jaws were open, her
/ eyes glaring, the bristling hair on her
head and body was standing on end;
( altogether she was the personification
of demoniac fighting ability as she
rushed at the peccaries. The terrible
odds against her had been forgotten
in the thought of her dead cubs, and
with the glory of a last great fight
before her she was ready to join them
in death.
The Fight.
Ahead of the main body of the pee
carries were two or three that had not
been in at the killing of the cubs and
so were first in the charge. The bear
met the first one, gave it a swinging
blow with her huge paw which sent
a disemboweled pig flying through the
air, crushed another under her front
paw, and then the whole drove were
on her III one vicious, swapping wave
For the first few seconds all l could
see was a dark, swaying mass Of angry
peccaries, all trying to get at the bear.
those nearest tearing at her with their
tuSks and springing on her back in
their eagerness. and those farther
away scrambling over the others so as
to get into the fight. A drove of pee
carries after they have smelt blood is
not pretty sight.
But these particular wild pigs We're
not up against an animal that was
going to quietly let herself be torn to
pieces. If it WAS fighting the peccaries
were looking for there wasn't anything
in North America that was more
anxious 10 oblige them than that
fierce old grizzly, who had just seen
her cubs killed. 1t was only for the
first few seconds that the peccaries
surged over her. Then the old mothers
tremendous fighting ability showed it
self. One sweep of her big right front
paw cleared a little space in front of
her, incidentally smashing in the head
of an unlucky peccary. as If it had been
caught under a trip hammer Then
the bear made slashing blows, first
with one paw and then with the other.
The mere force of the blows was
enough to smash in a peccary's ribs,
or break his back. and besides this the
claws at the end of the paws made
cuts four or five inches deep.
] saw one pig dodge in between the
swinging paws and spring right for
the grizZly's head. That was the end
of the peccary, for the big Jaws
opened, and when they closed, cut the
peceary almost in two.
1t wasn't but a few seconds before |
the old bear had things pretty well !
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02
FIGHTING AT KIMBERLEY.
British Make a sortie and Attack the
Beers at Night.

I
Pretoria, Nov. q. Monday Ge l5l Il
Dutort reports that the BRUSH maui {.
sortie from Kimberley early oatu tl.3s
morning and fired on the Beers WitnouI
artillery and infantry in the oaT I47E
The British SORTED where the bloelil-
hof Boer force was stationed. ooo
On our (the Boer) side there were 2oo
men. General Dutort, who was nlle :
miles off, FASTENED to the asSlsta 81 VI
the Bloemhof contingent Win 1Uo men men
Nine burghers We're killed, seventeen
wounded and there were some missing.
The British left on the field private
and sergeant 1t is reporter Ihe
British attempted to leave hlmperley
on the east side to assist the troops
from Belmont. Commandant Luppe
was slightly wounded. The BRUSH
have repaired the damage to the rail-
road.
The Free Staters engaged with the
British were overwhelmed by numbers,
and after brave stand until the AFTER
noon, we We're compelled to take up
another position on the other slde Oh
the railroad. Delarey says 1t is I'M
possible to give the number OF Killed
and wounded Beers, but the loss is not
great The Beers had four guns TO the
British twenty-four The general says
the Free Staters are full of courage.
The latter part of the foregoing ols-
patch from THE Free Staters en-
gagged" evidently refers to either the
battle of Belmont OF the battle OF Ems
lev or Gras Pan.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02
RIDER HAGGlRD ON BOER WAR
BELIEVES THE BUTCHERS ARE
oVERRATED AS SOLDIERS.
The Conflict Was nevitable-Funda-
mental Cause Is Cid Racial Preju-
dice Between English and Dutch.

Rider Haggard thinks the Boer war
was inevitable. OF the fighting abili-
ties Of the Boer, he has about the same
opinion that Americans hold as to the
Spaniards, our late enemies, that is,
that their best fight is put up behind
intrenchments. These. opinions. how
ever he expressed before an Irish and
an English regiment and battery sur
rendered to the despised Beers.
Mr.. Haggard has had ample bppor-
tunitles for forming his Judgment. He
IS one OF the few survivors, now onlv
three or four in number, of the party
that accompanied Sir Theopholis Shep-
stone on his mission to the Transvaal
winch resulted in the annexation of
that country ON April II, 1877.
Mr.. Haggard says: The fundamental
cause OF the war is the old racial jeal-
ousy between the English and the
Dutch. We treated the Dutch badly
IN the Cape by tradueing their charac-
ters and being philanthropic at their
expense IN the matter of the release of
the slaves, when Il great part of the
compensation money never reached
their pockets. That, however, is about
all we have to blame ourselves for. ex-
eept in allowing them to set up indie
penuent republics beyond the Vaal.
The immediate causes of the war
come from the contempt ~of the up
country Boer for the British power,
which is made use OF by the ambitious
wirepullers of the Dutch party to for
ward their secret scheme of driving the
English flag out Of South Africa and
a great Dutch republic
from the Zambesi to the Cape. The
now declared offensive and defensive
alliance of the Free State with the
Transvaal, and their determination to
make common cause against us I'M
masks the whole conspiracy But all
this has become purely academical,
since we have to deal now with war,
and not with its causes. which war has
been forced upon us by the Beers.
L think that the war which we have
to tight-a hateful war, in my opinion
comes upon US as a kind of judgment.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-12-02
.Hn important I1j11ifD
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BY MARY HENRY RossITER

Goodness health, beauty, are one.
Goodness is the perfection of character.
Health is the. perfection of body. "A
sound mind in atsound body" is COM
plete definition of beauty. Here is a
trinity-three in one,-that all may un
derstand and believe.
The homely saying BE good and
you'll behandsome,' is but half truth
if taken at the popular estimate of its
meaning. 1T Is not enough to mean
WE'LL" to be good morally or spirit
ually alone, if you would be handsome.
In these days it is not enough simply
to have high desires and noble ideals,
simply to live a "blameless life" if you
would be wholly good; for goodness,
health, beauty, are one. and lle who
would have perfection of character and
perfection of body, the glory of true
beauty, must use knowledge and wis
dom and strength of will in bringing
all the physical, the intellectual and the
spiritual forces of his whole being into
perfect harmony with the laws of ma
ture, which are the laws of God.
Disease and suffering follow uncon-
seious sins against nature just as inev-
itably as if the sinner had understood
and accepted their consequences. The
man who keeps late hours attending