The Portland Daily Press (Portland, Me.)
January 21, 1893

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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 23, 1862—VOL. 31. PORTLAND. MAINE, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 21, 1893. PRICE THREE CENTS THIS MORNING’S NEWS. Page 1. Weather indications. General telegraphic news. Page t. Sunda'y Services at the various churches. General telegraphic news. Page 3. Petition of the Maine Pedagogical Society. Page 4. Editorials. The Stedman Library of American Literature Page 3. Deaths and marriages. Music and drama. Kecent weddings. City of Deering news, Fun on the Back Bay traok. Page se that Carnot re ceived any benefit or favor from thv <uiu uv special charter. The first of these is ah act amendatory of chapter 99, public laws of 1891, relating to the revision of enrollment and organization fees of cor porations formed under the general law. It provides that corporations so formed shall pay upon organization the follow ing sums in relation to the amount of the capital: _ Fees. Capital stock under $5000. $10 $6000 to $10,000 20 $10,000 to $50 000. 50 $50,000 to $100.000. 100 Each additional $100,000. 50 The present law fixes fees for such or ganizations as follows: Fees. Capital stock under $10,000. $10.00 $10,000 to $500,000. 50.00 $500,000 and over. .$10 for each $100,000 of stock The bill relating to fees to be paid up on organization hy corporations formed under special charter fixes these rates: Fees. Capital stock under $5000. $15 $5000 to $10,000 25 $10,000 to $50,000. 75 $50,000 to $100,000. 125 Each additional $100,000. 60 If the right of eminent domain is granted, these arb the fees established by the bill: Fees Capital stock under $5000. $25 $5000 to $10.000. 50 $10,000 to $50,000. 100 $50,000 to $100,000. 200 Each additional $100,000. 75 Under the existing law, chapter 140. public laws of 1891, the fees established for corporations organized by special charter, are: Fees. Capital stock under $5000. $25 $5000 to $10,000. 50 Over $10,000. 100 The tax committre will devote all next week to these bills and the hearings ad vertised. Whatever may be the result of their labors, the gentlemen on the committee are entitled to credit for the prompt and vigorous way in which they have gone to work. To Ii6t the State liaise School Funds. Senator Wiggiu of Aroostook today introduced a bill which, if it becomes lebVV, V» (11 IU UUV llllUUU VI 1/11V OkUIKV the duty of collecting school moneys, now assessed and raised by taxation in the several towns. The bill repeals sec tions 6 and 7 of chapter 11, R. S., and provides that in addition to the fund known as the school mill fund, there shall be annually assessed upon all the property in the state, according to the valuation thereof, a tax equal iu amount to 80 cents for each inha itant, according to the census by which representatives to the legislature were last apportioned, for the maintenance and support of com mon schools. The tax shall be collected as other taxes, and known as the com mon school fund. This fund shall be distributed to the cities, towns and plan tations on the basis of 80 cents for each inhabitant, and shall be used solely for the support of common schools. The payments to cities and towns shall be made semi-annually, in July and Janu ary. Sections 6 and 7 of chapter 11, E. S., which the bill repeals are as follows: Section 6.—Every town shall raise and expend annually for the support of schools therein, exclusive of the income of any corporate school fund, or of any grant from the revenue or funds from the state, or of any voluntary donation, devise or bequest or for any forfeiture accruing to the uso of schools, not less than 80 cents for each inhabitant, ac cording to the census by which represen tatives to the legislature were last appor tioned, under penalty of forfeiting not less than twice nor more than four times the amount of its deficiency. Section 7.—When the Governor and Council have reason to believe that a town has neglected to raise and expend the school money required by law, or faithfully to expend the school money received from the sta e, they shall direct the treasurer of the state to withhold further payment to such town from the state school fund and mill tax until such town satisfies them that it has expended the full amount of school money re quired bv law. The bills are liable to be amended in import nt particulars. The above are their provisions as now contemplated. For St. Elizabeth’s Asylum. Mr. Emerson of Portland put in a re solve in favor of St. Elizabeth’s Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum ®at Portland, the annual sum asked being $400. Ac companying the petition is a statement from Bishop Healy, in which “In asking the annual aid for St. Eliza beth’s Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, situated in Portland, but receiving chil dren from any part of Maine, we beg leave to state that the number of chil dron under our care in December, 1892, was 42. We desire to inform the honor able members of the legislature that the Sisters of Mercy, conspicuous as nurses in military hospitals during ihe late war, are in charge of the asylum, that the in stitution is open to visitors on any day of the year and teat in this house, as in all Catholic houses of education or char ity, there is no exclusion on aocount of not being a Catholic.” The Dam at Seboomook Falls. That ambitious scheme for handling logs on the West branch of the Penobscot river at Seboomook Falls and drawing some of them over into Moosehead waters, came up today in the shape of a petition signed by ex-Governor Davis and L. C. Morse for the right to build a dam at that point and charge tolls. To Abolish the Police Board. There is a movement from Bangor for the reshaping of the method of making appointments to the police force of that city. Mr. Adams presented a bill today, under which regular policemen must be citizens of the United States, not under 25 years of age and shall have passed a physical examination by the city physi cian or some other competent physician and shall have had a residence in Bangor for at least two years. When officers reach 60 years of age, they shall be hon orably discharged. Appointments and removals shall be made by the mayor with the approval of the aldermen. Dep uty, marshals, captains or sergeants shall be appointed on recommendation of the marshal from members of the force who have served at least one year. The city marshal shall be elected by written ballot by the aldermen aud council. This bill contains little that is new, but it omits an important factor of the pres ent law. In 1889 a law was passed pro viding for a police examining board in Bangor to consist of three persons, two of whom only might be of the same po litical party. The mayor had the right of appointment, with the approval of the aldermen each man appointed to be se lected from a list of three Who had -sue cessfully passed an examination before the examining board. The bill present ed today then would abolish the police examining board, which is similar to that in Portland. The other provisions of the bill are already in the law. “Hello, Gorham Isaac W. Dyer, John A. Waterman, Henry R. Millett, C. N. Hayes and Ed ward W. Guptill are named as members or tue domain teiepiioae V /uuipany, in a bill presented by Mr. Morrill of Port land this morning. The company is au thorized to construct and maintain tele phone lines in G-ornam and use the streets and bridges for that purpose un der proper restrictions. It may connect its lines with those of other companies, and sell or lease them, or may buy or lease other lines. It may take land and, if necessary, damages may be estimated in the manner provided for railroads. The capital stock shall not exceed $5000. Changes in the Labor Bureau. Senator Harper has presented a bill to require the Deputy Commissioner of La bor to enquire into and prosecute for any violations of laws relating to fire es capes and sanitary conditions of facto ries. It also provides that the Deputy Commissioner shall make an annual re port. Another bill in the same line changes the title of the Deputy Commis sioner to Inspector of Factories and Workshops. A Note From Mr. Dana. Numerously signed petitions came in today praying for aid for the State Po mological Society. Mr. Woodbury S. Dana of Portland, heads one of these petitions and has written on it this note: “While much interested in the object of the Poraological Society I have been deprived by other pressing engagements of attending any of its meetings and therefore feel I am not fully posted as to its financial needs. I am, however, will ing to rely upon the judgment of Die committee and willingly sign the circu lar.” me petition lioin vumuenauu vouutj has 225 signatures. To Protect Cumberland County Tront. A Cumberland county measure for the protection of iisli came up today. It was introduced by Senator Waterhouse provides for the artificial pond known as Silver Pond and Wcscott Brook in the town of Gorham. It provides that riparian owners shall have the exclusive right to fish therein and take measures for the protection and propagation of trout there. Silver Pond was made to secure a water supply and has recently been stocked with fish. Tlie Waterville Measure. Mr. Brown of Waterville presented a bill today to amend the act incorporating the city of Waterville by striking out in section 1 of chapter 195, private and special laws of 1887, all after the word ‘■conrt” in the last line of the section and adding the words “of Waterville; or complaint may be made before said court and a warrant issue thereon when authorized by the city solicitor and said court is empowered to enforce payment of said fines and costs of prosecution by imprisonment in the county jail not ex eeding 30 days.” Rallying: Around the Flag;. State Librarian Carver has caused quit? a rallying round the flag. Mr. Continued on Second Page. DUST TO DUST. Impressive Simplicity Marked the Funeral of General Hayes. __ t BODY OF THE NINETEENTH UNITED STATES PRESIDENT CONSIGN ED TO THE GRAVE. A Distinguished Concourse Follow the Hearse-President-Elect Cleveland Among the Mourners—Military Hon ors at the Grave. Fbkmont, O., January 20.—On the uicou ui t* auvitvdiu^c, uj uio oiuw v,*i his belov. d wife, the bier surrounded by his children, a President-elect, members of President Harrison’s cabinet, repre sentatives of the army and navy, dele gates from both houses of Congress, the governor of Ohio, members of the legis lative bodies, and masses of military commands, the remains of ex-President Rutherford B. Hayes were laid to rest this afternoon. The entire arrange ments for the obsequies were in the hands of Assistant Adjutant General H. C. Corbin, U. S. A. The remains of the ex-President lay in the large family din ing room during the morning, where an escort of Grand Army veterans stood guard while the people of Fremont and surrounding towns gazed upon the fea tures of the dead. The remains rested in a neat crape-covered casket, the cor ners rounded into Corinthian columns, and a silver plate bore the Inscription, “Rutherfofd B. Hayes, January 17, 1893.” Upon the General’s breast were the tri-colored ribbon of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, with the insignia of the same and the badge of the Army of West Virginia. A spray of graceful palms alone rested on the casket. On the flag-covered table were many floral emblems, which arrived from every por tion of the country. President-elect Cleveland arrived at 11 o’clock, and was met at the station by Webb C. Hayes and Colonel Corbin, and driven at once to Spi gel Grove. The meeting between the President elect and members of General Hayes’s family was presidents had been closer friends than the public knew' for many years. Gener al Hayes had completed arrangements to attend the inauguration of Mr. Cleveland next March. Shortly past 2 the funeral ceremonies began. The remains had been carried into one of the large rooms of the house. The apartments were filled with mourn ers anti distinguished friends. The ser vices were extremely simple. Dr. James W. Bashford, President of the Ohio Wesleyan University, in which both General and Mrs. Hayes had “long been greatly interested, and Rev. J. L. L. Al britton, pastor of the Methodist church in this city, officiated, the latter leading the 23d Psalm and the foriper delivering the prayer. A double quartette, led by Prof. Alfred Arthur and David H. Kim berly, of Cleveland, and Mrs. Dorr of this city, rendered two hymns of which the Ex-President was alvv ys extremely fond. These were “When Peace Like a River’" and “God be with You Till We Meet Again.” This closed the services at toe house. The .emains were then carried to the hearse by members of the 28d Ohio Infantry Association. The honorary pall bearers were: Secre tary Foster, Gov. McKinley, Gen. Wager Swayne of New York; Brig, Gen. Joseph C. Breekenridge, U. 8. A. Capt. Howell, U. S. N., Congressman Haynes, Dr. Cul ver, Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Cincinnati. Following them came President-elect Cleveland and William Henry Smith, as special representative of the family. After these came Postmaster General Wanamaker and Secretaries Rusk and Noble, members of the United States Senate and House of Representa tives, Colonel George D. Ruggl s, Lieu tenant Colonel Marshall F. Ludington, U. S. A., Commodore McComb, Hon. H. I). Pierce, ex-secretary of state of Massa chusetts, Colonel Edward T. Rouve, Colonel A. A. Rand of Massachusetts Commandery Loyal Legion, officers and ex-officers of the 23rd Ohio V. I. Associa tion, Commander I. F. Mack, officers and ex-officers of the Grand Army of Ohio, Governor McKinley and staff, Ohio state officials, trustees Ohio State University, officers of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Or phan’s Home of Xenia and Sandusky, the mayors of Fremont, Cleveland, Tole do and members of councils of those cities. Then came the military p rade under Colonel Buuker, including the First City Troop of Cleveland, Toledo Cadets, Sixteenth Regiment, O. N. G. and Battery D of Toledo. The civic so cieties followed. The cortege took the way with muffled drums to Oakwood cemetery. The cere mony here was brief, Commander Green of Eugene Kawson Post No. 32 of this city, reading the soldier’s burial service from the ritual of the order. The troops stood silent and motionless at parade rest as the remains of the ex-President were lowered to their last resting place. It is stated that only a serious threat of personal illness kept President Harri son away from the funeral. His regrets are as keen over his enforced absense is those expressed on every hand by family, friends and the public. I f A cream of tartar baking powder Highest of all in leavening strength —Latest United States Government, Food liepori. Royal Baking Powder Co., 106 WALL ST., N. X.

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1 “Given up to Die” by the Doctors, Be Thanks God for Sagwa and Prays for Its Success. Leavenworth, Kansas, Aug. 15,1892. I diem it my duty to tender this my testi monial a9 an offer of gratitude for what Kickapoo Indian Sagwa has done for me. I cijme out of the army In the fall of ’65, bro u en down by chronic dyspepsia in its worst form, and also enlargement of the heart. I consulted the best physicians, and Tlsited institutions in the Bast, and one and all told me the same thing, —I never could get well. By suggestion of an old comrade I took Kickapoo Indian Sagwa, and thank CiOd far it. Sagwa has changed my life from misery ana pain to one of health and gladness, and I can now eat anything without distress. My heart is all right and my friends are aston ished. The physician who knew of my case and heard of my cure said that a medicine that is capable of making such a cure, he not only endorses but cheerfully recommends to any one. If this testimonial comes under the notice of any soldier who is suffering, let him take the word of an old comrade,—buy a bottle of Indian Sagwa at once, and may God prosper you with the success of this remedy is the grateful prayer of JAMBS WARBIN'ER. KICKAPOO INDIAN Clift Ilf A Sold by all oHUnAi Druggists. $1 per bottle. 6 bottles for $5. PPPP f Send thr0° 2*cent riiCC stamps to pay post age, and we will mall you free thrilling and Intensely Interestln book of 173 pages, entitled LIFE AND SCENES AMONG THE KICKA POO INDIANS." Tells all about the Indians. Address, HEALY 4 BIGELOW, 521 Grand Avenue, New Haven, Conn. e TTSNE HUNDRED DOL LARS lor each and every oase of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall’s Catarrh Cure. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. i rrrr i a- w- gleason, BEAh j Notary Public. Hall’s Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the stystem. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY CO.. Toledo. O. By Sold by Druggists, 75c, dec25d&wlm SUNDAY SERVICES. (2#-Christian Science service every Sunday at Brown’s Block, 537 Congress street. Bible class, 2.30 p. m. Sermon, 7.30 p. in.. Also Thursday evening at 7.30 p. m.. Miss L. B. Giidden, speaker. All are cordially invited. Ejg'-A Spiritualist meeting will be held Sun day at Mystic Hall, 456 vb Congress street, at 2.30 and 7.30 p. m. A good speaker will be present, also tests and psychometric readings. Developing circle at 11.30 a. m. Singing one half hour. SagP“The Sail Loft meetings are held at No. 6 Central Wharf every Sunday morning, common cing at 10.30 a.m. Strangers and others are cordially invited to be present. AH are welcome. All Souls church (Universalist), Peering —Rev. O. F. Saflord, p‘. 1>„ pastor. Preach ing at 10.45 a. hi. Sublect—"Thy Kingdom Come.” Sunday school at 12.20. The Young People’s Christian Union meeting at 7 p. m. Ail are invited. Bethel Church, No. 283 Fore street, near Custom House, Rev. Francis Southworth, pastor. Services at 10.30 a. m., 3 and 7 p. m. Services Tuesday and Friday evenings at 7 30 p. m. AH from sea and land invited. Seats free. Congress Square Church (First Univer salist.) Rev. Dr. Blanchard, pastor. Service at 10.30 a. m. The pastor will officiate. Sunday school at 12 tn. Congress Sr. M, E. Church—Rev. Geo D. Lindsay, pastor. 10.30 a. m. Sunday school 3 p. m. worship, with special musical attrac' tions by a large chorus choir under the direc tion of Mr. Carl Weber, with sermon by Pastor 0 p. m. meeting of the Junior Endeavor Soc iety, Miss Fickett, leader. 7 p. m. Song ser vice. conducted by Mr. J. H. Montgomery; ad dress by the pastor and social meeting. All cordially invited. Church or the Messiah, (Universalist)— Rev. G. I. Kelrn. pastor. 10.30 a. in. Preach ing. Subject—"The Vision of Zachariah." Sun day School 12m. 5.30 p. m. Children’s meet ing. 7 p. m. Young People’s Christian Union. ChuRcH of Christ—Cor. Congress and Wey UIOUUI uraa Vwvnnrl ocf in the ice and no one knows how long they will have to wait for their signals to be answered. Steamers which came in yes terday report hnndreds of vessels frozen in the ice in Hampton Roads and the lower bay, Bla.sachusett. Railroad Commissioners. Boston, January 20,—-The annual re port of the state railroad commissioners was submitted to the legislature this af ternoon. In it they say the plan of the Boston Maine road for consolidating all its interests in a union Btation would be a partial and temporary cure of the defects of the existing terminal system, but falls to meet the pressing necessities cf the present, and far less to provide for those of the future. Released from Icy Fetters. Njtw Haven, Conn., January 20.— Schooner James G. Woodhouse of Prov idence, R. I., forXew York, was towed in here today by the tug which answered her signals of distress while she was fast in the ice in the sound near this harbor. It has taken the Woodhouse two weeks to make the run from Providence to this port. She was somewhat damaged bv ice ana very short of water and provis' ions. The Penalty for Negligence. Norwich, Conn., January 20.—Chas. J. Carroll, the negligent telegraph opera tor of the New London Northern road, who wrecked two trains and caused the death of five men and four horses, was sentenced this afternoon to a year in jail nd costs. If the costs are not paid the term of imprisonment will be about 16 months. Maine News Notes. Silas French, 86 years old, committed suicide by hanging, at Parkman, Wed nesday. J. D. White, a prominent druggist of Gardiner, died yesterday of pneumonia, aged 60 years. He had been a member of both branches of the city government. Dr. A. W. Dinsmore, of Old Orchard, died last night, aged 67. He leaves a widow and one son. He was a promi nent member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. A FEW SPECIAL BAUCIS AT MERRY’S Fine Heavy Underwear at 57 cents. Men’s Night Shirts, special, at 50 cents. Flannel Outside Shirts at 37 cents. Something new in Striped Shirts and Plain Blue with 3 collars. LOOK IN OU*R WINDOW. MERRY, THE HATTER, 237-23$ MIDDLE STREET. janl4 eodtf Infallible, if Given a Fair Trial. TIKO The Wonderful Remedy for Rheumatism. One hundred and forty-four (4 ox.) bottles cured one hundred cases of Rheumatism. We have yet to learn of a single case that has not been cured where TIKO has been given a fair trial. We Guarantee No Danger in the Use of This Remedy. PURINTON MEDICINE CO., New York City. cook, eveItt&pennell Wholesale Agents, PORTLAND, MB. 06(18 43m NEW ADVB RTISEMENTS. Store closes tonight at 6 o'clock. The weather today is likely to be fair and warmer. Portland, January 21,1893. MOST people are slaves to cus tom. What has been done for years continues to be done. Notions formed in times gone by are still ad- 5 hered to, and habits of thought and a lik ng for this thing or that are not easily changed. The buying of soap for instance. If you believe Pear’s is best, no amount of adver tising can convince you that others are as good. If it is Cuticura that fills your requirements, Cuti cura’s the kind you get— a .1 i r t iu uic cAuujjiuu ui uiuers The druggist keeps six or seven sorts maybe, perhaps he’ll have your kind, perhaps not. Our toilet goods counter keep dozens and there’s little chance of not finding your favorite kind. And the prices. There’s a good bit of saving in buying soaps here. It’s easy to com pare prices with what you are paying elsewhere and this department thrives on comparison. All the best liked lo tions are here; Aman- dine, Hind’s Honey and Almond Cream, Century Cream, Rose Attar and Dictmann’s Camphor Ice. We’d put Dictmann’s first but it wouldn’t be polite as we make it our selves. Hundreds pf people believe it is the i 11 ucsl luuuu in nit wuuu. It's as pure as it can be and costs less than the others—which are reasons enough for our belief in it. This toilet department sells ink eradidcator for removing stains from anything. Almond Cream for the bath, liquid silver polish, electric window polish, shoe blacking, Chase’s glue, bottled glycerine, bay rum,Dadd’s liniment, vaseline, witch hazel, sponges, chomois skins, manicure goods, and a thousand other things which you never think of looking for ex cept in drug stores. OWEN, MOORE CO. Extract of Beef. Do you want a cup of Beef Tea? Sea that it is made from the genuine. Incomparably the best, tfure, palatable, refresh ing. Dissolves clearly. See Baron Liebig's signature in blue on each label,thus: janlO eodlm STEPHEN BERRY, BOOK BSD JOB PRINTER, Ho. 37 PLOM STREET. MARK DOWN SALE OF DRESS TRIMMINGS. We iiave Marked Down Several Lots of Dress Trimmings to Close at Once.

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OUR DANGER. Look Out for tlie Spring of 1893 forewarned is forearmed. The Hatcheries of Cholera, and What Is To Be been There—If the Disease Breaks Out in New York Where Will I End? There are few things which have never come to pass which seem surer of com ing than Cholera this spring. Three well known physicians, one in Boston, two in New York, have said this. A re cent despatch from Hamburg in the daily papers says: “It is feared that the seeds of death sowed last summer will yield a fruitful harvest in the spring.” There is no dodging this dr ad disease in the s ring and summer of 1893. The country is ripe for it. Our lax immigration laws will be wholly responsible for the death rate through Cholera during 1893. For years the United States ’’as been Europe's sewer. All the scum of her human tides have been skimmed off and ladled to our shores. Austria, Bavaria, Poland, Russia, TurK y, itaiy, unina, tneso ana many other foreign countries send the rag-tag and bob-tail, the vicious, the depraved, the vile, the diseased, and the utterly lost, to our shores. This they have been doing for years with the utmost impuni ty. As a famous New York physician re cently remarked to the writer. “How can we escape Cholera next year? Of course, it won’t break out up on 5th Avenue, but it will eventually reach there, and all over the land. It will break out over on Forsyth, and Di vision, and Hester streets, and the Bowery, and Cherry Hill, and the Five Points, and Rosevelt street. Those ponts are points of dirt and vermin. That is where Cholera in this country will break out. God knows where it will end.” This is an awful but a timely warning. Cholera is deadly, that we know. The way to escape the frightful visita tion is to be prepared for it. Get your house—that is your body—in perfect order. Purify your system. Cleanse and enrich your blood. Remember that the Boston Globe said editorially: “Contageous diseases seldom attack perfectly healthy people. Persons whose vitality is low and whose general health is impaired, are the first to fall preys to epidemics. Dr. John B. Bray of Bridgton, in re sponse to inquiry, said: “Certainly, people should now look i _+ U TC reaches our shores everyone should be prepared physically, so far as possible, to ■withstand it. We should put our bod ies in good condition, as well as our premises. If the blood is foul, the liver clogged, and the stomach out of order, such a person is far more likely to be among the first victims than others in good health.” He also indorses, as the ideal remedy for purifying the blood and arousing vi tality, KING’S SARSAPARILLA. It is the ounce of prevention that most concerns the people now, and it is cer tainly sensible advice that recommends us to put our bodies in good order as well as our dwelling places. KING’S SARSA PARILLA is skill 'fully combined by a chemist of long ex perience in the se lection and prepara tion of drugs, and can be implicitly re lied upon as the most valuable prep aration of the kind on the market. Price per bottle 75 cents, and everv bot- trade mark. tie is sold with the positive guarantee to refund the price if it fails to benefit. The original and the oldest remedy on the market, sold on the “no cure, no pay” plan. Obtainable of all medicine dealers. DON’T Find fault with the cook if the pastry does not exactly suit you. Nor with your wife either—perhaps she is not to BLAME It may be the lard she is using for shortening. Lard is indigestible you know. But if you would always have YOUR Cakes, pies, rolls, and bread palatable and perfectly di gestible, order the newshort ening, “Cottolene,” for your W[FE Sold by all grocers. N. K. FAIRBANK CO., CHICAGO, ILL., and 324 State Street, BOSTON. _PORTLAND, ME. Atkinson’s Bargains Quaker Ranges save fuel. Think about your coal bill. THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Petition of the Maine Pedagogical Society. Want the District System Abolished and a State Board of Education Estab lished-Reasons Why Their Request Should Be Granted. At its recent meeting in Lewiston, the Maine Pedagogical Society instructed its Council to petition the Legislature to abolish the district system and establish a State Board of Education. As these are matters of vital interest to the people the Council makes this public statement of reasons for the changes proposed. Reasons for the Abolition of the District System. Under the district system schools are in many casas extremely small. Because small they are either expensive and in efficient; or both expensive and ineffi cient. The proportion of public money spent for instruction is excessively small Maine expends of its school money 13 per cent for buildings, sites, furniture) libraries and and apparatus: 65 per cent, for salaries of superintendents and teach ers and 22 percent for other expenses. This proportion of money spent for other purposes is larger than in any northern cfa+A PTPPTit Pp.rmRvlvania.- Tt. is ln.rfrfllv due to the smallness of schools made necessary by the maintenance of the dis trict system. The abolition of the district system will tend to consolidate schools, to save expense, and to increase the proportion of money that can be devoted directly to instruction. length of School Tear. The average length of the school year in Maine is twenty-one weeks. In this respect there is great inequality of school privileges. The abolition of the district system will render school privileges in the rural districts more ne rly equal to thoso of fered in the villages; and, with no in crease of expense will raise the average of the school year from twenty-one to twenty-six weeks. Employment of Teachers. Under the district system teachers are employed by agents who are frequently incompetent to judge of the qualifica tions of teachers; to whom the teachers have no proper responsibility; and on whom nieces, cousins, neighbors and friends are supposed to have a claim for appointment. The abolition of the district system will place the appointment of teachers and responsibility for the conduct of the school in the hands of the town com rnittee, or OI r,ne supervisor appoimeu uy them; and will tend to substitute merit for favoritism as the basis of the appoint ment. Salaries of Teachers. Under the district system salaries are absurdly inadequate. The period of service is brief. The proportion of in" experienced teachers is excessive. Of 73i5 different teachers employed in Maine last year, 1046 were without pre vious experience, and only 2343 contin ued |n the same school for one year. The average wages of men engaged in teaching is $34.90 per month; of women $17.56 per month. The average time which the teachers in Maine are en gaged in teaching is 14.11 weeks. The average salary per month of male teachers is lower in Maine than in any state north of Mason and Dixon’s line, and the average salary per month of fe male teachers is lower than in any state or territory in th United States. The abolition of the district system will tend to raise the salary per month; and by increasing the length of terms and encouraging continuity in teaching, will still more increase the yearly pay of teachers. School Building's and Apparatus. Inferior buildings, inadequate appara tus, improper ventilation, demoralizing outbuildings, are accompaniments of many district schools, which nothing less than the abolition of the district system will remove. Supervision. In the double-headed district system, where the teacher is hired by the agent and approved by the committee, compe tent supervision is out of the question The abolition of the district system is the first step toward the competent su pervision of rural schools. Course of Study. Under the district system no syste matic and progressive course of study is intelligently planned and persistently ex ecuted. In many schools the scholars begin at the same place and go over the same ground with each new teacher, term after term. Educators Unanimous m Favor of the Change. In reply to inquiries sent to persons in terested in education in Maine 214 were in favor of the abolition of the district system; 15 were opposed; and 10 were doubtful. Outside of the state the opin ion of superintendents and teachers is unanimous in favor of the abolition of the system. Did space permit, the council could present statements in favor of the change from the leaders of educa tional opinion in every state in which the matter has been discussed, or the change has been adopted. There are favored districts which maintain good schools under the district system. They are few however; and in these exceptional cases equally good schools can be maintained under the town system. To the great majority of schools under the district system the abolition of the system would be a decided gain. Objections. The objections to the change are two; one theoretical and one practical. The theoretical objection is that the district system is democratic. It keeps power at home. And men can manage their immediate affairs better than others can do it for them. This idea of the self sufficiency of each petty locality is ultra-democratic. It lias been abandoned with reference to everything except roads and schools. It is an extreme of democracy, which the Republican party in this country has steadfastly opposed, and from which the Democratic party lias steadily drifted. In everything but roads and schools rep resentative democracy has taken the place of that extreme democracy which asserts the rights of the state against the nation, of the town against the state, and of the district against the town. The practical objection is that those who profit by an existing abuse are re luctant to part with their prerogatives and privileges. The patronage and pow er which attache to the office of agent will render manv districts reluctant to abandon the wasteful and inefficient methods of the district system. It m ty also be urged in objection that the towns have permission to abolish the system already. It might with equal force be urged against prohibition that towns have permission to prohibit the sale of liquor under a system of local option; or against sanitary regulations that towns have permission to protect themselves against infectious diseases in the absence of laws compelling them do so. Reasons for the Establishment of a State Board of Education. Twenty-nine states and territories have state boards of education, 36 have county superintendents, 24 give life dip lomas or certificates to teachers; 36 give certificates good from 2 to lo years; 3 re quire annual certmcation; give stare or county certificates. Maine is one of three whioh have local certificates only, The Bight and Duty of Supervision. The state is devoting large sums of money annually to the support of the public schools. It is entitled to exercise the most efficient and discriminating supervision over the expenditure of that money. It has a right, and owes the people the duty of ascertaining the qual ifications of the teachers to whom this public money is paid. The state should either give nothing to the public schools; or else take measures to insure that the money is expended in the employment of persons competent to do the work for which they are paid. This work of ex amining and certificating teachers is the chief purpose for whlck a State Board of Education is needed. The Appointment of a State Superintend ent. The state superintendent is now ap pointed directly by the governor. The governor cannot be expected to make ex tended investigation into the technical qualifications of candidates for that of fice. He is, of necessity, dependent on the advice of others. Under the present system there is great temptation to self appointed candidates for the office to manufacture that advice and present it to the governor in the form of political influence and pressure. If we have had good superintendents, it is due to the good fortune of the state rather than to the mode of appointment. A state board, appointed by the gover nor for a period of years, serving with out salary, would be in a position to elect the superintendent with much less embarrassment from political pressure, and with much more thorough inquiry into his ability to perform satisfactorily the duties of the office. The men and women who would be fitted to serve on such a board would be above the tempta- J tion to seek positions on the board by political methods; and the absence of salary would remove the temptation it self. The Slight Expense. Suoh a board, serving without salary, would involve only the most trifling ex pense to the state. The traveling ex penses of half a dozen men and women who are competent and willing to give their services to the state are but as the dust in the balance in comparison to the gains which would result from their in telligent and energetic attention to the e ucational work of the state. Money more wisely and effectively spent is money saved. In raising the standard of teaching; in extending competent superintendence; in promoting needed legislation; in keeping the educational interests of the state before the people, such a board would render to the state a service worth a hundred times the sum the state would be asked to pay for the incidental expenses of half a dozen per sons devoting ten or twenty days apiece to the oversight of the work. Relative Importance of the Two Meas ures. Of the two changes proposed, the abolition of the district system is the most important and the most urgent. Until that is done no general improve, ment of the educational condition of the state can be accomplished. An army must be organized into companies and regiments before the ablest generals can lead it to victory. The abolition of the district system is needed to organize the scattered and straggling educational forces of the state into sufficiently com pact bodies for educational leaders to control, inis step taxon, tno estannsn ment of a State Board to givejdirection, inspiration, discipline and control to these united forces naturally aud inevi tably follows. If these two steps can he taken together, and at once, the im provement of our educational work throughout the state will come so much the sooner. In educational matters Maine stands today perilously near the foot of the class. What is worse, we are doing next to nothing to improve our relative position. The measures advocated above are pro posed primarily in the interest of the sparsely settled regions of the state. The cities and large towns have permanent teachers, large schools, a long school year and systematic supervision. Yet the state is one. If one member suffers, all the others suffer with it. The adop tion of these two measures will unite the state in a common policy. It will give the best the state has to offer in the way of council and oversight to the smallest village and the remotest hamlet, and as far as it is in the power of the state to do so, place the scattering farm ing community n t ie same plane of ed ucational privilege with the populous town and city. G. C. Purington, M. S. Snow, I). J. Cam,aiian, 0. B. Piles, W. DeW. Hyde, O. M. Lord, B. W. Nutter, G. A. Robertson, E. P. Sampson, Members of the Council of the Maine Pedagogical Society. Never defer a vital matter. A cougli shouldn’t be neglected when Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup wil, cure it at once. miscellaneous. MISCELLANEOUS. MANSON G. LARRABEE, 246 Middle Street. Great Domestic and Linen SALE! BLANKETS. 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Specifications may be obtained and plans seen at the office of Ilsley Cummings, Engineers, Portland, Me. The Committee on Sewers, City of Deering, reserve the right to reject any or all bids. Signature,] I Committee on geo. w. leighton: )urams« 8eweM WALTER FICKETT, Street Commissioner. Deering. Me., Jauuary, 1693. janl7 (ltd No More Chapped Hands. All the Pain and Discomfort Positively Prevented and Cured COMBINATION of pure Petroleum Jp~- and Olive Oil. Gives a smoothness and softness to the skin not obtained by any other preparation. Used by Physicians. All dealers have it. The Barney Co., Boston, Mass. 3,'nil 3 Two Cent Stamps for Samples, O'13 eodlynrmchd Woolen, Worsted and Cotton. ON account of the late fire anyone in the business of manufacturing the above material Into dress goods, that is in need of a man to take charge of the details of “finishing” (all or in part) can write for satisfactory references, ete., to G. A. KIMBALL, jan20d3t» Sanford, Me. CUFF COTTAGE! 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The resignation of Mr. Carlisle from the Senate makes it certain of course that he has accepted the position of Sec retary of the Treasury in Mr. Cleveland’s cabinet. Dr. Jenkins, the health officer of New York whom the New York Chamber of Commerce pronounced unfit for the place, has telegraphed a Tammany mem ber of Congress that no national quaran tine bill must pass. Jenkins is the brother-in-law of Richard Croker, the great Tammany boss, and of course this taleeram is eauivalent to an instruction from the boss. Having got full control of the New York State and city govern ment, Tammany is now reaching out for the contro. of the national govern, ment. If its successes in New York are an earnest of what it can do in Washing, ton it will not be long before Croker will be king of the country. The provisions of the new registration bill for testing the educational qualifica tion of voters under the constitutional amendment adopted at the last election are as follows: Sect. 18. Applicants under examination for registration shall be required, unless prevented by physical disability from so doing, or unless he hart the right to vote, on the fourth day o£ January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, to read In the English language other than the title, so much as may be necessary, from an official edition of the constitution, in such man ner as to show that he is neither prompted nor reciting from memory, and to write his name in a book kept for the purpose. The name of the applicant if admit ed to registration, shall be announced in a clear, audible and distinct voice Lefore entering his name on the register. Sect. 19. Any applicant for registration claiming exemption from the educational test herein required, excepting those isixty years of age and upwards at the time said te9t became operative, must declare under oath that he was a legal voter in this State on the fourth day of January, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, and if required so to do furnish such other and further reasonable eviuence of the truthfulness of his statement las may be satisfactory to a majority of said board. Sect. 33. Any member of said boards who shall refuse or willfully neglect to require any applicant for registration to whom the same is applicable, to raead a portion satistactory to a majority of said board, other than the title, from some official edition of the constitution, in such manner as to show that he is neither prompted nor reciting from memory, or to re quire such applicant to write his name in a book kept for the purpose, unless he is prevented by physical disability from so doing, or who know ingly shall prevent or seek to prevent the regis tration of any legal voter, or who knowingly shall register the name of any person not quali fied to vote, or who shall be guilty of any fraud or corruDt conduct in the execution of the du ties ot his omee, snau tor eacn oitense Be pun ished by a fine not exceeding three hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding six months. It will be seen that hereafter every per. son who applies for registration, who at the time of registration is not 60 years of age, or who was not a legal voter previ ous to the fourth of January, 1893, will have to read a part of the constitution and write his name. No discretion is allowed the Board. They must apply the test to all alike. The address of the Maine Pedagogical Society, which is published elsewhere, argues with great force the superioity of the town system over the district system, and if argument was certain to prevail in this matter there can be no doubt but the legislature would abolish the di-trict system. There is really nothing to be said in favor of the continuance of that system, except that it is old and has come to be revered simply on account of its age, and that it gives op portunities to people to acquire a little promin nee—something which is always dear to the American heart. As regards the proposition to establish a State board of education, the address is not so success ful. Some of the reasons offered are no reasons at all. For instance it is no reason to establish a thing that it doesn’t cost anything. That merely removes an objection to es tablishing it, and is negative rather than positive in character. The assumption that a board of several men would be subjected to less political influence or be less likely to yield to it in the selection of a superintendent of schools than one man, and therefore that a board would be more likely to choose a fit man for that place than the Governor, is open j to question. A very strong argu I ment can be made in support of the directly opposite view, namely, that i one man upon whom is the whole I responsibility and who cannot escape it or share it with others is more likely to resist improper influences and considera tions than a Board where the responsi bility is shared by a number of men. i The experience of our municipalities has shown, we think, that when the full responsibility of the selection of subordi nate city officials is placed on the mayor the results have been better than when that responsibility is distributed among the members of a Board of Aldermen. It may be that a poard of education with extensive powers of supervision could improve the condition of our schools. The probability is that ft could. But the attitude of many of the towns toward the district system indicates a public sentiment which would oppose giving the board powers enough to do much of anything except to write once a year dissertations on what our school system ought to be. There may come a time when it will be wise to establish a state board but we do not think it has yet arrived, and the Maine Pedagogical Society, we believe, will accomplish much more for the good of the schools ^-1 _i.L.4. .-4-: J.nn -FrtV. present and concentrating all their energies on the establishment of the dis trict system, than by pressing both measures at this time. The Rockland Opinion, in an article on the savings bank bill, has this t say in regard to the feature of it which is de signed to stimulate investments in Maine: The pending bill makes a discrimination in the rate in favor of Mnine investment. The proposed law is a somewhat complex one. and we are in doubt about the effect of some of its provisions. But the leading feature is the im position of a tax of one per cent, on all invest ments of savings banks made outside of Maine, while investments in the State are to be taxed only Vi of one per cent. The purpose is plainly to make it for the interest of the man agers of the banks to leave good and profitable investments which may be found outside the State and invest tlie money under their control in the bonds of water companies, electric railways, and other enterprises located in Maine, which the men be hind this bill are berson l!y interested in boom ing. It is an unsound and unsafe proposition. It appeals to state pride and patriotism, and there is danger that it will get more support than it ought among the people and in Legisla ture. But it opens the way for unsafe invest ments of the funds of these banks, and should not be allowed to become a law. These funds should be invested in the best way possible, safety being the first cons deration and profit the next. And the state should not undertake to force them in one direction or another by a discriminating tax. It is. moreover, doubtful if such a law would be sustained by the courts. The constitution of the United States forbids any state to pass any law in restriction of com merce between the states. It is at least a ques tion whether a discriminating taxon invest ments would not be held to be such a restric tion. In our judgment, the rignt thing to do would be to make a uniform tax of one per cen on the deposits, wherever and however invested. While we disagree with the Opinion as to the advisability of increasing the tax on savings bank, being of the opini >n that they now bear their full share of the burden of taxation and being of the opinion also that an increase of the rate would not increase the aggregate amount received by the sti.te inasmuch as the lowering of the rate of interest which it would cause would lead to a withdrawal of a great deal of money that would disappe ir so far as taxation is concerned, we iuuy and cordially endorse all it says of the attempt to stimulate investments inside of Maine by such a discrimination as is proposed. The danger is precisely the one pointed out by the Opinion that ap peals to State pride and patriotism will cloud the judgment of the legislators, and later on if the bill is passed the judgment of the directors of the savings banks. The directors of our savings banks are men identified with the com mercial and industrial enterprises of Maine. They are not foreigners who have no interest in the State. As be tween two investments equally safe, one out of Maine and the other in Maine the great majority of them—there may be here and there an exception—would choose the former. To hold out induce ments for them to go further than that is to tempt them to subordinate safety to state pride, something which they ought not to do; ana something which every depositor would protest against their do ing, if the question were directly present ed to him. Everybody is anxious to have the resources of the State developed to their fullest extent, but in the progress of this development, unless the teachings of experience are worthless, a good lilallj l lotto IUUOV uo uuvvu, wuu t* many losses met with. These risks should be taken chiefly by men of large means who can afford tofbear the losses that may follow, and not by small de positors in savings banks, to whom loss oftentimes means a great deal of self sacrifice and perhaps actual suffering. The Stedmau Library of American Litera ture. To the Editor of the Press: As your readers are awrare, an agent of Messrs. C. L. Webster Co. of New York is now visiting Portland In behalf of the Library of American Literature, edited by Mr. Edmund C. Stedman and Miss Ellen M. Hutchinson. Will you allow me to say a few grate ful w ords about these volumes, invalu. able as a thorough and critical represen tation of the whole range of American literature and history, from Colonial days up to date; as a reference cyclope dia upon a vast variety of topics; and for instructive and enjoyable reading in schools and homes. Mr. Stedman is un surpassed as a critic; he possesses in a peculiar degree the high gift of recog nizing the finest t.aits of every writer whom he considers. And the editorial tact of Miss Hutchinson is well known to readers of the New York Tribune. So that in the Library of American Lit erature arranged by their care, may be fonud the best wo k of the best authors, ordered so as to give a complete general view of the development of national let ters. This is indeed a w'hole library in itself, including examples of writing from all sections of the United States, and upon every topic which has con cerned the people. The reports of the early colonists, the grim theology of Jonathan Edwards and the withcraft and wonder's credited by Cotton Slather, the labors of the framers of the Consti tution and of jurisprudence, biography, fiction, poetry, wit and humor, and noted sayings, are some of the divisions under which the matter is grouped. The ad mirable and scholarly indexing is clue to Sir. Arthur Stedman. The whole is done with masterly grace and with per fect justice of method; each author is allowed to speak for himself without comment from the editors, other than the simple tribute of admission into so worthy a company. As a home educator, this Library is peerless; for it offers to young people an immense field where they may safely he trusted to gather such knowledge as most attracts them and is best fitted to their individual wants, it would be im possible to spend the same amount of money in any other way to educational advantage equal to that afforded by the eleven volumes of the Library of Ameri can Literature. The value of this use ful, authoritative and delightful work cannot be overestimated. It is a propheo likely of fulfilment that some boy who in these times, saves his ten cents a day in order to buy the set of volumes of this library will he one of the presidents of the United States in the twentieth century. For iu these pages the incentives' to nobility and greatness, such as in all ages have In spired men are exemplified by the lives and writings of American citizens. E. Cavazza

WM. TWOMBLY, Belfast, Me. HEART TROUBLE COMBINED WITH LIVER AND KIDNEY DISEASE BAtfJSHBB! Skoda’s Remedies did for me what Physicians Failed to do I Read the testimony of one of Bel fast’s MOST RESPECTED CITIZENS Skoda Discovery Co-: Gentlemen:—For several years, I have been gradually running down, troubled with ltbeumatism, combined with what Phy sicians called Heart, Liver, Kidney, and Stomacb Trouble. Although I kept around, work was a burden to me, and I became so weakened and enfeebled, I feared I would be obliged to give up alto gretber. After trying physiciansT medi cines, with but little benefit, a few months Finqe, 1 commenced the use of SKODA’S DISCOVERY and SKODA’S LITTLE TAB LETS. I soon began to Improve. I have now used six bottles of the Discovery, and six boxes of the Tablets, and feel like a new roan. My Heart Trouble is entirely cured, Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble nearly dis appeared, I can eat and sleep as well as ever, ana do a day’s work with less fatigue than for years. I can only speak in the highest praise of Skoda’s Remedies. Respectfully, WM. TWOMBLY. SKODA DISCOVERY CO., BELFAST, ME. 0 GMije of Checker? with Glove? on. A\r. John Larrabee, of the Hon?e for Aged A\en, Portland, bad salt rheum so bad tbat be bad to wear cots on five of bis fingers. His bands were cracked and scabbed terri bly, and were a sight to behold. While playing checkers with a friend be was advised to take Allen’s Sarsaparilla. He took four bottles, which entirely ;ured bin?* He is a grateful man* Allen’s Sarsaparilla, 128 doses 50 cents. Allen Sarsaparilla Co., Wooopords, Me. SWEETEST AND BEST, Like the winds of the West, are good cigars, and the best we know are Sleeper’s Eye Cigars Good tobacco. Good wrappers Good workmen uuuu oiuuaci o, 10 cents. TIMHF MARK. S. S. SLEEPER CO., Factory, Boston decl 7_eodlw FWtST CLASS PIAXOS FOR SALE OR RENT; ALSO OH.C3-^A3XTS Very Fancy or Plain at NO. 114 1-2 EXCHANGE *Zridge’s music store. Half fare on the railroads to all holding “Paderewski” tickets. Photo graphs 60 cents. janlfldlw AT lilLBERT’S~ Class for beginners in Dancing Monday evening. Assembly Thursday Evening. jan!8dp AUCTION SACKS. F. 0. BAILEY CO., Auctioneers. RECEIVER’S SALE. THE uudersigned, Harry R. Virgin, receiver and trustee of the Denio Automatic Alarm Push Button Company, hereby gives notice that he will sell at public auction to the highest bid der at his offlee, No. 398 Congress street, Port land. Maine, on THURSDAY, Jan. 2(Sth. 1893, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, all his right, title and interest as receiver and trustee as afore said, and all the right, title and interest which said Denio Automatic Alarm Push Button Com pany had at the time of its dissolution, in and to letters patent of the United States for an Im provement in electric signalling and alarm ap paratus, numbered 397,838. and bearing date February 12th. 1889. hereby giving notice to the purchaser that Louise A. Denio of Roches ter, New York, claims a royalty of 2 cents up on each push button made and sold under said letters patent, by virtue of a contract made be tween said Louise A. Denio and said company, bearing date October 4th, 1889. And said re ceiver will also sell at the same time and place all his right, title and iuterest in and to 68,000 sets of shells for pushbuttons. HARRY R. VIRGIN, I Receiver and Trustee of Denio Automata! Alarm Push Button Company. )anl8 dlw F. O. BAILEY COJ Auctioneers and Commission Merchac i! Salesroom 18 Exchange Street. r O BAILJSl. C. W.ALI.I mar 14 d Bargains in Stoves.. Mari' ufacturera’ samp) as at manufacturers’ prices. MR. MRS. JOHN A. BELL0M School foi* G i A New Term Vv'ili *'i i Classes fornvtv) iw i-'i-.v Classes in Lit.*fAuu\. Appii atitnis fort Mtr.Hi. i uaiie after p. id. a. no 91 r janli)

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PREPARING TO OPEN THE FAIR. Grover Cleveland Will Touch the Button. The People Will Do the Rest. ISpecial Correspondence.! Chicago, Jan. 12.—While renewed ac tivity and energy are, with the opening ol the new year, being manifested in all de partments pertaining to the World’s Co lumbian exposition, there is one commit tee in particular that^believes in taking time by the forelock and is carrying out the belief in practice. This is the com mittee on ceremonies. The recollections of the glories of dedication week are still with us. It seems but yesterday since that magnificent civic parade moved over our spacious thoroughfares; since Manu factures ball resounded with the acclaim of the greatest audience ever gathered under a covered roof. But although the recollection still dwells with us, Dedication Day is a thing of the past; Inauguration Day is before us in the near future. It matters not that ground has yet to be broken for the ornate structure in which it is pro posed that the inauguration ceremonies shall be held. Such a little thing as that doesn’t trouble anybody so long as the ground itself is actually there. That the programme should be framed before the building in which that programme is to be carried out has actually begun to rear its walls—and only four months to spare —may be regarded as simply another il lustration of the goaheadativeness of the United States in general and of the me tropolis of the west in particular. Wind and weather, contractors and walking delegates and various other concomitants permitting, the ceremonies that are to signalize the formal opening of the exposition to the people of the uni veiBc will uu uciu iu rcouvai uau. auo site of this structure—when it is a struc ture—will he on the west side of the lagoon east of the Transportation build ing, near by the Administration build ing, and easy of access to the Sixty-sev enth street entrance. Just now the ground is occupied by a frame restaurant, within which at noon day Major Moses P. Handy may often times be found diligently engaged in the task of keeping those whiskersof national reputation out of a bowl of mock turtle soup or exploring with a fork the mys teries of a dish of pork and beans, while on the other side of the table Director General George R. Davis or President T. W Palmer may be cracking jokes or exchanging witticisms between mouth fuls of mush and milk or ham and eggs. The frame restaurant, however, has a limited lease of life. Within a few weeks it will be razed to the ground, and Festi val hall will rise upon the ruins. It will have a seating capacity of 5,000 souls, and, as its name indicates, will be avail able for reunions, state gatherings and festivities of a general character. Should there be conditions, however, that mili tate against the completion of this build ing on time, the inauguration exercises will be held in Music hall. This is lo cated between the Agricultural and Man ufactures buildings, just about north east of the latter building. Its seating capacity will be about 2,000. Possibly a good many people may be inclined to ask why the exercises should not take place in the open air. or why the Manufactures building, in which the dedication exercises were held, can not be utilized next May As to the lat ter suggestion, the building itself will be crowded with exhibits, and the possibil ity of reserving sufficient space even to construct a temporary auditorium is out of the question. So far as open air ex ercises are concerned, none of us who have lived in Chicago for even a decade is likely to be entranced with the idea. We don't dance about May poles here abouts with the opening of the month of flowers, nor as a general rule do we be gin to warble “Spring, spring, gentle spring," until we are well into June. It is not so many years ago since trains were snowbound within fifty miles of Chicago for two or three days in the last week in April. What happened then is likely to happen again. Open air exer cises on the 1st of May might mean colds and catarrh and that fiendish mon ster, la grippe, and its consort, pneumo nia, and bronchitis and numberless other ills to thousands if not tens of thou sands of patriotic Americans. And so an open air inauguration has been ta booed and very wisely tabooed. It would be a profitable thing for the med ical fraternity, but neither the Illinois nor the National Medical association has offered a percentage on the profes sional fees that such a programme would bring forth, and hence it has no place in the list of concessions. That energetic secretary of the com mittee on ceremonies. Colonel E. C. Cnlp, to whom much of the success of dedication week may be fairly attribu ted, expresses the opinion that a quarter of a million people will pass through the gates of Jackson park on opening day. Hence, if his estimate comes any where near being correct, it follows that 246,000 of them will get neither within seeing nor hearing of the special exercises, although that entire number and as many more may gather in Machinery hall and the other structures and look upon the machinery as it starts in motion from the pressure upon the electric button. Of the 6,000 more fortunate individu als one-fifth will comprise the official guests of the national commission. These may be classified in this order: President and members of the cabinet, tne diplomatic corps, lup ujlcxx.il/cxo both branches of congress, the members of the supreme court, the national com mission, the board of lady managers, the city council of Chicago, the park com missioners, the board of managers of the government exhibit, and last, but not least, the representatives of the press. The other 4,000 spectators will, accord ing to the present programme, put up five dollars apiece for the privilege. It will be cheap at that, for at the Paris exposition the price of tickets ranged from two to twelve dollars, according to location, and for days before the inau guration they commanded a premium of 100 per cent. The exercises will be brief, dignified and at the same time impress ive. Grover Cleveland will press the button. The people will do thfi rest. Henry M. Huni. Hall's Eenewer ts the natural rewedy for gray halt, dandruff and baldness. MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. MISCELLANEOUS. Tlic addition of surplus lots from our wholesale house for this sale makes our store the center of attraction for buyers. Q.Co. “PoA.e. V suKs gf !|jj A w |f:' STANDARD CLOTHING Co. j|

1 s STANDARD CLOTHINQCo. TSoRt-UASo _ZNCe. BO^LOTH'Nd >fc '*r i 7s S' ;v.X v fin. 1 STANDARD CLOTH!NQ Co. “PopctLa^o A .a**- 1 All opportunity to buy Good Clothing, Unparalleled. Wholesale and Retail Stock combined make Bargains thick and plentilul. TWO WEEKS of hard work in preparation. We are how ready for the crowd to coine. _ A. RBASOKTABtiEJ PAILADOX. This business is law unto itself. The STAlfDARD retailing is without precedent or parallel. To follow others would be weakiiess--imitation is a botch. ORIGI1VALIT1 AAID COURAGE create "rhi* storr and its ways should be studied and understood. People that best know the store are the largest gainers by its policy. 8 W?- PROPOSE TO SELL good Clothing of our own manufacture, which is a guarantee of its goodness, at low prices, extraordinary. Wholesale dealers are ready to pay more than our retail prices for this stock placed before you. We are not in the wholesale trade here in Portland, we are retailers. All our power is used toi the protection of the retail buyer. This big sale is only possible here. No other outlet for Clothing except some of the largest stores in some of the largest cities that would warrant so much invest ment of capital, labor and selling space as is required for a Clothing Sale of this magnitude. It is not a catch, no baits—only re bates.This sale has been planned in a verv large fashion. It is thoroughly leg timate and a magnificent feature of our i il _ J Bargains in Clothing for the Masses. ULSTERS. Handsome dark Brown Plaid, wool lined, cu£ long, only $5.00, sizes 34 to 42. Heavy all wool Shetland Ulsters, wool lined, cut lone, our jobbing price is $10.50, offered at $8.00. The King of Frieze Ulster $12, all sizes, 33 to 50. Worumbo Elysian Ulsters, sizes 33 to 49 Sir, made to sell for $25. Handsome Black Thibet Cloth, hood Ulsters, cut long, the most fashionable garment in use, $20; December price $25. Lots of $25 and $28 Ulsters going at $18 and $20. OVERCOATS. As cheap as $3.50 in Men’s sizes. Nice Overcoats that cost us to manufacture, $9.50 to $15, comprising all the latest and most fashionable garments, single and double breasted, We shall Sell at What they Cost us Blue Chinchillas, Black Kerseys, Blue Kerseys, Meltons, Cheviots, Etc. TROUSERS. Genuine Canada Gray, all wool, nice pattern, only $1.50. $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 Pants in odd pat erns to be closed out at $2.50 per pair. $6.00, $6.50 and $7.00 Trousers offered at only $5.00. Pantaloons for large men and tall men. ODD VESTS. All wool, all sizes, only $1.00. $2.00 and $2.50 Vests at only $1.50. MEN’S SUITS. $15, $18 and $20 English Cutaway all wool Suits offered at $5.00 per suit. They’rejjust inside the door on a box, small sizes, come quick. Lots and lots of fine Wool Suits, Sack and Frock, at $10, $12 and $15 that are cheap. We’ve got the goods and our word for it you’ll want them at the prices. Wholesale and jobbing prices prevail. Too many goods, we can’t show them to advantage, consequently, “freak prices." 10 dozen Office Coats, Storo Coats. Working Coats, that were 75c, only 50a each. BOYS’CLOTHING. Good Overcoats, altogether too many, have sold for $15, $18 and $20, your choice now $10. Sizes 30 to 34. jioys line uisters, ages a 10 iu, nave sold for $8.00, $10.00 and $12.00, now your choice for $0.50. All our Boys’ Overcoats and Ulsters marked down. Cape O ercoats go at only $2.00. Lots of $0.00 and $6.50 nice wool Knee Pant Suits go at only $5.00. Bargains in Boys’ Shirt Waists, B'ouses and Shirts, Boys’ Knee Pant Suits $1, sizes 4 to 13. Boys’$2.00 quality Knee Pants only $1.00. Jersey S: its, $6.50 and $8.00 grades at $3.00, $4 and $5. Boys’ Fauntleroy Suits, $5.00 and $6 quality only $4.50, ages 4 to 7. Boy’s Vest Suits, ages 4 to 10, marked down from $8 and $7.50 to only $5.00. Come and investigate if Yon Want GOOB CEOTHUVG. It Will Pay. OCRS IS THE PEACE TO BCY. ___ STRICTLY ONE PRICE. STANPARP CLOTHING CO., N° 25^PLJiTREET’ WIT AND wisdom. “Keeping It Up." She Could look After Herself. Lady—One more question. Do you kindle the fire with kerosene? Servant girl—No, ma’am. I heap ^plenty of coal on the stove and keep the lire going and it doesn't need any kindling. Ladv—But that, burns a great deal of coal. Servant Girl—That's true, but I’d .rather burn coal than burn myself.—New lork Press. _ Speakers, singers and actors use Ayer's Cherry Pectoral; also, Ayer’s Almanac. “Why don’t yon write about the weather we are having?” said Mrs. Funnyfellow to Mr Funnyfellow, who is editor of the Joker. Because it's not in my line,” he growled. “n T ttinmrlit it was.” “You did, did you. ana wnyv ‘•Because it's no joke.”—Pittsburg Dls patch. _ get the genuine. If you suffer with lame back, especially in morning, Allcock's Plasters are a sure re lief. If you cannot sleep, try an Allcock's Plas ter, well up between the shoulder blades often relieves—sometimes cures. Try this he' fore you resort to opiates. If any of your muscles are lame—joints stiff feel as they wanted oiling—or if you suffer with any local pains or aches, these plasters will cure you. If you use them once you will realize why so many plasters have been made in imitation of them. Like all good things, they are copied as closely as the law allows. Don’t be duped by taking an imitation when it is asleasy to get the genuine. If you always insist upon having Ai.lcock’s Porous Plasters and never accept a substi tute, you will not be disappointed. Policy. ••Jennie,” said he, “I shall go to your father and ask his consent at once.” Walt, George, don't, be so impatient. Wait until after the 1st, when my dressmaker’s bill comes in. He will be more willing to part with me then.”—Harper’s Bazar. Rheumatism, which is a blood disease, is radically cured by Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. His Circulation All Right. Editor—Well, doctor, what is the matter with me? Nothing serious, I hope. Doct r—H’m! Well, you’re in a bad way Vnur circulation is very low. Editor (excitedly)—What? Why I nave at least two hundred thousand a day! You have been reading a rivaJ sheet—TaxasSiftmex. Say, Mister! Is it possible you are suffereing from cat arrb and have not used l)r. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy? All the terrible consequences of catarrh in the head may be averted if you’ll but make the effort! You know, too well, its distressing symptoms! You possibly know, if neglected, it invariably goes from bad to worse, and is likely to run into consumption aud end in the grave! Here is a way of escape: Its makers are willing to take all the risk, and make a standing offer for an incurable case of tins loathsome and dangerous diseases. Y'ou can get $500, or better—a cure! THE GREAT COMFORTER. When a fellow has spent his last red cent The world looks blue, you bet! Bui give him a dollar and you’ll hear him hol ler “There’s life in the old land yet! For money’s the comforter of all, No matter what cynics say. And the world will stick to you when you fall If it finds you can pay your way. --Atlanta Constitution. WOULD YOU Have THE LEST Piano* We will sug gest the surest way to obtain it. Call at Thurston’s new Piano House, 18 Free street, and select from the larg est stock in Maine, that which best suits your fancy in tone and iinish. You will see something elegant, dura ble and every way desirable. Try it and you wiU never regret your choice. Remember the place, 18 FREE ST. S. THURSTON. Janl4 dtt i from: EMMA EAMES STORY. 7 Place des Etuis Unis 1 have great pleasure iu certifying that I have used your AiHANDINE with most satisfactory results, and was very glad to have the extra bottles to take abroad with me. 1 thank you for bringing this prep aration to my notice. Yours Sincerely, Emma Earnes Story. —SOLD BY— EASTMAN BROS! BANCROFT dec20 eodtf GRATEFUL-COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. BREAKFAST. I “By a thorough knowledge of the natural laws which tovern the operations of digestion and nutrition and y a careful application of tne fine properties of well* •lected Cocoa, Mr. Ept>s has provided our breakfu>l ii»les with a delicately flavoured beverage which may jvc ys many heavy doctors’ bills. It is by the judicious se of such articles of diet that a constitution may h.i radually built up until strong enough to resist every •ndencv to disease. Hundreds ot subtle maladies aie IflOBtiDC around us ready to attack wherever there is la weak point. "We may escape many a fatal i-haft by (keeping ourselves well fortified with pure blood and [properly nourished frame—"Civil Service Gazette." J Made simply with boiling water or milk. Solll only Mn half-pound tins, by Grocers, labelled thus: JAMES EPPS CO., Homoeopathic Chemists. london. England. mar28 S.T&wiy aTITWorI WJ11, receive pupils in Crayon Portraiture Tv anrt Academic Drawing from life ami cast. Careful explanation of those principles which are the foundation of all good art. Studio, 34 First. National Bank Building Portland, Me. dec27 eodtf SCHOOL OF DESICN, 537 Congress Street. Portland. STUDIO OF CHAS. M. JENCKES. Instruction in Decorative Art. including Painting In Oil or Water Color, China Painting, Wood Carving and Engraving, Illumination, Heraldic Painting. Family Arms, &e. Circulars on application. janl7eodlm* Atkinson’s Bargains Odd Parlor Pieces and Broken Suites, Rockers, So* fas, Divans and Couches. TO LET. TO LET—Nice lower rent five rooms, all in nice order, at 29 Boyd St., $10.00; lower rent five rooms, sun all day, 36 Stone St., $10.00 ;upstairs rent, 6 rooms and bath, sun all day, corner Wilmot and Lincoln Sts., $16.00. L. *C. BEAN CO. 40 Exchange St. 21-1 DOR RENT—The sunny and centrally located -I- lower tenement No. 120 Franklin St., be tween Congress and Cumberland Sts.; six rooms. Apply to BENJAMIN SHAW, 51 Exchange St21-1 TO RENT—Feb. 1st, ’93, a nice sunny con venient rent 163 Oxford, water closet and wood shed, only to this rent at $11; also one rent 4 square rooms 7 to 8 dollars. Still anoth er will be vacated about April 1st that is in perfect order, can be arranged for two families if desired, this rent $23 to $25 according to size of family for $25. Call at MR. A. H. WARDEN’S Shoe store or [send postal to J. J. GILBERT, Woodfords, Me._21-1 MONEY LOANED—On furniture, pianos, horses, carriages, farm stock, machinery, store fixtures, etc., in use without removal or inconvenience; prompt and confidential; small loans a specialty; citv or country; write; will call. “PRIVATE PAitTY,” P. O. Box 1438. __20-2 TO LET—Tenements in various parts of the citv, prices $8.00 to $18.00 per month. J. C. WOODMAN, 105% Exchange street. 20-1 ONEY to loan on 1st and 2nd mortgages on real estate and on three year old life in surance policies, and any other good security also buy good commercial paper. W. P. CARR, second "floor, Oxford Building.18-1 ONEY TO LOAN on 1st or 2d mori> gages on real estate, life insurance poli cies, commercial paper or any good collateral securities. A. C. LIBBY, 42% Exchange St. jan!2-4 TO LET—At Woodfords a convenient rent of eight rooms with cemented cellar and with or without stable; three minutes from electric cars and M. C. R. R. depot; rent rea sonable to right party with small family. In quire of F. e; LEIGHTON, opp. P. O. Wood fords. _]°-2 MALE HELP. HrANTEB-Experienced workmen on slip V T pels and turns in the factory. SHAW, GODING SCO., 100 Middle St. 21-1 WANTED—A bright active boy as office hoy and to make himself generally useful: must be over 14: bring references to 73 UNION St. !9-l AGENTS. A GENTS WANTED—For the Life of Gen'l. A Butler—Butler’s Book—For an agency or a copy of the book call on or address W U. HARVEY, Gen’l. Agent, 75 Gray St., I’or.J land, Me. _21-1 Able agents wanted—By a respon- j sible society, providing the lowest, cost life insurance in the United states. A total of only 25 assessments in the last five years. All lust claims paid. 341,000 reserve fund. Cor respondence invited. THE PROVIDENT AID SOCIETY, 98 Exchange street, Portland. Me. jan6-6w LOST AND FOUND. LOST—Between Owen Moore’s and Con gress Square, a silver flagree card ease, marked H. P. B. S., and having owner’s name on wrapper. Suitable reward if returned to 97 SPRING ST. _21 1 LOST—Three reserved tickets to Priscilla for Thursday evening. Leave at COOK. EVERETT PENNELL’S and receive reward. LOST—Will the gentleman who was seen at 2.15 yesterday to pick up near the post office a registered letter addressed to AUSTIN LIDBACK, kindly return the same and save further trouble. _19-1 LOST—A pair of eyeglasses, with bows that have a spiral brass spring (Farley's Patent). Will the finder confer a favor by noti fyiug the Pl:KSS OFFICE.10-1 FOTJUD. I HAVE found the Greatest Cure on Earth for Rheumatism and Neuralgia in their worst chronic forms. I suffered twelve years and tried every known remedy. Sufferers write to me and enclose stamp. MISS E. S. ORR, East Harpswell, Me. jan7d&wlm FOR SALE. j FOR SALE—Stock and fixtures of a well es tablished grocery store in this city doing mostly a cash business; stock is small and fresh. Call or address JOHN 8. FITZ, corner Portland and Alder Sts. _21-1 FOR SALE -2Vs story house, situated No. 27 Becket street, contains 11 finished rooms, fitted for two families. Sebago water and water closets. Lot 40x80. Inquire of A. C. LIBBY, 42 Vh Exchange street.20-1 FOR SALE—First-class boarding house. nicely situated near Park street, contains 17 rooms, now doing a good paying business. Price low; good reasons for selling. Inquire of A. C. LIBBY, 42Vs Exchange street. 20-1 FOR SALE—Houses for sale; prices $500, $1000, $1100, $1300, $1400, $1500, $1700, $1900. $2000, $2200, $2500. $2700, *4000. By J. C. WOODMAN, 105 Vi Exchange street.__201 FOR sale—To close an estate, the valuable property situated on the westerly corner of Smith and Lincoln St., consisting of house No. 80 Smith St., and No. 20 Lincoln St., together with corner lot containing about 5,000 square feet; the houses will be sold separately if de sired; terms easy. Apply to JOHN F. PROC TOR, Centenial Block. 19-1 FOlt SALE—Hen or Dog food by the barrel at a low price; also broken crackers and sweet cakes by the barrel. AppIyatGOUDY KENT’S. _ 19-1 PICTURES! PICTURES! Those in want of a good picture, for a small amount of money would do well to call on us. Pictures framed to order; moulding for sale; picture wire and moulding hooks. E. D. REYNOLDS, Cor. Oak and Congress streets.17-1 FOR SALE—A very desirable grocery and provision stock, with store, fixtures and trade. One of the best locations in the city. Inquire at 15 Silver Street Market.16-2 OR SALE—2d hand sleighs cheap, one double, good, $30, one double, good, $25, one first class order $60. Z. THOMPSON BRO.. Elm St.16-1 Engine and boilei: combined— Two horse power upright engine and four H. P. boiler. Also several coils of pipe for steam heating. All used but little and In good condition. Call on or address E. L. CODING, Treasurer Casco Paper Box Co. ,1anI8 tf FOR SALK—Steam engine. 10 horse power. Apply to B. J. WILLARD, 59Commercial street. 3-d FOR SALE. Stock of Hardwaie, Stoves and Tin ware; will invoice $3,000 to $4,000; best of reasons for selling; good chance for pactical man. Address BOX 104$, North Berwick, Me. jail 10_d3t Steamboat For Sale. The sound and serviceable steamer the “City of Richmond,” 600 tons, and having 61 staterooms, now run ning between Portland and Machias, on the route of the Portland, Mt. De sert Machias Steamboat Company, is offered for sale, delivered at either Portland or Rockland, after July 1st next. She may now be seen oil her present route. For description and terms apply to PA VSON TUCKER, Gen eral Manager, Portland, Mt. Desert Machias Steamboat Company, Port land, Me. may3-dft ROOMS. ROOMS TO RET—Inquire at 71 FREE STREET.jami-tt XHJRNISHED Rooms to let at No. 2 Gray A st. A desirable furnished room; steam heat, water, etc.; the room is large airy and well-lighted and terms very moderate. I3tf TO RET—Room 33x33 over our main store second story, steam heat, first class light. LORING. SHORT Si HARMON. 15-« WANTED. CCOUNTANT—Having time to devote to V writing, would solicit the adjusting of either double or single entry books; work guar ranted. Apply No. 9 Custom House Wharf, A. L. JOHNSON.21-1 YX/'ANTED—Position as bookkeeper, as v T sistant or bill clerk by a young man who understands double entry bookkeeping; having had three years experience; not afraid of work; wishes to get with a good business house. Good city references. Address "B. K.,” Press Office._20-1 WANTED—Situation by a smart, competent girl. Can do second or general house work. Tills is a rare opportunity for ai y one wishing line help. Must yply quick. iso 2(1 young girls waiting for situations for assistant housework. MRS. P LMER’S. No. 169Va Federal street. Reliable office. 18 1 WANTED—Everybody to know -ve are giv ing a reduction of 10 per cent on all sales for cash. Finest assortment of me ium weights at lower prices than ever given in this city. WM. M. LEIGHTON CO., tailors, Monu ment Square, 273 Middle street, 18-1

WANTED—Manure. Address "B.” this office.171 WANTED—There will be a free “Health Talk” to ladies in VIAV1 PARLOR. 537 Congress St.. Room 24. this Tuesday, Jan. 17th, and Friday, Jan. 20. at 2.30 o’clock. 17-1 WANTED—Ail persons in want of trunks or bags to call at E. D. REYNOLDS’, 556 and 558 Congress street, corner of Oak; as wo manufacture our goods, and can there ore give you bottom prices; trunks repaired; open evenings. 17-1 YY7"ANTED—To buy a second hand book 11 case. H., 3IV2 Exchange street. Room 1. __16-1 RAW FURS of ali kinds wanted; highest price paid for mink and skunk skins. J. .1. REVOL, 256V2 Middle street, Portland. Me. nov28d3mo3 YX 7 ANTED—People to know the MUTUAL RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION, 1761/2 Middle street. Free policies. Cash sur render. Paid up value. Incontestable. Aver age cost $16 per 1000. 3Va millions surplus. Call and see our ten year policy. Smart agents wanted. Big money. 19-tf TVTANTED—To call at vour store or house I T aud pay you cash for old rags, barrels, iron, rubbers, bottles, metals of all kinds. If you have any of the above please drop me a postal. Address C. B. WISH, 131 Green street, city. 11-ltf PAKTNER WANTED-With capital in a well-established Dusiness. Address L.t this office. myI4-tf Active and Energetic Partner Wanted WITH $3000 CAPITAL, In an old established business, employing 25 men and 14 horses. Man who can handle men and use his head as well as his hand, can find a rare chance for his investment. Man from Maine preferred. Address Box 13. East Cam bridge, Mass. janl4d&w2w_ salary or commission. To agents to handle the Patent Chemical Ink Erasing Pencil. The most useful and novel In vention of tile age. Erases ink thoroughly in two seconds, works like magic. 200 to 500 per cent profit. Agents making 550 per week. We also want a general agent to take charge of territory, and appoint sub agents. A rare chance to make money. Write for terms and sample of erasing. MONROE ERASER MEG. CO., X 843 La Crosse. Y.’is.Jan3dlmo« FEMALE HELP. WANTED—At once; young lady who un derstands Stenography and use of Type» writer. J. F. GERRITY CO., 244 Middle St.__17-1 WANTED—Position as housekeeper by middle aged American lady where she can have daughter with her, in small family, widower's or bachellor’s; references ex changed. Address box 284, So Framingham Mass. 81-4 The days begin to lengthen and the cold surely strengthens. The skin at once is af fected, chilled and ex hausted. Use a NUTRI ENT. FRYE’S will nourish, soften and heal the exposed hands and face. SOLD BY J. I DYER k CO. janiy eodtf

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V MUSIC AND DRAMA. Lost in London. The performance of “Lost in London” at Portland theatre last evening pleased the audience as much as the one of the previous evening enjoyed the play. 1 he various situations were all warmly ap plauded and the dancing of Miss Hook and the singing of Mr. Chadwick was warmly applauded. The last perform ancewill be given tonight and as Saturday night is always a good night for theatri cals the house will doubtless be crowded. Priscilla. The second performance of Priscilla was given at City7 Hall last evening to another very large and delighted au dience. The solos and choruses were given with the same spirit and finish as on the previous evening, the amusing scenes by7 Miss Allen and Mr. Dodd created great amusement and the encores were numerous. Don't forget the matinee today. Miss Flossie Stinclifield and a party of Lewiston people attended the perform ance of Priscilla last evening. Miss Stinclifield is one of Mr. Dennett’s most promising pupils and when Priscilla is given in Lewiston she is to be take the part of Barbara, which Miss Ricker sings here. Paderewski. 15tit two days itumuli iu w secure seats for the Paderewski concerts which will be given at City Hall next Monday evening and Tuesday matinee. There is every prospect that two snperb audiences will be in attendances for the leading cities and towns in the state will each contribute its quota. Get tickets at Stookbridge’sat once. Kajanka. When the Kajanka company appeared at the Leland Opera House last Monday night the private boxes were occupied by Governor Flower and his staff. At the conclusion of the dance of the famous Mariposa dancers, the whole house rose to its feet and shouted its approval, nor Vvould they become quiet until the dancers had responded to no less than five encores. Governor Flower at the conclusion of the performance personal ly extended his congi’atulations to the charming dancers. They will be at the Portland Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. A Pine Concert. The people of Portland are to be favor ed with a very fine concert: Feb. 8th in Kotzschmar Hall by William Heinrich. *he well known tenor of Park street ehurcli, Boston. Mr. Heinrich is very highly spoken of. He refers us to Mrs. _ r. _J Tir„ TT nin /V nil Hi IjUUIOC J-At-cvj iuuuu> ficli will present to the public Schubert’s exquisite song to the words of the Miller Lad entitled “The Fair Maid of the Mill.” Mr. Heinrich will be assisted by Mr. Howard Ticknor, reader, Portland Packing Company. Messrs. A. W. Gilman and W. E. Par sons of Foxcroft visited Portland on Tuesday of last week in the interest of the corn canning factory, and succeeded in bringing negotiations with the Port land Packing Company to a very satis factory conclusion. Friday Mr. W. N. Davis, representing the Packing Com pany, went to Foxcroft and took a con veyance of a building site on the Colonel Paul farm, contiguous to the line of the Maine Central railroad. Work on the necessary buildings will commence in the early spring. j. C. Brown of Portland, with a work ing force, commenced the manufacture of tin cans for packing corn Monday at the upholstery building on Exchange street, Foxcroft. As soon as prepara tions are completed six or eight men will be employed in this department. The new industry is not only assured, but actual operation has commenced. The Burns Supper. Arrangements have been completed which ensure a most enjoyable enter tainment at the Preble House next Wed nesday evening, when the anniversary of Itobert Burns’s birthday will be ob served by a banquet, followed by short speeches, recitations and song. In or der that the number of seats to be re served may be ascertained applications for tickets should be made at once. U. S. COMMISSIONER’S COURT. BEFORE COMMISSIONER RAND. Friday—United States vs. Jerry Sullivan, retail liquor dealer without a U. S. license. Bound over in $300 to the February term of the U. S. District Court. MUNICIPAL COURT, BEFORE JUDGE GOULD. Friday—John W. Barry. Intoxication and assault on Officer White. Pleaded guilty to drunkenness and not guilty to assault. Found guilty on both charges and given thirty days for drunkenness and four months for assault. Appealed. Ordered to give bail in $200 and n default thereof was committed. Thomas Qulncannou. Assault; fined $5 and costs. The wonderful cure by Salvation Oil of Mr M. S. Culp, a chronic rheumatic, 81C Georgs street, Baltimore. Md„ is a miracle. (From a letter of Marion Harland’s, written February 5, 1892.) A like quantity o* Baking Powder goes furthe and does better work tha any other of which I hav knowledge. It is therefore WEDDINGS. Freeman-Pearson. The parlors of the Tremont House, in Boston were the scene of a wedding at 7.30 o’clock Thursday evening. The con tracting parties were Miss M. Georgie Pearson of Huntington avenue and Mr. Elwood B. Freeman. The ceremony was performed by Iiev. Robert McDonald, and the bride was given away by her brother, the Rev. S. F. Pearson of Port land. Mr. W. A. McCrillis acted as best man, and Miss Evangeline Pearson, a cousin of the bride, was the maid of honor. The ushers were Messrs. Frank S. Hancock, John Thomas, Harry H Hull and E. C. Smith. The wedding was followed by a reception. After an extended wedding tour, Mr. and Mrs. Freeman will make their home at the “New Hesperus,” on Huntington ave~ nue. Balley-Hauscome. A large assemblage of people gathered at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Hanscome, Hartley avenue, Wood fords, Thursday evening, to witness the marriage of their daughter. Miss Laura E. Hanscome and Mr. Harrie S. Bailey of Portland. Promptly at 8.30 the wed ding march was very prettily rendered by Miss Rose E. Hanscome. sister of the bride, at the piano, when the happy cou ple entered the parlor, preceded by the Rev. A. H. Wright who officiated. After the ceremony had been performed con gratulations were in order. The pres ents were numerous and costly. Among those noted were a complete silver ser vice from Ricker Sanborn, where the groom is employed, and from his fellow clerks, Messrs. Driscoll. Burnham, Goo gins and Fielding, a splendid lamp. Miss Amelia S. Houston acted as usher, and little Miss Florence O’Dell as assist nt. A reception took place immediately after the ceremony. CITY OF DEERING. The Demorest medal contest at Lewis Hall, Woodfords, Thursday evening, was a very interesting affair. The committee to make the award consisted of Mr. D. W. Hawkes and Misses Nichols and Merriam. The programme was as fol lows: Music.Orchestra The Walls of the City.Carl V. Woodbury The Two Fires..Etta M. Lowe Solo.Miss Hattie True High License Monopoly.Rena Clark Herole Minorities.Albro Burn II The Original Liquor League.Edith Mitchell Song—The Miller and the Maid. .Sadie Greenlaw Home vs. the Saloon.Winthrop Burleigh Iu the Jug or in the Bushel.Myra Nelson Tlie Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. .Florence Hill Solo.J. E. Cooms Music.Orchestra After the close of the contest the com mittee decided to award the medal to Miss Florence Hill, daughter of A. F. Hill, Esq., of Woodfords. The medal is of silver, and engraved to show that it was won in a contest under temperance auspices. There is to be another contest very soon. Falmouth Council. At Columbia Hall last evening the new council of the Royal Arcanum installed the following officers: Regent— C. L. Tewksbury. Vice Regent—F. E. Libby. Orator—H. H. Hunt. Sitting Past Regent—John Williamson. Secretary—George C. Orr. Collector-H. S. Knight. Treasurer—W. L. Lefavor. Chaplain—Fred E. Wheeler. Guide-W. W. Foss. Warden—('. E. Wheeler. Sentinel—William Powers. trustees—U. 1.. rugill, J. AiiumyaLm, D„ W. W. Foss. This new council starts with a ful] number and several names are now in the hands of the medical examiner. Al though there has been a council of the Royal Arcanum in this city for a num ber of years this will undoubtedly be the banner council of the state in a very short time. Launch of the Ainmen Bam. The Maine Central has arranged to run excursion trains to Bath with one trip fares on Wednesday, February 1, to give those who wish an opportunity to be present at the launching of the curious and unique liar or defense ram. The launching is to take place at 1 o’clock, and is to be made the occasion of a grand affair. _ Bible Society of Maine. Portland, January 20, 1893. To the Editor of the Press: It will be of interest to Portland peo ple to know that an inter-denomination al house to Jiouse visitation of the entire city is to be commenced this week under the direction of the State Bible Society for the purpose of obtaining church sta tistics, selling the scriptures at oost to any who desire to purchase, and supply ing the destitute. This is in connection with the work the society is carrying forward throughout the state and three workers, one woman and two men are employed here. We bespeak for these missionary work n-r-c- /in-nnpratinn t.hft clnrcrv and people of thi6 city. We feel assured they will be receive d in a manner becom ing the object for which they are labor ing. In view of the fact that the expenses of the society have largely exceeded the receipts during t ie past two years we trust none will be surprised if generous contributors are asked to aid the society in meeting the increasing demands of f lie work throughout the state. S. W. Larrabee, Pres., Committee M. P. Emery, Vice Pres., on J. J. Gerrish, State Work. R. H. Hinckley', Treasurer. Associated Charities. To the Editor of the Press: As three instances have recently come to our notice in which money given at the door has been bestowed upon very unworthy objects, we feel compelled again to request that all such cases, no matter how small the sum asked for, be referred to the Associated Charities. In nine cases out of ten, the money is speni for liquor instead of bread. It may be thought by some that there will be too much delay, and some needy ones may suffer in the meantime; but it is not so. Visitors arc very prompt in the work oi investigation, and each case is attended to as soon as possible. C. M. P. Lee. SPEEDING THE NAGS. The Fun on Back Bay Goes on Unabated. The zero weather and a nipping wind did not deter horsemen and a large num ber of spectators from visiting the racing track on Back Bay yesterday afternoon. Besides the hundreds of sleighs there was the same long line of people at the side of the track as on the previous day, stamping and thrashing their arms to start up a circulation, but all the while eagerlv watching the constant succession of exciting struggles on the track. During the forenoon by request of Mr. Ansel G. Sawyer and others Street Com missioner Griffin had put the city treet scraper, drawn by six horses, at work on the ice as suggested by the Press, and the track was in splendid condition again. The pedestrians have made a new path to the track from the foot of Preble street but we infer that the walking there is not first class, particularly in crossing the channel. A large number of the flyers, hereto fore enumerated in these columns, were present and took part in the speeding The intense cold, however, caused an early departure. Great sport is expected this afternoon as usual on Saturdays and a number of the most notable animals for speed have ltcuaTi in rospvvfl fnr this npnnsion. Scarboro. WEST SCARBORO. [From Our Regular Correspondent.] The ice on Milliken’s pond is now 26 and 27 inches thick. Tramps broke into the West Scarboro railroad station on the Eastern division Thursday night, but the station agent did not miss anything. The Scarboro clams are getting the longest rest this winter they have had for a good many years. The flats have been about closed up for five or six weeks. __ Shorthand Speech. “How many words can you write a minute?” is a question time and again asked of stenographers. The general an swer is, “I don't know’ exactly.” This is literally true, so a friend of mine, who is familiar with the pothooks and circles, tells me. No shorthand writer is able to estimate exactly how fast he can w’rite, for his speed varies with circumstances and depends largely upon the state of his health. If he is feeling bright and energetic and runs up against some dark i_ __ x_ _i _ --x— himself by his bursts of speed. On the other hand, if he is oppressed by that tired feeling his hand seems unwilling to obey the command of the brain, it loses its positiveness of action, and the char acters are evolved with difficulty and uncertainty. Of course half the battle is in getting a good speaker to report. One comparatively rapid talker will be an easier man to take than a slower speaker, who lacks the necessary quali ties of a good orator.—Brooklyn Eagle. MARRIAGES In South Windham, Jan. 14, Horatio G. Free man of Windham and Miss Clara E. Libby of Gorham. In Parsonsfield, Deo. 14, Edwin A. Leavitt and Miss Josie E. Haynes. In Foxoroft, Jan. 18. Edgar C. Smith of Brovrn Tille and Miss Hattie M. i add of Foxoroft. In Hartland. Dec. 25, Frank Whitten and Miss Elsie Elliot. In Portsmouth, Jan. 16, Frank W. McKenney of Bar Mills and Mrs. Ada Cary Sturgis of Dur ham. In Biddcford, Winfred W. Roberts of Saco and Miss Etta H. Robbins. In Bowdoin. Jan. 14, George D. Jones and Marcia C. Small. In Bath. Jan. 18. Manfred R. McCullam and Miss Lena W. Colby, both of Westport. In Rockland, George E. Gray and Rosa B. Kenniston. In South Hope. Dec. 25. Edgar F. Bachelder of Union and Nannie C. Wright of Stickney’s Corner.

DEATHS. In Cumberland Contre, Jan. 20, Capt. Solo mon T. Merrill, aged 74 years 5 months. [Funeral Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, from his late r isidence. In Saco, Jan 19, Sarah A., wife of George J. Hamilton, aged G2 years 10 months. In Dayton. Jan. 10, Harriet A., wife of Frank L. Wtides, aged 46 years. In Searsmont, Jan. 7, Amelia, wife of Frank Richards. In Jonesboro, Mrs. Eebccca Farnsworth, aged 77 years. In Orient, Jan. 7, Mrs. Mary Bubar, aged 42 years. Ill AllgUSia, dan. jo, Aiamuei a. jti iy, 50 years. In Augusta, Jan. 16, George Potter, aged 69 years. At Port Clyde, Dec. 15, Capt. Tobias H. Teel, aged 56 years. In Rockland, Jan. 16. William H. TItcomb, aged 73 years. In Damariscotta, Jan. 14, John Flint, aged 87 years. In Warren, Jan. 15, Sanford Williams, aged 77 years. In Warren, Jan. 17, Howard W., son of tbe late Willard and Mrs. Cora E. Spear, aged 13 years. [The funeral of the late Florence Dunham Ladd wiil take place this afternoon at 2 o’clk, from her parent’s residence, No. 249 Spring street. That Yellow Eye And sallow skin shows a bad condition of the liver. The use of the favorite Boston remedy, RESTIEAUX’S (Resti—0’s) GENTLE OIB 5 Cl liver rILLv Will correct this and restore the bloom of health. They are the most reliable pill on the market. Guaranteed purely vegetable. Gen tle in action. One always a dose. Sugar coated, easy to take, and never fail to produce good results. All Druggists sell them. 25c. a box. “Thos. Rf.stieaux Co., Boston, Mass/’ jan7 TT&Sfolrm5thp ^0EN^TT^h^lonst^B7^oiigres^ti^tJ^ MEW YORK’S FAIREST. What its Fair Daughters Have to Say. SOMETHING OF GREAT FEMININE INTEREST AND YALUE. Do Women Learn Anything from what They Bead. POur country has many thousands of fair daughters women whose beauty and vivacity are marred only by being in almost continual ill health. They are not exactly sick, but they are certainly far from well. If they were in good health how attractive they would be! Concerning this matter the remarks of the well-known Miss Pauline Kayser, who resides at 248 W 24th Street, New York City, are of immeasurable value to our lady readers. I was a sufferer,” she told our repre sentative, from nervousness and weak ness together with painful menstruation for eigiit years. I used Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve remedy. It acted like magic. Why do women suffer when this wonderful remedy will surely cure them? I think it is splendid.” Another lady, concerning whose case we have personal knowledge, Mrs. Amos Y. Dell, of 235 Hancock Ave ue., Jersey City Heights, N. J., describes just exact ly the feelings of thousands of other women. “I suffered,” she said, “from complete prostration and exhaustion of the nerves and physical system. I had womb disease terribly, and leucorrhoea so bad that I could hardly walk. “I Ivas tired and weak all the time and MISS PAULINE KATSEK. hardly cared whether I lived or died. I took Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve remedy, and now feel as if I had a new le ’se of life. “I no longer have that tired feeling, the leucorrlioea has stopped and I do my work without getting tired. “This wonderful medicine has done me more good than anything else I have ever taken. Why, I had only taken one dose on going to bed and in the morning I woke up feeling liko another woman; it seemed strange for me to know what it was to get up without feeling tired. “I feel that I cannot praise Dr. Greene’s Nervura blood and nerve reme dy enough.” 'One lady called this wonderful medi cine “The woman’s friend,” while a prominent nurse says, “Ii is the savor of us women.” It certainly cures wom en of all their weakening complaints and makes them strong, vigorous and healthy again. It is a purely vegetable remedy and can be purchased at drug gists for $1. Physicians recommend it because it is the discovery and prescrip tion of Dr. Greene of 34 Temple Place, Boston, Mass., the successful specialist in curing nervous nnd chronic diseases. The doctor can be consulted free, per sonally or by letter. READ what a Prominent Citizen of Por t land Says About r. Freeman’s Wafers Portland, October 17.1892. The Freeman-Rice Wafer Co.: _ Gentlemen—Suffering from Chronic Bronchit is, I was induce t to try your Dr. Freeman’s Balsam of Fir Wafers. The result was wonder ful, giving immediate relief. My wife has since used them for a Hacking Cough, and a son for Catarrh. Breach case I cannot say too much in favor, of your wafers. They are a med icine of great merit. L. S. SANBORN, Assistant Postmaster, Portland, Maine. dec3 eod3m,5or8tlip Sensible, Serious. Smokers, Select, Sunshine's Sweetest Solace Tucker}8*8""’ FROM THE REST OF TOBACCO LEAF. jail 12 (IttlatotliorSthp Atkinson’s Bargains Odd Parlor Pieces and Bi okeniSuites, Rockers, So fas, Divans and Couches. _ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. new advertisements, LEGISLATIVE NOTICES._ STATE OF^MAINE. House of Representatives, Augusta, January 10, loud, j OBDEEED, that the time tor the reception of petitions and hills for private and special legislation be limited to Tuesday, January 31. 1893, and that all petitions and bills presented after that date be referred to the next Leglsla Bead and passed. W. S. COTTON, Clerk. Attest:C0^ S. COTTON, Clerk. janl2dtd Taxation. THE Committee on Taxation will give a pub lic hearing in the House of Bepresentatives at Augusta on the matter of amending law for taxation of the f llowing Companies and Cor porations. each meeting to be held at 7.80 p. m. on the day named. Telegraph and Telephone Companies—Mon day. Jan. 23. Steam Bailroad and Sleeping Car Companies— Wednesday. Jan. 26. Street Ballway and Express Companies— Thursday, Jan. 2G. insurance Companies—Monday, Jan. 30. Savings Banks and Trust Companies Tues day, Jan. 31. By Order of Committee, JOHN A. BOBEBTS. Seo’y Augusta, Jan. 12, 1893 janl6dtfebl Judiciary. THE committee on Jndiciary will give a pub lic hearing at their rooms in the state house. Feb. 2nd, 1893, at two o’clock p. m., on act creating.tlie office of commissioner of high ways. Jan. 24.—An act to incorporate the Con solidated Light Power Co., to exercise and en joy all and severally the rights and powers in York County, which said Consolidated Light Power Co., have and exercise under the laws of New Hampshire. Jan. 24.—An act to confirm the organization of the Freeport Water Co., under the general FRANK M. HIGGINS, Secretary. janl9 _ dtd Judiciary. THE Committee on Judiciary will give a pub lic hearing at their rooms in the State House, Thursday, January 20th, 1893. at two o’clock p. m„ oh act to amend chapter 28 of the Revised Statutes of 1883 in relation to ^February 2, act authorizing the Metallic Set ting Co., to change the the par value of Its stock. By order of Committee. Jan20dtd FRANK M. HIGGINS, Secretory. mercantile Affairs Insurance The committee on Mercantile affairs and ftp surance will give a public hearing at the# room In the State House, Thursday, January 20th, 1803, at 2 o’clock p. m„ on the act to amend chapter 504 of the Private and Special Laws of 1885, and its amendments by chapters 02 and 207 of the Private and Special Laws of 1887, said chapters containing the charter of the Maine Benefit Association. jau20dul T. C. SPILLANE, Secretory. Financial Affairs. The committee on financial affairs wBl give public hearings at State treasurer’s office as follows: Thursday, Jan. 20. 2.30 p. m: Resolve in favor of Maine General Hospital. Bv order of t e committee. jah20dtd T11EBY JOHNSON, Sec o’,ary. Banks and Banking’. The committee on banks and banking Will give a public hearing at their rooms In the State House. Wednesday, Jan. 25. 1893, at 3 o’clock p nt.. on the bill an act to amend chap. 61 of the Acts of lssy, relating to loan and building Assoetasions. By order of the committee jan20dtd R. W. CARLETON, Secretary. Taxation. THE committee on Taxation will give a pub lic earing on t e Listing Bill in the Hall of the House of Representatives, at Augusta, Thursday, February 2nd. 1893, at 7.30 o’clock n. m. By order of Committee, jau21dtd JOHN" A. ROBERTS, Sec’y Notice. rflHE Joint Special Committee of the Legislai JL ture on the Eastern Insurance Hospita. will give a public hearing on Wednesday. Jan. uary 25th, 1893, at 7.30 o’clock p. m., in Repre. sentative Hall, Augusta, to consider the mat ter of establishing a hospital for the insane at Bangor. A. F. MURCH, Sec. jan21dtd Per order, Committee. Judiciary. THE committee on Judiciary will give a pub lic hearing at their room in the State House, Jan. 31,1893, at 2 o’clock p. m., on an act to amend the Constitution prohibiting State or municipal appropriations in ai of sectarian institutions. By order of Committee, jau21d d FRANK M. HIGGINS, secretary. Seashore Fisheries. THE committee on Seashore Fisheries will give a public hearing at their room In the State House, on Wednesday. January 25th, 1893, at two o’clock p. m., on the petition and remonstrance relating to an act to amend chapter 78, section 5, of the Special Laws of 1821, incorporating the town of Cumberland. Per order of Committee, jan21dtd LUTHER MADDOCKS, Secretary. Seashore Fisheries. THE committee on Seashore Fisheries, will give a public hearing at their room in the State House, on Wednesday. February 1st, 1893, at two o’clock p. m., on the petition of H. C. Brewer and others asking for legislation pro hibiting the use of purse seines in taking mack erel and other fish within three miles of shore, and the remonstrance of Abner Johnson and others against same. Per order of committee, jan21dtd LUTHER MADDOCKS, Secretary. Seashore Fisheries. THE committee on Seashore Fisheries, will give a public hearing at their room in the State House, Wednesday. February 1st, 1893, at two o’clock p. m., on the petitions to modify the existing fish laws in such manner as to allow our coast fishermen the right to lawfully gain a livelihood. Per order of Committee. jan23dtd LUTHER MADDOCKS, Secretary. Seashore Fisheries. THE committee on Seashore Fisheries, will give a public hearing at their room in the State House, Thursday, February 2nd. 1893, at i>vu u ciuca jw-• uu wiv jivmviuuo *-i**v.**v* the law relating to the taking of lobsters. Per order of Committee, jan21dtd LCJTHER MADDOCKS, Secretary. Legal Affairs. The committee on legal affairs will give a pub lic hearing at their room in the State House, January 26,1893, at 2 o’clock p. m., on the bill to protect workingmen’s unions in their labels, tra e marks, etc. By order of committee. WALTER C. EMERSON. Secretary. jan21 _ dtd Legal Affairs. The committee on legal affairs will give a pub lic hearing at their room in the State House. January 26. 1893, at 2 o’clock p. m., on the bill to authorize the construction of a highway across the tide waters of Spence creek, in Kitr terv By order of committee, WALTER C. EMERSON, Secretary. jan21 dta Legal Affairs. The Committee on Legal Affairs will give a Sublic hearing at their rooms in the State louse. January 31, 1893, at 2 o'clock p. m., on the petition for an act prohibiting Sunday ex cursions and to regulate Sunday traffic. By order of Committee. WALTER C. EMEligON, Secretory. jan21 dtd dec28 dtUst,5ther8tUp Saturday sale: ~rrT~ 20 dozen Women’s trimmed Night Gowns at 44 cents each. 10dozen Hathaway’s make, Womens Night Gowns, at $1.39, marked from $2.25. One lot Hathaway make, Women’s Corset Covers, at 50c, marked from 75c. One lot Women’s Drawers at 39c, marked from 50c and 62c. 500 yards White Nainsook Plaids and Stripes 8c a yard, in short lengths, value 15c and 17c a yard. _ One case 12 l-2c Zephyr Ginghams at9c a yard, dress pattern lengths. SATURDAY EVENING SALE! Fifteen pounds Alexanders Perfumes, all the following odors at !5c per ounce: Heliotrope, Jockey Club, Ylang Ylang, West End, Lilac, Tea Rose, Orange Blossom, Violet, Ess. Bouquet, Lily ot tbe Valley, White Heliotrope, Stephenotis, White Rose, Frangipanni, Crab Apple

Bring you bottles or pay 2c extra. X. JOHN LITTLE CO. dit KID-GLOVE 38 dozen Best Quality Biarritz Gloves, the same quality we warrant for $1.00 per pair, we offer in this sale at 79c Per Pair. COLORS—Tail, Slate, Brown, Mode and Black. Sizes from 5 3-4 to 6 3-4. MILLETT, EVANS CO. HANDKERCHIEFS! HANDKERCHIEFS! CASH SALE. 50 dozen Ladies’ colored bordered Handkerchiefs, 3c each. 40 dozen Ladies’ White embroidered Handkerchiefs, lOc each, marked from 13 1 -3c and 17c. 68 dozen Ladies’ Embroidered and Plain White Handker chiefs at 19c, marked from 35c. 43 dozen Ladies’ Embroidered White Handkerchiefs at 37 1-Sc, marked from 50c. 17 dozen Gents’ White Initial Handkerchiefs, 10c, marked from 13 1-Sc. lO dozen Gents’ White Linen Handkerchiefs at 13 1-Sc, marked from 17c. PRICES FOR THIS SALE ONLY. MILLETT, EVANS GO., 517 Congress St. Ooze Oxfords and Slippers in many colors, White, Cream, Gray, Rnssett, Tan and Black. We make a specialty of the above named goods. (See Brown’s Show Window). $3.00, $3.50 and $3.00 Shoes. BROWN’S $3.00 Shoes vs. all other $3.00 Shoes. IMIESJNPS High cut light weight Overshoes. Children’s, Hisses’ and Cadies’ Dress Overshoes* EXAMINE Our Youths’ and Boys’ School Boots, $1.35 and $1.50. Youths’ and Boys’ Storm Rubber Boots. Branch Store, BffA BkH SIGN OF vJflJT'sLt. BKO¥¥ W COLD BOOT. 1aii2l 9 eodtt lias more specialties than any Vaudeville Company. Kajanka! lias more specialties than any Vaudeville Company. i

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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL flotations of Staple Products in the Leading Markets. Stocks and Bonds-'-Money Easy—Sterling Exchange Quiet and Easier—Government Bonds Dull and Steady—Railroads Active and Strong—Stocks Closed Active and Steady. At New York, yesterday, money was easy, ranging from 2{®3 per cent; last loan at 2Vjs per ct, closing 2V2. Prime mercantile paper was .Quoted at per -ient. Sterling Exchange was quiet and easier, with actual business in bankers bills at 4 86 for 60 day bills and 4 878/i for demand; posted rates at 4 87®4 89; Commercial bills at 4 85'^@4 87l/4. Govern ment bonds were dull and steady. Railroads active and strong. Trading in the stock market after during the afternoon still maintained in large volume,fluc tuation on the whole remained small and unim portant with a firm temper were features of the speculation. The heavy buying of (Chicago gas brought the price of tiiat stock up to 93 »/4 from 90Va at the opening. transactions at the Stock Exchange aggre gated 590,100 shares. Retail Grocers’ Sugar Rates. Portland market—cut loaf at 7c confectioners 7c; pulverized. 6c; powdered. 6c; granulated, 5Vic; coffee crushed, 5V*c; yellow, 4Vfe §5c. Railroad Receipts. PORTLAND. Jan. 20 Receipts by Maine Central R. R.—For Port end. 86 ears miscellaneous rnercnanaise; ior connecting roads 182 cars. Foreign Exports. LEAERPOOL.ENg. Steamship Sardinian 22,655 bush peas 1367 do wheat 593,660 lbs of bacon 814.200 do cheese 22,685 do butter 20, 930 do oatmeal 263 cs canned goods 1050 do splints 90 do leather 40 bbls potash 410 sacks flour 85 do cloverseed 5043 bbls apples 27 cs h h goods 5 do sewing machines 18 cjates of wheels. Portland Wholesale Market. PORTLAND. Jan. 20,1893. The following are to-day’s quotations of Grain, Provisions. Produce, etc*: r lour. Superline low grades. 4 00®414 X Spring XX Spring 54%@4ys Patent SDrng Wheat... 4 90g$5 yg Mich, str’gln roller.... *4 25®*.3/s clear do.. S43/s®4. .8i4®10Wc Lemons. Palermo. 2 75®8 50 Messina. 2 75 3 3 60 Oranges. Floriaa.... 2 60®3 601 Eggs. Eastern ext_32334! Held.28®30; Limea.. 25! Grain Corn, car lots. 65 @56 Corn. Dag lots. 572,5.3 Meat, bag lots.. 64H55 Oats.cr lots.... 4 4 a.45 Oats, bag lots.. 46@48 Cotton Seec car lots. 29 00@30 00 bag lots 29 50@30 50 Sacked Br’n car ots.UlO 00.@20 00 bag lots. .820®21 00 Middlings.. $20@23 00 bagl ots. S21;q,24 00 Provisions. Pork. Bks.23 60,0.23 75 clear... 23 OOifi)23 50 short cts23 26@23 50 Beef,extra Bless... 7 60@ 7 75 plate... 8 00® 8 50 ex-ptate. 9 00@9 50 Lara, tubs. 9V&@)l2Vi tierces... 9V4@T2V4 cans- 9%@13% pure leaf. 13 @14 Hams .14 vj @15 aocov’rd.lo @15 Vs Oil. Kerosene. Port land ret. pet... 6 Ligonia.0 Centennial.6 Pratt’s Astral.. 8 Devoe's brilliant 8 Raisins. Muscatel... 1 50@2 00 London lav'r2 00 a3 50 tbipura lay'r.8Vi@9 Valencia. 7Vs®8 Sugar. Standard Gran 5 Ex-uual’tv nne granulated.. 6 1-16 Extra C.... 4 Vi Red Top... 2 00@2 25 Timothy... 2 30@2 35 Clover_13 @16 Butlei. Dreamery.26@28 Gilt Edge Vr’mt.25 u,27 Choice.20-222 Good.17@19 Store.15@16 N. Y.!feVry?32y2@13V2 Vermont.. 12Vitol3V2 Sage.13V2^14V4 Grain Quotations. NEW YORK PRODUCE EXCHANGE. CORRECTEDBY PlTLLEX. CROCKER CO. Thursday’s quotations. WHEAT. Dec. 28 Mav. Opening.. 77Vi 84Vs Highest. 7 7 Vi 84 Vg Lowest. 77 Vs 82% Closing..... 77% 83 Vg CORN. Dc.28 May. Opening. 48 Vz 53% Highest. 148% 53% Lowest. 48 Va 62% Closing. 48% 63 Vs tork. .Tan. May. Opening.18 00 18 20 Closing.18 00 Saturday’s quotations. WHEAT. Dec. M av. opening. 82% Highest. 82 Lowest. 82 v2 Closing. 82% CORN. Dec. May. Opening. 53% Highest. 53 Lowest..... 63% Closing. 68 POKK. Jan. May. Opening.18 42% 38 85 Closing.18 62% 18 97Va CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. Thursday’s quotations. WHEAT Julv. I Mav. (ipeni ng*.79% 816>f Closing. 78% 79-/i. CORN. July. May. opening. 47% 47% Closing. 47% 47-. Saturday's quotations. WH EAT. Jail May. opening. 79% Closing. 74 79 CORN. Jan. May. Opening. 47 v Closing. 47% Boston Stock Market. The following were to-day’s quotations of flocks li Boston: Atchison. Topeka Stanta Fe R. 36% C. B. Q.102% Mexican Central. 13 I'nion Pacific 41% Roston ac Maine R.169% do pfa..145 Fell Telephone.2 3‘ >1 New York and New England U. 4 8 do pfa.100 New York Mining Stocks. (By Telegraph.) NEW YORK. Jan. 20. 1893.—The following are to-day’s closing quotations oi mining stocks: Col. Coai. Hockinc Coal.22% Homcstake.12 Ontario.. Quicksilver. 313, gal.; Blacknsh oil 52c; Menhaden oil 30 i. 40 as to quality; pressed do 36c; medicine cod liver o 60c; old livers 30c per bucket; newdo 45c. Dry fish scrap $10; cod and cusk skins ’.u; fisli waste $3. _ The Wool Market. BOSTON, Jan. 20, 1893.—The quotations on Wool for this market are generally firmer, and in many cases they are advanced about lc; ran ges of prices are as follows: Ohio and Pennsylv’n XX and above.30 @31 Ohio and Pennsylvania X.27 @29 Michigan and Wis. X and above... 26 @27 Ohio and Penn. No 1 -clothing.... .32 @33 Michigan No 1 clothing.31 Via@32 vuiu ucuum i Michigan delaine.29 @30 Ohio Nol combing.34 @35 Michigan Nol combing.33 @34 Fine unwashed unmerchantable. 19 @22Vz Unwashed combing.25 @27 Medium unwashed.19 @22 Fine Texas and territory.16 @20 Medium Texas and territory.16 @22 Fine medium Texas and territory.. 18 @22 Ordinary Texas and territory-.15 @20 Oregon.15 (a24 California spring.15 @23 California fall.10. @19 Kentucky and Indiana clothing... .26%@28 Georgia. 25 va @26^ Super pulled..30 @42 Cape Good Hope.28 @30 Montevideo.29 @31 Australian and New Zealand.31 @40 Boston Produce Market. BOSTON. Jan. 20. 1893.—The following are to-dav’s quotations of Provisions. Produce, etc.: Pork—Long cuts 22 50@00 00: short cuts at 22 50@00 00; backs at 22 60@00 00: lean lends at uO 00@22 00; pork tongues 19 50; butt pork 18 50. Hams 3 41/jjc; small do 14V2e; pressed hams 12V4C. Lard—Choice 11s4c tb in tierces and tabs; 30-lb pails in cs 12l4c. Hogs—Choice city dressed 914c lb; country do 834 c. Butter—Western extra creamery at32@33c: fancy higher: firsts and extra firsts at 80 £>31; extra imitation creamrv 26@27c; factory^choice 24@25c; Northern creamery, choice at 32@33c: New Vork anu Vermont dairy, good to cnoice 28aS0c; Eastern creamery, good to choice at 30@38c. The above quotations are receivers’ prices for strietlv wholesale lots. Jobbing prices l a2c higher. ^Cheese—Nortnern choice full creams at 12c; fancy twins at 12@121/2C; fair to gooa at 7@llc; western choice @11V2C; sage at 12@ 3.2 V2C. agg.s—Eastern extras at 38@40c: Vt and N H extras at 38@4uc;-Michigan extra at35@36c; Vestern firsts 36 @8 7 c; fair to good 32@33. Poultry—North’d fresh-killed chickens, choice at lS@20c: fowls 14@loc: We«’ e turkevs at 16@17c; ah to good at 12@15c; cluck**' 4 7 fowls 12V2@1 c. Beans—New York, hand-sicked pea. at 2 10@ 2 15-.marrow pea at @1 95: choice screen nea at 1 60@1 70: hand-picked med at 1 95; choice screened 3 60 a 1 70: choice yellow eyes, 2 35 bbl. 1 hicagro Cattle Market. (By Telegraph! CHICAGO, .ran. 20. 1892.—The Cattle market —Receipts 9.000; shipments 2000: prime steers firm;others easier: best on sale 5 (10.35 95. fair to good 5 003 5 50; others at 4 503,4 90; com mon 3 75 a 4 25 cow s at. 3 00®3 7 Hogs—receipts 1H.000; shipments 7.000; ac tive and higher; mixed ana i ackers at 7 s-0® 7 60; prime heavy and outeners’ 7 65Til ST; prime light. 7 35.® 7 45; pigs 7 00@7 25. Sheen- -receipts 6000: shipments 1.000: slow and barely steady (natives 4 00®5 50: fed Tex ans 4 70 (Westerns 5 1030 25;lambs0 9030 00. Domestic Marktes. (By Telegraph.! N KW YORK. .Ian 20.1893.—The Flour mark er—receipts 15.683packages;exports 18,500bbls and 5164 sacks; lery dull and weak; sales 5. 700 bbis. Flour quotations—low' extras at 2 10®2 55; city mills extra 4 00o4 10; city mills patents 4 5034 65; winter wheat low grades at 2 10® 2 56; fair to fancy at 2 55®3 75 (Patents at 3 85 n 4 25; Minnesota clear 2 50®3 50; straights (To at 3 60®4 00; do patents 4 25®4 50; do rve mixtures 2 90S3 50; superfine at 175®2 15: line at l 65@2 00. Suothern flour is dull and w eak at 3 15@6 25. Eye Flour is firmer and quiet and scarce at 3 00@3 35. Buckwheat flour at 1 76(®2 Oo. Buckwheat at 53c. Cornmeal is steady and dull. Wheat—receipts 2325 hush exports 30.979 bush; sales 8000 bushidull and lower, closing firm; No 2 Red at 79=4e store and elev. 80V4c afloat, 79*4 @8 lc fob; No 1 Northern at 83=4c; No 2 Northern 81=4c;No 3 Spring 77%. Rye nominal; Western at62@64c. Barley aulet and Arm—Western 60@80c. Corn —receipts 10,400 bush; exports 42,072 bush; sains 1 12,000 bush; higher, scarce and verj firm: No 2 at 53%®53%c eiev, 64%®54%( afloat; No31-c. Oats—receipts 72,460 hush exports 108 bush; sales 67.000 bush: quiet and stronger; No 3 at 38c: do White 41 %@41 Wi c No 2 at 38%, (g3i)n; White do at 43c; Mixed Western at 38ya®41c;t do White and White State 41a;4(W 2e; No 2 Chicago at 393,$@40c. Coffee—Rio is dull and easier: No 7 at 17%® I7v»c. Sugar—raw dull; refined steady and quiet;No at 4tj®4 7-16; No 7 at 4 3-16®4% No Hint 4 1-10,64140; No 9 at 4(64 3-16c;No 10 at 3 15-16®4V8C: No 11 at813-16®4c; No 12 JW«!iSftc; No 13 at 3Vs®36-16c; oil A Mould at 4 15-16 46%; standard A 4 ll-18®4,/«e: Confectioners’ A 4 9-1 6®4 cut loaf 6 0-l6@5yae: crushed at 6 6-16®5%c; powdered 4 15-lfi®r.y8c; granulated 4 11-16® oc; Cubes at 4 15-I8@5c. Petroleum steady ana Quiet; united—c. Provisions—Pork dull and firm; Beet is dull; beef hams firmer; tierced beef quiet and firm; cut meats quiet and firm; middles dull and firm; Lard quiet and firmer; Western steam.closed at $11 20; citvat 10 75; refined firm; Continent 11 45; S A 11 65. But ter is firm and moderately active; State dairy 20@28c; do crm 25@31c; Western dairy 20@ 25e;docrm 24@35; do factory 17@26; Elgin 35c. Cheese is firmer with fair demand: State 9V4@12;fancy at liy8@12; part skims 4@10; full skims l a2V2c. Freights to Liverpool dull and weak; grain per steam JA/2d. CHICAGO. Jan. 20. 1893,-The Flour market lslslill quiet,but firm; sellers offering little more freely- Wheat lower;No 2 Spring and No 2 Red 73%(§73%c. Corn higher; No 2 at 43%c. Oats higher; No 2 at 31®31ViC. No 2 Rye 43>*c; No 2 Barley at 65c. No Flaxseed at 1 ^.Pro visions—mess pork 17 62%@17 75. Lard at 10 80; Short ribs sides at 9 75®9 80. Drv salt meats—shoulders at 9 87%@10 00; short clear sides at lo 3fKa$lo 40. Receipts—Flour 12,000 bbls; wneat. 98.000 bush; corn 102.000 flush; oats 118.000 bush: rye. 6,000: barlcv. 38.000 busn. Shipments—Flour. 13.000 bbls;wheat. 21.000 bush; corn, 67,0' O busti: oats. 113.000 oush; rye. 2.000 hush; barley. 45.000 bush. ST. LOUIS. Jan. 20. 1893.—The Flour market. is quiet and unchanged. Wheat lower (58%c. Corn declined, hut rallied to 38%c. flats are quiet and firm at 31 Vic. Rye. No 2 at 55. Bar ley unchanged. Provisions quiet and firm ;prices unchanged Pork, old jobbing' at 18 25; new at 19 26. Bard at 10 75; dry salt meats—loose shoulders at 9 25; longs and nbs at 9 6o; short at 9 80; strips at 9 25; boxed lots 16c more. Bacon—shoulders at 9 62Vi: longs and ribs at 10 87vi short clear at *11 00: strips Sugar cured Hams 14 OOffiJ 4 50. Receipts—Flour. 4.000 hhls: wheat. 61,000 bush: corn. 138.000 bush: oars. 26.000 ousli; rye. 00,000 busli; barlev. 0.000 bush. Shipments—Flour 6.000 hbts: wheat. 16.000 bush; corn. 51,000 bush: oats 6.000 bush: rye. 0.000 hush; bai ley. 0,000 bush. DETROIT. Jan. 20.1893.—The market closed dull and weak. Wheat—No 1 White at 71"/* c; No 2 Red |at 73 V2. Flour—Receipts bbls wheat. I6.OO0 bush; corn, 4,000 hush; oats, 6.oOO busli. Cotton Markets. (By Telegraph.l NEW YORK. Jan. 20. 1893.—The Cotton market is quiet, 1-I6e higher; sales 187 bales; ordinary uplanus at 7ViC; do Gulf 7V4C: good ordnarv stained at 6% c; middling (iplands at 9 c: do Gulf at 9H c; do stained 9 3-16c. NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 20.1893.—The Cotton marketis steady; middling at 9%c. CHARLESTON. Jan. 20. 1893.—The Cotton market is firm; middling 9Vic. SAVANNAH. Jan. 20. 1893.—The Cotton market is firm; middling at 9V4c. MOBILE. Jan. 20,1893.—The Cotton market is quiet; middlings 9V4c. MEMPHIS. Jan. 20. 1893.—The Cotton mar ket is quiet; middling 9Vic. foreign Markets. (By Telegraph.) LONDON, Jan 20, 1893—Conso)s 98 3-160 lor both money and the account. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 20. 1893.—Quotations— Winter wheats at 5s 10Vid@6s livid; Spring wheat 6slV4d@6s 2Vsd. Mixed American corn 4S 8d. Cheese 55s 6d. LIVERPOOL. Jan. 20. 1893.—The Cotton market is dull: middling at 5 3-16d; sales 6,000 bales: speculation and export 600 b..ies. OCEAN STEAMER MOVEMENTS. FROM FOR TIME. Yumuri.New York. .Hav&Mex .Jan 21 Gallia.New York. .Liverpool ..Jail 21 Obdam.New York. Rotterdam Jan 21 La Champagne New York. Havre Jan 21 Majestic.New York. .Liverpool .Jan 25 Marcia.New York. Rio Janero Jan 25 Friesland .New York. Antwern .Tan Philadelphia New York. Laguayra Jail 25 Russia.New York. .Hamburg. .Jan 2(5 Vancouver Portland Liverpool... Jan 26 Aurania.New York. Liverpool .Jan 28 Didam.New York.. Amslerdam. Jan 28 Saratoga.New York. .Havana.Jau 28 La Normandie New York. .Havre.Jan 28 Alier.New York. .Bremen .Jau 31 Enchantress New York. .Montevideo Feb 1 Waesland .New York. .Antwerp ..Fell 1 Britanic.New York.. Liverpool Feb 1 Numidian .Portland. .Liverpool .Feb 2 Santiago.New York. .Cienfuegos Feb 2 Chilian.New York. Rio Janeiro Feb 4 Etruria.New York.. Liverpool Feb 4 La Gascogne. -New York.. Havre.Feb 4 Saale i.New York. Bremen Feb 4 Maasdam .New York. .Rotterdam .Feb 4 Fulda.. .New York. .Genoa ....Feb 4 Trave.New York. .Bremen... .Feb 7 Teutonic.New York.. Liverpool Feb 8 Rhyland.New York.. Antwerp... Feb 8 Sarnia.Portland... Liverpool Feb 9 Vigllancia .New York. .Rio Janeiro Peb 11 Clirthaginiaii. .Portland.. .Liverpool .Feb 16 MINIATURE ALMANAC.JAN 21. Sun rises .7 081 Hittide{;:igtf;|;;» MARINE NEWS POUT OF PORTLAND. FRIDAY, Jan. 20. Arrived. Steams hit) Cottage Citv. Bennett, New York— passengers anti mdse to J B Coyle, Steamer Cumberland, Thompson, St John, NB via Eastport for Boston. t t Cleared. Steamship Warwick, (Br) Coutts, Glasgow— R Bedford Co. Steamship Eleanora, Gove, New York—J B Coyle. Sell Sarah W Lawrence, Haskell, Norfolk master. SAILED—Barque J II Bowers; schs Sarah W Haskell, Wm K Park, P H Gay. EXCHANGE DISPATCHES. Ar at Galveston 20th inst, sell Gertrude L Trundy, Davis, Norfolk. I A i' at Talcahuano Jan 18, ship Gov Goodwin, Oakes, New York. Slti fm Rio Janeiro Jan 2d, barque Jose D Bueno, Robinson, New York. Memoranda. Brig Jane Adeline, Sanborn, from Boston for Ba, in a bad position. i Jan 19—Barque Isaac jack son. about 45 days out from Baltimore to Port land, now at this port ice bound, will proceed in tow of tug Hercules. Vineyard-Haven, Jan 19—Sell Calvin F Baker, from-Norfolk for Portland, was carried out of the liarby to-day bo ice, to a point near West Chop. Was t- iwed back to a safe anchorage. City Islano, Jan 19—Sell Janies L Maloy, from Kocklaud, with lime, for New York, is stuck fast in the ice off Hamstaad Bay. Baltin lore, Jail 19—The Merritt Wrecking Co reports the schr M E H Dow, which rncentlv sunk near Cape Cape, in the same condition and unbroken. She is in a had place and the out look for raising her is not encouraging. Key West. Jail 19—Sell Henry Crosliy, Stubbs, from Zaza foi New York, lias arrived here with her bowsprit carried away, and with loss ot part of deckload. Bermuda, Jan 19—Sell Georgie L Drake, of Bath, Capt; TTS&wly Atkinson’s Bargains Hickory School Suits, $5. The boys can’t tear or rip them. Double Seams, knees and seat. NOTICE shereby given (ha! Ferry Wharf at South Portland Is closed for public travel until further notice. Fer order SELECTMEN OF CAPE ELIZABETH. Cape Elizabeth SepL 5, 1892. pte di NOTICE TO ITER TAKERS. ATTENTION is called to the regulation for bidding that water be left running to pre sent freezing. The inspectors of the Water Company are at work day and night Mid where he water Is found running to waste it will be iliut off without further notice. jaul7dlw STEAMERS. BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA DIRECT STEAMSHIP LINE. From Boston every Wednesday and Saturday. From Philadelphia every Tuesday and Friday. From Long Wharf, Boston, 3 p. m. Fron Pine Street Wharf, Philadelphia, at 3 p. m. In surance one-half the rate of sailing vessel. Freights for the West by the Penn. R. R., an South by connecting lines, forwarded free commission. Passage 910.00. Round Trip 91S.0O. Meals and room included. For freight or passage apply to F. P. WiM Agent, 70 Long wharf, Boston. E. B. SAMPSON, Treasurer ana cJenei Manager, i'9 State St. Fisks Building. husuu. Mass.vet2gdt' International Steamship Co. FOB Eastport, Calais, St.John.N. B., Halifax,N.S. and all parts of New Brunswick, Nova Sco tia, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Bret on. The favorite route to Campobello and St, Andrews. N. B. Winter Arrangement. On and after January 2d, and until further notice, the steamers of this line leave Rail road Wharf, Portland, Monday at 5 p. m„ for Eastport and St. John, with the above connections. Returning—Leave St. John and Eastport Thursdays. Through tickets issued and baggage checked to destination. {gg-Freight received up to 4.00 p. m. For Tickets and Staterooms, apply at the Un ion Ticket Office, 40 Exchange St., or for othcf information at Company’s Office, Railroaa Wharf, foot of State street J. B. OOYLE, Gen’l Manage^ I 4 PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY LINE FOR California, japan, China, Central and South America and Mexico, From New York, pier foot of Canal street, North River, for San Francisco via The Isth mus of Panama. COLUMBIA sails Friday, January 20, noon. For Japan and China, From San Francisco, 1st and Brannon Sts. CITY OF PEKING sails Saturday, February 4, 3 p. in. For Freight, Passage, or general information apply to or address the General Eastern Agents. E. A. ADAMS CO., 115 State Street, Cor. Broad St., Boston. jelOdtf DOMINION LINE. Royal Mail Steamships. Between Liverpool, Halifax and Portland. From I From From Liverpool Steamships. [Portland Halifax. 22 Dec. Labrador, 12 Jan. 14 Jan. 5 Jan. Vancouver, 26 Jan. I 2f» Jan. 19 Jan. Sarnia. 9 Feb. I 11 Feb. Midship S41oons, Spacious Promenade Decks. Electric Lights, Ladles’ Booms and Smoktng Booms on Bridge Deck, Large Water Tanks, insuring ample supply of fresh water for entire voyage. Steamers sail from Portland on arrival of noon trains from Cauada and Boston, and from Halifax on arrival of Canadian mail train. Bate of Passage—Cabin. $45 to $70. return $95 to $110,ana $130, according to steamer and accomodation. Second Cabin $30; Steerage $20. For Tickets and all information, apply to GEOBGE H. STAKE, Agent. 2Vi Union Wharf, Portland, or to DAVID TOKKANCE CO.. General Agents. Montreal and Portland. nov23dtf Allan Lino Royal Mail Steam ships. Liverpool, Londonderry, Halifax Portland Service. From I I From I From Liverpool I Steamships I Portland 1 Halifax. 12 Jan. ‘Numldian... 2 Feb. 4 Feb. 26 Jan. ‘Carthaginian 16 Feb. j 18 Feb. 9 Feb. ‘Mongolian... 2 Mar. j 4 Mar. 23 Feb. ‘Numldian. 16 Mar. i 18 Mar. 9 Mar. ‘Laurentian I 30 Mar. 1 April 23 Mar. Parisian. 13 April 15 April 6 April ‘Mongolian... 27 April 29 April Steamers with a will carry only Cabin Pak sengers on their voyages to Europe, unless agents are specially advised otherwise. Cabin $45 to $80 according to steamer and location of stateroom, Second cabin $30. Steerage $20. STATE LINE j Service of Allan Line Steam New York and Glasgow, via Londonderry, every fortnight. Cabin $40 and upwards. Ke turn $75 and upwards. Glasgow to Boston direct via Derry and Galway. Prepaid steerage $19; intermediate $30. Apply to H. A. ALI.aN. T. P. McGOVV A.n and GEO. H. STAKE, Portland or H. A. AT.I.ANV Rnstnn FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENT. Daily Line, Sundays Excepted. THE NEW AND PALATIAL STEAMERS. PORTLAND AND TREMONT Aternatly leave Franklin Wharf, Portland, every week day evening at 7 o'clock: arriving in season for connection with earlies trains for points beyond. Through tickets for Providence, Lowell Worcester, New York, &c. Returning, leave India Wharf, Boston.every week day evening at 6 o’clock. J. F. LISCOMB, J. B. COYLE. General Agent Manager. ootS dtf Dl SSO LUTI ON NOTICE^ NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. F. B. Gage this day withdraws from the firm of Gage Bios. The business will be continued as be fore by the remainiug partner, Chas. K. Gage, under the same firm name as before. January 10th, 1883. janlldtf RAILROADS. Parlland Worcester Line PORTLAND ROCHESTER R. R. STATION FOOT OF_PREBLE STREET Oil and after Monday. November 38, 1892. Passenger trains will Leave Portland: For Worcester, Clinton, Ayer Junction, Nashua, Windham and Fpping at 7.30 a. in. and 12.30 p. m. For Manchester, Concord, and points North at 7.30 a. rn. and 12.30 p. ni. For Rochester, Springvale, Alfred, Water boro and Saco River at 7.30 a. in., 12.30 and 4.15 i>. m. For Gorham at 7.30 and 0.00 a. m., 12 30. 3.15. 4.15, 5.20, 6.30 and 11.15 P. m. For Westbrook, Cumberland Mills, West brook Junction and Woodford's at 7.36. o.oo and 10.30 a. in., 12.30, 2.00, 3.16, 4.15. 5.2o 6.30. 9.00 and 11.15 p. m. For Forest Avenue (Deering), 6.30 p. m. The 12.30 p. m. train from Portland connects at Ayer Junction with “Hoosac Tunnel Route0 for llie West and at Union Station, Worcester, for Providence and New York, via “Providence Line,” for Norwich and New York, via “Norwich Line” with Boston Albany R. R. for the West, and with the New Vork All Kail via “Springfield.” Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester at 1.30 p. ni.; from Rochester at 8.30 a. m., 1.30 and 0.00 p. m.; from Gorham at 6.40, 8.30 and 10.15 a. m., 1.30, 4.35, 6.00, 6.20 and 7.40 p. m. For through Tickets co all points West and South, apply to S. E. CORDWELL, Ticket Agent,. Portland, Me. J. YV. PETKRS.Supt. 0. J. WTGGIN, Geri Ticket Agent. oct24__dtf MAINE CENTRAL R. R. For Bangor, Bar Harbor, St. John, the While Mountains, Ouebec, Montreal. iheYVorld's Fail* and I he YVest. On and after January 1st. 1893.passenger train* leave Portland a» follows: For Danville Junction, Auburn and Lewis ton, 8.30 ft. uk. 1.26 and 5.10 p. m. Lewiston via Brunswick, 7.15,10.20 a. m., 1.20, 5.05 and *11.20 p. m. and Sundays at 1.30 p. in. Freeport and Way Stations, 7.16,10.20 a. m., 1.20. 5 05, *11.20 p. m. Rockland and Knox and Lincoln Stations, ■7.15a.m.. 1.20 and ill.20 p. m. Brunswick, Bath, 7.15 and 10.20 a. ni., 1.20 *1.30, 5.05 and $11.20 p. in. Gardiner, Hallo well and Angusta. 7.15 and 10.20 a. m., *1.30, 5.05 and $11.20 p. m. Farmington and Phillips, via Lewiston, 8.30 a. m., 1.25 p. m.; via Brunswick, 7.15 a. m. and 1.20 p. m Hangeley. 8.30 a. m. Monmouth, YVinthrop, Head field and Oak land, 8.30 a. m.. 1.25 and 5.10 p, m. YY’aterville via Lewiston, 8.30 a. m.. 1.25,6.10 p. m.; via Augusta,7.15 and 10.20a. m., *1.30 and $11.20 p. ni. Skowhegan via Lewiston, 1.25 p. m.; Via Augusta, 7.15 a. in.. 1.30 ana $11.20 p. m. Belfast, 1.30 and 11.20 p. ill. Dover and Foxcroft, via Dexter, 1.30 and 11.20 p. m. Bangor via Lewiston, 1.25 p. m.; via Augusta, 7.15 a. m„ *1.30 and $11.20 p. m.. and Sun days only at 7.20 a. m. Bangor Sc Piscataquis R. R.. via Dexter, at 11.20 p. in.; via Oldtown, at 7.15 it. m., 11.20 p. HI. Fllsworth and Bar Harbor. 1.30. 11.20 p.m. Oldtown, Lincoln and Y'anceboro, 7.15 a. m., *1.30 and $11.20 p. m. St. John and Halifax, *1.30 and $11.20 p. m. Houlton, YYroodstock, St. Stephen and North Aroostook, 1.30 and 11.20 p. m. *Kuns daily. Sundays included. $Niglitexpress with sleeping cars attached, runs every night. Sundays included, but not to Skowhegan Monday morning, or to Belfast. Dexter or beyond Ban gor on Sunday mornings. White Mountains and Quebec Line. For Cumberland Mills. Sebago Lake, Bridg ton, Fryeburg, North Conway, Glen, Bart lett, Fabyaus, St. Johnsbury, Montreal, Jefferson, Lancaster, Colebrook and Beecher Falls, 8.45 a. m. and 3.30 p. m. For Sawyerville, Dudswell and Quebec, at 3.30 p. m. lie 8.45 a. m., the “World’s Fair train con nects for all points in Northern New Hamp shire. Vermont, Chicago and the West; and with the Canadian Pacific Transcontinental train for Vancouver and Pacific Coast points. The 3.30 p. m. train connects at Montreal with trains via “Soo’‘ Line for Minneapolis and St. Paul. __ ROYAL BLUE L.Mfc. FlxMt and Safest Trains in the World -BBTW11N Jfew York. Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington —TIA— CENTRAL RAILROAD OF NEW JERSEY, PHILADELPHIA READING R. R., BALTIMORE OHIO R. R. ▲21 trains vestibuled from end to end, lighted bj gas. Unequaled diuing car service. time table November 13th. 1892. Leave New York from foot of Liberty street North River. For Philadelphia at 4.00„ 7.45, 9.00. 10.00, 11.30 with dining car, a. m., 1.30, 2.15, 3.30 with dining car 4.00,5.00,6.00. 7.30, 8.45 p.m. 12.15 night. Sundays—9.00, 10.30, 11.30 with dining car a. in. 1.3u, 3.30 with dining car 5.00, 6.00, p. in.. 12.15 night For Baltimore and Washington daily at 9.00. 11.30 with diningcar a. m.; 1.30. 3.30, dining car 5.00p.m., (6.00 p. m. Baltimore only.) 12.15 night Parlor cars o i day trayis—Sleepers on night trains. Tickets via i his line are on sale at principal Railroad offices throughout New York and New England. Boston office, 211 Washington street. dec22 __dtf Grand Trunk Railway of Canada. On and After SUNDAY. October lilt, Trains will leave as follows: DEPARTURES. For Auburn and Lewigton, 7.15 an. ni.; Biddeford, Portsmouth, Newburvport. Salem. Lynn, Boston. (t2.10 а. m. daily). 9.00 a.m., (+1.00 p. m. dally) б. 00 p. m. Boston for Portland, 7.30 a. in.. (*9.15 a. m daily) 12.30 p. ni.. (§7.00, p. m. daily.; FROM COMMERCIAL STREET STATION For Cape Elizabeth and Scarboro Crossing 2^-12.40. 4.30 m. For Portsmouth and way stations. 4.30 p. m. tConnects with Rail Lines for New York. South and West. tConnects with Sound Lines for New York. •Western Division from North Berwick Sun days only. fWeStern Division from Dovor. jtjp-’Connectu at Scarboro Crossing with train for Boston via Eastern Division. Through tickets to all points South and West lor sale at Union Station. Toll N W. SANBORN. Acting Gen. Man.,Boston W. F. BERRY. Gen'! Traffic Manager Boston. P. .1. FI.ANDERS. G. I\ and T. A.. Roston. I>. W. SANBORN, Genl. SupL, Boston. octldtl

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THE SEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY LEGISLATIVE notice. Committee on Judiciary. Legal Affairs: 3. Seashore Fisheries. FIRST PAGE. Lewiston Saturday Journal. SECOND PAGE. Owen. Moore Co. Bines Brothers. FIFTH PAGE. Brown, sign of gold boot. Panes B'others. X. John Little Co. Millett. Evans Co. EIGHTH PAGE. Marriner Co. H. II. Hay Co.. J. li. Libby. Annual meeting—Maine Steamship Co, New Wants. To Let, For Sale. Lost, Found and similar advertisements will be found under he appropriate headings on page G. For additional Local News see Fifth Page. BRIEF JOTTINGS. Yesterday was a bright, clear day with somewhat warmer weather at noon than for some time past. The steamer Alcides, Capt. Bolls, of the Donaldson line, arrived at Glasgow, January 18th from Portland. The Sar nia left Liverpool Thursday for Port, laud. Warden Cushman called at the steam er Merryconeag yesterday morning and overhauled a lot of lobsters hilled to New York. Among the lot the warden found 400 short lobsters—average length three inches—which were thrown over board by him. An elderly gentleman was thrown from his sleigh in Monument Square yesterday morning, but no damage was aouw. A number of young ladies and gentle men have organized a social and literary club at the West End. They will meet soon and organize. The flags at the Lincoln club, at Thatcher and Bosworth Posts, at the Custom House, and the City Building were placed at half-mast yesterday in honor of the late ex-President Ruther ford B. Hayes. George Coffin, an employe of the Clark Chaplin Ice Co., had his hand badly jammed between two cakes of ice yester day. Dr. Way dressed his wounds. There will be a special meeting of the Farrington Debating Club this evening. Business |of special importance will come up. All members are requested to be present. There will be a Methodist ministers’ meeting at the Y. M. C. A. rooms next Monday morning. Subject to be dis cussed: “Preaching of Miracles the De feat of the Church,” opened by Rev. John Collins. The second of the literary afternoons given in aid of the First Parish Alliance^ took place yesterday at the First Parish house. Mrs. Bellows charmingly read Shakespeare’s “King Henry V.” Dr. Geo. H. Bailey, the state veterina rian, who has been in Bangor and Abbot this week, savs that he has ordered two horses and a cow killed within a week on account of dangerous disease, and all three of these came from Massachusetts with a year. Tommy O’Neil, who goes to the Mc Lellan primary school, was chasing an other boy through a yard on Thomas street, Thursday, when he fell on the ice and struck his head on the corner of the house near by. He was badly hurt and was sent home in the charge of two oth er boys. The annual meeting of Portland Typo graphical Relief Society will be held at the Argus office at 5.15 o’clock this af ternoon. A full attendance is requested. There was only one man in the station last night and he was held at the request of the South Portland officers. There was the usual crowd about Me chanics’ building last night as sleigh af ter sleigh dashed up with its freight of dancers for the Friday night at Gil bert’s. The Woman’s Literary Union will have an afternoon at Congress Place church at 3 o’clock. Subject: “Science and Economics.” The Council Will Feed. It is announced that President Mc Gowan has finally yielded to th e decis ion of the umpire, and will furnish the oysters to the Common Council after the conclusion of the next regular city gov ernment meeting. MILLIONS OF THEM. Tile Tooth-Pick factory That Is To Be Located in Portland—It Will Employ Fifty or Sixty Men. Messrs. Benliam ifc Barlow, mechanical engineers of Providence, and Mr. Chas. F. Scamman of Strong, Me., for eight years superintendent of the Foster tooth pick mill at that place, are in the city; and with Boston parties, have formed a stock company for the manufacture of wooden toothpicks, cigar lighters, etc. They are looking over Portland for a suitable ocati n, and yesterday with their attorney, Wilford G. Chapman, Esq., looked over severa buildings. They have decided to locate in Portland pro vided they can find a suitable place. Their factory will give employment to 50 or 60 hands, both men and women, and will give a product of 150 cases a day, or from 60 to 40 million of the little wood en toothpicks now in such common use. In the United States there are used in a year about 60,000 or 75,000 eases a year. Birch wood is used largely, although poplar is sometimes used. The wood will be got along the lines of the rail roads that centre in Portland. Hitherto picks have almost entirely been made in small country places near the timber supply. The largest tooth pick factory in the world is at Strong, Me But the members of the new com pany believe, however, that the manu facturing can be done to better advan tage in Portland than in the lumber re gion. Portland people will do well to en courage this enterprise. PERSONAL. Waldo Pettengill, Esq., of Rumford Falls, is at the Falmouth. Mr. C. A. Anderson of the Chicago Alton railroad, Mr. J. E. Brittain of the Chicago Northwestern, and Mr. J. T. Douglas of the C. B. Q., are in the city. Gendral Manager F. W. Cram of the Bangor Aroostook Railroad Company, who has been in the city on a short visit, has returned to New York. Lewis McLellan of Gorham, is a prom inent candidate for thq office of fish com missioner, made vacant by the death of E. M. Stillwell. Mr. McLellan is thor oughly posted on fish and game and would doubtless make an excellent com. missioner. Commander Batchelder, U. S. N., has been ordered to Washington for examin ation for promotion to captain, and will then probably be retired on account of health. Mr. L. J. D. Perkins has been trans ferred from the management of the Un ion Station .restaurant, to the manage ment of the Baugor railroad restaurant. Conductor John Jewett has gone on duty again on the Maine Central, having been under suspension since the recent accident at Gardiner. Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Bines are visit" ing in New York. H. B. Hallock of Waterville, and F. H. Johnson and B. M. Kershaw of Lewis ton, were at the Preble yesterday. Mr. Alfred Wilson of No. Eaymond, was at the United States hotel yester day. Judge Virgin was holding his own yes terday, and even showed faint signs of improvement. Mr. Joseph C. Bridgman of Boston, well known in the local stationery and hardware trade, is at the United States hotel. Mr. F. A. Dingley of South Casco, was at the United States hotel yesterday. Eastman Bros. Bancroft. In our reference to the extension of the business of the firm of Eastman Bros. Bancroft yesterday, several er rors occurred. The facts are, simply, that the firm has secured a lease of the two large stores now occupied by Samuel Smith, Jr., and Solomon Schryver, at 4% and 49S Congress street, and will oc cupy the entire store room on the easter ly corner of Congress and Brown streets, running 86 feet on Brown ..street and 132 feet on Congress street. The new quar ters will be ready for occupancy about March 1st. Indian Spring Woolen Mills. At the annual meeting of the Indian Spring Woolen Company, held at Madi son, January 9, the following officers were elected: President—K. T. Jones. Treasurer—James E. McDowell. Directors—K. T. Jones and M. M. Bailey of Deering, Jas. I!. McDowell and Oscar L. Hide out of Portland, Pierpont Wise of Boston and A. E. Libby of New York. Good Things Never Die. Among the good things that help to make enjoyable our puddings, creams and pastry, which have been used by millions of housekeepers for years, is Dr. Price’s Delicious Flavoring Extracts of Lemon, Orange, Vanilla, etc. These flavors differ from all other extracts in their manner of preparation, quality of fruit used, their freedom from all injurious substances, their superior strength and delicate and agreeable taste. One trial proves their worth. For sale by GEO. C. SHAW CO., and all First-Class Grocers. THE COLD WEATHER Although We Talk a Great Deal About It, It Seems To Agree With Us Very Well A Much Lower Death llate Than Hast. Year. Although the intensely cold weather may not be very agreeable, there is noth ing in the vital statistics in the City Clerk’s office to indicate that it is having a prejudicial effect upon the city’s health. There seems to be much less sickness than during the far milder January of last year. There was an old saying that a green Christmas makes a fat church yard; and this may apply to Januaries as well. In the first twenty days of Janu ary last year, there wero 73 deaths in Portland, while for the first twenty days ending yesterday there have been but 27. The difference in temperature for the two periods has been quite marked. The average temperature for the first week of January of last year was 29.93, and for the second week 27.11. Por the first week this year the average has been 19.85, and for the second week 8.34. This shows a marked difference between the two years. Last year in the twenty days there were 20 deaths from pneumonia, while in the same period this year there have been but 9. Therr was an epidemic of grippe rag ing last January which accounted in a large measure for the excessive mortali ty from pneumonia, as most cases of grippe that were fatal ended in this trouble. Cold Days In the Fast. This weather has set people to looking up their records of cold days in the past. Mr. Howard E. Soule tells the Press that on January 19th, 1887, the thermom eter at Libby’s Corner denoted 34° below zero; and that at Pride’s Bridge on the same day it was 39° below. Temperature In 1875 in the Kennebec Valley. To the Editor of the Press: I see by the Press of Tuesday a state ment of the temperature in Portland during January and February, 1875. As I have kept a record of “heat and cold” for some time, I will give the thermome ter readings for inland temperature at sunrise: Jan. 11,1875,14 below Feb. 5, 1875, 4 below 12, 22 7, 12 15, O 8, 6 16, (1 below 9, 18 17, 4 13, 18 18, 14 14, 12 19, 10 15, 4 20, 22 16, 6 21, 24 17, 16 26, 2 19, 10 i. 07 4 28) 10 So you see we had some cold days that winter down “East.” Wm. K. Lunt, Benton Falls, Jan. 18, ’93. Not in the City Treasurer's Office. A recent despatch to the Lewiston Journal spoke of a subordinate in a Portland city office being reproved by his superior for discourtesy to an aged man who had come to pay some money due to the city. It has been assumed by some who saw the despatch that this must have occurred in the city treasur er’s office, since that is the most common place for the paying of money to the city. We are glad to state that the story does not apply to the city treasurer’s office at all, and that persons having taxes to pay there are always received with the greatest courtesy by all those whose duty it is to receive the money. No one need hesitate, therefore, to march up and pay his taxes. Readied His Semi-Centennial. Mr. Enoch M. Thompson attained his fiftieth birthday Thursday and he gave a delicious supper to forty or lifty friends at his place of business, corner of Preble and Cumberland streets, that evening. There was a rich birthday cake, divided into fifty pieces, one of them containing a gold ring, which Mr. C. B. Saunders was so fortunate as to secure. The guests —who were members of the Bluff Cot tage club—gave Mr. Thompson a bou quet containidg fifty pinks, and a beau tiful silver ice pitcher and goblet. The Rev. Mr. Bellows' Lectures The lectures to be delivered by the Rev. Mr. Bellows are anticipated with much pleasure. They will be scholarly in arrangement, exhaustive in treatment and will rank as the highest literary en tertainments of the season. We should suggest that those who propose attending the lectures read upon the subjects to be presented. The first one will be given upon Monday at No. 91 Danforth street. Tickets at Loring, Short Harmon’s. New Facilities On the Railroad. The train which leaves Portland for Augusta at 5.05 p. m., will have a parlor car attached for the first time tonight. The car will return on the early morn ing train tomorrow- This is to be a per manent daily arrangement, and will give a through service night and morning between B ston and Bangor. The Warwick. The Warwick, of the Donaldson line, will not sail until 6 o’clock this morning. She will take about 95,000 bushels of grain, 2000 barrels of Canada and Maine apples, and a quantity of cheese, flour, oatmeal, and some organs. Her cargo is valued at about $100,000. Eastern Point Light Whistling Buoy. Mariners will be interested to know that the movement to have the whist ling buoy off Eastern Point Light moved further out to sea has been practically abandoned. Several masters sailing from 'this port have expressed them, selves as being satisfied with the present arrangements. The lighthouse board re ceived a lengthy petition but declined to grant the request. SANFORD MILLS FIRE. A FuU Fist of the Companies and the Insurance. The following is a complete list of the companies and their risks on the fire: Hanover.S 1,500 St. Paul, F. M. 1,000 American of Philadelphia. 1,500 Sun. 2,000 N. B. M. 1,500 Home of New York. 2,000 North American. 1,500 Phoenix of Hartford. 2,500 Niagara. 1,500 German American. 1,500 Caledonian. 1,500 Norwich Union. J,000 Mercantile. 1,500 Western. 1,500 American of Pennsylvania. 1,000 Reserve. 1,000 M. M. of ltockiord. 2,000 Morotock. 1,000 Citizens of Ohio. 1,600 Old Dominion W. 1,500 Royal. 0,000 Commercial Union. 1,000 Liverpool London Globe. 4,000 Penn. 3,000 Springfield. 2,000 Granite State. 3,000 American, N. Y. 2,500 National. 2,000 Queen. 2,000 Lancashire.. 10,500 State of Pennsylvania. 1,000 Norwich Union. 2,000 Northern. 2,000 New Hampshire. 2,500 Hartford. 2,000 Delaware Mutual. 1,000 Connecticut. 2,000 Fire Association. 2,000 Greenwich.. 1 000 Manchester of England. 1,000 Aetna. 2,500 German Ameri an. 1,000 Young Rimer Kennard Discharged. Young Elmer Kennard, of West Fal mouth, who was arrested on a sensational charge that he assailed the house of Miss Eunice Lord, at Colley’s Corner, with a revolver in true western style, was brought up in the Municipal Court yes terday morning. Hon. M. P. Frank ap peared as his counsel, and a number of the boy’s, relatives accompanied him to the trial, ft will be remembered that when young Kennard was arrested it was largely upon the story told by a Hebrew pedler named Pun.sky, who was said to have come along in time to pre vent the young man consummating the capture and sack of the house. Punsky did not appear in court yesterday, but Miss Lord did. She is an aged lady; and seemed to be laboring under some rlnluoiiwie vn/rovrl /i wlllt fllfl TTAtlllfr man had tried to do. She thought that Providence had forewarned her of his visit, and then when he was assailing her house she was saved by Providence. She related these and many other things to Judge Gould. Two other witnesses. Neil Hanson and Lemuel S. Houston, were examiued; but their testimony did not shed much light upon the case. The defense put on no testimony, as it was evident from Miss Lord’s testimony that there was no real case against the young man. Judge Gould dismissed the case and ordered the discharge of the young man. There is no reason for supposing that he intended to commit robbery or any thing of the sort. Some of the mis chievous boys of the neighbor hood have probably been taking advantage of Miss Lord’s peculiarities to have what they considered fun by worrying her. She imagined that they were robbers. Machinists To Organize. A meeting of the machinists was held at Lasters’ hall, at which General Secre tary Morse of the International Machin ists’ Union of America, was present and made a strong argument in favor of or ganization, as did Mr. Frank B. Field of Lewiston. The meeting was adjourned to meet this evening at 7.30 at Painters’ hall, 184$ Middle street. All machinists are invited to attend.

Milliken-Tomlinson Company are the sold agent for the Frank Leslie Cigar, which is a new comer but beats all other leading brands on account of its fine aromatic qualities. Children of Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Soller Altoona, Pa. Both Had Eczema In Its Worst Form After Physicians Failed, Hood’S' Sarsaparilla Perfectly Cured. Great mental agony is endured by parents who see their children suffering from diseases cau^d by impure blood, and for which there seems no cure. This is turned to joy when Hood’s Sarsaparilla is resorted to, for it expels the foul humors from the blood, and restores the dis eased skin to fresh, healthy brightness. Read the following from grateful parents: To C. I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass.: “We think Hood’s Sarsaparilla is tile most valuable medicine on the market for blood and skin diseases. Our two children suffered terri bly with the Worst Form of lexema for two years. We had three physicians in that time, but neither of them succeeded in curing them or even in giviug them a little relief. At last we tried Hood’s Sarsaparilla and in a month both children were per fectly cured. We recommend Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a standard family medicine, and would not he without it.” Mr. and Mrs. M..M. Soller, 1412 2nd Avenue. Altoona, Pa. HOOD’S Pills cure liver ills, constipation, killlonsness, Jaundice, sick headache, indigestion. The simple application or WAYNE’S OINTMENTi without any internal medicine, cures tet ter, eczema, itch, all' ^eruptions on the face, hands, nose, Ac., leaving _e skin clear, white and healthy. _ Hold by druggists, or sent by mail for 50 eta. Address Dr. Sway nr A Son, Philadelphia, Pa. Ask your druggist for it, oc25 TTUSdynrmcd NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, OFFENSIVE ECZEMA Suffered Terribly. Doctors aud Medi cines Useless. Cnrecl in Four Weeks by Cuticura. I have a boy, fifteen years old,horn in Fishkill, portrait enclosed, who had the eczema so offen sive that I could not stay in the room with him. The poor boy suffered terri bly. His feet were terribly sore, lie could not wear any shoes, and had therefore to stay at home from school. When he put on a pair of dry stockings in the morning, thev would in one hour be saturated with moisture and very offensive even in the coldest weather. The di sease began to spread over his body, e specially his hands and fingers. The _ thumbs on botli his hands be came stiff and as useless as two withered sticks of wood, it would be useless for me to try to tell the suffering this boy endured. I took him to two different doctors, both gave liim lots of medicine, but all to no use. lie grew worse. I therefore despaired of ever having him cured. One day I saw the great benefits promised to those who would use Cuticura Remedies. I went right away to the drug store and bought them. I must confess I had but little faith in them. However I used them according to directions, and to-day I say truthfully to all the world, if you wish to publish it, that my son is ent rely cured, thank Cod and thank the discoverers of Cuticura Remedies. They cured him in four weeks as sound as a gold dollar. JOHN SAVAGE, Fishkill Village, N. Y. Cuticura Resolvent The new Blood and Skin Purifier, internally, and Cuticura, the great Skin Cure, and Cuti cura Soap the exquisite Skin Beautifler, ex ternally, instantly relieve and speedily cure every disease and humor of the skin, scalp, and blood, with loss of hair, from infancy to age, from pimples to scrofula. Sold everywhere. Price, Cuttcura, 50c.; Soap 25c.; resolvent §1. Prepared by the, Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation, Boston. “How to Cure Skin Diseases,” 64 pages, 60 illustrations, and testimonials, mailed free. DIMPLES, black-heads, red, rough, chapped r I 111 and oily skin cured by Cuticura Soap. MUSCULAR STRAINS 'and pains, back ache, weak kidneys, rheumatism, and chest pains reliev _ed in one minute by the Cuticura Anti-Fain Flaster. The first aud only instantaneous pain-killing plaster. jan!8W&S&wlw A FEW SPECIALTIES!! Bostonia Relish will give zest to the appetite when used with varied preparations and all kinds of meat and fish; but is to be commended especially as an accompaniment to the widely re nowned New England disli the savory pot of Baked Beans. Only 15 cents per bottle. Cowdrey’s Horse Radish, fresh packed and strictly pure, only 6 cents per bottle. We sell Teas, except the low grades Arabian Coffee, the original. Chocolates and Cocoas, all stan dard brands. Canned Fruits and Vegetables in endless variety. Canned Soups, “White Label” brand are only 25 cents. Sauer Kraut, did you ever try it? Cheese, 21 varieties Fore gn and Domestic. SPECIAL FOR SATURDAY. Sweet Florida Oranges, 20c per d'Z 25c Chocolate Drops, 18c per lb* Fresh Assorted Caramels, 20c per lb. WIARHER I COMPANY, GROCERS, Cor Union ;nd Middle Sts., Under Falmouth Hotel. jail 21eodtf Kajanka! has more specialties than any Vaudeville Company. HANDS WANTED to wear our new bath mittens at 15c. each. MOUTHS WANTED to chew a choice new lot of Spruce Gum. FEET WANTED IU uppij IU UU1 11UI aid JDUf ties. H. H. HAY SON., Middle Street. 3an21dtflstorSthp Kajanka! has more specialties than any Vaudeville Company. ANNUAL MEETINCL THE annual meeting of the Maine Steamship Company will be held at their office, Franklin Wharf, on Wednesday, the first day of February. 1893, at ten o’clock in the fore noon for the following purposes: First.—To see if the stockholders will vote to increase the number of Directors to eight. Second.—To choose Officers. Third.—To attend to any other business that may legally come before them. Per Order. jan21td 'HKNBY FOX, Cl. rk. Atkinson’s Bargains Odd Bureaus and Odd Commodes, in Ash, Walnut Cherry and in Mahogany. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. j" NEW ADVEBTISEMKMTS. gfoOOOOOOO0O0000000fjf IJ. R. LIBBY. g NOW BUY O COTTON 8 UNDERWEAR 0 FROM A BIG LOT 0 We are going to Sell X IN ONE WEEK. 8 Our large orders for these goods were given be- Q fore the advance in the price of cotton and they were made during the dull season Q at prices which defy competition and which makes home manufacture f j impossible except at much 3c greater expense. They CJ are made of the best ac obtainable ma- (j terial, on approved patterns by experienced Jc operators, possessing all the LJ latest improvemements. Perfect in Fit and Elegant in Finish. U NIGHT ROBES. 0 Good cotton gown, 20 tucks, cambric ruf- yP fie. neck and sleeves, 50c. C J 4 hemstitched tucks, V neck, hamburg 3P neck and sleeves, 50c. ry Fine cotton gown, 18 tucks, hemstitched yt ruflie. neck and sleeves, 69c. (J Cambric gowns, 40 tucks, 2 row inserting A tucks and hamburg, neck and sleeves, yJ 42 tucks, cambric ruffle, neck and sleeves, __ Cy Cambric gowns, 42 diagonal tucks, V O neck,.fine hamburg neck and sleeves, A Tucked yoke, jabot front, broad cuffs A with full plaiting. 88c. Fine cotton gowns, 40 tucks, broad ham- p% ourg collar and cuffs, tucked back, 81.00 36 tucks, pointed yoke, broad hamburg pN collar and cuffs, 81.00 %p Fine cotton gown, round yoke of tucks, A insertion, hamburg and feather edge, y cuffs the same, 81.25 pj Bound tucked yoke, colored hamburg, jp jabot front, broad collar and cuffs, 81.25 pj Fine cotton gown, round tucked yoke, ja bot fi ont, tucked back, full collar and p> cuffs of fancy hamburg, 81.50 JP Other fine styles up to 85.00 pj DRAWERS. Improved shape, yoke band, fit always sat isfactory. Best cotton, 4 broad tucks, 25®, Best cotton, broad hems, 3 rows hem stitching above. 38c. Broad hamburg, 3 tucks above, 38c. Hemstitched cambric ruffle, 5 tucks, 38c. Best cotton, broad hem, 16 tucks in clus ters, 45c. Bine cotton, broad hamburg ruffle, 8 tucks, 60c. 3 inch hamburg insertion, 4 tucks above, 50c. Hemstitched cambric ruffle, with lace edge. 6 tucks above. SOc. Extra fine cotton, 3 inch hamburg, 11 tucks above, 65c. Hemstliched hem, broad hamburg, 65c. Extra fine cotton, 3% inch hamburg, 20 tucks above, 75c. Extra fine cotton. 3 inch hamburg ruffle, 4 clusters of tucks, 1 insertion, 88c. Extra fine cotton, 4 in. h hamburg ruffle, 7 fine tucks, S1.00 3 inch hamburg ruffle, 16 fine tucks, 2 I insertions, 81.00 Outsizes in Drawers, and special values at 50c, 75c and 81.00 SKIRTS. Good cotton, 4 inch hamburg ruffle, 4 tucks above. 50o. Good cotton, 12 inch hamburg ruffle, 3 tucks above, 75c. Extra fine Cotton, 9 inch fine hamburg ruffle, 6 cluster tucks above, 81.00 12 inch tucked Cambric ruffle, tuoks above, 81.00 Fine cotton, 9 inch Cambric ruffle with insertion 6 tucks above, 81.12 Extra fi e Cotton, hemstitched Ham burg ruffls, 6 clusters of tucks. 81.25 12 inch Cambrlo ruffle, 20_tucks, 2 rows of insertion In ruffle, 81.25 CORSET COVERS. Extra good Cotton, well made, a bargain at 12 l-2c Fine Cotton, 6 double hemstitched tucks, 4 rows feather edge, Hamburg neck, 25c 4 double hemstitched tucks, V neck of Hamburg, 25c Fine Cotton. V neck. Torchon Lace and insertion, 4 hemstitched tucks, pearl buttons, 39c SHORT SKIRTS. Special values in Short Skirts, at 25c, 35c, 45c, 50c. 76c and $1.00. CHILDREN’S GOWNS Extra values in Children’s Night Gowns, at 25c, 33c. 38c, 42C, 45c, 62VsC, 68c, 75c, 80c 88c. I CHILDREN’S DRAWERS. g Equally good bargains in Children’s Drawers, at 12VsC, 15e, 17c, 22c, 25c, 28c, 33c, 38c. HAMBURG EMBROIDERIES. We have just opened a new stock of choice 5C patterns, which are very attractive, especially U the dainty colored edges, which are the prettiest we have seen. CJ Now is the time that most people buy their Hamburg Embroideries, and the choicest pat terns are very soon picked up. Moral, delay CORSETS, Q CORSETS, CORSETS. Q We have not said much about Corsets for fj some time, but this is the place to buy Corsets Jr if you want the best fitting and most durable cj that you can get for your money. Jr Dr. Warner’s X New Improved Corsets are the most popular because they are perfectly oorrect in shape and vj wear so much longer than any others a' the A price. They do not break down or get out of U shape, and always gives satisfaction. Try them and you will prove the truth of what we say. We carry a full line always in stock, We have a broken lot of French 0. P. Corsets kjl which cost more than they are worth, as you i** can get an American Corset just as good for less luoti-y, so we are closing them out at a small price. V# We have the best 50 oent and $1.00 Corsets that can be found in this country. J. R. UBBY, Congres§ Street. 0 jan2l |2ooooooooooooooooo{2