The Portland Daily Press (Portland, Me.)
January 4, 1896

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PORTLAND DAILY PRESS. ESTABLISHED JUNE 23. 1862-VOL. 33. PORTLAND, MAINE, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 4, 1890 PRICE~THREE CENTS. A WORD IN YOUR EAR The Secret of Beauty of the complexion,, hands, arms, and hair is found in the perfect action of the Pores, produced by (utiCHKi ifSOAh The most effective skin purifying and beautifying soap in the world, as well as purest and sweetest for toilet, bath, and nursery. add throuahont the world. British depoti F. New »ear Sons. 1, Kin* E»Ml9)y!!DDlE St.— feteoo PaperBoxCo. IS J A.HE SOM DEAD? All Sorts of Rumors From the Trans vaal. Foreign Office Has No Official News Other Than Has Been Given Out—He May Have Been Condemned by Court Martial and Executed. London, January 3.—Thejfact that the telegraph wires in South Africa have been devoted to government work since the trouble In the Transvaal occurred, and the faot that no private cable mess ages were received from South Afrioa for fonr days, led to the circulation of all kinds of rumors regarding the situation in the South African republic, and the fate of the British invaders of that country. One of these reports has it, that J3r. Jameson! was shot by his captors, and another, that the'Utelanders in Johaunesberg, had risen against the Boer government and had given the city over to the flames. What truth there is in these stories, it is impossible now to ascertain, owing to the government’s monopoly of the telegraph lines. It is thought that most if not all the reports are based upon fears engendered by uncertainty regarding the fate that the Boers may have rnetfd out to the invaders. It may be the report of the shooting of Dr. Jameson is true. If he has been tried by court martial and oonvicted, there Is scarcely a doubt that execution would promptly follow the passing of the sentence. At 8.50 this eve ning a representative of the United Press oalleil at the foreign office to confirm, if possible, the report of the shooting of J)r. Jameson, and he was informed by tho officials there that they had reoeived no instructions further than had been made publio. Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, was at the office waiting for d?spatohes. He had frequent conferences with the war office and admiralty officials. No special instructions bearing on the situation have yet been issued to navul or military authorities. REBELS GAINiNG NV Question That the Insurrection is Ac quiring Strength. Havana, June 3.—There is no doubt that tbo insurrectiou is gaining strength daily, and that the rebels are obtaining assistance from sources hitherto thought loyal to the government. TLe s access of Gomez and Macao, in passing tho hitherto invulnerable Trocha the military "lino that in;previoua insur rections k pt the rebels in'the province of Santiago de Cuba, and their dash across the province of Santa Clara into Matan zas. led many men and youths who were wavering in the allegiance to the crown, to cast lots with the insurgents. The Whole island is in a state of war. Rest lessuess in the provinces of Havana and Rinar del Rio, two westernmost politi cal divisions of the island, has caused the government officials to adopt measures to prevent the risings there. Heretofore the leading papers have had correspondents with the array who sent reports of the Various engagements wbioh, after teing to prepared, as to meet the views of the oensors, have been publishod. These pa; e-s will now not be pemi tted to publish •van the news of thisc harncter, an oidn' paving been issued that thegnevvspapcrs lha 1 print no nows concerning th» in surrection except such as is contained in the information officially furnished them by the government. FINANCE COMMITTEE. (liver Members Are to Report a Bill Next Monday. Washington, January 3.—The finance committee of the Senate met again this aion ing, but after a short oonforenoe be tween the Republicans and Democrats found that they could accomplish nothing and an adjournment until next Aloud v.v was taken. The silver men were not ready to submit their silver bill, but said they would be able to do so at the next, meeting. Before the metting of the full O’inmittca fhe silver men hold con ference and discussed the mvajrre pre; cared by Jones of Araknsas. BEST \m BUSIEST.” Reed the Best Developed Man Re publicans Have. THE BOSTON JOURNAL COMES OUT SQUARELY FOR HIM. “The Strongest Champion of Republican Principles and Policies”—A Man With out a Hobby—His Support I. a Duty to the Republican Party of the Nation, Boston, January 3.—The Boston Jour nal prill say tomorrow: “The Boston Journal voloing the vigor ous sentiment of the Republican party of New England, deolares for Thomas B. Reed for President. If New England’s delegates to the National Convention are to represent New England, they must be Reed men, all of them. ‘‘Mr. Reed is the biggest, busiest, best developed man in the great Republican party. He is by far the strongest cham pion of its principles and polioies; iden tified with all and devoted to all, but making a particular bobby of none. He is the ideal Republican; he is strong; alert, wise, patriotic, determined, good tempered. thoroughly trained, of great publio experience, and yet in the prime of life. “If he lived in Arizona or Oregon, New England would just as enthusias tically support him, as a duty to the Re publican party of the nation The Jour nal considers this the time for a declara tion of its belief and purpose.’’ COLBY CELEBRATES. Reception to President Bntler East Eve ning—The Phi Beta Kappa Organize non. _ Waterville, January 3.—Beta chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa eooiety of Maine, a charter for which was secured at Saratoga last summer by Dr. Burrage of Portland, organized at Colby University this after noon. The charter members are: Ex President Whitman. ex-President Pepper, Professors Warren and Rogera President Butler was elected permanent president of the society and Prof Rogers, perma nent secretary. An informal reoeption was tendered to President Butler of Cobly university by the trustees this eve ning in Memorial hall. There was a large attendanoe of Alumni and other friends of the college. Bon. J. H. Drummond, president of the board of trustees, and wife, introduced the guests to President Butler. THE WEATHER. Washington, Janu ary 3.—Forecast for Saturday for New England: Fair, ex cept occasional flurry of snow; colder, with cold wave; high north westerly winds. Boston, January 3. —Local forecast for Saturday: Clear; colder; brisk to high west winds, dimin ishing in force continued cold Sunday. Local Weather Report. Portland, January 3.—The looal weather bureau oflioe records as to the weather are the following: 8 a. m. Barometer. 29.521; thermome ter, 38.5; dew point, 27; humidity, 68; wind,SW; Velocity, 14; weather, cloudy. 8 p. m. —Barometer, 29.550: thermome ter, 29.2; dew point, 20; humidity, 66; wind, SW; velocity, 6; weather; clear Mean daily thermometer, 36.0; maxi mum thermometer, 43.0: minimum ther mometer. 29.2: maximum velocity of wind, 18, NW; total precipitation, .0. A Venezuelan Incident. Colon, Colombia, January 3.—The Valpraiso press, commenting upou th8 fact of the British schooner Alinsotis be ing fired upon by a Venezuelan gunboat, causing the captain’s death, reads a se vere lessen to the neighboring republic. It is says that Venezuela is evidently asking for just such a lesson as Great Britain administered to Nicaragua, and will probably get it. Failure of the Solicitors’ Loan and Trust Co. of Philadelphia, is due to the unauthorized speculations of J.R. Bitter, one of its directors. VERY DULL. Trade Circles Are Always So at Jfcw Years. Bradstroets Interesting Compilation for Year— Significant Comparisons With Other Years—Prices Are Ruling Higher Generally—The Past Year Has Been a Big One for Bank Clearings. New York, January 3.—Bradstroets tomorrow will say: The weok which ended 1895, and ushered in 1896 has been very dull In mercantile circles, as is usual at this period. The volume of business has fallen away sharply, owing to the New Year’s holiday and to the quiet in trade oircles at a time when stoek-taking and preparing samples for oorameroial travelers, is taking the attention of jobbers and commission hones. A slack ening of aotivity in some of the import ant manufacturing lines is likewise noticeable and it is singifleant that tele grams from the South report collections slow, or unsatisfactory. The exceptions are at a few points in the Southern States. Jobbers in the leading lines at many centres, are confident as to the outlook for trade in the near future, although iu some instances fears are expressed of the unfavorable effeot due to the inability 5o seoure neoessary legis lation on flnanoial questions. Advices from St. Louis are that the total business last year was the largest since 1893, and the total earnings there in 1895 were the largest on record. The volume of Chicago jobbing trade last year was ten per cent larger than the year be fore and, the manufacturing output from ten to fifteen per cent larger. Another gratifying report is from Chattanooga, that country merchants in the region tributary to that city are on a firmer flnanoial basis,than in previous years. ON THE PACIFIC COAST the lumber trade is vieing with that in wheat. Shipments of lumber from Port land, Oregon to Mexico, Central America, South America: have^been heavy and from Taonma in excess of all previous records. General trade at Seattle last year was five to twenty-five per cent larger than in 1894. San Francisco telegrams show flour has advanced fourteen cents and the orange orop unfavorably affected by the froBt, »»uiiu iuu Kiiiucia uiu auAiuuo iui iiuu. The price movements 'have taken a start upward for the first time in many weeks, and a large majority of staples are quoted higher than a week ago, flour wheat, corn, oats are all up, as are pork, sugar, both raw and refined, petroleum, both crude and refined, cotton wool (the latter from one-half to one cent) and hides, the latter having stiffened the leather market. Quotations for lumber and coal remain firm at the levels of the preceding week, as do cotton goods; notably; print oloths inoluded, the' price of whioh has not enjoyed relatively the advanoe shown by cotton. In addition to the decline in coffee, pig iron and steel are off 25 and 50 cents a ton, with quota tions still in the buyers’ favor. The prospect does NOT FAVOR RELIEF from existing weakness in the iron market as the production is ahead of all records, with an output of about one million tons per month and stocks accumulating. Some furnaces may have to shut down soon, to relieve the pressure. Exports of wheat (flour included as wheat) from both ooasts of the United States this week, are 3,965,731 bushels, compared with 3,174,000 in the week two years ago. Foreign shipments of wheat through the week are larger than those for any previous week, since that ending September 19, 1893. Exports of Indian corn this week, which amount to 3,227,000 bushels, are exceptionally heavy, being larger than those for any previous week sinoe that ending February 21, 1892. The world’s available wheat stock January 1 is less bullish than anticipated amounting to noarly 170,000,000 bushels, and about 15,000,000 less than a year ago; 20,000,000 less than two years ago; 35,000, 000 less than three years ago, and more than that held at the corresponding dates in years previous to 1893. Stocks of wheat east of the Rocky Mountains, United States and Canada, have in creased more rapidly in December than oxpeoted, while on the Paoiflo const the usual falling away took place. While the stocks of wheat afloat for and in Europe on the first instant are a few million bushels smaller than a month ago, they are more than seven million larger than a year ago, although less than reported January 1 in the three years next preood ing ioaa. DECEMBER BANK CLEARINGS are the largest for any month of last year, but one, being October, and furnish a satisfactory closing chapter to a year of large gains in bank clearings. The bank clearings at sixty cities for December, aggregate $5,028,056,187, a gain of over Deoembor of last year of 17.6 per cent, an increase over December two years ago, there is a decrease of 15 per cent. The heaviest gains ocour in the Middle and the New England States, and are due to speculative activity. The total olearings of sixty cities for 1895 aggregate 52,823, 539,249. an inrease of 16.S per cent over 1894; a decrease of only one per cent from the total in 1893, and a failing off of 14 por cent from 1892, the reoord year in I bank clearings. As usual at this season, there is a con siderable Increase of number of failuros in the United States, tho total now re ported being 403 this week, against 373 in the week a year ago; 480 two years ago and 813 threo years ago. Strike Over, Philadelphia, January 3.—During the afternoon a large number of strikers re turned to work at all the depots, and the second strike of the street car men can bo said to he practically at an end. Cars are running regularly this afternoon on all lines. German Sympathy. Berlin, January 8.—Calls have been issued in Hamburg,^Cologne and Berlin, for mass meetings, to be held Monday, to express public sypmatby with the Boers, and similar meetings are being organized In other places. The Emperor had a con ference with Prince Hohenlohe this morn ing, prior to His Majesty’s sending the cablegram of congratulation to President Kruger. Accounts Short. Fall River, Mass., January 3.—Charles B. Lavigno, treasurer of the Liun des Patriotes, has been missing several days. An examination of his bank account showed a shortage in deposits of about $750. Mr. Lavigne is a pin m her. AT Till! CAPITOL. Commission Getting Ready to Go to Work. WILL THE TARIFF BILL PASS THE SENATE? War Feeling Not Entirely Subsided—Evi dent From the Nature of Bills and Besoluticns—Ideas of House Kepub licans—Coast Defenses—Carribean Is lands, etc., etc. ■Wasibngton, Jan. 3, Four ^members of the Venezuelan boundary commission will assemble in the dipiomatio room of the state depart ment tomorrow for the purpose of having an informal talk over the work before them. Mr. White is unable to be present and it is likely in his absence the orga nization will be postpone. No quarters are yet secured and until they aic, the commission will probably hold sessions at the residence of Justice Brewer. Judge Brewer has notified President Cleveland and Secretary Olnev of the ac ceptance of commissionship. Neither he nor his four colleagues havo received their commissions from the President, but will get them probably tomorrow. As tho commission is not an international, but a nauoual body, subject to no official supervision from any other nation and creatod solely for the purpose of ascer taining facts desired bv the United States government, tile President and Seorotary of State could proprely consult with the members, but this, will be avoided, even if the oceasion;for it should arise,in order that tho commissioners’ conclusions may be arrived at free from outside pressure. The commission will he obliged to call on the Secretary of State for information on the subjeot ofjtho various boundaries claimed by Great Britain, but this will be merely a formal proceeding. Any in formation the commission may desire from the governments of Great Britain, Holland, Spain and Venezuela, must be requested through the State Depart ment. Resolutions, bills, etc., introduced in Congress, indioate that the war feeling is not entirely abated. This is evidenced again today in a resolution by Air.Lodge, directing the Secretary of the Navy to inform the Senate what it would cost to equip with guns and maohinery, and put in suitable condition for purposes of harbor defense, all monitors not now in commission or undergoing repaira Air. Lodgo also introduced a resolution iu the Senate this morning whioh directs the Secretary of War to inform the Senate what disposition has been made of the appropriation of September 22. 1888, for pueumatio dynamite guns, and whether any batteries have buty. London, January 3.— Tbo Globe and the Pall Mall Gazotte concur in the opin ion that Chamberlain, by issuing procla mations in Johanesburg forbidding Eng lish subjeots tojjoin Dr. Jameson, is tnore by to demand that President Kruger summerily redress the grievances of the TJtelftn flora. um OF SOUTH AFRICA. Sketch of the Men Who Defeated Dr. Jameson. THEY BEAT THE ENGLISH BADLY IN 1881. Their Commander Then Was a Man Who Had Served in Our Civil War—Tlioy Invariably Shot Down the Officers First—Gladstone Acknowledged Their Independence—Descendants of Hollanders and the French Huguenots. The following sketch of tho Boers of South Africa and their war with the English in 1881 was written by an Eng lishman residing in this city, who served in the British army during the Zulu campaign. A people descended from ancestors of Teutonio and Keltio stock, who over two centuives ago, driven from their native 'it fltT 13,0 I they hoped to be secure from the iuter ferenco of their enemies, and founded there the South African Republic of the Transvaal, the rights of which were recognized by the British. This territory consists largely of “veldt” or prairie, which is fino land for farming aud stock raising, and is surrounded by mountains rich in minerals and precious stones. Game abounds in it to an oxtent hardly credible even to those familiar with the hunting grounds of America. Every kind of wild beast lrom the elephant and giraffe to the lion aud baboon may be found in it. Vase herds of deer of different species, ranging from the sizo of an ox to that of a hare, roam over the “veldt,” and supply the Boers with the sport which has developed the wonderful marksmanship among them which they have used with such positive effeot upon the Zulus and the British on different occasions. With the Zulus they waged a long aud desperate struggle for existence; aud generally defeated the headlong rush of the swarming legions of these military savagrs by forming^their wagons into a square or “laager” or else by oircllng on horseback round their “impi” or army and decemating it by a eonstant and un erring rifle fire. The Kaffirs gradually grew tired of attacking such dangerous foe3; aud enterod into their service as S" f.Va lands in Europe by the injustice and op pression of tyrants, were not afraid to seek now homes in the furthest extremity of the Dark Continent, and who proved their ability to subjugate the fearful wilderness and subdue the formidable array of savage men and beasts that in habited it, could not fail to possess a character of the most stalwart and vigor ous nature. At about the same period, when the Hollanders ocoupied Manhattan Island and built the Bowery and the rest of New Amsterdam, others of their countrymen sailed to South Africa and established a settlement at the Cape of Good Hope. They were joined afterwards by a number of French Hugenots who were expelled from France by the revoca tion of the Jadiot of Nantes, whereby Louis XIV. forbade freedom of conscience in that country. These two bands of exiles united and developed a character in which the leading traits of both their races were blended. As the Hollanders were in the majority the language of the “Boers” or “Farmers’ remained Dutoh, though many of their surnames aro French, such as that of Joubert, their present military commandant. Even in the remote oorner of the globe, where they had sought refuge the brave exiles could not escape the aggressions of enemies who begrudged them their liberty and coveted their possessions. Their suc cessive retreats before the foroes of the English government, from Cape Colony, and from Natal are matters of history. A large body oomposed of the most resolute and independent men among the Boers, in 1848, Anally “trekked” northward over the “veldt” or prairie and settled in the country aoross tho Vaal river, where hersdmen and laborers on their immense ranohes, where they were willing to work for a year for an iron pot or a musket. The Boers gave effeotive aid to the British in their war with the Zulus .in 1879, which ended in the oapture of Cete waoy, and the annexation of Zululand to the British empire. In December, 1880, about a year after that war, the unjust treatment of the British officials, goaded the Boers into declaring their independ ence. The British flag was hauled down at Heidelburg, the flag of the South Afrioan Republic raised in its place, and the entire fighting force of the Boers took the field to assert their independence and defend their oountry against the in vaders Generals Kruger and Joubert took command. The British garrisons in the Transvaal were invested and a strong force sent to prevent the passage of British troops through the passes of the Drakensberg mountains from Natal. It is doubtful if the Boers would have been able to oope so successfully with the regular troops of England, but for the aid of an extraordinary man. This man was Col. Alfred Aylward, an Irish Amerioan soldier who had served in the British army in the Crimea, and in the army of the United States during the civil war. After the war he joined the Fenian movement and went to Ireland and narrowly esoaped oapture there. He after wards went to South Africa and was employed by the Boers as their military director, and in this oapaoity organized and drilled their army. How effectively he did this work the British forces found to their cost. He found* the Boers a Continued on Second Page. As a Safeguard, I Positively thoughtless jj|| n Demand the 1"="™ 8 j an alum bale i dlj ing powder when you wish gg uA the Royal; and alum baking ?a| powders are poisonous. Some j p* manufacturers of the low-grade powders pay clerks a bonus for every can of their baking pow- e|| j||j der they will sell to patrons of Royal; there- mm &S fore after demanding the Royal examine the H? label to make sure that Royal is received. wj HI No matter what the representation, don't I buy a low-priced powder. rSaking pow ders sold at a lower price than Royal are p| almost invariably made from alum, and j j therefore inferior and dangerous to health. jud Royal Baking Powder is the brand reported jj by the official Government and State chemists L-J free from alum and ammonia and absolutely pure and wholesome. It makes the best and finest food, is most economical in use, and wisest housekeepers have learned to demand it and de cline all alleged substitutes. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL 8T., NEW-70RK. mum _i

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OUR ASHES. THE BRIGHTER THE FIRE THE SOONER IT BURNS OUT. Ashes Put Onto a Good Fire Will Deaden It. The human body is like a coal fire in many ^respects. The food that 9 goes into it represents the fuel, and hs it is burned or digested ashes or refuse results. coal ashes are harm less. Body ashes are pois onous. Nature keeps the bars of our grate (the kid neys) constantly cleared and able to dispose of these ashes—c a s t i n g them out of the body and into the urine. Now, besides the ashes of digestion we have the waste products of the tissues and organs. Every time we move a muscle, turn our head, life our hand; every time our heart beats or our brain thinks, a small portion of each organ thus employed is used up in the process. These ashes or waste products are also poisonous. Both kinds clog and disease the blood, and poison and irritate the various or gans. If the kidneys do not work properly these, poisons are not thrown out, but collect and do harm. Use Dr. Hobb’s Sparagus Kidney Pills, rrake out your ashes and impurities, keep the blood clear and pure, and let your llame of life burn naturally and liealhtfully. Fifty cents per box from all druggists or en close 50 cts. in stamps Sor silver (hrect to the HOBB’S MEDICINE CO., Chicago, San Francisco. Interesting and In structive Book on Kid ney Health and Blood m Filtering Free. H. E. MILLS, Piano Tuner. Order Slate at Chandler’3 Music Store 431 Congress Street. Sept7 deot THE BASE BALL TEAM. Manager Leonard Has Sec n red Nearly, all His Men.—Something: About Them. At Swett’s hotel last night there was a meeting of the direc tors oi Due rortianu ease uan club for the purpose of taking the neces sary flnanoial action in regard to the re cent signing by Manager Leonard of a player named Hanhvan for second base Director Merrill said that he had not re ceived information from Mr. Leonard as to^just Who this Hanivan is. It might be Pawtuok et’s matchless shortstop and it might not. Direotors Morrill and Murphy are the delegates to attend the New England League meeting in Boston next Wednesday, but probably all of the directors will go. The Portland players signed up to date are as follows: Donovan catcher, played last year in the association and afterwards went to Cleveland and was released simply on ac count of having too many good catcliors Badger catcher, who comes with Paige pitcher,from the town of Shreveport, La. and played in the Texas league. This battery was the best in that league. MoCay, pitcher, from Louisville, Ky. McDougal, pitcher, from New York state and Kiilen and Woods of last year’s team. Slater will cover first andMagoon third. Cavanaugh, from the Texas league will be shortstop. Director Murphy of tho'Portland club said last evening that Hanrihan, signed by Manager Leonard, is from Binghamp tona, N. H. The outfield will be made up of Jaok Leighton, in centre, one of the change pitchers in right, probably Paige, who played 25 games in that posi tion last year with an average of .978. In left field there is some uncertainty. Man ager Leonard may retain Shaffer or he may use one of the catch eis. A HOPELESS CASE. English Press Sees no Reason to Doubt the hronicie Correspondence. Loudon, January 3.—Pall Mall Gazette eays it has no resaon to doubt that the despatches which the Daily Chronicle quotes containing tbe offioial unpublished correspondence exohange by Great Britain and Venezuela between November, 1840, when Sir Robert Schomburkg was ap ^uxuuvvt UO UVXVIUIIUU tuu XK'XIVICI IH British Guiana, and April 1, 1843, when England removed the boundary posts sot up by Sohomburgk, are genuine. The Gazette presumes that Seoretary Olney and President Cleveland knew of those letters and asks why then Seoretary Olney did not use them to refute Lord Salisbury’s second despatch. “Did he,” the Gazette asks, “deliberately prefer to pick a quarrel with Lord Salisbury?” The St. James Gazette says: “The British people are not being properly treated, when it is left to the enterprise of a newspaper to discover in a foreign country that unpublished official corre spondence upon whioh peace or war may depend,does not justify the statements of our foreign minister. Mr. Chamberlain, when shown at the colonial offioe a copy of the Chronicle's accusation of cognizance on the part of the government of the established corre spondence, declared that the oharge was beneath contempt. AWAITS THE SENATE. The President Said To Have Made No Contract With a Syndicate. New York, January 3.—The Tribune says: “The statement is authoritatively made that not only has no contract been entered into for the sale by the govern ment of $100,000,000 of thirty year four per cent bonds to the syndicate headed by J. Pierpont Morgan, hut that the admin istration will engage in no negotiations with the syndioate until the United States Senate has acted on the bond bill whioh has already passed the House of Representatives. On this point the Presi dent has expressed himself specifically. Whether one day, one week or one month elapse before theJSenate expresses itself on, the bond question, the President has stated tbo administration will not name figures at whioh it will sell bonds under the resumption act.” SHERMAK’S LOGIC The Prince of Finance Talks to the Senate. LAY PRESENT DEFICIENCY TO THE WILSON BILL. More Taxation Needed to Meet Current Expenses—A Deficient Revenue Deads to the Export of Dold—The Ohio States man's Speech. Washington, January's. Iu'tho Senate today Senator Sherman, Republican o{ Ohio, spoke on the financial question Ho opened his speeoli by a reference to the two recent mossages of the Pioddent of the Unitod States in relation tortile Monroe dootrine, and to the cohdition of the national finances. As to the former, he remarked that Congress had "perhaps too hastily, but with entire unanimity,1’ supported the President in maintaining the interests and honor of thejeountry in the field of diplomacy; but as to the lutter, Congress had not approved and would Dot approve his recommendations as to the financial policy and especially as to the currency. The President had mistaken the cause of the present finan-, cial condition in arbitrating it to the de mand for gold. United States notes, in stead of to the deficiency of revenue caused by the legislature of the last Con gress, this plaoing the effect before the oause. And he had proposed as a remedy the conversion of United States notes and treasury notes into inteiest bearing bonds, thus increasing the interest bear ing debt nearly $500,000,000. The resi dent had proposed a line of policy that would produce a sharp contraction of the currency, add greatly to the burden of existing debts, and ar.ost the progress of almost every Amerioan industry that competed with foreign productions. In VMW J. lUDiuumi m no LOU by tho Secretary of thrTTreasury. It was with diffienqe,that he (Sherman) undertook to controvert their opinions, but his convictions were s I L/iVdB X ,ao p. m. Classification of Domestic Mail Mat ter.—Domestic mail matter,—that is mail matter sent in the mails from some post office within the TJnited States to some other post office within the same, is divided into four classes, as follows: 1st class. Written matter, namely, letters, postal cards, and all matter wholly or partly la writing, whether sealed' or unsealed (except manuscript copy accompanying proof sheets or corrected proof sheets of the same.) All mat ter sealed or otherwise closed against Inspection is also of the first class. 2d class. Periodical publications, namely all new ipapers and other periodical publications which are issued at stated intervals and as frequently as four times a year, whicn bear a date of issue, and are numbered consecutively, are Issued lrom a known office of publication, are formed of priutd paper sheets.without board! clutii, leather nr other substantial binding. To be of information of a public character, or devoted to literature, the sciences, art, or some special indt stry, and must have a legitimate list of subscribers, and must not be designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation or circulation at nominal rates. 3d Class. 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"Printed matter” is defined by statute to be "the reproduction upon paper, by any process except that of handwriting, of any words, letters, characters, figures or images, or of any combination thereof, not having the character of anlactual and personal correspon dence.” A‘‘circular” is defined by statute to be a printed letter, wnlch,according to internal evi dence, is being sent in identical terms to sever al persons,” and does not lose its character as such by writing therein the date, name of the addressee or of the sender, or the correction of mere typographical errors. 4th Class Merchandise, namely all matt* not embraced In the first, second or third elasswhich is not in its form or nature liable t« destroy, deface or otherwise damage the con. tents of the mall bag, or harm the person 0! any one engaged In tne postal service, andnot above the weight provided by law Umitof Weight of Mail Matter.—So package weighing more than tour pounds snail Be re beived for conveyance by mail, except single cooks weighing in excess of that amount, and except books and documents published or circulated by order of Congress, or official matter emanating from any of the Departments of the Government or from the Smithsonian Institution. 30. Second-class matter mailed in packages at the pound rate is not subject to the ft im pound limitation. 31. The above limit of weight does not ap ply to matter in foreign mails regulated by postals conventions. Rates op Postage. On First Class Matter.—Tbe rate 9 postage on matter of tbe first class is as follows: 1. On letters ana other written matter except that specially authorized to pass at third-class rates and on sealed matter or matter otherwise closed against inspection, two cents p*r ounce or fraction thereof. On postel cards one cent each, the price foi which they are sold. 3. On “drop letters” two cents per ounce or fraction thereof when mailed at letter carrier post offices, and one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof at offices where free delivery by carrier is not established. On Second-Class Matter. The rate of postage on second-class matter when sent by the publisher thereof, and from the office of publication, including samples copies, or when sent from a news agency to actual subscribers thereto, or to other news agents, is one cent per pound or fraction thereof. The irate of postage on newspapers and periodical publications of the second-class when sent by other than tne publisher or news agent, is one cent for each four ounces or fractional part thereof. The rate of postage on newspapers(exceptlng weeklies) and on periodicals not exceeding two ounces in weight,wlienithe same aredeposited in is uniform at one cent each; on periodicals weighing more than two ounces, two cents each. Newspapers and periodicals when de posited by the publishers or news agent iu a letter-carrier office for general or box delivery are subject to pay postage at the rate ot oue cent per pound; when deposited by other than publishers or news agents, tor general or box delivery, tiie rate is one cent for four ounces or fractional part thereof. Weekly newspapers when deposited by the publisher or news agents in a letter-carrier office, for delivery by carriers, or otherwise, are subject only to the rate of one cent a pound or fraction the eof. A second-class publications, when sent by thepublisher or a new s-agent by mail, to a let ter carrier office located either in tiie county oi publication or elsewhere, are subject to pav at tiie rate of oue cent a pound, which entitles them to deliver by the carriers. CURRENT EVENTS CLUB LECTURES “Modern Religions Thinking in Its Rela tion to Humanity, by Rev. E. J. Pres cott, Union Hall Gymnasium, Wednesday Afternoons. Jan.. 8, 16, 22, 29,• Feb., 6,12, at 4 o’clock. First three dealing with Philosophy and Theology; the last three with Sociology and Social Reform Movements. Course Tickets $1.50 at Loring, Short Har mon’s. jau3eod4w

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A Living Shadow. (From the Greenville, N. G, Reflector.) The following interview l>as just been given our reporter by Mr. A. Baker, the overseer at the farm of Col. Isaac A. Sugg, of Greenville, N. 0. It will in terest anyone who has ever had Typhoid fever. Mr. Baker said in part: “I was living in Beaufort county, and on the 2d day of October, 1893. I was stricken down with typhoid fever. I had tho best physicians to attend me and on the 15th day of January, 1894, I was al lowed to get up.' I was emaciated, weak and had no appetite. I could ouly drag along for a short distance and would lie compelled to sit dowu and rest. This continued for some time aud I began to give up hope of ever getting well. I lost my position in Beaufort county and hav ing secured one in Pitt county, clerking in a store, I undertook it, but was so weak 1 could not do the work and had to give it up. The disease settled in my knees, legs and ioet. I was taking first one kind of medicine aud then another, but nothing did ms any good. I was mighty low-spirited. I moved out to Col. Sugg’s about four or five months ago and commenced taking Dr. Williams’ Pills. I took three a day for about three months I began to regain my appetite in a week’s time, and then my weakness began to disappear, and hope sprung up with a blessedness that is beyond all toiling. At the expiration of the three months X was entirely cured arid could take my axe and go in the woods and do as good a day’s work as any man. I was troubled with dyspepsia aud that has disappeared. It is also a splendid tonic for weak people. I say, Mr. Editor, God bless Dr. Williams, may he live for a long time, I know be will go up yornior to reap his reward, for he has done a wonderful lot of good. T.'ll everybody that asks you about Dr. Williams’ Pink Piiis for Pale People that if they will come to me I oan certainly satisfy them as to their merits. I always carry a box of pills with me and when ever I feci bad I take one.” We were forcibly struck with the earnest ness of Mr. Baker and his statements may be relied on. Dr. Wiliams’ Pink Piiis contain, in a condsnsed form, all the elements neces sary to g ive now life and richness to tho blood and restore shattered nerves. They are an unfailing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus dance, sciatioa, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale aud sallow complexions, all ruiujg J. VUUUV/OO U1VUU1 IU JUIVIVJ U1 IU male, and all diseases resulting from vitiated humors iu the blood. Pink Pills are sold by all dealors, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price (50 cents a box, or six boxes for *2.60) hv addressing Dr. Williams’Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y. SOUTH PORTLAND A evry delightful New Year’s musicals was given Wednesday night iu Mrs. Willard Woodbury’s parlors for the bene fit of the North ohurcb. After an over ture on the piano by Miss Cline, Mrs. Jarley exhibited her famous wax works, which were very well received, especially tho “queue-rious” Chinese giant and the baby who would not cry “because her orier was out of order. The various parts were taken by members of the His tory Club. This was followed by piano solos by Miss Pillsbury and Miss Millett, vooal solos by Miss Taylor, readings by Miss Taylor and Mr. Cobb and a vocal duett by Mr. and Miss Miller. Ice cream and cake were served und parlor games oocupied the time until a late hour. It was a success financially as well as so cially, and reflects great oredit on the young ladies who managed the affair. The History Club held its last meet ing with Mrs. Royer. A very good New Year’s enteratinroent was given, followed by a homoeopathic supper in the dining room. The next meeting will be with Miss Ada Call, Sawyer street, Wednesday evening, Jan. 8th. Mrs. Henry Wood is very ill at her home on Broadway. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Shanning are visiting Mrs. Rachel Shanning, Knight ville. Mr. Fred Smart, of Brown University, who has been at home for the holidays, returned to college Wednesday night. Mr. William Angel, who was so badly injured, by the fall of a staging on him while at work some time ago, is able to be out on pleasant days. Mrs. Frank Peabbles, of Bowery Beaoh, is visiting her parents, Capt. and Mrs. Simonton at Willard. j.Willard has three mails a day going and coming now, which is a great convenionoo to tho public. Mrs. Daniel Loveitt is Quite sick at her home on Preble street, Willard. The many friends of Mrs. Sumner Dyer will be glad to know that she is rapidly ieoovering from her severe attack of bleeding. Mrs. Walter Jordan is much improved and will be out of danger in a few days unless new troubles set in. Miss Bessie Smith is confined to the house with throat trouble. There are three cases of sca-let fever and one of diphtheria in South Portland at prosen t. Work on the Casino at Simonton’s Cove will begin at once, and be poshed through as rapidly as possible. It will have to be completed by May 1st to fill the oontract. Remember the fair to be gi ven Jan. 16, 17 and 18 at the Opera House in aid of the Hose Company. It is for a good oause. Where are the town fathers. For about a woek past a fine little brook of sparkling water lias been having its own way in the center of tho street just below ferry hill, and has not only washed out the earth, but made the whole street way down to the corner of Broadway nearly impassable. Then the sidewalks have a habit of going into the air un expectedly in some places, while other places have no boards to go into the air with. A burst in the water pipe washed out a portiou of tho street noar the westerly side of Broadway Friday. The plush mill, or rather the Lowell Arms Company, are rushing business and working day and night to complete their contracts. Vital Statistics. The secretary of tho boarff af health, Mr. Edwin L. Dyer, reports for the past year 830 deaths, 938 births and 427 mar riages. These figures may lie slightly added to as some of tho physicans are not as prompt as ethers in making re turns MAINE TOWNS. Items of Interest Gathered by Corres pondents of the Press. Freep ort. Freeport, Jan. 3. Mr. Will Todd ad vertises to sell at auction on the 4th inst his entire livery stock. The new steam mill of Pettengill Walker is fast bacoming completed and will soon be ready for doing work. Whooping cough is still prevailing to some extent in our village The storm was quite severe, blowing brick off chimneys, taking off the tin from the roof of the house of John Belcher, Esq., quite extensively, blowing off large limbs from trees, sending down the top railing Irorn the Holbrook block, and doing other small, but not serious damages. The firm of Gould Brothers has be come the store of Henry Gould. There is considerable competition be tween the two meat markets, while the people smile and grow fat with cheaper purchases than ever known before in this vicinity. Wood ohoppers are busily engaged in cutting cord wood on the Depinison lot on the Brunswick roud. The roads are very rough and travelling had all over our town. A little snow is needed. Yarmouth Yarmouth, Jan. 2. Mr. J W. Greeley of Guilford is the guest of his son, R. P. Greeley. Master Fred and Robert Hayes, of Lewiston, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Hayes. A roll call of ohurch members was held at First Parish ohurch on the after noon and evening of Mew Year’s day. Mr. Thomas R. Chase had a narrow es cape from a very serious accident Mon day. He was near one of the huge wood piles in the Pulp Mill yard, when a log slipped off and struck him on the hip, bruising him badly. The second “Peace Dance” of Susqui song Tribe of Red Men on Mew Year’s eve at Masonic Hall, was well attended. The orchestra engaged failed to put in an appearance, but Messrs. E. Raynes an Homer Humphrey were quickly en gaged and the programme was carried out satisfactorily. Tha fnllnnilntv hnnlra Via«« Viaao 4a Hillside Library: Frances H. Burnett, Two Little Pilgrims’ Progress, 696 Rudynrd Kipling, Seoond Jungle Hook, 697 “Pansy”, What They Couldn’t 698 Nora Perry, A Flock ot Girls and Boys 699 Win. O. Stoar,Partners. 700 Rosa N. Carey, Cousin Mona, 701 Kirk Munroe, Snow Shoes and Sledges, 702 Laura E. Richards, Hildegarde’s Neighbors, 703 J. F. Cooper. Home as Found, 704 Kate D. Wiggin, The Village Watch Tower, 705 Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Bessie Cos trell, 706 Amelia Barr, Bernioia, 707 Maria L. Pool, Against Human Nature, 708 Elizabeth S. Phelps, A Singular Life, 709 lan McClaren, Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush, 710 Jessie Fothergill, The First Violin, 71] Edna Lyall, Hardy Norseman, 719 F. A. Smith, KeeD Vour Mouth Shut, 713 Horatio W. Dresser, The Power of Silence, 714 The last two books were donated by friends of the library. At the semi-annual business meeting of U. O. G. C., held Monday evening, the following officers were eleoted: N. C. —Geo. H. Jefferds. V. N. C.-T. S. Blake. K. of R.—Mrs. E. L. Blake. F. K. of R—E. H. Boynton. Treas.—Dr. J. C. Gannett. Prel.—Grace Blake. W. H.— Georee H. Welch. N. I. G. —Mrs. Geo. Je fiords. W. O. G.—Harold Roseuwald. P. U. G.—Dr. J. C. Gannett. It Is hoped that same of the members of the Grand Commandery will be pres ent at the installation which Occurs the second Monday in’January. On Tues’ay, Dec. 24 Miss Edna A. Marston of North Yarmouth, and Mr. James Monroe Bucknam of Yarmouth were united in marriage at the home of the bride by Rev. R. A. Farnham. Mr. Frank w ilson returnd to his sohool in Worcester, MasB., Wednesday. Mrs. Elias Sargent, Mrs. L. P. Pome roy and children returned last weok lrom Worcester, Mass., where they have been visiting lJrof. and Mrs. E. R. Goodwin. Miss Lelia M. Humphrey is visiting friends in Brighton, Mass. Gorham. Trustee G. A. Robertson of Augusta visited the Normal School yestderday. Mr. Edward Harding is taking a short vacation at Atlanta, Git. Efforts are being made to obtain a suf ficient number for a special train to the Stoddard lectures. The members of the Congregational church held their annual meeting Tues day evening. Mr. Stephen Hinkley was elected olerk and Joseph Bidlon treasur er. During the severe wind blow Tuesday morning, the ohinmey of the Congrega tional ohurch fell with a crash,damaging the roof badly, aud a large portion of the fence at the fair grounds was laid low. Thursday evening. D. D. Grand Chan cellor Guy P. Woodman, assisted’by D. D. Grand Master at Ann, Win. H Rob erts, Grand Prelate Charles Mosos and D D. Vice Chanoeller W. P. Hodgsdon, in stalled the officers of Dirigo Lodge, No. 81, K- P of., as follows: C C.—Wilber Roberts. V. C.—S. A. Libby. Prelate—Samuel Garland. K. of R. and S.—G. M. Parkor. M. of E.—Charles W. Harding. M. of F.—Aug. Parker. M. of W.—Stephen Hinkler. I. G.—W. H. Howe. O. G.—Howard F. Swett. Representative to Grand Lodge—Au g ustus Parker. Alternate—S. P. Libby. Trustees—Samuel Garland, Frank A. R'dlon. The third rank was conferred and an oyster supper served after the installa tion. The Congregational Cirole gave a very pleasant New Year’s reception at Rid lon hall Thursday evening, and a large nu in her were present. The supper served from 6.30 to 8 o’dock, was the feature of the evening. The election of offioers for the ensuing year was postponed un til next Monday afternoon at 3 o’olock. 8 Col. H. K. Miilott and Mr. Charles Han son were in Westbrook yesterday upon business connected witli the Cumberland County Agricultural Society. The following jurors wore diawn Tues day for the Superior Court: Frank Run kins, Manuel Thomas; for the Supreme Judicial Court, P. I. Paine. Removed. “Removed” seems a poouilar subject for a mot's meeting, but that is what the Y. M. C. A. have announced for tomor row afternoon at 4.30. All men rre gordiallv welcomed to tote MORSE’S COMBINE. A Man From Maine Who is Cutting a Lot of Ice. SAID TO BE IN CONTROL OF TIIE BIG KENNEBEC COMPANY. Morse Already Controls Many Companies and’Practically Admits That no Has Shares in tho Knickerbocker—That Company’s President Denies It. How. Ever. A combination of all tho important ice interests in this metropolitan district has been effeoted, with one possible excep tion, the Knickerbocker Ice Company, and from information obtained yesterday this large and long established company muy soon enter into the general deal. The head and front of the combination is Charles W. Morse, president of tho National Ice Company. They first heard of him in this city in the ice field, well informed dealers said yesterday, was four years ago. at the time of the ice “fam ine.” Mr. Morse then came down from Maine with a oorner on the ice of that State. He was able virtually to dictate his own terms to the companies hero, both great and small. When tho “fam ine’ was over, some of these companies found themselves heavily in debt to Mr. Morse, and some of these fell into hij hands, because he had to take their stock to settle his claims. Mr. Morse has gone on conquering in the ice field since that time, until his only important rival is tho Knickorbook er Ioe Company. A dispatoh from Kings ton, published in the Tribune asserted that Mr. Morse hud finally secured a con trolling interest in that company also through the purohase of stock held by the heirs of Eugene Conklin. James bhinuler, who has been a direc tor in the Knickerbocker Company for thirty-five years, and who is one of its largest stockholders, said yesterday at his home, No. 54 West Fifty-sixth street: “it is not true that Mr. Morse has yet se cured the control of the company. 1 am not prepared to say that negotiations have or have not been going on with that purpose in view. There has been a sharp contest between Mr. Morse and the Knickerbocker, and time may show which is the under dog. It is not the Knicker bocker yet, however.’’ Air. bhlndler added that his holdings were such that no transfer of control in the company could take place without his personal knowledge. The officers of the Knickerbocker Com pany are Kobert Alaclay,president; Littis O. Reeve, secretary, and Edmund A. Smith, treasurer. The capitalization is *2,000,000. The trustees are Kobert Alac lay, Horace and Oren Dennett, James Shindler, Moses B. Maolay, Robert K. MoCullougb, H. P. Farrinaton, R. Al. Hull and Alfred Barrymore Maclay. The main offices of the National Ice Company are at No. 80 Broud street. The president of the company is Charles W. Morse, and the secretary Alfred Nelson. The capitalization is *750,000. The direc tors are Charles W. and Harry F. Alorse, William N. Haiver, Frank Burns, Alfred Nelson and Eben D. Haley. The Cousumers’ Ice Company alto has its man offices at No. 80 Broad street. The officers of that company are Harry F. Morse, president, and John P. Sproull secretary. The trustees are Harrv F. and Charles W. Alorse, Eben D. Haley, John T. Sproull, William N. Bavier, N. H. Campbell, W. B. Waite and H. o! Cheney. The capital is $250,000. Charles W. Morse is president of the Ridgewood Ice Company, und its secre tary is John T. Sproull. The capital is $140,000. Tile directors are Mr. Alorse, John Clark, Edwin H. Close, Grove P.’ Jenks, James H. Cousens and William J. Clark. The main offices are at No. 80 Broad street. In view of the experience of the ice companies in this city during the famine” four years ago, and of Air. Morse’s characteristics as known in the trade, the opinion was freely expressed yesterday that the present combination would mean that consumers would be at its mercy, and that the price of ice would be high next summer. Kobert Maolay, president of tho Knick erbocker Ice Company, said last evening: “Air. Alorse has been a stockholder in the Knickerbocker for four years. He 1-iaa r»r»r. a r»r»r> 1 i rr i nlonnnt- i seeking it, so far as I know. The con solidation referred to, so far as I know, is only of the companies controlled by the Morse interest, and this has been going on for some time. The Knickerbocker however, is not a party to it.” Charles W. Morse, who lives in Seven tieth street, this city, passed New Year’s Day with relatives in Brooklyn, at whose house a Tribune reporter saw him yester day afternoon. Mr. Morse was asked it it was true as reported that lie had bought stock in the Knickerbocker Ice Company recently hold by the heirs of Kugeno Conkiin, and if he now held a controlling interest iu that company. Mr. Morse replied that he himself did not hold a controlling interest, but ad mitted that, with seme of his friends, he did have virtual oontrol of the Knicker bocker Ice Company. When askod if any of the other officers of tho Consolidated Ice Company held stock in tho Knicker bocker Company, Mr. Morse said they did, and he finally said that some of these officers were the “friends” he had re ferred to. He deolined to say how many shares in the Kuiokerbooker Ice Company lie and his friends held, but declared that the purchase of shares of that company bad not been effected “very recentlr, Economize, One and a half teaspoonfuls Horsfoiis Baking Powder. gives better results La .11 two full tea spoonfuls of any other. TRY IT.

1 1. 11 -inr! iiMniii n and. that lie had held stook in the com pany for a year. Mr. Morse added that the Knickerbock er Ice Company would probably oontinue to exist aud to do buslnoss as it had dont it heretofore, and with the same officers. When asked if he and his friends were able now to control the leading companies and ilx the price of joe, Mr. Morse re plied that “there are other companies in the business, you know He said that he did not know of any reason why the prico of ica should he higher during the next summer season than it has been. Beyond this last evening he declined to say anything for publication. POLAND SPRINGS Paper Piled In a Very Important Equity Suit. The papers in a very important equity suit wore filed with Clerk Hanson of the supreme court at Auburn Thursday after noon. It is an outgrowth of the troufde of a yonr ago between the Portland and Kumford Halls railway aud Messrs. Hiram Ricker Sons of Poland Spring. The bill in equity is brought by Hiram Rioker Sons against the railroad com pany to restrain them from the use of the words “Poland Spring” and Poland Spring Junction In connection with the stations on their road. The bill, in substance, recites that valua ble property is owned by the Rickeis at Poland Springs, the faot that for upwards of 30 years a private hotel and now two ho®ls of great value, have been located on the 401 acres tract, besides the spring whose wator for 30 years has had great medioinal and commercial value, and whose names of “Poland Spring^, Water,” “Poland Water,” “Natural Spring i Water,” South Poland, Maine have been valuable trademarks. The great tract of land is known all over the United States as Poland Spring. All the great railroads and steamboat lines for ten years have b. en in the habit of using j coupon tiokets stamped “Poland Spring” or “Poland Springs” designating the plaintiff’s property aud contracting to carry passengers to it, and the travelling 1 public lias been in the habit of purchas ing said tiokets with the understanding that the contract for transportation termi nnteu at earn property and not elsewhere. 1 The plaintiff says that for many years a stage line has been operated through outotha year from its proporty to Dan ville Jnnotion on the lineiof the Maine Central and Grand Trunk railways, re ceiving from sueh companies all passen gers holding tickets to Poland Spring, and that said coupons have been received by it in payment for transportation on said stage line, and it has assisted in building a stage road from Danville Junction to “Poland Spring,” of great value in counecion with tho hotel and spring water privileges. The plaintiff says the defendant corpor ation has constructed a single track rail road from Mechunio Palls to a point on the line of the Maine Central and has erected at a point about two miles from the petitioner’s hotel property a station and has named it “Poland Spring”. There is no house, shops or settlement at or near said station requiring the exis tence of said station or any inhabitants whose convenience would he served there by. Said railroad company has laid out and fitted up several acres in the vicinity of said station as a picnic ground. That at the junction of its road with the Maine Central a station hns been erected oaiied “Poland Spring Junotion.” The plain tiff says that in its time tables and ad vertisements defendant represents and holds out to the publio that its railroad runs directly to plaintiff’s pioperty, and although showing and advertising that other points are to be reached from its railroad only by stage connections, it does not show or in any measure indi cate that Poland Spring can only be reached from tho station called “Poland Spring” by carriage or other conveyance, and the public has been and still is liable to be deceived and misled thereby ar.d the petitioner is thereby peculiarly and directly injured in its properties there by. The plaintiff says tbat defendant hns contracted with the Maine Central and Boston Maino to sell to persons apply ingjtojiheir stations tickets with ooupons thereon stamped “Poland Spring,” and that persons desiring to visit the plain tiff’s hotels are misled by the sale of such tickets, and supposing themselves to have contracted for transportation to the petitioner’s hotel property are actual ly transported to said defendant’s station. And tlie plaintiff alleges that if defend ant is allowed and permitted to use said name, “Poland Spring water” in desig nating the water coming from its spring may be lost or seriously imperilled; that water shipped from the defendants’ sta tion or its vioinlty may be marked with the name, “Poland Spring water,” and sold in competition with the water from the plaintiff’s spring under the same uosignation, no the deception or the public and the injury of the plaintiff. Whereupon the plaintiff prays the hon orable court to enjoin the defendant to desist and retrain from the use of the name “Poland SpriDg” or “Poland Springs,” or “Poland^Spring Junction,” or words of like or similar import upon their stations, tickets, coupons, circulars, advertisements and time-tables, and from in any way culling said stations or the locality in tbeir immediate vicinity by the names “Poland Spring,” “Poland Springs” or “Poland Springs Junction.” Attached to the bill is a map of the ter ritory covered by the bill and a copy of an advertisement of the Portland and Rum ford Falls railroad The court has crdored a hearing on the bill on Tuesday, Feb. 4, next. M. C. M. A. At the monthly meeting of the Me chanics’ Association Thursday evening, officer Frank Morrill of the police force and Myron K. Moore of Woodfords, were eleoted members, and two names were proposed for membership that have to lie over under the rules until next meet ing. Ml SCiaiAMSOBS._ j MISCELLANEOUS. 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Our usual Annual Sale of CVclf^A Overcoats, Ulsters, Reefers, v mw*©? a gUjtSi Trousers, Boys’ Clothing IS NOW IIST PROGRESS. We are engaged daily in marking down all the odds and ends and can assure our many patrons and the public the best value they ever saw in Good Reliable Clothing. special: we shall quote the lowest, absolutely the lowest prices. We make no mistake upon this point. Until further notice our store will be closed every eveniifg at 6 o’clock except Saturday. STANDARD CLOTHING CO., SS3 Middle Street. jauadtf J THE t NORTH AfERICAN I REVIEW 4» 1 has in preparation some features of extraor- X J dinary importance for 1896. Among these i? Tjs^eries^fjirHcles by the Rt. Hon. IW. E. Gladstone 1 “The Future Life,' j Begins in the January number, and to continue through the first half of the year. No contribution to American periodical literature approaching this in H importance and commanding interest has been made since the memorable |j debate on Free Trade and Protection in the North American Review between pH Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Blaine several years ago. NOW IS THE TIME TO SUBSCRIBE J T 50 cents a copy. $5.00 a year 'I0 ^inscriptions received and copies sold by Newsdealers and Booksellers everywhere The North American Review 3 East 14th Street, New York. DEEKING. The Scarborough Sunday Sohool Asso ciation by invitation of the Stroudwater Suutlay Sohool, held their meeting irr Qulmby hall, Stroudwater, yesterday af ternoon and ovening. The attendance at both session was good and rauoh in terest was manifested. Dr. Merrill of Portland was unavoidably absent and Rev. Gowan C. Wilson of Woodfords at tended in his place. Rev. J. L. Hoyle was also absent. The following was the programme of the meetings: 2.00 p. m.— Song service, led by Mrs. Walter. J?iokett. 2.15— Responsive reading of the 23d Psalm, led by the President; Prayer by Rev. George L. Mason; (Address of wei oome by Deacon Jones of Stroudwater; Response by the President, George H. Booth by Reading of the Reoords; Ap pointing of Committee and other busi ness Report of Delegates. 3.00— Singing; Questions and Discus sions on last quarter’s lessons singing Address by Rev. Gowan C. Wilson. 4.00— Collection Primary Work in the Sunday School, by Mrs. W. J. Knowlton Singing. 5.00— Basket Supper. 0.45—Social Service ltd by J. W. John son. 7.15— Temperance Work in the Sunday School, by Mrs. L.M. N. Stevens. 7.45—Elements of a Good Character, by Mrs. N. M. Mason. 7.65—Musio in the Sunday Sohool: Singing. 8.05—How to create an interest in the Sunday School, by Rev. E. W. Wost. 8 15—How to maintain un interest in the Sunday school, by Rev. E. C. Har mon. 8.25—Pastor’s Work in the Sunday hv .TnainVi S Snmv 8.35—Bible Study by Rev. G.L. Mason; oolleotion unfinished business; singing. 9.00—Benediction, Gowan C. Wilson. The following are the offioers of the association for the ensuing year: President—George H. Boothby. Vico President—Rov. George L. Mason. Secretary—J. W. Johnson. Treasurer—A. Scott Jones. Other members of the Exeoutive com mittee—Granville MoKenney, Josiah S. Snow, Win. E. Strout, Rev. J. L. Hoyle, Benjamin Goodier. The Westbrook Electrio Light Compa ny have placed a 35 candle power light in the new hose house ut Deering Cen tre and a regular house light of 16 candle power in the hose house at East Deeriug. Col. John M. Adams is making ex tensive improvements in the double house on Pearl street, oooupied by Messrs. Frank B. Moody and Fred V. Matthews. Last evening Roefeamaoook Tribo, I.|0. R. M., No. 32, raisod the elected offices for the ensuing year to their respective stumps and oonferrod the adoption de gree upon several candidates I Hose 3 held their monthly meeting last evening. The Ladies’ Cirole of Oakdale met yes terday afternoon with Mrs. Howard Leighton of William street. The Deering Loan and Building Asso ciation held their monthly meeting this evening. Mr. James Mitohell, the oontraotor, who is building the shore line railroad, has been visiting his home on Falmouth street, Oakdale. City Marshal St. John is in Boston. Lorenzo F. Dyer was drawn as a travergejjuror Wednesday evening. Mr. John Stevens, olerk for Frank B. Moody, is confined at home with a severe attack of pneumonia. The Stroudwater Dramatic Club are rehearsing a now play wliloh they will givo soon. Mr. L. B. Chapman of Bradley’s Cor ner, has recently returned from a 9 weeks’ business trip in Now York and adjoin ing states. Mr. Chapman handles large numbers of Christmas trees and othor shrubbery. The gentlemen of All Souls’ ohurch gave a flne supper and pleasing entertain ment in the vestry last evening. Friday morning at about 10 o’clock, a well-dressed and good-appearing middle aged man fell in a foot on Forest'ave nue, near the ball grounds. The Univer sal laundry team happened to be passing and the driver did what he could for the man. __ THE MUNICIPAL COURT,' i BEFORE JUDGE ROBINSON. Friday—Thaddeus B. Hawley. Selling cigarettes to minor under age of sixteen years; probable cause founo; bail $100. Samuel R. Seeley. Obstructing the track of the Portland Railroad company; probabie eauso found; bail $200. John Doyle. Intoxication; fined $3 and costs. Cicily Alonahan, Alinuie O. Burt, Catherine Chambrey. Intoxication; Chambrey thirty days in the county jail; Alonahan and Burt each *o and one-half cost. _ I Pirat Spiritual Society. At the annual meeting of the First Spiritual Society, the following officers were elected: President—Aire. Francis E. Ward. Vice President—John 1C. Weeks. Clerk—H. C. Berry. Treasurer—Orrin Dunlap. Directors—E. .T. Weeks, W. E. Bradish, Corbiu Smith, Airs. 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573 Congress St. STEVENS JONES GO., are located temporarily at store 222 twiddle St., under Falmouth Hotel. janldtl i Two Stores W ith But a Single Aim—to Please." There is nothing a well 5 ordered family values more highly than The Family Doctor..... f Equally necessary is a J careful, accurate, pains taking, reasonable priced Family Druggist,. 5 and tbat Is just what we 5 aim to be. Ask your doctor as to the reputation ol the CIMMONS HAMMONn U PHARMACIES, U 1 Congress St.. Congress St., i’ Cor. Green. Cor. Vaughan. n HAVING OPENED AN INSURANCE OFFICE AT 48 Exchange Street, I am prepared to furnish lirst class Fire insur ance at lowest rates. JOHN L. COREY. Portland Me.. Jan. 1st. 1895. jaol-lw Floricla through Washington, Richmond and Charleston via.: Atlantic Coast Line 2 Trains Daily S Rou.t ol the celebrated ‘New Yoik and Florida Special.” Excursion tickets to all important Points. Jbonson, N. E. Agt., 300 Washington St. Bos ton. dec7dlmo WOOD MANTELS and TILING. Largest and finest stock, low est Prices. W. A. AL L E N, oct5_Foot of Preble Street. dtf Annual Meeting Notiee. The proprietors of Union Wharf Corpora tion are hereby notified that their annual meeting will be held at the office of the wharfinger on Tuesday the seventh day oi January, 1896, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to act on the following articles, viz.: First--To choose a president. Second--To choose a clerk and othei officers for the ensuing year. Third—To act on any business that maj legally come before them. NATHAN D. ROBERTS, Clerk. Portland, December 31, 1895. dec30d8t Portland National Bank. rjHHE annual meeting of the stockholders a. of the Portland National Bank of Port rid, for the election of directors tor the uing year and the transaction of any •.tier hcsine.'M that way legally be pre oeiiied, will he held at their banking house on Tuesday, the 14th day of January, 1896 at 10 o clock A. M. CHARLES G. ALLEN, Cashier. Portland, December 6, 1895. docUdtd

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COAL BUNKERS BURST. Listed the Tug and Ripped Out the Bits. Tug and Three Barges Bode Out the Fear ful Storm of Monday Night—A Narrow Escape and a Night of Terror. Captain David Arey of the barge Ex celsior, now unloading coal at tho wharf of A. R. Wright Co., tells a thrilling story of their experience in the big gale of last Monday night. The Excelsior was one of three barges towed by a big ocean tug. They were off Gloucester when the storm camo on early Monday evening. They tried to make Gloucester harbor but the captain of the tug was not sure of his course in the dark and storm, and after they had got well in he became so fearful that they would get ashore and he wreoked, that he turned about and put out to sea, resolving to ride out the gale. The sea was so rough and the tug was so tossed about that her coal bunkers on one side burst open and let out the coal. This gave the tug a sudden luroh and brought such a strain on the great bits in the stern to which the tow was made fast, that they were actually ripped out. The barges were not allowed to go adrift how ever, because the rope was secured in time and made fast to the mast of the tug. In this predicament with tho tug heavily listed to one side they rode out the terrible night, expeotiug, Captain Arey says, that they might founder at any moment. The heavily laden barges were buried iu the huge waves all the time and if they had been the hulks of old sailing vessels instead of new stout barges, they would surely have suc cumbed. They drifted before the storm and tho next morning made Salem harbor. Here one of the barges was left and the two others were towed into Portland, reach ing here Wednesday evening. The other barge was for Randall McAllister. Sheriff Plummer’s Beport, annual report to the county commission ers. The following statistics are given: Number of prisoners November 30, 1894, 127; number of prisoners November 30, 1895, 143; number of prisoners in 1895 for this county, 123; number of prisoners in 1895 for other counties, 17; number of prisoners in 1895 for United States, 3; number of prisoners committed during the year, 2178; number of prisoners com mitted for this oounty, 1990; number of prisoners committed for other counties, 97; number of prisoners committed for United Stat“s, 91; number of prisoners committed for drunkenness, 874; number of prisoners committed for selling liquor, 36; number of prisoners committed for non-payment of fines, 605; number of prisoners committed for safe keeping for police, no record made, 446; number of males committed, 1979; numbar of females oommittsd, 199; number of poor debtors, 23; number of tramps, 42; num ber of foreign birth, 768; number escaped, 2; number retaken, 1; prisoners under 15 years of age, 15; between 15 and 21 years. .rSf-nr.inber committed for one *111011 th, 419; number committed for two months, 146; number committed for three months, 83; number committed for six months, 29; number committed for nine months, 2; number committed for one year, 6; number committed for two years, 6; number committed to state prison, 9; number of deaths during the year, 1; price of board of prisoners at work, $2.50; pri ce of board of prisoners not at work, SI.75; average number in worskhop, 101. A Surprise Party, Thursday evening the friends of Miss Mae Lucas to the number of about fifty, tendered her a surprise party at her father’s residence on|| Brighton street, l^f>«rinrr Mrs T nnac nml Viap ninr>u Alicia Ida G8ge, recejved, assisted by Miss Grace N. Wood. After the guests had all arrived they were invited to the large dining room whore Miss Nellie West in behalf of those present gracefully pre sented Miss Lucas with a beautiful ring, set In pearls and rubies, to which Miss Lucas, though almost overcome with surprise, happily and in well chosen words responded. After tho evening had been pleasantly spent in various games, a most sumptuous collation was served by Mrs. Lucas, and a corps of young ladies. Mr. Tom Flaherty added much to the enjoy ment of the occasion by rendering several songs in his usually brilliant manner, and also read a selection from the Laly of Lyons. Mr. Peter Lapping also reoited in a very artistic manner The Face on tho Barroom Floor. After tendering Mrs Lucas a vote of thanks for tho pleasant way in which they had been entertained the company neparted at 10.45 on tho electrics for home. School for the Deaf. Tbo new dormitory of the Portland 80I100I for the Deaf will be open to the public today from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. All who are interested in the sohool are cordially invited to call and see the new home for the deaf children. Miss Sweet of the Hartford school, has sent two beautiful piotures handsomely framed as a New Year’s present to the Portland School. They have been hung in the girls’ sitting room, where they are ad mired by all who see them and in par ticular by the children SEELEY BOU ND OVER The Motorneer's Story of the Hackman’s Conduct. The case of Samuel R. Seeley, the hack driver charged with obstructing the electric cars oame up in the Municipal court yesterday morning. His counsel Dennis Meaher,Esq., waived examination and Seeley was bound over in the sum of $200. The story of the oase against Seeley as stated by the motorneer and officer Cous ons is as follows: Wednesday at about 5 p. m. as an elec eleotric car was coming down Congress street, Seeley drove his hack in front of the oar at a point about opposite Neal street He kept one wheel inside the rail and kept in front of and delayed the car as far down as Green street at whioh point he deliberately turned and drove square across the traok so that the motorneer just avoided a collision by prompt work and by being on the lookout. The ear stoped within two feet of the hack. Seeley drove baok and forth aoross the track and then drove down Congress street, walking the horses. In this way the pro cession went as far as Monument Square. The motorneer urged Seeley to get out of the way and Seeley told the motorneer to go to a certain remote region, generally supposed to be under earth somewhere. Officer Cousens was in the car in citi zen’s dress, ho being off duty. Seeley stopped his horses in Monument Square and brought the car to a standstill. Officer Cousens came out on the platform and told Seeley to get; out of tho way. Seeley told the officer that it was none of bis business and requested him to ac company the motorneer to the abovemon tioned remote region. At that Officer Cousens jumped over the gate of the ear and rushed for Seeley, who whipped up his homes and drove off. Manager Newman says that the rail road company has no complaint to make of drivers of the American Express teams, and that any reports to the oon irary are uut true. MUSIC AND DRAMA, Katherine Rober, There will bo but two more perform ances by the Katherine Rober Co., this afternoon when “Pert” will be the bill, and this evening when “Our Kitty” will be given. Yesterday at the matinee “Ranoh 10,” and in the evening “East Lynne” formed the entertainment afford ed to the two great audiences whinh, as usual, applauded and encored, aud called the curtain. '1 he band played finely and the specialties were received with the usual favor. Kellar, The entertainment Kellar gives is both unique and brilliant, lacking in none of, the qualities that please and mystify the great public, old aud young alike. He has invented and produced a very great number of acts requiring the utmost in genuity of touch in their handling. His paraphernalia is very extensive and in cludes for the present year several hun dred pieces of baggage. He presents all his new inventions at City Hall, Jan. 14tb in the Stockbridge course. Tickets uow on sale at Stock bridge’s. Half fare on the railroads. In Old Kentucky. The second performance of “In Old Kentucky” drew another good audience to City Hall last night, and the applause was as vigorous as on the previous night. All the great features of the en tertainment gave great pleasure, espeoial )y the dauoing and the beys’ band. Stoddard Lectures. The announcement of the return to this oity of John L. Stoddard to begin another season ol his illustrated lectures which have now suoh a claim to permanency si l t- _ 1.1 „l. :i j i.i_ who first enjoyed them, cannot be regard ed otherwise than an important occur rence of the woek to come. Following a custom which has become time honored with him, Mr. Stoddard has prepared himself for the leotures of this season by further observation and study in Europe, whenco he has but lately returned. One of bis most enjoyed resting places was in and about Naples, and it is to his exper iences there that^he invites attention in the opening lecture of the course, to be given on Monday evening next, at City Hall. It is unnecessary to state that the lecture will be finely and fully illustrat ed. The course then begun will be con tinued on four suooessive;Mondays. The sale of course tickets will continue only through today and those who are wise will seoure them at once. The Forester's Drama. The Foresters of Portland are making extensive preparations for an elaborate production of the popular play, “The Colleen Bawn,” at Portland theatre on the evenings of the 6th and 7th of Febru ary. An excellent cast has been selected to produce this well known drama and Indications point to a gieat dramatic success. Notes. Mies Safford’s reading pleased her Guil ford audience very much. Her selections were good and rendered in a manner to elict the most hearty applause "and she received an encore at each appearance. J.he violin playing by Miss Webb was superb, and highly appreciated by the au dience and tney showed their appreciation by an enoore after each nllraber Prof. Grimmer, the well known and muoh liked musician, has been quite ill for the past few days. He had a severe hemorrhage Wednesday night, but was considerable easier yesterday. “Shore Aores” wiil bo at Portland theatre Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 13 and 14. WILDBORO IDENTIFIED. He Has Been Drinkiug Hard for Some Ti e. William B. Coombs, proprietor of the International house of this city, went to Biddeford yesterday noon and identified George Wildboro, who was captured in Joseph L. Small’s residence last night, and was supposed to be a professional house thief. Wildboro has been boarding for two years at the international house which he left Monday and had not been heard from since. He was an Englishman and has been cook on a fishing vessel. Mrs. Coombs says he was steady. It is said that Wildboro recently oame into possession of a legacy amounting to about |400, and since he got the money he has been drinking hard and has been mildly insane at times. Marine Notes. The State of Maine lay off Peaks island yesterday morning. She went out the previous night, but found it too rough and put back. She left on her deferred trip last evening. The St. Croix encountered vory rough weather and a heavy sea on her way from Eastport to Portland. What looked from here like a snow squall was a heavy wind. Ths big steamer came through all right and left an hour after making this port for Boston. The Labrador was at Halifax yesterday and will probably urrive here late this afternoon. A portion of the crew of the wreoked schooner Ellen Linooln, arrived here yesterday. It is understood that the sohooner was insured for *7,000. The disaster was duo to the faot that they wore running about 60 miles oil their course, aud when Captain Cook went be low he directed that he should be called at 10 o’clock, but was not oalled until two hours Inter just as she grounded. The latest reports indicate that she will be a total loss. The Gloucester schooner Edith M. Prior sailed pt 8 o’clock yesterday morning. Two of her crew overstayed time and when they reached Custom House wharf at 9 o’clock they found that their sohoon er was off the coast of Cape Elizabeth. They left on the afternoon train for Booth bay where they will probably lind the Prior. J. W. Trefethen reported the arrival of the schooner Unde Joe yesterday with 13 000 pounds of cod and haddoob. The schooner J. Nickerson had made, up to last evening, two attempts to get outside, but had been forced baok to her anchorage. The stone sloop Albert Baldwin, is here for harbor. Yesterday morning the observatory hoisted a signal “bark off the coast” and later changed it to a ship. The strangor came in until from the observatory men could be seen on her quarter deck ap parently trying to make out the coast. At last they were apparently satisfied, and the big ship beaded off shore again. The sohooner Amy, from Parrsboro, N. S., tor Calais, Me., is ashore at Campo bello. The crew is safe. The three masted schooner Jennie C. May, Captain St. John, of Portlandjfrom Baltimore for Bostou, with a cargo of coal, while rounding Cape Cod Wednes day night collided with the four-masted schooner Mary Manning, Captain Burr, from Salem for a coal port. The May had her bow stove in above the water line, and lost her bowsprit and all head gear. She anchored but after ward got under way and passed in. The Manning anohored ofCNauset, after the collision, but later put back toward Boston and signalled for a tug. Her how is orushed in above the water line, and her jib is gone, but otherwise she appears to be all right. Pants that are not Johnson’s, all wool; all prioes. A. F. Hill Co. Mr. Dyer’s Clearance Sdle. J. M. Dyer Co., will hold their annual clearance sale next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. All their remnants and odd lots will be sold uthalf price and less. Boswortli Post. The installation of the newly elected officers of Bosworth Post, G. A. R., whose names wore published at the time of the annual election, were installed with the usual ceremonies last evening. Adjutant Edward C. Milliken, the now commander, is probably one of, if not the youngest, veterans in Maine. He is also one of our brightest business men, and tills the .position of state pension agent. ,f William Davit, Mr. William Davis, son of Mr. John Davis, for many years agent of the Grand Trunk in this oity, died a his home in New York yesterday, from appendicitis, aged 22 years. Mr. Davis was a very promising young man and was studying for the priesthood. He is a brother of Mr. Eugene Davis the well known litterateur. Pure and Sure." j Baking Powder, Only rounded spoonfuls are required—not heaping spoonfuls. 1843-.1896. A Brilliant Ereut in Portland Odd Fellowship. Reception of the Grand Officers By Ligo. nla Lodge of Odd Fellows—Impressive Ceremonies Followed By a Banquet. Last evenlug the newly-elected officers of Ligonia;;Lodge of Odd Fellows were installed by the grand officers of the Grand Lodge of Maine. The following was the programme: Organ Voluntary. Prayer. Entranoe of the Grand Marshal. Announcement of the Grand Lodge of Maine. Musio, Shaw’s Quartette. Installation of Noble Grand. Noble Grand’s Ode. Installation of Vice Grand. Vioe Grand’s Ode. Installation of Secretaries. Installation of Treasurer. Installation of Appointive Offioers. Address of the Grand Master. Musio, Shuw’s Quartette. The following Grand offioers of the Grand Lodge were present: Grand Mas ter Clarence M. Watson, Grand Warden Geo. F. Stetson, Grand Seretary William F. Little, Grand Treasurer J. W. Steph enson, Grand Conductor D. Page Per kins, Grand Marshal Ira Hayes. The Grand Master installed the follow ing offioers-elect: Noble Grand—Walter H. Brown. Vice Grand—Nathan E. Redlon. Recording Secretary—Horatio K. Coles worthy. Permanent Seorelarv—Daniel F. Brooks. Treasurer—William'E. Carter. Warden—George 0. Jose. Conductor—Howard A. Fogg. Outside Guard—William H. Pettingill. Inside Guard—Melvin L. Mitchell. Supporters to the Noble Grand—Goorge W. Carter, Llewellyn N. Hapgcod. Supporters to Vioe Grand—James A. Martin, J. Frank Hovey. Scene Supporters—Arthur Miller, Bur ton R. McLaughlin. Chaplitin—Albert S. Mitchell The ceremony was performed by the Grand Master and thej^rand offioers, was very impressive, and the rltualloLthe or der was beautifully rendered. At the dose one before direoting the Grand Marshal to make proclamation that he had installed the offioers of the lodge, the Grand Master delivered a very able address of which the following is an ab The Grand Master said that he was especially gratified at the reports made by Ligonia Lodge, showing a continued interest in the work of the order, especi ally the duty of providing for the siok and needy members. He reminded the members of the order present that “it is by our deeds that we are known. It is said that this is a secret order, and that is true to the extent of knowing whether a man who applies for assistance is a member of our order, but our records are to a great extent open to the public and the work of the order is of the high est public interest. All Odd Fellows and many who are outside the order, are fully informed of what we are doing, booause of our published reports. “Odd Fellowship is no longer an ex periment. It has proved its right to live by its beneficent work, and we believe that it will live long after other organi zations of more show and pretense have passed away and are forgotton. Our his tory has largely been one of oonstant pro gress in the face of opposition, but the struggle is at an end. The enemies of the ordor have ceasod their opposition, and Odd Fellowship stands fixed as a fraternal and benevolent system and orga nization. It has met and it has exposed thejfaliaoy of the ohjectious made to it, and ministers of almost every Christian church are of its membership. “If Odd Fellowship leads to a reverence for God, and an aooeptanoe of a belief in the brotherhood of men, then no objec tion can be made against it by any Chris tian church. If an acceptance of its truth leads to loyalty to the flag, to good oiti zeuship, to a belief in the necessity of good government, and to personal obedi ence to the civil law, then surely no pa triot can object to it. If has never dosed its doors to any man because of race or oreed. “Not a single one of the teachings of Odd Fellowship is in oonflict with the unristian religion, nut tne order is round ed on the word of God. “Odd Fellowship is not a religion, but the liandmid of religion. It is not a church, hut t does a work it should be the glory of any church to do. If we follow the teachings of Odd Fellowship, if we lean on it in life, then at the hour of death there will be this regret and this only that the tie of brotherhood must be broken. Odd Fellowship has for 70 years been faithful to its work of benevolence, and wj may confidently hope and expctr that it will continue to be faithful to that work lor all time to come.” After the lodge olosod, a banquet was served. The following gentlemen acted as a oommittee of arrangements.: John E. Walker, James A. Martin, Nathan E. Redlon, Winfield S. Hovey, Walter S. Foss. Joseph S. Gilliatt, Howard A. Fogg. WON BY TEN PI NS. Good Piayiug Last Evening at the Tourna ment, of Clubs. At the bowling tournament at Stanley’s alleys last evening a very olose and excit ing game was bowled. The Tontines laced the Unions, the former winning by ten pins. Pins made the best total for the Tontines, making 277 pins, leading O’Rourke of the Union, who lead that team, by nine pins, his total being 26S pins. The Tontines bowl the Waverleys next Mom ay evening and an exoitlng game is ooktd lor. The score: TONTINE S. Pine, 89 80 103— 277 Util, 85 99 80— 264 Jurrier, 65 71 79— 215 1 i.'i dge, 88 96 8l— 263 /_ aite,86 72 75— 233 468 418 486-1252 UNIONS. -:__ O’Rourke, 99 90 79— 268 I.aithews, 73 68 91— 232 1 dcKinnon, 89 79 74— 240 larr, 18 82 82— 242 Oastman,79 100 81— 260 i U6 419 407—1242 EVERY FAMILY GHOULD KNOW THAT very remarkable remedy, both tor IN. VERNAL and EXTERNAL, use, and won. dcrtul m its quick action to relieve distress. Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Cramps, C holera, and all Bowel Complaints. Pain-Killer1^^ BESTrem. 57 111 JVJJIC7! edy known for 8ea Hicknens, Sick Headache, Pain in the Back or Side, Rheumatism and Neuralgia. Pain-Killer lft^rL%ni&$4 MADE. It brings speedy and permanent relief In all cases of Bruises, Cuts, Sprains, Severe Burns, Ac. PainwKMf'r 19 thB wel1 tr|etl ®nd Car1* tytlicr trusted friend of th« Mechanic, Farmer, Planter, Sailor, and in lact all classes wanting a medicine always at hand,and safe to use internally or externally with certainty of relief. IS RECOMMENDED By Physicians, by Missionaries, by Ministers, by Mechanics, by Nurses in Hospitals. BY EVERYBODY. Pa rn» If Mr*. 19 Medicine Cbest In It III liiiigf itself, and few vessels leave port without a supply of It. JBSfJN'o family can afford to be without this invaluable remedy in the house. Its price brings h within the reach of all, and it will annually save many times its cost in doctors' bills. Beware of imitations. Take none but the genuine "Pkssy Davis." LITERARY VALUE OF TH^ BIBLE. Mrs. Noah Burgess’s Valuable Paper Head Y esterday. Mrs. Noah Burgess, by request, read her valuable paper on “The Literary Value of the Bible,” at the First Parish house yesterday afternoon to a large and delighted audience. The paper was designed to emphasize for students the literary value of the Bible. Literature is that writing which applies to humanity in its universality. It has to do with man in his thoughts, his emotions, his human relations, and 1U ctllflillfl fllnf tltwnnnh Ifn l-wfl.... w <w fiuenoe, life may be nourished in its high er and purer elements. Its sign is culture, not special training, but the foundation for that. In the Bible writ ings are found the qualities of pure literature peroneal life and universal adaptation. Their key note is in every human breast; their ministry is wide as human life. Opening with the song of oreation in Genesis the paper passed to the story of Moses and his majestic career in comparison with Homer’s tale of Troy. A reference to the Psalms, that litera ture full of the vitalizing force of ex perience, beautiful in form with that parallelism, whioh is like the movement of nature where tone answers to tone, re flections sl.hw objects ami images, and the love of attraction and repulsion pervades the material and spiritual universe. Emphasis was laid upon the advantage that would bo gained injour schools could the technical study of the soieuoes be accompanied by lessons in Bible litera ture so wonderfully adapted to heighten and impress the subjeots studied. Sen tences from the Prophet Isaiah were given as instances not of ornamentation of literature but as literature In fullness of life and power, words pulsing with the life beat of a patriotic heart. The Book of Job was dwelt upon as a poem that touohed the universal heart of man. Its lyrio beauties were noticed, the ooplous fountain whence many modern poets have drawn. The writings of Paul were oited in general with special referonoe to the ele ments of his character so powerfully illustrated in his style, ending with the one ever living page on which he has traced in glowing word-picture his heaveDly vision of fairest earth-nliarity love. The paper closed with an appeal that our children might be led to love the beautiful stories, Doems and histories of the Bible with that affection which is given to cneir tavonte books, a Iriendsbip that is life-long and saored. And older students shall find hero the mountain heights of literature whence shall come power to move the heart and Inspire the soul, that shall strengthen, elevate, refine and oonseorato life. At the close of Mrs. Burgess's paper, which was received with great applause, there was some delightful singing by Miss Ripley, and piano playing by Miss King, and tea was served. MARRIAGE5. In Bath, Dec, 31, Everett W. Neal and Edna A. Savage. In Bath, Dec. 31, A. Wilson Drew of Newport News and May H. Nichols o£ Bath. In Bath, Jan. 1, Clarence F. Knowlton and Miss Emma McL Sawyer. In South Deer Isle. Dee. 21, Lyman Stiusou and Miss Cora Gott. In Bar Harbor, Dec. 28. James Kelley of Frankfort aad Miss Luella Carter of Eden. In Fhipsburg, Dec. 22, Floyd A. Wallace and Mrs. Aloxander J. i olfin. In Lisbon Falls, Dec. 24, Charles W. Buckley and Mrs, Addie H. Colby. In Stetson, Dec. 25, Fred George Sargent and Miss Maud Brown. In Greenwood, Dec. 25, Daniel E. Cole and Nettie B Swan. In Jefferson, Dec. 25, Abraham L. King of Wmtefield and Annie A. Little. In Tenants Harbor, Dee. 24, Aaron W. Mont in Hattie A. McNiel, both of St George. In Tenants Harbor. Dee. 24. Arthur Hunter ind Susie Wall. In Amherst. Dec. 25. Frank E. Clewlsy and Miss Addie H. Kneelanii. both of Clifton. In Harrington, Dec. 25, A. J. Merritt of Co umbiaaud Miss Fannie E. Sawyer of Addison. In East Steuben, Dec. 25. Capt. Arthur A. lament and Miss Fannie E. Marttu, both of Vllllhrldge. In East Machias, Dec. 25, Aubery Godfrey of Pleasantdale and Miss Emma G. Hall of East vfachias In Machias, Dec. 25. Fred Winslow llowker if Machias and Miss Mary Harmon Farrar of llielsea. DEAT rii. At Falmouth Foreside. Jan. 3, Marv, widow if the late Capt. Samuel York. Funeral on Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock 1 rom Her late residence. In this city, Jan. 3. Patrick Eiley. [Notice of funeral hereafter. In Chelsea. Maine. Jan. 2. William F. New lan. formerly of Falmouth. in Bath, Dec. 26. Charles A son of Mr and 1 -Irs. Win. I’. Dodge, aged 1 year, 1 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. SATURDAY"“ CIGAR SALE. UPMAN’S EXTRA 5 Only 3c, ■■■iihipmhhwmbhhb WHITE OWL PERFECTOS. 7c Each made by Straiton Storm. Regular price 10c straight. Prices this day only. Only lOO cigars to a customer. ftrEO, shaw co.. Congress Street. Our Grand JANUARY CLOAK SALE STILL CONTINUES. JANUARY MARK DOWN Means not only a loss of profit but in most cases cloaks are sold less than cost. $25.00 CLOAKS Means cloaks that have sold at $45.00,$40.00,35.00 and 30.00. $15.00 CLOAKS Means cloaks that have sold at $25.00. 22.00 and 20.00. $12.00 CLOAKS Means cloaks that have sold at $18.50, 17.50, 16.50. $10.00 CLOAKS Means cloaks that have sold at $15.00, 14.00, 13.50. $7.00 CLOAKS ilea us cloaks that havejsold at $12.50, 12.00, 10.50, 10.00. $5.00 CLOAKS Means cloaks that have sold at $9.50, 9.00, 8.50, 7.50. FUR CAPES. All rich choice goods bought exclusively for fine re tail trade and guranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. All greatly reduced in price. EXAMINE FUR CAPES at the following prices: $185.00 former price $225.00. 150.00 200.00. 100.00 150.00. 75.00 125.00. OUR $50.00, 40.00, 30.00, 85.00, 25.00, 20.00, 15.00, 10.00 at about 1-2 the early prices. SILK WAISTS. We |have sold about one-half thellot we advertised but still have a good assortment left, $7.50, 0.50, 5.00; your choice, 3.98. CHILDREN’S GRETCHENS. Examine the choice we give you for Saturday; $10.00 Gretchens for $5.00, etc. W, $,PARKER'CO, 522 514: Congress St. In Hath, Dec.. 26, Miss Frances A. Emery iged 74 years. In Phinsburg, Dec. 25, Mrs. Sarah A. Small, iged 66 years. In West Bath. Dec. 22, Mrs. Susan M. John ion, formerly of Bluelilll, aged 76 years. In Topsh.un, Dec. 30, Eugene Small, aged to years. In Litchfield, Dec. 7, Mrs. Melinda T. Smith. Iged 56 years. in Blddeford. Jan. 1, Frederick A., son of Mr. ind Mrs. Newell F. Graffam. aged 1 year. In Somesville, Jan. 2, Charles H. Benson, iged 60 years. In Bonny Eagle. Dec. 27, Capt. W. H. Sturgis, In Bonny Eagle, Dec. 25, Charles W. Lane, Iged 79 years. In Gardiner. Dec. 24, William H. Ellis, aged L6 years. In Woolwich, Dec. 31, Mrs. Caroline Keed, iged 81 years !u Brownville, Deo. 26, Mrs. Harriet J, Tufts, iged 87 years. in Strong, Jan. 26, Mrs. Naomia W. Stalling, iged 23 years. In Bangor, Jan. 29, Capt. Wm. Dean Chase, iged 81 years. In Bangor, Dec. 29, John F. Jordan, aged 12 years. The funeral of the late John Burke will take dace this Saturday afternoon at 2 o’clock, lerviees at the Cathedral of the Immaculate lonception at 2.30 o’clock. CLOAKS. Our mark down sale of Cloaks continues. Our assortment of Cloaks is good and if you want one you can buy it cheap now of us. I 2.00 Cloaks at $12.00 that were sold early at $20.00, $18.50, $18.00, $17.50, $16.00. $9.50 Cloaks at $9 50 that were formerly $16.00, $15.00, $14.00, $12.50. $7.00 Cloaks at $7.00 that we sold in November at $12.50, $12.00 and $10.00. $5.00 Cloaks at $5.00 that were $10.00, $8.50. $8.00, 57.50. Less Fur Capes at ridicu than ious prices. COSt. $50.00 Capes are $30.00 40.00 25.00 30.00 18.00 25.00 15.00 RED FIGURE SALE. Remember the days of our Annual red figure sale. Begins next Tuesday— continues Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Different departments each day. Remnants and odd lots at half price or less. Eastman Bros. Bancroft. THE SEELEY HARD RUBBER TRUSS-$1.00 THE AMERICAN SILVER =TRUSS^ Is Constructed on a PRINCIPLE Ceo. C. Frye, PHARMACIST, 320 Congress Street. the new York Elastic truss—7j cts. T.Xb&stt

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i BUY PURITY MALTINE BREAD, i I 1 S*dtt THE HUED SCOTT CASE. Owner of the Famous Slave Still Liv ing in Massachusetts. The Famous Decision that Startled the Country. There is still living in Springfield, Mass,, says the New York Times, a woman who, forty years ago, had a most intimate concern in what was perhaps the most oeiebrated legal contest that this country ever knew. This is Mrs. C. C. Chaffee, who was the owner of the slave, Dred Scott, the outcome of whose suit for freedom aroused so muoh excite ment throughout the country, and, with out doubt, hastened the opening of the civil war, Mrs. Chaffee, then Mrs. Dr. John Emerson, did not take an active part in the management of the case, and, indeed, the ownership of the slave is recorded in almost every history of the trial ns being another person’s, hut both in this and in several other points Mrs. Chaffee’s reminiscences bring out cor rections to the generally accepted ao oounts. That her story is true is shown by the faot that its details are corroborat ed by many of the older citizens of this place who are familiar with tho matter at the time it occurred, and also by the historical accounts themselves, which arc very apparently confusod by an in complete understanding of Mrs. Chaffee’s family relations. Mrs. Chaffee is of an old Virginia family, being born in September, 1815 in the Shenandoah Valley, where her father, Alexander Sandford, was a large iron manufacturer. In her family there were two brothers and five sisters, all of whom beoame prominent and prosperous in later life. Of the bothers, John K. A. Sandford built up a fortune in the American Fur Company, and later in the iron business, and Capt. Joseph Sand ford, who went into the navy, is now liv ing in retirement at Stamford, Ct. Be sides Mr. Chaffee, he is the only one of the family now alive. The five sisters were exceptionally handsome women, and all but one married army ofiioers, being luruwu into ineir companionship at Washington, where their father at one time held a good position. One 'married Gen. James Barnes, of this city, who be came prominent in the civil war as sec ond, Major John Clark, who died during the Mexican war from yellow fever; a third, Col. Henry Bainbridge; and a fcurth, Sam Ransom, of Albany. Mrs. Chaffee was first married in 1838 to Dr. John Emerson, a surgeon in the regular army, whom she met while visit ing her sister, Mrs. Clark, whose hus band was then stationed at E'ort Wichita, on the Red River. Dr. Emerson was the owner of Dred Scott, and when he died, in 1843, he left him and his famly, with all the rest of his property to his widow. There was one child by the marriage, a daughter, now Mrs. King, of Albany, and with her Mrs. Chaffee went to the home of her father, who was then living in St. Louis, and lived there until his death, about five years after that of Dr. Emerson. She then came on to live with her sister, Mrs. Barnes, ,in this city. Here in 1850, she married Dr. C. C. Chaffee and has lived here with him ever since. Though generally quite strong, consid ering her age, Mrs. Chaffee has been con fined pretty closely to the house in recent years on account of trouble with her eyes, whioh at one time rendered her nearly blind. She is a large woman, and in appearance oarries her age very well, her hair in particular being still comparative ly dark. She does not like, bowevor, to go over that part of her history which has to do with the famous trial, because at the time it oaused her considerable trouble and annoyance. Atliough not, strictly speaking, an abolitionist, her sympathies were largely with the slaves in their efforts to be free, and her fight against Dred Scott, which was really caused by an entirely different reason than a wish to "deprive him of his free dom, put her in an unfortunate position, especially as her second husband. Dr. Chaffee, wag at the time of the final de cision of the cose a Republican membei of Congress, and the fact that his wife was owner of the slave atti acted unfavor able notice. Immediately after the case had been decided in her favor Mrs. Chaffee showed her true attitude in the matter by freeing both Dred Scott and bis family. In fact, the detailed history of the case is fully as creditable, to say the least, to Mrs. Chaffee as to Scott, who was far from worthy of the National sympathy he reoeived, either as a person or as regards his motive for bringiug the suit, according to Mrs. Chaffee’s story. Dred Scott, as Mrs. Chaffee remem bers him, was a small,'and rather insig nificant looking darky of middle age at the time of the trial, having been born in 1810. He had no particular trade, but was a good personal servant and a very fair oook, and able to do the odds and ends of work whioh were expected of every negro. For the rest, he was appar ently just what is known by the express ion “an ordinary nigger.” He was shift less and careless to the last degree, and in addition he was fond of drink uud had a passion for gambling, the last be ing one of his most marked characteris tics. It was his love of gaming, in faot, which indirectly led to his purchase by Mr. Emerson. Scott was first owned by a Mr. Blow, of St. Louis, father of Con gressman Henry T. Blow, who became later the United States Minister to Brazil. His master was accustomed to lot him out to do various jobs arouud town, particularly for sawing wood. In this way Scott was accustomed to earn seventy-five cents a day, half of which he was allowed for himself, and half of whioh went to his master Very often, however, this plan failed, as the negro wonld get to gambling on the street and lose the whole sum. For this his master was aocustomed to ohain him up ia his cellar and whip him, apparenty with smnll effect. It was just after one of these floggings that Dr. Emerson, then a young physician practicing on his own account in St. Louis, happened to see the slave in the cellar, who begged him so piteously to buy him that he finally con sented, and paid Blow f400 for him. Ho did the act merely out of compassion for Soott, as he hold no other slaves, and had no particular need for one. Dr. Emerson employed Soott around his office until, in 1834, having been ap pointed as an army surgeon, he took him with him to Rock Island, 111., where he had been ordered. Although Soott had ample opportunity in going into this free country to leave his master, he took no advantage of it, though he evidently knew of his ohance.'and was, at one time in particular, urged to aocept it if he saw fit This speoial opportunity came about in this way: On being transferred to the allurements of military life, Dred did not show ony disposition to mend his ways, but, on the contrary, allowed himself more and more dissipation in the way of his favorite sin of gambling. To correct this disposition Dr. Emerson finally threatened that he would whip him after the next offense. Immediately after, Soott went out, and in one fell swoop lost his shotgun, his watoh and his suit of olothes over the festive board. Compelled by the necessities of the case to tell his master, ho was told by the latter to pre pare for his flogging. “Dr. Emerson,” said the negro, “ef yo’ teoh me with that whip I’ll run away.” “All right,” said the doctor, “yon run,” and he proceeded with the ceremony. Then, taking the negro to the door, ho pointed aoioss the river and raid “There’s the State of 111 nois; just step across there and you’ll be frae. When the doctor went to dinner, Soott ay pjared as usual behind his chair. “I thought you were going to runaway,” said Dr. Emeisou, “Guess I know enough uot to run away from home,” replied Scott, and he mado no more threats of doing so. But Dr. Emerson did more than act as a kind master to Soott; he provded him with a wife, and both this wife and her child were included in Scott’s suit for freedom. This woman, known as Har riet, was the property of Major Taliaferro, who was stationed at Fort Snelling, on the west bank of the Mississippi, in the territory which has now become the State of Minnosota. Here Dr. Emerson was transferred in 1836, and took Dred Soott with him. The latter, on meeting Har riet, desired to marry her, and to satisfy him, Dr. Emerson bought the woman, although, still being a baohelor, he had no possible need of two slaves, and they were married. In 1838 there was a reduc tion in the number of staff officers in the army, and those at Fort Snelling draw ing lots to see who would remain in the service. Dr. Emerson got a blank and was compelled to leave. On the way down the liver a daughter, Eliza, was born to his slaves, while still north of the Missouri line, their only other child, Lizzie being born seven years later at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Dr. Emerson staid in St.Louis awhile after leaving the army, and then bought a large farm in Davenport, la., where he intended to settle, but after he had owned it but a short time, in December, 1843, he was taken suddenly 111 and died. The property was left entirely to the widow, and proved to be an ample one. Dred Scott, with his wife and ohild, were the only slaves, but there was considera ble real estate, including the [farm at Davenport and some forty aoies of land near St. Louis. The latter piece of prop erty has been built over by St. Louis, and if it had been held until today, would have been worth at least £2,000,OOC. The ostate was quickly settled up, however, aod both of these.holdings were sold, the only property retained being a town house iu Davenport, which Mrs. Chaffee held until within a tew years, and the slavosr These were taken by Mrs. Chaffee’s brother-in-law, Co). Bainbridge.and kept with him in his various stations on the frontier for some three or four years, wheu they returned to St. Louis. John F. A. Sandforu, Mrs. Chaffee’s brother, was tho executor of the ostate, and it was in this oapacity that he acted as defen uant in Soott b suit, ami not, as is gener ally stated in tlie histories, as Soott’s owner. On the negro’s return to St. Louis he was iiraotically his own master. In fact, Mrs. Chaffee, determining, on the death of her father, to go East to live with her sister, and considering that it would be impossible to bring the slaves with her into Massachusetts, told Scott that the only thing she asked of him was that he take oare of the wife and family well. Scott supported himself by odd jobs around the oity, and it was due to one of his employers that Ills suit was brought. This man was a young lawyer, around whose office Soott did some work, and who, on hearing the history of Soott’s life, thought he saw a chance of making a paying client out of him. The suit for Scott’s freedom was accord ingly brought in 1848, based on some tech nicality, but really to secure Soott’s freedom on the plea that when he had gone North of the Missouri line ho had become free, and to secure pay for. his services since that time. Soott had some $200 or $300 saved up, aud this, with the money alleged to be due for wages fourteen years, whioh would amount to some *1,700, appeared to offer the lawyer a sufficient reward for his services. The loss of Scott and his family would have be8n nothing to the estate, as they were praotioally alroady free, and tlioy would have undoubtedly been immediately freed legally, as they woro at the close of the trial, if it bad not been for the demand for back wages. Even then the ease wouid have probably been compromised in some manner if it had not been for a peculiar occurrence, whioh happened to take placo just before the suit wa« brought. This was the wholesale flight of all the negroes belong ing to the Chouteau family, into which John Sandford had married. In all seventeen escaped in one night and got over into Illinois, and from there to Canada, and the family was so angry over the matter that its members persuad ed Sandford to fight out the Scott case till the last. Accordingly, Sandford took up the matter on his own account, in a measure, and carried it on, Mrs. Chaffee not knowing muoh about it, and indeed, supposing it all sttled at the time when it first began to attract attention by its appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Sandford, being a wealthy and generous man, paid, himself, all the costs of the suit in the lower courts, and so, naturally, oame to be written down as the owner of the slave. The case went against the estate in the local Court at St. Louis, previous decis ions in the Mississippi Courts having been that a slave was feed by being taken into a tree State. It was appealed to the Supreme Court, where, after being lost sight of for a long time, it was taken up in 1852 and the decision of the lower Court reversed. Scott's lawyer then ap pealed to the United States Circuit Court, which was given jurisdiction by the fact that the plaintiff and defendant were residents of different States. When it came up here the State Supreme Court was again sustained. By this time the Importance of the case was coming to be recognized, and tlio interest began to be aroused which made it famous. It was argued in the Supreme Court at Wash ington in the December term of 1855, and again in the same term of 1856, the lawyers being Montgomery Blair and George T. Curtis for Scott, and Beverdy Johnson and Henry S. Geyer for the estate, none of these charging for their services. The decision of the Court, given just after the inauguration of Presi dent Buchanan in 1857, startled the North by asserting that a negro, free or slave, had no rights before the law, and by practically annulling the Missouri compromise, by asserting that a slave owner could take his slaves into any part of the United States that he pleased. A small suit started to make a little money ior a young lawyer had roused a country. But the lawyer got Bred Scott’s little savings, and immediately after the final decision, Scott received his freedom. Sinoe that time Mrs. Chaffee has heard but once of Bred Scott, and that was just after his death, which took piaoe at St. Louis some time during the war, when his widow wrote on, asking if she would let her come East and work for her. Mrs. Chaffee wrote back that she had no place for her, and since then she has heard nothing of the family. “WIRE’S BUSY, CALL AGAIN.’’ Reasons Why One Should Not Always Be lieve “Centra 1/* A New York Post Office official, in Philadelphia during the street oar strike, had oooasion to use the telephone on pressing business. He gave the bell a jingle, put the receiver to his ear aud said: “Give me number—In a hurry.” A plaintive hut somewhat metallio voioe from the unknown said in his ear: “Wire’s busy; call again.” He hung up the reoeiver and waited with what patience he oouid for a (.full minute. Then he tried again. “Hello, Central. Give me number

And the same werid voioe said: “Wire’s busy; call again.” Another wait of two minutes, which seemed a week. Surely he could get them this time. “Hello! Central. Number—must he through by this time Can’t you—” “Wire’s busy; oall again.” It was very strange, but it must be right. The telephone girl ought to know He sat down, took out his watch, trav eled with the second hand three times around the oirele, and then seized the telephone receiver. “Say, Central, don’t you think you could—’’ “Wire’s busy; oall again.” “What wire’s busy- Hadn’t you better wait till—” “Wire’s busy; call again” “It is, eh? Well, perhaps I don’t want— “Wire’s busy; oall again.” "Busy, your grandmother Say young woman, you—” “Wire’s busy call again.” “That girl’s gone daft.” Ho hung up the reoeiver with a smash that bent the hook. He would see if he oouldn’t get respect ful treatment. He went to another tele phone,oalled up tho superintendent of tho exchange and related his experience in tones that hardly needed an electric wire to carry them. Ho couldn’t see the tele phone man smile, but he heard him say “My Dear Sir—I am very sorry that you have been so troubled, and I oan’t explain to you iu detail, but, in short, you have been talking to a phonograph. You see, we have a phonograph device that we attach to a busy wire, which an swers the subscriber, and gives the opera tor more time to attend to her other duties. In your case she probably put the plug in and forgot to take it out. If you will come round to tho office I will be happy to explain it to you.” Manager Callahan, of the New York exchange says the phonographic ‘*busy” attachment Is yet in the experimental stage, and has not been adopted in New York. It originated in the Boston office, and is being used there andjln Philadel- i phia. When the; subscribers oall for a number the operator makes a “busy tost” by touching the brass plug at tho end of the oonneoting wire to the outer edge of the propor hole in the switoh board. If tho wire is “busy” this slight contract gives a warning “click-click” in the operator's ear, and tho full connection is not made, the operator replying to tho subscriber that tho wire is busy. If no warning is received by this test, the full connection is made. The phonogrE/hic device does away with the necessity of the operator replying to the subscriber. Khe sticks the plug into the phono graphic attachment, whioh at once says, “Wire’s busy; call again,” and continues to say it as long as the couneotion remains. This leaves the operator’s hand free to attend to other calls and connec tions, but she is supposed to take the plug out of tho phonograph after the lapse of about live seconds. I heartily raoommend Salvation Oil for neuralgia, for it acts like a charm. J. S. McCauley. fills N a— c- Balto. Md. STAR HUNTING BY CAMERA. Photographic Work of Harvard As tronomical Stations. Stars Invisible to the Largest Telescope Caught Oil Sensitive Plates—Discover; of a New Star—Prof. Pickering on As tronomical Needs and Possibilities. Particular attention has again been drawn to the work of the Harvard as tronomical observatory both by the dis covery of Nova (Jarinca, a new star in the consellaticn of Carina, and by tho ship ment of the magnificent Bruce photo graphic telescope to the astronomical station at Arequipa. During the last 2,000 years, from the beginning of the record by tho famous astronomer Hip parohus, the discoverer of tho first so called new star, B. C. 134, down to the presont day, only fifteen of this descrip tion have been noted, an average of less than one in a century. It is a triumph, therfore, for Harvard observatory to have made tho latest additon to this notable list, and, more even than this, to have won this credit twice in suocession. Be fore the coming into view of Nova Car inea, the last in line was Nova Normae, also the discovery|of the Harvard observa tory, made exactly two years earlier. These stars, technically new, are not permanent additions to the heavenly host. They come into being or into sight only to glow with intensifying radiance for a few weeks or months and then to fude away by dissolution into gaseous nebulae. The speoial interest attaching to these transitory beacons of the sky is in the material which they aiford to students for instructive analysis and comparison and the light whioh they cast on the formation of the universe and its laws. For the extension of this scientific in vestigation the Harvard observatory is today preeminently fitted. It is by no peculiar or unearned favor of fortune that this observatory is today in the forefront of discover y, but simply because of its unequalled completeness of equipment in asuruuuujicui stations, appliances, and observers. Its stations at Cambridge, Mass., and at Areqnipa, in Peru, on the slope of the Andes, afford a oomplete field of view of the heavens surrounding both the tiorthen and Southern hemispheres. This comprehensive range of survey is necessarily beyond the reach of any single station, no matter how advantageously situated or superbly equipped for obser vation. It has also at Arequipa the larg est refraoting telescope in use on the Southern hemisphere, at a point where the steadiness and clearness of the atmos phere are exceptionally favorable for as tronomical work. This instrument, a thirteen inch Boyden telesoope, is not of large size compared with the thirty-six inch Lick refractor or with many others north of the equator, but its observations are of great comparative value in view of the fact that there are so few telesoopes of even moderate power in the station south of the equator. The Harvard observatory has the dis tinguished honor of having been the first to undertake stellar photography and of having caried the undertaking to propor tions beyond any suggestion of rivalry. The first photographic image of a star was taken at the Cambridge observatory by Prof G P. Bond and J. A. Whipple on July 17, 1850. A daguerreotype plate j was used and only the brightest stars left a permanent image. A few years later the work was resumed with the use of the colodlon process and glass plates, and many excellent photographs were thus obtained. In 1872 Dr. Henry Draper was first to succeed in making a ^photograph showing the lines in the speotrura of a star, and with the aid ^of more sensitive plates and other improved appliances the observatory during the last ten years has made great progress in the art and in its collection of plates. In photographing the stnrs a set of lenses prepared for the purpose takes the place of the object glass in the telesoope, and by the attachment of a prism to the lenses photographs of the stellar spectra are obtained. It is through the photo ies of new stars have been made, for an examination of the exposed plates showeu a marked difference in the spectra whioh is apparent even to an untrained eye. With the use of the most sensitive plates the faintest stars visible to tbo eye through the telescope have been photo graphed, and, in the photographs of nebulae and the most distant stars, the astonishing result has been attained of tire reproduction of stars too faint to be seen by the most powerful telescopes. The area of sky covered by the plate usod by the Harvard observatory is 100 square degrees, and as the total area of the sky is about 40,000 square degrees, 400 plates are sufficient to map the entire «ky. Complete photographs of the hoavens havo been repeatedly made by the obser vatory, and individual stars and clusters and regions of the sky of speoial interest have been covered by elaborate series of plates of the utmost value to the student for the investigation of stsllar problems. The collection of plates now stored at Cambridge in a building constructed es pecially for the purpose, exceeds 50,000 in number, and tlie addition from year to year of about 7,000 plates is now going on. “A 34-inoh photographio telescope has been provided, and is now on the way to the station at Arequipa, he said “This powerful telescope, when erected in a position that is favorable for observation and photographic work, will be of much service in the determination of points now doubtful and generally in the exten sion of our knowledge of the stars visible from tbo Southern hemisphere. We have completed also and are now main taining a series of stations for meteorolo gical observation extending from M ;l!en do, at a point about 100 feet above sea level, to K1 Misti, on the summit of a mountain 13,200 feet high. The interven ing stations aro Santa Ana, 3,000 feet i above sea level; La Joya, 4,150 feet, Aroquipa, 8,060 feet; (Juzco, 11,000 feet; Alto de los Huesos, 13,390 foet, and Mount Blanc station on El Misti, 16,600 feet. “At the more elevated stations it is im practicable to keep observers continuous-* lj during the winter season, but this drawback has beeu obviated in part by the use of the meteorograph, an instru ment operated by clockwork and record ing automatically wind direction und velocity, pressure, temperature, and hum id i tv. 'The meteorograph at the Mont Blano station makes each record on a separate roll of paper, and the five rolls are operated by the samo clock, which will run eight months without rewind ing. The meteorograph on the summit of Eil Misti is in service at the highest elevation of any winter station in tho world. This instrument was designed and made especially for this station, and it will bo v*ry g atifylng to us if we suc ceed in making a continuous record at this and other sfcatons in face of the ap parent difficulties. “What are the most urgent needs of as tronomical research today?” “An increase in the number of observ ing stations south of the equator,” he re plied, “and an inoreaso in the power of the telescopes in these southern stations. It is a singular fact, and one not very creditable to the disorecion of cur astro nomical endowments, that the Northern hemisphere is so overloaded proportion ally with observatories. Of the eighty telescopes in use touay, with object glass es of twelve indies diameter or more, seventy-six are in stations north of the equator, and only four, or one-twentietli of tho whole number, in stations in the Southern hemisphere. Of this scanty proportion, too, not one has an object glass exceeding thirteen inches in diame ter, or, In other words, there is no re fracting telescope south of tho equator today of one-halt the size of our largest instruments in North American or European stations. When we consider the comparative novelty and possibilitiei. of the southern field of observation it i.| really vexing to see endowment after en dowment going into the erection of now northern observatories or additional tele scopes when the Southern hemisphere is so destitute. “There Is a misplaced looal pride, too, on the part of well-meaning contributors which insists blindly on the erection of an observatory as if it were a local monument or attraction. Tho atmos phere of any large city is inevitably clouded and unsatisfactory for an astron omical station, and the essential freedom from jarring cannot possibly be secured within cily limits. Moreover, the Intro duction of eleotric lights, brilliant and desirable as they are for city service, is found to inteforo seriously with the ob servation of faint objects, such as comets, nebulae, and zodiacal phenomena. In truth, the ideal place for the location of an observatory is in the heart of a great desert or on an isolated mountain peak, but these situations are doubtless less de sirable than city streets for advertising purposes, if observatories are to be erect ed chiefly as memorial tablets or for tho attraction of sightseera “What are the probabilities or possi bilities of marked advances in o ur scien tific Knowledge of the stars and planets?” “In photography as applied to astrono my the prinoipal advance to bo looked for is in the increase of sensitiveness of plates, but It is unfortunately true that oertain difliculies in the way of their use will inevitably inorease with the sensitive ness. The fogging of the plates on moon light nights is already so great that long exposure cannot be made with telesoopes of large angular aperture, and any marked inorease of sensitiveness will make it impossible to work to advantage in the vicinity of a large city on account of the illumination of the atmosphere by artifioial light. It will then be necss sary gto take the photographs in plaoes far from centres of population, and pre ferably at great elevations, whore the re flecting atmosphere is diminished in amount. “As to the nossihle enlargement hv this or other means of the number of stars known to us no approximate limit can bo fixed. It lias bren estimated that as many as 20,000,000 distinct stars will ap pear upon the planisphere of the visible heavens whon completed by tho photo graphic reproduction of all stars down to the fourteenth magnitude. In the inves tigation of the planets, the application of photographv is of comparatively slight service. This Is particularly illustrated in the contrasted views of Mars, obtained from a photographic plate and by the drawi ngs made from the telescopic obser vations of this piano' 'K the invisible and immeasura j e regions, beyond tho furthest reach of an\ ument known to us to-day wo on omy conjecture fiom tile heavers withi i onr range of view. It is sate to say, howi vji, that there is no evldenoo that we are approach ing a li rait in our knowledge of tbs ex tant of tho universe.” unfortunate Cod-liver oil suggests consumption, which is al most unfortunate. Its best use is before you fear consumption; when you begin to get thin, weak, run down then is the pru dent time to begin to take care, and the best way to take care is to supply the system with needed fat and strength. Scott’s Emulsion of cod-liver oil, with hypo phosphites, will bring back plumpness to those who nave lost it, and make strength where raw cod liver oil would be a burden. _ substitute only imitates the original. Scott Bownk, Chsmists, K-3w York. *oc. and (i.oo

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VV pain. On ly a song, yet it fills my soul with a flood of mem o ries mine, Long years have passed, but that lit tie song is heard on a di3 tant ~t m ty~t fay y y *4—*■-#• —i—T'yyy y y y yyy it y 4#^, ^-ar^ Eg^gr::7~> sweet. Of an hum ble cot in a lone ly spot, On a strand. And the voice so dear I. loved to hear, Sings now I*!* fttttt 4* J A^-r-J-J-f-‘MF-f-XJpl--0 ;_&—Ef=|=R=B^^E^S^^SE ''T -i^==^=^=* ,-LyjLuf TALK ABOUT ANIMALS. 'Wonderful Occurences Narrated by Our Exchanges. Jerd Beane Tells How He Killed a Tiger Iii Florida. “Well,” said Jerd Beane, one of the oldest pioneers of Sumter oounty,—as reported lu a letter to the New York Times,—“that escaped tiger story ain’t onposserble. Soon after the war a tiger raley did git loose frum er oircus, ’n’ they never did oapture ’im ergin. I was er boy, ’nd ruther hunt than eat my din ner any time. Hit was some’n ter hunt in these yere woods them days, when the swamps ’n’ sorubs was still onfath omed mysteries; when any tree might sorean er red Injun, ’n’ any bush harbor er varmint er reptyle. There was only us tree fam’lles in all South Flurdy. We was SO mile apart—but SO mile wa'n’t no thin’—’n’ it depended on us ter kill the tiger. Us boys run plump crazy ’n as our daddies wouldn’t let us go erlong we planned er hunt on our own eroount. We had some young dogs we’d ben trainin’ fer wll’ cats; we oould hit ary mark in the world, ’n’ there wa’n’t no scare in one of us. “We ergroed we’d hafter tree ’im fust, ’n’ then all shoot tol we brung *im down One says: ‘Why caint we smoke im down ergin with sulphur, like ol’ Cuba does when he steals chickens?’ That sounded as easy as rollin’ off er log; so we laid our plans that a way. The men had found out where the tiger was, ’n’ we knowed whioh-a-way ter go. We met one Sat’day in the woods, loaded down. Besides guns ’n' ^aramernition we had a bag er young puppies, sulphur, fat lightered splinters, ’n’ er sharp hatchet. TT i f. (DOO oil ur« doubted we’d git that tiger as easy as ruen. What we lacked in jedgment wo made up in girt ’n’biggity. We bad ol’ Sport erlong ter scare up the same. Jeemunotty I’ll never fergit that min ute when ol’Sport dashed back—keepin' outen danger, like the smart ol’ dog he was—’n’ the big, vygrous, striped thing bounded outen the thicket, jest stoppin’ long ernough to size us boys up, ’n’ make up his mind which’n of us he wanted fust. The consait was out of us in three seconds, ’n’ we felt erbut two years old. “But he was er handsome varmint! I kin see his pictur’ now,as plain—as plain; head up, tall lashin’, eyes like halls of fire; ono paw hilt up, ready tor start, ‘n’ long, whito, griunin’ teeth, that, ef there’d ben nothin’ elst frightful erbout 'im, was enough ter send our hear ts into our throats. Scared as we was, we knowed it was too late ter run; that it was our lives er his’n, 'n' we didn’t intend—not much—that it should he ourn Our flue plans fell ter pieces; wer had ter watch out ’n’ tuko any advan tage we could. I throwed I'm er puppy, while the other beys kep’ the dogs off. Hit was er even chainoe whether he’d iake boy er puppy; but he decided on puppy, as it was throwed under his nose, t ted ‘Im puppies, ’a’ by the time he grabbed the last one we all had our heads ergin. 1 e all fired at onct. Every wound was mortal, only the shot our guns car ried was too light ter kill er great beast like that Instantly. H e made er spring. We sot the dogs, on, ’n’ drawed our knives. There was er fight. Ever' dog killed but ol' Sport, ’n’ ever* boy kivered with bites 'n' scratches. I wouldn't b’lieved a dyin’ thing could fight so. At laist I got er chance 'n' buried my hatohet in his brains. He fell, ’n’ never moved a muscle afterwards.'J The Bear Took Possession. Among the bear stories with which the New York Sun entertains its readers is one of an unusual sort from San Bernar dino county, California. In a wild part of the county lives Win. Hamilton, who keeps a honey bee ranch, and ekes out a living by working in a canyon mine a few miles away. One forenoon Mrs. Hamilton had been hoeing in the potato field, and returned to the house to get dinner. On entering she was startled by the sight of a bear walking about the kitchen. She ran out to the woodpile, got the axe, and hurrying back to the house, met the bear coming out. At sight of her he retreated to the kitoheu, and then, finding himself cornered, turned upon the woman, and with one blow of his paw knocked the axe from her hand. Now it was the woman’s turn to re treat, and. shutting the door behind her, she started after her husband. Meanwhile Mrs. David, a neighbor, liv ing in an opposite direction, had set out for the Hamilton farm with a quart bowl to borrow vinegar. As she reaohed the house, and was passing the sitting room, __ r ...i. .._j *».Bh»w«vu iwiuusi uuc oi Her senses by seeing a bear’s head protruding from the half open window. She threw the bowl at his head, and started back homeward as fast as she oould run. There she found her sixteen-year-old son, to whom she oommunioated the startiirg news that there was a huge bear in the Hamilton house, and that ho had undoubtedly killed and eaten Mrs. Ham ilton. Otherwise why had nothing been seen or heard of that good woman? John ridiculed the story of oourse, but seized his gun, and, followed by his mother, hastened to the Hamilton plaoo. Onoe there he looked in at the window. No benr was to be seen. He entered tho kitchen. There was no bear there. The cellar door stood open, and tho boy started down tho step3. In another mom ont he heard a snort, and out of the darkness came the bear. l’ue startled boy dropped h is gun, ran up tho steps, and out of the house slam ming the kitchen door between himself and the bear. The woman ran homeward, and her son in the opposite direction. Ho soon mot Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton and a work ingman who had a rifle. The party ap proached the house cautiously, hut on peeping in at the windows could find no sign of the intruder. Then they went inside, and with a lamp the two men proceeded to examine the oellar. Still no sign of the bear. The whole house was searched in vain. The bear, they concluded, must have squeezed himself through the sitting room window. Just then shouts were heard outside. Mrs. David had come back with her hus band, and had discovered the bear poking his head out of the ohimney-top. He had now drawn it in again, but when a bundle of straw was lighted on the hearth, he was speedily obliged to scramble out, and the rifle soon made an end of him. He weighed, so the story goes, almost four hundred pounds. PLANT INHABITANTS. Curious Ideas About Possible People on Other Planets. It is common to hear people speak of the possibility of the planets being in habited, and the discussion of the ques tion often brings out some curious ideas concerning the supposed planetary beings, says the St. Louis Repubiio. The major ity of people never imagine that it is pos sible^that thegreat worlds which we know only as shining points of light oan be peopled by other than creatures resemb ling the highest type of animal life on this globe. Such persons, although they may be able to tell you the exact weight of the earth in tons, pounds and ounces; the minimum and maximum temperature o f the surfaoe of the sun at different seasons, and the exact day upon which the moon beoomes an arid waste, never stop to think what would be the effect on stature of persons living on suoh gigantio worlds as some of the stars are known to be. Tlie dark planet whioh accompanies the giant star Algal is known to be more than 1,000,000 times larger than this eartu, ouv us u«nsuy is so sngnt Mac it is only about 50,000 times heavier than our globe. You are now thinking that the inhabitants of this monster planet must be at least 5,000,000 feet in height (if they are constructed upon such a plan as the woild upon which they reside) but such is probably not the oase. The density of the planet would have a great deal to do when it came to a question of size and weight. Figuring with density nnd size both as a basis, Vogel came to the conclusion that the averge man on Algal’s companion world would be £4% feet in height and weigh between 700 and 800 pounds. Arnold and Metternich both figured from the same data, adding that of the intensity of gravity and gave a string of “corrected calculations” in proof of the assertion that a man on that planet would never grow to exceed fifteen inches in heigliifbut would spread out over quarter of an acre of ground Who She Was. A good baby story is told of a neighbor meeting a little one in the street and say ing: “Good morning, my little dear. I never can tell you and your sister apart. Which of the twins are you?” And the little one made answer, “I’m the one what’s out walfcin.”—London Tit Bits. MANY NEW GREYHOUNDS. The Atla ntic Pack Will Receive Val uable Additions. New Steamships Built to Carry Both People and Freieht. The transatlantic) season of 1896 will see more new ocean liners in service than any year in the history of the transatlan tic steamship business, says the New York Sun. The announcement by the Ham burg-Amerioan line of the building of the mammoth twin-sorew freight and passenger steamer Pennsylvania has Caused the managers of oompeting lines to give some details regarding the en largement of their ocean fleets It has just developed that the Hamburg- Ameri can line has under construction, in ad dition to the Pennsylvania, five other twin-sorew vessels, all of whioh will be delivered during the season of 1896{ Three of them are being built by Harland Wolff of Belfast, and the other three at the Yarrow yards of the Palmer Ship building Company. When these steamers are in commission the company will dis pose of its slower and smaller vessols. The North German-Lloyd Company has given the oontraots for six new twin sorew steamers of the latest type. Two of these steamers are to be for their New York and Southampton express service, and they will be capable of attaining a speed of twenty knots an hour. The Vulcan Shipbuilding Company at Stettin has the oontract for one of those vessels, and the Sohiohan Shipbuilding Company at Dantzig and Elblug has the contraot for the other express steamer. These vessels will be 600 feet long and 66 feet beam. The other four vessels will eaoh be 636 feet loug, and will have a beam o f i’anh ThflV will hn.T70 a ar>nnA teen knots, being built especially for freight. They will, however, have ac commodations for 200 first-class and about 1,500 steerage passengers. The North German-Lloyd people are also preparing to increase the speed of their steamers not in commission. The Trave is being extensively overhauled, and when she is again placed in service she will have new boilers and engines which are expected to increase her speed to eighteen knots an hour. The prome nade deck will also be provided with a protective deck, and other improvements will be made whioh will make herasoom fortuble as any of the modern twin-screw steamers. The Compagnie Generals Transatlan tique, or French line, contemplates in creasing its fleet. At present they have only one twin-screw steamer, I.a Tour aine. The directors are discussing the wisdom of building two more twin-scrow vessels,' larger and faster than the Touraine. Mr. A. Forget., the general agent in this oountry, who returned from Europe last September, soys that the building of the vessels is still under ad visement. It is thought that the com pany will soon give out contracts for, the two ships. The conservative Netherlands-American, Steam Navigation Company also proposes to put new and modern steamers in its fleet. It has already contracted for an 8,000-ton twin-screw steamer, which will accommodate 200 first class, 150 second olass, and a large number of steerage pas sengers. So far only the companies running to Continental ports have announced the building of new steamers. The Cunard, White Star, and Amerioan lines say that they have no intention of giving out any contracts for next soason. Another sig nificant feature is that most of the new ocean greyhounds are being built in Eng lish shipyards. It is said that the Ger man shipyards are so orowded with work that most of thorn have enough to keep them occupied until the end of the season of 1897. This made it necessary for them to forego bidding on some of the German Vessels that are being built in English yards. Then again the British lines are not adding to their fleets, and as a result the ship builders in England are not overcrowded with orders. The polioy of all the transatlantic lines, as outlined in their building operations, is to construct vessels with a view of car rying large quantities of freight instead of building exclusively passenger ships. One of the agents, in speaking of this, said: ‘Self-preservation causes this. The big twenty-one knot passenger Ilyins, such as the Lucania and Campania, have demon strated that they are not profit earners. All their spaoe is utilized in accommoda tion for passengers. It requires a small fortune to run these vessels, and unless on eaoh trip.they are filled with passen gers they are run at great sacrifice. They can carry little or no oargo, and depend -uuo UUS1UUSR exclusiely. As a result a good portion of the year these vessels aro laid up simply because it does not pay to run them. Future transatlantic vessels will be buil with a view of getting the freight busi ness as well as the passenger trade. The experience of the Cunard line with their liuoania and Campania has demonstrated truth of this. For financial reasons solely it will be some time before two suoh steamers are again built.” Combating a Fool Notion. “There never was a bigger fool notion in this world,” said young Fullback, pull ing on his padded trousers, “than this idea that football is a dangerous game. These reports about boys getting hurt,” be continued, adjusting his shin guards and fastoning them on securely, “are half the time exaggerations, and half tho time they are made out of whole cloth. A fellow simply can’t got injured in a game,” he proceeded, stuffing a quantity of wadding about his hip bones and around his shoul dors and chest, “unless he just wants to injure himself and does it on purpose. Now, I’ve been in a dozen games this year”—here he strapped his ear guards round Ills head—“and with tho exception of a black eye now and then, and one or two fingers dislocated, or something like that, I haven’t had the slightest injury.” Hero the young man put on his nose guard and mouth protector, and shortly afterward went forth to engage in a harm less little game of football. Chicago Tribune, MINING IN THE ALPS. In Pliny’s Day tlie Law Fixed the Number of Gold Diggers. Mines Which are Operated To-day—The Mad Parish Priest. No new country Is oomplete without a gold mine; but perhaps it is not gener ally known that In this respect even the eternal Alps are up to date, writes a correspondent of the Westminster Gazette. Pliny says the gold mines of the Monte Rosa were so largely exploited in his day that a law was made forbidding the em ployment of more than 5,000 men in them at any one time. Apparently they have never laid idle since Roman times. A few months ago there were 800 miners at work at Maougnaga, and there maybe more now. Two other gold mines are being actively worked, each being with in two or three hours’ tramp Irom Al gana. Maougnaga is eight hours away ftom one of these; the other is perhaps eleven hours off. (In this district of no roads, alias bridle paths and startlingly rapid inolines, no matter whero you find yourself, you are always at least eight hours from the nearest place.) Tlie explanation universally offered here for increasing mining activity—so difficult to reconcile with the present in flow of African and Australian gold—is the recent improvement in gold mining machinery. But some of the mines near the sonroe of the Sesia are worked on very primitive principles. The gold-bear ing stone is brought out of the galleries, chopped, as if for macadamizing roads, grouna, by water power, between mill stones, and the resulting dust is made to give up its auriferous partioles iu “washing” by metoury. A subsequent process separates, l>y fresh chemical ac tion, the adhering gold from the mercury which oostly agent is then free to bo em ployed again in similar operations. Gold pyrites cun be seen in the stones ou any of the mountains hereabouts. They glitter, generally at considerable intervals, in the stone like little brass pin-points. I have picked up such stoues (described as“not rich.bntgoid-bearing”) in the Valley Vogna, whero the mines have long been abandoned as too poor to pay their working expenses. The Val Matalone shows the adits of many disused mines. To one of these a curious history attaobes. The parish priest was firmly persuaded that great fortunes lay in his mountain, and ho spent every penny of his patrimony in tunneling and so forth. When he had nothing left to give in wages he turned miner himself, devoting aii his spare time to haid subterranean toil. Honbtless there were occasional “finds” t.o keep up his hopes, but gold in any quantity was never brought to the surface, and the poor Paroco as last went mad. He died insane about nine years ago. Mining has more than the fascination of gambling. It recalls, strangely enough, the special delight of fox hunting—perhaps because of the spice of danger and “the glorious uncertainty” of both pursuits. mad priest is by no means the onlj mining monomaniao the stranger hears of in these parts. The utter wretchedness of the appear ance of the miners—closely associated as these men are with the precious metal— is very striking. They present all the signs of very low physioal health and ab jeot poverty. Most Italian beggars look better fed, better clad, less dirty, unheal thy and dejected than these underground toilers. Apparently their drudgery only lowers snd does not kill. An old man who chatted with me at the gallery’s mouth said he was 70 and had been a miner all his life. Miners are paid three times as muah as agricultural laborers in harvest time in this distriot; that is, the miner gets half a crown a day. He goes to the Mineria for ten hours, but is off duty for two hours of that time. Discipline is severe. A trifle lateness is often punished with dismissal. These men are j,oted for spendthrift and unruly habits, and are a good deal dreaded by their over-ground neighbors—often, like English oolliers, feasting riotously from pay day till their money is all spent. They declare that to squander 100 francs, when they have that sum. is the best way to make their hard life supportable; and there is a widespread belief that from time to time they rou6t have high living, or their hardships would kill them. A Lancashire Lad. He has in his veins a strong dash of fine Norse blood, which has saved him from the dour taciturnity, the brutal coarseness, the banality, which marks the pure blood ed Anglo. He is a good listener, a fair talk point which touches his personal interests. In politios, exoept where in a few speoiai cases he and his friends have been goaded Into Liberalism by crushing rents or an overbearing agent, he carries bis attach ment to Tory doctrines to the verge of bigotry, though neither he nor any ons else can give any logical reason why he should be a Tory at all. His ideas of publio duties and their per formance are those of two generations ago, that the ouo aim of every member of aDy public body should be to keep down tha rates. Ho is quite content with the distinc tion of possessing some of the worst roads in the county, will oppose tooth and nail a proposal to supply handkerchiefs to the workhouse children and regards allot ments, so soon as he has been brought to understand what the term means, as rldlo ulous. Hut, if he has his faults, he is not without some solid virtues of the old fash ioned kind. In their tastes and habits he and his wife are simple, industrious, pains taking, to an extraordinary degree. They dress as their grandparents dressed, the one in the knitted jacket and cordu roys, the other in the quaint sunbonnet and clean, print bodice, with short, blue gown, of half a century ago. They are gifted with an astonishing power of bat tling against adverse circumstances, and there is a masculine strain In the wife which enables her to carry on the farm aft er her husband’s death, often more suc cessfully than he did himself.—Macmil lau’s Magazine. May Now Find Better Ones. “Since my misfortunes In business It seems as If I had lost all my friends!” “Lucky fellow!”-—Detroit free Press.

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