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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-25
WIT AND WISDOM.

Wife "a widow newly married)- do you speak
French, Archibald?
Husband-Oh, yes.
Wife, wish you would occasionally address
me In that language. "1"'s 90
Husband-Why?
Wife-It will remind me of my first dear hus-
a woman who Is weak, nervous ana
sleepless, and who has cold hands and feet can
not feel and act like well person. Carter's Iron
Pills equalize the circulation, remove nervous
ness and give strength and rest
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-25
RAILROADS.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA

O"'aua after MONDAY, April 10, Iss9,
trains will run ms foil owsf
DEPARTURES,
sor Aueurn and Lew isaon, ITO and 900
a. ~. ana " 40 and 5.1b p. IN.
ref Gorhnn, 900 a. m. and / 80 and b.l6p.
Esr meane@I and CbiesRs. 900 q. m. ana
Yer Quebec, l.sop.m.
For Bnekaeid and Canton, 300 y. m and
l.30 p. m.
ARRIVAL.
kreDs Lewistsn and iAabDED. B.2B y. m
l2.lb, $40 and 6.37 and 6-45 p. IN.
From Gorham, 1875 am, IL. ! b ana 6.37 D. a..
From Chicage and MoufrenI. 1915 and
6.37 p. m.
FROM Quebee, 1915 D. m.
From Island Pond, (Mlxed) 1856 D. m
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars on night train and
rarlor cars on day train between Portland and
Montreal.
TECKET OFFHCEt
a5 Exchanges ST., and Dsuui Feet Of INDIA sssn.
Lowest fares from Portland, Yarmouth june
ton and Danville Junction as follows: To Chica-
go, S21.OO and $1,000 Detroit, s16.75 and
$1,000; Kansas City, s32.50 and s28.S5; 81.
Paul 80 and $500; st. Louis via. Detroit,
S25.CO and S21. st. Louis via. Chicago, s28bO
and S24.90; California, $3.50 and s63.75.
JOSEPH HICK5ON, Genera Manager.
VIM. EDGAR, GenL Pass Agent
J. STEPHENSON. supt.
Portland. April 20, 1889. apr20dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-25

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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-25
ISLAND STEAMERS.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Portland and BOOthbay Steamboat Co.
STEAMER ENTERPRISE.

ON and after April 80, 1889. steamer will leave
" Franklin Wharf, Portland, every Tuesday
and Saturday at 8 a. M, for Squirrel Island
Boothbay, Heron Island, SO. Bristol and East
Boothbay.
Every Thursday at 500 a. M, for Pemaquid
and all above landings.
Returning, will leave Boothbay every Monday
and Wednesday at 7.30 a. m, for Portland and
Intermediate Landings.
Win leave Pemaquid every Friday at a. M,
for Portland and intermediate Landings, arriving
In Portland at about p. m.
Connecting with Boston Boats at Portland.
Positively no freight received after 7.45 a. m.
at Portland on the day of sailing.
Freight received and delivered by II. p. knight,
ON the wharf.
apr29du ALFRED RACE, Manager.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-25
Brain above Body.

Brain above Body.
Parrott--I do believe that Algy Baboony's sole
object IN life Is to wear clothes.
Grafton-Oh no; he enjoys intellectual pleas
uIes keenly. You should see him after he has
worried a sixty days extension out Of his tailor.
Judge. '' '"'"''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01

New York is to have a woman,s press
club. In point of fact. it has one already.
The preliminary meeting at the house of
Mrs. Croly (Jennie june last Sunday, set
tied the matter beyond peradventure. Some
forty newspaper women-most of them
young women-answered the call. Mrs.
Croly herself has been newspaper writer
for a third of a century, and Grace Green
wood is another pioneer who helped the
younger people organize. Mrs. Mary
Mapes Dodge. Mrs. Eliza Archard Conner.
Gertrude Garrison, Fannie B. Merrill, Miss
Helen Watterson of the Euenino Sun.
Laura G. Holloway, and long list of 9th
ers are among the original members.
Boston has had women's press asso-
citation for some years, Washington has one
! and New Orleans one, and so have several
enterprising western cities. Next year there
is TO be a national convention of women 8
press clubs, and New York newspaper
women are anxious that their city should
be the place Of meeting. To bring about
this object, of course, they must have club
of their own. The body of newspaper
women in the city is constantly growing
larger, and the new club will be a sort of
| feminine edition of the Fellowcraft. where
all of the guild will seek relaxation and in
terchange of ideas. Newspaper women are
probably the most clubable of their sex.
and the project is hailed with considerable
enthusiasm.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
Remarkable Powers of Vision.

John Thomas Heslop, of Birmingham,
England, is lad whose powers of vision
are to be accounted among the marvellous.
He is known as "the living microscope" on
account of being able to see the most min
ute objects clearly defined. In 1878 or 1879
he was attacked with some battling eve
trouble, and came very near losing his
sight forever. After the disease had reached
its worst there was an instant aud startling
change for the better. When his sight re-
turned it was with extraordinary increased
powers of vision. To John Thomas the
most minute plant louise was as large as a
rabbit, and the mosquitoes bill as large as
an ak handle. He could see and describe
distant minute objects with startling
clearness and precision. He was amazingly
shocked upon repairing to the we'll to get a
draught to see the immense number of
hideous creatures that were floating, fight
ing. and wriggling about in the water.
From that day to this water has never
passed the lips Of John Thomas Heslop; his
drinks consist wholly of coffee, tea and
milk, thoroughly boiled. The doctors say
that the entire organization of the eye has
undergone a structural change; that the
cornea has become abnormally enlarged,
and that the crystalline lens have divided
into three different disks or circles, each
circle surrounded by another of light blue.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01

starting new magazine for a publisher,
but he fell seriously Ill and the pro-
1ect was abandoned When her
venture with GOdeys proved disastrous
she had serious thoughts of living abroad
t-wheFe l1cr alive work was offered her and
where she would be the center of a delight
full English-American colony. But the
fortnightly. which has proved the channel
| into which her energies are to be directed
Is an original venture, it is a new thing
| among publications, and has a field of its
own. Mrs. Croly means it to voice
the new literary departure of wo-
men who have gained through their
| associative life in clubs a wonderful
mental development in the last twenty
years. 1t is paper for the woman's club
and much of its matter will deal with such
phases Of literature and art as come I'D fire.
quently in club studies. II the CycLe sue
ceeds it will be made weekly at the end of
year. After years of writing to make the
kettle boil, Mrs. Croly is now realizing her
supreme desire to make good paper for
thinking women "If l satisfy my own
ideal and people won't buy it," she says, 81
shall not greatly care; but if do not make
good paper, then l shall feel that | have
failed" Mrs Haley, who acts as publisher,
Is an exceptionally clever business woman,
though she has no experience in this par
ticular line.
The latest fad at afternoons is for the
hostess and the ladies who pour tea to wear
each spoon as a brooch or belt CLASH.
Quaint apostle spoons and old English
Shapes are chosen. The next thing we hear
of may be the use of forks or table knives
to fasten up the hair. E.PH.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
-sPECIAL FEATURES
SUBURBAN RAILWAYS.
Coast Line Railroad

Thunderbolt. City Time. WEEK DAYS
Trains leave Savannah 7:15 and 10 AZ. & I.9n
and $50 p M. Leave Thunderbolt 6 and 81
NJ, 1890. 3:45. 545 p N.
Saturday nights last train out 7:15 Pm.
SUNDAYS leave Savannah g. 9. 10 and II.
NJ, 2, 3, 4, 8, 6 and Up. M Leave Thunder.
bolt 7:10 $50, $3.50 and 1880 A M, 1890. $50.
$3.50, 430, $50 and $50 n TraiDs for city leave
Bonaventure five minutes after leaving Thun-
derbolt.
Take Broughton street cars twenty (on min.
utes before leaving time of trains
A G. DRAKE Stunt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01

Magazines edited by women multiply.
The Woman's Cycle is meeting very fla
vorable reception. Jenny June says that
she started it partly because she was $50
tired OF writing fashions" For years she
has been trying to put into chat about dress
something that should be really practical
and helpful to women, something more than
the wearisome description of spring, sum
mer, autumn and winter styles" When
she left Demorest's she was on the point of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
Meats and Their Digestibility

From Halls Journal of Health
According to Payen, without their being
anything absolute In those qualities which
depend on the particular state of the diges-
tive organs of different individuals or on
idiosyncrasies, we may say in general that
meats are more easily digestible the less
strong their cohesion and the less their
hardness. We might thus establish between
them the following order, beginning with
the highest: Sea and river fish, fowl, game
crustaceans. lamb. veal, beef, mutton, wild
boar and pork.
In these categories are generally consid-
cred heavy and hard to digest, salmon,
cells, geese, ducks and some other water
birds as we'll as strongly smoked and sailed
meat
On the time required for the digestion of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
MEDICAL.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Swift's Specific has cured my little niece Of
white swelling of the worst type. More than
twenty pieces of bone came out of her leg She
was not able to walk for eight months, and was
on clutches year. The doctors advised ampu-
tation, but 1 refused, and put her on s. S. S.
She is now as well and playful as any child.
Mrs. ANNIE GEEsLING, Columbus, Ga.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co.. Drawer 3, Atlanta Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01

Miss Maria j. c. a Beckett, whose studio
is in the Sherwood building, is one of the
most interesting members of the artist
colony. Miss Beckett has a natural gift
for rifle shooting, and keeps her skill with
very little practice or none at ALL She is an
enthusiastic canoeist and camper also, and
though nowadays she is too much absorbed
in her art for recreation, can shoot rapid
in the Adirondacks like a hunter or veteran
guide. Few painters are more indie
fatigable. All through last winter she
arose early, went to church, break
tasted, and then painted without in
Permission till 6 O'clock dinner. re-
Stunning work afterward and remaining in
front of the easel until / or o'clock in the
morning. This winter she is obliged to in
termit somewhat Ter devotion, but can
hardly be coaxed from her work while the
light remains. Her studio is simply
furnished. Turkish rugs, Persian en-
broiderieS and some quaint carved furui-
ture making an attractive room. Paintings
framed and unframed stand about on easels
and lean against the wall A wooded land
scape with rich dark coloring brings out
the story of a bear that Investigated the
artist while she was sketching in the
White mountains, and being satisfied
of her intentions, rubbed off great
mats of black hair against a tree
and walked away. The pine Treen
standing out against sea and sky recalls
another story. Miss Beckett had forgotten
where she sketched it, but riding in the cars
from Boston to Gloucester this summer she
surprised her fellow travellers by crying out
in sudden recognition, There's nv treep
as the train flashed by. An unfinished paint
ing is one in which Daubigny praised while
she was studying with him and which she
never touched afterward lest it should lose
that which had won his approval 1.-THE
Storm at Gloucester" Miss a-Becket con-
siders her best work and would go without
shoes before she would sell. And to 90
shoeless would be the supreme test for a
woman who, like Miss Won Hillern, is an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01

WIDOW named Poulaillon has just died at
Toulouse, who was born on March 2, 1888. In
July the project of the Haute Garonne and the
mayor Of Toulouse presented her with bou-
quet and some money as survivor of the revo-
luton.
SOME oNEI who devoted considerable time to
the investigation of the pursuits and amuse-
ments of distinguished men, has found out that
the late Prof. Asa Gray. who was probably the
greatest hotanist of his day, found much pleas
ure in catching mice. The old gentleman,
whose keenness of sight and mammal dexterity
was marvellous, would often crouch upon the
floor of his parlor and patiently watch for mice,
which he would seize with dexterity worthy
Of the most accomplished Maltese cat.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-01
N OrIO OIIIIO I0t1 lIII on
different kinds of food


The above is taken from Beaumont's Eek
periments on Digestion" Dalton comments
on these observations as follows: "These
results would not always be precisely the
same for different persons, since there are
variations in this respect according to age
and temperament Thus. in most instances,
mutton would probably be equally digesti-
BILE with beef, or perhaps more so; and
milk, which in some persons is easily di-
gested, in others is disposed of with con-
siderable difficulty. But as a general rule
the comparative digestibility of different
substances is no doubt correctly expressed
by the above list u
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1889-12-14
Tom Thumbs Widow.

Tom Thumbs widow, who will not
consent to exhibit herself at muse
ums now. passed through the city a
few days ago. Seated in an easy
chair, to reach the seat of which the
need of cricket was absolutely nee
essary, the diminutive lady extended
the hand of welcome, and, with a
smile, shook her head as her visitor
gave greeting to "Mrs. Charles STRAIT
ton" mo longer Mrs. Stratton,'
she said, 81 am now the Countess
Magri, and this is my husband, the
Count" The gentleman thus intro.
duced was q handsome little fellow,
whose years and whose inches are al
most the same, for the crown of his
head reaches only the level of an up.
right yard stick, and his age is but
80. Mrs. Stratton-Magri, If the
double appellation may be used, is
At years old now, and she stands q
head-that is to say, a lillipution
head-shorter than her husband.
1--WE were married only four years
ago." she said, "and / notice that
many people still find it hard to sepa-
rate my name from the Generals
He, poor man. passed away six years
ago. "-Boston Journal.
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The Wet Year.

Eighteen hundred and eighty nine
will go down into history as the wet
year. In the memory of the Oldest
Inhabitants as much rain has not fall
en- in any year of their lives as has
done up to the present writing. In
deed, two clear days together is a
rare sight. Dull, cloudy, rainy days
has been the general rules since last
January lst. The agricultural class.
cs have been set back in their opera
tions.-Corn was planted between
showers the wheat harvest was made
under like meteorological conditions,
the weather for blowing and wheat
seeding were uniformity the same
and corn husking is delayed by the
same kind of weather. Truly our
friends the farmers will long remem-
Der the year of 1889.
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IN SILENCE.

In the hush of the valley Of silence
/ dream all the songs that l sing;
And the music floats down the dim valley,
Till each finds word for wing,
That to hearts, like the dove of the deluge,
A message of peace they may bring.
But far on the deep there are pillows
That never shall break on the beach,
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And have had dreams in the valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen thoughts in the valley,
All me! how my spirit was stirred!
And they wear holy wells on their faces
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard;
They pass through the valley like virgins,
Too pure for the touch of word.
DO you ask me the place of the valley,
We hearts that are narrowed by care!
1t lieth afar between mountains,
And God and his angels are there;
One is the dark mountain of sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of prayer.
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The Weston Democrat gives some
very definite information as to the
time that the special session of the
legislature will convene, and also
what will be embraced in Acting
Governor Wilson's call. And yet
that gentleman tells the people that
he "has not even intimated" his in
tentions to any living man. If he
has not we certainly have some very
remarkable mind readers in West
Virginia. But, perhaps, in reality
he has nothing to do with the call
himself and the people who have pre-
pared it for him, and are debating
his course, have told some of their
friends what it contains. Anyhow,
it is safe to say that its contents will
not create any feeling of surprise
when it is made public Charleston
Star.
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Australia has a remarkable bo

Australia has a remarkable boy
named Mclean. His father was re-
Gently summoned to appear before
a Victoria provincial court for not
sending his child to school the re-
quired number of days. He came in
TO court with a colossal youth by his
side. This is the child, your honor,
he remarked, amidst much merri-
ment. "Good gracious ~ exclaimed
the magistrate, "what height is he 7"
"Six feet six inches," replied the
parent. "And what's his age +" Thir-
teen years and nine months" "Well,
said the magistrate. according to
his age be comes under the educa-
tional act, though not according to
his statute, SO l must impose a fine
Of five shillings." The boy is de-
scribed as we'll built, apparently
healthy, and giving every promise of
beating the record of modern giants.
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Facts About Meteorites.

From an exhaustive study of the
large COLI ction OF meteorites at Har-
ward College, the conclusion has been
arrived 1T, that many Of the masses
OF met -oric iron now known are clea-
wage rystals, broken off probably by
the impact Of the mass against the
atmosphere. 1t is found that these
masses show cleavings parallel to the
planes of all the three fundamental
forms of the isometric or regular sys-
TEN. From all that appears the the
DRY has come to be entertained that
the masses of meteorites were thrown
off from a sun among the fixed stars
and that they were slowly cooling
while revolving in zone of intense
heat Washington Star.
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The harsh, drastic purgatives, once
deemed so indispensable, have given
place to milder and more skilfully
prepared laxatives; hence the great
and growing demand for Ayers Pills.
Physicians everywhere recommend
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The church statistics which Super
intendent Porter proposes to incor-
porate in the coming census will be
curious and interesting. The figures
will give: Organizations or socie
ties; church edifices seating ca
pacity; value of church property !;
communicates. But they will not
give or attempt to give the ratio OF
church-goers among those put down
as communicates" neither will they
undertake to give the comparative
value of the service rendered by the
denomination respectfully in reform
ing the world. The figures on this
last point would indeed be valuable,
observes the Detroit Free Press.
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