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The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

Beans-Choce small N hand.plcked pea at
picked do l0@2 Is y bush; choice New York
large hand-picked at 90: small Vermont hard
picked at 2 40a2 80; choice Yellow Eyes at 90.
Jobbing prices 0c higher.
PonlIry-Fresh killed spring Chickens, Northern
and Eastern choice Is 916c; common co good 8
@l2c; Turkeys 1891uc; commonto good 149l6
fowls, choice at il@12c.
Potatoes We quote Houlton Hebrons at e8a
zoe y bush; Houlton Rose at --965c: Aroostook
Hebrons CSC do Rose 63965c.
Hay-Choice prime hay SIT 00@s18 90; fair to
good at $14 50@$16 90; Eastern fine s110S14;
poor to ordinary s9GS11 East swale at 8G$ 10;
Rye straw, choice, $16 009l7 90; Dat straw ssG
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
WIT AND WISDOM

Sure Thing.
"And so, Mr. Goodpeople, you love my daugh-
ter?"
"Yes, sir. And would like to marry her."
What guarantee can have that you actually
"wel. for one thing, that you are quoted in
bradstreet 8 as being worth 500, 000."-Nebras
woman who IS weak, nervous ana
eepless, and who has cold hands and eet can
not feel and act like well person. Carter's Iron
Pills equalize the circulation, remove nervous.
ness and give strength and rest.
Miss Steele tof Pittsburg)-So you have real
Chinaman for servant Is he efficient?
Miss Pharwhst (of San Francisco)-So-s He
IS dregdfully hard on di hes. But what can you
expect OF domestic that even talks broken
China?-Pittsburg Bulletin.
This is to give notice that all citizens troubled
with coughs or colds should procure bottle of
DR.. Bulbs Cough Syrup and take it at once.
Oficials Of the U s. Treasury, of the Baltimore
Custom House and Post ONCE indorse Salvation
Oil.
A woman, considered to be half witted was be.
ing leased by her neghbors about being an Id
maid.
"Oh, We see," she replied. "if had been as
easily pleased WI a mau as your mans been VII a
wife, might have been marrit fifty times owre'
Exchange.
a mans wife should always be the
same, especially to her husband, but If she is
weak and nervous, and uses Carter's Iron Pills,
sne cannot be, for they make her "feel like a
different person." SO they all say, and their hui
bands say so tool
Threshing the hay.
little boy saw his graz dfather threshing oats
with fail. IL was a curious sight to him When
he went into the house his grandmother said to
him: where is your grandfather"
'.Oh, he's out in the ba n spanking hay" was
the reply-Syracuse Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Something for the New Year.

The world renowned success of Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, and their continued popularity
for over third OF century as a stomach C, is
scarcely more wonderful than the welcome that
greets the annual appearance of Hostetter's Al
manac This valuable medical treatise is pub
lished by The Hostetter Company, Pittsburgh,
Pa, under their own immediate supervision, EN-
ployiDg 81 hands in that department. They are
running about Il mouths in the year on this
work, and the issue of same for 1890 will not be
less th m ten millions, printed in the English,
German, French, Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish,
Holland, Bohemian and Spanish languages Re-
fer 10 a copy of it for valuable and Interesting
reading concerning health, and numerous testi-
monials as TO the efficacy of hostetter's Stomach
Bitters amusement, varied information, astro
nomical calculations and chronological items, &c .,
which can be depended on for correctness The
Almanac for 1890 can be obtained free of cost,
from druggists and general country dealers In all
parts OF the country.
Mrs. Watts-Mr. Watts and make it a rule
lever TO quarrel before the children. If we have
shsr sIsument with each other we always send
tnem out of the ROOM
oh,idsar otts-l have often wondered why your
.ba gu were out the street so much more
'""" otner people's.-Terre Haute Express.
FOR DIsoRDERED LIVER try BEECHAM's
PILLS. -
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Chicago Cattle Markert.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20 1s89-The Cattle market
higher; beeves at 9oa5 IS; stockers and feed
ers o0@3 DO cows bulls and mixed 2092 80;
Texas cattle at 1 50@s75.
Hogs-receipts II 1000; shipments 5000; strong
and higher; mixed at 8 6003 65; heavy 3 50@
3 67b9 light at 5nd 3 10; skips at OO93 35.
Sheep receipts 5000; shipments 1000; best
tern cornfed 36a5 10: Texans at 50a4 20 /;
lau
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
For Bangor, Mar Hartor, 81 John, the
White meunfaizs, Montreal,
and the West.
On and after October 7ih 1883, Passenger trains
eaIs Portland as follows:

For Auburn and Lewiston, s.45 a. m, LIS
and $40 p. m. Lewiston via Brunswick
i RseEIa.d and K1o sOS as ana iaeols
wick, Bath, Gardner, saIiewell and
t11.2O 0. m. Farmingten viz Lswisten,
SAB. a. M, l.so p; m; Via BrunswIrs. 20
and oakland i.i5 ,. N. wsierSIiie Vi.
Lewiston at LIS p. M; via Augusta al $50,
1920 a. M, 1.2O, tll.20 p. m, and on
via LewIssos, LIS .. m; Wis xnsa.,a,
$50 q. m. and lao, t1i.2o p. m. Hanger via
Lewi.,en LIP P M; via Aags.ts at ESQ
at 7.2O am. Hanger and Piscaiaaai.
X. r., at $50 a; M, Il 20 ?. m. Ellsworth
and Bar H:rber, 1,2o and t11:ao P m.
HaIifmx and the Provinces, $50 a. M,
LIS, 1.20 and t11.2o pm. 50. stephen (Cai-
s sMl;.l LIP, lie ana 1 ld:z9 ?: m. ...,.
every night, Sundays included, but not 70 skow
hogan Monday mornings or to Belfast and Dex
ter or beyond Bangor sunday mornings.
WHITE MOUNTAINS LINE.
For Cumberland Mill. 8.46, 1880 a. M,
lilo and 6.16 p. M; for Rridgton at 8.45 a.
M, 1,15 P. m. For sebage Lake, Fryeburs,
Iets 6.45 a. m, LIS and els p. m. For
Crawfsrds. Fabyans. withheld and
Lunenburg. 80. Jshnsbary and IN entreaI
The s.l5 a. M m. tram runs through to Montreal
and connects for all points In Northern New
Hampshire, Vermont and the Pacific Coast The
6.15 p. m. train has Canadian Pacific sleeping
cars att Iched and connects via 500 Line for
Minneapolis, st. Paul and all points In the North
west.
Arrivals in Portland-From Augusta and Bath,
8.35 a. M; Lewiston, $40 a. m; Montreal, $50
a. IN. Cumberland Mills. 11.5o a. M; Farming
ton, SkOwhegan ann Lewiston, 1925 p. m. Ban
gor, Rockland, ETC., at 1880 p. M; Bartlett and
Brldgton, $50 a. m. 40 p. m; Waterville, Bath.
Augusta and Rockland, 5.25 D. m; st. John,
Vanceboro, Bar Harb0r and Bangor (FlylLg Van
keel, 5.35 p. m; Pennington and Lewiston, 6.48
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
PORTLAND & WORCESTER ukE
Portland & Rochester II. II.
STATION FOOT Of pREpLE STREET,.

On and after Monday, December ., 1859
Passenger Trains will Leave Portlands
Fer ~ orcesrer. Clinton, Aver Imnoaion.
Nashua, Windham and Epping at 5.30
a. and 1880 p.
Fer nl.nehc-ter, Concord, and points North
at 1850 p. m.
For Recbester, springvaIe, Alfred, Water.
bore and SAGE River at 1850 a. ma, l1.3O
and $50 p.
For Gorhs m at 80 and 10000 M, ~ 80,
800, $50 and $40 y. IN.
For saccarappa, Gum IBERIA nd W ills, West
brook Juncfisn and Wesdfsrd,s at J.3O
and 1900 n. M, 1880, 500, $50 and
$50 p. nm.
For Forest Avenue (Deering), gao y. m.
The 1870 p. nm. train from Portland connects
at Aver Junction with "Hoo-ae Tannel
Rsute.v for the West and at Union station,
Wos cesfer, for Providence and New Yorx,
via s.Providenco Line,o for Nerwich and
New Work, via Norwich Line" with Bostos
a. Albany B. u for the West, and New N erik
all rail, via Copyrighted, - also with n. ". a.
N. x. II. n, c'Steamer Maryland Route'O for
Phiiadeiphia, Haisimore, Washisgten and
the South.
Through Tickets to all points West and South
may be had Of s. II. HELLEN, Ticket Agent,
Portland.
Oct7dtf J.W. PETERS, SuDt.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
IA RINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.
MONDAY, Dec. %.

MONDAY, Dec %.
Arrived.
Steamship Eleanora. Bennett New York-pas-
sengers and mdSe to C0yle.
Sch Emma ADgell Trip, Norfolk-coal to
Me Cent RR.
Sch Abby Bursley, Joy, New York-coal to M
HaineS.
Sch Carrie Ware, Keene, New York--coal to
Randall & McAllster
Sch r Carson, (Br) Sweet, Boston fer st John.
Sch Howard Holder, (Br) Mobray, Boston for
st John, NIB.
Sch Alta, IBID Mclaughlin, Boston for st John.
Sch Aurora Boreais, (Br) McDade, Boston for
st John. NIB.
Sch Laurel. Strout, Lynn for Millbrdge.
Sch III Boynton, Lane. Rockport for New York
Sch Ripley, Robinson, ROckpOrt for Boston.
Sch VIC Pendleton, Webber. Damariscotta.
Sch Eastern Queen, Macomber. Boston-m0las.
ses to rwitchell, ChampliD & Co.
Sch j III Butler, Brown, Rockland for Boston.
Sch Lake, johnson, Rockland for Boston.
Sch Mary, from Mt Desert.
Sch George Willard shore fishing. Charles
Willard was lost by the capsizing of dory.
RETURNED-Sch Honest Abe, with her FORE
sail torn.
Cleared.
Barque John Marsh, Whittier, Mayaguez-
j II Hamen & Son.
Sch Ella NJ Storer, Simmons, Humacoa, PR
Geo Hunt s. Co.
Sch W G Pendleton. Weber, Damariscotta-J
III Blake.
Sch Lewis French. Over, Prospect Harbor-
j II Blake.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

SAN FRANCISCO-Ar 18th, ship wilma, Slater
MOBILE-Cld 21st, sch Lester A Lewis, Bur.
PENSGCOLA-Ar 21st, Darque Havana, Pow
ers. Havana.
Cid 2lst, sch Lizzie B Wiley, Feyler, Philadel
phia.
:, FERNANDINA-Ar goth, sch. Levi Hart, Giles
Barbados.
Cld 10th, barque Rabel. Sawyer, New York
sen 4 "a IDeWitt Perry, Curacao.
~, DAbplE,N r,Cd 2lst, sch Addie Z Smith, WHIT
New York. ""' "' WI '''''-
JACKS0NYILLE=Cl CID goth, sch j Wood
house, Pickett, New York.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

Ar at Fajardo. PR, 21st, sch Falmouth, Ross,
Portland.
Ar at Hons Kong Dec 21st, ship State of Maine,
Nckels, New York.
Ar at Melbourne Goth, ship Jere Thompson.
Avery. Pert Discovery.
Sid FIN Cardiff 10th inst, ship Grandee, Smith,
Monteyiueo; w StarDuck, Reynolds, Rio ia.
metro.
Ar at Buenos Ayers prev to 21st barque Edw o
Clark, Stahl, New York.
Sid I'm Rio Janeiro Dec 18th, brig Ned White,
Elwell, Barbados
Cid at Las Palmas Nov %. brig Telos, Coney,
MatanZaS.
Ar at Coatzacoalcos Dec 10th, sch Martinique,
Savage, Sabine Pass.
Sid 9th, sen E b Cornell, Wass, Sabine Pass.
Sid I'm Laguna Dec 18th, sch Isaiah X Stetson
Kent, New York.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Cotton Markets.

NEW YORK Dec %. 1ss9-The Cotton market
dull and unchanged; sales = hales; upands
ordinary TIC; good ordinary at 1896; low
mlddlng at 9A G; middling at l014c: Gulf ordina-
Toe, middling l0Hsc.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. z3, lss9.-Cotton market
steady middling 9ssc
SAvANNAH,Dec. 20. lSs9-Cotton market is
dull; mddling 8 9-16c.
CHARLESTON, Dec. %. 1892 Cotton market
inactive; middling 9ssc
MEMPHIS. Dec. 20, $780, Cotton market Is
quiet: middling at 1l-16c
MOBILE, Dec. % sSs.--The Cotton market
steady; middling at 8 g. &c.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

Sch Moses Eddy, at this port, was run into by
terryboat Cornelia II, and had her jiDboom car.
ried away.
Brig Screamer, Berry. at Boston from Pasca.
goula, reports nOrtherly winds on the passage.
Nov 20, the mate Edward Bogard, was lost over
board. He was native of Hamburg.
Sch Gertie Lewis, of Portland, while working
into B0Othbay 2lst, colided with steamer Penob'
scot and broke mainboom and had boat stove.
Sch Pemaquid, Wheeler, from Boston, arrived
at Boothbay 21st with loss of jibboom, having
been in collision with tbree.master.
Boothbay Dec 21-Sch WaldrOn Holmes, while
working up the harbor misstayed and went ashore
on Squirrel Island. She was hauled off next day
Providence, Dec 2l-Sch Flora Sawyer, Free.
thy grounded on Great Bed goth. while working
M the bay, but came off without damage.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
To the HarbOr Commissioners OF
POrflanhs
CONFERENCE.-The NOTICES.
DISSOLUTION OF CO.pARTNERSHIP

TT,HE partnership heretofore existing between
Il NC Foss, g. w. Baker and G. r; Nelson,
under the name of the Portland Heater Company,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent
M. G. FOSS,
C. w. BAKER,
G. r. NELSON.
Messrs. Foss & Baker will continue the bust
ness under the firm name of the Portland Heater
Company, at the old place, Is Free street.
dec12 diff
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

LIVERPOOL Dec. 20 The Cotton market
steady with fair demand; mlddling at 9-16d;
sales 10000 bales, speculaon and export 1000
bales receipts % 900 bales.
LIVERPOOL Dec. %. 1885, Quotations Win
ter at IS lodges 101sd; Spring wheat at rs 3d9
rs 31ad Club Wheat rs I'D. Oorn-mixed AmerT
can As Sd. Peas at 6s Gu. PROVISIONS. etc,-Pork -
54s Cd; Bacon at 32s. Cheese 53s Cd. Tallow
26s Cd. Lard 1913 Sd.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Boston stock Market.
New York STOCK and Money Marke,
(By telegraph

NEW YORK Dec. 20 l889.-Money has been
ranging from to per cent; last loan 9, closing
eper cent. Government bonds dull and firm. Rail
road nond quiet and steady, The stock market
prices again receded. Sugar touched 30 y after
raying TO 56ha. Othor changes entirely un-
worthy of notice. the market closing dull and
heavy. generally within slight fractions OF first
price,.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange aggre-
gated 1873 200 shares
The following are to-day's quotations of Govern.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

BOOTHBAY, Dec 22-Ar, schs Eidora. Roberts
Boston; Cynosure, Nckerson, do; Mary L ANS
den. Clark do for Calais; Cayenne, Simpson, do
Johnson do; Sarah Jane, Sawyer, do.
In port sch George w Jewett, McMown, from
Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Havana Market.
essroDsrn esarHets.

HAVANA. Dec. 23.-Sugar quiet; Saturday 1
700 bags Centrifugal. 81 degrees polarization, TO
Spain, sold at 9 43s4 gold " qtl,
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
DOCTOR prescribed Castoria I

Mrs. Nibbs--l am sh, cked Uu,io ro,as 20
near you use such awful language: p"sitiyeiv
shockedl think it's high time yo1r mo her took
you IN baud. 'A nv hel Uooh
Willie -Yes'm, she has. She told me this morn.
ing must stop 'sociating with your little how
cause ne was maxim me as bad as hsself3
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
PORTLAND WHOLESALE MARKET.

NOhI LAND DtCs lOI IoOus
There is nothing new to note in Breadstufs;
Flour is very dull, and dealers are only operating
to meet present wants, but millers continue firm
in their views and are asking full prices Sugars
are easy and 1sc lower at &c for granulated and
61ac for Extra G. The market for Poultry Is firm
with fair inquiry; the supply is small, and for
all fresh killed lots good prices are realized Tur-
keys are very scarce and have been retailing at
zoe, and everything points to still higher figures
today Tuesday; good Chickens are also in light
receipt; but few packages of Western Poultry
on the market. Choice Baldwin Apples are firm
er and receipts continue small No Is bring 8 %
in a jobbing way.
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
Grain, Provisions, &C.:
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
Railroad Receipts.

PORTLAND Dec. %. 1889.
Receipts by Maine Central Railroad-For Port
| land 76 cars miscellaneous merchandise; for con
Meeting roads 108 cars miscellaneous merchan
| disc.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

CITY OF PORTLAND, ME.


CITY OF PORTLAND, ME.
TO CONTRACTORS.
GEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
- Committee on Public Buildings at the Mayors
Office, City Building, until Friday. Dec 9th,
1889, at O'Clock p. M, for furnishing all
u aterial and performing all labor required for
land near Greeley Hospital according TO plans
and specifications which may be examined at the
City Clerks Office.
The Committee reserves the right to reject any
or all bids. Address proposals to
HOLMAN s. MELCHER,
Chairman of Com. on Public Buildings
Portland, Dec. 10th, 1889. dec20dtd
To the HarbOr Commissioners of
Portland:
TIME undersigned respectfully s0licits your
Il Board for permit to build pile wharf into
Back Cove from the premises No. Forest
Avenue, Deering, on the Northeasterly site of
Deering bridge. Respectfully yours,
JEROME L. WATSON.
Portland, Dec. 10, 1889.
On the foregoing petition it is ordered that
hearing be appointed for FRIDAY, Dec 9th
next at O'Clock p. m. on the premises mentioned
in the petition and that notice of the above
petition together with this our order thereon be
given by publication in the daily papers published
in Portland for seven days previous to the hearing
Signed
CHARLES MERRILL uorhor
G. H. FARLEY, Con,m;s nIoI
s. KELSEY, SoAiSSio"eis-
Portland, Dec. IS, 1882 dec2odtd
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
RAILROADs.


h9a s0 aortiand via G. 7. Railway, 8.46 a. m. and
anS az ~ hkTUkNING-LeaVe Canton 4.30
STAGE C0NNkCTIONs-DA w
Minot Tor Hebron Academy; Buckneid for w.
sumner ara turner. Canton fer Peru. Dixaeld
my1bdu L.. L.. LINCOLN Qunf
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24
BOSTON & MAINE r.. r.


Trains leave Portland. "Unlon Station" Rsa
Hsslen Tor Portland 100 $50 q. M, Loo
3.46 p. IN. For searbors Reach and Ptne
Peiai $50, 1926 q. m, $50, 5.16, 6.1e 7. IN.
s.46, 1925 a. M, 12.4O, $50, 5.15. Sis P. m.
hennebunk $50. 9.46 a. m, 12.40, $3.50, 6.15,
6.16 p. m. Wells Bench $50, 8.46 a. M, $50,
BIO p. m. North Berwick, DoveI, Great
Fall. $50 $40 am, 1240, $50 6.16 pm: hx-
8.46 q. m. 12.40, $50 p. m. Rochester, Rarm
lnzten, Alton Nay and Weifbors 6.46 q. m,
12.40, $50 p. m. Worcester (via Great Falls
and RochesterJ $50 a. m. Mnnehesaer and
Concord (vta So. Newmarket JunctiOn) sc
a. NJ, $50 p. m. (yia Lawrencej S.46 a. m.
Sunday Trains From Union Station.
For Boston and way stations. LOO and ais pm.
Eastern Division From Union STATEN.
Fer Boston (f3.00 a. m. daily, 1900 am.
sl.o0 and 1900 p. m. Returning leave BostoL
100 800 a. m, 12.30 p. m. (ss7 90 p. m. daily.
biddefcrd, Peri.meuth, Newbur{pert,
Amesbury 90 q. m, 6.00p p. m.
FROM COMMERCIAL STREET STATION
for Cape Eliza beth and searbsro Cro-sings
6.25, $40. 1020a. m, 1926, 1925, 6.65 pm.
Trains from Commercial Street Station connect
at scarboro Crossing with local and through trains
OF both Divisions.
connects with Ran Lines for New York South
and West.
Connects with Sound Lines for New York.
ssWest Division from North Berwick
All trains arriving at and departing from Union
Station run via Western Division between Scar.
borough Crossing and Portland.
Through Tickets toall points South and West
and ct Conan ercial sneet station.
J. T. FURBER Gen1 Manager, Boston.
ID. :. FLANDERS, ten. p. q r. A Boston.
NIL. WILLIAMS, Gent Agent, at Portland:
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

Nov %. lat 16 N, Ion 80 w, ship st James, from
New York for San Francisco
Dec Is. lat SO. Ion 70 So sch Maud SnaIe, from
New York for Savannah.
The Portland daily press., 1889-12-24

p TON DiSohDkRED LIVER try BEEcHAMs
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-29
French and English.

/ have often heard that the English
take their pleasures sadly. l am not
prepared TO say that | indorse this
opinion; but / can affirm that the
French have a wonderful capacity for
enjoying themselves. They know
how and when TO throw off conven.
tional restraints. Take the watering
places for example. Whatfne oppor,
tunities the English to throw
away there for enjoyment.
In French places Of the kind, all
holiday makers form but one big fam,
lily. as it were. The children play to-
gether without restraint. In tie even.
ing ''the children of a larger growth
meet at the Casino, where, by paying
IS a month, they can enjoy good mu,
sic, have the use Of the billiard rooms,
smoking rooms, reading rooms, etc.
and the entree of frequent balls and
soirees. All mix and all are happy.
/ have seen a~ristocratic ladies of the
most naughty type-persons who in
Paris or their country homes would
not think of associating with any one
outside their own class-put in an ap.
pearance at these Casino balls and
dance with the first conner who asks
them for a waltz or a polka.
These acquaintance are made fol
the pleasure Of the moment and do moi
last. No Frenchman takes advantage
of such an acquaintance to 60 and
call on the people he thus meets-nay
more, if he meets elsewhere a lady
with whom he has danced at the sea.
side he puts her completely at her ease
by not showing signs of recognizing
her, unless she herself makes advances,
If he behaved otherwise he would be
Immediately stamped as anil bred fell
low.
The Englishman who passes his
time in standing sentry at the door OF
his dignity is almost always bored "a
death at resorts. Ii he have a large
family all may 60 well, but imagine
al Englishman with a wife and 9
daughter at the sea. II a week Of
wet weather set in, poor fellow What
resources has he but the local library
On the beach he looks around, and
says to himself hat all the people look
decent enough, but there is no know
ing who they are at home. That man
over there looks Jolly; but, alas per
haps his grandfather kept a shop. II
is too horrible TO think of the risk one
may be running by making acquaint
ance with him. So John Bull retires
into his shelll-Max O'Rell.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-29

with the girls, Next day they took
smallpox, and he had TO nurse them
night and day, and by and by he was
glad to return to London and get Lu-
cretia off his hands by apprenticing
her TO a milliner on Ludgate hill. She
behaved well, and OH her marriage To
a substantial linen draper Day cheer
fully produced his promised dowry Of
$500. Poor Sabrina could by no means
qualify for Mr.. Day.
Against the sense of pain and dan
ger no discipline could fortify her.
When Day dropped melting sealing
wax on her arms she ilinched, and
when he fired pistols at her garments
she started and screamed. When he
told her secrets she divulged them. He
packed hcrolf 10 an ordinary boarding
school, kept her there for three years,
allowed her ESQ a year, and gave her
$500 on her marriage to n barrister,
and when she became a widow, with
two boys, he pensioned her with f3s
a year. In 17SS he married Miss
Mines, of Wakefield, a lady whose
opinions conceded with his own. He
was killed on Sept. %, 1888, by a kick
from a young horse, which he was
trying 10 train on a new METHOD
Scotsman.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-12-29
The King. the Egg and the Singer.

~ mug Inv Ikk hht u ohseh
In a sketch of the lifeo of his mother,
Nine. Rudersdorff, Richard Mansfield
relates the following:
mime. Rudersdortf soiourned dur
ing the early part Of her life, and, in
deed, before her appearance on the
stage, at the court of the famed Ouch
ess Sophia. of Baden, with whom she
was a great favorite. Ii was. indeed,
with the assistance and consent of the
Duchess Sophia that she was enabled
70 study under the great maestro, the
Chevalier MicherouX, the master of
Clara Novello, Catharine Hayes and
Pasta. Madame was in the habit Of
recounting many interesting anec
dotes in connection with her life at
the Baden court. Prince Napoleon
Plon Plon) was at thattime in Baden
Baden. and was much enamored Of
Mile. Rudersdorff. He went so far as
TO bring the regimental band 10 sere.
made her, and was ~incarcerated by the
duchess, who was a very severe disci-
plinarienne, for this breach Of marital
etiquette. Many years later Mime.
Rudersdorff and the prince met in
Paris when Napoleon Ill was OH the
throne. 'Ah,' said the prince, i re-
member you very we'll, madame, for
you had me locked up once
"The Duchess Sophia was a very
good housckceper. Some said she
practiced economy TO the extent Of par.
simOny. Certain it is that Miss Grey.
lille and Nine. Rudersdortf used TO beg
the champagne from the major domo
for the king of Wurtemberg on the
occasion Of his visit 70 the Baden
court. When her royal highness had
visitors, her favorite refreshment, in
the shape Of hard boiled egg in a Ia ste
de bouillon, was invariably handed
round. Not to partake of it was TO
incur the displeasure of the duchess,
When the bluff old king OF Wurtem-
berg arrived, the boulllon with the
egg made its appearance. IL required
practice 10 eat the egg with a spoon, it
was so very hard and SO very slippery.
The king could not manage it; it was
pitiable to see him driving the egg
round and round the bowl with his
spoon. Mile. Rudersdorff, who was
behind his chair, ventured TO advise
him. Your majesty must not do 1t
like that she whispered your maj
esty should thrust your spoon sudden
ly into the egg; it is no good shilly.
shallying with it, 'Danke schon,n
said his majesty, 'ach es list ia doch
gar zu schrecklichv Summoning up
all his courage, the king made a dive
at the egg, the spoon slipped and the
egg flew out of the cup and fell into
the Duchess Sophia's lap. The king
roared with laughter, and the duchess
looked highly incensed."