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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-17
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LII to let furnished or not. 1888 Congress street,
opposite Lincoln Park. 1871
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-17
International Hotel,

PORTLAND, MAINE,
Has recently been put In thorough repair, and
will be leased to a responsible party at a low
rental. Apply TO
ieI1dtf AUG. r. FULLER.
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was finally rejected. 1t has been supposedly
some that with the Observation-Disclosures Of
lenses sections stricken out it might pass,
as 1t was conceded on all sides that treaty
for the extradition of embezzlers and forgers
was greatly to be desired by the United
States. But, as was pointed out to the de-
bate this afternoon, the striking out of the
Objectionable clause would not remove that
subject from the field of negotiations; nor
would the reference of the treaty to
committee, with the understanding that it
should not be reported, dispose oft
HousE.-By vote of 14S to 1O2, the
house to-day passed the bill to organize the
territory of Oklahoma.
Mr.. Hatch submitted to the house tho
conference report OF the bill to create the de-
partment of agriculture, and it was agreed
to. The only material difference between the
two houses vas upon the senate amendment
striking out the clause transferring the
weather bureau to the new department
The house conferes finally receded from the
opposition to the senate amendment, and
the clause~s not retained.
While the house was considering the claims
bills of the heirs of Gen. Sibley Representa-
tive Kerr of Iowa leading the opposition, IN
incident occurred to relieve the monotony of
the house. Representative Mccullough OF
Virginia said the exciting words-exciting to
the Southern brigadiers whose chronic excit-
that the last month of their supremacy is
ushered in. The idea, said Mr. Mccullough,
"of paying this mans heirs IS apiece for all
the tents constructed by the government dur
ing the war when he was in open arms doing
all he could to destroy them. Who was he?
Nothing but q criminal and a traitor"
1t was not exactly the rebel yell that
greeted this Characterization, but the
loud commir gled sound of misses and jeers
that came from not few SOutherners' seats
on the Democratic side was by no means
pleasant. Representative Kerr rose to the
occasion amid decided Republican applause
MY colleague has used an expression not
often heard within these walls of late" he
said, with calm dignity; "but how docs the
constitution of the nation define it?
traitor is one who among other acts has
taken up arms against his country" [Calls
for the vote" blending with the plaudits on
the left of the speakers stand The bill; it
need scarcely be said, was again voted down,
and it is thought this time for good, though
some legal points regarding the alleged
contract" may come before the supreme
court.
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Old Circus Tricks.

Now that l am out of the circus
line l do not mind telling you one of
the secrets of the business. 1t is one
of the cutest tricks in the profession
of a ticket seller. While we were
down South and in small town
where the people were not unsophisti-
Gated, we would advertise our big
elephant, our dens of lions, tigers,
bears and other animals, when we
only had horses and mules. That
was years ago, however, and the
people now have to see all the ami
mails in the street before they patron
ize the show. One fake which every
one in the show was Ion to" was the
red ticket. A man with @ young
lady would walk boldly up to the
ticket stand, and to impress his
lady companion would pull out a
roll of money. The ticket seller
would see it, and after returning the
wrong change and ticket, would put
one of these red slips into the mans
hat band, saying at the same time
that it would take him "clear
through the menagerie, circus and
concert" 1t was but a mark for the
other fellows; and that man would
be bored to death by the candy,
peanut, lemonade, concert and song
book man, and when they got
through he would still be a mark
for the pickpockets. If he got out OF
the tent with any of that roll he
vent in with it was not his fault. st.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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War BallOOning.

The Balloon society of Great Brit
ain has actually initiated, or at any
rate connected itself with, a balloon
ing enterprise. The society at it's
periodical meeting is notorious for
discussing such mundane matters as
Burmah, international law, and the
fisheries treaty-in fact, pretty near
ly everything on earth and sky and
sea, except balloons. Consequently
on hearing tie rumor that an actual
aerouantical undertaking was about
to be brought off under the auspices
of the society, a London Star man
made haste to gather some details.
He proceeded to the office of the So
ciety in Budgerow, city, and there
found the president, Mr.. W. Fl.
Letevre, c. E.
YES" said Mr.. Lefevre, in answer
to the reporters inquiries, 'two
members of the society, accompanied
by Mr.. Percival Spencer, have just
gone out to Suakin to carry out
some ballooning operations at the
seat of war. Mr.. Percival Spencer is
a member of the firm of Charles
Green, Spencer & Son, who, though
only young man of %. has already
made thirty or forty ascents, and
has practical knowledge of the max
ing Of balloons and parachutes. In
deed, it was his firm that made Bald
wins parachute.
"What are the intended opera
tions?" "They have gone to take
observations, both scientific and mill
tary, tor the Egyptian government.
They ought to have been out there
long ago; they could then have dis
covered the trenches before. They
can watch every movement on the
part OF the Arabs"
"How are they equipped for their
adventure" They are taking with
them two balloons, parachute, pho
Geographic apparatus, variety Of
scientific instruments, and supply
of compressed gas for the balloon, as
we'll as of timed meat, ETC., for them
selves"
At this juncture the Star man be-
gan to puzzle his brains as to what
use could be made of the parachute
in such a case as this. Could the
daring aeronauts contemplate inspir-
ing thei ARABS with awe-stricken won
den at the apparently supernatural
spectacle of enemies, descending from
the clouds upon them?
No, that could not be, and Mr..
Lefevre's elucidation was invoked.
The parachute" said the president,
''is for the observer to come down
by should the balloon be drifting in
the wrong direction. For instance,
by it's means hewould be able to drop
back within our lines if he found the
balloon being carried in the direction
of the enemy's." Here Mr.. Lefevre
branched off into u rhapsody on the
parachute, the practical application
of which he considered to be the most
wonderful discovery of the day. He
feels certain that developments ofthe
greatest Importance will accrue from
it.
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Floating Fun.

A Brooklyn young lady recently
gawned, with the result that it took
the doctors twelve hours before she
was able to close her mouth. Young
ladies who are given to yawniDg
should take notice.
What is an orphanp asked the
teacher of a class in definitions.
Nobody seemed to know. Well, Pm
an orphan" said the teacher, seeking
an illustration that would not reveal
too much. At this a hand popped up,
and the owner of it exclaimed. can
orphan is a woman that wants to
get married and CAN'T
Scene: A Toronto household.
Mamma Ito Edie, aged 3K years, just
home from her first morning at the
kindergarten)-"Well, Edie, how did
you like it?" Edie-"I didn't like it
q bit. The teacher put me on chair
and told me to sit there for the pres
ent. And sat and sat, and she new
er gave me the present"
"Come, DEAR" he pleaded at the
front door, as he was bidding her
good night, "give me one little kiss,
just one little kiss, and if you won't
let me kiss you for your own sake let
me kiss you for your mother" cpl
attend to that, young mar" growled
the old gentleman from the floor
above, and the young man waited to
hear no more.
Alfonso de Beriat: You say you are
superstitious, Miss Gushington, but
would you dare to be married on
Friday? Miss Gushington: What!
Next Friday? Why, dear Alfonso,
you are so sudden and so unconven-
tional. "You quite misunderstood
me. l protest. didn't propose"
THAT'S all right, Alfonso, you didn't
propose as they usually do, but like
it Just the same Yes, dear, it shall
be Friday" Alfonso swooned.
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A Plain Direction to Heaven.

The witty Bishop of Litchfeld was
recently staying at a country house,
the owner of which had mania for
stuffed birds and beasts, which en-
riched the hall and the great stair
case with perfume like that of a
first-class menagerie. "Don't you
think, my Lord" said he to his guest,
chat this staircase seems to be
rather weak?" "Well, Idon'tknow,"
replied the Bishop; cit certainly
smells strong!''
Through the burst of laughter
that followed, a harsh dissentient
voice suddenly made itself heard. II
could ask the Bishop question that
would puzzle him, clever as he thinks
himself"
"Well, sir, now's your time for it, -
said a quiet voice from the opposite
corner. II am the Bishop of Litch-
field"
The swaggerer seemed somewhat
taken aback, but quickly asked,
"Well, my Lord, can you give me a
plain direction how to get to heav-
en-"
eyes," said the Bishop, "turn to
the right, and then keep straight
on" -Harper's Magazine.
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Watches without Hands.
2m the Household Monthly.

from the Household Monthly.
The construction of watches with
out hands has lately attracted some
attention; the usual hands being re-
placed by figures denoting the hour
and minute; which appear at open
ings in the dial plate; the mechanism
is simple, and only a few more parts
are required than in an ordinary
watch. Two wheels are used to de-
note the minutes-one, which moves
forward once in o minute, being
geared to a second one, marked with
the ten minute figures, and every
ten minutes a tooth on the first
wheel engages with the teeth on the
second, movingit forward one figure.
Thus every minute of the hour is
shown on the face of the watch, at
it's completion, both minute wheels
show two ciphers and are ready to
begin the round again; the hour is
shown on a separate wheel, and an
ordinary hand indicates the seconds.
OF the advantages of this kind of
watch, it is remarked thatfew people
read the time of an ordinary watch
accurately, and if the experiment is
tried at the face in the usual manner,
and then naming the time, it will be
found that an error of from half a
minute to three minutes will be gen.
orally made. With the new watch,
it is claimed, no error can possibly
occur, and there is the added advan-
tage that, at the end ofevery minute
an audible click is sounded as the
number changes, by which one can
measure short intervals oftime, even
in the night.
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At this point Mr.. Ward concluded that he
would take a hand in the debate. The gen.
tleman from Waseea was grimly humorous
He said:
am surprised that the gentleman from
Fillmore MIR. Edwards] should not be will
ing to give these two cities everything they
ask for. If there is u people anywhere that
asks for anything less than the earth it Is
the people who inhabt St. Paul and Mime
apolis. They now have the two United States
senator's and Il representative in congress,
and could you deny them few district judges
as we'll as st. Paul We in the country are
commercial slaves of these two cities, and,
Judging by the vote of my district, at least,
We are also their political slaves. Now as
has been shown, they have more rogues to
take care of in these two cities than in the
rest of the state, and they need more judges
to punish them. l am decidedly in favor OF
giving whatever the Twin Cities ask for.
The senate declined to recommit the bill,
but placed it on the calendar with recon-
mendation that it be passed.
Mr. Compton's bill permitting aliens to
own and hold real estate in plated towns
was discussed by several of the senators.
Among the new bills was one introduced
by Mr.. Bowen, amending the liberal law so
as to put the weekly newspapers on the same
plane as the dailies respecting the privileges
of retraction. Under the present wording of
the law the weeEiles are unable to comply
with its conditions regarding the time i'll
which retractiOn shall be made.
HoUsE;-The bill TO appropriate to the st.
Cloud reformatOry went to the committee on
appropriations. A claim bill was indefinitely
postponed Mr.. Willrich's bill to prevent
sale of fresh meat on Sunday brought out
speech from Mr.. Dunn. He said: Il am op-
posed to any sumptuary blue laws and
move this bill be recommended for indefinite
postponement." When the motion was put
there was but one loud no, from Mr.. Millrich' $
corner Mr.. Bars bill to pay the expenses
of county superintendent to convention was
indefinitely postponed. Mr.. {. K. Davis bill
relating to auctiUneerS was sent back to the
Judiciary committee, and Judge Flemming
promised that it should never again see the
light of day. The bill provided that an auc-
tioneers license in one county should be good
in any other county.
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He Seated.

A respectable man went to thee cars
one day to see his favorite daughter
off. Securing her seat he passed
out of the cars aad went round to
her window to say parting word.
While he was passing out the daugh-
ter left the seat to speak to friend,
and at the same time grim old
maid took the seat and moved up to
the window, Unaware of the import
ant change he hurriedly put his face
up to the window and said: Zone
more kiss, sweet petit" In another in
slant the point Of a cotton umbrella
was thrust from the window, followed
by the pious injunction: HScat, yoq
gray-headed wretch He seated. -
Yarmouth Times.
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Can Animals Count!

From Popular Science Monthly.
Houzeau de la Hale tells of q peli-
can living in a fisherman's family at
Santo Domingo that was fed upon
the refuge of the fish cleaning. Look
ing for it's food, it went to the shore
every day and waited for the boats
to come back. The fishermen rested
on Sunday, and the bird acquired so
clear a notion of the return of that
day, when it had to fast, that it
would not stir from the tree on
which it was accustomed tospend it's
time. 1t is not necessary to suppose
that the pelican had learned toeount
the six days at the end Of which it's
masters would not go fishing; but,
while it really estimated daily the
time when it must makeit excursion
to the shore, it was informed Of the
return of Sunday by observation of
what was going on in the house, as,
for instance, by the fishermen putting
on their Sunday clothes; in the same
way as the dog knew when it's master
was going to hunt by seeing him
with his gun and game-bag. In such
instances, animals show that they
have the faculty ofassociating ideas,
of observing consecutive facts and
establishing a correlative con-
nection between them-things which
have been proved by abundance of
other evidence, and which demon
strate not less intelligence than &C
quaintance with the ten signs expos
ing the first ten numbers, or the use
of a system of enumeration to express
larger numbers.
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Fight With q Lion.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
In Lowande's barn, on Frankfort
Street, are a number of wild animals
that travel in summer with a circus.
One day, having been kept on
short rations, one of the lions broke
his cage, and then with one bound
was on the camel's back. His huge
fangs soon tore q hole in the neck of
the camel, and the lion was sucking
at his blood. Keeper Emil Rebichon
rushed into the building, but a saw
age roar from the lion caused him to
lose no time in making safety behind
the huge fianks'of Express, the ele-
plant, while Leo returned to his feast.
When the keeper saw that he was
safe from pursuit he unclaimed EN-
press, and the two started to the at
atck. Empress had witnessed too
many scenes in her native jungle to
be frightened now; besides, she had
killed five keepers since she had been
in captivity, and seemed anxious to
add to her laurels. The lion rose as
Empress approached, but was not
quick enough to get out of the way,
for with one blow from her trunk En-
press hurled him against the stable
wall. There he crouched in the cor
uer for a moment, and then dashed
Mt Empress with wild fury. He leap
ed upon her hind quarters, and the
elephant trumpeted with rage and
pain as she felt the lions claws
scratching her thick skin. But the
lion was quickly routed from this
position at the point of a pitchfork.
Rebichon jumped behind Empress
big shoulders as the lion made a
spring at him, and the elephant turn
ed just in time to catch her antag-
onist in her trunk. She held him
high in the air for a moment, and
then hurled him clear across the sta
BILE.
The lion was evidently severely
hurt, for he kept so still that the
men had little trouble in lassoing
him and leading him into another
cage. The camel's carcass was skin
ned and the meat served to the
animals.
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"Look here, old man." said

"Look here, old man," said a
young lawyer to q more successful
professional brother, as he rushed
into the latter's office one afternoon.
II want $5, and Iwantit badl'' The
money was Forthcoming, and the un-
fortunate young limb of the law
tucked the bill into his pocket, and
flew out of the door, The next morn
ing he returned in a great state of
excitement, and exclaimed: "Say,
that bill you gave me yesterday was
counterfeit, and it came near get
ting me into trouble" The friend
swung around in his chair, and an
swered: "Well you said when you
rushed in here that you wanted it
bad, and I gave it to you that way"
Albany Journal
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McMullsn,. Woven Mir, Fencing.

in this issue is inserted for the first time
the advertisement of the above named goods
Woven wire fencing is rapidly becoming the
most popular fencing. Owing to the fact
that the McMullen fencing has twisted wire
rope sewage, instead of q single wire SEW
age, and that it is made of the very best
steel wire, galvanized before weaving, it is
considered by stock men, railroad men and
others to be the best article of the kind now
on the market Read their advertisement in
this issue and send to them for circulars Civ
ing full information. They not only make
the best woven wire fencing in the United
States, but sell it at lower price.
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There is nothing you require of your
agents but what is just and reasonable and
strictly in accordance with business princi-
pies" That's the sort of testimony any
house can be proud of, and it is the testimony
of hundreds Of men who are prcfitabIy en-
ployed by B. T. Johnson & Co., richmond
Va. Write for full particulars
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cart is long and time is feeting," and it is
too bad to spend half of short life distressed
with neuralgia, when 25 cents spent for one
bottle of Salvation Oil will cure quickly.
George Conklin, the Ii on-t tanner, says he will
have nothing to do with cross-eyed animals,
nor use any other remedy for his coughs and
colds but Dr. Bulls Cough Syrup. He says
tits the only reliable cough medicine to be
had.
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To the Editor:-Please inform your readers thatI
have positive remedy for Consumption. By it's
uInely use thousahqs OF h9peless, cases nave peen
ties ofmy remedy FREE to any of your readers who
have consumption if they will send me their Ex-
SLOCUM. NJ. c.. 1S1 Pearl St. n Y.
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more THAN ALL OTHER LUNG REMEDIES, -
is what E. W. Fairman, druggist at Day
ton, Ind, writes about the sale of Allen
Lung Balsam. He has sold it for eight years,
and it gives satisfaction. Sold by all drug
gists at Csc, Soc, and $1.0 bottle.
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81 have been occasionally troubled with
Coughs, and in each case have used Browns
BRONCHIAL TRoCHEs, which have never failed,
and must say they are second to none in
the world. Felix A. May, Cashier, st. Paul.
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There is boy in Iowa who has
lost both hands, both feet, both ears
and most of his nose by frost bites,
and as he has nothing else to lose he
is having lots of fun out doors this
winter.
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Seeds.-We call your attention to the seed
advertisement of Fl. W. Buckbee, Rockford,
ILL., Ifyou intend to purchase Seeds, Plants,
etc, you will find this q first-class reliable
house. His beautiful Illustrated Catalogue
will be mailed free, upon application, to all
readers of this paper.
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For FAINTNEss TAKE ALIENS IRON Tonic
Bitters. All genuine bear the signature of j.
P. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul, MINI.
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When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria,
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave theme astoris
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The house has passed a bill to organize the
territory of Oklahoma.
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Consnmntion Surely Cured.

Another Hoosier has developed a sudden
admiration for the climate of Canada.
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A Wisconsin editor has been mysteriousl.
Assassinated.
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The Senate has rejected the British extra
dition treaty.
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Admiral Porter's son is to take command
of Legitime's army in Hayti.
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The spinal column of the New York strike
has been fractured.
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What SCOTS Emulsion Has Done!
Over rs Pounds Gain in Ten Weeks.
Experience of Prominent Citizen.
TIE CA1rFoRsIA SOCIETY FOB THEl
SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
San Francisco, July It'll, 1886.


SUPPRESSION OF VICE.
San Francisco, July It'll, 1886.
I took a severe cold upon
my chest and lungs and did
not give it proper attention;
it developed into bronchitis,
and in the fall Of the same
year I was threatened with
consumption. Physicians or.
dered me to a more eongeni-
al climate, and came to San
Francisco. Soon after my
arrival I commenced taking
Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver
Oil with Hypophosphites reg
ularly three times a day. In
ten weeks my avofrdupois
went from 155 to 1870 pounds
and over; the cough mean
time ceased. CIR. BENNETT.
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Milwaukee Supervisors are accused ofbood-
ling.
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Any book mailed for retail price.

Oliver DitsOn Dc Co., Boston
Lyon & Healy, Chicago.
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A young lady at Wilton has
brought suit against another woman,
claiming $4,000 damages for Islander.
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BUNKER HILL $500
CUSTOM PANTS

Save retailers and jobbers'
profit. We are the leading
manufacturers of 50 Pants,