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The Portland daily press., 1890-06-14
PENSIONS.
ANNUAL MEETING.

FTtHE annual meeting 81 the stockholders Of tne
\ Cumberland Bone Company, Will DO hsi1 AZ
the office OF the company. No. ga Union MnAlIl
Portland on TUESDAY, June II, 1870, az $50
p. m, for the election Of officers for the ensuing
year, aud for the transaction OF such Otner Dusi-
ness as nay legally come before the meeting.
IunlOdtd GEO. II. STARR, Clerk.
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PROPOSALS.
To Contractors.

SEALED proposals for making alterations and
- and repairs In the building of the Maine
Charitable Mechanics Association. corner of Con-
gress and Casco streets, will be received by the
undersigned Committee until June 21st 1890
Proposals are to be for the entire work except
pnmbng and na7ntnS if nsm 81 ~
tor.
Plans and specifications may be seen at the
store of A. G. Schlotterbeok, SOL Congress.street
Proposals may be addressed to Committee on
Repairs of Mechanics Hall Building, sol Con-
gress street.
The Committee reserve the right to reject any
or all bids.
Signed Maine Charitable Mechanics "A ssociation
y 5s q; seH kSNHha 0'm On
LEWIS PRAY. repairs.
ie1O div
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Proposals for Subsistence, Quar-.
termaster's and Hospital Stores.
OFFICE TREASURER,
EASTERN fRANCH, N. III. ID. V. s.,
T0CUS ME Nav 10 12Q1

EASTERN fRANCH, N. III. ID. ". s.,
ToGUs, ME-, May IL, 1899. J
GEALED Proposals, subject to usual conditions
- will be received at this Office until 2 O'Clock
M, June Is, 1890, for furnishing and delivering
at this Home the Subsistence and Quartermaster's
Stores, required for the Fiscal Year commencing
July l, 1890. and ending June 80, 1884, consist
ing in part of the following, viz: Tea, Coffee,
Groceries, Flour Fresh and Corned Beef, Mutton,
Veal, Fresh and Sat Pork, Smoked and Corned
Shoulders, Hams, Fresh and Salt Fish, Butter,
Cheese, Lard, Onions, Potatoes, Corn, Oats,
Shorts, Household Articles, Plumbing Material,
Tobacco, Hardware, White Lead, Oil, Farming
Tools. etc and HOSPITAL SUPPLIES of all kinds.
Proposals for Hardware. Lead, etc.. will be
opened IL nj, June 49, and Proposals for osptal
Supplies will be opened IL M, June 20.
Schedule giving the kind and estimated quanti-
ties required particulars as to conditions to be OBJ
served and terms of contract and payments will
be furnished on application. The Home reserves
the right to reject any or all bids
JOHN ID. ANDERSON, TREASURER.
Approved:
my17S&Wtiun18 Governor.
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Notice to Contractors.

SEALED proposals for building school build
- ing, at Saccarappa, Me-, will be received
until June 81, 1890.
Proposals may be for the building completed,
or the brick and woodwork separately
The committee reserve the right to reject the
lowest or any bid.
Plans and specifications may be seen June 18th
by applying to w. X. Dana John Knight, Frank
Adams, Henry B. Halves. Geo. w. Leighton, or
Mahlon ii. Webb, Building Committee, Sacca-
Kappa, Me ie7dtd
The Portland daily press., 1890-06-14
Ayers
Hair Vigor

not only prevented my wife from becoming
bald, but it also caused an entirely new
growth of hair. / am ready to certify to this
statement before a justice of the peace."-
II. Hulsebus, Lewisburgh, Iowa.
"Some years ago, after severe attack of
brain fever, my hair all came out / used
such preparations for restoring it as my ply
sicians ordered, but failed to produce a
growth Of hair. then tried successfully
several articles recommended by druggists,
and all alike fell short of accomplishing the
desired result. The last remedy applied
was Ayers Hair Vigor, which brought a
growth of hair In few weeks. think
used eight bottles in two years; more than
was necessary as restorative, but liked 1t
as a dressing, and have continued to use it
for that purpose. I believe Ayers Hair
Vigor possesses virtues far above those of
any similar preparation now on the market"
Vincent Jones, Richmond, Ind.
The Portland daily press., 1890-06-14

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
nlcations. The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee OF good faith.
We cannot undertake TO return or preserve
communications that are not used
The Portland daily press., 1890-06-14
Shore and Country.

Families leaving the city for their homes
should that
deal with well when living difficulty
always supplying traders and
most localities little things
able at By anticipating
whole and laying supplies
being
something when most
small the bundle
neatly and securey boxed delivered.
F7FEIGHT PAID
steamboat landing from
Portsmouth Bar Hab Everything satisfactory
refunded Hundreds customers will
and trouble purchasing "START
ING IN ORDER before leaving
the by mail orders
specially business capacity any
other firm We have unuesonay the
thing which the exactng
lowest will to
The Portland daily press., 1890-06-14

WestbrOOk Seminary.

VNHE trustees of Westbrook Seminary are here
j. by notified that their annual meeting will be
held on "Wednesday, June IS, 1890, at 3 O'Clock
in the afternoon at the Seminary building In Deer
ing for the transaction of the following business.
1st-To fill any vacancies that may exist in the
board of trustees.
2d-For the choice of officers for the ensuing
year and to transact any other business that may
properly come before the meeting.
GRANVILLE NJ. STEVENS,
Secretary Board Trustees.
Deering June 3, 1890. ju7dtd
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30
Foolish COnsistency.

Emerson tells us that there is no par
ticular virtue in consistency. How stu
pid man must be, he says in effect,
who is not wiser today than yesterday,
and who does not accordingly have to
change some OF his opinions.
"a man will never change his mind
who has no mind to change says Arch.
bishop Whately, and Faraday expresses
the same idea when he charges us to re-
member that, I'm knowledge that man
only is to be despised who is not in state
of transition"
There is medium between what a
worthy old gentleman calls "whifflin
about like weilthercock" and remain.
ing rigidly in one rut of belief Most OF
us know instances of men who cannot
bring themselves to say anything which
would contradict what they uttered last
week or last year.
A certain Irishman once declared that
he had owned horse which was fifteen
feet high. A few days after he referred
70 the same animal as being fifteen hands
high.
But said listener, "you gave it the
other day as fifteen feet"
ibid l, thinT said Patrick. "Well,
I'll stick to it. He was fifteen feet high.
Youths Companion.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

The most remarkable canal in the
world Is the one between Worsley and
St. Helens, in north England. 1t is
sixteen miles long and underground from
end to end. In Lancashire the coal mines
are very extensive, half the country being
undermined. Many years ago the man
ayers Of the Duke Of Bridgewater's es-
tates thought they could save money by
transporting the coal underground in
stead Of ON the surface; therefore the
canal was constructed, and the mines
connected and drained at the same time.
Ordinary canalboats are used, the power
being furnished by men. The tunnel
arch over the canal is provided with cross
pieces, and the men who do the work Of
propulsion lie ON their backs on the loads
Of coal, and push with their feet against
the cross bars Of the roof.-St. Louis Re
public.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

The cactuses are very peculiar plants
MS peculiar structurally as they are
bizarre and grotesque in outer appear
ance. They have spared no pains and
shrunk from no sacrifice in accommodate
ing themselves to their niche In nature
In the first place, they have no true
leaves. What look like leaves In certain
jointed cactuses are really fattened and
extended stems. If this seems at first
hearing q hard saying the analogy Of
the common stonecrops, where stem and
leaf are hardly distinguishable, will help
to make it little less incredible. In
other ways, too, the stonecrops Tor Sc
dums, as the gardeners call them) throw
much light upon the nature OF the cac-
fuses.
All these rock haunting or desert plants
naturally get very little water except at
long intervals after occasional showers.
Hence only those can survive which form
themselves, rs it We're, into living reser-
voirs to retain all the moisture they once
absorb. As soon as the rain falls in their
arid haunts the roots and rootlets eager
ly drink it up i'll great hurry and store
it away in the soft and spongY cellular
tissue Of which the main part Of the
plant is wholly formed. For this pur-
pose, both in stonecrops and cactuses,
the stems have become fleshy and sucou-
lent. and being also green and leaflike
they closely resemble true leaves. But
they are covered externally with thick
skin, which resists evaporation and keeps
the moisture, once collected, at the
plants disposal for an unlimited period.
In short, the cactus does rs plant just
what n camel docs us an animal.
Allen in North American Review.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30
A Winged Lizard.

Oae of the strangest of the many
strange creatures that inhabit the wilds
Of southern Asia and India is the flying
flowers" small, brilliant hued lizard OF
the order bracovolans. On the wing
brAoovolans resembles richly tinted 40
sect; when at rest 1t compares favorably
with others Of the lizard tribe, with the
exception that it has an extraordinary
protuberance on both sides Of the body.
These are the wings, which are formed
by cutaneous flap, wtnglike In shape,
supported by series Of false ribs. In
color these flying lizards are blue and
gray, with intermediate tints OF various
kinds and shades.
The tail is long, slender and very
snaky in appearance. A large double
pouch extending below the head adds to
the ferocious aspect of the little rainbow
colored brute. The wings are not true
wings, strictly so called, but are used
merely as parachutes. When the lizard
leaps from the limb of tree into the air
the upper current brings them out, and
enables the possessor to soar away at an
angle to a greater or lesser distance, ac-
cording to the height of the starting
point.
The lizard can change its direction
while in the air q power not possessed
by our flying squirrels.' Hence the
casual observer might readily believe
that they had the power Of moving the
winglike appendages. which would. in
that case, be true flight Soaring Is,
however, the limit Of their power, the
height OF the starting point regulating
the distance travelled in the soaring
fight, which is quite frequently several
hundred yards, an aerial exhibition
which strikes terror to the heart of a
stranger wandering for the first time in
the jungles Of the antipodean wilds.-
st. Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30
The Futility of Uniform Divorce Laws

The Futility OF UNIFORM divorce Laws.
The cry has been for several years for
United States interference in divorce
legislation by means Of uniform mar
rage laws throughout the country, the
assumption being that people troop back
and forth from one state to another and
get divorces for causes which would not
be sufficient In their own states. But
all this has been effectually disposed Of
by the recent mastery report of the
Hon. Carroll D. Wright, the United
States commissioner Of labor. He has
shown that more than so per cent. of all
divorces are procured in the states In
which the couples were married. AS re,
CARDS the remaining 20 per cent. the par
ties, in very many instances, had immi-
grated to other states after marriage and
become bonafde residents, with no
thought Of divorce. 80 that the number
Of those proved to have gone to other
states for the purpose Of securing d.
vorces is probably much less than 10 per
cent. Of the whole. 1t is apparent then
that uniform laws can no longer be
looked upon as panacea,-Rev. NJ. j..
Savage In Forum.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30
N ot1Ce-
CHANDELIERS !

7 o, 3 light adjustable Chanda
liers mitable for parlors OF small
Ohu, h or Hall. For Sale Cheap.
Ihqt ire of Kendall Bros. or at
this Office. tf33
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

On Western and Atlantic train that
pulled out Of Atlanta recently was a
negro woman who had paid her fare to
Chattanooga. When ON the outskirts, Of
the city her twenty-five cent straw hat
was blown through q window. She
jumped up and pulled the bell cord.
The train stopped, and when the con-
ductor rushed into the coach he saw the
woman disappearing through the oppo-
site doof While the woman was chas-
ing her straw hat over the meadows the
train pulled out and left her behind. ....
Exchanea
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

The American eagle is still resident
of Cheshire. A fine specimen Is often
seen sitting ON a stump In the reservoir
waiting for fish. 1t Is probable that the
family home is somewhere on the cliffs
Of the rocky hill west Of the reservoir
So frequent are the visits Of these birds
to the reservoir that regular travellers
on the trains watch for them, and feel a
disappointment If the white head and
noble form Of the American bird Is moi
seen on some stump.-Pittsfeld Mass.
EAGLE.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

The PhGnicians are amongst the earli-
est nations which are supposed to have
used the saw. The scholar Is not sur
prised to find very pretty story ac-
counting for the discovery Of the saw In
Grecian mythology. Here the inventor
is said to have found the jawbone of q
snake, which he initiated by tagging an
iron plate.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

fFs.Flag station, AT which Passenger trains
win stop sixnal or notice TO Conductor.
Mixed Between Bingham and No. Anson
Stage Connections.
AT Norridgewock for Skowhegan and Mer-
Ger; at Arson. for Sawyer's Mills, (Starks); al
No nson, for North and West New Portland,
Dead River. Flagstaff and Eustis. At Biz CHAM
for Forks and Moose River.
Trains connect at Oakland with trains to and
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston. Waterville.
Augusta, Gardiner, Skowhegan aud Bangor.
w. M AVER, Supt.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

The rolling Of cold steel wire is now
accomplished with ease, and instead Of
the wire becoming weakened by the
process practical tests have demonstrated
that Its tensile strength Is nearly doubled.
In other words, the tensile strength OF
hot drawn steel wire is &c, 400 pounds to
the square inch. while that Of cold rollsd
steal Mdrs y 106, 800 poundA
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-10-30

Arrangements OF Trains. In effect
Oct. 18th 1890.
Trains leave Skowhegan "a follows: S.a5 A
". for all points west and for Bangor; and
yanceboro. 200 P. NJ. for waterville, Oakland,
North Arson, Lewiston, Dexter, Dover, and
Foxcroft, Bangor, Bar Harbor. st. John and
Ar0osto0k County, Portland aud Boston. $40
P. M. tmixed) for Watervile, enabling passen.
gers to take night pullman for Portland and
Boston.
ARRIVALS:-700 A. N. mixed except
Mondays; l0.45 A. NJ. Passenger from Portland
lewiston, Augusta and Bangor; $40 P. M. from
all points.
PAYSON TUCKER, Vice Pres, 4 Gen Man.
y. 4. BOOTHBY, General Pass'r Agent.
Portland. Oct. 10, 1880.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-11
corcct stylsa In loot. aud shoos.


Handsome buttoncd bool for drcssy NJ.
tcrnoou wear nro made OF gIoyo kid, with
wide ioying Of patent leather Thcy are
cut In English fashion, With pointed Pic
oadllly toes, perforated across 20 give
straight tips, and Hro also perforated
around the ioXing, similar boots, with
French calf Tossing aud low heels, nro worn
by athletic young women when taking
long walks For general wear are thlok
solnd boots OF malt kId, with low yomp OF
glossy French kid, and broud patent lonth.
on tips. For winter are laced boots Of
French cnlskin, cut high about the ankle,
with low yamp, perforated tip end low,
comfortable heel Very stylish slippers OF
patent leather have thc pointed piccadilly
toe and o pointed Hap on the instop held
by a strap and buckle, for dress these slip.
pcrs have the high Louis Quin2e heel but
those for home wear have low heels,
Straps over the instep are on other stylish
slppers, and the Pompadour slippers have
a wide tongue and buckle Of cut steel, sill
yer, gold, or Rhinestones,
Low cut slippers are still very popular In
French kid, patent leather aud In un.
dressed kid OF white, black, pearl, gray
aud tan shades, Satin slippers and low
Oxford ties uro studded with steel or jet,
or embroidered with fine beads In small
sprays, stars or ncurs-de-lis, Quilted satin
slippers or low shoes aro worn In the morn.
ing, In colors TO match the breakfast dress,
Toilet clippers and mules are made Of
Suede kid or Of quilted satin, with sharply
pointed too and French heel. TO wear
pointed toes with degree Of comfort tho
shoe must be longer than the foot and
long shoes give the feet the slender appear
anco which Is now sought, llarpcr's
Bazaar.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-11

asoollutcrBl Tho "aohome went" and Mr.,
Smith, as tho years passed, grew more
wealthy and respected, Rendered careless
by long success he made u bad ''y' on one
Of hla pieces Of paper tho other day. Tho
ncnd noticed u, resolved 10 ily, aud going
through tho outer otlcc lot fan drop OF
suspicion into the mind OF the stock olcrk,
Result
Mills, Rohcson s. Smith fall having
been robbed by the junior partner OF SaGa,.
OO0l
Nearly bcggnrod, those two upright gon.
tlcmcn, Mills aud RobeHon, go into rotlrc.
mont, while Smith ~ sent 20 state prison
for term Of years that may not loo ended
when death shall lay hand on his bowed
and shayon head. The iuryconvicted him
without leaving the box
at was Just another ctWo OF DR., Jekyll
and Mr. llydcn said tho vice president OF
one Of the big New York banks "Smlth
played the aanetimonious hypoorto In
brooklyn and tho adroit business villain
IN New York The best warming that
could over bo given 20 men OF Smith'a
kind would bo tho llfo sentence Of tho
iorgor. That's tho only way that you oan
reach such men, Smith was man with.
out the slightest moral sense, and ho would
have kept up his thofts just ~ long oa no
thought hc could cover up his tracks"
Selby Jones was n member OF the Hall n
Willis Hardware company, big establish
mont at Kansas City II seemed 10 do n
splendid business, yet II failed a fow
months ago. Tho senior member died
with brolycn heart, bis wife was taken
III and n daughter became lunatic Two
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-11
A True Tiger Tale.

Lady Dufrerin, IN her account OF her
life in India while her husband was vice
roy, tells Of remarkable escape from
tiger. An English officer hunted u tiger
until he had located It's haunts near small
lake. Then no climbed tree near the
water side, and when the tiger came In the
evening 10 drink he shot II. II WAS u 40.
we're wound In the side, but the animal
managed to climb the tree and crawled
toward him. 10 escape he dropped from
the tree, but was slightly stunned by the
fall and before ho could rise the tiger
loaped upon him. lie lay perfectly still,
knowing that 70 be his only hope, first put
ting up his arm TO protect his face
The tiger began munching his arm, but
In few minutes the pain from the gun.
shot wound and the loss Of blood caused
the beast TO leave It's victim and retire u
little way into the jungle, The hunter
was left lying on the edge Of the lake, and
he gently rolled himself into the water, Ho
could use only one arm, but he was an oX'
oolent swimmer and had reached the other
side Of the lake before the tiger discovered
his absence, Some friends luckily hap
ponod along just then, and he was soon
back In camp. Some weeks later ho had
the satisfaction Of shooting tiger which
he had good reason TO believe was the one
that so nearly had made meal Of him.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-11
Tho First California IMMIGRANT TraiN,

On leaving Weston, Mo-, where there
had been so much opposition, VIC were six
or seven in number and nearly half the
town followed us for mile, and some for
flve or six miles, to bid us good.by, show
lug tho deep interest felt in our Journey.
All expressed good wishes and desired TO
hear from MS, Whom we reached Sapling
grove, the place of rendezvous, In May
ls4l, thore was but one wagon ahead of us.
For the next few days one or two wagons
would come each day. and among the re-
ctuits were three families from Arkansas
Every one furnished his own supplies.
The party consisted Of sixty-nine, includ.
ing men, women and children. Our teams
were Of oxen, mules and horses. We had
NO cows, as the later emigrants usually
had. and the lack Of milk was great do.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-11

lIe struck the town iast 40 the right
time for hls purpose Every necessary
Of liie was az an aNnrhltantly high premi
um, and Andrew Davis load sold AZ a
profit that made him a comparatively riol
man, For instance, Tor whisky then tho
Indispensable and about ihe only "medi-
oineN Ia hot demandl ho charged ~ a pint,
and tho rest of his stores he sold inpro-
portion lla cleared several thousand dol
lars from hl3 venture, aud thnncslnrth
made himself Independently wealthy ile
became the chief Owner ia two national
hanks ile owned dheen mlnes, and, In
word, had . hand ia nearly nll the leading
enterprises Of tho territory,
Davis never married, although u few ro-
mantle episodes 0f his no would seem "
indicate that he lived q bachelor from
choice, lie LETT an estate valued no from
100000 10 eIe,00n0D0, and the LEGAL battle
now on for rs possession has brought out
charges Of ohiemely, children born out ot
WedlOek and hareiaoed fraud Ia This
case tho aend might be termed Vnsoru'
puloua Ayarlpe,
Meanwhile however, old man Davis
sleeps we'll lIe doesn't need the cash he
accumulated
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1890-12-11

prlyHuup l i.f ghilNNu. 10 VIA HHanr
stood that every pne should have not less
than barrel VI -four, with sugar aud sn
forth % tuiti hut ! laid ln 100 pounds Gf
-four more than heusual quantity, besides
other things This did because we were
told that when Ws goo into chs mountains
We probably would get out NJ bread and
have tpliynOn meat alone, which thought
would kill mo-, even II 10 did moo oiher
Ny nln WIS aH old tllnt lock rllr. hut q
good ono Old hunters told ne We have
nothing 70 do with pap0r percussion locks
that they we're unreliable, and that " goo
my caps 0r percussion wet ! could nnt
shoot, while Il lost mY aint ! could piok
up another on The plains. doubt whether
there was tl00i money In tho whole party
but all were enthusiastic and anxious "
gotten, John B.dweIl Ia Century