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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25
MOTHERS
WIVES and
DAUGHTERS,

Remember that most Of your Ills and sickness
come from either not having physical strength
system that are making daily or else you cannot
supply the system with new life that Is needed TO
preserve you In health.
The first l1fH deVei0p Blood POISONING, from
The second, Anaemia, which always de-
vei0ps into Consumption.
DIT. Mary Putnam jacob Of New York Is recog-
nized as being physician and author equal to
any In the profession. In her last publication she
healthy functional life. And that "a per cent OF
our women are ehildleSs; 20 per cent have only
9 % ead ana ~ per cent 81 the Oh New
TO over brain work, nerve exhaustion In the
large middle class Of girls, TO over nerve pressure
great causes Of this state Of affairs" Mrs. Howe
Of the College Alump9 Committee "hnds that
only 49e ont o. l9o0 graduates married between
I appears 10 be the natural results Of natsdirect.
ed etdttre, physically and mentally.
This great loss and suffering OF life can be
stopped only IN one way-by supplying new life
suffeient TO offset the physical and mental wastes
o. the system IN all ages as well as all changes Of
MURDOCk'S LIQUID FOOD.
The system contains o per cent of blood In per
sons in normal health, and on the blood does our
hedith depend. The average weight women Is
ITO lbs. man lao lbs.
We must also RENE her that our phy.i-
eni health il impaired before me niaI,
which frequently il i'm full action mp 20
oeHtn. anu SO actave as 10 hasten the de-
sfrucfion of eur physical health and redue-
ton of our blood. With cur physical
health ann pm fred shy one nnrfer, our di-
gestiVe organs generally are impaired
three ehR hfhs, when al ey shOuld have "a en-
Paeiiy OF digesting I25 per cent. Instead OF
% l-S per cent, 90 recover your health,
and this IL the reason of onr large mertnIi-
~, a: medicine or common food IL OF no
avail.
And is the reason Of MurdOck's LIQUID Food be-
ing available. as II Is raw, condensed and free of
1nSoluOle matter, and Is absorbed by the system
even when the stomach refuses water
Mothers suffering from the change OF life, any
such that have not recovered In six months, we
Will present, free OF expense, sufficient OF MUIR
DOCKS Liquid Food to cure or make them better
we VIII DO the same with wives and daughters
that nave suffered three months from being I'M
able 10 throw on the wastes OF the system, or re-
cover from such loss In AS hours. from being I'M
wastes. fFS
This we confirm by few Of the thousands Of
wives tnat nave recovered their health by It's use
during the last IL years:
Mrs. Ella Gay OF Groyeton, N. H., regained her
Iormor health In 10 weeks, increasing her weight
from 100 pounds 20 las pounds.
MIS-. u y. smith, Huntington, Mass. Her lie
was despaired OF; normal weight, 1875 pounds,
reduced 70 81 pounds. and recovered 10 M
pounds In months; can now take the whole care
OF her family, and walk miles
Inc last 1000 operations In our hospitals with
only deaths, and the women OF Massachnsetfs
die 26 to the 1000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25
$40 Congress ST., Portland.
II. q. MeGOULDRIC, Manager.
apl6 odtF
DROP0sALs for subsistence, Quarter

DROPOsALs for Subsistence, Quarter
IL masters and Hospital Stores. Treasurers
Omce. Eastern Branch, N. H. ID. V. s., lrOgus,
Me-, May 20, 1891. Sealed proposals. subject to
the usual conditions, Will be received az this
Office until y O'Clock m, June 10, 1891, for fur
nishing and delivering at this Home, the Subsis-
tence and Quartermaster's Stores required for the
fiscal year. commencing July /, 1891, and ending
June 80, 1892 consisting In part OF the following
viz: Tea. Coffee, Groceries,, Flour, Fresh and
Corned Beef, Mutton, Fresh and Salt Pork
Smoked and Corned Shoulder, Hams, Fresh and
salt Fish, Butter, Cheese, Lard. Onions, Potatoes
Corn, Oats, Shorts. Coal Household Articles
Plumbing Material, Hardware, White Lead, Oil,
Farming Tools. Tobacco. and Hospital Supplies
OF all kinds. Proposals for Hardware, Lead, SC,
Will be opened at II m, June IL, and.prOpOsals
Tor Hospital supplies VIII be opened June IL at
II N. Schedules, upon which all bids must be
made, giving the kind and estimated quantities
required, particulars as to conditions to be OBJ.
served, and terms Of contract and payments, viii
be furnished on application to the undersigned.
JOHN ID. ANDERSON, Treasurer.
Approved; LUTHER STEPHENSON. JR.,
Governor. my22eOdtlu6
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25

Among the other things
to be seen here for the first
time this week are Cream
Muslins with yellow spots
and figures for sash cur
tains and country house
draperies. Printed Crepes
for cottage curtains. Eng
lish and French Pottery in
the basement. Hammocks.
New line of Bath Towels,
Cotton and Linen Terry.
Fans for graduates, for
brides, for the pocket, for
decorating and for raising
a breeze. New white goods
for dresses and for babies
wear. Laces, Swisses and
MEETINGS for hot weather
costumes and the finest line
ofimported Windsor Scarfs
this store has ever seen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25
RACES.

Beecham's Pills cure bilious and nervous ills.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25
CITY ADvERTIsEmRNTs.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
LAYING Out New Streets.

WHEREAS, Patrick @. WEIGH and others have
w petitioned the City Council to lay out new
street or public way In said city, beginning at No
222 Danf0rth street, and running thence 10 No.
80 Salem street,
And whereas, Elias Thomas and others have
petitloned the City Council TO lay out "Stetson's
Court" so called, as public way
And whereas, said petitions were referred by the
City Council to the undersigned. for them 10 con-
slider and act upon, therefore
NOTICE Is hereby given TO all parties interest
ed, that the Joint Standing Committee of
the City Council on laying out new streets, will
meet 10 near the parties and view the proposed
ways on tuesday, the 26th day of May, 1891, at
Tour O'Clock IN the afternoon at the corner of Park
street ana htetsons Court, and at half-past four
O'Clock az or near No. 222 DanfOrth street. and
VIII then and there proceed to determine and
adjudge whether the public convenience reouires
said streets or ways to be laid out
Given under our hands on this Sth day OF MAY
A. ID. 1891. N"' - Ni"''
GEORGE W. TRUE. Mayor
ALEX b. STEPHENSON Cor,p,tttaa
DANIEL GALLAGHER on
JOHN COUSINS, Iavfns, out
WILLIAM WESTWOOD, New Sfrsets
WILLIAM 4. CARTER,
myl9dtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25
MEETINGS.
PORTLAND COMPANY
Annual Meeting.

HIHE stockholders of the Portland Company are
- hereby notified that the annual meeting of
this corporation will be held at the office OF the
company, az their works, on Tuesday. the twenty
sixth day Of May (26th) 1891, at 3 O'Clock In the
afternoon, for the following purposes:
1st-To act on the report of the directors and
treasurer
2d-To choose directors for the ensuing year.
3d-T0 act on any other business that may e.
gally coma before the meeting.
RUFUS d. BEAN, Clerk.
Portland, May H. 1891. my12eodtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-25
STATEMENT OF
Maine Savings Bank.

Portland, Me-, May u, 1891.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

T1n1 1lWANTEL. $25 week and -xpens.l
nf,I paid STEADY work. New Goods
Samples free. J. F. HILL b TO.
'tupefs. Ns',.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

RIFLES II You desire them ne nae fool,hg
W. ~ away time IN things that don't pay I;
but send sltO Mt once for magnificent outfit of
our Crest >eW Stanlt! Book If book anu terms
not satisfactory VT refund your mo ey. No risk
No capital needed Both ladies and gentlemen
employ ed lon't lose time in writing .sttp in
while the waters troubled =" DAYS are worth
dollars. address y. F. JOHNSON l. Co., 1909 Maln
81. Richmond -
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07
EstraY Notice.

CAME TO MY RANCH ON BIG LOST RIVER,
Idaho, on or abo Il the summer Of 1889, and now
taken up by me ~ an estrxy this 23u da. VI Janu.
sry, 1891 one small Roam HORSE, weight al. ut
COO pounds. branded thus: D 5 on left shoulder.
Hf6 Oh left stine, 81 on right shoulder: white
face, underlip white. hind legs white above mid.
die joints. outside Of night front leg white up
knee, about Ave inches Of left front leg white
saddle marked on back and sides shoult ju ge
his age about niue years. owner q requ sted to
prove pr perty, pay charges aud take saiu horse
away. c. h. fUkEY.
Leslie. Alturas County, Idaho, Jan. 23d. 1881
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07


q { ( a in
world supplied
lux o noie
fn Every anl supplied Will
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07
THg DOLLAR C0LUM N n

lAdveFuaemeuss not exceedlne IN inch tor ten
ines Of small type) in length will be inserted in
thie column for one dollar per week. or nifty cent?
the 6rst insertion and enty Ave cents each ad.
ditionsl linsoetlOn-payable in advanced
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

EOR sALE-The United States and Canadian
L patents, recently issued. for an article Of
great merit and utility Received medal oI supp
riority at Am rican Institute FAIR. N. Y. Or will
sell state rights.
37l Fulton ST., Brooklyn, N. Y: Room liO
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

COLD RING, GOOD PENS. 6CEDAR LEAD
" Pencils, very good II .ndkercIutfs, all sent
TO any Addrt ss Tor IL cents, to inroduct my heap
line OF ods. j. t. TIMMuNS, Cadiz, o.
ijUm3d&w
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

cCiIOOI. uF PRACTICAL ClYII., MECHAN.
- ical, Mining Ing neering, Surveying,
Draught ng. Architecture. Assrying and Navigs-
ton. Op u the year around. 723 Market st F., San
Francisco, Cal. Established 1864. A. vANDER
NAILLEN Pres. Send for clrrulsr.
aufSyid
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

ENEkAL AGENTS SELLING TIVE PATENT
NJ Adjustable Shoe sre making from $4,000 TO
5000 per ycsr. CanvHssers SAN, to 81 20 per uAy
Exclusive territ"r gwen Address with c-cent
stamp. CONSOLIDATED ADJUSTABLE SHOE Co.. Sx.
leu. Mass.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07
Estray Notice.

THERE CAME TO Ny PLACE. AT GILMAN,
Idaho, one bay u,re, Ave years old, star on fore.
head. branded u on both shoulders. and d.
with quarter circle above on left shoulder under
the q brand; weight about seven hundred pounds
The owner or owners requested prove
batd mare was taken up by me February 25th. 1891
and has run with my stock since about Decetn eel
lst 1890. r, A. JNSSELYN,
Dsteu March 9Th, 1891.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

M wANTrn-Ag-nts to sell Pinlees Clothes
" 1AAv ! LII Line; the only line ever in.
vented that holds the clothes without pin-; per-
tect su cess; patent recently sSsu.d sol. only by
ag~nts. 10 whom the exclusive right is given ON
receipt Of ~ cents We will send salE pie line by
mail; also circulars: price list aad terms TO
agents; secure ,osr territory at once. Addr+ 50
THE fINLESS CLOTHES LINE Co II Hermon
Street, ~ Orcestef. MHsR.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07


lOc. to AGt NTs' RECORD Box ~ Atlanta
! "a and have your name and adnr ss insert
Y ed. The result will be y surprlsi, 4 amount
Y of mail INIT r, samples of xuois, OF, If
Il valuable agencies etc GU get the paper
~ with your name an, a idress printed n it tor
or.y ten cents; mos 25c.: l year 75c.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-05-07

AGENTS wanted Lib RAJ SALARY PAID
~N@sS ~ At home or to travel TEAM tuR
N1sHFp FREF. q, VIZ kerry, Aupnsfr Main.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10
A RINNY GLUTT0N. The Repasts Of the Black Hass of Ger
 mantewH.

From the Philadelphia Times
 In water trough in front of Sullivan's hotel on Chelten avenue, Germantown, there is a black bass that has attracted the attention of hundreds of people because of his peculiarities and the degree of intelli- gence exhibited on many occasions The fish is the only inmate of the trough and has occupied it for two years to the eHclu- sion of 200 others which had been put in it for propagation purposes, but the bass killed them one by one until the entire number had fallen victims to his voracity. He not only killed the fish, but ate them. He swallow flies by the dozen, which the boys of the neighborhood gather for him, and the more they give him the better he appreciates them. He is fed almost daily on cheese, Holsters and choice beefsteak and after he receives his morning complement of the latter he rises to the surface and splashes the water furiously with his tail This is presumed to be his method of re- turning thanks.
 He also eats mice, and several times dur ing the past week John Leithead, of engine 19, provided him with this quality of bait, only to be swallowed without any ceremo- ny. He likewise eats birds, and hardly & day passes that he does not dispose of at least two sparrows and two chippies. The fact that the feathers are on the bodies of the birds makes little difference to him, and it is only when the legs have not been removed that he refuses to touch them. Otherwise he gulps them down with great rapidity. Although he measures eighteen inches in length and weighs about five pounds he causes no trouble to horses at the trough, and never has sbeen known to molest one of them, excepting Joe Ladley's gray mare, but several times he has risen out of the water and snapped at her while she was drinking.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10
ITALIAN BREAKFAsTs.
A Delightful Experience fer Visiting
 Americans.

Rome Letter in Hartford Courantl
 We breakfasted at 12 in the Princess B's garden; she is an American married to a man with an old Italian title, and is maid of honor to the queen. When we have a garden at home we pull down all the fences and let people see its beauties and admire what we have got; thus accomplishing two ends. These people do not want the ad- miration of the vulgar, so they build high walls about their palaces, and the visitor is ushered all unprepared into an earthly pa- radise. never saw anything quite like this garden. It is not very large, but it has all the effects of a great plantation. There are avenues of ileI, and winding walks that leads to nowhere, and SO in de- spair one traces his steps to find oneself on another side of the garden; there is lake in which swans are floating; and a grove of palms as tall and stately as those in Is- mails garden outside of Cairo. But it is the roses that take away our breath. They fall in cascades from the trees, and trail on the ground, and cover the summer houses as with a canopy; they hedge the walls in barriers of color, and they perfume the air with odors SO delicious that our senses are too stupid to hear the nightingales that sing away as if they were jealous and bound to wake us from the spell.
 We breakfasted in a pavilion made of hght-colored marble with a mosaic floor and frescoed ceiling where doves and an gels fioated on pink clouds, and ate but tered mullins looking on the Coliseum, through whose thatchless arches the blue Roman sky was framed. There were some literary people present whom 1t may bs
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10

permissible to speak of. Lord Duferin is an author so he must submit to be des- scribed like his fellows. He is a slight rather small man about S5S or 60 years old, |, gray and looking on life most good natured- ly through Q single eyeglass. He had lived enough in the world to be a cosmopolitan and like many other we'll bred people has lost national peculiarities, soV that one would be puzzled to know to what country he belonged, if, indeed, in this touch-and- go world anybody could Marion Craw- ford is tai, blonde, rather grave than gay, slightly bald and looking 3S or 40 years. Miss Edwards, whom all Hartford knows, was looking pale and worn, last years accident having we'll nigh ended her brilliant career as author and lecturer. Mir Story, sculp- tor, poet, lawyer, is about 70 years old, but as full of life and activity as a boy, and as full of anecdote and repartee as t'Conver- sation in Studio" indicate. When Lord Dufferin, who is accredited with a most pardonable weakness for the other sex, re- marked that when he heard the noise of the late explosion, which broke all the win dows and frightened the Romans out of their wits, he thought it was the last trump-"Then you thought it was the queen of hearts, my lord" responded Ar Story
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10
Parrot Story From Paris.
ILucy H. Hooper in the Philadelphia Telt
 praph1

tLucy H. Hooper in the Philadelphia Tele-
 graph.l
 heard the other day an absurd story concerning parrot which, think, merits recording in your columns. The Baron de Rothschild of Paris, so runs the tale, was desirous of sending to his kinsman at Frankfort, whose birthday was at hand, some acceptable token of remembrance. l should fancy that member of that fam fly would be an exceedingly difficult per son for whom to choose gift, and so the baron found. After much cogitation and many investigations he decided upon wonderfully trained and talkative parrot, whose facility in learning any phrase that he had been told few times was particu- larly noted. One of the clerks of the Par is house was deputed to convey the pre- cious fowl to Frankfort. Now the wealth CT was cold, the young man disliked trsv cling, and above all the parrot, with the usual perversity of his race, screamed and screeched all night, so that none of the oc- | cupants of the sleeping car in which he l and his guardian were installed could get | any rest. Shut up, you confounded Jew!" exclaimed his protector in passion more than once, moved to anti-semitic feelings by the disagreeable journey and l the parrots bad behavior At last the bird and its disgusted protector arrived safe in Frankfort, and the parrot was for mally presented to its new owners, who at once commenced trying to coax it to talk. Polly listened to NJ. de Rothschild's dis course for few minutes, and then in re- ply enunciated with startling distinctness | the latest phrase he had learned, Shut | up, you confounded Jew."
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10
Taken Too Literally.


 A woman went into Cass avenue drug store to have a prescription filled. The druggist compounded the drugs, and, as he handed the bottle to the customer, he said, pleasantly:
 Here's your prescription, ma'am- shakel"
 ''I'n do nothing of the kind" snapped the woman, " and I think you've a good deal of impudence to ask me to-"
 ''You don't understand" exclaimed the druggist; ''I mean that when you take the prescription, you must shake"
 ''I won't take the prescription if it's go- ing to make me shake," objected the GUS toner
 Good heavens, woman it's the bottle you are to shake, nshrieked the druggist
 "What good will it do mel" she quer- jed.
 ''He means" said the druggists assis- tant, coming to the rescue, "that the mix ture in the bottle should be well shaken be- fore taken"
 "Well, couldn't he have said so." asked the wrsthfull customer, as she looked a farewell suspicion at the unfortunate drug pist
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10

the stations along the line.-Smith, Gray & Co.'s Monthly,
 Foreman-Where shall put this report of the prize fight!
 Editor-Put it 'longside of Rev. Dr. Goodman's sermon; then people can read the prize fight while pretending to read the sermon.-New York Weekly.
 "Hickelton Spriggs expects to be mil lionaire."
 Howl"
 "He's in scheme now to plant beans in the hottest part of New Jersey, so that when they ripen they will be already baked. ."-New York Sun.
 "You said the cherries I bought from you yesterday were the very best"
 ffSo they were"
 ''Why, every cherry had been half eaten by the birds."
 sI know it, ma'am. That's why I said they were the best. The birds always know the best cherries. "-New York Press.
 Teacher-What are the names of the seven days of the weekl
 Boy-Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
 "That's only six days. You have missed one. When does your mother go to When pa buys her new hat."-Texas Siftings.
 First Stranger-Traveling for pleasure, sirl
 Second Stranger-Yes, sir, am on my way to see the Alps and Europe generally. Travelling for pleasure yourselfa
 F. S.-Yes. I am on my way to the United States to see the Rocky Mountains, Niagara Falls and other wonders. Hays you seen them?
 s. S.-Oh, no; I'm an American you know.-New York Press.
 Two Good Boys.-Mrs. E. L. Meredith of Waco heard tremendous racket in the kitchen, and upon investigation found her two boys, Jim and Bob, engaged in rough-and-tumble fight. "What do you mean by all this racket" exclaimed the indignant mother. "Quit kicking each other, and let go each others hair. What are you quarrelling about anyhow" The boys separated, and Bob explained: "We are quarrelrng about which is the best be- haved boy. Jim says he is the best be- haved boy, and say he is liar" Here the two clinched again, and Mrs. Meredith had to pour cold water on them to get them apart. The question as to which is the most quiet, orderly boy has not yet been decided.-Tsxas Siftings.
Morning journal and courier., 1891-07-10
Personal Habits of Africans.

Paul Richards in Popular Science Monthly.l
 At eating, the negro, having always first washed his hands and rinsed his mouth, sit upon the ground; holds the larger pieces between his teeth while he cuts of bite with his knife, but does not use both hands to hold food, except gnswing bones; with the usual dishes, he lays his right arm over his knees and, reaching into the pot, molds the thick mess into Jumps about the size of a walnut, which he throws into his mouth with jerk, without scattering any of the food. To take out vegetables or soup, he presses hollow into the lump and dips with it. Politeness is shown to the host or the housewife, after eating, by smacking loudly enough to be heard.
 While the negro is capable of eating meat in an unpleasant state of decomposi- tion, he is very sensitive against some tastes, and will make some evident mani festations of his dislike of them. He is careful about the outer matters of drink ing. He will always rinse his mouth first, even when he is intensely thirsty. If the cup is not too small, he takes it in both hand; and he likes to sit down with it. If the vessel is large and open, he draws in the water from the surface with his lips, without bringing them in contact with the dish Sometimes negroes pour water into their mouths When drinking at ponds and rivers. the water is carried to the mouth with the hand. For some mys- tic reason it is considered bad to lie fiat down when drinking from rivers. The fear of being snapped up by crocodile may have something thing to do with the mat ter.
 Great attention is given in most of the tribes to the care of the body. The teeth are cleansed with stick which has been chewed into a kind of brush. The hands are washed frequently, not by turning and twisting and rubbing them together one within the other, ss with us, but by 8 straight up-and-down rubbing, such as is given to the other limbs This manner of | washing Is so characteristic thst an African