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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA

On and after MONDAY, Oet. ~, 1890.
trains will rum as follower
DEPARTURES.
For Auburn and Lowisaong T.2O O. mr.
12.45 and 8. 70 p. m. For Goraam, 100 q. N.
1.S0 and 6.12p. m. For Montreal and Chi-
rago, 100 a. M, and 1.3O p. M. For Quebec,
I.3O p. m. For BuckneId aud Canton,
TOO a m, and 1.30 p. IN.
ARRIVALS
From Lewiston and Auburn, 6.26 q. nj
1915 $40 and $50 p. m. From Gorham,
S.26 a. m, 1915 and 8. AZ D. m. From
Chicago and Msntreai, 1915 and b.42 p. m.
From Quebec, 12.16 y. m. From Hstnud
EPend, Mixed TOO p. m.
Pullman Palace sleeping Cars on night
train, and Parlor cars on day train between P0r
land and Montreal.
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A Matter of Necessity.

No better remedy for gray hair has been dis
covered than Halls Rair Remover.
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All cases of weak or lame back
backache rheumatism, will find relief by wearing
one of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna
Backache Plasters. Price 20 cents. Try them.
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CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT co
Custom House Wharf.
Week Day Time Table.


Week Day Time Table.
Commencing Friday, May 1, 1891 steamers will
leave Custom House Wharf, Portland:
For Forest City and Trefethen's Landing,
Peaks Island, Little and Great Diamond Islands,
at $50, 64O 500, 1000, A. NJ, 2.16, 400, 6.1O
For Evergreen Landing, Peaks Island and
Ponce,s Landing, Long Island, 500, 1880 A. M.
For cushings at GAO. 1880 a. M. 4.2Op.m.
Returning, leave Forest City Landing e.2O,
40, 9.15, 11.45 A. m $50, 800, 6.25 p. M.
Leave Trefethen's at 600, 7.O6, 800, Ill .3O A.
NJ, 3.1b, 4.45, 645 +. M.
Leave Little Diamond at 6,1O, 7.15, 9IO
-11.40 A. M, 1926, 435, 6.35 r. M.
Leave Great Diamond at 606, ITO, 9.05,
sll.35 A. NJ, 500, 4.40, $40 p. NJ
Leave Evergreen at $3.50, s11.25 AM, $40 p.
M.
Leave Ponce's Landing Long Island, at s.45
.1115 A. M, 800 p. M.
Leave Cushings at 7.25, 11.60 a. m. sos p. m.
Sunday Time Table.
For Forest City and Trefethens Landings,
Peaks Island Little and Great Diamond Islands
at 300, 1890 A. NJ, 2.16. 400 p. NJ.
For Evergreen Landing, Peaks Island and
Ponee's Landing, Long Island at 1880 A. NJ,
2.15, 40 p. M.
sNot run in stormy and foggy weather.
q. W. I. COOLING,
apr3odu General Manager
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"First.n he said, "there is one l.,
one; two H., two; three ILL.,, three; w.,
four; v, five; W., six; VII, seven;
VIII, eight; k, nine; K, ten; XII,
eleven, and XII, twelve. There, what's
the matter with that9"
"Nothing," was the rejoineF, ''ex-
cept that you are not only wrong, but
very far from being night. Look at your
watch and satisfy yourself"
Out came the tinepiece and this is the
way it looked:
"Well, I Declare" he exclaimed,
.that is revelation to me. Why, l
thought there were only Roman numerals
to indicate the hours, and the fact that
there were second hands on the face
never entered my head, that little dial,
of course, wiping out the W., which l
thought was there. Yes, lost the
money squarely."
"THE CHARMED CIRCLE"
One of the most simple yet puzzling
tricks which may be illustrated by the
same figures is called 1.-THE Charmed
Circle" It is sometimes known as
"The Mind Reader" All the parapher-
MALTA required is sheet of paper and a
pencil. On the paper make circle OF
figures from one to twelve.
The trick is to tell any number in the
circle thought of by another person.
This is how it is done: After number
has been selected by your friend, ask
him to add one to it when you strike the
paper. Then you continue striking and
be the counting until twenty is reached
Then you will be on the number he has
chosen.
Care must be taken, however, in hitting
the figures to be sure that on the eighth
stroke you touch twelve, and then move
around the circle to the left, touching
each number in regular order. 1t Is an
unfailing source Of mystifying amuse-
mcnt.
1t can be made more confusing by
distributing the first seven strokes around
the circle promiscuously, but do not fail
to touch twelve on the eighth and pro-
ceed as directed.-Mp York Herald.
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been taken to the coast by caravans o.
1000 to 5000 men. His home, however,
is at Kassongo. At Stanley Falls he
lives in q mean little hut, apparently
caring nothing for its discomforts, though
he is rich enough, if he chose, to live in
one of the finest houses in Zanzibar.
Gleerdp, the swede, who crossed
Africa while ago, visited Kassongo and
reported that Tippu Tbs dwelling ther.
was fine stone mansion, which would
compare favorably with any private resi-
dence in Zanzibar.
Though in his dealings with white
men he has been courteous, obliging anc
generally faithful, Tppu Tib in the past
has caused an enormous amount of suffer
ing to the helpless natives of Central
Africa. He has made slaves OF thousands
of them, and this has involved the de
struction of many villages and the slaugh
ter of many helpless natives. No ont
supposes that he is actuated by any
motive than that of self-interest.
He has now agreed to stop slave raid
ing in the territory he controls, only be
cause he SECS that it is his interest to DE-
so. He is very shrewn man, and find
ing it useless to oppose the advance O.:
the whites, he has decided to cooperate
with them, knowing that 1t is to theil
advantage to give him abundant oppor'
tunity to carry on his trading enterprises
! 1t is hoped tnat this able man, who il
by far the richest person in inner Africa.
may be made valuable agent in carry
ing on the civilizing work now in pro
gress on the Upper Congo and in tht
lake regions. York journal.
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Mexico. Who their ancestors were or
how long they have occupied the island
is not known, but they are now becom-
ing extinct.
II saw three women and one man and
their appearance and manners gave Inc
the impression that they are brutes by
nature and brutes in heart and soul. 1t
was lust by chance that saw them, as
few of them venture away from the
island except to cell the mats and shawls
which they make from the skins and
feathers of the albatross. They are cum
ming thieves, but otherwise their minds
are dull-in fact they seem stupe6ed.
They have vacant stare in their eyes,
and, when not serious, an idiotic smile
spreads over their faces.
1.-THE island OF Seri is about twenty
miles long and at places ten miles wide,
and was told no Mexican or white man
ever ventures near or attempts to land on
it, as they claim the island is their do.
main and shoot the intruders with
poisoned arrows or capture and eat them.
They exist on fish and goat meat, which
are plentiful. Low houses, built Of
shrubbery, are their abode. Some live
in 'dugouts,' or caves cut into banks.
They roam about the island and lead the
LATEST life of any people that have ever
heard of. No one can really tell what
their daily routine of living is, but it is
fact that the tribe is dying out, and it
will not be many years before they will
become extinct.
"Their mode of burial is not known,
but it was estimated that where there are
now handful there were several thou
sapd not ten years ago, and if they bury
the dead and do not burn the bodies, as
cannibals do, the bones of their enor-
nous frames will cover a large area of
the island.
The man I photographed is over
seven feet in height. His face was a
study when he saw the lens pointed at
him, and he could not understand what
was being done. He, as is all his race,
was superstitious, but we overcame that
obstacle by giving him present of an
old pair of trousers, which he immedi-
ately tied around his neck. The gentle
man standing next to him is about six
feet tall and he had to hold the Indians
hand. An old rag encircled the upper
portion of the Indians limbs, and it was
tied around the waist. The blanket is
made of albatross skin and feathers. The
bow and arrows which he holds is the
only weapon they know of or use. His
legs from the knee down are not covered.
The hat he wears is of straw, and he, as
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the wall and tie vines, without being
perceived from the garden, but it would
be feat of exceptional agility. l am sure
you may only have thought you saw
face here"
Very likely, very likely, Miss Wirford,
said the old man, returning to his book,
and already forgetting the subject. -Ah,
this is precarioas world, Miss Win
ford!"
She stood looking OF him irresolutely.
She liked the old man and his daughter,
and with far more cause for doing SO
than either of them could have aly idea
of. Should she now say what she had
come to say-merely to warn of the lurk-
ing strangers presence, and to tell the
Alworths to mnnifest no alarm thereat,
bnt even to keep the knowledge OF 1t
secret-and what this air-borne misslve,
addressed to the old man himself, had
rendered doubly significant.
No" she muttered to herself, after a
plying study of the bowed and venerable
head. The secret were hardly safe in
his keeping, much as it might inspirit his
wroneed and suffering neart. Gwendollne
TO be sure, is discreet. But no; better let
them be hopeless till hope is assured"
There was knock ut the door, and sAe
slipped out behind Mr.. Croak Just as that
undue individual was bowing himself in
TO the room.
The words scrawled upon the mysteri.
GUS missive, which Miss Winford had
decided to withhold from the person fol
whom it was intended, were these:
-OLp AND DEAR FRIEND: Bear your cross
with patience for yet little while: the day
Of earthly reckoning is almost at hand.
THE DEAD ALIVE
Iro RE Continued
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"The women wear patched dresses
made of cloth, which they receive for
albatross mats ard shawls. They are
wrinkled and old, very few girls being
amCng the tribe. The bowls on their
heads contain broken vessels made of
clay.
They are wonderful people," con-
tinued Mr.. Mcnamara, land no doubt
their past history, if :evealed, will bring
to light facts that relate to the mag
ni6cent reign of the Montezomas, or even
far beyond the time of Cortez.
In regard to his visit to the Mexican
mines, lie said:
II left Port Townsend early in De-
cember, and after travelling III various
States in Mexico, l arrived at Her
mosillo. I left there on January 10, OF
horseback, with five natives. We
travelled by trail to Soyopa, distance OF
14O miles from there to Bacanora,
through Ariveche, which is the last
civilized town on the road. The coun.
try We entered is uninhabited; there
was no trail to guide us, and we reached
the much talked of mythical mines by al
indirect route of about 125 miles. The
mines were worked by the old Fathers
or Jesuits from Spain and the Yaqui anc
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The Richest Man in Inner Africa.

We present here the latest portrait ol
the great Central African, Tippu Tib.
Tippu Tib will soon be in Arabia again,
his birth place, for he is native Of Mus
cat. he is on the way to revisit tn,
land of his fathers. He was the son O
hall. f.caste Arab, and his mother was s
full-blooded negro slave. In point OF
ancestry, therefore, many of the Arabs
whom he has controlled as master does
a slave, look down Upon him.
He is the man described by Cameron
as an African dandy, and of whom
Stanley said that he was the finest gentle.
man he had ever met in Africa. By
pure intellectual superiority Tppu Tib,
after he went to the lake regions as s
trader, gradually gained the supremacy
over all other traders, until large tract
of country, extending from Kassongo, on
the Upper Congo, to Stanley Falls, ac-
knowledged him as its ruler. He has
supreme influence over all the Arabs in
the district he governs, and if so dis
posed he can be of much assistance to
The Congo Free State in its efforts to
suppress slave raids.
For several years he lived at Stanley
Falls, where he accumulated an immense
quantity of ivory, much of which has
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Mayo Indian slaves up IN 1920, whe1
the Apaches who lived in chihuahua
came and massacred all that did not es.
cape. The country Immediately rouno
about is beautiful-low hills inside 6
basin something The shape of saucer
with high mountains on all sides. Tht
priests in those days only worked or.
which paid 500 ton or more, so tht
people that were with me said, and bast
metal was not mined.
"There is lots of land to be got ther.
just for the asking. I went down there
in the interest of large company anG
brought up some specimens of ore
They are mostly copper glance and Al
yet DO not know what the specimens
will assay"
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The Oldest White Man.

The oldest white man, probably, IN
the United States whose age can be
clearly authenticated, is Eli Gray, who
resides at Roxbury, Delaware County,
NY The records in the Town Clerks
Office at Weston, Fairfield County, Conn.,,
attest the fact that Mr.. Gray was born
in that town on December 16, 17S5, and
while vet youth rem oved to New York
State. Jay Gould's father was the first
male child born in the town Of Roxbury.
Mr.. Gray says he remembers the date OF
the occurrence, October 8, 1872, and he
was intimate with the family until past
middle age. Mr.. Gray's mother, as is
also shown by the town records of Wes-
ton, lived to be 120 years old. A half
century of Gray's life was spent on the
Gould homestead, near Roxbary. Gray
was small in stature during his prime,
but was wiry and "nervy." He Is the
father of two children. His wife died
few years ago in the Delaware County
Poor House. At the age of forty Mr..
Gray adopted the course Of "squattlng
upon unoccupied land, and he took an
active part in the anti-rent troubles OF
1912. Going into the woods he would
select pleasant location, erect log
cabin and live there as long as he could
do so without paying rent. The ruins OF
several of these cabins can now be seen.
Mr.. Gray lives in little hut near kox-
bury and, though failing mentaliy and
physically, can still give many remlnls-
cences of olden times. The town of Rox-
bury appropriates 1854 yearly for his
care and maintenance. Jay Gould sent
Gray Christmas present of $50 last year
and takes considerable interest in the old
mans welfare.-St. Louis Republic.
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CHAPTER ".
Mr. AlwoRTH FINISHES HIS STORY.

Mr. ALWoRTH FINISHES HIS STORY.
when I returned home, crushed anc
broken, from London" continued Mr.
Alworth, feebly, 1Croak and the Mar.
loves at first pretended the utmost sym.
pathy.
"a week after the forgery, Jasper Mar.
lowe was suddenly missing. He did no!
return. The rumor spread that he hac
deserted his wife and child. 1 did no;
believe it at first. It seemed wholly un
like Jasper. But one evening Gilbert
Marlowe came to me at Jasmine Lodge.
saying, casper was the rascal who got
away with your money, Alworth; he con-
fessei it tc me, and is now beyond the
seas, with my assistance.
Gwendoline looked astounded.
Yes, my child, such was Gilbert'e
cold -blooded announcement. He went
on TO say that Jasper had confessed to
using my money in paying horse-racing
debts. Then Gilbert added: But I don't
know anything about your money. ]
only came to say that I will hencefortb
carry on the business of the firm alone,
and to assure you that the proud old name
of Marlowe is still, publicly, untar.
nished.' 1 tried to strike him, but my
head suddenly left me, and I swooned
away. Twas carried to bed, and remained
unconscious for ore week with brain
fever. They pulled me through, after q
fashion When at last-broken down
and With the sad realization that could
never again be, mentally and volitionally,
the man / mad been when at last was
slowly convalescing my physical health
was sited by Lawyer Croak.
GH:s manner toward me was changed to
a harsh and perenptory one. He asked
me if 1 was prepared to meet the mortgage
Of six hundred pounds, which be held on
Jasmine Lodge. and which would fall
due On the following day. / felt that J
should die IL comreued 10 give mp u:,
ne anti ful fioY, ..p p;rt cot
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Red and White Ash Coal.

Very few householders know anything
about the respective qualities of red ash
and white ash coal. In many small
cities white ash is all that can be had.
For range use, however, good red ash
coal gives out more heat and is more
economical than anything else. The
cook does not like it so we'll if she is in
clined to be indolent, because it doe'
not burn up so rapidly as white ash coal,
and cannot be started SO quickly; but
when it is once started and burning its
lasting powers are surprising.-Nep York
Tribune.
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Queen Victoria is Superstitious.

1t is interesting to note that Queen
Victoria openly avows that she is not
"above" believing in certain omens, as
is shown by Dr.. Nrause, who quotes from
a passage in the Veiner ANgemeine
Zsitunq. By command of Queen Victoria,
Mr.. Martin, director of the Institute for
the Blind, has attended to the making a
cradle for the newly born child of Prin-
cess Beatrice, of Battenberg. The cradle.
is to be made entirely by blind men and
women. The Queen firmly believes that
objects made by blind people bring
luck. -
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Rice is not indigenous to America, but
was early introduced from Europe. 1t
is supposed to be a native OF India, where
it is the principal food of the inhabi-
tants. 1t thrives only in moist or very
wet soils, and in dry seasons the crop
often fails and leads to famines in ,oun-
tries where the people depend upon this
Grain for food.
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A LOST TRIBE.
GIANT INDIANS THAT INHABIT
AN ISLAND NEAR MEXICO.
Believed to be an-Eaters-Intrud-
ers Killed With Poisoned Arrows
Older Than the Aztecs, but
Now Becoming Extinct.

"There are ia giant cannibals, men
and women, living on Seri Island, in the
Gulf of California, and not sixty miles
from the mainland of Mexico" said
George G. Mcnamara to San Francisco
Examiner reporter at the Palace Hotel.
"What l say might seem ridiculous,
but it is nevertheless fact, for have
seen some of them during my travels in
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There are still tribes of 1ndians in
Mexico which believe in witchcraft, and
the other week woman was killed be-
cause it was contended that she drove
.he sun over into the United States and
filled up the space with rain.
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ITO BE coNTINUED.l
Dial Tricks and Catches.

Did you ever try to call off the numerals
on the face of your watch without look
ing at it2 If not you will be surprised
to learn how difficult it is to do it cor
rectly.
The other night gentleman, under
the inspiration of modest wager made
by friend, attempted the feat. This
was the result of his efforts:
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CHATTER III.
FATHER AND DAUGHTER.

FATHER AND DAUGHTER.
II WAS some moments before the con-
<xite old gentleman could make his peace
or the humiliation his weakness had
caused, but he succeeded Mt last.
1T is over now," said Gwendoline, dry
ing her eyes. But, father, be sure and
never keep anything back from me again.
Tell me now; did Mr.. Marlowe say any
thing else?"
-Gnly one thing more, Gwenny.'
"What was it?"
He said We might have Jasmine Lodge
oack gain, with all the care-free bappl-
ness we desire. if-if-
go on, father If what2'
Tiff you would only consent to mar:
~ MIR. Croak.
Gwen burst into clear, ringing peal q
su2bter.
'.h. how comical!" she cried: and then.
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A Shreveport Ga.) beet of the blood
red variety weighs forty-six pounds. 1t
grew on Silver Lake soil.
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Gentleman who had been occupying
seat-"No, by gosh, it amt locked"-
Munseu's Weeklu
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he stands there, is the typical Seri
Indian.
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err?
It was gone in an instant, even if it had
been there at all.
Then rubbing his glasses again, he
turned his head, to perceive MISS Win.
ford, who had already entered, and closed
the door behind her.
MY knox was not answered, said She,
so I made bold to think you in doze.
I came to say, Mr.. Alworth, that I saw
strange man lurking in the garden. But
you look startled, sir.
Man lurking in the garden, eh? Bless
me, Miss Winford! and q mans face was
just peering in at me from there;" and he
pointed excitedly at the ivy. That is, I
think there was. A wild, lost face-n
face that seemed to recall old memories!"
oh, Mr.. Alworth! a:e you sure?" ez-
claimed the housekeeper, clasping her
hlnds; and yet her manner expressed
rather annoyance than alarm. Hardly
possible, think"
He.e O paper, weighted with a pebble,
came in at the same window, dropping
lightly at Miss Winford's feet.
"Eh? What was that?" said the old gen.
tleman, pestirr.ng himself, and rubbing
his glasses afresh. Didn't something
| fy into the room Just then?"
"A broken leaf, perhaps, said the
housekeeper, placidly. There is high
sea-wind to-day"
AS she spoke she hid the missiye with
her skirt, and presently secured it un-
| perceived. This, too, though she had seen
more than the flight of tile paper; even
the swift vanishing of the hand that had
| thrown it.
"You must have teen mistaken about
The face in the ivy, sir" said she, quietly
advancing to the window and lear ing
out, during which she detached the paper
from it's weight and read some words
serawled upon it. Yes, she continued.
drawing back, it was all fancy on your
part, +. 4 man might crawl up between