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Salvation Army.

Aba IA Semdre, the son of the Archbishop
Oh Ceylcn Qndia), will speak and sing at the
salvation Army hall, Libby's Corner, July
9th also MIS-. Major Dale of Tennessee, for
merry on the staff of Captain Shirley, Staff
Captain and Mrs. Symonds, will take part in
the meeting
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The vast amount of labor necessary in the
compilation of the reference books of mer-
camille agency can be comprehended when 1t
is known that in six months E. Russell s.
Co., and their associates, R. G. Dun & Co.,
added 130.453 new names. obliterated 49,
1T and made corrections of 10S.127 ratings
and changed 1890 styles of firms. Their
new book to be issued in July will contain
names and ratings of 1.216,555 individual
firms and corporations, an increase over the
number published in their January issue of
IL DIG
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Another Soldiers Monument.

A parish meeting of the North Congrega-
tienal Society of Cape Elizabeth was held
Thursday evening and 1t was voted to deed
triangular piece of land about l6O feet long
In front of the church. on which will be
erected monument to the memory of Cape
>Elizabtt tn soldiers who died in the war.
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.RlNES BROTHERS,
BOSTON b MAINE r. n.
Iu Effect June -, 1891.
WRsTERN DIVISION

WESTERN DIVISION
Trains leave Portland. (Union station for
m. Boston Tor Portland 4.so, 500 $50 S; am =
LOO, 400 2. m. For scarbere beach and Pine
Psint, 7.so; io.15 a: m. Lao, $50, SIS. SIS,
I0,16 a. m, 1920, Las. $50, 5.15, Cos, els,
s4S g iS1s '1 90 ls2S sS 5 1885, s
Bis, sos, $40 p. m. Wells Bench 7.30, s.45
sl5 ssO 1915 gs0 sl sf p M rsa Fa s
:ss rs =; p, is.sG; $50 SIS; s:9s ?; =, sean
Lawrence, lowell 7.30, S.45 a. m, 1920,
$50, sos p. m. Rochester, Rnrmins ton .
Alton hay, Weifbe %r s.4S a; M, 1920, $50
ester $50 a. m. manchester and Concord
lyia Lawrence) 5.45 a. m, 1920 ?. m, (via South
Newmarket Junction,) 7.3o a. M, $50 p. m.
Sunday Trains from Union Station.
Fer Boston 100, $50 D. m. Dover. 100.
Old Orchard Beach, saco, Biddsfard, Q. 90,
1880 a. m, 100, 200, $50, AIS, $50. $40, tbs
p. N.
Eastern Division from Union station
For Biddeford, Portsmouth,, Newbury.
daily, ts.0O a. M, I2.sO p. m. daily. fs.oo D. m.
Amcsburs 800 a. m, 800 p. m. Be.ton for
P'r,i: md % $50 M tteoo m. daily 1880
From Commercial Street Station
Fer Portsmouth, and way stations, 4. 80 D. m
Cape Elizabeth and scarboro Orossing ,
72j, $40, 1O.16 q. m, 12.10, 3.26, 4.30, 6.65 n.
IN.
Trains from Commercial Street Station conne( {
at scarb0r0 Crossing with trains OF both Divisions
tConnects with Ran Lines for New York, South
and West.
sConnects with Sound Lines for New York.
@tWestern Division from North Berwick.
only.
All trains arriving and departing from Union
station run via western Division between Scar
boro Crossing and Portland.
Through Tickets TO all points South and We,
ior sale az Union station, 0oagre"s Street
JAS. I. FURBER, v. =. and Gen. Man, Boston
ID. j. FLANDERS, Gen. r. and It. A., Boston.
NJ. L. WILLIAMS. Gen. Agt. at Portland.
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A Happy Crowd.

One of the happiest lot of campers ON the
islands at the present time can be found at
the hospitable cottage Of Rev. William 7.
Phelan at Jones's landing. Seven young la
dies who recently graduated from the Cor
ham Normal school are spending a part of
their vacation there. Among them are
Misses Phelan, johnson, Glldden, Maxfeld,
Hill, Stackpole and Trask.
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Pine Street Church.

The work of Mr.. Yatman at Pine street
church has been thorough and full OF inspi-
ration and blessing, not only to the church
but also 10 the members of other churches
who have been in attendance. Many per-
sons have been led to begin Christian life.
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MAR RACES.

In this city, June 20. by Rev. B. L. Whitman,
Estes OF South Durham.
In Boothbay Harbor. Jnne %, by Rev. A. Fred
erlck Dunnells OF Bath, Arthur Magoon of Port
land and Abbie Q. Wheeler Of Boothbay HarbOr
In Harrison, June 20. Walter W. Smythe and
Miss Alice M. Jordan.
Naples and Miss Alice M Weber Of Harrison.
In Welchville, June 10. John Axiom and Mrs
Carrie A. Kimball, both of Oxford.
In West Sumner, June II, Lewis b. Andrews of
West Paris and Miss Clara S. Cole Of West sum
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RumfOrd Falls & Buckfield Railroad.
I'm Effect june 10, 1891.

Leave Portland via G.. 7. Railway, $50 a. m. and
1.30 p. m. Saturdays 5.12 p. m.
RETURNING-LeaYe Canton 4.30 and S.45 O. IN.
saturdays 800 d. m.
STAGE CONFECTIONERY W.
Mlnot Tor Hebron Academy; Buekneld for w.
sumner and Turner; Canton fer Peru, Dxiield,
and Mexico, also for Brettun's Mills, Llyermors.
je27dtf l., u, LINCOLN, Supt.
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You hardly realize that IL is medi-
cine, when taking Carriers Little Liver Pills:
they are very small no bad effects; all troubles
from torpid liver are relieved by their use.
1un22 dSwtw
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The carpet and furniture dealers have decided
not to close their stores this afternoon but will
commence next Saturday and continue till Au-
gust 2oth
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Mercantile Agency
EDWARD RUSSELL & co.

This agency, and r. G. Dun & Co., its associ
ates, have had an existence of over half century
and have established Offices In one hundred and
many as any other agency 1t Is the o,,ig agency
In the State Of Maine with fully equipped office
having two, one at Portland andt the other at Ban
gor. There Is no specially claimed by any agen-
cy that Is not embraced in this office. The next
issue OF the reference Book will be delivered ear
]y In July and Will contain the names and trades,
classined, OF nearly one million and a half mer-
chants, traders, manufacturers, bankers and bus
mess men generally. with figures indicating the
estimated capital OF each concern together with
an Indication Of Its credit Our detailed ye,1ort,
on file In our several Offices, the basis of all rat
ings, are replete with valuable information to all
dispensers OF credit. Our collection department
is unexceptionally the most desirable medium for
the collection OF past due debts names OF reliable
attorneys furnished without expense to any one
on application. Terms Of subscription to this
agency made known on application to the mana
ger, Il: ERANk JONES, 81 B Exchange
Street, Portland, Name ie27eodGf
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The UeGthef today
Is likely to be
shoWerp.

The Uedthef today
Is likely to be
showerp.
PORTLAND, June 81, 1891.
\ LUCKY bit OF
~ buying brings to
us a lot of blouses
and shirt waists at near
twenty-five per cent under
regular prices,-we give
the benefit to you and
take our reward in an in
creased business.
One lot (all sizes) of
white silk and wool stripe
flannel blouse waists with
pearl buttons, rolling col
lar and pulled sleeves at
S2.9S have been $3.75.
Another lot of fine i'm
ported Zephyr cloth waists
in a variety of handsome
checks, stripes, ETC., at
SI.75, regularly sold at
2.25.
In this sale are several
dozens of black and white
vertical stripe foulards;
elegantly made goods at
SI.75, worth $50.
We shall also show for
the first time this morning
a complete new line of do
met flannel blouses for
boys and girls at 50 cents
and a special bargain in
heavy grey twIiied flannel
shirt waists, laced front at
$I.25, just the sort for the
country.
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One of the most remar-
kable bargains this store
has ever offered is the lot
of silk taffeta Gloves at IS
cents. They're as good as
any to be had elsewhere at
80 cents and we have them
in tans and greys.
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E0R SALE-Two story house containing 10
fine stable and one acre OF land under high
state OF cultivation, situated In Gorham, Me-, on
421a Exchange street. 272
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Angostura Bitters is known all o. er the world
as the great regulator of digestive organs. DR.
Segert's is the only genuine. At all druggists.
Jun25 eod&w1w
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PORTLAND & WORCESTER lINE
Portland & Rochester IL. II.
STATI0a FOOT or PRERlE STREET.

On and sitter Monday, June 30, tSe 4 /,
Passenger Trains will Leave Portiandi
FOR " crcester. Clinton, Aver Juncfieo.
Nashua, Windham and Ripping at 5.2J
q. M. and 1880 ,. m.
For Manchester. Ceucords and points North
at5.25 n. M, 1880 p. M.
For Rochester, springvale, Alfred, Water
borc and saco River az 1928 n. m, 1880
and $50 p.
For Gorham at 2 % and 1870 n. M, 1850
3.1J, $50, $40 and Ills p. m.
For saccarappa, Gum be rland N ills, West
brook Junction and Woodford,s at 7.25
and 1900 a. p,., II 80, 3.15, $50, 6.3O
and Ills p. nm.
For Forest Avenue (Deerinx), 6.2O p. m.
The 1880 p. m. train from Portland connects
st Aver Junction with "Hoesac Tunnel
Route" for the West and at Union Staten,
oTcester, for Providence and New Yorx,
via "Provideuce Liue,o for Norwich and
New York, via Norwich Line" with Bosfos
a. Albany K X, for the West, and with
New York all rail, via, "springneId.,'
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 80 p. M; from Rochester as g. ) n. m. /,
1.3O and 5 80 p. ma; From Gorham at 6.4O,
SOS and 1850 n. M, 1.30, 4.3O, $50 and
.1.35 p. nm.
For through Tickets to all points West and
South apply to s. K. CORDWElL, Ticket Agent,
Portland, Me. j. w. PETERS. Supt.
Q. ]. WIGGIN. GenI Ticket Agent. je27dtf
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ITO LET-A cottage on the west end of Great
u Chebeague Island. Apply TO JOSEPH #.
WEBER, "a Eastern Promenade. 27-1
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YOUR ATTENTION

for n moment 60 remind You
that we sell NH sorts OF Toilet
Brushes. TO begin mt the top:
Hair Brushes are first. from the
fine imported solid back, best
bristle goods. TO the rs and rs
cent kinds. Infants Brushes also.
Flesh Brushes In several desira-
BILE styles. Bath Brushes are
among them. Tooth Brushes,
DupOnrs ImpOrfed-fhere'sn moth
ing better; the silver Wire FAST
ened brush Is N good one and will
prove ms durable ms any. Then
we have them for 40 and I5
cents, AS good as are sold any
where for the money. There's a
good assortment OF Nail Brushes
TO select from.
Horse Hair Whisks, Corn
Whislxs and Stiff Brisile Brushes.
Our prices are not too high.
III. III. HAY & SON, Middle street.
mar17 4thp6m
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Contracts Awarded d.


Bids were opened yes erday for the build
ing Of the $40 feet sewer, and the construc-
tion of two manholes, on Middle street, bs-
tween Hancock and India streets. These
were the bids:
P. DALEY.
EIity cents foot on sewer.
MannOleS, az S3b aplece.................. 1000
$4,000
j, H. FLANAGAN.
Forty cents on sewer. .s124.0O
Manholes, at $50 apiece. .............. 64.OO
- sls8oO
JOHN MURPHY.
Forty-fve cents on sewer. ...............SI39.6
Mahholes, az SzSiaplece.... $500
JAS. e. FLANAGAN.
Ihirtynine cents on sewer. S12O. 80
Manhoes, at $S4.95 apiece. .............. 69.9O
$1,000
sHANNAHAN.
Forty-seven cents on sewer.
Manholes, at S34 apiece. $500
s21s.7o
Mr.. j. II. Flanagan made the lowest bid.
but 1t did not include the ledge, so the con.
tract was awarded to Mr.. Jas. <. Flanagan.
These were the bids on the Washington
Stfeet sewer, OF olo 1eet and two manhOles:
j. e. FLANAGAN.
Thirty eight cents ON sewer. .S1197O
Manholes, at $34.95 apiece. $3.50
sIs9.eO
SHANNAHAN.
Forty-nine cents on sewer .sl54. 30
Manholes, at $50 apiece. 1000
s224.3O
p. DALEY.
Sixty-three cents on sewer etoo Ak
fnanhoies, at 300 apiece. 1000
S268.45
j. H, FLANAGAN.
Seventy cents on sewer 1920 IN
Manholes, at $35 apiece....... ........... 1000
$290.5O
j. MURPHY, JR.
1lttJ nNe cents ON ooWor
Manholes, at $34 apiece. 6e.eea
s24I.25
Mr.. j. E. Flanagan makes the lowest bid.
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EoUND-Madame La Selle, who has travelled
- throughout every State In the Union during
the past 20 years, is stopping for short time at
the St. Julian Hotel. 70 ON No. O., on first floor,
the past and future, and IS considered an expert.
once hours from a. m. TO 10 p. m. Owing to
the sh0rtnesS OF the hours in the evening as many
as possible are requested to call In the day time.
27-I
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
BABY ONE SOLID SORE
Tried Everything without Relief. No
Rest Night or Day. Cured by
Cuticura Remedies.

My baby, when two months old, had breaking
out with what the doctor called eczema. Her
head, arms, feet and hands were each one solid
sore. tried eYervfhing. but neither the doctors
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The Militia Enrollment

The city assessors have finished the roll of
the enrolment of the militia liable to a draft
In case of necessity. Their return is as fol-
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w aDyERTTsEmRNTs ToDAv

ADJUSTMENTS.
Greenwood Garden opera Honse.
FOURTH PAGE.
Owen Moor & Co.
Tsrrineton Bros. -642 Congress street.
For sAie-L. o. Bean & Co.
messengers notice.
For sale--A. G. Libby & Co.
TO let-W. II. Waldron.
Rines Brothers..
Portland & Worcester Line.
The mercantile agency.
Boston & Maine r. X.
To let-Cottage.
Found-Madam La Selle.
Rumford Falls & Buckheld railroad.
Harpswell Steamboat Co.
The Bailey & Barnum show.
For sale New mich cows.
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Cuticura Remedies

Cure every humor of the skin and scalp Of infancy
Itching, burning, scaiy, erusted, pimply. or
blotchy, with loss of hair, and every impurity OF
the blood, whether simple, scroful0us, or heredi
tary, when the best physicians and all other RENE
dies fail. Parents, save your children years OF
mental and physical suffering. Begin now. Cures
made In childhood are permanent.
cures, blood purifiers, and humor remedies of
modern times, are absolutely pure, and may be
used on the youngest infant with the most crafty
ing success.
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see, ana as sound as dollar. believe my baby
would have died II had not tried CUTIcURA
REMEDIES PIES write this that every mother with
medicine tnat will cure the wost eczema, and that
medicine Is tne CUTICURA REMEDIES.
MRS. BETTE BIRKNER, Lockhart, Texas.
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ENOR SALE-An old established confectionery
II establishment, centrally located in Portland
with all the improvements for manufacturing for
for soda trade; rent very cheap; stock and fix.
lures at cost. l.. o. BEAN & CO.. 40 Exchange
street. 27-1
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Gard ofIhanks,

The matron and inmates of the Home for
Aged Men express their thanks to G. W. T.
Cooling, Esq, agent of the Casco Bay Steam
boat Company, for tickets to the islands sent
them this year. as also in past seasons.
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PURITY!
FOSS' Extract Lemon.
Made direct from the Fruit.
...Irn andti

One of the many rights OF Tontine
POlIcy-hOlder In the UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Is
that OF 80 days grace in the payment
OF each premium as Il becomes due
during the Tontine period.
BY this right many Policies are pre-
vented from lapstng through non-pay-
ment OF premium on the due cate, which
In plain language simply means that
Polcy-holder Is not deprived OF his
share Of the accumulated Surplus.
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2 Enormous Exhibitions Daily al 2 and 8 P. N.
Doors open an hour earlier.
AL Tents remain up till P. M.
Admission 10 all, so Gents. Children
under 8 years, % Gents.
Reserved numbered seats win be sold at the re-
gular price, and admission tickets at the
usual slight advance at
/. @. Stockbridges, Music Store, $40 Congress st.
GREAT NEW FREE STREET PARADE,
at o o'clock on the morning OF the show. The ex-
pensive and delicate materials in the costumes
used in Nero, are such that they cannot be used
in the street parade,
Cheap Excursions ON all Railroads.
Will exhibit In Waterville July 3rd.
je27, 29. 80 ,jly1 Z, 3&wlt
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nor anything else did her
any good. We could get
no rest day or night with
her. In my extremity 1
tried the CUTICURA RENE
DIES. but l confess / had
no faith In them, for 1 had
never seen them tried. To
my great surprise, In one
weeks time after begin
ming to use the CUTICURA
REMEDIES, the sores were
well, but / continued to use
the RESOLvENT for a little
while, and now she Is as fat
a baby as you would like to
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'Igdro TODAY
'echam's Pills cure sick headache.

Figaro Today
is bright. fresh and newsy. Special new
features. Five cents.
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Sold everywhere. Price, CUTIcURA, 50c.; SOAP,
Zoe; hEsoLvENT,s1. Prepared by the POTTER
DRUG AND CHEMICAL CORPORATION, Boston.
Y-Send for "How to Cure Skin Diseases" "a
pages, 90 illustrations, and 100 testimonials.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-06-27

The Underwear depart
ment is selling an extraor-
binary bargain in women's
Jersey ribbed pure white
Isle vests, sleeveless and
low neck at $I.oo. They
are silk finished with V
shape embroidered silk
fronts and silk embroidery
over the shoulders, they're
very cheap and the guam
tity is not large.
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RELIEF ASSOCIATION, P. \. D.

TIME Annual Meeting of the Relief Association
IL of the Portland Fire Department VIII be held
at the Chief Engineers ONCE, Wednesday even
ing. July l, at $50 O'Clock.
special meeting to act upon an amendment TO
the by. laws viii be held at the same place and
date at O'Clock. Per order,
q. III. GLOVES, President
jim. LONG, Secretary. ie24d1w
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Health and STRENGTH

~Ssun WIN
Soon replace weakness and languor, if that re
liable medicine, Hoods Sarsaparilla is fairly and
iaithfullytried. 1t is the best medicine to keep
the blood pure and to expel the germs OF scrofua,
SAT- rheum, and other poisons which cause so
much suffering, and sooner or later undermine
the general health.
All Rua Down.
Il was all run down, and as my sister in Rock
land had taken Hoods SarsaparilIa by advice of
her physician and derived great benefit from it
being now perfect picture Of health, L conclud-
ed to try it. soon had a better appetite, began
to feel better in every way, gained in flesh and
now am perfectly well. 1 recommend HOODS
Sarsaparilla to all who need good Laedcine for
the blood, or to tone up the system" SILAs C..
AUSTIN, West Brooksville, Me.
Hoods Sarsapari1ia
Sold by all druggists. 81 six for S. Prepared only
bye. l. HOOD Co., Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
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542 Congress St.
We don't go deep into your
pocket-book to make you
comfortable for warm wealth
er.
cheviot and Serge Suits SO
to $I5 +; besides our large as
sortment of Fancy Cashmere
and Worsted Suits So to $50.
Every Suit on our front coun-
tiers are new this season.
If you have a bargain turn
on your mind we invite you to
the damaged stock counter
for Suits.
Mostly small sizes left, but
SIS, Sc and So has a purchase
Ing power Of more team twice
it's value.
One Dollar for French FIan-
mel Shirts that formerly were
So and So. They're In the
Furnishing window.
Straw Hats % cents.
The boys know how to get a
velocipede; when you pur-
chase ten dollars worth OF
Clothing.
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pIMPLES. black-heads, chapped and oily skin
AIN cured by CUTICURA INDICATED SOAP.
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nor SALE-Three new mich cows, ave and
Il six years old, giving from 2 to 10 quarts OF
milk q day. Apply to CHASE BROTHERS.. 3
Long Wharf. 27-1
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ITO LEr-Peak's Island. cottage OF rooms,
Il fine, slightly location, near steamer landing (;
furniture In; rent moderate. w. III. WALDRON,
$50 Middle street. 27-l
, 1891-08-11

however, another woman had appeared,
accompanied by a supposed lawyer, and
drawn the money. When the real widow
arrived the cashier took alarm and reported
to the president the peculiar circumstances
of the case. 1t was found that the bogus
check bore the same number as the legitiy
mate check, and IL was at once suspected
that the forger had confederates.
A very delicate situation at once present
ed itself The bank president was inclined
to believe that his cashier might have
guilty knowledge of the plot. The presi
dent of the insurance company thought
that there was a leak in his own office. 1t
wa curious, to say the least, that a wom-
an, dressed to impersonate the widow,
should get the money only a few moments
before the genuine check was presented.
A detective on being called in questioned
all the parties concerned, but not a ray Of
light appeared. He was given full swing
In the case. His first act was to send n
man to trace the movements Of the party
who cashed the bogus check Then he ar
ranged to send a man TO the ban to keep
a close watch on the cashier, and another
to the insurance Office to ferret out what
ever suspicious circumstances might exist
there Both masqueraded as new en-
ployes, INT naturally had to be able to at
tend to the ordinary duties assumed.
Meanwhile two men, well dressed, too in
the shady places about town where women
who suddenly achieve fortune easily might
be expected TO co~ngregate. Still another
was sent to the dressmaking and millinery
establishments to ascertain who had re-
Gently purchased widows weeds.
, 1891-08-11

In a recent book of memoirs we find
this entertaining glimpse of Lord Nor
mandy and his theory of the influence OF
the splendors of masculine dress upon the
female sex; Meeting him one day at
dinner at Fulham the subject of women's
appreciation of aristocratic simplicity
came up. The ladies Of course de-
clared that there was nothing they ad-
mired so much After listening for some
time, Lord Normandy said: 4 totally
disagree with you; | believe that women
have no appreciation of simplicity in
dress, nor in anything else. | believe
that the more a man bedizens himself
with velvet, satin, gold chains. rings on
his fingers and vanished boots, the more
they admire him.
"'For example, for seven years | carried
a cane which | felt was a degradation to
me. 1t was a brown cane; the poire
upper part was made entirely of tur-
q~uoises; 1t was a most d~isreputable cane.
1t was given TO me. So long as | car
ried that can | was all powerful. Every
woman succumbed the moment she saw
that cane; they felt there was wealth,
splendor, etc. | lost it From that
hour my power ceased, and ! have never
regained it,"