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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

Portable. 1t is really saving, this usG
OF furs during the summer months, for
IL keeps the moth out of them; but not
only will the shoulder cape be seen on
the hotel verandas. but the fur-trimmed
dress will be met with in parlor and ball
room.
My last illustration pictures very
charming costume in silk and velvet,
ornamented with fur trimmings. The
dress Is a Duchesse satin in dark dregs
of wine striped with gray, bodice and
sleeves Of velvet of the same color. The
vest Is in silver gray crepe-de chine with
a fichu effect. The corsage has Medici
collar, and is bordered with blue fox;
shoulders and bottom Of the skirt also
have three bands of the fur, and the
pointed cuff is likewise edged with the
fur. The belt is OF oXydized silver or OF
steel links The most useful costume at
the present moment is the tailor made
cloth dress, with a Louis XIV. jacket
open at back from the waist down
to show the dress. Draped cor
sages will continue to be fashion
alb @; they are very popular with
women of slender figures, who, after
all, make up the great majority. With
the practical tailor-made spring costume
there goes natty feather-weight UNI
brella with oxydized silver handle, or, II
you can afford it., carved ivory handle
in Japanese style. Violets or spring
flowers of some sort put the dotlet on
the | of this refined street attire, and
they should be worn as corsage bou-
quet and be fastened with dainty old
silver pins.
A woman doesn't need as many
dresses as Queen Elizabeth had, namely,
three thousand, i'm order to make good
appearance indoors and out. What most
women need to do is TO cultivate that
talent which enables them to know what
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02
Families in HelIgoland.

The women in Heligoland are, gen.
orally speaking, small and gracefully
formed and present remarkable con-
trast to their tall and strapping mates.
The female loneliness is unfortunately
somewhat transient. no doubt owing in
q large measure to the inferior fare and
rough work with nets. No idea of fe-
male suffrage is ever likely to enter O
Heligolander's head. His idea of the
relation Of the sexes is the old one that
the man is the head of his wife and
that women, take them as you like, are
an inferior order; they are kind and
courteous to their women in all re-
spects, but there is no doubt who is
lord and bread-winner. The patri-
archal system has scarcely died out.
Each lusty. broad-shouldered son,
though he may have passed his twenty
first birthday, is required to give all
his earnings to his father so long as he
lives in his fathers house. When he
marries and takes up house for himself
then only does the pdtrid protestds
come to an end. Heligolanders as Q
rule marry young; there are more wom-
en- than men, and il is not difficult to
find mate. Housekeeping is not an
expensive job, and there is plenty of
money TO be earned il man is intelli-
gent and industrious. 1t may be some
time before q young husband has o
boat of his own, for a boat costs one
hundred and twenty-five dollars (they
are all built on the island), but he can
always hire one, paying for its hire
about thirty-five per cent. of the pay
ment he himself charges.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02
Extraordinary Growth.

The following extraordinary instance
of rapid growth in the human species
has been noted in France by member
Of the French Academy OF Sciences and
reported by him in the annals Of that in
stitution 1.-THE subject herein mem
toned was a lad OF but seven years OF
age when first saw him; but bis tender
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

Gently her sight began to improve, and
she can now see as well as when q
young woman. She is the mother Of
fifteen children and has ninety-odd
grandchildren, now living.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

certainty turned her back on manuals
of devotion and is now intent upon or
ders of dancing. The grace Of her form
is charming, erect, easy, and full OF ex-
preston. Only the other evening at a
first night 1 was rendered thoroughly
unhappy by the stoop I'm the
shoulders OF the leading actress,
beautiful young woman, by
the way. But the incongruity of
indignant outbursts and passionate APP
peals, coupled with STOPPING shoulders,
fairly sct my teeth on edge. The lady
I'm the initial figure holds feather fan
in her hand. Feather fans are extreme
ly modish this season They are great
favorites with Bernhardt, who sets more
fashions than any other woman of the
day. In her impersonation of the Dame
aux Camelias she carried a superb feath-
or fan whenever in evening costume, and
it almost seemed TO be part of her. such
constant use did she make of IL, now
stroking and caressing IL, now using it
to veil her tell-tale eyes, now bringing 1t
between her and q too ardent admirer,
now beating the air with IL In n rhythm
that betrayed the violent oscillations of
her feelings. or course we can't all use
feather fan in the way this wonderful
actress can, but even woman with the
average amount OF grace and style may
do good service with feather fan after
she has learned how to use it, which /
must confess sounds very much like tell
ing a person that there is a great deal Of
sweet music in violin il you only know
how to get it out.
There is tendency on the part of the
young married woman to refuse to dress
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

THE Canadian Militia Department
has decided to increase the capacity Of
the cartridge factory at Quebec, so
that the Martini Henry ammunition
for Canadian use can be manufactured
fbara
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

"TAKE any twenty-five tall lean
men" said an old court officer to a re-
porter, "and you can secure jury in a
murder case. They have no conscien-
tious scruples against the death penal
ty. AS a rule, short, thick men havo
doubts on this point"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

BISMARCK has found one fiiend that
he can trust without hesitation. 1t is
a little wren which comes at call and
perches upon the hand that has swayed
the destinies of nations.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

The new court dress to be worn in
Berlin consists of a light-blue coat
with red trimmings and elaborate sill
yer embroidery. This garment will
be worn hereafter by all members of
the high aristocracy holding hereditary
CONT of1ioaa
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

DRs. BERLIN and Picl, of the Nan
ties faculty, who recently injected fif-
teen grains of goats blood into the
muscular tissue of the thighs of two
patients suffering from tuberculosis,
assert that cures can be effected by re-
newing such injections every ten days.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

COLONEL John c. Taylor, of Dayton.
KY, has fallen heir to estates in Ireland
that make him the Earl of Tyrone, and
better still, give him property valued
at S7,000,000. 1t is needless to say
that Kentucky will soon lose one of its
prominent colouels.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

WHAT FASHIONS DEvoTEEs
SHOULD WEAR.

A wslI-Dressed Woman IL Always Well
Dressed whether at Home or In Public
A Countless Number Of Gowns Is Not
Needed, However. .
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

New York now has a larger area and
mileageo I asphalt pavements than has
either London or Paris.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

ABELT now being made for Louisi-
ana electric light company will be the
largest in the world. 1t is to be feet
wide, 10 feet long, and will take the
skins of IT'S animals to complete it.
When finished it will weigh two tons,
and cost $4,000, or about SO square
foot
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

THERE is great wave Of juvenile
crime in New York City just now.
Some philosophers attribute it to the
fact that SO many children are out of
achool
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

A GHOST that whistles through its
teeth is reported to have made its APP
pearancs in Kansas City, Mo.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

In France there is government tax
OF 2 per cent. levied on all bets on
races.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

Lucy THICKER, colored, of Trigg
County, Kentucky, aged l05 years, has
cut full set of new teeth. the old ones
having dscayed and disappeared about
forty years ago. She had also been
nearly blind for many years, but re-
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

THE death roll of the last Con-
gress is the largest since the organ liza
ton OF the Government.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

The report of the Russian Imperial
Commission, intrusted with the duty
of investigating the Hebrew question,
is decidedly in favor of the Russian
Hebrews, and proves that they made
their living not through usury but by
agriculture and other industrial pur-
Snits
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

THE rabbit cannot climb the outside
of tree, but he can climb up the in
side of a hollow tree, provided the
hollow is not too great in diameter.
The thing is done by humping" his
back, and with his back against one
side and his feet on the other side he
works his way up.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

\ NEW use is reported to have been
discovered for English hops-namely,
for the curing of bacon. 1t is found
that sprinkling of hops in the brine
when bacon and hams are put in pickle
adds greatly to the flavor of both, and
enables them to be kept for an indef-
mite period.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

VEN tho ultra
fashionable wom-
an tires OF being
fashionable and Is
well pleased to put
an abrupt end to
the ceaseless round
OF pleasure which
transforms exist
ence in q mere
struggle with
hooks and eyes,
pins and buttons.
The pose of the
figure in the ini-
tial illustration is
VERY significant as
we'll as graceful.
The old adage that
It is hard to tell
what a woman Is
thinking of when
you stand behind
her doesn't apply
here. If this lady
ever was a fair
pentitent she has
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

Mr.. SPUReEoN gives but little time
to the preparation Of his sermons. He
sits in his Office a couple Of hours with
his face buried in his hands, then goes
to his deck, jots down few headlines,
and then he is ready for tho pulpit.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

A SYRACUSE man, who wanted some
genuine, homemade and unadulter-
ated Bavarian beer" sent over to
Bavaria and got two barrels He was
Dragging of the purity, when chemist
analysed the beer and found the adul-
iteration Z per cent. greater than in the
average American. brewed.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

The President of Delaware saw
ings bank refused to give tramp 10
cents, and the tramp went about hint
ing that the bank was unsafe, and in
twenty-four hours there was a run
which took out many thousand dollars,
but fortunately not enough to occasion
any inconvenience to the bank.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

1T is TO woman that the heart APP
peals when il needs consolation.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

The silver production Of The United Statca
In 1890 nearly equals that OF 1850.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

THERE are twenty eight towns in
Kansas, Nebraska. Idaho, Washington,
and California which have lost Is to 30
per cent. of population in five years,
and where business property has
shrunk 40 to go per cent. in the same
time. Land syndicates always let go
when the pigeons have been plucked.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

PETROLEUM was discovered near the
surface at Lafayette, La, recently.
Drilling was commenced at once in
the hope Of tapping reservoir of the
fluid. At a depth of fifty feet bed
of solid coal of fine quality was struck.
The oil, which tests 80 per cent. pure
kerosene and a small per cent. of lubri-
eating oil, naphtha andvaseline, has so
far appeared only in limited quanti-
ties.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

A CHICAGO real estate man says that
only one man out of ten who talks of
buying does buy, and out of fifty
women who will look at house or lot
not over two will consummate the pur-
chase. He never counts a sale as
made until the papers are signed and
the money paid. and even then people
frequently want to back out.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

OVER three hundred years ago, in
the reign Of Henry Will, an Italian
ship sank in the River Stour. at the
entrance of the English port of Sand
witch. The river, which is noted for
frequently changing its course. recent
ly shifted into an old channel, and
exposed the wreck of the vessel, which
since the year 1912 has lain imbedded
in the sand.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1891-04-02

NEW York, March, 1891.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
the LITTLE POCKET BANKS.
where All the Ten Cont Pieces Are
Going.

A representative of the PRESS, talking
with prominent business man Of Portland
yesterday, noticed that his chanois skin
purse was filled to overlooking with dimes,
which he was saying for special object.
He Is but one of many In the town engaged
in the same collection business. A treasury
official in a Washington despatch is quoted
as saying, concerning this fad:
SIT is estimated that there are 81, 000, 900 in
dimes hidden away In these pocket banks TO-
day, and there appears to be no way TO draw
On this reserve until the bank is glutted to
its full capacity. 1t Is getting to be craze.
/ was coming down the other day on horse
car, and an old lady slipped one of these toy
repositories out Of her black silk handbag,
and cautiously slipped two dimes into its
mouth, the exact change she had received
from the conductor. Ordinarily this ancient
female would have paid her fare in tickets,
but she had the craze and wanted the change
why every other woman in the building has
bank, and lots of men, too.
There are 1000 banks in active operation
in the treasury department alone, and thou
sands In the other departments, and 10 900
more in the hands of Washington children,
and every one of them has wide, open
mouth, yawning to devour the fractional
coin. 1t is estimated that 70 per cent of the
dimes that were in circulation three months
ago In the city have been banked in these lit
tie tabular repositories. and the cry is for
more.
1.-THE craze has affected other cities. too.
Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and
other commercial towns are sorely put to it
for change OF this unit of value. This de-
mand Is giving the bank cashiers and cub
treasurer great deal of worry, for it re.
qulres three expert clerks a whole day to
count SIC, 900 in this sort of money!"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
BRIEF JoTrINcs.

Fair yesterday. but much cooler, with a
raw southeast wind.
Rev. A. 81. Wright will speak at Y. M. c.
A., hall at 4.3o p. M. tomorrow, on Great
Opportunity"
Nat Gordon, the diver, is at work deepen
Ing the channel at the Luques wharf In Bid
deford.
The street committee had a meeting last
evening, and Mr.. Hyde. the manager of the
asphalt company, who laid the pavement on
Congress and Fore streets. was present.
The Junior League connected with the
West End M. E. church held their first ami
versary as society lastWednesday evening.
Miss Alice Folsom was elected president for
the ensuing year.
Mrs. Taylor, living on Chatham street,
while hanging out clothes on fat roof,
missed her footing and fell to the ground.
striking on her head and injuring her quite
badly.
Resolutions on the death of A. l.. Fogg, a
student of the Portland Business College,
have been suitably engrossed by A. r. Mer-
rill, penman at the college, and have been
presented to his family, who reside at North
Gorham.
Quantities Of shad are being taken at the
pounds at Cape Small Point, and occasional
ly salmon is taken among them. Alewives
are running up the river. and numbers of
them are being taken.
A little boy. about six years old, carried
home bicycle yesterday, given to him, he
said. His father returned it to the police
station. Somebody had stolen it from
dealer and then given 1t to the boy.
John Taylor, the grand jury witness, who
bought the rum at the liquor agency under
false pretences, was before Judge Gould yes.
terday morning on a charge of obtaining
tie liquor under false pretences. He was
iaed 500 and costs, which he paid.
1t is charged that Peter Francis, French
Canadian, employed about the paper mills of
S. d. Warren at Cumberland Mills yesterday
stole pocketbook containing money from
fellow workman and made off for Canada.
Deputy Sheriff Chute telegraphed to North
Conway authorities to arrest Francis.
A walk down the centre from the Middle
street entrance in the post Office with boxes
and departments on either side, and the
postmaster's. assistant postmaster's and
cashiers offices at the entrance are proposed
improvements in the building. An oval
form for the boxes is also suggested.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
Central Labor Union.

The Central Labor Union will hold an i'm
portant meeting next Monday night at Labor
Union hall. The committee on Labor Day
celebration will submit the report of their
labors. The committee are making extern
sive preparation for the event and state that
indications point towards grand celebra-
tion. They will hold meeting after the adj
lournment Of the regular meeting and all
members Of the committee should attend.
The Central Labor Union invites the officers
OF labor unions to be present at this meeting,
so that an opportunity may be given them to
suggest and express their views upon the
celebration. All delegates should be pres.
sent as the meeting will be of great i'm
80
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
Steamboat News.

The steamer Mt. Desert has left Boston to
take the route between Rockland and Mt.
Desert, which has been the run of the
steamer Rockland. The latter steamer will
go to Boston, where she will be thoroughly
overhauled and put in the best possible con-
dition for the summer service. She will then
Degin service upon the line between Bangor
and Rockland as in years past.
State Steamboat Inspectors William Flow
ers and Henry g. Staples, Jr., have been to
Moosehead Lake where they inspected the
steamer Reindeer, owned by the Kennebec
Log Driving Company, and the Henry M.
owned by Mr.. Charles Shaw and Others. and
the Auburn, owned by Mr.. John II. Eyeletb.
1t is understood that new steamer is to
be built at Hartland by Mr.. Charles Will
Jams.
Next week the inspectors will 60 to Calais,
Grand Lake Stream and Princeton to exam
Inc number of steamers,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
THE PEARY EXPEDITION.
Mrs. Peary VIII Be One Of the Select
Party.

a letter received from Lieutenant Peary
states that he will not sail from Halifax as
ORIGINALLY intended. but that the steam
wnaier which will convey the expedition will
Sail direct from New York. Besides Lieu
tenant Peary's party about a dozen distin.
guished students will accompany the expe-
dition and remain with them at Whale
Sound and its vicinity until autumn. when
they will return in the steamer.
Mrs. Peary has decided to remain with her
husband throughout his absence. She is
about % years of age and very robust, enjoy
ing the hest of health.
The lieutenant has plenty of offers Of
money to make the expedition success.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
The Quebec Extension.

The Quebec extension of the Maine Gen.
trail railroad is to be opened for business on
Monday next instead of waiting until June
LIST, as had been intended. On and after
that date. the train which now leaves at l. o.
p. IN. and runs through to Lancaster, will
proceed on through North Stratford. N. H.,
C0lebrook, West Stewartstown, Dudsw well
junction, and Lime Ridge, P. O., at which
point passengers for Quebec wait over night
proceeding to Quebec the following morning.
heturniDg the train arriving at Portland at
1920 D. m, will come through from Lime
Ri6oa
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
NEW ADvERTIsRmENTs.
MAINE CENTRAL r. r,
For Bangor, Bar Harbor, 80. John, the
White meuntains, Montreal,

For Bangor, Bar Harbsr, "a. John, the
White Mountain, Montreal,
and the West.
On and after May Sd. 1891, passenger trains
leave Portland as follows upupN and LEWIS.
Lewiston T5S u Via BR at s4S 1920 am.
. :d;I5, 800 and s1I,2op. M NJ, rrNcotN Ry
BR6 Rus s VIZ i sA aad Pc GRRpiNER, HALO.
VIZ WELL and AUGUSTA, 6.46, 1920 am. c'lo
F4SRsMSINGTooNS' Via LEWISTON, s.45 a. a
A, 1;ht u c H. ~; via BRUNSWICK, LILO y. N.
si33hkKKfpoTh, WINTHROP, READFIELD ard
wAAHTGETE yy via LEWISTON, !. 10 p. m. /; via
~ uS na SAD, 1920 a. M. u 10 and t11.2c
skoWaEG2Nu ya sS Envy q 90 p a.
Sau1 ZAP a. m, 1.1b and til 20 D. m.
b b5EFAs aid fSxc fs Hd i, 5 20
BS SSIS$& u d. LEWISTON, LILO p. IN. via Az
and sundays only at 30 a. a. 'A''Ao '. M !
BANGOR & PIsCATAQUI5 e. R., via DExTRB
LILO ana tll:zo p. MI via oLDfOWN al Gas
ELLSWORTH and MT. DESERT FERRY az
e45 a. M; lilo, t,1:2op; N;
ANOEBJhu, $40 a: m, Ills ana III 30 D. IN.
ST: John, l;lo .lii6, til.2o p. m.
PROVINCES Ills and LEO pm.
sRuns daily, Sundays included.
might express with sleeping cara attached
ms every night, Sundays Included but nOi 4
Skowhegan Monday morning, to Belfast
Dexter or beyond Bangor excepting to Bar Har
Dor Sunday mornings.
wB1TG FOUNTAINS LsNE.
For CUMBERLAND MILLS an0 SEBAG(
LAKE, S.45 a. M, LOS, ESQ and clio .. 10.
BRIDGTON at $40 a. M, LOS aad 6.15 p. m
FRYEBURG, NORTH CONWAY, GLEN
BAHTLETT, FARXAnS. 8 As a. m.,. .05 AM
S.16 p. IN. ST. JOHNSBUKV and MONTkE
AL. SAB a. NJ. 8.15 p. m. JEFFERSON, Lam
CASTER, NORTH SrRATFORD CONNECTING
with G. Z. RI COLEBRO0K, WEST STEW
ARTSTOWN and LIME RIDGE (withou
changel, LOS D. m.
Tne $40 a. m. tram for Montreal connects
all points In N0rtnern New Hampshire, Vermont
Chicago and the West; al 0 connecting at Mon
treal with the Can Pac. Transeontinental train
for Vancouver and Pacific Coast points. rhe
6.i5 y. III. Eraii has @. r. sleeper for Montreal
and connects with trains Via 500" Line iOT
Minneapolis auo 81 Paul.
Arrivals In Portland from Montreal, &C., $50 a.
m. Lewiston 1856 a. M. ; from Augusta. Bath al d
kock,and and (Monday only Waterville 40 a.
m. harrington, SkowneSs and Lewiston, ~ rs
p. m; 81. John, yancebosV, Bangor, Dexter
Dover and Foxcroft, Rockland, ETC., az 1890
p. Mi Sebago Lake $50 a. m. and 1920 44U
and 500 P. M; bridgton $50 a.m., 500 D. m.
FabyanS, Bartlett and North Conway $50 a, m.
1920 and 500 p. M; Montreal, st JohnsDury
$50 a. m. and 500 p. m. Lime Ridge, Mort
Bath. Augusta and Rockland. SO p. m.
Flying Yankee, $50 p. No.; Farmngto
Skowhegan, Waterville and Lewiston. GA
y. m.; Night Pullman LAO a. m. and Sundays a
1880 o. m. fro st. John, Bangor, Lewiston an
ROckland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-05-16
DEATHS.

years months. 40
Funeral on Sunday forenoon at 1890 o'clock
IRON atpna MS sons residence. No. I'll Cumberland
ag In peeeering Center. May 49, John H. Coolidge
az nis ~, 5ate residence, Central Avenue:
81 years. 'a"S
~ f,rayers on Saturday afternoon at O'Clock at
ist a.S residence. Funeral service at the Metho
sfssrn Uonufch, Cumberland, at O'Clock, Saturday
years. H. rianhA
81 years. ' -
az In 1a Holden. April "a, Mrs. Ruth F. Temple, aged
90 years months.
IN In Machias. April 30, Miss Eliza G. Longfellow,
aged ~ years 10 months
20 years. f" 80
Portland, aged So years.
Inc funeral of the late Mrs. Jane Donahue
Sar lar, .aae place this morning at $50 o'clock from
nvi la.o residence No. 40 Pleasant street. Re-
qulln mass at st. Dominic's church at O'Clock.