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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27
TWO GIRLS TAKE A DRIVE.

Neither Understands the Art of Turning,
SO They Find Driving Expensive.
Two young women in the country on
two weeks vacation took drive the
other day. They hired a safe horse and
an old buggy from the farmer at whose
house they were staying and started
out. Each knew she had no skill with
the reins, but each possessed boundless
faith in the others power as a jehu.
They went along very comfortably
for awhile, for the road was straight
and the horse as safe as he had been
described But by and by the drivers
wished to turn.
"You'd better turn him." said one.
SO, / can't said the other, shrink
ingly "You do it."
They discussed the matter for some
time, and at last drew lots for it. The
victim of the hazard took the lines with
trembling hands and palpitating heart
and pulled the left rein SO vigorously
that the horse made quick half turn
and the wheel grated against the side
of the carriage The sensible beast
stopped and looked around inquiringly.
The tug on the left rein continued, and
there was an admonitory '.go on" from
the driver, spoken in a fierce though
quavering tone The horse resigned
himself to circumstances and went on.
The carriage turned little further,
hung for five seconds poised on the
front wheel, and then careened over.
The girls shot out, one after the other,
for all the world like two bags of meal
AS the horse advanced a couple of steps
the carriage righted itself. He looked
around, saw the vehicle was empty, and
with snort of contempt, set out for
home at an easy trot
The two girls sat still where they
had been thrown, their feet stretched
straight out in front of one another.
and watched their retreating equipage
out of sight.
Then they arose, picked up the buggy
seat, the whip, the 1ap-robe. the halter,
the horse-sheet, the mat and box of
candy and walked back the way they
had come.
BY the time they reached their board
ing place the farmer had his bill ready
for prospective repairs to a dished
wheel, a broken spring, a broken fifth
wheel and three cuts on the HORSES
legs.
The girls went back to town the next
morning. They have come to the con-
clusion that open cars are nearly as
pleasant as buggies, cost less and are
very much safer.-N. Y. World.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27

aThe use OF Castoria is SO universal and
it's merits SO we'll known that it seems WORK
Of characterization to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27
1904. Hebron Academy. 1892.

Located in rural town, noted for its health
fitness and morality and surrounded by magnifi-
cent scenery, Hebron Academy recently en-
and provided with splendid new building,
Sturtevant Hall, offers rare opportunities to
young men and women wishing to fit for college
cost and under positive Christian influences.
College, Classical and English courses of study.
Departments in Elocution, Music and Painting.
Crane, d. D., will conduct a class in the. study
OF Biblical Literature at least once a week. Fall
term begins Tuesday, August 80, 1892. For in
formation and catalogues, address, the Princi-
pal, w. E. SARGENT, Hebron. Me.
jly14 eodtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
for Infants and Children.

s'Castoria Is 80 well adapted to children that
frecommend itas superior to any prescription
known to me.' 81. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27

did not get back In Richmond, Va,
there is very prosperous and beauti-
full home in many respects. A young
man wandered off from that home. He
wandered very far into sin. They heard
of him often, but he was always on the,
wrong track. He would not go home.
At the door of that beautiful home one:
night there was great cutlery. The
young man of the house ran down and,
opened the door to see what was:
the matter. It was midnight. The,
rest of the family were asleep. There
were the wife and children Of this
prodigal young man. The fact was he,
had come home and driven them out.
He said: sOut of this house. Away.
with these children. will dash their!
brains out. Out into the storm!' The
mother gathered them up and fed. The.
next morning the brother, a young man
who had stayed at home. went out to
find this prodigal brother and son, and
he came where he was, and saw the,
young man wandering up and down
in front of the place where he had
been staying, and the young man who
had kept his integrity said to the elder
brother, 'Here, what does this mean?'
what is the matter with you? Why do
you act in this way? The prodigal
looked at him and said: ssWho am I?;
Whom do you take me to be?" He said:
'sYou are my brother" ''No, am not.
am a brute. Have you seen anything
ns nv wife ant ohilaran A~a .,a-'
the storm. am brute. John, do you
think there is any help for me? Do you
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27

Dante Had No Love for His Wife.
The great Dante was married to no
torious scold, and when he was in exile
he had no desire to see her, although
she was the mother Of bis six children.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-08-27
NO STARVING REQUIRED.
NO POISONOUS MEDICINES.

The constantly increasing volume
of business in the UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
with decreasing mortality rate, is
s spoeyav as evidence fe OF caref se
lection and excellent management.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-11

his Minneapolis farm in town lots,
he moved to farm at Glencoe,
Mcleod county, in order to again
enjoy farm life on the frontier,
returning later to make his home
IN the city which had grown up on
his old farm.
That portion Of Col. Stevens
career which Identifies him with
the agricultural press, is of special
interest to- the farmers of the
Northwest. Always fluent and
entertaining writer and speaker,
he early became a contributor to
farm papers, and later, as the
editor of the Farmers Union, the
Weekly Tribune, and Fapm1, Stock
and Home, he did much to en-
courage the adoption of better
methods of farming, and to stir up
an ambition among the better class
of farmers to make proud record
for the State as wheat and stock
raising region.
Col. Stevens latest and most
pretentious literary work is ''Min-
nesota and its People, "a book
containing largely his own per-
sonal recollections of the early
pioneer days, and the rapid march
OF civilization and progress, which
has transformed into one of the
leading agricultural States of the
Union, a State which was overrun
with savage. Sioux only thirty
years ago.
Although three-score years and
ten, the pioneer farmer is still a
conspicuous figure on the streets
of the.city where he first set up
his homestead" and his step has
lost little Of its youthful vigor.
# the good wishes of his friends
can bring a happy and serene old
age, he is sure to remain for many
years thesbest and most genial
friend the farmers Of the North
west have ever had among the
notable men of pioneer days.
Northwestern Agricuztau5st.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-11
AGIN' THE IRISH.
Democrats Have no Love for the
Irish ''VOting Cattle"


It is significant fact that while
the Democratic party without the
votes of Instantaneous would be
in a hopeless minority in the north
ern states, the leaders of that
party are always unwilling to see
an lr'ish-American in conspicuous
and honorable office. In Mas
sachusetts an Irish-American, a
man of honor and integrity and
possessing the esteem of his fellow
citizens, has been twice put on
the Democratic ticket for lieu
tenant governor, and he has failed
to receive the votes of his party,
while the candidate for governor,
not an Irish-American has been
elected.
Minister Egan's case is another
conspicuous instance Of the hos
tility of Democratic leaders and
newspapers to an Irish-American
who aspires to anything higher
than voting the Democratic ticket.
Minister Egan, before he became
citizen of the United States, was
active in the cause of Irish free
dom. He thus incurred the bitter
animosity Of the English govern
ment. A man Of respectable train
ing, Of culture, refinement, and
approved ability, he was very
properly selected as minister to
Chill, a republic whose lberato1
was O'Higglns, an Irishman.
But Chill has come largely under
British influences, and the English
element determined to make
Egan's stay in Santiago as difficult
as possible.
In their attacks on him they
have found ready cooperation, on
the part Of Democratic politicians
and newspapers in the United
States. A Democratic representa-
tive in congress named Arnold has
introduced resolution asking fol
Egan's recall. Of course Presi-
dent Harrison will pay no atten-
ton to it. The president is not
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NUMBER s.

running this government to suit
the English. But the incident is
another. illustration Of that intoIer
ahce and bigotry that exercises a
controlling influence inthe Demo-
cratic party. Duluth Tribune.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-02-11
ssThe Gift of Gab.''

The Spaniards have proverb,
"Where eloquence begins, truth
ends" There is no gift SO danger
Gus to a man without principle as
glib tongue. He soon learns
that he can carry audiences with
him and sway them to his liking,
by false statements and false rea-
soning as readily as by the truth,
and only provided he is plausible,
witty, and vehement he is always
sure to pass, for the moment at
least, as great man. After he
has made this discovery he be-
comes reckless in his statements,
and his contempt for his hearers
is only equalled by the eagerness
with which they swallow and en-
dorse his falsehoods and reckless
SANDERS. Such man is danger
Gus to the public. The great mass
of men are necessarily uneducated,
and most of those who are edu-
Gated are not sufficiently accus-
toned to public speaking to meet
and expose off hand a tonguey
charlatan, who can and will pile
lie upon lie and double up on his
track as often and as shrewdly as a
hunted fox. Uneducated men al
ways over value the ability of
educated men, and no class of men
are so overestimated as those who
are glib public speakers. Men
whose judgement is sound and
whose. brains are full of saving
common sense, and whose opin-
ions are weighty on any subject
which they carefully consider, are
carried away by the empty talk of
a glib tongued orator, and look up
to him as superior being and a
great man, when in fact in honesty
sound sense and real char
acter, they are as much above him
as day is brighter than night.
Eloquent men are seldom men of
ability in practical affairs. Like.
poets and great writer's, they are
visionary and rarely have the cool
judgement and ''level heads"
which are necessary when prac-
tical measures are to be considered.
In great crisies in the history of
every country, where principles
are at stake or great wrongs are to
be righted, eloquence has a title
to the field, and the orator, if
honest and patriotic, is a power
for good, but when the questions
involved in government are purely
questions of business policy, about
which men may honestly differ in
judgement, the mere orator is not
only useless but dangerous. With
feryid imagination and lack of
knowledge of practical affairs, he
raves over matters of simple bust
ness with the same hot words he
would use in pleading for human
rights. In times of peace, it is a
good rule to ''keep cool' when
considering the questions which
divide parties. Common sense is
better than eloquence. Men who
are practical and level-headed in
the management of their own bust
ness are safer public officers
than those whose only recon-
mendation is glib tongue
and whose neighbors would not
trust them to invest a ten cent
piece. The most important issues
Of the day are connected with
finance. Men should not be
placed in control of legislation
which effects sixty millions of peo-
pie, unless they have shown them
selves competent to manage their
own farms or business with some
degree Of success. Send the level
heads to congress and the State
legislatures, and save the glib
tongues for Fourth Of July ora
tons. Northeastern Agaica1tm'-
! est.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
THE BICYCLE RACE


Not Much Interest Taken in it by the
Public.
New YoRK, March 12. 49, Swiftly the
bicycle riders keep moving. They don't
seem Tired a bit. The race is so close
that there's a chance for one of five of
the seven riders to pull off first money
by a gallant seurt
The crowds haven't been very large in
spite of the confident hopes of the man
ayers, and the cause of it all could not
be explained by them. But disinterested
persons gave as their reasons for the slim
attendance, first the unpopularity of a
twelve hour day race, and, second, a
too high rate of admission. Then it was
said that different class of people pa
tronized bicycle race from that which
attended the horse and dog shows, and
thatthe admission rates should have been
lowered accordingly.
The score at the end Of the fifth day
was as follows:
Ashinger S4S miles, 5 laps; Lamb s4s
miles, . laps; Lumsden S4S miles, laps;
Martin S4S miles, laps; Reading 84S
miles, laps; Shock S3S miles, laps;
Stage 1888 miles, laps
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FTG syrup co.
SAN FRANCISCO CAL.
LOUISVILLE, Ky NEW YORK, nv
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
nreteorItes Presented to vale.

New HAVEN, Conn. March 12.-The
Neurological Department of the Pea
body Museum of Yale University has
been presented with collection of
meteorites which fell in Winnebago
County, Iowa, May 2, 1890. The collec-
ton is regarded as the largest specimens
from single fall which are to be seen in
any musuem in the world. 1t is the gift
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry f. English, of
this city, who purchased it from those
who gathered the collection. Mr.. Eng
lish is the son of Ex-Governor James E.
English.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
Pitcher o'Brien Dead.

Troy, N. Y, March 12.-John F.
O'Brien, the baseball pitcher, is dead at
West Troy, aged % years, after an ill
ness of two weeks from pneumonia.
O'Brien was considered one of the best
twirlers in the country. In 1890 he was
a member of the Cleveland League team
and last year he was a winning pitcher
for the Boston Association team. He
had signed to play the coming season with
The st. Louis League Club.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
DIED IN TERRIBLE AGONY.
Two Brothers Accused of Poisoning BIrs.
SaIlie Hannible.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, March 12-Intense
excitement prevails in Ashley County
and double lynohing is probable.
The cause of the trouble is the poison
ing of Mrs Sallie Hannible, who died in
terrible agony at her home in Parl1dale
Ben and Omer Carpenter, brothers, are
accused of the crime
Last fall Samuel Hannible, well-to-do
farmer, was shot from ambush while
driving cattle on the outskirts of his
farm
Hannible's wife was near the scene
at the time of the killing and found
her husband lying dead in the road
The woman noticed the Carpenters re-
treating down the road The murder
ers were never apprehended
The poisoning of the widow is thought
to have been the work of the Carpen-
ter boys in order to get her out of the
way. The country is being secured by
armed citizens who swear to lynch the
murderers,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
DID THE SON Do 1T !?
A Startling Rumor in Massa.
chusetts Town.
he IS CHARGED WITH POISONING
His Parents in Order to Get Property
Worth Less Than $500.
HE IS CHARGED WITH POISONING

He offered His Mother Chicken Broth,
But She Became Suspicious and would
Not Drink 1.-THE Father Drank 1t and
Died shortly After in Terrible Agony
A Poisoning Case in Arkansas in which
the Guilty Parties VIII be Lynched II
Caught.
AVER, Mass, March 12.-The town is
thoroughly stirred up over startling
rumor, which appears to be borne out
by strong circumstansial evidence, that
Charles Wilson, son of William Wilson,
has been Systematically poisoning his
parents with arsenic in order to get pos
session of property valued at less than
5000.
The parents are old people about 70
years of age, and have been i'll for some
time. Charles lived with them for sew
eral weeks, during which time the
mother noticed that he never ate the
same food he gave them.
Thursday night the son came to the
bedside of his mother with cup of
chicken broth, insisting upon her drink
ing it. The mother noticed peculiar
substance floating on the liquid and
questioned her son, who gave an eva
sive answer. She refused absolutely to
drink it, whereupon the son carried
the broth to the kitchen and left the
house.
Later the father saw the broth and
drank it all He went to bed, but awoke
in short time in great agony. His
body was swollen and he was in terrible
pain
DR.. Hartwell, who was summoned,
pronounced it a case of arsenical poison
ing He worked hard to save the father,
but could not do it, and the old man
died,
The mother is very i'll from what she
supposed to be poison that she has taken
from time to time for weeks past.
Charles Wilson, who is accused of the
poisoning, has disappeared, no one
knows where, but the authorities are to
make vigorous search for him.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

NEWARK, N. j., March IA bold
attempt to break out of the Essex
County jail has just come to light.
Nicholas Fredelle and James Currado,
two Italians, were confined in one cell.
The former had been sentenced to seven
years imprisonment for rape, and the
other was to serve term of one year for
burglary. The men succeeded in cutting
a large hole through the wall, when for
some unknown reason they quarreled.
The night watchman heard the noise
and came upon the scene in time to fru-
strase the attempted escape.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

WASHINGTON, March 12.-Mr John W.
Hoyt, chairman of the Russian Famine
Relief Committee, has sent out an appeal
to the farmers of America, calling atten-
tion to the wretehed condition of Russia,
and asking for aid. Mention is made of
the liberaity of the various railway
companies in carrying supplies free of
cost and the help rendered by the
farmers of Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas,
Ohio, Illinois and other States. Any in
formation can be had on application to
the Red Cross Society, Washington.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
A kidnapped Child Recovered.

SHAMoKIN, Pa, March IL. Mrs. A.
Allen, wife of Henry Allen, a leading
citizen of Schuylkill county, has secured
her 5-year-old child which was kid
mapped by MIR, Allen on March L, Tn e
latter left his wife two months ago, and
about six weeks ago entered Mrs, Allen s
house in her absence and stole tn e child.
Detectives failed to discover its where
abouts, and arraycd in male attire,
Detective Becky and Mrs. Allen found
the child in a cheap boarding house
rested
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

BUFFALO, N. Y, March 1.-THE State
Encampment of the g. A. r. elected
Mayor Theodore l.. Poole, of Syracuse,
Department Commander on the second
ballot. Other officers elected were:
Senior Vice-C Commander, VIM. L. De
Lacey of Poughkeepsie Junior Vice
Commander, w. r. Kirchner of New
York; Medical Director, DR.. Sol Van
Etten of Port Jervis; Chaplain, Rev. Z.
V. Parker of Avon Councilmen of Ad-
ministration, I. NJ. Clark of Mount Yer
non Post No. 40, New York; r. H.
Mccormick Post No. 121. Albany; R. v.
X. Montford, Post No 1852, Newburgh;
Henry E. Turner, Post No. 200 Leeville
The Warner Miller delegation will go to
the National Encampment.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

The plague of breaking lamp
chimneys is abroad in the land.
There are two sorts of Chin
neys; brittle and tough. Ninety
nine in a hundred are brittle.
The worst are imported from
Germany. The best are Mac
beth's "Pear1-top"& & "Pearl-glass."
Two sorts as to workman
ship; fine and coarse. The
fine are Macbeth's "Pear1-top" "
and "Pearl-g1ass." The coarse
are rough and out of proper
ton; misfts and misshapen !;
they do not make a good
draft; they smoke.
Two sorts as to glass; trans
parent and gray. "Pear1-top"
and " Pearl-glass are clear, fine
and tough-not tough against
accident-tough against heat.
Call for "Pearl-top" or
"Pearl-glass" chimneys.
Pittsburgh, Pa, GEO. A. MACBETH s. Co.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

CLEVELAND, o., March 70. The Su-
preme Lodge of the Ohio Beneficial
Society of Cleveland has assigned. 1t
attempted to pay a $l5 weekly sick
benefit and $3.50 yearly benefit on "A SO
assessment. IL needed as many members
as the sands of the sea TO succeed and
it could not get them. Liabilities
are at least $50, LOO
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
pead Frola Nralpractlce.

FALL RIVER, Mass, March 12.-Mrs.
Ellen Hays Hill, who has been employed
for six weeks by Frank II. Aldrich, of
this city, is dead under circumstances
showing that a criminal abortion had
been performed Mr.. Aldrich says that
the woman made a confession to him in
the presence of other members of his
household, and stated that the operation
was performed by a New Bedford doctor
Mrs. Hill was married in Troy, N. Y,
ten years ago
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
A Fatal Mistake.

Physicians make no more fatal mistake
han when they inform patients that nervous
heart troubles come from the stomach and
are of little consequence. DR. Franklin
Miles, the noted Indiana specislis', has
proven the contrary IN his new book on
" "a -art ID s-ase." which may be had free at
G.. fl. II genuuch's drus stOrs who gu trautees
and recommends DR.. NJ les u equaled New
Heart Cure, which has th largest sale OF Hnv
heart remedy in the world IL curcs nervous
and organic heart disease, short breath
hutierIng, pain or tend d-rness in the side arm
or shoulder, irregular uulse f8iutlnE, smother
ing, dropsy, etc HIS Restorative Neryine
cures he etdache, fits, etc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12
Did Not ASK for a New Trinl.

OMAHA, Neb., March 12-Trumpeter
Dixon who killed fellow-soldier at
Fort Robinson and was sentenced to hang
April 22d, has allowed the time for ask
ing new triaFto lapse. He will hang
unless the sentence is commuted by the
President. Dixon and his victim quar-
relied over negro prostitute at the Fort
and Dixon shot his comrade. He was in
Jail at the time of the lynching of the
negro Smith, but was not molested.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-03-12

NYAcK, N Y, March 12.-H. NJ. Low
itz, a well-kuown resident Of Rockland
County, who was arrested and tried for
fraud in getting the Rockland County
Fair books printed, collecting the money
for advertisements and not paying the
printer for his work, has had judgment
rendered against him for the
full amount, and a body execu-
tion has been issned. Lowitz must either
pay the full amount of the Judgment or
90 to Jail.