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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-25
GENTS WINTER WEIGHT UNDERWEAR.
GENTS WINTER WEIGHT HOSIERY
Final Closing Out Sale Of the Bankrupt Stock SATURDAY and
MONDAY The balance of the Bankrupt Stock al the
old store Of Cheney & Co., has been moved TO my
store tor the final Closing Out Sale.
246 :: MIDDLE = STREEsT-
MANSON C. LARRABEE.
UNDER w EAR.

UNDER w EAR.
Gents Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, not
all sizes, actual value 75c,
Only soc Each.
Gents Lambs Wool Shirts and Draw
ers, very fine quality--$1.00 is the real
value,
Only Gle Each.
The celebrated Heavy Switz Condo
Underwear, sold at $3.50 and $1.75 each,
Closing Price 93c.
Gents Natural Wool Shirts and Draw
ers, $1.00 quality and finish, not all sizes,
69c Each.
A regular ST.. so quality Shirts &Drawers
For csc,
$1.75 quality for $1.15
$500 quality for $1.25
There are Linen Collars in regular 15e
quality, in sizes IA, 16, 163 and II, at only
Ac Each.
Linen Cuffs at Hoe pair
Ties in light colors SC each
A regular SOC Tie for csc each
Gents SOC Braces for 15c each
There are many other lots of goods
such as Pocket Books, Jewelry, Hand
kerchiefs, Leather and Kid Mittens and
Gloves.
One large lot of Gents Tan Leather
Gloves, lined at csc pair.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-25
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER s5.
FOR PRESIDENT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
WHITELAW REID.

Mr.. Blaines article in the North
American Review, an abstract of which
was published yesterday, will undoubt-
eddy be widely read. Mr.. Blaine's exam
ination of Mr.. .Cleveland's position on
the tariff question is very searching, and
convicts him of evading the issue raised
his party's platform.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-25

Perry, the train robber, succeeded in
,roving that the watch that had been
Bet over him, was careless and unobserv-
ing to degree that ought to bring them
punishment. But as far as Perry him
self is concerned the escapade has not
been profitable inasmuch as it will en-
sure strict watch over HIM in the
future.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-25

Both parties seem to be settling down
to the conviction that the Presidential
election will be decided by the vote of
New York. While there are possibilities
in other directions all the probabilities
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-10-25
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Indian Mail Carrier.

Miss Go-Won-Go Mohawk, the young Indian
girl, appeared at Portland Theatre last night in
her sensational play of "The Indian Mail Car
rier.'' In which she assumes the role OF the In
dian lad Weptonomall. Miss Mohawk has
bright face, good figure and round, full voice.
and assumes the .leading character with much
spirit. A strong feature # the play is the in
PRODUCTION of the ponies Wong and Buckeye.
Among the best situations may be mentioned
the scene in the second act, where the carrier
is drugged by Spanish Joe's gang for the pur-
pose of robbing the mail of valuable money
packages and the scene in the third act, where
Spanish Joe fires the camp, and the terrific
bowie-knife combat between him and Weptono-
nah that follows. The audience was much
pleased and called the curtain at the close of
each act The piece will be repeated tonight
and tomorrow night. se,
The Stockbridge Course.
Those who fail to secure course tickets at
Stockbridge'S for the Regular and Popular
courses, which will begin Wednesday night
with "A Trip to the Moonp and Thursday with
The Lady Ministries, make great mistake
Those who have not witnessed those marvel
lous stage pictures and listened to the extreme
ly interesting discourses of Mr.. Garrett P. Ser
viss, are under the impression that the enter
tainment is of the stereopticon order. This is
erroneous. "a Trip to the Moon" and From
Chaos to Man. or 1.-THE Seven Ages of Our
World'' are illustrated by series of stage pie
lures, employing beautiful and appropriate
scenery novel; ingenious and realistic light and
mechanical effects. During the interval be-
tween the setting of each of these scenes, OF
which there are about Is in each entertain
ment, Mr.. Serviss will exhibit some fine stere
opticon views. The Boston papers speak
words of praise for the Lady Minstrels.
Byron.
Oliver Doud Byron and Miss Kate Byron will
play an engagement of two nights at Portland
Theatre Friday and Saturday next. 'The
Plunger" is the title of Mr.. Byron's new play,
which has been decided success wherever
produced. The part of Dexter Digit. which
Mr.. Byron plays, suits him better, it is said,
than anything he has ever been seen in, while
the Widow Glover was written expressly for
Miss Kate Byron, who plays it in her usual
charming manner.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Many Kinds of Monkeys.

The ordinary reader hardly real
ICES how many varieties of monkeys
exist. We hear of monkeys in the
Indies with reddish brown bodies,
black heads and faces of sky blue
There are monkeys with white eye
lids, and green monkeys to be found
on the African continent and Cape
de Verde islands. The howlers,
which inhabit South America, are
large and fierce, and travellers de-
scribe their yells as absolutely
appalling. So dreadful is the sound
of their growlings and roarings that
one would imagine that all the beasts
of the forests had gathered together
for battle. These creatures are SO
fierce that even the most sbillful and
adventurous trainer is unwilling to
teach them tricks. -Harpers Young
People.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Antispasnodics.

Irregular nervous actions on the
part of overworked or weak individ-
uals frequently show a tendency to
spasm and undue excitement which
it is sometimes difficult to control.
Hysteria is one form of it, insomnia
or sleeplessness is another NANTES
tation of it. The bromides have
been found the best medicines to
counteract this nervous, spasmodic
action, and especially the bromide of
potash and soda. If the bromide of
potassium is rejected by the stomach
there is some irritability in that re-
gion, and the soda salt should be
used. At least four grains of the
bromide of potash should be given
to a child, and much larger doses
should be given to adults.
Too small doses to have any effect
are often administered. The bro
mides are nonpoisonous, and they can
be used with considerable freedom
among those who know nothing
about the danger of drugs. They
are also valuable sometimes in re-
heving the pain of slight attacks of
collie and headache without leaving
any bad after effects. Yankee Blade.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
A Vegetable Pepsin.

The useful properties of the papaw
plant have long been known to the
various natives, and have been taken
advantage of by them, as can be seen
by reference to the works of travel
ers who can themselves vouch for
the accuracy of the accounts they
narrate. Thus Drury, in THE Useful
Plants of India" states that old hogs
and poultry which are fed upon the
leaves and fruit, however tough the
meat they afford might otherwise
be, are thus rendered perfectly ten
der and good if eaten as soon as
killed. Browne, too, in his Natural
History of jamaica" says that meat
becomes tender after being washed
with water to which the juice of the
papaw tree has been added, and if
left in such water ten minutes it will
fall from the spit while roasting OF
separate into shreds while boiling
Chambers Journal
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
TELEoRApA LINES bod THE TRoPIcs,

They Arc rnterfered with by Monkeys,
spiders. Plants and other Things.
The business of telegraphing has
its difficulties and is prolific of exas-
perations in this town and country,
with dead wires and live wires,
crosses and tangles, cyclones and
blizzards, and auroras and bugs.
Telegraphic communication any
where is subject TO interruption from
hundred and one causes, and few
people who kick about the service
are aware of the difficulties to be
overcome in maintaining perfect
electrical circuit. But in the tropics
the maintenance Of telegraph line
in good working order is constant
up hill fight against all manner of in
terrupting enemies that linemen and
operators in this latitude never
dream of.
In Brazil the wires get tangled up
with the cablelike web of an inn
mense spider, which, dripping with
dew or rain. makes cross connections,
short circuits and grounds almost
daily. Ants often destroy the poles
in few weeks Monkeys swing on
the wires and break them. and in the
forests creepers and ropelike withes
overgrow the poles and wires every
few weeks. All this is more or less
true Of all Central and South Amer
lea
In Cuba there Is an orchid that in
crusts the wire and causes leakage
In the West Indian islands the john
crows, or turkey buzzards, make life
miserable for the telegraph and tele-
phone people. These big, heavy birds,
the scavengers, are around in great
numbers. They roost on the wires
or fly up against them and invaria-
bly, break them short off.
In one large town the telephone
lines that ran by the public market
had to be put underground because
the buzzards congregated there in
great numbers, rested on the wires
and broke them almost nightly. On
the pampas of Argentina the herds
of practically wild cattle rub and butt
against the poles and frequently
break them down.
For some years it was altogether
impossible to maintain q line of tele-
graph through Persia for more than
a few days at time. The natives
regularly destroyed it as q device of
the evil one. Finally the shah issued
an edict making the loss of an ear
the penalty for first ofense of de
stroying the telegraph line; the loss
of a hand for the second, and death
by being buried to the neck in the
sand beside the telegraph line the
penalty for a third offense. One
cared men were common in Persia
for several years, for the shah was
determined to introduce civilizing in.
fiuences New York Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
YOU ANp !.

Not ne who lays II on the shelf,
Eut no who spends his talent saves n
he gives indeed who gives himself.
And best or worst Is his who Graves IL
A Thousand wish our work success;
One brings us cheer because ne speaks u
A common thing Is happinrs
lie oni3 never nnds VINO seeks"'
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The atom Win the supreme sun
~ natures piah Wa 'nn''e I1u'""
A'.Ne nas eA.n ns evu.se ~ ~,
an" SUI" '"S "''''o' W '
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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
consecrntlnC Church BELLS,

The custom of consecrating church
bells was once common to nearly all
denominations, but it is now con-
fined principally to the Roman Cath
olics. The old form was to wash the
bell with holy water. anoint it with
oil and mark it with the sign of the
cross. and to some extent this form
is still used. At the time of the Ref
ormation in England the prejudice
against Roman Catholic ceremonies
was so strong that instead of being
blessed new bells were occasionally
turned up and filed with punch,
which then was drunk by the par
Elephants in the OCCASION New York
Sun.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
How YuItures We're Fooled.

Some sports took place at a station
in upper Burmah. one of the events
being what is popularity known as a
Victoria Cross. race" that is, the
competitors have to ride some dis
lance, taking two or three hurdles
on their way, to a point where there
are arranged a number of figures in
stuffed cases, shaped like human
bodies; they then dismount, fire a
round of blank cartridge, pick up a
dummy each, and race back. In
this case, after the sports were over
the dummies were left on the
ground, and in about half an hour
after the ground was deserted no
ticed a vulture settle on the ground
close to the dummies; in about an
other five minutes, more than thirty
had collected.
The birds seemed much puzzled as
they carefully inspected each lay
figure, walking from one to the next
all along the line, and eventually,
after sitting in a circle for a short
time, few away. These birds must
have discovered the dummies by
sight, though have often heard
that vrlltures rely on their sense of
smell as well,-Cor. London Specta-
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Oddities About Memory.

The memory remains intact and in
perfect working order in cases where
the left side of the brain is badly dis.
eased. from which it may be inferred
that the right side of the brain is
the seat of this remarkable faculty.
From the Psychologists point of view
the power of memory is badly dimin'
ished by too much food, by an excess
of physical exercise and by educa
ton! If this is true, the illiterate has
a better memory than the educated
man of the period. 1t has also beer
proved that the memory is better il
the morning than in the evening, IL
summer than in winter, and much
better in warm than in cold coun
tries.-Chicago Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
4 RognH MuZZIe.

An amusing deception connected
with dog muzzling came to light the
other day in the Ternes quarter of
Paris. An old lady, whose pet had
been seized among others, com
planned that while her pug was cap
tured the police allowed that of her
neighbor, a painter, to roam at will
without a muzzle. The inspector al
sured the lady that the artists dog
was always muzzled, and was some
what taken aback on learning that
the muzzle in question was merely
painted on the animals head. Lon
don Bits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
STUCK BY A PIN.


A Queer Spectacle on the Great New
York and Brooklyn bridge.
With an agonized, painful and tor
tured expression ON her countcnance
and with a few small parcels in hei
hands. she was jostled. pushed and
showed on board bridge train which
was just about tostart from the New
York side the other evening during
the flush Of the evening traffic. She
had evidently been shopping all day,
and she was tired Her light spring
coat was open, revealing trim, tight
fitting ssit of brown and waist 80
slender and stemlike that you felt
like lending her your arm for re-
enforcement. She wore hat that
beggared description, and her feet
were incased in tiny patent leather
ties.
Yet she was anxious, cross or vexed
about something, and the crowd dis
turbed her, and the noise and confu-
sion Jared on her spirit. More
through luck than courtesy she
gained a seat, and as she dropped
into it she heaved sigh. No one
seemed to notice her sigh, however,
and she beaved louder. Her second
sigh had the effect of attracting the
well bred stare of the few women in
the immediate vicinity, and of arrest
ing the attention of few men from
their all absorbing evening papers
just then the train began to move
and she got up, coughed and looked
sick.
She glared wildly around the car
and then earnestly scrutinized the
floor. With a gasp she fell back into
her seat and tore off her coat and be-
gan to violently loosen the collar of
her dress. In an instant several men
were at her side, each in his own
helpless manner offering his services
and inquiring the nature of the at
tack. Was it vertigo, hemorrhage,
heart failure or nausea9 Appealingly
she looked up into the face of an
elderly woman bending over her and
signified desire to whisper. But
the whisper proved to be just audi
bic, for the bystanders overheard a
hollow voice utter, There is a pin
sticking right into my back"
And sure enough the elderly WON
an found the pin in her back. put
there by somebody to hold a rip
caused by the straining Of the over
tightly drawn cloth. With profound
utterances of gratitude tho woman
walked out of the car with her bene-
factress, and the other witnesses dis
persed in their different directions,
vaguely conscious of feeling of re-
greet that one of their own race, even
though of the opposite sex, should
exhibit herself as such a benign fool,
first in strapping herself SO tightly,
and second in repairing damages with
pins. Brooklyn Eagle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
They KIN. but DO Not Smoke.

The average Kaluli does not regard
murder as crime. 1t is kill or be
killed in his own country, and he
therefore regards the matter of the
taking off of friend most philo-
sophically. There is nothing to
worry about; he is dead. and ] killed
him." he will tell you if you should
inquire about a companion with
whom he was on the best of terms
the preceding winter. have heard
an Afghan, while purchasing a
weapon, speak with evident gusto
of the occasion when he would Use
the gun to murder a friend. It
caused him as little concern, this
contemplated crime, as if he had
said, shall kill chicken, if God 80
wills it, tomorrow for my pillau."
And yet there is something child
ish and affectionate about these men.
They never seem to forget a favor,
and repay it to the best of their abil
ity. Unlike other Mohammedans,
they do not observe the Koran with
blind obstinacy, but occasionally
stretch it's precepts to accord with
their ideas of religion. They do not
drink, for that is directly against the
law, nor do they smoke. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
A Sure Thing.

A witty individual one morning
wagered that he would ask the same
question of fifty different persons and
receive the same answer from each.
The wit went to first one and then to
another until he had reached the
number of fifty. And this is how he
won the bet. He whispered, half
audibly, to each:
II say, have you heard that Smith
has failed2"
"What Smith, queried the whole
fifty, .one after another. and it was
decided that the bet had been fairly
won. London TtBits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
The Kind of Music BaudeiaIre Liked.

Literature is on the border of
science, draws inspiration from it,
and finds in the marvels of physi
ology motifs of disquietude and fear
an unpublished shudder, in fact, to
speak a little after the manner OF
Victor Hugo Charles Baudelaire GER
tainly had an influence on this par
ticular movement. | hear him still
telling us with a grimace not to be
forgotten: II adore Wagner. He
had been one of the first to defend
him in Paris. But the music | pre-
fer is that of a cat hung up by his
tail outside of window and trying
to stick to the panes of glass with its
claws. There is an odd grating on
the glass which find at the same
time strange, irritating and singu.
larly harmonious. Jules Clairette
in North American Review.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
chinese Terms of Endearment.

In China a wife is never spoken
of by her husband in a plain and
straightforward way. Such playful
terms as my thorn in the ribs" and
my dull companion" are more
usual, but leave something to be de-
sired on the score of elegance. 1.-The
mean one of the inner room" has a
distinct flavor of masculine selfish
ness about it.-Chicago Tribune.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

A very recent estimate of the CAPT
tai invested in the electrical indus
tries in the United States is $720, 900,
600, and of this amount $3.50, 900, 600
represents the proportion which cleo,
trio lighting and power have at.
tanned; 800, 900, 900 is also the estl
mated investment in electrical sup
plies, of which the electric lighting
and railway appliances constitute q
large proportion. - Pittsburg Dis
patch.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Too Soon.

Doctor-Will you ever get welll
Why, I'll have you on your feet again
in a week
Patient-That will never do. The
railway company has promised to
send man up about that time to
agree on compromise. Exchange.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Roth wera Nsrxous.

At a duel the combatants dis
charged their pistols without effect,
whereupon one of the seconds inter
fered and proposed that the duelists
should shake hands. To this the
other second objected as unnecessary.
Their hands, said he, ''have been
shaking this half hour. n--Exchange.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15
Minute Parasites.

It would take three and one-fourth
thousands (3,25W of the little vege-
table parasites which grow on the
human hair to cover the white center
Of q nonpsreil ''o."-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

SO well trained are pair Of horses
owned by a farmer in Lancaster
county, Pa, that they pull a harrow
regularly across the field from morn
ing until night without driver.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

England has one horse for every
twelve persons, and only an average
Of four hours of daily sunshine in
which to ride or walk.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

In Africa and India and in South
America monkeys are often employed
TO gather the fruit which grows too
high to be reached by the natives.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

The Prince of Wales, simple and
unostentatious as ne always desires
his private visits to be, cannot be it
tingly entertained for even two or
three days without an expenditure of
$4,000 or $4,000.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

In China wealthy people buy their
coffins long before they need them,
and exhibit them as ornamental
pieces of furniture.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-11-15

T'"1'-' ''-'- '-T- WIZ Wv wy WV wv Wv Wv WV wy :
E W..P, Guthrie, of Mt. Sterling
Ky, representing Green, HuffakerF
e& Co, of Louisville, Wholesale
edeaIers in Boots and Shoes, willE
kcall on the merchants of Centralk
band Eastern Kentucky every sixtya
Edays. Any orders directed to Mrs
! Guthrie, Tyfer-Apperson block
{ this city, win receive prompt at.
tention. !