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The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

out and the horse thrown down. The
driver of Jessie Sheridan tried to force
her to standstill and only Rose FillSins
and Shipman finished the heat. AS the
accident seemed due to no ones careless
ness or bad intent, both horses were per-
mitted by the judges to start in the next
heat. Grant sAbdallah lowered the tracks
record by taking the third heat OF the
pacing race in 2.11. The summaries:
2.19 CLASS. TRoTTING-PURsE $1,000, d.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24
Won by Uphill Work.

LEWISTON, August 23.-Up-hill work
won for the home team today. Atten-
dance 300. Score:
Innings. Il Q 8 4 5 6 z 8 8
Auburn Gazettes.1 4 O O O L 1-12
Woonsockets. IA 3 0 o 2 % Oil
Base hits-Woonsockets 10, Auburn Gazettes
16. Errors-Woonsockets 8, Auburn Gazettes
6. Batteries-Viau and Burrill. WEIGH and
Connaughton.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

An autopsy, performed on the body of
George Mayo, shows death to have been
due to natural causes. Mayo dropped
dead at The Forks and there was talk of
foul play.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

Patents have been granted to Charles
Demaurez, Portland, car coupling; Fran
els M. Eaton, West fremont, center
board for boat; John F. Hirsh, Sabatis,
hinge.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

VIDED.
E. F. Geers, CHI M, Nightingale. ......1 ] l
E. S. Bither, b m, Bravo; ...............4 q
James Golden, b m, Daphne. .......-- dis
w, E. Weeks, br m, Zeemia ..... :...3 2 .
z. Burcn, Dl m, BUSH. .... ...--.,-...6 =
Henry liter, b s, Falc on, Jr.......,.:6 3
George Moore, b m, Addie. 30 4 .
Time-2.1 5A, 2.1644, 2.16M.
FREE-FoR-ALL, PACE-PURsE $780, d.
VIDED.
E. F. Geers, G, Robert J......2 2 1
Bob Stewart. BIS, Grants Abdal- .
Elm City Farm, b g, Budd Doble A 8 3 3
F. A. N ewell, b G. Bunco, Jr ...dis
G. F. Predmore, Oh g, Dallas. ,....3 DIS
Time--2. 1914, 2.1314 O. Il, 2.13, 2.131a.
Fps CLASS, TRoTTNG-PURsE $1,000, Dr.
vIDED.
j. f. Turner, br m Rose Fillkins. IL 2
E. NJ, Lockwood, b S, Shipman q 2 5
G. H. Fletcher, CHI 6, Clay Forest. ..dr
Guy Miller, b 8, Darlington. ......... 1
w. Vandenburg, b III, Jessie Shefi-
udn. d D 4
Time-2.2214, 2.1s, 2.1s14, 2.2o.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

& Abbott, Boston, with friend has been
stopping at Mr.. Rid eouts fathers.
Miss Annie K. Blanchard of Portland
has been stopping at Mrs. II. B. Mer-
rilPs.
Miss E. C. Adams is spending her vaca-
ton at her fathers at the junction.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

Fl. N. Phillips, native of Pittsfeld,
and for years resident of Lewiston, was
the victim of a recent drowning accident
at Salisbury Beach, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24
Androscoggin's Good Show.
TSpecial TO the Press

LIvERMoRE FALLS, August 23.-The
Androscoggin County Fair and races OPP
ened today with fine weather and grand
attendance. The stock exhibit is large.
The days excitement conferred on the
races, which were hard fought and ex-
citing. The summaries:
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

ScarbOro.
[From our Regular Correspondent
The Republicans Of Scarboro have set
their flag poles and will open the cam
paion some time next week with a flag
raising. A good speaker will be provided
by the State committee.
Burnham & Morrill, will commence
packing corn at Dunstan Corner,
Wednesday, Aug. oath. The sweet corn
is very good this year in Scarboro.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
IT DOES BOTH!

1t is mistake to suppose business everywhere Is con"
Quoted in wholly mercenary way. There is room for as
much friendship there is fairness between seller and
uyer yet believe there is money to be made in
the long run by fairness. This is
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-24

Hallowell merchants are said to be
feeling blue over the granite cutters
strike. There is said to be discourage
ment among the men themselves, although
Chairman Emery of the union says they
are getting one dollar day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-10-12
MOTHERS ROOM. I

let US reverently enter, where loving pres
ence watts.
Not far away from heavenly fields, with open,
golden gates;
Tread lightly. honrs arc precious here on this
seeming holy ground.
Dear mothers room. whore patient love and
blessings rare abound.
Speak softly, for unpleasant tones should
never here be heard,
No thought OF strifo, no angry voice, no bitter.
burning word
Be uttered meath the healing wings Of trust
and hope and peace
Which hover over mothers room and rest
without surcease.
Be gentle when In mothers room. for here
true gentleness
Hath reign supreme, and here Is known tho
soothing. sweet impress
OF devotion at the cradle, at tho altar and the
tomb,
Making Of thisa world of bliss in restful moth
er's room.
Be thoughtful here Of word and deed where
affection deep holds sway,
! Whore mothers prayers for her dear ones
have utteranco each day:
Where pleadings long with maynard ones
mingle with heartfelt pride
For noble deeds; where stricken hearts are
soothed and tears are dried.
where'er we are. where'er We roam. whether
on land or sea,
Reflected back in memory's glass, how pleasant
tits to see
That room where all that's dear In life is
nuraed to bud and bloom
oh, earth HAS not a charm more dear than that
of mothers room.
20. w. Bryan In Good Housekeeping.
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Az old ousstion A.ked Anew.

The old question has been lately asked
anew. Why fill the infant mind with
images Of cruelty and horror? Why
suggest to innocence the dreadful vision
Of ogres fattening captives- like sheep
for their table? Why torture 1t with
that appalling cabaiistic bloody invoca~.
ton, Fee. faw, FUN? Why permit the
hoary murderer Blue Beard TO terrify
the young before in historical sequence
they reach Henry VIII, In no exten-
nating page Of Froude, but Is the
grisly murderer and defender Of the
faith Of the older annals2 And why per-
plex the callow pilgrim scarcely en-
barked on the journey OF life, which the
reverend and the wise describe as a
moral warfare, by the rhyme which de.
clares the greedy thief Of Q plum from
the copious pudding good boyf
Why Is glutton who triumphs In his
gluttony to DO commended In honeyed
measure az good, while nothing Is said
In praise may, he IL not even mentioned
lot the virtue Of the unnamed COM
rade, who was undoubtedly present and
who restrained his desire to pull out
pluins, and who, 20 far a. posterity
knows, not only had no plum, but also
forbore the saucer George William
Curtis In Harper's.
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A collsetion Of old pipes.

Ihavs collection of old English pipes
Of all sizes and shapes. and have supplied
my friends with specimens, which they
use not actually for pipes, but as olga
rette holders, and well adapted the
small bowls are for that purpose. In
my collection one may trace the history
and spread Of tobacco by the gradually
increasing pipe bowl and the proportion
ate diminntion Of the supporting heel or
spur until with present-day clays it Is
o mere ornamental appendage. Soon
after smoking was introduced one writer
states that "the rich use silver pipes,
but the poor use walnut shells and
straws."
In 1873 Harrison, In his unpublished
"Chronologie,1 remarks that s'these
daies the taking in Of the smoke Of the
Indian herb called Tobacco by an instru-
ment like little ladell is gretly taken
up and used In England against
Rewmes.r BY 1919 there was an Inn
portant industry In clay pipes, and the
manufacturers were incorporated as
ssthe craft of T. P. makers" Later
pipes bear trademarks and initials
stamped on the heel, thus indicating the
various origins. Cor. Pail Mall Gazette.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-10-12
Poor Eco,,on,v.


It Is indeed a melancholy fact that
many comparatively well I'd az A,neri-
can families fall into the habit Of pinch
ing the stomach III order that the back
may riot Id purple arid fine linen. II
was told recently of family who lived
IN hrownhtone front and made i great
chow that they Invariably sat down III
half rAtLons III their iueals The fafs
cosssistod of seven. IL The b. q
and grocer's bills showed that comfort
able provision was made ffccrr &c. mere
than four persons. The consequence
Why, that they were always quarreling
and fighting OF course, tho result Of
fiaccid nerves and impoverished blood.
The poor, Ill paid slave who used to
live with them and do the work Of two
slaves told this tale out Of school after
her happy emancipation. why, bless
yer heart. ma'am," she said to her new
mistress, who was helping her to make
the beds in tho modest fiat, 'savin yer
prisence, they used to cut the bread that
thin that you could see through 1t, and
then count the slices. They'd lock up
the loaf after, and ye'd git no more.
even II you was starvin after hard
days washin or housecleanin. An.
wusser nor that" she continued indig-
nantly, ''they was that name that they'd
sneak the bitio' butther off o the table
and put on the molasses when they SEQ
me a-comin." Living on these lines,
who among us could not afford to live G.,
In brownstone mansion? York
News.
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supcrstition Of the Cuckoo.

In celebrated French romance Of the
Thirteenth century, published by Neon.
M. Renart and his wife hear tho cuckoos
notes early In the morning as they
lie awake, talking and planning what
they will do and be in the future that
lies before them. M. Renart thinks he
would like to know how many years
will be given him in which to enjoy life,
so he iinplores the cuckoo to tell him.
Cuckoo, tell me truth, how many years
have to live? l wish very much to
know, cuckoo" The cuckoo answered
promptly thirteen times. Then M.
Renart turns to his wife and embraces
her. "Did you hear?" he asks. "Sir."
said Mime. Renart, being dutiful vito
and very respectful to her lord and
master, .'sir. / heard gladly, and de-
mand you will kiss me" Dame" said
he, II am quito rejoiced. ALI the Year
Rorind
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when seward was e,ararnor.

One OF the best stories William H.
Seward used to tell was Of a reception
he had while governor of the state. He
gave IL in honor Of Willard Fillmore. A
great many people knew neither Seward
nor Fillmore by sight. Fillmore was q
splendid specimen Of sturdy manhood,
nearly six feet in height. He stood at
Stewards left. and the difference be-
tween the men was striking. OF the
throi1g that passed by those who were
not acquainted with either Seward or
Fillmore saluted Fillmore as governor,
and he turned TO Seward and said.
why dose, many peoples mistake and
call me govomory'
'sAh." said Seward. 'sit Is because in
the popular mind there is an instructive
feeling that b great Office should be
filled by . man who Is physically great,
as you are, Fillmore. When people see
me. they think some mistake has been
made. and that in some way or other d
boy has been chosen goyeInor. New
Work SIM
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The latest improvement in
corsets is neat enough to have
been made by a woman F.; it is
loops of corset lace instead of
metal eyelets.
Eyelets cut the laces the
loops don't.
Eyelets rust the loops
don't. M sl1gtf
Eyelets make the lacing
show through thin dresses !;
the loops don't. ~,
We call the loops soft eye
lets but they are tough /;
they won't wear out in the
life of a corset.
Soft eyelets are used in the
Ball and Kabo corsets, which
are sold in most Of the stores
in this way: you pick out
what you think you want and
wear it two or three weeks
if not right you return it and
get your money back and. if
a soft-eyelet corset-either
the Ball or the Kabo failsin
a year. in any part but the
steels, you get your money
back.
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Coins Of Value.

"Some pennies are worth good deal
OF money! said dealer in coins. ''If
you come across an old collection Of
copper cents in an out Of the way corner
you will do well to examine their dates
carefully. From the point Of view OF
the numismatist their value depends
largely upon their condition. For ex-
ample, for cent of 1909 In fair state
of preservation we pay five dollars, but
for a specimen of the same issue In first
rate condition we would pay from ten
to twenty-five dollars, and for o perfect
cent Of 1790--that is, as bright and sharp
as the day 1t was coined-we will pay
800.
"Do not attempt to clean coins that
are In fine condition. They should be
held only by the edges in handling them,
and ought to be kept wrapped carefully
In channels skin or soft tissue paper or
laid ON velvet. Gold and silver coins
may be rinsed, not washed, In hot water
and soap. Copper coins should be placed
in sweat oil only to remove grease and
dirt. Acids and securing will rnin any
coin OF worth. Age does not necessarily
make value in coins. The old Spanish
silver pieces current In this country
from f7O0 to 1900 are worth no more
than their face, and the Same is the case
with cents Of 1903, 1909 and 1908, as well
as with half dollars Of dates between
1905 and 1885. Washington Star.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-10-12

Romanelli, having heard wonders told
Of the skating rink, determined to so
there. The sight Of SO many young
ladies and gentlemen gliding around in
all directions so gracefully and In such
apparent safety led him to believe that
skating was the easiest and most natural
thing In the world. He suddenly made
up his mind, and after ordering pair of
roller skates he took step forward and
--bang-he dropped full length on the
floor. The manager ran to pick him up.
"Is this the first time you have put on
the skates2"
"No, sir; the lastr growled Romanelli.
--Nano Rosso.
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"sIspping q King.v

Talleyrand one day, upon entering the
private study where father and sonwere
together, found the boy upon the fathers
knee, while Napoleon was gently slap
ping him. ge 81.
.sDo you know what ! am doingT
asked Napoleon.
"No, sire,p said the diplomatist, who
was far too wise to guess royal puzzles
II am slapping q kingr' was the am
swer. And this trihing and HARMLESS
pleasantly has been cited by . serious
writer as a proof Of Napoleons 'scruelty'
20 his child. st. Nicholas.
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WHOLE NO. lO4 !
THE DETECTIVES DREAM.


He Followed the Clue It Gave and
Caught the Man He Was After.
"Do you believe in dreams?' asked
Tom Hall of Conductor Mitchell.
'.Isleep too sound to dream" was the
reply.
.sWell, never had much confidence
IN them either, but had an unusual ex-
perience one time that has almost made
me believer. A number of years ago,
when was in the secret service, / had
searched the country over for a muir,
derer. His home was in indianapolis,
and he had relatives living here, but /
could never get any trace of him. One
night / came to Indianapolis ard re-
manned here two weeks, stopping st the
Spencer House. / tramped this town
from one end to the other and had about
given up in despair,
Gone morning got up rather early,
and asked tho clerk to take 4 drink with
me. This he did, and then Invent to
breakfast. For breakfast we had bacon,
and ! never enjoyed anytlir X ri
In my life. After breakfast sr';5s.
out, and made my way down Washing
ton street and along up the cannl. There
was one house that attracted my attens
ton. It was built In an unusual way,
the Notwithstanding being put on per
pendicularly In building next to
this house / saw the man wanted, ard
Just as reached for him awoke.. 1t
had been q dream, but so natural was it
that could actually taste the cocktail |
had drunk with the clerk, and the bacon
had eaten for breakfast.
ssWhen got up the clerk and did
take drink together, and we had bacon
for breakfast, just as 1t occurred In my
dream. Invent down Washington street
Isand along the canal Ther8I saw many
things that dreamed about, but / could
not ind the house with the perpendicu-
misunderstanding saw building
located ON the same spot where my
dreamhouse should shave been, and
while was looking at 1t a man came
out. recognized him as an old ac-
quaintance, and We had quite long
| chzzt II s6fscourse not explaining ia him
| the business was on.
I'm the courseof tho conversation
Learned that tho mother aof my man
| lived next door TO this house. In m
| hour orstwo came back and went in tc
| sec her. To make long story short.
learned that her son had joined the reg
ulnr nrmy and was stationed out here
atthe arsenal, There ! arrested him,
Ere was. tried. convicted and was sent
| over the road and yet serving time fol-
his crime. The clew Had secured ~ d
his Whereabouts came to me Id d
dream. indianapolis News.
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ayes, brethren" says the clergyman
who is preaching the funeral sermon,
ssour deceased brother was cut down In
q angle night--torn from the arm OF
his loving wife, who Is thus left q dis
consulate widow at the early ago Of
twenty-four years" ssas 5.
"Twenty-two, If you please sobs the
widow In the front pew, emerging from
her handkerchief for an instant. LON
don Tit Bits.
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4 riorai clock.

A French novelty in the way of q
timepiece is a floral clock, the long
hands Of which sweep above twelve
floral beds, each bed being different
from all the others in the color and va
riety OF flower. The hands are moved
by subterranean mechanism. Philadel-
phia Record.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1892-10-12

The weather is the one topic which
never wears. out. 1t is wet, it Is dry, 1t
Is hot, ii is cold, 1t Is hckle. IL Is agree
able, it is good for the crops. 1t Is trying
for invalids. ii Is this or 1t Is that. and Il
furnishes a never ending, unfailing re-
source for conversation. The least gifted
talker can bewsil draft; the most
inaessant chatterer can magnify food.
CID and young nao6t on common ground
when they discuss The Winds apd the
clouds. Meanwhile the skies are blue
orgray. and the sun and gain shine and
fall lnpa1iially q. tie 6pod and the
evil.
The part Of folly is to grid at tho
occasional discomforts of tho weather.
Wisdom regards the weather not with
indifference, but with composure, as q
background for that which ia best in life
for all Of us, our work. How shall we
accomplish that il we fret and fuss and
fume and find faults Harper's Bazaar.
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In 1888 beautiful locket, forming q
small paddock, was found In digging a
grave in a churchyard at Devices, Wilt
shire, England. This was charm, and
being valuable was buried with the
owner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-12

MIR BLA1NE's letter, made public the day after that of Mir Harrison's fell like a wet blanket upon the candidates pro- nunciamento. It nullified about half of Mir Harrison's letter by advising the re- publicans to ignore all issues, except three, in the campaign, and worse than all, it nowhere mentioned MT Harrison's name. No republican has doubt about this slight to the head of the republican ticket being deliberate and intentional on the part of Mir Blaine. It is slight, too, that MT Harrison dare not resent at this time; but you may be sure that he will try to "get even" after the election, whichever way it goes, by jumping on the Blaine republicans wherever he finds them.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-12

charred bodies were taken from under the wreckage several hours after the accident.
 Elmer Smith, of Fitchburg, was pas senger on the wrecked train, having taken it by mistake, and intended to leave it at Waltham.
 He was seated in the next to the rear car, with his feet on the seat, in 8 doze. He was thrown violently to the floor by the shock, and says that nearly every person in the car was also thrown down
 He says that two men and boy jumped from the rear end of the car, and that they were the only persons in that car who were not bruised in some manner, many being seriously hurt.
 He says the engine ploughed through the rear car, splitting it in two, carrying death before it. He was completely un- nerved by the shrieks and cries of the wounded, and hopes never again to be called upon to witness another such scene
 The dead and injured lay in every di- rection, and ambulancss and wagons were taking the dead and injured to the hospital as fast as they could be loaded.
 The passengers in the other four cars of the train were terribly shaken up, many being thrown from their seats.
 He said that nearly every seat in the rear car was occupied when he passed through it before the train left Boston.
 The work of removing the victims pro gressed as rapidly as possible, ambu lances, express wagons and other convey ances being pressed into service.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-12
CONVERSION MAY CONDEMN HER.
In Religious Frenzy Woman Tells of
 Murder and Gets Arrested.

In Religious Frenzy a Woman Tells of A
 Murder and Gets Arrested.
 WILLIAMSBURG, O., Sep. 12.-Mrs. Will jam Johnson recently became converted and confessed to some ministers holding revival services at Dresden that ten years ago she poured oil on the clothes of her weak-minded sister-in-law and set her on fire, letting her perish in the flames.
 She told of this while in a state of re- ligious excitement attendant upon her conversion. The ministers, after consult ation, reported the matter to the grand jury, which thereupon found an indict- ment of murder in the first degree against Mrs Johnson, and she has been pl aced in jail to await trial.
 It was ten years ago when the people in the vicinity of Tunnell Hill were startled by cry of fire which came from William Johnson's house. Among the first to ar rive were near neighbors, who plainly heard the shrieks of a woman inside the house.
 Forcing their way partially within they saw in the flames in an inner room the form of MT. Johnson's sister. The fire had obtained such a start that they were unable to effect rescue.
 Mrs. Johnson was the only other mem- Der of the family around at the time. She said that Martha poured oil upon her clothes and then set herself on fire, with evident suicidal intent. Martha was weak minded. The story was not doubt ed then.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-09-12
The Maine Dialect.

Some would-be dialect writers repre- sent that the back-country people of Maine invariably supplement the vowel 70" with the sound of ''a," as "caow," "haouse," etc. As a matter of fact, this pronunciation originated among the Cape Cod folks. It gradually spread eastward along the coast, but it is by no means characteristic of the backwoods- mans speech. The sailors of Islesboro and Castine will refer to the starboard 'baow" oftener than the dwellers of northern Penobscot will speak of the brindle ''caow," and so on through the list. The principal peculiarity of the back-country peoples speech Is not in what they say or how they say it. but in how little they say. The backwoods- man will whittle, chew tobacco, and listen to others, saying nothing himself, but, at the same time, like Paddy's owl, keeping up a divil of thinking. :" When he is stirred up he doesn't say: "B'jocks," or even "Gosh," but gives vent to square-toed and startling pro fanity.