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The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25
FROM BANGOR TO PORTLAND.
The First Bicycle Relay Race to Come
off June 8.

Director G. L. Maylan of the Young
Mems Christian Association gymnasium
OF Bangor, is fast completing the ar
rangements for relay bicycle race from
Bangor to Portland on Saturday, June 3,
and everything points to successful
run, as the Y. M. C. A. wheelmen along
the route have taken hold of the matter
with much interest and intend to do
their share towards making the run ac-
cording to the schedule time.
1t is proposed to start from Bangor at
5 a. M, and reach Portland with mes
sage at 5 p. m. In order to do this it
willIbe necessary to do - miles each hour
and the schedule has been SO arranged
Five wheelmen from the Bangor
Young Mems Christian Association will
ride the distance between Bangor and
Waterville, doing IL miles each.
The distance between Waterville and
Gardiner, "a miles, will be covered by
three wheelmen, doing eight miles
apiece. From there to Brunswick, SO
miles, four men will do the riding, and
the route between Brunswick and Free
port, nine miles, two members of the
Bowdoin College, Y. M. G. A. will cover.
The last run of IS miles from Freeport to
Portland will be accomplished by three
Freeport wheelmen.
With favorable weather and pleasant
roads the wheelmen are confident that
they can reach Portland in the scheduled
time. This will be the first relay bicycle
race in Maine, and it will attract wide
spread interest all over the state.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25
Portlund Savings Bank.

The annual meeting OF the corporation
was held yesterday, President Barrett in
the chair. The annual report of the
president was read and accepted. The
following trustees were elected as board
of managers:
Weston F. Milliken, James P. Baxter,
Franklin R. Barrett, Edward A. Noyes,
Charles S. Fobes, Sidney W. Thaxter,
VIM. H. Moulton.
Mr.. F. R. Barrott was reelected presi-
dent, Mr.. Edward A. Noyes secretary
and treasurer, and Mr.. A. A. Montgomery
assistant secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that the
IN subscriber has been duly appointed
and taken upon himself the trust of Admin
istrat0r of the Estate of
MAJOR PICKETT. late of Portland,
in the County of Cumberland, deceased, and
given bonds as the law directs. Ali per-
sons having demands upon the estate OF said
deceased, are required to exhibit the same !;
and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make payment to
JAMES EDWARD PICKETT, Admir-.
Portland, May 22nd, 1893.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25
Fire in a Derrick Gar.

The alarm from box 81 yesterday noon
was caused by fire in a derrick Car in the
Portland and Rochester yard. The fire
burned the car considerably. The chem
ical engine extinguisiled the flames. The
injury to car and boiler will probably be
about 5000.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25
Aged brotherhood.

The Aged Brotherhood are requested
to attend the funeral of Deacon S. w.
Larrabee this afternoon at 2 o'clock, at
his late residence, No. q Deering street.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25
SEALED PROPOSALS

VIII be received by the undersigned. up to Fri
day, June 9, 1898, at O'Clock p. M, for fur
nishing all labor and material to fully complete
den, Maine Plans may be seen at the Bay
View House. Camden and at the office OF Elmer
l. Thomas, Architect, Auburn. Maine Bids
will be received for whole or part of the work.
Right is reserved to reject any or all bids.
ISAAC COOMBS,
w. ". LANE,
w. Il. GILL,
W. d. KN0WLTON,
7. A. HUNT.
Building Committee.
Camden, Me-, May 20, 1898. ''--'.''
may25-S1ju5
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25

Parish Church, and the Services in Com
moration.
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25

"About4 years ago my little girl, Eva, who
was then 4 years old, had scrofula trouble
with one Of her eyes. For months she had to
keep it bandaged from the light. We tried
everything she best medical advice would
school all that time, but nothing appeared to do
her a particle of good. We feared that she
would entirely
Lose the Sight Of the Eye
One day read of little girl suffering similarly
who had been cured by Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
decided to let her try it. She seemed better
when she had taken the first BOTTLE so got
another. And when she had finished taking
three bottles she was completely cured, and now
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25

HOODS PiLLe cure Consapstion by restoring
hs peristaltie action Of the alimentary canal
The Portland daily press., 1893-05-25
HOODS
SarsapariIIa
CURES

1t the end OF two years, not having shown any
return OF the trouble we are sure that
The Cure is Permanent
We feel indebted to Hoods Sarsaparilla for the
good it has accomplished" FRANK BERAw,
Central Avenue, Bradford, Mass.
Confirmed by Colby Bros.
Eve are well acquainted with Frank Beraw
and have been for several years. We have full
confidence in what he states Of Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla she IS certainly In the best of health now,
as we see her often and her eyes are all right
COLBY Bros, Bradford Mass.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

they were getting to the edge of the herd
but they discovered that the turtles were
also going in the same direction they were.
Still there was nothing else to be done, 50
they kept on.
II was hardly possible to see, but the
two men were both aware that they were
getting out Of the pine forest, though the
direction they were travelling was I'M
known to them. Suddenly Mike, who was
in the lead, stepped on rock that he
mistook for n turtle and fell forward
down hill. They had reached the edge Of
the canon, and, as there were not 50 many
turtles, had a chance to climb ON a large
rock out Of reach of the creatures.
Here they had chance to look around,
and saw that the sky was overcast with
clouds, and that the turtles stayed around
until they were starved.
But there was little water in the bot
tom Of the canon and down the turtles
tumbled as fast as they could, appearing
to have forgotten all about their possible
victims Most Of them had reached the
bottom, but not before a rain storm came
up, and as Mike and Jack were still una
Bile TO leave their place on the rock they
were drenched to the skin. But that was
a good deal better than being eaten by
turtles
And, as they sat for an hour watching
bottom of the canon, the rain poured
down and daylight had made its appear
ance.
After the last turtle had passed they
were compelled to sit there where they
were for some time to allow the storm to
abate a little They put in their time
watching the turtles rolling over one an
other in the pools at the bottom Of the
canon.
Suddenly there was a roar like cy-
clone tearing through forest, and look
ing up the two men saw q wall of water
several feet high tumbling over the
boulders.
1t was a cloudburst that had caused a
freshet, and it was all tumbling on top Of
the turtles. 1t passed over the turtles
like a Niagara, and in moment they
were all being churned like chips Their
shells were cracked and broken, and they
rolled over in the widest confusion.
But it only lasted a moment, and then
the water rolled them down the canon out
of sight Of the two men on the rock.
BY this time the rain had ceased and
Mike and Jack went to look for their
horses.
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MIKE, JACK, AND THE TURTLES.
An Awful Night of 1t in an Arizona
Wilderness-D Delivered by a Cloud
burst.
From the San Francisco Call.

derneSS-Del1Vered by a Cloud
burst.
From the San Francisco Call.
Rillits mines blackboard stage was
coming over Needle Pass in Arizona Il
couple of weeks ago, and there vera only
two people on board. One was Mike, the
driver, and the other was a man going to
work at the mine. He may have had
more than one name, but he told the dri-
yer that he was known as Jack, and that
seemed to satisfy the man who handled
the lines. They were delayed by an acct
dent until darkness came on, and then
| they decided to camp until morning in the
pine woods The horses were unhitched
and the two men spread their blankets
and lay down.
1t was first their intention to sleep, but
somehow their eyes We're wide open, and
the drowsy god refused to come their
way. The strain had been very great on
BOTH and a nervous condition was the re-
suit, And as they lay there looking up
at the branches of the pines that glowed
red from the freight against a sky Of
inky blackness, there was not much wind
but it was enough to cause the pricl1ly
needles to move against one another and
produce sound like the distant roaring
of the ocean. Mike heard the sound, and
listened to it in the hope that it would
soOthe his mind and cause sleep.
He paid particular attention to the
change produced By every breath of air,
and gradually became conscious Of an in
crease in the volume of sound. 1t seemed
to rise from the little breaker falling on
the Single to the giant wave dashing
against a cliff before the fury of the hur-
ricaue. Atfirst Mike thought that sleep
was coming and tried to help it along by
continuing the thought but as the sound
increased he sat up and looked into the
darkness. He could see nothing. The
sound grew louder, and he could hear the
cracking of breaking branches. Jack
also heard the sound, and both got up
thoroughly alarmed. The horses were
shaking like leaves, showing plainly that
they were listening to sound they did
not understand.
Louder and louder, until it had become
a roar that was all around him and grad
ually coming nearer. AT first Mike
thought it might be a storm, but there
was absent that weird, whistling sound al
ways an accompaniment to storm in the
pines. But what it was could not be de-
termined, and each moment it became
more terrible.
Lets run" said Jack
That's good advice" replied Mike;
"but which wayf'
This was the worst of the mysterious
sound it seemed to be all around them at
the same time and it could not be told
where it came from, One moment it came
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over the earth. 1t was a fearful torture
With the first leap of the animal one Of
its hoofs struck the victims head laying
the skull bare for three inches. Every
time the horse came near the avenging
trio he was numerically dashed until he
flew about the ring. The uproar aroused
the sleeping camp, and soon the place was
filed with the cries of the dusky men and
women The fence top was lined with
Laplauders, Chinese, Dahomans, Alge-
rians and Americans. Two turbaned men
rushed to the assistance of Abahd but
the three Beduins beat them back with
sword and lance, while the spectators
filled the air with a riot of yells
There was a momentary lull in the hos
tilities between the sons of the desert,
the frightened animal with its bleeding
burden still tearing about the enclosure.
Then from the tents rushed a dozen brave
fellows. Half of them were armed with
swords and bayoneted carbines Sabres
were freely used with bloody effect. The
trio made u stand, but were beaten into
subsection before many minutes. Rashad
Ago received a wound in the side Blood
was seen on the faces of three other men
after quiet had been restored.
While this fight was in progress the
maddened horse had been captured and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
AT A HORSES HEELS.
A Bedouin Arab at the Fair Dragged
Around the Arena.
From the Phlladelphla RECORD

Chicago, Ill, Aug. 20-Lashed at a
plunging horses heels, his head trailing
in the dust, Hastal Ahahd, one Of the
Bedouin Arabs, was dragged around and
around the Wild East arena just before
sunrise this morning. And whenever, in
the steed's wild fight, he was whirled
past his own tent, three Sowing sons of
the desert struck at his bounding body
with their long lances and sharp spears.
The murderous trio Of Bedouins had
evidently sworn TO have Abahd's life for
a fancied wrong. Several Of the colony
had been discharged for demanding their
wages, " as they explained, and now these
sympathizers had also been threatened
with exile They laid all their woe at
Abahds door.
The stars were still shining when they
stole from their beds. and, Harvesting
one Of the horses with a long rope dang
ling behind, crept to the tent where Has
tai slumbered They bound and gagged
him, one Of the thongs being passed under
his shoulders, forming a loop at the end
Through this the rope was passed and
securely fastened. Then the animal was
dashed into a mad race about the en-
closure.
Around and around few the desert
courser, dragging the unfortunate Abahd
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

"When, then. will you marry mel''
1t was the hundredth time Of asking
and the FIRST time Of showing impati
ence.
81 will marry you, sir, when you are
elected judge!"
The young mans eyes flashed sharply.
And L. he retOrted will have you
when your father is elected governor OF
Tennessee
"a Rowland for an Oliver. The
speakers were David T. Patterson, a
clever young democratic lawyer of
Tennessee and Martha Johnson, eldest
daughter and child of Andrew Johnson,
who was at that time the apparently
hopeless candidate of his party for the
governorship of his state. The time was
the night before the election and the
place the parlor of the Johnson homestead
at Greenville, Tennessee, writes NJ. V.
Moore in a delightful sketch, with por-
trait, of Mrs. Patterson the only surviV-
ing member of the immediate family of
Andrew johnson. in the September
Ladies Home Journal
Whether these young people had
private knowledge of the democratic vic
tory which was to sweep their state on
the morrow, or whether they were mere
ly amusing themselves with "lover's per-
juries' for Jove's and their own amUse-
ment. cannot be known, as the wedding
day was settled for them by the result of
the election, and their Marriage was sol
emnized at their Grcenville home on the
thirteenth of Decem Der, 1856, David T..
Patterson having been elected judge on
the same ticket with his future father-in-
law.
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SLEPT TWO YEARS.
And Now She Has Awakened only TO
Go to the Grave.

indianapolis, Ind, Aug. 22.-After
sleeping through two years, Bridget
Prendergast is at last awake at the Cen
trial hospital for the insane. She was 20
years old when she fell into her strange
cataleptic slumbcr. Now she is % and is
dying.
Her case is one of the most remarkable
on record. After she went into the
stupor she had to be fed by nasal tube,
and by this means since then DR. Ray has
given her from go TO 90 ounces of milk
daily The attitude she maintained all
the time was that Of quiet, peaceful
slumber, with the eyes closed and up
turned pupils contracted and not respon-
sive TO light. She has worn away to skin
and bone and will not weigh over 75
pounds.
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Notions.

the victim released from his position. He
was carried into his tent unconscious, but
doctor brought him around. To-day he
appeared at the police station, his head
swathed in CORY bandages. The names of
his torturers are Rashad Ago, Mastappa
Aha Haln and Mhstanh ElAbras.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

English As Miss Phelps had been ia the
habit OF having all her work accepted,
Mr. Howells didn't at first know Just
what to DO, but he finally wrote;
"Gop know, Miss Phelps, this is not a
pleasant story. "
Some months later THE Oysterman'
made its appearance in another maya
zine, but its author had profited by such
distinguished criticism. and its title now
was Not a Pleasant Story"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

"Things that should not have been
said" form a social pitfall for the IN
wary that everybody is more or less apt
to tumble into. We all know, says the
New York Tribune, the peryerse fate
that oftentimes, to the speakers own dis
may, seems to prompt the most inoppOr-
tune and apparently designedly personal
remark especially if there is any sub
ject which it is particularly desirable
should be avoided or tabooed.
Have you ever noticed, said woman
of society the other day, that where
eyer there is any particular reason for
avoiding any allusion to any physical de
feet or vulnerable subject, that particu-
lar topic invariably comes up? really
think I am the most unlucky woman
alive about that sort Of thing" she CON
tinued pensiyely. 1T is always nv fate
to make the most embarrassing remarks
just when l ought not to- If / am
at dinner, and any one Of the guests
happen to dye their locks, wear false
teeth, or rouge, or if they are particu-
larly fat, or noticeably scrawny, unfor-
tunately short, or conspicuously tall,
am always quite sure innocently to lead
the conversation around to the popularity
in way that is positively uncanny.
am sure there is some perverse imp that
last person in the world to wish"to make
unpleasant illusions Not long ago l hap
pened to be making a visit to -. My
hosts were two sisters and an unmarried
brother, the most charming people, and
they would, one and all have been no
ticeably good-looking if it had not been
for the conspicuous family popularity of
a very big nose, quite uncommonly big by
the way. Now, Elizabeth l said Sc
4 ind
talk about noses under any circumstances
whatever. l would not even mention a
handkerchief, or perfume, or anything
that could in the remOtest way be associ-
ated with nose; otherwise you will put
your foot init, as usual, to your dire con
fusion and distress
well, the forbidden subject weighed
on my mind like an incubus, but | man
aged to steer clear of any allusion very
successfully and, on the last day of my
visit, felt quite light-hearted in conse-
quence Then, like the murderer in Poe's
story, I actually took pleasure in skirting
around the dangerous subject, discussing
the symptoms of hay fever, the efficacy
of vinaigrettes, hereditary traits, sense
Of smell, etc., all with perfect success and
decorum. Suddenly missed my thimble
q was hemming a handkerchief, by the
way, and, although | looked everywhere,
in my work basket and in my lap, l could
discover no trace of the lost article. MIR,
and his sisters looked up inquiringly,
as they saw / was looking for something
and then to my horror l heard myself
say with brutal distinctness: DO you
happen to have any spare nosep The
awful word came out like q bombshell.
had simply dwelt so persistently upon
the subject that brought about the very
catastrophe I had dreaded, and in the
worst possible shapel1
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

DnBV D[MMHMTQ Come early and pick out the choicest
IhlDHl HLHNhNl0 for there will be rare picngs
here for the economical Above all things these odds
and quality must be got out of the way Maybe you'll
find just the odd piece you looking for and may get
it for a song NEXT FRIDAY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
Hosiery Underwear

Regular soc 2i-inch Ladies Parasols, nat
ural wood sticks, cut to ...................4 0C
Regular 81 % Ladies and Mems - and &c
inch Umbrellas reduced to-. soc and CSC
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
White Goods.

l5c Pineapple Tissues ..,.,..,........ &c yard
3G-inch wide Sea Island Percales reg
ulnr 1Sc Observation-Disclosures. leo
l5c Black and White Figure Cross
Barred Mourning Lawns. .......... loo
25c Columbia Crepes .........,........10 100
PIC Madras Ginghams .............. .12Mc
25c Fine French Corded Sateens dark
ground colored figures. .15c
25c Real India Lawns, satin stripes
and plaids ,.,.. ,.........,..,......l5 c
15c Fine Check Ginghams ......,.... 40
MAIN FLOOR, RIGHT,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
House Furnishings.


Decorated Pretty Flower Design Lemon
ade sets glasses pitcherand brass trays1 "a
CUndiment Sets, crystal glass, vinegar,
mustard, pepper ana tray. ................ 29c
Mrs Polls Sad Irons, usual price 81 80,
irons, handle and stand, our price ....... CSC
BASEMENT
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27
Shirt Waists.

CSC White Lawn Pleated and Hemstitched
Navy Blue and Colored Lawn and Percale
Ruled and Ploated Waists all marked
down to........ ..................... 49,
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FRIDAY,

Remnants of Silk, Surah,
Taffetas, Grosgrains, Jap
anese, Moires and Wash
Silks, worth SOC, 75c, sec
yard, 26C.
ON CENTER TABLES.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

Ydri.e following notes from the New
Thai 1N World are straight from Paris.
H. are given for what they are worth
color 40 women be tempted to wear rose
bean. unless she has youth and the
green green 81 Oh a graduation class. Emerald
binaf;o",I. Guy 4 rose color are the favorite COM
Gov m Paris at the present moment.
te5 7Gm Il which attracted good deal of at
bod, fb.S a. a recent gathering had the
line a a%9dnlo 5d of pale, rose-tinted benga-
gQin, %nu draped with a cape of cream
WERE g1F e while the revers and ceinture
russo, VI emerald yeloutine. The hat, Of
green law was adorned with choux of
wesfbo,g lYet. Notwithstanding the warm
the 't -g51 scarlet still finds a place in
gown Iolfga alIis wardrobe A curious
red on t Inoer veloutine displayed vivid
Chance ne ne, shoulders, which gradually
The bsru tiIl 1t became emerald green at
passer-a.o,iI the skirt. The corselet was of
and g roov embroidered in gold red
beadard cen beads. A capote. with a
!ufts ~ crown and trimmed in front with
'odrIet flowers, accompanied this
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-08-27

Then came the death wound, and after
nearly a weeks unavoidable detention
Mrs. jackson reached her husbands
deathbed, writes Mrs. Jefferson Davis in
an interesting sketch with portrait of
"The Widow of Stonewall jackson" in
the September Ladies' Home Journal.
Spent with the anguish of his wounds he
lay dying, too near the silence of the
grave to do more than murmur to his
wife: "Speak louder, want to hear all
you say" and feebly to caress his baby
with a whispered; my sweet one, my
treasure while the innocent
smiled in his dying face Then was
the heartbroken wife and mother
given strength to minister to both these
objects of her love From her firm lips
the dying hero learned that the gates of
heaven were ajar for his entrance, Con-
trolling her bitter grief she sang for him
the sacred songs on which his fainting
spirit scared upward to its rest. When
all was over, and she had followed him to
his grave, she again sought her fathers
roof, and there hid her bowed head
among her own people, to live only for
her baby. In Strict retirement the
young widow husbanded her means until
her daughter was grown, pretty, grace
full young woman, and then, to promote
her child happiness, the mother emerged
from the privacy in which she had
lived since her husbands death and
visited both the southern and northern
states In the course of time her daughter
became engaged TO a young Virginian, Mr..
Christian, of Richmond, and a few months
later was married to him. Shortly after
their marriage Mr.. and Mrs. Christian re-
moved to California, whittier Mrs Jack
son accompanied them. They returned a
short time later, to Charlotte, N. c.,
where they took a house and lived to-
gether Now, however, the widows next
trial was imminent Mrs. Christian was
attacked by prostrating fever and sue
cumbed after bearing her illness with
great fortitude.
When Mr., Howells, says the New York
Sun, was the editor of a certain magazine
he one day received a story from Miss
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps which he did
not care to publish. Why! Well, it was
called "The Oysterman," and it dealt
with all sorts of queer people who did in
elegant things and were not given to good
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costume. There is "a new aud effective
kind Of coarse net in black or color. which
Is made up over "a contrasting silk In
black 10 looks remarkably well over vieux
rose or pure white. On gown that we
remember il was seen in pinkish shade
Of mauve barred with cream guipure in
sertion, and lined with yellow silk. The
sleeves consisted of alternate founces of
yellow net and mauve peau de sole. With
this dress was worn little gold bonnet
with mercury wings in front and lace and
roses.