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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-07
As We See the Check Rein.
boston Transcript

No fallacy has greater currency than
that because horse has his head high
in the air, even by force of check rein,
he has a spirited look, and that such a
thing is stylish. Style is a matter, un-
fortunately, not guided by reason-or
rather not directly guided by it-and SO
can only be touched by example, which
it is pleasing to note is being set in the
right direction concerning the check
rein. The check-rein is now passing
with the guady pole-chains which so
generally broke the peace with jangle
like pie-man's bell few years ago.
1t is only with this snowy class that the
check-rein does any injury; other people
who use it on their horses do so because
they find it on the harness when they
buy one, and if it were customary for
the saddler to present a muzzle with
each outfit they would doubtless think
it as necessary to make their good-na-
tured old Dobbin wear that, too, that
they might get all the worth Of their
money, This class, Of people hardly
stops to think. They doubtless would
let the check-rein remain unaltered,
cob or ewe-necked trotter. There is
the harness, there is the horse! Why it
must fit, of course! Is not harness
made for horse? they argue.
On the line of beauty you must argue
as you would with human beings. You
admire soldier with his arms glued
close to his side, and laugh at loose
jointed civilian who goes about with
them a-fying; but except on parade the
military man is not our model of grace
and dignity. Those who take the
checked-up horse to have the perfection
of equine carriage are those who have
probably no more intimate knowledge
of horseflesh than what they gain from
the back seat of victoria OF the door of
coupe-not so much as they might know
even at no nearer range, if they took
the interest in the horse that they do in
the trappings he wears. A horse must
have proper balance in his forehand and
his croup-as they call those portions
respectively in front and behind the sad
dle-and the lack of development of
either would be as ridiculous as neglect
ing pair of meatless legs to further
build up a handsome arm. The
ontlr6 onward movement WIN morse is
gained through his hind legs, and as
his hips are high, SO is his power. I'm
duly elevating the head depresses the
ing takes away power. 1t also weakenS
the natural arch in the spine, formed by
the conformation, of the small bones
which in the forehand point in one di-
rection, those in the Group pointing in an
opposite one, like uniting keystone at
the saddle. and reduces the ability to
support great weights ON the back. 1t
takes from horse his principal safe
guard against stumbling, the ability to
see where he is going and in this same
manner shortens his stride.
One of the main arguments of those
favoring check-reins has been that they
give ability to manage horse. This is
in sense erroneous: as in many cases
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-07

where the animal starts to run it works
exactly to the contrary. 1t it is the pres
sure on the lower jaw-the bars OF the
mouth it is called,-that causes the horse
to yield to the bit. The driver is most at
his horses mercy when he cannot get a
direct strain on the bars, when horse
stretches his head out in front of him
with his face PARALLEL to the ground.
This is just what a horse does when he
"takes the bit in their teeth and bolt.
When he is made to give his head and
brings his face into perpendicular posi-
ton tile day is won. This the check,
and especially the over-draw or hog check
prevents his doing. Are not these enough
reasons why the check rein should go?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-07
Notice of Incorporation.

NOTICE is hereby given that the business
IN heretofore carried on in Portland, Maine,
ty the firm OF Aug P: Fuller & CO. has this day
been purchased and will hereafter be carried
on at No. 432 Fore St, in said Portland, by
The Aug. r. Fuller Co.., a corporation orga
nized under the laws of the State OF Maine.
All debts due from and all accounts due to
the cid firm will be settled and received by the
new Company AUG. P. FULLER co.
Dated at Portland, this 25th day Of Feb, 1898.
feb2S ulW
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-07
INFERIOR GOODS.

The only safe way for purchasers is to insis
on having the genuine article, and not allow
themselves to be swindled by having plasters
said to be 'just as good,' or containing supe-
rior Ingredients" imposed upon them. These
are only tricks to sell inferior goods that no
more compare with ALLCoCK's Porous PLAs-
TIERS than copper does with gold. One trial o.
ALLCoCK's Porous PLAsTERs will convince
the most skeptical of their merits.
The eminent Henry A. Mott, Jr., Phi. D., +,
S., late Government Chemist, certifies:
"My investigation of ALLcocK's Porous
PLASTER shows it to contain valuable and es-
sential ingredients not found i'll any other
plaster, ana find it superior to and more eff
cient than any other plaster"
Ask for ALLGooKs, and let no solicitation
or explanation induce you to accept a substi-
tute. -
Reassuring.
Customer-What makes your hand jerk so
with that razor?
Barber-Why. boss, Tse used to de fits.
CuStomer-Fits2
Barber-Yes, boss; but don't be scarf; it is
ten minutes Def r. dey'c on. JeS' you res
easy, OATS only de symptoms, boss.-Texas
Siftings.
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ITO LET-Tenements in various parts OF the
il city, prices $3.50 to $12.O0per mouth. j.
G. WO0DMAN, 1864 Exchange street. 1922
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MONEY TO LOAN on first or second mort
Wl cages on real estate, life insurance poll
cies, commercial paper or any good collateral
securities. Inquire of A. G. LIBBY, 421a Ex-
change street. 1874
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WIT AND WISDOM.
Miss Cuttes-You have not been in go

Miss Cutter--You have not been in go
ciety long, have you?
Miss Planksr-No; but remember of
hearing about you when Twas mere
child.-Frank Leslies.
Every mother should keep Ayers Cherry
Pectoral in case of Group and sudden colds.
Way Out.
Manager-Mr. Skylight, I see you're late
again this morning Have you moved out of
town?
Skylight-Yes, sir.
Manager-HoW far?
Skylight-The twenty-frst story, sir.-Chi-
cag0 Inter-Ocean.
The most grizzly and faded beard can be
colored beautifully by Buckingham,s Dye.
s Not Muefgt saa,Y
Don't you think Mr. Twiddles is very absent
minded?''f
''No.'' replied Miss Pepperton. HE displays
admirable caution. What little he has he al
ways brings with him. "-WaShington Star.
Aged people find in Ayers Sarsaparilla just
the tonic they need. 1t helps them wonder
fully.
Hello, Rivers! You seem to have bad
cold''
''Worst ever had Banks"
"I'm sorry for you, old fellow. Wish knew
of something that would cure you. but don't. -
with tears in his eyes, sGiye me your hand,
Banks You're the only man I've seen Tor three
days that had MT assure cure!-Ch1cagoT tribune.
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ITO LET-House No. e24 Congress ST., op
Il posite Public Library; good location for
a physician, and will be leased for q term of
year. Also, an upper rent in No. 622 Congress
st.. rooms and Bath room with laundry room,
set tubs in basement. heated by furnace. Ap-
ply on premises. IL
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Notice of Dissolution.

NOTICE is hereby given that the firm of Aug
N P. Fuller s. Co.. heretofore doing business
at No. 432 Fore street, in Portland, Me-, was
this day dissolved by mutual consent.
AUG. p. FULLER.
A. G. FULLER.
Dated ut Portland this 18th day of Feb. 1898
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AGENTS.

100 AGENTS wANTED-Malea and Fe-
lVU male. Can make $40 to $50 weekly
or more. Exclusive territory and steady work.
Call or address, DESK NO. l, 615 Congress st.,
Portland Me. Ia
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ENGINE AND BOILER COMBINED
H. Two horse power upright engine and
four H. P boiler. Also several coils OF
pipe for steam heating. All used but little and
In good condition. Call on or address E. L.
COOLING, Treasurer Casco Paper Box Co:
jan13-n
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ITO LET-A pleasant upper rent of 9 rooms
Il at % Howard street. Apply to JOHN w.
BURROWES, foot of Preble street. 2-1
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TEyO LET-Two nice light rooms. furnished or
Il UNFINISHED, with bath; moderate rent;
also nice furnished single room for gentleman.
to IL a. m., 2 to p. m. 81
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TDARTNEK WANTED-With capital in o
Il wen-estabished business. Address L.,
this Office. myl4u
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EOR SALE-The hotel property called the
Royal River House. beautifully situated in
Yarmouth, Me. now doing paying business;
within easy driving distance OF Portland a eel
ebrated resort for SleighIng parties; contains 80
and kitchen; completely furnished; has stable
for Is horses; also large carriage house and
first class dance hall. Price very low to close
an estate. A. c. LIBBY, 421A Exchange
street. 2S-2
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-07

"a Wharf, Rock1and, Me-,
wv 600 tons register, 227 foot keel, 80 foot
beam, 10 foot hold, engine A6 inch cylinder, ~
foot stroke in good condition, Hodges patent
to carry 800 night passengers; was built In 1865
and rebuilt in 1882: is furnished throughout
and ready for business. The rapid increase of
business upon the route this boat covered neces-
STATED the building by the owners, much
larger boat and the unreserved sale of this one
offers fine opportunity to any party or parties
who have place for a steamer OF her size. For
further information, terms. &C., inquire Of the
auctioneers, Portland Me-. or Of
PAYSON TUCKER,
Gen. Manager Portland, Mt. Desert s. Machias,
Steamboat Co., Portland, Me- febdtd
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EyOR SALE-On Congress street for $1,000,
Il a11a story house OF rooms. A very de-
sirable place for man of moderate means. Lot
4Ox8O. Building in good repair. E. G.. s.
KICKER, Room %, First National Bank Build
ing Telephone 405-2.s IL
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Every mother should keep Ayers Cherry
Pectoral in case of Group and sudden colds.
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Women Wanted!

Between the ages of fifteen and forty-flve.
Must have paIe,s salloW compilations, no appe
tite, and be hardly able to get about. All an
swering this description will please apply for a
bottle. of DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription;
take it regularly. according to directions, and
then note the generally improved condition. By
a thorough course of self-treatment with this
valuable remedy, the extreme cases Of nervous
prostration and debility peculiar to women are
radically cured. A written guarantee to this
end accompanies every bottle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-07

UTANTED-People to know the MUTUAL
w RESERVE FUND LIFE ASSOCIATION.
17e1s Middle street. Free policies Cash sur
age cost SIS per 1000. 31a millions surplus.
Call and see our ten year policy. Smart agents
wanted. Bigmoney. 19-I
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UTANTED-To call at your store or house
iron, rubbers, bottles, metals OF all kinds. II
you have any of the above please drop me
postal Address G. B. WISH. 131 Green
street. city, 11-1u
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ROOMS.
LOST AND FOUND.

ENOUND-I have found after many years suf-
Il fering sure cure for dyspepsia Suffer
ers do not miss:this golden opportunity. Call or
send your name and address and win prove
to you By some Of the greatest sufferers IN Port
land that what III say is true. W. r. Mac
BRIDE, 2sS Congress street. Portland, Me.
as-7
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EIOR SALE-1. 900 extra large and fresh
Il fragrant English violets each day at spec
ial sale for two weeks at only 25 cents a bunch.
W. E. MORTON & CO., GIG Congress street.
Portland, Me. %
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Honesty Pays
jim Honesty is ther best policy arter all.
Bill-How?
.Remember that dog I stole9'
"sYep."
well, tried two hull days to sell i'm. an
no one offered mofe'n dollar. So went. like
a honest man, an guv him to to- ole lady what
owned i'm, and she guy me five dollars. New
York Weekly.
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FOR SALE.

EOR SALE-For cash or on margins, Rail-
Il road Stocks, Bonds and Provisions Direct
wire to New York and Chicago. M. G. PALMER.
Stock Broker, 1873 Middle street, over Canal
Bank. Al
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ADD FELLOWS who want some reliable
" economical life insurance will do well to
communicate at once with the PROVlDENT
AID SOCIETY, Portland, Me. feb23-4
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EOR sALE-Houses for sale; prices $500,
II $1,000 $110O, $1,000, $14OO, $500.
S17o0, $500. $1,000, $1,000, $25oO. $27o0,
street 22.2
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MISCELLANEOUS.
MALE HELP.

uTANTED-A person to solicit advertising
w for the Worlds Fair Edition of Sher-
mans Guide to Bar Harbor and Mount Desert,
Maine. Address, w. ID. SHERMAN, Bar Har-
hor Me 60
a ANTED-A young man from 18 to IS
w wears of age to run q milk wagon. Adj
dress i. II. JOHNSON. Deering Centre. Me-.
Box 80. al
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YyOLET-Brick house, No. 78 Park street.
l. containing 10 rooms with all modern con-
veniences Immediate possession given. APP
ply to JOHN +. PROCTOR, Centennial Block.
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NOTICE-Wanted to buy. from $1,000 to
the highest cash price for ladies' dresses, gents
and ehildren's clothing, and gents winter over
coats; call or address letter or postal to 3.
EYI 81 Middle street. mar1u
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WANTED.

WANTED-By woman from Nova Scotia.
w position in small family: can do plain
cooking Apply at 81 Green street. VIII same
party that called March please call again
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| The most grizzly and faded beard can be
colored beautifully by Buckingham's Dye.
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MISS HOvEY and Miss Wier have taken
VXA the house 215 Cumberland street, and
are prepared to let rooms and take table board
ers at reasonable rates. Rooms furnished with
bath ro m privileges. The large front room
with alcove ON second story is still unoccupied.
- NJ ~ 81
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M Everyone to know we are clos:
Housekeeping utensils at any reasonable price;
only thirty days in which to do 1t; or stock,
lease and fixtures for sale at a Sacrlhce.
PAGE, SBAZAAR, 524 Congress street. 81
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XNANTED-A position by a Swedish woman
dry. Apply or>address 80 India street. 81
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Aged people find in Ayers sarsaparilla just
the tonic they need. 1t helps them wonder
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yTTANTED-A situation after March 10th as
w stenographer and typewriter, (caligraph)
by a man of good character and habits. Those
who are contemplating the engagement of
young man will do we'll to address HARRY r.
JACKS N. Box 3O4. Winthrop, Me. al
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TO LET.

FBYO LET-Large shop and warm rents OF
IL and 4 rooms to each rent in good repair,
at No. s York street, Dumphy's block, for 81
and So per month. Small house of rooms, %
Centre street. Enquire at 35 Pearl street.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-10-05
An Unexplored Territory.

Four expeditions have set out this
summer to. explore the artic regions.
Innumerable travellers from the days of
Livingstone down have wandered over
Africa and great nations have parceled
out much of it's lands until tits no LANCER
Darkest Africa" except in the color of
its native inhabitants With the excep-
ton of-the interior of Thibet and some
parts of Spanirh America still held by
fierce tribes, there would seem little for
the world explorers to do as compared
with the blanks in the maps twenty
years ago. Yet there is a territory as
bleak and rugged and unpromising as
the artic seas, which no white man and
only few scattered Indians have eyer
trod. That territory is in the north of
this continent and covers the bleak coast
of Labrador and wild interior from
st. John and the head waters of the
Saguenay to Hudson's bay. All this vast
territory is almost entirely unexplored.
From the reports of Indians and half
breeds it is rugged and desolate region
with winter climate SO severe as to
preclude settlement There have long
been rumors of a great lake in the inte-
rior, to which the. name of Lake Mistas-
SUM has been given, and of large rivers
and mighty waterfalls. Some years ago
an expedition was organized for the pur
pose oif:eaching Lake Mistassimium, but
after an absence of several months it
returned home baffled by the ruggedness
and the apparent ilnpracticabitity of
the route. Yet the idea of exploring this
unknown region has always been fresh
in the Canadian mind. The Canadian
geological survey has now undertaken
to solve the mystery. A small expedition
was sent out in June to work its way
to Ungary bay. On reaching the latter
it's labors will be brougt to a close for
this season. When the winter is over
and gone, and if success has crowned it's
efforts thus far, it will take up its work
again and start next summer for ,Ungara
bay northward to the trading posts on
Hudson bay. There is also another in
centive to animate the exploring party.
Runors have been brought into the
Hudson bay. posts by Indians who
reached there with their peltry of min
eral deposits to the north of Lake st.
John, and it has been made part of
the duty of the expedition, in the course
Of their survey of this region still I'M
known to white men, to verify if posi-
Bile the rumors that have been set atloat
and to look there and elsewhere for any
mineral indications that may be visi-
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-10-05
The Cherokee Strip.

That there were three hundred thous-
and boomers" in the rush to the Cher,
okee Strip, as reported by the sensational
papers it is not credible, and that more
than hundred thousand of these are
now returning is equally Incredible but
there undoubtedly are many thousands
of these homestead seekers leaving the
Strip disappointed and forlorn, and the
rush has been cheract erized by many
dramatic and tragic incidents of striking
and peculiar interest. The strangest
aspect of the case is the lack of apparent
motive sufficiently imperative on sensible
people to account for their undertaking.
That there must be some strong reason
to induce them to encounter the possible
dangers and the certain hardships known
to be awaiting them is self-evident, but
what that motive is some people in this
part of the world will be puzzled to de-
termine. The region they entered is
not so very attractive especially just now,
after long and burning drouth has
dried up the springs, scorched the grass
and baked the ground as hard as brick.
In this territory those who are most
fortunate, and who by strenuous and
costly endeayor have succeeded in grab
bling the best locations, will find them
selves practically in desert, where
everything to support life for them
selves and their animals must be
bought and brought in from outside
nd Il
tances by the most expensive sort of
transportation. They cannot expect
to produce anything for subsistence
until the summer of next year, and as to
raising crops for revenue, it will require
at least another year of work and wait
ing, as the first seasons cultivation of
new ground rarely, if ever, pays for the
labor put upon it. In view of all these
OUTLAWS which must certainly be incur
red, without making any allowance for
bad luck, how much will the best of the
Cherokee lands cost the boomers by the
time they are made productive? Reason
able men must have made these calcu>
lations beforehand, and must therefore
have been we'll aware that the
homesteads they nominally get for say
$1.25 per ace will stand them in fully
ten times that price by the time they
begin to receive returns from crops.
The hope of gaining something for moths
ing, which is curiously enough, one of
the strongest in the human heart, may
have been the moving impulse that
sent the boomers scrambling over each
other in the rush for the Cherokee lands;
but if so, this delusive hope has been
bitterly disappointed, as it always has
been and always must be.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-10-05
THE POPULATION OF THE WORLD.
One-sixth of the Human Family Habitually
Dispense with Clothing

One-sixth of the Human Family Habitually
Dispense with Clothing.
The human family on earth to-day
consists of about 1850, 100000 souls-not
fewer, probably more These are dis
tributed literally all over the earths
surface, there being no considerable
spot on the globe where man has not
found foothold. In Asia, the so.called
''cradle of the huma race ther. are now
about 800, 900, 900 people densely crowded
ON an average of about 10 to every
square mile. In Europe there are $780,
100000, averaging 100 to the square mile,
not SO crowded as Asia, but everywhere
dense, and in many places over popula-
ton. I'm Africa there are, approximately
100000, 900, and in the Americas-North,
South and Central-110, 600, 000-these
latter, of course, relatively thinIy scat
tered over broad areas On the islands,
large and small. there are probably TO-
900 more. The extremes of the blacks
and the whites are as five to three, the
remaining 700,000,0OO intermediate,
brown, yellow. and tawny in color. Of
the entire race SOC, 900, 900 are we'll cloth.
ed-that is, they wear garments of some
kind that will cover nakedness-25O, 0OO,
600 habitually go naked, and 700, 100000
only cover the middle parts of the body;
800, 100000 live in houses, zoe, 900, 900 ia
huts and caves. the remaining 250O00,-
900 virtually having no place to lay their
heads.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-10-05

Prof. Goodwin Smith has resigned from
st. ..Georges Society, of Toronto, be-
cause of the hostility of his political op-
ponenis.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1893-10-05
EVERY TOWN HAS.

A sponger.
A smart Alec.
A bathersl1ite
A girl that giggles.
A weather prophet.
A neighberhood feud.
A woman that Italics.
A Justice of the Peace.
A Man Who Knows it All.
One Jacksonian Democrat
More loafers than it needs.
Men who see every dog fight.
A few meddlesome old women.
A stock law that is not enforced.
A widower that is too gay for his
age.
Some men who make remarks about
women.
A preacher who thinks he ought to
run the town.
A few who know how to run the affairs
of the country.
A growing young man who laughs
everytime he says anything.
A girl that goes to the postoffice every
time the mail comes in.
A legion of smart Alexis, who can tell
the editor how to run his paper.
A man who grins when you talk aud
laughs out loud when he has said SOME
thing.
A few girls who do less, think less ana
care less to preserve their modesty and
self respect than so mank kittens.