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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-04
j. r. LIBBY, CONGRESS STREET.
GRAND MAY SALE.
Commencing Monday May list,
in OUR HOUSEKEEPING and DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT.
Linens, Quilts, Blankets. FIanne|s, White
Goods, Cottons, Skirts, Draperies and
COTTON :DRESS: GOODS.

500 yards all Linen BarnsIey Crash quality at &c.
|
Special offering in crashes at &c. &C. Lie, 1Oc.
Glass TOweling superior qualities, 1Oc IL l-2c
100 dozen Huck Towels, sizes 2lx24 at IL 1-2c
100 dozen fine bleached Damask Towels $780,
Bargains in fine Towels 25c &c., 81 sc 5Oc 81 Lee 75c 81
t. for Towels)
Napkm cnolce patterns &c., 75c ST. 125, 15O, 1752 to
Turkey Red Damask styles, Csc. 81 12c soc 75c.
Half bleached Damasks, at 25c, $780, soc, So l-2c
Bleached Satin Damaks 50c 62 l2c 69c 75c ST. 1875 5 q
QRemmber n hisdepa prhes)
White Quilts best values, at 75c ST. 1885, 5O 175 up to
Blankets bargains for cottagers ST., 1876, 1.5O q
Silk Blankets for c0uches draperies goods at S9c
White Fanne leaders, &c. 3Oc l2c Soc 60 Lee 75c
Domet Fannels, cheap, at 14c Sc, and 1sc l-sc
Embroidered Flannes special Values &C., 75c 9Oc ST. 1885, 1875
India Linen White Goods lO l2c 2Oc 25c 35c 4c
Plain White Nainsooks, 25c, $50, 4Oc, Soc
Corded White Pique, new and cheap, zoe, &c. 33c,
Spotted Muslins at IL 12c Sc, &c. $780, 42c SOC So 1c
Checked Nainsook worth attention. &c. Oc IL Lee 5c CSC
Lace Striped NaiusoOks best patterns 15c, zoe, 25c
Remnants Of Checked and Striped White Goods Sc.
Wou will find Goods9
Sheets ready made, best Cotton cheap, 7Ic 75c Sc
Bargains in yard wide brown CottOns, at sc. &c.
Bleached and brown CotOns, all widths lowest prices
Best Feather Tickings, always at right prices.
Patterns Skirts styles, at the lowest prices 25e
New Skirts, extra good Values at $780, 75c ST. 25 5O
Silk Taffea and Gloria Skirts, S5 6, up to 1000.
Cotton Plush Draperes styles, zoe, 25c, SOC.
Drapery CretOnne, beautiful Styles at IL I-2c.
Art Muslins, for draperes choice Styles IL 12c l5c
New White Goods for draperes at 25c.
Persian Dlmity for draperies, Csc goods IL 1-2e
JOB lot Cotton Dress Goods Toe to 15c qualities for Sc
One case Printed Challies, good styles, only &C.
One lot of heavy IL Lee Ginghams, at only &c.
One case of Outing Flannel special leader &c.
superior styles and qualities in Outing Fanne Oc 10 1s
Rem indigo Mourning and Shifting Prints at lowest prices
Irish Lawns double fold new thing, only IL Lee
Persian Dimity for dresses, STYLES 2c ooas
Splendid Assortment of New Percales, at 1s lac
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-04
Ladies' Night at the Portland Club.

Great paper, great work, great offer
Page A.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-04

What will you do about the Herald's.
great offer?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-04
MGanie Adams
Waterbury, Vermont.
MWWtO AtENHOS
Waterbury, Vermont.
Wonderful and True
Totally Blind with ScrofuIous
Sore Eyes
HOODS SGrsapGrilEG Gave Beck Her
Sight, and Joy TO Her
Fathers Heart.

Waterbury, Vt, Nov. 10, 1892.
&C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
In April, 1885, my little girl Mamie, who
was then years old, commenced having ulcer
ated eyes, also had sores back of her ears. Her
sight began to grow dim, and I feared she
Might be Blind.
then lived in Jericho vt In the early days
of June went with her to the Mary Fletcher
hospital in Burlington, and there she was
treated four different times-a surgical opera
ton each time, one of which left the scars now
visible on the eye balls. She recovered from
this treatment each time, a slight Improvement
for few days, was soon worse sham ever.
she couia a. discern daylight rom darkness, but
next went to large hospital in Hartford,
Conn. At this hospital no surgical operations
were performed, but medicine was dropped into
her eyes and given her to take. She was at this
hospital about ten weeks, continually grow
ing verse, and when took her in November
Was Totally Blind.
IT arrived at my station in Jericho with the
child, sad in spirit and impoverished in pocket
completely discouraged. On our way to the
house from the station, we stopped at the store
of Capt McKinnan, who was an old sea captain,
to warm ourselves The captain had known
the child before we went away. While we were
warming ourselves Mamie said:
Papa, it's dark, where are you2 can't see
you, come to me-
The captains heart was touched, and with
tears IN MS eyes he said:
Charley, you go and get a bottle Of Hoods
Sarsaparilla and give it to her, and If it don't
help her will pay for it,
THAT very afternoon got Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla and commenced giving it to her according
TO dlrecu0ns. The first beneficial result was
a Frightening of the eyes, which continued
steadily improving until, under the treatment
OF Hoods Sarsaparilla, on the ninth day she
ceua0 SEQ to Pick up pin on the floor with
out It's being pointed out to her, and before the
first bottle was all used
Her Sight was Entirely Restored.
keep Hoods Sarsaparilla in the house al
ways, and when the child gets little cold, Il
her eyes appear inflamed, few doses settles it.
thank God first Hoods Sarsaparilla second,
Hoods s s::;i. Cures
and Capt. McKinnan third. Many of the first
famllles IN Jericho can youch for the facts given
ABOVE. am glad to give this testimonial of what
Hoous SaTsaparilla has done for me, which is
good ana lots of it.'' CHAs. A. ADAMS
y. l.. SMITH, G. M. GRIFFITH
Witnesses to above signature
HOODS PILLS elre all Liver Ills, Bilious
oess' Jaundice, Indigestion, Sick Headache.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-05-04

Herald's great offer this week at Pet.
erson's.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12
WHAT BRINGS RELEASE FROM DIRT AND
CREASE? WHY DON'T YOU KNOW?
SAPOL 10
About the Farm.

The Baldwin apple crop is reported to be
failure in western New York.
Packing at Chicago since March | shows
a decrease of SIS 900 hogs compared with
the returns of last season to date.
As the chickens get larger keep the pull
lets separate. They will be likely to lay
more eggs next December and January.
This is the season of the year when the
owner of the farm gets up at four o'clock
in the morning and goes forth and puts in
10 hours of manual labor, says the New
England Farmer. After supper he sits
down, puts the business transactions of the
day in black and white and congratulatcs
himself that he has got good man, if anv
of his laborers have done onehalf the work
he has himself
Parish H. Strout will soon build five new
poultry houses on his farm on the East
Side. Belfast. He will also remove his
present stock up to the farm. He now has
400 eggs in the incubators, 200 chicks and
about 200 last years stock. lie raises a
cross of the White Leghorn and Light
Brahma.-L. G.. l-un,m and V. ID. LARA
bee each have nearly 800 chickens hatcl,cd
ont and incuhators fall of eggs.
One of BcIfast's eli, ken raisers recently
went into the country t" anv eggs and find
ing some of the required breed. bought all
the wom,a lI,l. In cuurse of the CONVEX
sation he was asked how many eggs he used
at Il setting and replied, "Thirty-six dozen"
What sort of a hen can you set thirty six
dozen UNDER was asked. II use an incu-
bator for hatching,' said the ben man
well, declare" exclaimed the old lady :;
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

More than one-half of all the oil OF
peppermint. spearmint and tansy used
in the world is said to be produced and
distilled in Michigan. The center of the
industry is st. Joseph county. Pepper
mint plants weighing 1900 tons when
dried are cultivated every year in the
state. From these the essential oils are
distilled. Early in spring the roots are
planted in burrows from two to three
feet apart. In day a good workman
viii plant an acre with them. A few
weeks later the rows meet and cover the
entire ground. In September the plants
mature. They are then covered with
fragrant purple blossoms. and the time
has arrived for moving. After lying in
the sun to dry they are raked into heaps
and taken to the distilleries, Of which
there are about $50 in the state.
1t is estimated that 800 pounds of dried
peppermint plants produce one pound OF
oil. The yield per acre is 10 pounds OF
iii. Distilled peppermint brings from
:l.25 to Is per pound in the home mar
ket. The industry was originally estab-
lished in Mitcham. England, about $50
years ago. Early in the present century
a beginning was made in this country, in
Wayne county, N. Y. and in st. Joseph,
Mich. Today nine-tenths Of the entire
product Of the world are made in the
United States.-New York Post.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

One mode Of transportation among
the poor whites of southern West vir
ginia is known rs riding and hitching
1t is resorted to when two travellers find
themselves with only one horse and
they are going too far to ride double
In riding aud hitching' one traveller
takes the horse and goes mile or more
while the other foots it behind. The
equestrian naturally makes faster speed
than the walker. So. after he has ridden
his share, he disnounts and bitches his
steed to tree by the roadside and
pushes on afoot. In time the other
walker comes to the hitched animal,
mounts him. rides on until he has over
taken the first rider and got some dis
lance in front, when the operation is
repeated. Thus each rides alternately,
and the horse gets breathing SPELL
New York Sun.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The platform Of the Ohio Republicans is
~ square edged as the man who stands up
on ii Tor Governor. Governor Mckinley $
speech must be read to be appreciated.
His words on protection and Union pen
sions leave no doubt rs to their meaning
That part of his speech which re-
ferred 10 the currency question are note
worthy. lie said we want no ron dol
lar which does not measure up to full one
hundred cents in value, anil We will never
return to paper dollar issued by state au-
thority, resting upon uncertain and doubt
full securities. The pledge of the Republ-
can part, that gold and silver shall he
maintained at a parity the one With the other
must be sscredly kept. The government
must not suffer any faint to be put upon
its credit or financial honor. 1t can
prevent it. Republican legislation vests it
with full power. The administration should
use ii promptly If required. fncertainty of
the financial policy of the government breels
distrust in the minds of the people The
word of confidence aud courage born of
purpose is the need OF the hour. and should
no longer remain unspokeu.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12
MUSIC WITH MEALS.


Ono Respect In which Oklahoma Hotel
Keepers Are Up to Date.
The hotels of oklahoma up to last fall
were few and far between. Having tried
several with little satisfaction, party
of hungry 'tendcrfeet" was directed by
u commercial traveller to q little place
on a corner. The commercial man said
it did not look inviting. but it was clean
That was an indncement the party had
not heard of in that section. and it
turned in for supper. The dining room
was ore in which the family lived. A
folding bed stood in one corner. An old
time bureau was opposite, A box stove
was in the way, and about it were
several old fashioned rockers. A few
family pictures hung from the wall.
with the old. old motto. invoking the
blessing Of the powers celestial on the
household, The party asked for supper
and was told to be seated until the meal
was prepared. Two girls, delicate and
with much WEAKNESS in their faces,
spread the table. When the meal was
brought on. they simply said. Supper is
ready" and disappeared.
The party gathered about the meal.
and it was agrecably disappointing.
While it was bsing devoured-thati is the
best word to Use. even at this distance
from the table-the two girls came into
the room. accompanied by their mother,
woman whose hair was white and
whose face was a study. There must
have been time when she was beauti-
full. They came in as if they had been
billed for the occasion. They went to
one corner of the room, and then the
party discovered that there was one of
those old time melodeons in an out of the
way place. The mother took her place
at the keys, and rs the mournful melo-
dies responded to her touch the daugh-
tiers sang. Nearer My God to Thee"
Nellie Gray" and then "Lorena."
Think of ''Lorena" on melodeon in
oklahoma. The party having finished
supper, ono of them paid the bill. and
then the music ceased. 1t was a ques-
ton which no one of thatYarty was ever
able to agree upon, or they had not up
to last accounts. Was the music Of that
night for the purpose Of entertainment
or to forestall the possibility of dupli-
eating any of the orders? - Chicago
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The national government should lose no
time in rendering secure every building over
which II may have control. Government
can do no less than set an example for hon.
estly and safely constructed buildings. ANY.
thing short of such an example is criminal
neglect. The falling of Fords theatre after i,
had been declared unsafe dem nds investiys-
ton and calls attention to other buildings
under government control which are said TO
be unsafe. The Associated Press dispatches
ssy'the collapse of this building has directed
attention to two other great public build
ings, believed to be in almost an equally
unsafe condition. One is the government,
printing office, where isoo people are EN-
pieyed, and the other is the rickcty she'll
knosn As the windcr building, belonging
!" the war department aud occupied by
hundreds of cierks. This place i. no,ori-
oasiy dangerous; the floors are overloaded,
oil OF the facts being known to Congres. for
ysars. but receiving no attention"
There should be no red tape deIay, in as
certaining the exact condition Of those build.
inss. People have enough aevolvine unon
them in securing safty in buila,r,,
saiit By private capital for
pso'ic uses without enduring the fear
inst sham construction or inefnc;.ut n.
ss-cs'oa Of scvcrnmesk issrucsare.. or ,ho..
Occupied H., ~. 1890 7-'-l' 49,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12
He Was a Nnhleman hx Nnfurs.

Don't tell me now that men are Gallon.
and selfish when the woman is an ole
one. for won't believe it.
We were hurrying to catch the ele
waited train when poor old Irish woman
stopped, and directly in the way Of ali
other would be passengers endeavored
to readjust a strap that had slipped from
the package she was carrying.
Her hands We're cold, and she seemed
unable to loosen the buckle, when good
looking man came up and seeing her diff
ficulty laid his own packages down on
the platform while he asked:
Cant you manage it? Here, let me
do it for you"
OF course ''time and tide" and ele.
waited trains wait for no man, and We
rolled away from the station just q be
had completed his self imposed task.
We saw h.m pick up his bundles and
walk toward the waiting room to get
warm-for the wind was cold-never
seeming to regret the train he had missed
for doing a kindness for some ones
motherw
found myself hoping that his wife, Il
he had one, would not scold him for COM
ing home late.
Oh, the world is full Of charity II we
only stop and look for it!-Nsw York
Herald.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

MY old colored cook" said woman
recently, 'keeps pad Of her own man.
ufacture always before the kitchen sink.
1t is made of several pieces Of old carpet
tackled together with strong thread, the
whole being made over and renewed
quite frequently. When asked her the
other day why she kept the rather I'M
slightly rug on her neat linoleum covered
floor. she explained that 1t was a great
rest to her feet to stand of the unyield-
ing floor.
And when my attention was thus
called to it l could see that it must be,
and the idea was worth handing around.
II have heard saleswomen and men,
Too, complain to one another in the shops
of the pain which they suffered from
constantly standing on the wooden floors,
and presume this condition would be
much relieved If strip Of rope mating
could be stretched for their use."-New
York Times.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

There is some hope that the public may
get telephone service at lower rates. Ex
perlments of highly successful nature
were made in New Yorkctty the other day il
. new patented method Of telephoninR which
IT Is claimed, is entirely independent OF
any Of the 100 or more patents owned oil
controlled by the Bell monopoly. The new
system is reported to be at once very sim
pie and cheap, the cost of all the mate erals
a. veil As OF the royalty of line five miles
in length being sS2 20. Should this prove
what il is represented incalculsbe benefit
might result from cheap telephone service
that could be afforded.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12
serrmsooM rnE SENIOR wnasoLEa


0eogY - - GD09gE Io0oA40 O0YD - sAo
LAAs Processes AAaaA
Twas N undergraduate Of ST. Joknh
college, Cambridge, when tho late Pro-
fessor Adams was there ~ m under
graduate also. well remember his ap-
peasance. He was rather . small man,
who walked quickly and wore . faded
coat Of dark green. A. had entered -
pensioneT and he - . dsas, we did not
sit at the same table in hall or indeed
fine at the same hour. In my time tho
Fellows hall and ours was at O'Clock,
the STARS (who had some dishes left
from the Fellows table, at s. Chapel
was at 8. when every member OF the
college was due and when seine came.
Fellow conmoners and pensioners saw
but little Of the sizars as a rule. and
fear they were looked down upon on &C.
count Of their poverty, except indeed
those few who were certain 10 do great
credit TO the college The fastest and
the vainest man would have been civi1
10 Adams, for he w;ss known to be q
pretty certain Senior Wrangler; besides
men bet on him and backed him as they
would race horse. But he was 30 ex-
ceedingly good, 50 unusually safe, 30 ut
terly and entirely the favorite that odds
were laid on him at 3, or even to /.
Men little thought indeed that he
would very shortly discover q comet,
and that science all through the world
would cap" him in concert with the IN
dergraduates to whom he soon became
mighty don, though believe one of
the most gentle and unassuming that
ever lived.
A couple Of days after Adams had
come out Senior Wrangler, knocked in
late and had chat with Ballard, the
porter, before going to my rooms. said,
We'll. Ballard, we've got the Senior
Wrangler, but that was Of course" Bal
lard looked glum. / could not under
stand it. for he was as proud Of the col
lege as any Of its members. "Ah, SIR"
he said. Mr. Adams did not behave well
to me-" Not well to you! Why, what
on earth has he done?" Il have lost 6
By him, sir" Howl Mr.. Adams is
not a gentleman as often knocks in late,
but two nights before he went into the
senate house he did. and made go bold
as to say. Mr.. Adams. hope no offense,
sir, but suppose you are certain to be
Senior Wrangler, because l have laid
e10 on 1t already and have a chance Of
laying another e5.' Now you'd hardly
believe it, sir, but Mr.. Adams told me
there was no certainty at all about it,
and that he might come out second or
third when all the while he must have
known he was dead certain"
We'll" said. Il don't know what he
knew. but all the university knew. But
how did you lose your esp by not put
ting it on. sir. which l should have done
if he hadn't knocked in late l kept the
ei0 on, however. and won what came Of
that" So really Mr.. Ballard had not
very much to complain of.-London
Queen.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The little church around the corner
where the funeral Of Booth was held il The
one IN which the Last rites were performee
over the remains Of Booths father Many
J, aerson went 10 the pastor of a fashion
able Madison Avenue church and asked
him 10 ofticia,e At the funeral. The estbeti,
~esrer Of the cloth refused but remarked
There IL q little church around the cor.
nor where they a. ,uch things" Jefferson
then said Col bless the little cburct
around the corner" and since tina, time i,
has been the actors church.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

There are no less than Ave bills before
the French chamber whose object il to
check or prevent the immigration Of for
eianess into the country. According To
the latest figures there are 10000 Belgian-
gao 900 Italians, 100 900 Germans and ~, +
coo British and Swiss settled or employed
in France. The trouble in America is
that We get many Of the emisrants that
France or any other foreizn country doesn't
want and the contemplated French Law vi II
he likely TO increase thu. undesirable class.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12
Mug~ump Reform a Deep Art.


1t is proper. from the Mugwump point OF
view as the President has removed the Re.
publican postmaster Of Nrw York, to abuse
that officer. In orI,l 20 perfect the civil
service reform. Tammany man who knew
nothing of postal affairs, and was very
cheerful about his ignorance, was appointed
The fact that he had tried all things and
held fast to Tammany, seems good now
that lac has got an office, AMI he means to
hold fast to it. Mugwump civil service re-
form is a deep art
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12
Blishtsd Heps.

Teddy vanderchump. . young society
man, has been paying his addresses to
Miss Rose Bondclipper Of Madison ave
hue. His visits have been very frequent
Of late, and last night Tommy, Nisa
Roses younger brother, said:
You ought to come and zee n svsry
svening. Mr.. vanderchump."
why. Tommy
because it makes Sister Rose 20 hap
py to hsvs you 60 away you ought mot
to miss an evening"
TAey missed Teddy for the rsst Of that
svening.-Texas 6iftings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

When T4mmspys Governor Flower oi
New York su22ested that Grover woak
prove an available candidate for thift
term there must have been twinkle IN ,h'
eye Of DAVID B. DAVID enjoys grim bu
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

United States Deputy Marshal Burton
Smith brought Alonzo Hall Of Augusta
from Bangor to kcnnebec jail on the Yam
kee Friday. Hall be given 80 days sen
tence for selling liquor on government
reservation.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The wedding of Fred NJ. Lord, avell
known book-keeper at the 4. c. Allen
Publishing House, t. Miss Mabel Fawcett
a popular Randolph young lady, is an.
nouhced for Wednesday, June 2lst.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

Our ladies cannot fail to find in Mis-
Frew's lecture to be given in Union ball,
Wednesday afternoon, something practical
and beneficial whether specially interested
in the subject presented or not.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The failures Of those reckh ssiy managed
western banks produces comparison with
Maine banks that !. highly crsdItsbie to the
latter
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The McGibeny Family is one Of the most
popular organizations which visits August.
and it will undoubtedly draw large audi.
ence to the Opera house tonight.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

John Holt has appealed from Recorder
Andrews sentence to 80 days in Kennebec
Jail and has been put under $500 bonds TO
appear before the September grand Jury.
w. II. Jones has gone surety for him.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-06-12

The close of the weeks engagement "
the G. c. yaught Co. at the Opera DOW
ook place Saturday night, when 'hs'
Lynne was presented before gooh''N''
house. The feature Of the evening "
w. IIsr,igan's Characterization OF SfInn
els Levison, a typical stage VILLAIN.
company goes from here to Bath ana W.
to Dover, N. ii.