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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-09
CHINA.
Mr. stoadard's Third Lecture in the Course.

On Monday evening next Mr.. Stoddard
will deliver the third lecture IN his
course. This Cone will be devoted to
"China." 1t is probably the first illus
trated lecture that has ever been given
on this remarkable country, as far as we
know, and with the superb illustrations
that always mark Mr.. Stoddard's
courses, and the admirable descriptive
powers of the lecturer, there is no doubt
that world of information will be i'm
parted. A few good seats still remain at
Stock BRIDGES.
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The Horse Show

at Congress Hall, Munjoy Hill, is doing
far better than was expected. The first
ones handled will soon be gentle enough
to harness to a sleigh or carriage. At
the matinee for the school children, at 2
p. M, as many horses will be shown as
possible.
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keeping friend
is a handsome Japanese
Screen.
They are always use
full, always acceptable
and there has never been
a time when a good one
could be had for so little
money.
For the holiday trade
we have opened a superb
line.
A special bargain in
three fold frames at $1.68
is five feet high, made Of
highly polished antique
oak. Others at $2.45,
1915, $4.25, $500 and
$500 in oak, white and
gold enamel, etc.
For the panels for
these we are showing
nearly two hundred styles
OF plain and printed
Florentine Silks, includ-
ing many exclusive de-
signs quite our own and
not to be seen elsewhere.
"Silkolines" and other
limitations Of silk are
here in variety.
In this Screen display
are several attractive lots
of imported Screens, the
panels done in silk and
gold tinsel at prices far
below what they have
been.
The draperies room is
also opening today an
e no r m o u S stock of
chenille, silk and velour
Table Covers, all sizes,
kinds, colors and prices.
Fur and T u r k i S h
Rugs, Hassocks, Cush-
ions, etc.
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THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.

Owen, Moore s. Co.
Rines Brothers.
K John Little.
j. Il. Libbv-2.
The Atkinson Furnishing Co.
Eastern Furnishing Co.
Eastman Bros. s. Bancroft.
Merry, the Halter.
III. II. Hay 6, Son.
PrentisS Lorlng-2.
The Chapman National Bank.
Canal National Bank.
Estes & Lauriat.
Raymond & Whitcomb.
Cumberland National Bank.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Gilbert's.
The Mariana Opera Co.
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0llDertS.
The Mariana Opera Co.

New Wants, To Let. For Sale, Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
their appropriate heads on Page 6.
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The Accused Men Say They Only Sought
Shelter from Storm and Cold, and Have
dafion
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The treGther today
is likely to bs
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Store closes tonight at
sir o'eAock.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
ASOUr WAtT:s;
Peculiarities CT the Tribe In Diner
emit Lands and Chimes.

PecuIiarities CT the Tribe in Differ
emit Lands and Chimes.
A rich Bostonian, who has been
spending almost unlimited leisure in
travel on two hemispheres, says that
he notices a wholesale tendency to re-
duction and system in tips. People
travel so much more than they used to
do and are served by so many more
employees that some sort of a regula-
ton is necessary. On the continent,
where walters pay for their places,
though the landlords make separate
charge for their service, the tip is reg
ulated and all but Americans know it,
the local tariff being one sou to the
franc-1 cent in 20. Nobody grumbles
at this.
The Englishman on his own island
pays sixpence for everything to every
body and is insulted If he doesn't. AS
he has to fee walters, porters, clerks,
chambermaids, guides, vergers, police
men, dukes, barkeepers and casual cit
izens, it is no wonder that he has set
tied into a confirmed Erumbler, and
can't stop grumbling all the time he is
away from home. But in this country
1t has been getting worse than any
where in Europe. Half dollar is no
unusual tip to give to q man who
serves you with a sloppy dinner in
place where you are paying 81 day
for board, and where the walters re-
ceive fair wages besides their food and
lodging; but" says the Bostonian,
dimes are general currency for tips
now.
In one Southern hotel negro waiter
came to me at my first meal and said:
I only get $40 month, boss. People
generally allows me a dollar week
I gave him nothing. At another hotel
down there the walters change tables
at every meal, so as to break up this
striking business.
'It's odd, especially in Europe, how
ready the walters become in guessing
at your nationality and ikings. An
Englishman, who never wants to adapt
himself to any country, but expects all
other countries to adapt themselves to
him, is greeted in every French res
taurant now with 'Bifstek an palal,
which is waiter English for beefsteak
and pale ale."
The sun., 1893-03-16
CHASED BY A BOX CAR.
The Experience of a Railroad MAJ
i'm the Mountains of Colorado,

The Experience OF a Railroad Man
I'm the Mountains of Colorado,
IT was chased once by box car"
said an ex-railroad man to a Kansas
City Journal reporter. "It was out in
Colorado, the land Of steep grades and
sharp curves. We were sliding down
the mountains one day with a baggage
car anG two coaches. I was on the
rear car looking at the road when 1
deserted a box car coming down the
grade at Il rate Of speed that was ap-
palling. If it struck lis we were gone,
sure, for it would smash the entire
train into kindling wood and pile it up
in one of the gorges. Our only hope
was to either outrlln or wreck it. The
engineer caught sight of it at the same
instant that i did, and nut the lever
down among the tallow pots. 1t Gp-
peared impossible that we could held
the track on the sharp curves while
moving more than mile a minute, but
we did, and the box car continued to
saw wood. If we could once get to the
foot of the grade we would be safe,
but that was soon seen to be impossible.
napihy aS we Wche SohhG' the DoA caE
continued to gain upon us, and now we
could see that it was loaded with iron.
Something must be done, and that
quickly. All the passengers had fled
into the forward coach and were hang
ing on to the seats. signaled the en-
gineer to shut off, set a brake hard on
the rear coach, pulled the pin, and the
engineer opened The throttle. We had
not gone 100 yards before the box car
ran into the coach and sent splinters
flying a quarter of a mile high. Both
went plunging over into a chasm and
/ hunted up passenger who had o
flask and REINFORCED my nerves"
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Dfary Keeping.

Among my papers and books found
the other day an old yellow-brown
diary Of my great-great grandmother.
Until that moment had no more idea
Of the old lady than Of Julius Caesars
nurse. But when I read Of her jour
neys to and from Bath, which she
much affected, and where she 'see
great deal OF Company" Of her loss
On Thursday, April 2, 1867, Of one
pound four shillings at cards; her pay
ment on April 2, Of one shilling and
tenpence for face wires''-whatever
they may have been; Of eleven shillings
on April 13, for "Chare (sedan, no doubt
and Gloves" and how, on leaving Bath,
on the 18th Of April, she gave the maids
ten shillings and sixpence, and the bath
servant was evidently poor
hand at spelling, dear old soul!-an-
other half guinea; then seem to see
her dim shape assume material tone.
For your posterity's sake, therefore,
If you think well of your own in
dividualty, and also that you may get
a sort Of outside view of yourself, you
may be counseled to keep diary; but,
for goodness sake, do not get hyster-
tcal In your condolences with it! If
you find yourself anxiously dissecting
your own nature-or trying to do so-in
its pages, shut it up and have no more
to do with it. Man does not live by
introspection, but by action.-From All
the Year Round.
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This was a Long Time Ago.

A most remarkable thing is reported
to have occurred at Naples in the year
1881. Antonio Lazzetd, a beggar who
had formerly resided at Tarentum, but
who, on account of age, had been sent
to a home for the aged at one or the
other Of the places mentioned, expe-
rienced complete renewal OF life. At
the beginning of the transformation he
was little less than ninety years OF age.
The first thing noticed which suggested
that something extraordinary was
about to take place was In his skin,
which cracked and came off like that
of toad or snake, leaving a soft, new
skin In place of the wrinkled cuticle
that had been worn for four score
years and half. Within a surprising
short time his f1accid old muscles be-
came strong and plump, the white hairs
fell from his head and curly black hair,
similar to that which had so delighted
the maidens seventy-four years before,
appeared. His eyesight also returned
with all the vigor of youth; his COM
| pleXion seemed fresh and rosy; in fact,
he was a new man from the soles Of
his feet to the crown of his head. He
lived sixty years after this transforma-
! ton, and then died at the age Of 150.-
Philadelphia Press.
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Too Lazy to BE Rich or Poor.

A lazier man than the average Bur
man 1t would be extremely hard to
and. When it is absolutely necessary
for him to work he generally hits upon
some method which win save him lot
Of exertion. If he wishes to cultivate
q piece OF ground he sets light to the
brushwood as a cheap, easy and effica-
cious method of preparing the soil. For
two or three years he cultivates that
piece Of land, and then sets light to an
other spot, allowing the jungle to grow
in the old place, which will be ready
for returning when the other ground
wants q rest. Rice growers dispense
with plows, turning loose instead a
number of buffaloes, which cut up the
saturated soil with their hoofS. When
q Burman has earned little money he
Immediately proceeds to spend 1t all,
for the Burmese have no ambition to
be rich and never hoard. Consequent
ly there are no large landowners, and
there being no ariStocracy the people
are as near being on an equality as pos
sible. Poor people are about as rare
as rich people, and LAe only beggars to
be met with are the lepers, who sit on
the steps Of the pagOdas.-Current Lit
erature.
The sun., 1893-03-16
REMARkABLE OPERATIONS.


Eemts OF Surgery That Amount AL
most 90 Miracles.
OF the many results Of the rapid
strides which science has made is the
remarkable skill which medical men
have brought to bear upon difficult
and dangerous operations It was not
many years ago when 1t was thought
improper to attempt operations upon
the human body, but the steady on
ward march Of human progress has
given sugeons such knowledge OF the
human anatomy that they are now en-
abled to perform feats which formerly
would have been credited to witchcraft
and the black art.
At the annual meeting of the WEIGH
branch OF the British Medical associa-
ton, DIR. Damar Harrison gave an ac-
count of an operation he had perform
ed on boy, which he claimed to be
unique.
The boy had the misfortune to cut
his wrist with plate glass, which
caused him to lose all sense of feeling
in the hand and was followed by COM
plete paralysis. The lads wrist was
laid open, and 1t was found that por-
ton Of the nerve about two inches In
length was entirely destroyed. A young
cat was obtained and chloroformed, and
Immediately after death the surgeon
cut nerve out of the hind leg. The
nerve was then wrapped in a cloth
soaked in warm carbohc lotion and
afterward connected with what re-
mained of the boys nerve. The result
was most gratifying. Sensation re-
turned and the boy was cured.
An equally interesting and successful
operation was performed on boy who
had swallowed f1shhook. He tried to
release it by pulling upon the line, but
1t had become attached in the lower
and back part of the throat A medical
man was called In, and he procured q
pistol bullet and bored hole through
it. 1t was then allowed to slide down
over the line to the hook The weight
of the bullet dislodged the hook, which
sticking in the lead and being protected
by it, was safely removed.-New York
The sun., 1893-03-16

afternoon we went away In separate
cabs and met at Victoria, and went to
Brighton for our honeymoon, leaving
everybody In sublime ignorance of
what had happened. Marion had de-
In a position to alter her determine
ton.
It was not happy marriage. Little
defects of character In my wife at
tracted my attention which had not
noticed before. found that she was
not truthful, and certainly not scrupu-
lous. And she had a hard, cold way
with her, that disagreeably surprised
me.
/ had not looked for romance in my
wife, but had expected certain
amount of sympathy, and what, for
lack OF better expression, / will call
good fellowship.
Marion, however, took no pains to
deceive me as to her real character.
I made violent effort to conceal my
own disappointment, and to assume
the character of devoted husband,
but she repelled my advances, not act
lively, but passively.
When / tried to talk about our plans
for the future she would turn the sub
ject, and we had not been married
two days before she let me see very
plainly who was going to be master.
/ began to feel supremely uncom-
Portable, and made up my mind that
nothing but disaster could follow such
a marriage.
L went out by myself and walked
about by the sea, cursing myself for
\ L. Qnna SyrV1
pathetic ear into which could pour
NV woes. I never felt more lonely
in the whole course Of my life than
I did In the first few days of my honey
moon.
/ knew that crisis must come SOON
er or later. had strong foreboding
of evil, and my worst fears were soOr'
realized.
The sun., 1893-03-16
Odd Names of Postohices.

A new postoff1ce in Iowa has been
named Unique. One in Kentuck has
been named Piano, which is not musi-
cal designation in such a case. Other
odd new names in Kentucky are Cy-
clone, Gertie, Nipp, Susie and Wheel
Mississippi has new postoffice named
Finger and others called Pack and
Zero. Missouri has new ones named
Pepsin and Quote. Smoot and Tonic
are now Nebraska names; Ohio has one
called Uno; two Oklahoma offices are
Moral and Tum; three in Tennessee are
called Cemetery, Let and Tag-Pitts-
burg Chronicle Telegraph.
The sun., 1893-03-16
Perhaps He SwOre.

She--Oh, give me a drama that has
some poetry in 1t. In some Of the
older plays there is wealth of imag-
cry and a force Of language that is en-
tirely absent in the writings of our
modern playwrights. What is more
terrible, and at the same time more
grand, than the curse in "Richelieu?'
He-I don't think that I ever heard
it. But you ought to have heard what
I had to say about the street commits
sioner when l slipped UP on the icy
sidewalk this morning.-Texas Sift-
ings.
The sun., 1893-03-16
1t Didn't Appear,

Stranger Ito editor): ST dropped In
this morning to see you in regard to
placing an advertisement in"
County Editor rubbing his hands,:
''Yes, sir; be seated, sir"
Stranger; 81 like your paper. I like
its principles, and the bold stand it
takes on the subject of temperance,
and
Country Editor: 'FYou will find our
rates for advertising as low as"
Stranger: II like it's independence.
its attitude respecting the sacredness
Of the Sabbath, its fight for the poor
and lowly, and its fearless denuncias
ton of the rich and the mighty, its"
Country Editor: Yes, sir, an ad.
placed In our paper will be read by
thouS-"
Stranger: In excluding from your
columns, sir, everything of sensation
al nature, or that which cannot be
read by every member of the house
hold without bringing the mantling
blush of shame, you set an example,
sir, to the newspapers of this country
that cannot but bear fruit, and"
Country Editor: "Well, about that
advertisement you were"
Stranger: "The mission of your
journal, sir, is a noble one. Upward
and onward is glorious sentiment.
In putting aside all sordid thoughts
of gain, and battling for truth and
justice alone, you elevate your paper,
sir, to the highest realms of journalism,
and
Country Editor: about how mucl,
space will your advertisement occupy?'
Stranger: 'Well, aIn not quite pre-
pared to say this morning. hap
pened to be passing through yaur
beautiful little town, and I thought /
would step in and get your rates. If
you will kindly state In your ,ic2t issue
that Mr.. Obadiah r. Tonllinson. the
transatlantic lecturer Of worldwide
fame, spent few hours IN town last
week. end made US a pleasant Gull,
and send me marked copy of the
paper. shall be very much obliged to
sou, SIR. Good morning"
The sun., 1893-03-16

Ask your druggist Tor bottle of the Quak-
er CatarIh Cure. Different from all other
remedies. 1t is applied directly to parts af-
fected and gives immediate and permanent
relief for all forms of catarrh, colds in the
head, Influenza, &c. A guarantee can be had
with each bot le to refund money if not sat
isfactory. Ifyou will send US your name
and address on postal card we will send
you q sample bottle free of all expense.
Address QUAKER MED. Assn. st. Paul, Minn
The sun., 1893-03-16

The worlds mammoth hotel Is the LOO
room, 6re-proof summer hotel, the "Great
Eastern" at st. Lawrence Ave. and Goth
ST.. Chicago, two blocks from Midway
Plaisance Worlds Fair entrance and over
locking famous Washington Park. Worlds .
Fair visitors can avoid annoyance and ex-
tortlon OF sharks by engaging rooms now at
$l.5O day, each person European) by ad-
dressing Copeland Townsend, Manager
formerly mgr. Palmer house,, AZ Rookery
Building, Chicago, Ill.
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The Modern Wav

Commends itself to the we'll l-formed, to do
pleasantly and effectually what was for
merly done in the crudest manner and dis
agreeably as we'll. To cleanse the syetem
and break up colds, headaches and fevers
without unpleasant after effects, use the
eI,ghtful liquid laxative remedy, Syrup
o. Figs.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Is In nothing more forcibly shown than in the es-
cape from disease of those who heed its warnings
Foresight Is wisely practlced by persons who, OBJ
serving that their kidneys want activity impart to
them a healthful impulse with Hestetter's Stomach
Bttters. By so doing they avoid Brights disease
and other destructive renal maladies. Chills and
matsm should be nipped in the bud by the Bitters.
The sun., 1893-03-16

In the opinion delivered by Justice
Blatchford, for Chief Justice Fuller, in
the case of George A. Pettibone and
other striking Occur d'Alene miners in
Idaho against the United States, the
court decided in favor of the miners, and
directed that the indictments be quashed
These cases grew out of the riots at the
Wardner mines.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Fire at Covington, KY, destroyed the
Myers Manufacturing company's plant,
Prague & Matson's tobacco works, Cap
ital tobacco works, the Central Christian
church and three or four frame buildings.
The total loss Is nearly 100000.
The sun., 1893-03-16

not do better than to keep a dozen Of Sal
walton Oil at each station. 1t instantly re-
neveS all burns, scalds and bruises. and in
few days makes an efectual cure Of the
wound. 25 cts.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters cure Neuralgia
permanently. All genuine bear the sigma
ture Of J, p. Allen, Druggist, st. Paul, Aiinn.
The sun., 1893-03-16

every child Is ready for.
They act in the mildest, easiest, most nat
ural way. No violence, no reaction after
ward, and their help lasts. They perma-
nently cure Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, Sick or Bilious Headaches, and all
arrangements Of the liver, stomach and
bowels
They're put up in sealed vials. This keeps
them always fresh and reliable, unlike the
ordinary pills in wooden and pasteboard
boxes.
They're the cheapest, for they're guaran-
teed to give satisfaction, or your money is re-
turned. You pay only for the good you get.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Street car drivers and others who are con-
stantly exposed to all kinds of weather, and
canI OF find time to layby, should ever hear in
mind this plain fact that DIR. Bulls Cough
Syrup cures coughs and colds. 1t is un-
QOuafnd
The sun., 1893-03-16

81 have been afflicted with an affection of
the Throat from childhood, caused by diph-
liberia, and have used various remedies, but
have never found anything equal to Browns
Bronchial Troches. Rev. G. NJ. F. Hamp-
ton, Piketon, KY. Sold only in boxes.
The sun., 1893-03-16

A construction train and freight col
lided ON the Panhandle road near Rich
mond, Ind. Four train hands were in
iured.
The sun., 1893-03-16

that we are abusing Nature. 1t is claimed
that Garfield Tea, a simple herb remedy,
helps Nature to overcome this abuse.
The sun., 1893-03-16

The case of Hedspeth, the Fresno and
Western Union train robber, was con-
tinued at st. Charles, Mo-, until the Sep
tember term of court.
The sun., 1893-03-16

In a row over the affections of Addie
Drake, at Bowling Green, Ind, James
Walker killed James Hoffa with q
hatchet.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Seven horses were consumed at Clin-
ton, ILL.,, by the burning of J. w. Walk
er's livery stable.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Nineteen freight cars went through a
bridge over the Ottawa river at Lima,
Ohio, on the Erie road.
The sun., 1893-03-16

In a row at a cock fight at Ionia,
Mich, NJ. A. Baxter was beaten to
death.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Free consultation and advice for 6atarrh,
throat, lung, nervous and blood diseases.
Pamphlet free. Address st. Paul Medical
& Surgical Institute, Merrill Bldg, st. Paul,
The sun., 1893-03-16

An unknown man was found murdered
at Rock Island, Ill.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Fire in the central prison at Toronto,
Ont, caused a loss of 5000.
The sun., 1893-03-16
IT'S QUITE A STEF

IT'S QUITE A STEP
from the great, gripping,
dreadful pills to Doctor
Piarce's Pleasant Pei
let's. See what an ad-
vance there is:
These little Pellets,
scarcely larger than
mustard seeds, are the
smallest and the easiest
to take - tiny, sugar
oAo@al .n-,s1a. H.k
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German
Syrup

l simply state that am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore In position to judge. ! have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal TO Boschee's German Syrup.
I have givenit to my baby for Group
with the most satisfactory results.
Every mother should have it. J. II.
HOBBS, Druggist and Postmaster,
Mohat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute. O
The sun., 1893-03-16
The Virtue of Promptitude

The Grant building at Boston was de
stroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000.
The sun., 1893-03-16

A group of buildings at the Ogdens-
burg, N. Y, insane asylum, burned.
The sun., 1893-03-16

The machine shops of Lannon & Co.,
Pueblo, Colo, burned. Loss, 100000.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Morrison's brass foundry ut Mimico,
Ont, burned. Loss, $4,000.
The sun., 1893-03-16

Switchmen Of the Michigan Central
i'm Chicago are likely to strike, and other
roads may be involved.
The sun., 1893-03-16

No matter what you've tried and found
wanting, you can be cured with DR.. Sage's
CataTrh Remedy
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s1tssss sses sss:, witA rss Thompson's Eye Water.

lAD0HTE0 Perchsron Shire Stallious. first
IEHE UHlEU class $500, I, & 3 years time.-
imported mares cheap. Hiram G. Wheeler, ODE
bolt. Sac Co. Iowa.
The sun., 1893-03-16

The Best Stomach, Liver. Kidney and Blood Remedy.
Pains in Back and LimSs Tired, Dragged Out Nervous
Feeling, Debility and Low Vitality Quickly Cured az
AGENTS PAID WEEKLY SALARY.
Soc one months supply tgfsts. Try It ard Be We'll
ROOT, BARK a. gLoSSoM, Newark, ~. Js
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M @RMH%A Sample sashlock Pat- 1890 free
Py mail for ss Stan sstSITg ggood domense; nns sTsr
invented Beats weights. Sales unparalleled. &12 n
Uny. Write quick. Br0hard Novelty Cos Pkil0s