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The Portland daily press., 1893-08-14
THE PRESS.
MONDAY. AUGUST Is.

The reservoir inquest has been pro-
ductive of theories that might explain
the disaster and of little else. The ruin
at the break was so complete that all evil
dence tending to show what actually
happened was destroyed. The experts
can do dothing therefore but theorize.
OF the theories so far presented, that of
the disarrangement or cracking Of the
pipes by the frost appears the most
plausible, and yet it may be that frosts
had nothing to do with it, and that the
true explanation has not been thought
of
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-14

President Cleveland's speedy return to
Buzzard's Bay coupled with the fact that
a physician accompanied him and looPod
after him very carefully tends to. coafirm
the rumors that have been abread of late
that the Presidents health is such as to
cause anxiety. To bo sure Mr.. Cleye-
lands presence at Washington at this
time is not necessary, still it would be
natural for s.lim to wish to be at his
official post turing the present emer-
gencv, and there is little doubt that he
wculd have preferred to remain at the
capital could he have done SO without
peril.
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-14
WHAT is cELLULoID?

WHAT 10 CELLULOlD!
Probably a great majority of the people
who have used celluloid these many
years have no knowledge of it's compost
tion, and never have suspected that it
was simply paper, chemically treated,
reduced again to pulp, and then mould
ed into it's final form of beauty and
utility The process is not compli
Gated one. A roll of paper is slowly I'M
wound, being saturated with a mixture
of five parts of sulphuric acid and two
parts of nitric acid, which falls upon it in
a fine spray. This changes the celulose
of the paper into propylin gun cotton.
/. The excess of the acid having been
expelled by pressure, the paper is washed
with plenty of water till all traces of
the acid. have been sremoyed. It is
then reduced to a pulp and bleached.
Most of the water having been got rid
of by means of a strainer, the pulp is
mixed with 90 ITO 40 per cent OF cam
phor, and the mixture is thoroughly
triturated under mill stones. The neces-
sary coloring powder having been added,
a second mixing and grinding follows
The pulp is then spread out in thin
layers on slabs, and from 20 to 25 of
these layers are placed in a hydraulic
press separated by blotting baper, and
subjected to a pressure of $50 atmos-
pheres until all traces of moisture have
disappeared The French article differs
somewhat from the American, being
made from paroxylated paper, treated
with alcohol and subjected to pressure,
as in the other case. But the French
article has the disadvantage that it is
susceptible to ignition, and that of a
very energetic sort This usually takes
place at about 4S0 degrees F., but may
occur spontaneously at a considerably
lower figure 1t produces thick, black
smoke, but no fame.-Paper World.
THE HOT WATER REMEDY.
Are you a busy, worried woman, who
comes home at night with temples throb-
bling and every muscle aching from
fatigue? If so, you often say to your
self: am dead tired, and l haven't
the ambition to dress or even comb my
hair for the evening"" Then you lounge
about and go to bed about nine o'clock
with your head still aching and your
limbs just as tired as when you come
in. The next time you feel that way
just slip off the waist of your gown,
brush your hair up on to the top of your
head, and battle the back of your neck
with hot water. When the pain is
little relieved wash your face with the
same reviver and by the time that is
done you will feel like brushing your
hair and fixing up a bit, or we are very
much mistaken. The hot water cure is
quite as efflcacious taken externally as,
ternally.-Philadelph Times
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-14

The Washington Posts statement that
the Sherman law cannot be repealed in
the Senate without substitute satisfac-
tory to the silver men may not have be-
hind it the high authority which is
claimed, but it, certainly is in accord
with the indications. From the moment
that it met, the Senate has appeared to
be virtually under the domination of the
silver men. Every attempt to fix a day
for vote on the repeal of the Sherman
law has met with prompt defeat, and the
anti-silver men have found it impossible
to keep the Senate in session, notwith-
standing the urgent request of the Dem
ocratic President that Congress act
promptly.
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THE HOME.
SUMMER BEDDING.

Very few houskeepers now make any
change in their winter and summer bed
ding. The hair mattress is generally
conceded to be the most wholesome for
winter as we'll as summer use. Many
people also prefer hair bolster, espec-
tally in summer time, to the old-time
feather bolster, which is con-
demned by the best authorities as heating
to the head.
Within the last decade various fragrant
pillows have been introduced. Some
nervous fragrant pillows of the balsam
fir will induce restful sleep. The
fragrance of the balsam tends to soothe
the nerves in the same way that the
fragrance of the lavender does, and it
was probably due to some such idea as
this that the herb lavender was always
carefully dried by the old-time house
keeper to strew among the sheets and
pillow cases. According to some hy-
gienic authorities, the natural wool of
the camel, which grows under the hair
about the neck and forelegs, makes an
especially soft, cool and wholesome pill
low. Although it has slight natural
odor, it is not at all disagreeable ON that
account.
For summer bedding Light blanKeb
of pure wool is certainly the first choice
where the cost is not a matter of moment
Next in choice to this is a light COM
Portable made of wool or patent cotton,
which is simply good quality of cotton
held together by stitches, so that it may
be easily unrolled in sheets of even thick
ness to make comfortables The best
coverings for these comfortables is
silk or linen, or fine, firm cheesecloth,
which is tied down with bright -colored
worsteds. The old-fashioned comfort
able, tied on wifi heavy cotton tufts,
is completely p thing of the past The
edge of tie comfortable is generally
turned IN, run together and buttonhole
stitched with worsted to match the
cutting. A linen pillow case and bolster
is summer luxury, but most persons
prefer fine cotton sheet to one Of linen,
on the ground that it is more whole
some.
1t is a mistake for housekeepers not to
provide sufficient bedding in the sum-
mer At the seaside and the mountains
chilly nights most often succeed the
most sultry days, and there should always
be light blanket ready to meet such
an emergency. The summer bedding,
however light it may be, should be
thoroughly aired and, where it is possible,
laid in the sun occasionally Y.
Tribune
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EDUCATIONAL.
No. Yarmouth Academy, Yarmouth, Me.

The Fall Term (8oth year, of this institution
viii open September 18th, 1898, with enlarged
courses and improved methods of instruction.
Special attention to preparation for Bowdoin
and other leading colleges, including Wellesley,
vassar and Mt. Hoyoke Best facilities for
Scientific and Business Education For details
OF courses and any desired information, address
the Principal, REV. B. p. SNOW. A M.
aug1 1-eod&w1m
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THAT SCHEME:

We proposed recently, to give grand
discount to those who purchased our
Wares in August, is working well both
to our customers and ourselves. We
thought it would win, but had no idea
we should keep all hands jumping"
day in and day out. That spare money
The Portland daily press., 1893-08-14
OF YOURS

Could not be better invested, if you
want any kind of household furniture.
because we are making extraordinary
bids for it, and at the end of sixty days
house, be more Independent. Business
ideas likeithese
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16

and recognized by every intelligent
law-abiding business man in the city
said to the writer day or two since:
Give ME any ten Of the old soldiers
on the force to work with and | will ac-
complish more, or at least as much,
good as can be accomplished by any ten
men of the other sort in given time.
If l don't do it I will serve the city for
the next two years for nothing"
1t is true. as Dr.. Gibson says. ''the
power of endurance is one of the
requisites in a police officer, but So
briefly, manliness, intelligence and
strict regard for the truth are inst as
essential, and i'll looking up the defects
in the old soldier, and in making APP
pointments in many of our American
cities, it has often happened that the
man who weighed $50 pounds, wore
No. IL boot and a hand-painted nose,
was considered just the man for police
officer.
Lei us give the devil his due, and.
other things being equal, give the old
soldier chance. Dr.. Gibson touched
key note as to one of the principal
causes for the officers being worn out,
i. e., ''the twO-months nights SYSTEM
one of the brilliant ideas the police COM
mission OrOugnL Dack IrOm bOStOH SeN-
eral years ago-and of it | venture to
say that there is not police officer in
the city who has served six years or
more but will tell you that under
the old system of one month nights and
one month days." his health was better,
and he could accomplish fully as much
good as he can now. But, thanks to the
manly course of Mayor Eustis and Chief
Smith, there seems to be prospect in
the near future of their being able to
accomplish more good than they have
been doing for some time; and, as for
the matter of favoring 1.-The old soldier
in the past, those who will take the
pains to look over the situation care
fully will speedily discover the fact that
not one old soldier has been detailed to
soft snap" as the saying is. Not one
of them cap be found in an easy po-
sitiOn at the various railroad depOts,
where the services of a police officer are
required every day. If there was a
manifest disposition to favor the old
soldier, it would look as though one
might reasonably expect to md among
fifteen sergeants more than two "Old
vets" There is only one lieutenant or
captain on the force taken from that
obnoxious element represented by 1.-The
Old soldier
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
PARK BOARD OFFICES.
Chances Good for a Dark Horse
for Secretary.

Next Saturday the park board will
organize. The presidency has already
been decided. G. NJ. Loring will pre-
side over the board for the next two
wears without a doubt. Jacob Staff.
vice president for the past two years,
will be reelected without doubt.
Supt. Berry will also be chosen again
for the position which he has, appar
emily, filled so capably for several
wears. The struggles will be over at
torney and secretary, Ben Clay has the
advantage so far, or seems to have. If
the members Of the board, or the ma
iorty of them, stick to their expressed
intentions to keep the board out of
partisan politics. they Will give the at
Torneyship of the board to the Demo
Gratis. The Democrats will present
Clay as their candidate. SO many at
tOrneys are looking for this plum,
though, that fight on party lines may
be precipitated. In that case, one of
the many Republicans. probably Bartlett
or Mum. will be given the place.
When the board come to elect a sec
rotary to succeed Wallace q. Nye, now
city comptroller, it will have problem
to face. All the outlying precincts have
not been heard from yet ana already
enough candidates for secretary have
offered themselves to give every MEM
Der of the board chance to make at
least two nominating speeches. The
Republican members will, it is said, try
to agree on candidate for secretary in
caucus. SO great is the number OF can
didates, however, that an agreement is
unlikely. Outsiders. onlookers, expect
to see the board choose a secretary in
open meeting, balloting until an eiec-
ton results.
To print list of candidates for secre-
tary OF the park bOaId would be to print
a list of every man who now holds po-
litical position and wants little better
one, or of the men VINO have been hold
ing such jobs and have suddenly been
called upon to make way. At this dis
lance it looks as If the next
secretary of the park board would
be a steed of sadie hue. The large
number OF candidates will render
balloting until some one is elected a.
tedious task. Nothing would be easier
than TO propose the name of some good
man right in the midst of ballOtlng, and
elect him as a compromise. At least
one member of the board has such a
move in view. His candidate will be
good man. too. If no caucus be held, a
dark horse looks like a winner OF the
SecretarVShiD.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
MINNEAPOLIS.
AT IT AGAIN.

"You can't teach an old dog new
tricks" is an old saying, but true. Inc
Times is a living Illustration. Long age
It was demonstrated that the literary
giants of that paper wrote with the
scissors. they having amended Rlche!leu
to read. The scissors is mightIer imam
the pen" Here is another bit OF cor
rObOratiye detail, as Poo Ban SAID:
Times, Jan. IS GLOBE, Dec -
IL was ut q Mime Ii was at the BlJou
Rpols matinee during matinee during apr!
the April Fool" en- FOOI' engagement
gagement p q. &. R. Frank Gliard bad just
Frank Girard had just come upon the stage
come upon the stage as the Modern hefcu
as the Modern Her les, with barred arms,
cules. with barred bare as the day he was
arms. bare as the day born.
he was born. MY. what splendid
NV what splendid . h VsiC nj develop
physical develop ment! What brawny
ment! What brawnv,arms !' This from a
arms .n This from aIIadv in the parquet
lady IN the parquet. Yes, he does look
Yes. he does lookiike a splendidly de
like a spendidIv de- veloped man. dOesn {
welcomed man. doesn'theg" her feminine
heY- her feminine companion Hssented.
companion assented But. she added, you
''BuL" she added X o W d e only
you know he's ony'stutfed.
stuffed Girard heard OF IL.
GiTard heard it, and.and has been wonder
has been mountaineering ever since If that
ever since if thatIw woman could discern
woman could discern. bare fact
g bare fact.
Did LADY, do it this time?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
AALUStiMENTS.

Hoyt's laughable farce-comedy, "a
Hole in the Ground" began a weeks
engagement at the Biiou yesterday,
playing to crowded houses at both after
noon and evening performances. The
comedy is as funny as ever, and the
house was in a continual uproar
Charles Covles as the stranger and
Frank LaWtOu as the station agent car
Ticd off the man hOn0r5, each receiving
welI-Uerited applause for his work.
C0WIes, with his railroad song; Law
ton. with his Whiscilag solos, and
Barry Maxwell with his parody on
Marguerite" caught TIE audience. and
were forced to respond 10 repeated en-
cores. virginia EerIs, as The waitress
at lunch counter, Sled the bill and
received her share of the applause. The
remainder OF the cO!GU29y we're ali that
could be Gesir I'd. The performance
given. taxing it all through, was a good
one. and those who miss a hole in the
Ground this week VIII miss 4 good
thing.
The sale Of seats for the engagement
uext week at the B jcu OF Mckee
Rankin in "A kcnLUcky Colonel" Will
open Wednesday morning.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
FOUND HIS SISTER.
apt. Helm Assists an Iowa
Man to Win Nellie McMas-
ters From Shame.
She Was the All Too COnfid-
ing Victim of a Travelling
Mans Villainy.
Old Soldiers on the Police
Force Object to Surgeon
Gibson's Remarks.
Rev. wilkinson on Science
and Theology - Peoples
Meeting Association.

The last chapt r of a romance, whose
beginning was in the picturesque little
city of DEBORAH, To-, was completed IN
this city yesterday. One of the persons
to bring about this completion was the
natty police captain. Jacob Helm, OF the
central police headquarters. j. b. Nc
Masters, of DEBORAH, arrived III the city
Thursday night in search OF sister
who had left home two weeks before.
The sisters name was Nellie, and she
was eighteen years or age. she mad
eloped from her home with travelling
man of Hebraic extraction, whose home
and business house were in Chicago.
This was the story told to Capt. Helm by
the brother:
Saturday the sister was located by
the police in apartments in the Evans
block, where she was living as the wife
of the travelling man referred TO. she
had no wedding ring, and, when brought
to the headquarters by an officer, she
confessed she had not been married.
She had been betrayed by the man she
loved.
When first brought before the police
captain, the young lady demurred
against going home again with her
brother. She was afraid of the
sueers and chances, which would
be her lot among old friends
| and acquaintance. Capt. Hem
informed her. however, that if
! he ever caught her in the Evans
! block again he would cause her arrest
and see that she was severely punished.
This threat had the desired effect, and
Nellie went to the NicOllet house. where
she registered under the name Of Miss
Bessie Gray. and last night. after con-
| ference with her brother and the cap
tain. she concluded to return home. Ac-
| cOrdlnglv the brother and sister left the
/ city on the evening train for DEBORAH.
The story of Nellie McMasterS is
romantic one. She was engaged to
| marry wealthy merchant of Calmar,
| To-, who. it appears, was fully thirty
wears her senior. She did not even like
! him. but to please her parents consented
! to the match. The time OF the we'd
! ding was set for last Christmas.
| In the meantime Nellie had met
! and loved the Chicago travelling man.
| She secured a postpOnement of the
! wedding. and two weeks ago she left
! home and came to Minneapolis. She
met her lover at Calmar, the very place
/ where her affianced husband lived, but
! that did not matter. for Nellie was too
/ deeply in love to care for consequences.
| The pair engaged rooms in the Evans
block and lived there until found by
the police officers.
The brother and the false lover did
moi meet, the latter finding he had i'm
portant business in St. Paul when he
| learned that his amour was going to end.
1t Is perhaps as well for him that there
was no meeting, for McMaSters had re-
/ yeuge in his heart.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
DO Women KNOW

That ribbon bows may be kept stiff
and fresh by stuffing them with tissue
paper before they are put away.
That the big sleeves now in vogue
will keep i'll shape longer if they are
filled with tissue paper before being
hung up.
That tissue paper put under the but
tons on a plush, velvet, or heavy silk
garment or gown, when il is laid away
even for few days, will protect the
material from the pressure of the but
tons, and keep them looking fresh.
That little lavender Strewn upon the
shelves and floor of the wardrobe is said
to be an excellent preventive of moths.
That "a stitch i'll time" Will repay the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16

which they have not answered, and
which their philosophy cannot quell,
not because these men did not hold the
truth, but because the truth they held
had no place in the spheres about which
| am speaking. The soul, life. DEATH
immortality. sin, pardon aud destiny are
not measured by foot-rule. They are
not weighed in scales, or fathomed by
plumb line. No, the high priest OF
science has no place here. He is out OF
his depth. He has mission, a purpose
and service, mighty and far-reaching.
God given it is, and very blessed. Let
the high priests of religion speak to
him that he go forward, while they i'll
turn go on in that satisfactory work
which sweetens life, draws the sting
from death and fills eternity with
rapture which remains for all the peo-
pie of God. In this view knowledge
and religion will give glory to our
age such as no other time ever saw, and
upon which ages yet unborn will look
with grateful wonder and delight"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-01-16
BNAi B. RITH.
Opening Of fits Sixth Annual Con-
VentiOn.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16.-The sixth
annual convention of the Improved
Order of Bnai b Rith began here to-
day. Many delegates reported them
selves, among them being some of the
highest officials of the order. The or
der is a benevolent Hebrew OrganIZa-
ton, banded to promote social, moral
and intellectual education and to care
for the sick and the widows and or
phans of its members. The most impor-
tant question discussed during the days
session was that of the endowment fund
of the order. a committee was finally
appointed to propose plan and report
tomorrow evening. A resolution re-
ported by the committee on resolutions
recommending the repeal of the law re-
curing members to be married by the
Jewish rite" was adopted.