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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04

The superintendent of the West Point
military academy has convinced the
Secretary of War that football as now
played is altogether too dangerous for
the cadets to engage in, and no more of
it will be seen at that institution after
this season. The chief of police of Pitts
burg has forbidden football contests in
that city on the ground that they are
brutal exhibitions to be classed with
glove matches and prize fights. Two
members of the Ohio legislature have
bills which they will introduce to ex-
clude football from that state unless
modified, and Mr.. Albert Whitehouse. a
well known Boston athletic trainer, de-
clares that the American game of today
is without cavil unsuited to serve the
best purposes as affording healthy
means of exercise for the students of
schools and colleges" The undergradu-
ate, if he wants to preserve the game of
football had better proceed to modify it
forthwith. There is very little chance
that he will be allowed to play it next
season in it's present form in any civilized
community.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04

The town of Danforth is still greatly
excited over the disappearance of Cecil
Garcelon, who is thought by many to be
lost in the. woods.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST

Adelman Simon, a Is year old boy, has
been arrested accused of several recent
burglaries in Bangor.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04
SKODA.

SkODA.
This beautiful ship was built by Mr.. G. R.
Burgess, a prominent shipowner, of Wolf
Vile, n. s., and named for the popular rem
edies that are doing SO much good in the U.
s. and Canada. 1t will carry
Skoda's Discovery,
skoda's Little Tablets, skodas German
Soap, Skoda's Ointment and Skoda's Pile
Cure, not only to keep her own crew in
health, but to introduce them into foreign
ports. In proof of their high standing read
the following.
Nervous Prostitution q Chronic Diarrhea
GAM BE CURED
Ihave used several bottles of Skoda's Dis
covery in my family, and regard it an excel
lent remedy, especially for nervous prostra-
ton and chronic diarrh9a. In my extensive
travels, hear frequent and favorable ref
erence to these remedies.
REV. ISAIAH WALLACE, NJ. A.
General Home Missionary for the Baptist Home Mission
Board Of the Maritime Provinces.
Medical Advice Free.
sK0DA DISCOVERY CO., BELFAST, ME.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04

THE main approach to the State House
will shine when it is completed. The
two granite pillars which mark the street
entrance are to be surmounted by a
handsome arch of iron and bronze,
thirty-eight feet in height It Will bear
an electric light of high candle power
which will thoroughly illuminate the
surroundings. The cost of the arch is 1915.
The annual meeting of the State, Board
of Agriculture..will occur in Augusta the
week of January 20. The terms of office
of the following members expire and
successors must be chosen: W II. Vinton,
Cumberland; V.P. DeCoster, Oxford; B.
f. Pease, York; A. r. Smiley, Somerset,
F.S.A ans, Sagadahoc
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Matthews finds that the value of the
factories, mills, and workshops erected
in Maine this year is $588, 900 in round
numbers. This is a remarkable falling
off as his reports show that in 1892, the
value of these was So, 12S, 900 and in 1891,
SO, 023, 900.
The good people of Grafton, in Oxford
county, are still excited about the wild
man who is lurking around the woods
in that town. He has broken into many
houses, but when discovered leaves with
out making any trouble Somebody has
now started the theory that the
mysterious wild man is Macarthur, the
long sought for murderer OF Deputy
Sheriff Smith.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04

Friday morning the safe in the store of
S. w. Elliot of West New Portland. was
blown open. Several people living near
heard the report about one O'Clock in the
morning. 1t was found that the burglar
first entered the blacksmith shop of John
T.Jordan and. stole tools. He then pried
open the back window of the store. On
account of the many recent safe rob-
berries, Mr.. Eliot had taken all the
valuables from the safe and SO the
burglars got nothing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04

One of the first things that Congress
will do probably will be to call for all
the correspondence bearing on the
Hawaiian question and invite the admin
istration to definitely reveal its policy in
regard to the dusky Queen. In the lively
debate that is sure to follow it would not
be strange if Mr.. Cleveland were reminded
that his powers are defined and limited
by the constitution and that he is not
the dictator he has apparently been as
Stunning himself to be.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-04
THE PRESS.
MONDAY. DECEMBER 4.

The proposed income tax still continues
to give the Democratic brethren good
deal of trouble The difficulty seems to
be that they have not yet succeeded in
discovering very way to popularize It,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
Complete
Manhood
and how to attain it.

At last medical work that tells the causes,
describes the effects, points the remedy. This
is scientifically the most valuable, artistically
the most beautiful, medical book that has ap-
peared for years; 60 pages, every page bearing
a half-tone illustration in tints. Some of the
subjects treated are Nervous Debility, Impo-
tency, Sterilty, Development, Varicocele, The
Husband, Those intending Marriage, etc.
Every man who would know the grand truths,
the plain facts, the old secrets, and the new
discoveries of medical science as applied to
married life, who would atone for past foIlies
and avoid future pitfalls, should write for this
wonderful little book. !; yin he sent free
Inder sell. Address the
Erie Me,.iC. . r 20, y. Y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31

was standing with Mr.. Emerson once
at college exhibition, where a young man
had easily taken the most brilliant honors
"a young man in whom we were both pro-
foundry interested. It was the first time |
ever addressed Mr.. Emerson. coneratu.
lated him, as congratulated myself. on
the success Of our young friend, and he
said: Yes, did not know be was so fine a
fellow. And now, if something will fall
out amiss-if he should be unpopular with
his class, or if his father should fail in bust
ness, or if some other misfortune will be-
fall him-all will be we'll"
was green enough and boy enough to be
inwardly indignant at what seemed to me
the cynicism of the philosopher. But did
not then know that when he was years
old his father had died and that to the pen.
ury, shall say, of those early days-to his
mothers determination that the boy should
be bred at Harvard college, to the careful
struggles by which each penny was made
to work the miracles of the broken bread
by the sea of Galilee-he. owed, or Thought
he owed, much of the vigor. the rigor and
the manhood of his life. Good is a good
DOCTOR" as he said himself, but bad is
sometimes a better Edward E.. Hale,s
Address.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
The Explosion Of O Bomb

startlee all within hearing. So the pains which
arise from arrangements Of the liver, stomach
and bowels, quickly alarm those who experience
them. DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets afford q
speedy and inexpensive cure. sick headache.
bilious headache, constipation, indigestion, bill
ious attacks yield like magic to this wonderful
specific. Only one tiny. sugar coated pellet for
a laxative dose. Purely vegetable and perfectly
harmless. The action is prompt and pleasant
Absolutely the best liver pill made. Your money
given back IL they do not give entire satisfaction.
The only pill possessed of such merit as to war
rant their being sold on trial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
He Met His Match.

The Russian marshal, Suvaroff, was IA
nous as jester and was fond OF confusing
the men under his command by asking
them unexpected and absurd questions
But occasionally he met his match. Thus.
one bitter January night, such as Russia
only can produce, he rode up to q sentry
and demanded:
How many stars are there in the skysn
The soldier, not a whit disturbed. an
swered coolly:
Wait little, and I'll tell you" And be
deliberately commenced counting, Zone.
TWO, three" etc.
When he had reached 100, Suvaroff. who
was half frozen, thought it high time to
ride off, not, however, without inouirinr
the name of the ready reckoner. Next day
the latter found himself promoted. Lip
pincott,s. f
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
IN a MAINE LAKE.
Tho Painful Experience of a Man Who
Went Through the Ice


Went Through the Ice
maine is full OF lakes, full
OF rich scenery that is pleasant
TO look on at all times OF
the year. Gray kock lake was always
my favorite skating place. went
Lnere In preference to any place the
district afforded. Many a time
have buttoned up at 8 in the morning.
when the sun was just bright enough
to make everything sparkle. but not
warm enough to make anything melt
and have tramped away alone to Gray
fock to skate. Why, | would linger
on that beautiful crystal sheet until
the sun sank in the west running
races with my shadow, cutting great
circles in the clear. greenish ice,
and gliding along much as one i'm
AGNES swallow must glide down
ward on the air.
One day with a neighbor COM
panion was spending the afternoon
that way. when in the course OF one
Of my sharp turns / felt as though
the earth had been ierked away, and
l shot down into bitter cold water.
When came up again my head struck
against some opposing force The
whole situation rushed into my con-
ception with terrific force and pain.
was under the ice. don't remem-
Der much OF what followed except Of
vsinly struggling and bufeting in a
wild. aimless manner When I came up
for the first time had not missed
the opening very far; the second time
! came up did not miss it at al. NY
head rose above the ice
Then my companion acted. Twas
drawn out and simply dragged BY
him TO q neighboring cabin OF that
part / don't remember anything. It
was fully two months before l re-
covered from the effects of that bath
had lung fever and brain fever and
almost everything else in the cata-
iogue OF worldly ills Since then l
have gaInsaid m? desire. sometimes
intense. to strap on pair Of steeis
and just glide about little. How
ever much my lesson taught me,
the sight OF ice always revives that
beautiful lake OF Maine and the hap
Ply hours Ispent racing my shadow"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
Where Belgian Blocks Come From

Any one asked whence the belgian paw
ing block comes would say, why, from
Belgium, of course" but this is far from
the truth. Great quarries at point four
miles above Sellersville, Bucks county,
known rs the~'Rocks," supply most of the
blocks used in this city. A great piece of
rock was recently blasted there from which
We're cut $1,000 belgian blocks of regula-
ton size. The rock was 85 feet wide, f2JS
feet deep and 6o feet long. The blocks cut,
up will realize nearly 81, 500 for the quarry
man.-Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
@F;S;EEf7EIESzE=EE

a new and Complete Treatment, consisting Of
5uppOsitories Ointment in Capeuls also in RoY
ana fills Positive Cure for External, Blind or
bleeding Itching, Chronic. Recent or Hereditary
rncs' FEMALE WEAKNESSES and many other dis
eases; 1t is always a great benefit to the general
lealtn. The first discovery Of medical cure rem
9erlng an operation with the knife unnecessary
hefesrter. This Remedy has never been known
to fail. 81 per box, 9 for 80 sent by mail. Why
surfer from this terriable disease when q written
guarantee Is POSITIVELY given with bottles, to re-
tt tne money II not cured. Send stamp for
Tree sample. Guarantee issHed by our agent
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31
Liver PELLETS

Acts Ike magic on the Stomach, Liver and Bsw
els; dispels Dyspepsia, Billousness, Fever, Colds
nervous Disorders, seeplessness,L Loss Of Appetite
restores the complexion; perfect digestion fol
lows their use. Positive cure for SICK HEADACHE
and Constipation. Small, mild, easy to take Large
Walls OF 80 Pills IS cents.
HARTZ ULLMEYER Sole Agents Rock Isl.
and ~.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31

SCOT mixed with twice its bulk of DIR,
earth may be used for top dressing IL
the garden with good results.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-31

Simmons Liver Regulator, bear In mind. is rot
an experiment 1t Is endorsed by thousands.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
CRISP AND CASUAL.

TURKS believe that women have no
FOULS.
EUROPEAN railroads stretch 142, 1855
miles.
PIGEONS were employed in the mali
service in Bible times.
BY the emancipation proclamation
,,S95,177 slaves were freed.
FULLY 80 per cent. of Russian and
servian soldiers are unable to either
read or write.
THE amount Of money held by vari-
BUS London banks is not far short OF
81, ,150, 100000.
A oNE-ARMED resident OF Yoncalla,
Ore, built a house twenty-four feet
square without assistance.
A LARGER portion of children sur
vive their first year Of existence in
Dublin than in any one OF the twenty
largest towns OF England and Wales.
THE EStonehenge monument consisted,
when entire, of two circles and two
dials, the outer circle being composed
Of sixty stones, each from thirteen to
twenty feet in height.
THE first sea-going vessel of alumni
ium Is being constructed in the dock
yards of the Loire. 1t is cutter which
would weigh, II male of the usual ma
terials, 1850 tons, instead of it's actual
weight OF $500 tons.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
HOW TO PREPARE POULTRY.

In preparing poultry for cooking
here are II few rules to follow. Chick.
ems, ducks, capons and turkeys should
be killed at least twenty-four hours
before using. When well picked, singe
by removing the stove cover and put
ting some paper in. Pass the bird
over the flame, taking care not to
blacken or burn it. Gut the neck off
as near the body as possible. Cut the
Joint; with your forefnger loosen the
crop and take it out. Cut slip un-
der the rump large enough to run the
hand into the body. Put the hand in
carefully to loosen the contents of the
body and stomach in every direction
so that all may be drawn out in one
mass. Pour warm water through the
bird and wipe out with n towel. Cut
the gall from the liver, then throw the
liver into cold water. Scald and skin
the feet put gizzard, heart, feet, and
neck in pint or more water, with a
little onion. Let them stew slowly
until reduced one-half. All poultry
needs just this treatment. New York
Advertiser.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
CHEESE oMELET.

Maria Parloa, in Good Housekeep-
ing, says; For three or four people
use two ounces of stale bread, free
from crust, two ounces of grated or
finely broken cheese, one gill of boil
ing water, one gill of cold milk, one
level teaspoonful of salt, grain of
cayenne, one tablespoonful OF butter
and two eggs. Have the bread broken
into small pieces and pour the boiling
water over it. When soft, add the
salt, pepper and milk and break up
fine. Beat the yolks and white of the
eggs separately and stir them into the
mixture. Add the cheese. Put the
butter into frying-pan and set over
q hot fire. When the butter is SO hot
that it begins to turn brown, pour in
the omelet and cook until it begins to
get set, drawing the mixture back a
little as you would plain omelet.
Now fold it and let it brown slightly.
Turn out on hot dish and serve i'm"
mediately.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
Highest Leavening Power-Laest u S Govt Report
- I
R|H!A!:'!:!! q! BskiRg: Bs%dsT
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Heathen Outwitting the Devil.

A Chinese funeral never proceeds
straight from the house OF morning to
the graveyard. The devil is always
on the lookout for funerals and fol-
lows them to seize the soul of the
dead man, so, in order to outwit the
evil one, the bearers take up tho
body and start with it in brisk trot,
while packs of flre-crackers and pyro-
technics emitting dense smoke and
vile smell are set off just as the pro-
cession starts. Having thus deceived
Old Nick as to the direction taken
by the bearers they run as fast as
they can with the body, then sud-
denly turn corner and stop while
more fireworks are burned. The
devil cannot turn a corner easily, and
so. If really in pursuit, he shoots on
by, and ty means Of a good deal OF
sudden turning and stopping and a
lavish expenditure of fireworks, the
funeral procession generally gets to
the grave in safety, while the old boy,
confused by their movements and
half suffocated by the fireworks, is
still wandering about in the city.
The Chinaman who dies in the coun-
try is not in such good luck, for there
Is less chance to outwit the enemy,
but by many detours it can very often
he done,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Give your stock variety of food.
Skim-milk is excellent food for pigs.
The stable fly is a bloodthirsty pest.
As rule, small eaters make small
mixers.
Keep milk as far from the stable as
possible.
An unproductive horse is very ex-
pensivs one.
Clean farming is the best preventive
of the stalk-borer.
The finest looking stallion Is not
always the best breeder.
Barley is generally considered bet
ter than wheat for winter pasture.
Grass is natures great remedy for
most of the ills to which horsehesh is
heir.
In some sections of the country
there is constant demand for good
mules.
Few eggs are laid by hens which are
too fat, and, therefore, it is to the
poultryman's interest to see that his
fowls do not get into that state.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

To remove paint stains apply tur-
pentine at once, if possible.
For asthma soak blotting paper in
strong saltpeter water; dry, and burn
at night.
Clear, black coffee diluted with water
and containing, little ammonia will
clean and restore black clothes.
Pour diluted carbolic acid at once
upon every part of poisonous wound;
atterward give internal stimulants.
If the eyes are weakened by close
work, such as painting, embroidery or
reading, bathe them frequently in
weak alum water.
To cleanse cut glass, wash it iii tepld
water and dry thoroughly. Polish
with brush used for the purpose and
prepared chalk.
Before beginning to seed raisins
cover them with hot water and let
them stand fifteen minutes. The seeds
can then be removed easily.
A poultice made of Indian meal,
covered with Young Hyson tea, mois.
tened with hot water and laid on
burn will relieve the pain in five min.
ltes.
For moist hands ninety grains OF
sau de cologne and fifteen grains OF
belladona is an excellent lotion, after
the use of which dust with powdered
alum.
One of the best remedies for tooth.
lche is the common compound tine,
ture of benzoin. If few drops are
placed on cotton and put in or around
The tooth the pain will be almost in
stantly stopped.
For laundry use kerosene is very ef-
fectual in whitening clothes. A hall
a teacupful in boiler of clothes will
produce q most satisfactory result.
Yet care must be exercised when using
this explosive material.
Where the hair is thinning the fol-
lowing is excellent: Mix equal quan.
titles of olive oil and spirit of rose.
mary with few drops of oil of nut.
meg. Rub into roots at night. Sim.
pie rosemary tea is also good.
Never pull off your gloves by the
inger tips, but by the wrists, turning
them thus inside out; let them air for
. few minutes before turning them
again, and do not roll them up into a
wad; let them lie at full length in the
glove box.
Linen crash, blue denim or ticking
Ire the best possible fabrics for cover
ing iron holders. Make them remov-
lble by basting one end together and
occasionally put them in the family
wash. Beeswax for smoothing sad
rons should be tied in a piece OF white
muslin to prevent waste.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30
RAISING POTATOES FROM SEED.

To produce strong, vigorous po-
tato with good eating and keeping
qualities, we musa select for its parents
varieties possessing these qualities
and by judicious crossing we may ex
pect, to some extent, to fix in the new
variety, some at least of the qualities
we decire to produce. The seed balls
should be gathered early in the fall,
laid in the sun few days, and then
squeezed out into water. The seeds
will soon rise to the top, when they
have to be skinned off and placed on
paper or cloth to dry. After drying
thoroughly in the sun, or warm, dry
room for about forty eight hours, the
seeds are to be put in paper bags to
keep until wanted.
Early in the spring they may b.
sown thinly in rows in q hot-bed, or
later in the open ground. When two
to three weeks old the seedlings have
to be pricked out singly into carefully
prepared hills, which should be about
two feet apart in rows three feet apart.
A small numbered stake has to be put
in each hill, and during the growing
season detailed notes should be taken
concerning the habit, strength, time
of ripening, yield and general appear
anna of ench plant, This record must
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1893-10-30

be continued each year for five years
before one can definitely ascertain the
real value of variety, as many of
those which appear promising at first
run out entirely, and sometimes those
which we were tempted to discard the
first few years may prove our very
best varieties. At digging time select
only few OF the largest and best
formed tubers of each kind, placing
them into carefully marked boxes,
each kind by itself, and in planting
use only the largest specimens for
seed. At the end of the fifth year, if
good culture has been given, probably
one or more varieties out of hundred
seedlings will be found that will pay
for ell the labor and care given them.
Yet it should be borne in mind that
little or nothing is gained in securing
new variety unless it is in some
points better than in any of the old
kinds. American Agriculturist.