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The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
DEATHS.

In this city, April 2, John II. B. Morrill,, aged
SO wears months % days.
Funeral this Friday afternoon at 3 O'Clock, at
his late residence. No. SO Oxford street. Burial
at Durham. Maine.
In this city, April 10, Almira B., widow of the
late John H. Horr, aged sc years.
Funeral saturday afternoon at 2 80 O'Clock.
from the residence of her son. L. f. Horr No.
IA Brattle street. Burial at convenience OF the
family.
III Cape Elizabeth, April IL, Jas. s. Sweetsir,
aged rs years months II days. slbE9
Funeral this Friday afternoon at Q o'clock.
from his late residence, Cape Elizabeth.
In Denmark, April b. Mrs. Nettie VIM, aged
81 years.
In Bath April s. Mrs. Mary A. Newman, aged
In Norway, March 81, Jas. H. Andrews, aged
: In Brownheld, March IS, Mrs. Lydia bennett.
Ii Bar Harbor, April 1, Benjamin Jordan, agsd
In Deer Isle, March 20, Frank Smith, aged
In Brooksville, March %, Mrs. Betsey B.
DoupIass aged S3 years.
In Randolph, April 3, Ethel Florence Strickly,
"s In North Haven, March 30, Charles Jewett.
aged 62 years.
rThe funeral of the late Grace M Plummer
will take place this Friday afternoon at O'Clock
from her late residence, No. 21O Oxford street.
GThe funeral OF the late Mary Elves will
take place Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock from
the rear of No. 76 Anderson street.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
AN UNFORTUNATE BEAST.

A Horse Walked Off the Peoples Ferry
longed to MIR. Henry Harford-The Act
Was Deliberate.
An unaccountable performance by a
horse owned by Mr.. Henry Hartford, of
South Portland, created considerable
excitement on Portland Pier yesterday
forenoon.
A bout O'Clock, during the severest
portion of the storm, Mr.. Hartford drove
down on to Portland Pier in light
express wagon drawn by horse of
average intelligence, and moderate
value. AT the waiting room of the
Peoples Ferry Co. Mr.. Hartford got out
of the wagon and went in for an errand.
While he was gone the horse started
toward the Ferry Slip. Mr.. Hartford,
learning that the horse had started, ran
out and followed, calling whoa" The
Eliza beth City was not In the slip, sand
the inclined roadway was the sure path
to destruction if the team should keep
on. This the animal did. At not
rapid pace he walked deliberately down
the incline and off the end of the slip.
There was great splash, and then in
less than a minute the water closed
over both horse and wagon.
A graphing iron was hurriedly OBJ
tanned, and after some efforts the iron
caught on portion of the team and
brought it 10 the surface.
In this situation, and after not little
trouble, the harness and wagon were
separate d from the body of the horse
and drawn out of the dock. 1t was inn
possible to drag out the body with the
appliances at hand. and it was allowed
to slide away into the water.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
HIS TOUGHEST TIME.
Capt. Trask Says the Storm was the Worst
He Ever Saw on the Coast.

Capt E. F. Trask of the schooner Me
lissa Trask, from Ponce, w. l., for this
city, with cargo of molasses, put into
Salem harbor yesterday morning. At
about dark Wednesday night the schoon-
er made Portland Light, but was beaten
out and at dawn yesterday sought shelter
in Salem harbor.
Capt. Trask reports that at about 10 a..
m. Wednesday, when north northeast of
Cape Cod and about 40 miles to sea, he
saw four masted schooner with foretop-
mast and jibboom gone. The vessel was
hove to under close reefed sail. He also
saw three-master IN company with the
other. Both were flying signals of dis
tress. Capt. Trask says it was the worst
storm he ever experienced on the coast.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
The Veteran Firemen,

The meeting was called to order by
Treasurer A. ]. Cummings, President
Fox being absent.
The following donations were received
A picture of Locust street before the fire
of 1866 showing the beautiful ellns that
were destroyed. The picture was given
by ]. B. Hudson, Jr. A peculiar fan,
made of life-size pasteboard portrait OF
Horace Greeley, with fringe of hair,
probably relic Of political vagaries,
was presented by John Fl. Russell. ". O.
Barney of Searsport, who has been 4C
years in the service, was elected an hon
orary member. The death of John Fl. B.
Morrill, was reported, and it was decided
that the Veteran Firemen will attend the
funeral today in body.
The adjournment was to next Wednes-
day evening.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
MARRIAGES..

In Deer Isle. March 2e. Timothy Robbins and
Miss Ellen Mathews
In Deer Isle. March 20 jeremiah j. Eaton
and Miss Addie r. Holland
Dyer Brook and Miss Josephine Robinson of
Houlton.
In Mars HILL April 8, Frank W. Shaw and
In Clinton 5io March "a, orrin P. Wheeler and
Miss Jennie L. Ross.
IN stacyvilie, March %, Edward Bragg ana
Miss Sarah ferris.
Mary E. Blood.
In Gardiner, March 81, Walter L. Weeks and
Miss Mabel A. GOweH
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
Col. Dow Denies.

Col. f. N. Dow authorizes denial OF
the statement going the rounds of the
press of the country to the effect that he
is or has been manager of, OF in any way
connected with the management or con-
duct of any hotel, or of any other bust
ness having anything whatever to dc
with the liquor business.
This denial is called out by the fact that
a seizure of liquor was made at the Du-
rant House the other day, said house be-
ing owned by Col. Dow.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
OWEN, MOORE & CO.
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Proposals for Blank Forms, Blank
Books and Stationery.

CITY CLERKS OEEICE, |
April 18th. 1894
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received at
April. A. D. 1894, at o'clock p. m., for sup
plying the stationery, blank books and all
printed forms and blanks OF every description
which will be required by both branches of the
CITY Council School Board and all officers of
the city for the current municipal year.
Persons bidding should understand that the
contract for printing 1o forms, ana blank BOOKS
And that the contract for stationery and sup
plies to another person, and separate bids
The right to reject any and all bids is reserved
by the CITY, v,x,rp
April 18th, 1884. april
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
Clark e. Chaplin Ice Co.

The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers af the Clark & Chaplin Ice Co. was
held at their Office in this city Monday
afternoon. The following officers were
elected:
Directors-Charles W. Morse, Jacob S.
Winslow. Wesley M. Oler, E. D. Haley,
c. B. Church, Eleazer W. Clark, James
T. Morse, Mervin W. Clark, D. w. Clark.
President-C. w. Morse.
Vice Presidential. w. Clark.
Secretary and TreasureI-Eleazer W.
Clark,
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
DR., BIanchard's Lecture,

Rev. DR.. Blanchard will deliver his
third sermon-lecture in Congress Square
church next Sunday morning. Subject;
1.-THE claim of the Roman Catholic
church to the Church UNIVERSAL All
persons interested are cordially invited
to attend.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
The sUeGthe, today
is lakelp to be
fair.

fair.
PORTLAND, April 18th, 1894
T~HE annual open.
Il ing display of
new things for
Spring begins in the dra-
peries room this morning.
We have made unusual
preparations for this
event, and never before
have we had so much at
Effectiveness to show,
never so much novelty in
fabric and originality in
treatment to offer.
Our buyers have been
careful to select only the
pick and choice Of the
foreign and home produc-
tons, and have taken
more than common pains
to have Il is new stock
embrace absolutely all
that is new and desirable.
The collection Of Lace
Curtains, Muslins and
thin fabrics TOR chamber
draperies is much more
varied than usual, and
there's a noticeable diff
ference in prices, Tin
JoasT fa0or.
We shall also show to-
day many new things in
furniture coverings, por-
there's and table covers;
exclusive patterns not to
be seen elsewhere.
The entire department
has been re-arranged with
special reference to the
showing of these new
goods, and we shall be
glad to have you come
while everything is fresh
and at its best.
Whether you are going
to spend any money for
redecorating the house
this season or not, your
visit here cannot fail to
be productive of IDEAS
valuable ones.
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
Young Ladies Mission Band.

The annual meeting of the Young
Ladies Mizpah Band of Williston
church occurs at the PASTORS residence
~ Pine st. this evening. Representatives
of different nations in appropriate cos
tunes will be one feature of a pleasing
programme,
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13
Wonderful Baking Powder,
the New Horsford's.

Never before have such results been obtained.
1t is the greatest improvement ever made in a
baking powder. Try it and notice how much
lighter the biscuit and cakes are than when
made of any other powder,
The Portland daily press., 1894-04-13

A Horse Walked Off the Peoples Ferry
Slip Yesterday Morning. Horse Be-
1onged to MIR. Henry Harford-The Act
Was Deliberate.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
-

The handle was of wood and about 6
feet long. After the execution of Brown
these pixies fell into the hands of truck
farmers, who used them to ''prize" out
their garlic in the gardens about Har-
per's Ferry. This was the Scripture al
most literally fulfilled, for they turned
their swords into plowshares and their
spears into pruning hooks.
In this collection, too, is the Siamese
twin hickory, two trees united at
height of IA feet by a common branch 10
feet long. 1t is a mystery to the scien-
list, as the two trees are of different
species, and men have come many hun
dreds of miles to see the curious thing.
A citizen told me that lit was once the
owners intention TO denote it to the
Smithsonian institution, but he given it
up"
Donate was the word, presume. he
was after. / soon found that this man
was more Of curiosity than anything
In the collection The way he abused
and i'll treated the English language
while | was there was shame. He
showed me anold pair of dueling pistols,
which he said We're the first genuine con-
cussion cap pistols ever made. He called
p corncrib lnifin house and spoke Of
the horses around there dying off with
disease that seemed to be academic
among them.
Yesterday in the midst of large mail
received the following letter. | print
1t only as a sample of scores like it re-
ceived every week and TO show what a
dangerous thing it is TO be well in
formed man:
DEAR SIR-As l know you to be q man well
posted In matters in the literary line, take
this liberty to write you. asking you to kindly
Dffer me few pointers TO be used in the discus
sion OF paper before our county association.
The paper is written upon Hamlet and fol-
lows this line:
The writer treats of ii first in connection
with The Prilogy' of Euripides. Dsnte's "Di-
vine Comedy" and Goethe's Faust" Next
Will be noted the three forces that underlie the
poem-viz. individual, epoch and race. He viii
also en.eavor Ia prove that Hamlet's death
was the result Of fate and oversensitiveness:
Ophelia's. the result of blind fate; the Queens.
o. weakness; the Kings, of guilt.
Any suggestions whatever that YOU NAV be
kind enough 10 offer viii be very gratefully
received.
Hoping that ! have not asked too much Of
your valuable time, l am yours very respect
fully. HIRAM GURLEY.
In answer TO this l must say that |
have al home a huge library of costly
books-historica books, reference books.
spelling books, bankbooks. etc.-but !
do not travel with them. Had l dream
ed that such letter would be received
en- route, would most assuredly have
brought III. library with NE, but here
am, able to remember only vaguely how
Euripides expressed himself, and the
hard times have driven ont of my head
the exact wording of Dante. Sometime;
am tempted TO exclain: "Go away witt
your questions te busy man. Get outf.
But my better nature asserts itself
again, and l bear with this as q good
man should.
Yes, hiram, you are right in your es-
innate of the three forces underlying the /
nneln-viz. individual. epoch and race.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

cense. Speaking of Barbara's flag and
'the order from Stonewall jackson to
haul it down, the poet says the old lady
stuck her head out at the window and
said:
"Pust if you must this olt, olt het,
But spare your country's flag" she said.
a look of shameness came the face GER
Eon dot Stonewall Shack.
who touches Won hair fon dot ole pail het
Dies like dog. Gone ahet,'' he said.
Barbara Frietchie was the direct de-
scendant of Hessian soldier, but very
loyal to the Union, as were number of
Maryland Hessian families who live in
the rich county about Frederick-in
fact, the second richest agricultural
county in the United States.
But Mrs. Queintrell was the heroine
Of the flag episode, as was proved re-
Gently on investigating the loyalty of
her son, who held government position
in Washington. Old Mrs. Queintrell had
a flag displayed, and when the Confed-
crates under General Jackson ordered
her to turn it down she refused and told
them they ought to be ashamed of them
selves. Thus another historic yarn is in
cured by the cold, clammy facts.
From William Tell down to Barbara
Frietchie one hero after another is al
lowed to perish historically in this age of
fconoclasm and things like that. A hero
has to have the documents these days, or
he must make an assignment.
Quite fine collection of historic things
is in the window of merchant here.
Among other things of interest is pike
used by John Brown to arm the negroes
of Harper's Ferry. Knowing that the
average slave had no knowledge of the
use of firearms, John had several hun
dred of these pixies made, with steel
heads shaped thus:
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27
FISHES BARBARA UP
NYE IN THE HISTORIC TOWN WHERE
SHE LIVED AND DIED.

He Secs Many Interesting Things, IncIud-
Ing J0hn Browns Pike-A Sample Let.
ter From q Man Who Seeks For Infor.
mation-An Entertaining Experience.
lCopyright, 1884, by Edgar w. Nye.I
FREDERICK, Md, Feb. IS.
This is the historic town where Bar
bara Frietchie lived and died. She was
b good old lady. and every one loved her.
but she did not, as matter of fact, have
any difficulty with Stonewall Jackson.
for General Jackson was not nearer than
q block away from Barbara's house in
going through Frederick, and so when
the poet wrote the following lines he
gave his poetic license wholesale privi-
leges, whereas it was only a retail IL
The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-02-27

we take it farmer fashion here says he,
and with that he cut out hinge of beef
steak for me, squirted the gravy into the
preachers ear and just missed stabbing
the carving knife into the hired girl as
she passed by. Hercorset saved her life.
''Oh, he was the very worst / ever saw.
What ever put it into his head to enter
tain people l don't know. He kept the
tenderloin himself and kicked at one Of
the children under the table with such
vigor that he missed the child and in
jured both his own leg and that Of the
table.
He was the man who found out tha,
a watermelon could be favored with
most anything while growing by intro
ducing the fluid flavor through the grow
ing stem, and then got out patent for
inoculating the melon with jamaica gin
ger to ward off the colo. He certainly
showed greater possibilities as clay
bank ass than most any man l ever saw.
Il never made his house my home after
that, although he wanted me to do so
and rather insisted on it. offering TO LET
me select from the little boys whichever
one | would rather sleep with"
Possibly am wrong in attributing the
above experience to Mr.. Harte. Maybe
it was Emerson who told me about it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-03
AFTER TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS.

a Bisam NOUS Kansas Farmer Found by the
Son Who Had Never Seen Him.
Abont twenty eight years aR,.
Stewart Strevil and his wife were
living on a farm in Bates County,
Missouri. says the St Louis Repub-
lie They we're very comfortably sit-
uated and he was great devotee Of
race horses. He owned two blooded
animals, but had not found them
profitable. One dav he concluded to
sell them and he left home In the
morning. taking them with him.
He never returned, and since then
ne and his wife have not known each
others whereabouts until few days
ago. when the son, by mere chance,
found his father. Mrs. Strevii could
not account for his disappearance.
Alter several days she received let
ter from sOLe unknown person in
Kansas City informing her that the
the body of man, who was doubt.
less her husband, had been found
murdered there and buried. She was
asked to accept his grave and care 70;
1t, which she consented to do This
was twenty eight years ago Mean
while the afflicted wife endured the
grief, which was assuaged only By
ttma Three months after MS. Sire.
, Wis disappear ance a son was born to
her and was named Noah. About
ten years later Mrs. Strevil was
married to James Bowling and sew.
eral years ago they moved to Bour.
,on County and located on farm.
The son, now q man % years OF
age with a wife and three children,
ew mp with them and Is still li-:c
win Lu~ IL. lE.i. u ..1 uay 5 ago be
has never heard that a man bearing
the same name as his lived In BOur.
bon County. Last Tu sday he de
ded to investigate the matter. He
called at StreviI's house during the
noon hour and was invited to par
ticipate In the meal At the table
young Strevil noticed the crippled
finger, as described by his mother.
The young man waited until dinneI
was over and then he invited the old
gentleman out into the shade OF the
house. whe he disclosed his sus
picionS. but when tee young mar
gave him the name bis mother bore
before marriage, as we'll as the name.
Of his brothers and sisters. the
gentleman broke down in tears and
confessed. The decrep old man was
assisted into the no Sc by his son and
the aged wife told of the recognition.
She was prostrated, but soon recov
cred and severely censured St evi
I for living a lie for twenty eight years
She Immediately packed up her be
longings and went to friends in Kan.
sas City. Mr. Strevil is living alone
on his IA m and is fearful of prosecu.
ton for bigamy, though it Is under.
stood that proceedings will not be
Instituted. The old gentleman de-
MES the authorship or knowledge OF
the letter written from Kansas CITY
whom he left his first wife. He he.
lieves that the secoud Mrs. Strevil
will return and live with him
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-03
Our Joyous Northern Neighbor.

The Frenchman of Canada remain.
essentially an Old World product.
Centuries of life in the New World
have not transformed his nature. His
transplanting has modified his man.
ners, given him new interests. sur
rounded him with new conditions, bat
in spirit he remains what his ancestors
we're when they came to New France
from Normandy in old France. He is
the Same cheerful, optimistic, pleas
ure-loving being that they were. In
many respects he is as simple as q
child in others he is Gs cunning and
as guileful as any small trader on the
earth. The French Canadian cannot
live in solitude; he must have society.
When his American neighbor in New
England has finished his work in the
fields or woods, and has done the
chores about the house and barns, he
gets himself into a brooding frame OF
mind, and reflects upon his mortgage
until the threatened return Of interest
day drives him to his dark bed room.
When evening comes to the Canadian,
he leaves his plow in the furrow and
greets the stars with a song that his
forefsthers who fought with Fontenac
brought over from the land that their
descendant still calls ''la belle France. {"
Their tired women are never too tired
to dance in the midst Of cares and
labors SO heavy and severe that their
like has driven hundreds of thousands
of the habitants into the United States.
The old custom of visiting, of great
feasts on the day set apart by the
Church to the saint who is the patron
of the parish, and on the family ami
versaries, are kept up as they are at
home. Here as there the race is the
atrical; the dramatic effects of cos
tune and of conduct are still dear to
the heart of this Frenceman who has
never seen France. and whose people
for generations were born in the SOM
bre forests of Canada, while he has
spent life of toll on the fields that
decline to yield a fruitful harvest to
his untutored and inadequate cultiva-
tion. By the light of blazing logs in
the humble cottage, he and his neigh
bors are happy and cheerful after q
manner and to q degree that would
seem to the grave New Englander
wicked levity and mad responsibility.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-03
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attes;
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of n perfect lax
ative; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fever,
and permanently curing constipation;
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man.
1factured by the California Fig Syrup
10. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs
and being we'll informed, you Will NOS
accent any substitute if offered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-03
Endurance 81 the Stormy petrel.

During recent trip across the A.
Iantic the passengers on one steamer
bad vivid illustration OF the endur-
tnce of the stormy petrol. Shortly af-
fer the ship had left the Irish coast
wo or three of these birds were sight
Sd at the ships stern. One had been
captured at some previous time, and
It's captor had tied o piece of red fan
bel round its neck and let it go. The
pit Of red made the bird very conspic-
nous, and it could easily be identified.
THAT bird, with others that could not
pc SO easily distinguished, followed the
ship right across the ocean. Rarely,
huring the daytime at least, was it out
Pf sight, and if for an hour or two it
was lost to view while feeding on the
refuse thrown overheard, it soon reap
peared, and the last seen of it was
within a few miles of Sandy Hook,
when it disappeared. When the fact
is considered that the ship, day and
night, went at an average speed of
nearly twenty miles An hours. the feat
performed by the daring traveller can
be appreciated.-New York News.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-10-03
Namine0s' Tongues.

The beastly Vitellius, Is Gbbon calla
him, spent at least six millions of money
on table in about as many months. h
invented, or his cook invented for him.
. dish which he designated THE Shield
of Minerva One of its principal in.
gradients was famingos' tongues. oi
which, may add, both Pliny and Mar.
tial speak in the encomiastie terms.
Dampier says that the damingos hav<
'tlarge tongues, and near the root IL q
piece Of fat which is accounted Q Rreat
dainty" When Captain Ovsn was sur.
veying the east coast Of Africa his sail
ors shot down hundreds Of these beau.
tiful birds, in order, with an sxtrav>,
gaace worthy of Vitellius, to make q
dish of the tongues alone.-All'ths
Year Round.