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The Portland daily press., 1894-06-14
Yale News.

New Haven, Conn.,, June 13.-Candidates
for the Yale Track Athletic Team, which
will go to England, will hold tournament
on Saturday to decide between the several
candidates of doubtful eligibility. The game
will take place at the Yale field. The Yale
Financial Union today voted to allow $500
to the team for the expenses of the trip.
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Corbett Settles.

Boston, June l3-Champion Jim Corbett
has changed his mind and paid the o5oC
verdict with costs which Joe Lannon re-
covered against him March "a in the SUI
perior court. The verdict was obtained on
account of the champions fl lure to appear
at Lannon's benefit in March, 1893.
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PEOPLES STEAM LAUNDRY,
LACE CURTAINS A SPECIALITY.

No necessity of sending to New
York. The Peoples Steam Laun-
dry, Nos. so and SO Free St., guar
antee as nice work ON Lace Cur
tains and all nice fabrics as are
done in any Laundry.
We refer with pleasure to our
many patrons in what manner our
work is done. Do not be deceived
by the idea, that skilled workmen
are not to be found i'm Portland.
THOMAS & JEWETT.
ju6 DIE
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AT PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia, 0 0 2 0-6
Pittsburg, 0 0 3 D ks
Base ts-Philadelphia, 10; Pittsburg, s..
Errors philadelphia, 4; Pittsburg, 8. Bat
teries-Carsey and Cross; Nicol and Mack.
AT BALTIMORE.
Baltimore, 0 1 20 all 90
Cleveland, 0 D 2 o.
Base hits-Baltimore, 10; Cleveland, 6. Err
rors-Baltimore, 0; Cleveland, 2. Batteries
-McMahon and Robinson; Clarkson and
thinner
National League Standing.
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The fishing schooner Alden Keene from
Portland reported ashore on Race Point Ia ct
night t1oated this morning, coming to PROV
incetown.
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r. O. BAILEY O co
haetioneers and Commission Merchants
salesroOm Is Exchange Street.
Y, o BAI1&R. C. WALLER
n1arI& dts

SEALED. proposals will be received at the
- Mayors office, City of Westhrook June
is, 1894, for the labor and material required
in the erection of an eight room brick
school house, according to plans and
chitect, 1876 Middle street, Portlad, Ne.
Plans and specifications may be seen at
the office of the architect. All bids must
be addressed to Building Committee,
City of Westbrook,' and must be made
upon blanks provided by the architect.
The committee reserve the right to re-
ject any or all bids. je2dtje18
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GEORG WHEREIN.

Teacher of the German Language,
will receive pupils during the summer vacation.
For referenc eS and terms address
my29 9S FEDERAL STREET aims
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LIBRARY
i. ATLAS J
=OF THE WORLD. :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Officially Approved and Adopted by the
Departments of the United States
Government.
Latest Revised Edition, Copyright, 1894.

This magnificent EDUCATIONAL Work
was published by subscription at
$4,000 per copy, at which price nearly
One Hundred Thousand Copies have
been sold.
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HERE is YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

The PRESS has made. arrangements
with the publisher of this Great
Work whereby it will be issued in
weekly parts. Each part will contain
from four to twelve Maps, aud ten to
sixteen pages of descriptive and sta
tistical matter. The double page
maps will open across two pages with
out break and measure 10 by 26
inches each. Each part comes in a
Handsome Portfolio Cover that will
hold and protect it until bound.
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THE POTTER-BRADLEY ATLAS

is printed from engraved copper plate
and colored by lithogaphic process in
the highest style of art. IL is the most
complete and authentic Atlas ever
published, and from an educational
standpoint cannot be equaled.
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National League Standing.
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MESSENGERS Notice.

ONCE of the Sheriff of Cumberland County.
state OF Maine, Cumberland, S. June eth.
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IOtaIs, ~ 81 z Y u q 10
Portland. asSs 40 0 o. la1s B o. 1--6
Brockton, sss7ysE0--0 q o. D. 0 o. o.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22

United States treasury officials at tie
agency in London. In 1871 the treasury
established an agency in that city for the
purpose of negotiating bonds. 1t was
located in the Rothschild bank. The
last business done through it, in 1881,
was the exchange of new 81 per cent.
bonds for other bonds which had al
ready become payable. They were sent
abroad in the manner already described,
and, after they had been disposed of, the
Office was closed.
On reaching Liverpool the treasury
messengers were met by man from the
agency in London. Together they took
the safes by rail to the metropolis, hiring
compartment of passenger car for the
purpose. If the steamer got in too late
to accomplish the journey to London and
get to the Rothschild bank before that
institution closed they would convey the
safes to the western hotel in Liverpool,
take them to a room, and remain with
them all night, taking turns at keeping
watch. On arriving in London the safes
we're carried to the bank and put into a
vault there.
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A GREAT TABLE.

Charles f. Adams of Bridgeport,
Conn, who is employed at general car
penter work by the Waterbury Brass
company. has just completed a table
containing 100000 pieces of wood. He
started in 1891 and has worked on it at
odd times. in all 1864 hours. 1t is a
yard square.
In the center of the revolving top is
picture of the White Houss at Washing
ton surrounded by the stars and stripes
Along the sides are shown Washipgton's
birth place in Virginia, his familiar
Mount Vernon home. the birthplace of
Grant in Ohio, and the house where he
attended school as boy. interviewer
with these are many quaint designs
The support consists Of two pieces of oak
placed together in the form of the letter
X. On these oak supports are sixteen
panels, on which are shown trees, birds,
and leaves. On the lower part are shown
the American eagle, with spread wings
and a cluster of arrows in its talons, a
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
ONE HUNDRED MILLIONS.

1t seems queer that Uncle Sam, at
peace with all the world. should have to
borrow s1000O0,OOO in a single year to
help pay running expenses. Such a sum
is beyond the power of the human mind
to grasp. One hundred million of dollars
in gold. just think of it! That am
cunt of the yellow metal weighs 200
tons.
Take S100,000,OO0 worth of gold $50
pieces and stack them up in one pile
like poker chips. Truly, they would
make pretty tall column. How tall do
you suppose? AS tall as the Washington
monument? That giant obelisk is $50
feet high. The stack of gold pieces
would be taller than that. The Eiffel
tower in Paris is the highest structure
in the world-1,000 feet. Yet this i'm
aginary pile of yellow coins would con-
siderably surpass it.
For comparison, then, one must look
around for some natural elevation-a
mountain, say, of small size. Vesuvius,
the volcano of Naples, is three-quarters
of mile high Yet the stack of gold
pieces is higher. But why not take a
mountain, for example Mount st. Elias,
which, until recently has been supposed
to be the tallest peak in North America?
Though towering to height of three
and quarter miles it is not 80 lofty as
the pile Of coins representing 100000,
600.
The highest mountain in South
America is the active volcano of Aeon
cagua, in Chill. 1t reaches an elevation
of four and a quarter miles. but it is not
so tall as the pile of coins. Look, then,
to Asia, where is found the Hottest sum-
NIT in the world-the sky kissing peak
of Mount Everest. in the Himalayas, five
and half miles above the sea- 1t is sur
passed by the stack of gold pieces. In
fact, the column of double-eagles would
be six miles high aud something over.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
HORTICULTURE.

Have better fruit and vegetable gar
den next year; it will add much 10 your
health, happiness and prosperity. In
planning and planting it give place to
everything which can be made of use
on the home table. Ifyou have nothing
but the commoner truck, add celery,
caulifower, asparagus, Strawberries, cur
rants aad gooseberries. and fill out the
list to your own notion.
There should be no "off years" for
healthy, mature, well cultivated fruit
trees of any kind. With peaches it is
not bad plan to save the vitality of
the tree by thinning away about half the
fruit, when full, at time when it is
about the size of walnut. There will
be just as many baskets full at the in
gathering. and the fruit will be much
finer.
The bush Lima bean is valuable ad-
dition to our gardens; bears we'll, and
can be planted closer than the tall Lima;
it needs no poles, and is less bother and
of less expense in cultivation. Plant
little earlier than the others, and they
will come about the time the old kinds
are gone. They stand drouth well, and
thrive through the hot summer.
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STOCK.

A man should be ashamed to keep a
stallion for the propagation of more
scrubs. In any event, it is folly to try
to make money with low quality of
stock. However we'll you feed, the re-.
turns will not be satisfactory.
1t will need good food and constant
care to enable any animal to reach its
inherited possibilities, no matter how
good it may be at the start. However
we'll it is cared for, feeding and groom
ing will not make prize winner out of
a scrub.
All animals need little grain ration,
whatever the purpose of feeding. There
will be saving in expense in this ration
if the ensilage corn is so planted and
cultivated that it will raise ears. Cut it
about time the ear is glazing.
ANY loss is hard to regain. 1t is cas-
Ter and saving of expense to prevent
waste than it is to repair it. Therefore,
commence feeding the animals early in
the fall, and prevent loss of flesh or di-
minished production.
The growers best profit is from well
fattened beef because the best profit is
in it for the butcher, and he will buy
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deer's head, stork, sparrow, and two
ROSTERS, Washington's Valley Forge
headquarters. the birthplace of Lincoln
in Kentucky, Ford's theater, where Lin
coin was shot, and the place near by
where he died; the birthplace of Column
bus at Genoa, cloister in Spain visited
by Columbus, the ship Constitution,
Libby prison, cluster of daisies, lilies,
a Scotch thistle, and twenty six varie-
ties of leaves, with ferns and fruits The
Masonic temple at Waterbury is given,
as are several private residences.
There is nothing in the nature Of dye,
paint or stain in the whole work. The
various effects are brought out solely by
the natural colors of the different woods,
of which there are seventy three varie-
ties in the table.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
MILK-TREES.

DIR. Spruce, the renowned South
American traveller, mentions a tree, a
member of the dog bane family, the
juice of which is used as milk On the
bark being wounded the milk flows
abundantly and is of the consistency of
cows milk, of the purest white and
sweet to the taste. The Indian mode of
taking it is to apply the mouth directly
to the wound and thus receive the milk
as it flows. DIR. Spruce says he has often
partaken of it without experiencing any
i'll effects.
In Guiana the natives employ the
milk from tree belonging to the same
family as the last named; in the vernacu.
lar it is known as hyahya, and to botan-
lists as Tabernamontana utilis ESQ
named after Jacobus Theodorus Taber-
n@montanus, German physician and
botanist) The milk has the same flavor
as sweet cows milk, but is rather sticky,
on account of it's containing some caout-
chouc.
In Para lofty tree. belonging to the
STAR apple family, attaining height of
one hundred feet. is used in similar
manner to the others mentioned. Incis-
ions are made in the bark, and the milky
juice flows out copiously about the con-
sistence of thick cream, and il it were
not for its taste. which is somewhat pc
culiar, could hardly be distinguished
from it, Chambers Journal
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
BIDDING FOR BIBLES.

A sale of Bibles was held in Boston
last week when thousand dollars was
paid for the Souldiers, pocket Bible,
16mo and consisting of sixteen pages,
and $500 for the first English Bible
printed. At the same sale Latin Vul.
gate Bible of the twelfth century, in
manuscript, sold for 500, another Latin
Bible, in manuscript, of the thirteenth
century, sold for the same price. A
manuscript on vellum, of the eighth cen
fury. containing the Gospel on 119 leaves,
in double column, brought $3.50. One
leaf of the Gutenberg Bible, supposed to
have been printed at Mentz, by Guten-
berg between the years 1850 and 1455,
sold for S95. Miles Coverdale's transla-
ton of the Bible, in black letter, with
illustrations by IL. S. Beham. the first
English Bible, printed in 1886, at Ant
werp, sold for $780, Philip Melancth.
on's Bible brought $500. The Souldier is
one of the only two copies in existence,
the other being the property of the
British Museum. They were printed in
1913, at London. A number of copies of
Eliot's Indian Bible sold at prices rang
ing from $40 to $3.50. A Saur Bible,
printed in German at Germantown, the
first to be printed in this country in a
European language, brought S75. The
Bible is cheap at any price, but it is a
matter for great thankfulness that
twenty copies of it can be bought for
the price of barrel of four.-Neao York
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22

friends arm, reached up timid lit
tie hand and touched her cheek.
"Sayp she whispered shyly," do
you think he's come yeti" "Who?"
asked her bewildered bed-fellow.
"Why, Santa Claus. I don't think /
can wait much longer to see-I don't
think can"
"Try and wait till mamma comes
with Tot. Lie down and I'll tell you
story" coaxed Miss Priscilla.
Luckily for the success of the story,
Mrs. Clark tapped at the door just
then, and with bound Marjory was
standing upright in bed, her eyes
fixed on the fireplace.
"Oh!" the child cried softly, "Ohl"
The next moment the little voice burst
out into the happiest ripple of song
without words or tune, but it seemed
as if any one would know it was
! Christmas carol.
81 declared said Miss Priscilla,
wiping her eyes on the pillow case,
81 declare, it makes me think of that
hymn, Break forth into joyv"
The chubby fingers were already
diving into their stockings, and I'M
tying puzzling knots, and each new
discovery was greeted by little ju-
bilee from the children and CRATE
full glance from their mother at Miss
Priscilla, who, somehow, seemed al
ways to be looking out of the window.
But Marjory found something that
puzzled her-a long black stocking
hanging over the back of chair.
"Why, it's big like yours, mamma
how funny And there isn't any
thing in it"
"Yeth, there ith, lisped Tot. "Tum
pin round and hard. O-o-oh, look,
mammal And the first ray of sun
light that struggled into the room
CLEANED on gOlQ piece IN LOU
hand.
Miss Priscilla had disappeared into
deep closet and was fumbling
round for something, which for some
reason could not be found; perhaps
because her nightcap had bobbed
down over her eyes. But the next
minute two arms were wound around
her and she heard a fearful voice
whisper: "You have been SO good, so
good to me, dear friendl | wish I
could thank you"
"There, there, child. Don't say
another word. I've been rich. sell
fish old creature, but [ am going to
reform. And we've all made such a
good beginning this morning that I
really think this is going to be the
first merry Christmas I ever had !
There, don't say another wordw
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CHRISTMAS CAROLS.
BY EBEN f. REXFoRD.

Listen; the bells in the steeples
In jubllant gladness ring
To welcome the coming of Christmas,
And the birthday of the King
Who was born in the lowy manger
Of Bethlehem, long ago,
When the song of the herald angels
Was sung to the world below.
Thou hast clad thyself in raiment
OF spotless white, o earth.
Like bride on her marriage morning,
To celebrate Christ's birth.
0, were our lives as spotless.
Our hands unstained with sin.
And the latch of each heart were lifted
To let the Christ-Child in!
Bring of thy pine and holly,
O earth, this Christmas day.
And wreathe in their green the altar
Wherein our gifts we lay;
Gifts of most grateful homage
Laid low at the feet of the King
Who leans from His throne to listen
To the sound of our worshiping.
Bring to the dear Lords altar
The souls white flowers to-day.
Let the rose of thy love shed incense
Sweet as the breath of May.
Let the lily of faith eternal
Lift its cups of myrrh to Him
Whose love is the star that leads us
Through ways that are dark or dim.
o, earth, send back to Heaven
The grand and the glorious strain
That startled the wondering shepherds
On far Judea's plain,
Glory to God in the highest
Sing it again and again.
On earth be peace, on earth be peace
Goodwill, goodwill to men.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22

The first penny was coined in 1893
in England. The first Saxon penny was
of silver. deeply indented with cross,
so that it could be broken in two or four
parts. Edward l. coined gold pennies.
In 1897 copper pennies were first used
in England, and bronze ones in 1860.
The United States coined copper pen
MES. copper cents and half cents in 1893,
in 1857 the nickle cent, and in 1865 the
bronze cent.
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
TRANSPORTATION OF BONDS.

H-as seems not unlikely-the treas
ury makes yet another issue of S50000,-
600 worth of bonds, some of them may
be sent across the ocean for sale in Eu-
dollars worth of such securities, both
coupon and registered, we're transmitted
to London for negotiation. They were
carried by trusted messengers. the sums
represented being often in negotiable
paper and amounting to gigantic for
tunes. Undoubtedly the same method
of transportation will be adopted in case
any fresh issue is to be disposed of in
Europe, says Washington correspond.
| ent of the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
An enterprise of this description is al
ways kept very secret by the govern
ment authorities, because it is not
deemed wise to invite attention to the
contemplated transportation of immense
values over land and water. The GUS
tom has always been to issue private or
deis to the men who are to act as mes
sengers. OF the latter there are usually
three or four. and it goes without saying
that they are picked out for exceptional
trustworthiness. Not the keenest nosed
newspaper man gets scent of the affair.
At night covered wagon is backed up
to side door of the treasury, and upon
| it are loaded small iron safes containing
the bonds. The messengers get into the
wagon with the safes. Each of them has
big revolver strapped to his waist. They
are driven to the railway station, where
they get aboard a mail car with the safes.
They sit on the safes all night en- route
to New York, with pistols ready in case
of an emergency. To hold up the train
would be likely to prove a serious bust
ness for any robbers who might attempt
such an enterprise. On reaching New
York the messengers are met by officials
from the subtreasury. The safes are
conveyed to the subtreasury, and are
kept there until the time arrives for the
sailing of the steamer on which they are
to go.
The safes are hauled to the steamer in
wagon, under the same guard, and are
put in the specie vault in the hold of the
ship. Every great passenger vessel now
! adays has a steel-clad strong room like
banks for carrying gold and other
valuables. Hundreds of millions of dol
lars in gold are shipped across the At
lantic to and fro every twelvemonth. The
bonds being locked up, the messengers
are relieved of care for the time being
that is to say, until the steamer reaches
| Queenstown. There the vault is opened
for the purpose of getting the mail,
which is kept in the strong room. The
messengers stand guard until the mail
has been taken out and the vault is
locked up again. They have no further
duties to perform until the ship arrives
at Liverpool.
From 1871 to 1881 many shipments of
bonds were made in this fashion, and
never penny was lost. Millions worth
Of negotiable securities might have been
stolen, but the theft could only have
been accomplished by three men con-
spring together. Each safe employed
for the purpose had always three locks.
Each of three messengers knew only the
combination for one lock. All three COM
binations were in possession of the
The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1894-12-22
THE STAR AND THE SONG.

There is star shines down the yeas.
And fills with loving light the earth;
Each Christmas morn that star appears
That shone upon our Saviour'S BIRTH
To-day we see its CLEANS affair
The guiding light of Bethlehem's star.
There is a song that ne'er is Stilled,
Though centuries since that blessed morn;
The song by Heavenly Father willed-
The angels song, when Christ was born.
To-day we hear the song again
OF peace on Earth, Good will to men,
George Birdseye.
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self could hardly have told.
The big New York boarding house
was almost deserted. All of the thirty
boarders had scattered for the holi-
days, except the invalid on the parlor
floor, the crusty German professor,
old Mr.. and Mrs. Brown, and the
pretty, poverty pinched young widow
on the fourth floor. Even the little
music-teacher was off for holiday
trip, and Miss Hopkins could hear
the chamber maid calling blithely to
the grocer boy, that "she'd be ready
oh, by seven o'clock, sure!"
Miss Hopkins pressed her wrinkled
cheek against the window pane, and
looked down into the dull, city street,
with it's patches of dirty snow. A
hard, bitter feeling crept into her
heart. There were SO many good
times and she mot in EN-" The
lodger on the fourth floor back was
leaning against the window-pane,
too, but her cheek was pink and
smooth, the room very tiny and cold,
and the view from the window limited
to row Of back yards. Perhaps her
heart was quite as heavy, for tear
splashed suddenly on the window
sill.
II don't see any other way" said
Mrs. Clark, looking at it meditatively.
II dread asking her-she is SO stiff
and silent, and we've hardly ex-
changed a dozen words. But my
babies sha'n't be disappointed if /
can help it, so cheer up, my dear
we'll have a merry Christmas yet~
and she nodded brightly at the tear
stained face in the mirror. Then
running down the long fight of
stairs, she knocked at Miss Hopkins
door.
"Come in," called Miss Priscilla,
turning with a surprised air, as the
door opened.
II came-I thought-that is, l
want to ask great favor, Miss Hop
kins," stammered her visitor. 81 have
promised my little girls that they
shall spend Christmas with me, and
that Santa Claus will visit them here;
but there is only room for baby in my
single bed; it is too cold for Marjory
to sleep on the floor and So" Mrs.
Clark faltered, but the elder woman
gave her no help and she finished
abruptly, with little tremble in her
voice.
Miss Hopkins watched her in
puzzled way, till her near-sighted
eyes caught the glimmer of tear
drop; then she pushed forward a
chair, saying, not unkindly:
"There, tell me about it. didn't
know you had any children"
She heard the simple story of the
brave little mothers struggle to
make a nest for her birds; and how,
at last, finding position in the city.
she had placed then in boarding
school where they would be well
cared for, and where she could visit
them every Sunday.
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MISS HOPKINS CHRISTMAS.

EAR ME! | wish it was
all over for another year,"
whispered Miss Priscilla
Hopkins to a sparrow on
the telephone wire. just
why she should wish the
merry Christmas day was
past, Miss Hopkins her