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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
In the Embrace of an Octopus.

only one who has over experienced the
embrace of an octopus can have any idea
of them" said l.. p Harkins. II was
bathing at one time off the Florida reefs
when suddenly felt something cold and
Shiny touch my leg and begin to encircle
it. The sensation was not that of pain,
but similar to that experienced when you
are falling under the influence of power
full opiate. Then q long arm reached up
and grabbed me by the shoulder. For the
first time realized my danger. | was but
short distance from the shore and with
in hailing distance of several friends. /
called to them for help and started to
make a desperate effort to pull the sea
monster out to the sands. I succeeded in
fighting off the arms that sought to en-
circle my body, but my lower limbs were
securely fastened. My friends responded
at once, or Itwould have lived but few
minutes longer, as my strength was near
ly gone. The water was not deep, and they
could see the octopus plainly A few
strokes of cutlass, and was free The
creature was captured and measured seven
feet from the center of his body to the end
of his longest tentacles. "-Cincinnati En-
Quirer
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
The Glare From the Rails.

A retired railroad engineer says II often
hear people enlarge upon the difficulties
of driving q locomotive in the dark or dur
ing a heavy rain; but, for my part, moth
ing ever gave me more anxiety than COD
tinuous sunshine. Color blindness is fre
quently nothing more than intense pain in
the eyes caused by watching objects which
reflect the light and upon which the sun
is shining. In a run of several hours the
glare from the rails which strikes the
eyes while watching for track obstruc
tions, and more particularly for rails
which have been forced out of line by the
heat, is very trying, and often when
have left the locomotive after such run
I have found the greatest comfort in rest
ing in room where Egyptian darkness
prevailed. A man is afraid to wear smoked
glasses lest he should be suspected of color
blindness and lose his position. But some
protection of this kind would greatly pro
long the career of many an engineer ard
fireman '--ssSt. Lou;s Globe Democrat
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
SOME SECRET INKS.
Letters That Appear Invisible Until They
Arc Exposed to Heat.


Letters written with solution of gold,
silver, copper, tin or mercury dissolved
in aqua FORTS, or, simpler still, of iron or
lead in vinegar, with water added until
the liquor does not stain white paper,
will remain invisible for two or three
months if kept shut up in the dark, but
on exposure for some hours to the open
air will gradually acquire color or will do
SO instantly on being held before the fire.
Each of these solutions gives it's own
peculiar color to the writing-gold deep
violet; silver, slate; lead and copper,
brown, but all possess this common disad-
vantage-that in time they eat away the
paper, leaving the letters in the form of
perforations. There are vast number of
other solutions that become visible on ex
posture to heat or on having a heated iron
passed over them, the explanation being
that the matter is readily burned to sort
of CHARCOAL simplest among which we
may mention lemon juice or milk, but the
one that produces the best result is made
by dissolving a seruple of sal ammoniac in
two ounces of water.
Writing with rice Water, to be rendered
visible by tho application of iodine, was
practiced successfully in the correspond
ence with Jelalabad in the first Afghan
war. The letter was concealed in quill
On opening it a small paper was unfold
ed, on which appeared the single word
iodine" The magic liquid was applied,
and Herewith appeared an important dis
patch from Sir Robert Sale. Chambers
TO1lr,,aI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Pownal.

Mr.. Charles H. Hodsdon is at present
very busy shipping stone. He has about
completed quite an order for the Pei
epscot Mill at Brunswick and has anoth-
er order from firm at Rumford Falls
for whom he has done several previous
jobs.
Hodsdon and Son"aare reliable men to
deal with and the excellent quality Of
their granite is also desirable feature
in securing their work.
Mr.. D. c. True andfy wife, Mr.. Ernest
True and wife and Mr.. Norman True
and wife all of Portland, passed Sunday
at Mr.. Benjamin True's. Mr.. True still
remains in feeble health.
Mr. Ansel Merrill and wife from HYDE
Park, Mass, are at Capt. John MerrilPs
also Miss Merrill daughter of Leander
Merrill a former resident of our town
but at present from East Sagenaw, Mich.
Mrs. c. H. Pettengill and son, Mr.. Harry
Pettingill, of New York city, were last
week in town, the guests of Mrs. Flora
Sweetsir, and she is this week entertain
ing Mrs. Fredrica Waite and Miss LoIlie
Crane from Metuchen, New Jersey.
Mrs. Lizzie Kellogg, from Salem, Mass.
is now with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Benjamin Porter,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
CHINA'S GREAT STATESMAN.
III Hung Chang, His Palace, His Army
and His Inquisitiveness.

He Begins an Interview by Asking Fifty
Questions-A Phenomenal Scholar-Only
Man Able to Cope With Japan.
The war between Japan and China
brings out once more, and most promi-
nently, the figure of Lii "A ng Chang, the
Viceroy of China and the greatest states
man of Asia, writes A. B. De Guerville.
late Worlds Fair Commissioner to China
in the New York Herald. General Grant,
after travelling around the world, said
that he had met but four great states
men-Bismarck in Germany, Gam beta in
France, King Leopold 1. in Belgium,
and Lii Hung Chang in China The
influence of this last in the political
affairs of Asia has been immense during
the last twenty years. In spite of what
has been said and written against him
it cannot be doubted that he is the most
liberal and progressive man of Oh ina
the only one having ) friendly feelings
toward foreigners, the only one really
anxious to see civilization entering
China and to see his country follow the
remainder of the world in the way of
progress.
Without him the Chinese would not
have one modern man-of-war or even a
single gun. Itswas he who was COM
mander-in-chief of the imperial forces
during the great TAPPING rebellion,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08


and foreigners in general are very igno-
rant OF Chinese affairs, and most of them
think your forts are built of bum boo and
your navy composed of junks Is your
Excellency anxious TO have warp
Why, no.
well, Isl Wis pacem para bellum-
why not take the opportunity of our
great Exposition to show to the world
what Ch:na's defence is? Why not ex.
hibit there in a Chinese palace, models
OF your men-of-war, photographs of
your forts, etc.? 1t will be an object
lesson to show people what China is and
has.n
The Viceroy agreed that the idea was
good. He sent for champagne, cakes
and refreshments of every kind, and for
Two hours more inquired with the great
est interest about his Exposition what
other countries would do, etc. He was
really one of the most charming men
had ever met and kept us very late
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
The Song of sunday Democrats.

IS. ". P" of Bangor, contributes the
following poem to the Boston Advertiser.
1T was probably written for the edifica-
ton of some of the Democratic lumber
dealers on the Penobscot:
Ali fredome is a nobilI thingn
AS well the poet sang of old;
And trade should be as free as air;
This is the principle / hold.
By name, and by conviction free,
A stanch free trader will l be
But-kindly Congress-iust FOR NE,
Protect MY little industries.
IT freedom is a noble thing,
Exceptions prove the rule, they say.
10 prove so good rule, will
The part of an exception play.
Free trade, free trade, for each and al
Who live upon the earthly balli-
Yet-kindly Congress-just for ME,
Protect my little industries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08

which cost China 100000 lives, and
which resulted in the overthrow of the
rebels. 1t was he who settled the diff
culties with Russia in 1881, and it is he
who, is called in to advise the Emperor
when any crisis takes place in the affairs
of the nation. 1t was he who intro
duced the telegraph into China about ten
years ago, and it is he who is now doing
all in his power to have China adopt
railroads and develop it's natural re-
sources.
!. In China Office comes, in the first place
from scholarship, and Ii Hung Chang
il one of the most noted scholars of
China. lie has passed three public ex-
aminations, which means having been
three times one of 200 of the successful
out of 1,500 competitors, and at the
last one he received the highest degree
He is fellow OF the sHamlin College,
the most learned body of China, and he
is such an important man in the Chin
ese government that when he wished to
retire from Office to mourn on account of
the death of his mother. the Empress
refused to give him more than one hun
dred days for grief. She then recalled
him to his post on the ground that he
old man, over seventy years of age, and
yet he is still, as years go, the most
prominent figure in China, the master of
everything there, and much more an
emperor than the young man who lives
IN Pekip and is called the Son of Heav-
en-, but is nothing more than a mere
figure. LII Hung Chang is not only the
vlceroy, but also the president of the
Grand Council of the empire the chief
of the armies and the grand admiral of
the fleets, without mentioning his twenty
other titles.
Ii HUNG CHANG vENERATED
GRANT.
The Viceroy has kept souvenirs of his
meetings with General Grant, whom he
considered one of the worlds great men.
He has in his parlor magnificent paint
ing of the General, and always speaks of
him in terms of the greatest admiration.
He thinks great deal less ofsex-Presi
dent Harrison, whom he said was the
worst President the United States ever
had, a man whom all Chinese ought to
hate. He does not live in Pekin. but
has his palacessin Tien-Tsin (ninety mi es
from the capital), where he is surround
ed by his armies, and has his fleet near
at hand.
A man cannot possibly rise SO high
as has Lii Hung Chang without making
a great many enemies, especially when
that man is the champion OF progress
in a country where the great majority of
civilization. All the viceroys of the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
Geld h i',-upers' Teeth Not Wasted.
Nothing is useless nowadays-not eve
a defunct pauper. Hood plaintive vail


a defunct pauper. Hoods plaintive vail
Rattle his bones
Over the stones.
He's only pauper
Whom nobody owns
is now out of date. The guardians know
better than to act SO recklessly, for often
the party concerned is the possessor of a
set of artificial teeth which contain a
good deal of gold-last relic of more pros
porous tilncs-and in the interest of the
ratepayefs the precious metal must be Sc
cured and turned into e S. d. Often, too,
they are the owners of rings or tiny trim
kets not pawnable, but still containing as
much auriferous value as not few mod
ern gold mines These have to be collect
ed ana glso converted into cash by means
OF inc melting pot. In the Holborn I'M
Ion the melting process takes place once
year and has just been accomplished for
the present season. The jewelry dealt
with is what IS found on paupers who die
triendless and acclaimed in it's various
establishments. %ilis week rings, chains,
brooches and trinkets have been melted
down and produced a bar of gold estimat-
ed as IL carat and worth about $40. A
good proportion of it was got from the
plates of artificial teeth. Mr.. Walton said
that on one set of artificial teeth there was
at least "a worth of gold. The proceeds
are paid into the common exchequer of
the union.-London Telegraph
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
The Hands.

lii the majority of persons the right
hand is more sensitive to touch and less
sensitive to temperature than the left. If
the two hands be dipped in two basins of
water at the same temperature, the left
hand will feel the greater sensation of
warmth. 1t Mill Go this even when Their
momotcrs show that the water in the left
basin is really somewhat colder than that
in the right. These effects are no doubt
owing to the fact that more constant use
has tendency to make the skin of the
right hand thicker than that of the left
They are, Of course, reversed in the case Of
left handed persons.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-08
A TEACHERS CAMPMEETING
For the benefit of the Teachers of Western
Maine. will be held at
Fryeburg Chaaltauaua Grounds.


Fryeburg Cha tauqua Grounds,
Beginning Monday Eve., August 18th, and
closing Saturday noon, August IS, 1894,
for which the following is the
General Programme:
DAILY.
L. Pedagogics and School Management, Hon.
N. A. Luce, State Superintendent.
ii. Advanced Reading, Geography Arith-
metic and History, Supt. W. W. Stetson. Au-
burn.
Ill. Primary Didacties. Reading, Numbers
and Elementary Science, Miss Julia W. Swift.
Pennington Normal School,
". Music Teaching for Public Schools. Prof
Fred E. Chapman. Cambridge, Mass.
V. Physical Training, Ling system. Miss
Jennie M. Colby, Gorham Normal School,
vi. Drawing for Public Schools. Miss
Katharine Halliday. Calais High School
EVENING,
Observation-Disclosures
TUEsDAY-School Incentives, Round Table,
Talks.
WEDNEsDAY-Query Box.
Observation-Disclosures
FRIDAY-Sociable.
b. b ,AR [s0, in room. s1.oo per day;
single meals, breakfast or supper. 35 cents
dinner so cents; lodgings per week, $3.50
cottages may be had for self boarding at reason
able rates. Apply by letter to MISS HATTIE
ABBOTT, Fryeburg, Maine Reduced Rates
Oh haAroauS jly26eod2w
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12


James X. Cowden died suddenly last
night at the residence OF s. X. Bowes,
where he had been rooming. His death
While sudden was not altogether unex-
pccted, as he had been failing in health
for some time. He retired at the usual
hour, and evidently passed away while
asleep. Not hearing him come down
stairs this morning, Mr.. Doves went to
his room about 1880 to see if he was
there, when lie discovered him lying in
bed as though asleep. An examination
showed that he must have been dead
eight or ten hours. The body was taken
in charge by the &. A. r.. post of this
city. of which he was Il member, under
whose auspices the funeral will be con-
Quoted, and is now lying in Beardsley
Bros. undertaking rooms. The hour for
the funeral has been set for one O'Clock,
Saturday. He has onebfother in Taco
ma, Rev. W. +. Cowden, minister OF
the Christian denomination, who will ar
rive in the city on tomorrow afternoon.
Another brother, b. $. Cowden, lives
in Mercer county, Pa, whose son Harry
is resident of this city.
Deceased was y native OF Kentucky, but
WAS reared in the border counties OF
Ohio and Pennsylva ia, and was about
fifty years OF age. He enlisted in Com
pany ID OF the l34th Pennsylvania infan-
try in June, 1862, as Il private, and was
mustered out as first lieutenant Of Com
pany Il, 18th Pennsylvania volunteers,
in November, 1865, having served three
years and four months. After the war
he began the study Of law, and after adj
mission to the bar he practiced fourteen
years at wheeling, West Virginia, rcmov-
ing from there to Aberdeen about six
years ago. He was reticent in regard to
himself almost to an extreme, but was
nevertheless of Il genial nature, and had
a host of friends. He had naturally a
keen, bright mind, and was an able ex-
ponent OF the common law, in fact the
best informed in that particular of any at
the bar OF this county. About three
months ago he took manly and courag-
eous stand against the curse which too
often wrecks the brightest men, but it
was too late, and the weakness of the
body denied him many years of future
usefulness.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
Voluntarily Assigned.

While Aberdeen has, rs other cities
throughout the country, been consider
ably oppressed in consequence of the
almost unprecedented business depres-
sion OF the past two years, and at present,
all OF her merchants have, until Monday,
been able to withstand the burdens caused
by the hard times. The first to succunb
to the effects of stagnant business is l. w.
Emery, dealer in groceries, who together
with his wife, have made an assignment
to J. ID. Moorhead OF all their real and
personal property for the benefit OF their
creditors. Mr.. Emery has made a manly,
conscientious and honest effort to meet
all obligations, and rather than Cypress
those whom he had favored and was de-
pending on for financial help, he conclud-
ed to take this step that all his creditors
might share alike, hoping thereby that
none will sustain any great loss In his
misfortune Mr.. Emery vii! have the
heartfelt sympathy of his many friends.
His liabilities are $1,000, with assets esti-
mated at $l2 900.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
Hill Wins Again.

NJ. i. Hill, our champion bicyclist,
returned from his trip to British Column
bia and the Sound cities OH Monday. He
won half mile race in Seattle on the 4th
and was second in two one-mlle races, in
in all OF which Hewitt, the champion OF
Oregon, was competitor. The tie be-
tween Hill and Deming, OF British Column
bia, was not run off in Tacoma on the 9TH,
as the Britisher failed to put in an appear
ance, but in the races that took place on
that day Hill won fresh laurels in races
in which bicyclists of national reputation
took part.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
THE STRIKE IS OFF!
LEADERS PETITION PULLMAN
EMPLOYEES
To Ask Debs to Call off the Strike.
and They have Consent
ed to Do So.

CiHcAGo, July II, 4 80 p. m.-The EN-
plovcs of the Pullman Car Company have
been asked by the strike leaders to ap-
peal to President Debs, of the American
Railway Union, to call off the boycott,
on the ground that the damage to the
country is TOO great, and they have con-
scented to do so, thus ending the tie-up
OF the railroads.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
All Free.

Those who have used DR.. Kings New
Discovery know its value, and those who
have not now have the opportunity to try
it Free. Call on the advertised Druggist
and get Trial Bottle Free. Send your
name and address to II. +. Bucklen &
Co., Chicago, and get box OF DIR. Kings
New Life Pills Free, as we'll as a copy Of
Guide to Health and Household Instruct
or, Free. All of which is guaranteed to
do you good and cost you nothing.
Evans & Schroders Drugstore.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
Dissolution of CO. ip.

The partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned, under the firm
name OF Toklas & Kaufman, at Aberdeen
state OF Washington, is hereby dissolved
by mutual consent. Mr.. Nathan Ii.
Kaufman, senior, our successor, will col.
lect all outstanding accounts and assume
all liabilities contracted by us for and on
behalf OF the business at Aberdeen,
Washington.
r. ToKLAs,
G. KAUFMAN.
Date first publication, July y, 1894.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
The Railroad.

Preparations are quietly making for
building the railroad into Aberdeen, as
mentioned last week. Not a man but
what has expressed his willingness to do
his part. Through error we stated that
Samuel Benn was one OF the three who
purchased the rails, instead OF VIM. F..
Book, who also offers to board hundred
men while building the road; Alex. Pol
son generously offers to donate half OF the
ties. In view of these favorable condi-
tons the citizens OF Aberdeen ought to
make quick work Of building the road.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12
bF NJ EN'i'l0N.

vs. cheap at Wi"d'r'%'
|. Graham was in town today.
ri summer wear is going at
i,es At FISHERS.
= vent to Tacoma, Tuesday,
80 federal grand juror.
~ returned on Tuesday from
Tip to Seattle and Tacoma.
,,;e Pratsch returned Monday
/ Of several weeks to her sister
Ongca.
,.its Of this city picnicked in
roar the mouth of Elliott's
sterday.
Warner, who came over from
10 spend the Fourth in Aber-
rned Monday.
adue returned from San
Friday, having made the
on the schooner San Buena-
ast reports are to the effect that
. have not as yet gone Oh a
bich is consoling information to
knts Of Grays Harbor.
B. Douglas, formerly of this
now Of Ardmore, /. T., where
Ilas is in business, returned last
d is visiting her relatives at
lie.
Hamilton has been given per-
~ the county commissioners to
d maintain Il telephone line
Ocosta and Westport via. the
county road and bridge.
lian string orchestra, which has
for the past three weeks, left
for Montesano, where they fur
husic for a dance last night, 60
There to Astoria via Seattle.
leamer Point Iona left San
b on the 10th for Grays harbor,
schooner Charles II. Wilson is
10y here, both having cargoes
Ill relieve the threatened famine
provisions.
Episcopalians OF Aberdeen will
lblic reception to Rev. and Mrs.
|oney at the chapel on Wishkah
riday evening, at s o'clock. All
ted to go and meet the genial
d his wife.
bread daily at Aberdeen Bakery.
'es for % cents.
Gavin, for a number Of years
zee OF the HERALD Office, and
vn here, but lately of Spokane,
l the city on Friday, and is now
improvements on his claim in
p, range 9.
Irosbie was among those from
/ who went to Montesano yester-
tness the slaughter OF the Mon
II club by the Stanford Univer'
!; but they were disappointed, as
'ords failed to appear.
Mon Christian Endeavor society
Il concert in the Congregations
next Wednesday evening, July
nencing at $50 O'Clock. The
will consist OF solos, duets, reci-
nd readings. Admission, 10c.
Charlies-Pratsch, Koehler and
of the Aberdeen Rod and Gun
mt to Montcsano, yesterday, tc
tn members OF that city's gun
witness the Stanford. MontesanC
(which didn't take place, az
d.
eat Northern railway has been
! rich harvest during the great
being the only transcontinental
affected. Trains have been
regular between Seattle and st.
/ OH branch lines, doing an i'm
lsiness.
is OF learning latest develop
the strike, the business men o.
| subscribed a sufficient amount
OH Monday and received the
ciated Press reports Of Sunday
lday, which were posted on 8
board near the telegraph office
il from east OF st. Paul has ar
ICE Wednesday, July 4, on &C
the railroad tie-up. st. Pau
mails Tor points between that
Tacoma are being carried by the
'rthern. Mails between Puget
ID California are being carried
ers.
the brush and woods near st
hospital, Tuesday afternoon
such proportions that it wal
e hospital would be destroyed
I Of fire was sounded, to which
zen promptly responded, and ir
nutes had u line OF hose from tho
near Postmaster Stevens house
lospital, but as there was little
Awarded
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12

FISHER is making run on light sum-
MGR wear; now is the tina to secure Il
bargain.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-07-12

Real faith never grows weak by having
to wait. Sufferers taking Hoods sarsa-
parila for chronic complaints should be
patient and the result will be satisfactory.
Hoods Cures.
Hoods Pill's act easily, yet promptly
and efficiently, on the liver and bowels.
Price, 25c.