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The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
Captured a Crook:

Lewiston, July Estate Detective Fred L.
Odlin of Lewiston, returned from Bar
Harbor on Monday night. He and Detec-
tive Ira M. True were called down there to
hunt up burglar who climbed into tn
second story of summer cottage and car
ried off $4,000, leaving twenty thousand dol
lars worth of jeweIry and other goods in the
room. 1t was a very peculiar case, but in
just three hours after reaching Bar Harbor
the detectives lodged the crime at the door
of people in the same house. There will be
no prosecution of the case.
Going down to the famous summer resort,
Odlin recognized a Boston confidence man
on board, and entered into conversation
with him. Odlin spoke of starting game
at Bar Harbor, and the confidence man
told him where to go to make arrangements
about it. He also disclosed to Odlin several
schemes of his own for committing crime
Bar Harbor. When they landed the conf
dence man was very much surprised.to find
in this little state men who could play as
slick game as he. Odlin and True walked
him up to the station and turned him over
to the police
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

An interesting book might be written
on 'tstreet men, I" or 'fakirs, . as they are
called. DIR. Flagg Of Baltimore was prob
ably the pioneer in the business. For 30
years he sold patent medicines from the
side of q buggy, with negro band of play
ers as the attraction to draw crowd He
retired twice, with fortunes of $500, 600
each time John Stinson was one of the
old timers His specially was the sale Of
glass cutters, and when he died he left
$75, 600. Tom Wood was another He sold
razor strops, dentifrice and soap for tax
Ing out stains. This he used to describe
as being useful in taking stains from
your coat, stains from your vests and
stains from your character If you should
get shipwrecked, gentlemen, this soap will
wash you ashore" Charles w. Thompson
of New York has sold goods on street cor
ners in every city of more than 80, 600 in
habitants in the United States, and has
travelled through England, Germany and
France, disposing of wonderful razor
strop, which he warranted to put fine
cutting edge on a hoe. New York Mail
and Express
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
A Big House.

The unappreciated tragedian was tell
ing his experience to bohemian group in
the office Ct a second class hotel, largely
patroniaed by the lesser lights of the thea
trical world.
"I've seen many an amusing thing,
lads, he remarked as he brushed his Ma
poleonio curl back from his brow, 'sbut it
remained for a youth in kentucky one
night stand to mako the greatest hit with
me. l know it's bad luck to peep out
through the curtain before performance
begins, but felt SO anxious regarding the
receipts that I flung superstition to the
winds and took q peep. Ii was time for
the curtain to go up, and when l saw
about dozen people in the house l was
not only Disguised, but angry. Come
hither, boy said to the youth who Off
oiated as property man, scene shifter and
general factotu1n about tho opera house.
Look me square in the eye, my boy, and
tell me true, said I, If you ever did have
big house in this God forsaken village,
Did your Well, 1 thought I'd drop dead
when I heard his reply:
"'Oh, yes, indeed, said he, We used
ter have q three story brick on tho john
son corner, hut it burned down last win,
ter. Chicago Dispatch.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
Dean stanley and the Comedian.

When Minnie Palmers company was
playing at the old Park theater, once the
Arch Street Opera House, Philadelphia, in
the season of 1879-9o, the comedian of the
company was stopping at the Continental
hotel, where the famous English church
man, the late Dean Stanley, who was then
making his first visit to the country, was
also sojourning at the same time,
Now, the dean and the actor, who played
the first old man in the Palmer company,
were about the same age and bore strik-
ing resemblance to each other in point of
figure. 1t CHANGED one day that as Dean
Stanley was going up stairs the comedian
of the Palmer company started to go up
behind him, and installing him for his
friend and associate, the first old man,
playfully gave the dean sharp thrust
with his thumb, Poor Stanley believing
with rage and anger, turned hastily around
to discover the author of his anguish and
beheld the comedian, who was over
whelmed with modification and regret to
find that he had taken such a liberty with
one of the heads of tho English church.
Sir" exclaimed the comedian, II beg
your pardon. / did not know who you
We're Pray pardon me, I would never
have taken such an understandable liberty
had not mistaken you for one of our COM
pany.''
The dean reversed the precedent of Ham
let's fathers ghost and regarded him
more in anger than in sorrow for a mo-
ment and then said in his most dignifiod
and stately manner: lone of your COM
pany? Young man, what kind of company
do you keep? Francis Wilson in New
York Herald
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
AGED EGGS.
HosT Hen Fruit Is Preserved by Means of
tho Cold Storage System.

tho Cold Storage System.
Take it along in December, and Cholly,
after spending IN evening with his charm
ing friend Of Newbury street, desires an
eggnog as he wanders down Washington
street about neon the next day. He goes
into big hotel, steps before the bar, and
glass OF the foaming, topaz hued bever-
age is handed to him.
That's good, he admiringly remarks
to the bartender. Il say, those eggs are
deuced fresh They must have been laid
yesterday"
They WERE, is the answer. I'VE get
them from the country every morning, and
no egg Is over three days old. ;"
Cholly is satisfied, and the bartender
smiles. The young man hands out quar-
ter and murmurs, Keep the change"
But the fresh egg the youth relshed SO
much was more than three days old-about
60 times g. Six months before the frosty
morning on which Cholly had his nog
and felt pleased, a quiet, reserved hen with
modest plumage had proudly proclaimed
to the world on q big western farm that
she had done what every honest, self re-
specting hen aspires to do, and then she
clucked around the yard and got ready to
do the same thing again the next day.
1t was in the springtime, and on the
evening of the day ON which Cholly's egg
rested on the wisp Of straw In the little
square box in tho henhouse an unfeeling
monster with two long legs stole into the
hens boudoir, and without great ado push
ed the fowl from her couch and stole the
egg. Then he put it in q box, in small
pasteboard compartment, and two days
later sent it, with 90 dozen and II Others,
to shippers establishment, from which
place it was railroaded to Boston.
Once in this city, the box was looked
over, and if the contents were in good con
dition it was carried to brick building
down on Commercial street, and there,
with the temperature at just about freez-
ing point, it was packed away to wait un-
til it should be needed in the following
fall From there it went to the eggnog
Fifty years ago, if you had suggested to
a thrifty New England housewife that she
take six months old egg and flip into a
furry omelet, she would have wondered
II the country dir had made you. crazy.
The idea of such @ thing would force UNI
pleasant visions on her mind. Eggs week
old, she might tell you, had seriously af
fected her, and, as for six months, why, SO
great an age would fit them only for use
in connection with unpopular stage per-
formers, or for boys who wish to express
their feeling of enmity toward strict POI
icemen and constables or too earnest col
lege professors.
But times have changed. Six months
old eggs now grace the tables of the high
est in the land, furnish food for the rich
and poor and provide bracing drinks for
the numerous Chollys who sometimes re-
main outlater than they should on certain
nights.
Six months old-science has got to that
point from a week old Now efforts are
being made to the end that eggs may be
kept from the time boy comes into the
world until it is made into an omelet the
day he deposits his first ballot.-Boston
Herald
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
THE WALKING DELEGATES
stirs Up Strike Among the Woburn Street
Railway Employees.

Wobura, Mass, July 3.-sinoe 7.15
p. NJ, not a car has been running, con-
duetors, drivers, stahlemen, watchmen
and hlacksmiths, all having voluntarily
retired from labor. The cause of the
strike is the refusal of the officials of
the road to accede to the demands of the
men for an increase OF wages and a
contract to run year. The conductors
and drivers have been working a full
day of ten hours for $1.75, and want SO
day. The blacksmiths want 50. 25 in
stead of 200. The watchmen ask for
Sl2 a week instead of $40 and the sta
blemen the same. They also ask that
nine hours, or nine and a fraction,
shall count a full day, and four, or
four and fraction. half day.
A contract covering these de-
mands and some others sof minor
Importance was submitted to the presi-
dent and directors, but they refused to
consider it. The men belong to the
American Federation of Labor and an
agent of the Federation had the matter
IN charge The strike affects about
thirty-five men The strikers put on a
barge and through the Fourth they
intend to run the barges in charge of the
striking conductors and drivers.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
Tea,

Tea is at its best when brewec at table.
But we realize the fact, since ODE attention
has been called to it, that the first cup
poured off the dregs is always weaker than
those that follow. In England, it is said,
the pouring Of the tea is SC well under
stood that an experienced hostess waits till
all the cups of the company are returned
to her before she fills any second time.
To have the several cups Of equal strength
she pours little into each cup and then
goes back. inverting the order as she fills
them. In this way all share alike.-Pitts-
burg Dispatch.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
A Love Test.

This tale is told in the orient: A lady
one day found a man following her, and
she asked him why he did so. His reply
was, you are very beautiful, and I am
in love with You. - ooh, you think me
beautiful, do you? There is my sister:.over
there. You will find her much more beau
tiful than 7 am. Go and make love to
her," On hearing this the man went to
see the sister, but found she was very
ugly, 50 he came back in an angry mood
and asked the lady why she had told him
a falsehood. She then answered, s'Why
did you tell me a falsehood?" The man
was surprised at this accusation and asked
when he had done SO. Her answer was:
"You said you loved me. If that had
been true, you would not have gone to
make love to another woman, ''-San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
A New YACHT.

Nathan Clifford arrived Monday noon
with his new yacht which he has just pur-
chased in Boston. She is keel sloop yacht
81 feet over all fast and able and is very
well found. She is painted white, carries a
full suit of tracing, sails, and if entered in
the races would make stir. The party got
becalmed off Cape Porpoise Sunday night
and .staid out all night in "a heavy swell.
She will be an important addition to the
Yacht club.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
THE FIELD OF SPORTS
THE HAVERHILLs WENT HOME BE-
CAUSE OF THE RAIN.
.Ewo Games With Lewiston Today-They
Will Decide the Supremacy in League
standing.

The Haverhills went home yesterday be-
for e the rain cleared away, which it did in
pie time for the afternoon game.
The Lewistons will be here in the fore
noon and we go to Lewiston in the after
nooA. Both games will draw an immense
crowd, of course. Let us have no more
rowo1yism in either city That sort of thing
throw disrepute upon the game and rightly
so. A few more such outrageous scenes
AS we're exhibited last Memorial day and
the aforementioned disrepute will seriou s.
ly >effe ct the attendance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
He Was Not Dead,

Newark, N. J.,July 3.-Patrick Hamilton,
theTgypsey who disappeared suddenly from
his camp at Providence,R. l., ten days ago
and was supposed to be dead, appeared in
the police court here last nightswith a COM
plant against Benjamin Kelley, keeper of
a notorious dive on Market street. whom
he accused of robbing him of 5000 in cash.
a certified check. forS25O issued by,as;Glouces-
ter, Mass. bank and a gold watch.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
A Close Game at Pawtucket.

Paw .Aucket, July a.--Dilworth and sugrus
were VALID at the start, the former forcing
in a run, in the first by giving three bases
on ballss- Both steadied down somewhat
as the ga Lne progressed and were quite eff
fectiye. A feature was the great running
catch by Moore which spoiled three runs
foraLewist un. The game was called at the
end of the seventh on account of rain
! The score:v
Pawtucket, 9 Q 8-3
Lewiston, U 0 0 o.
Base hits-lpawtucket. O.; Lewiston, Z.
Errors-Pawtl lczet, 0; Lewiston, 0. Batter
ies-sugrus and Roach; Dilworth and Berg
en-.
An Uni11teresting Game.
| Fall River. July .l3.-The game proved
rather uninteres ting. Stevens was very
effective and Potter was hit hard. The
score:
Fall River, 0 0 0 s 5 0-l2
Worcester, l 0 l L 0 o. 8
l Base Install l2iver,10; Wore ester,5. Err
| ors-Fall Rivers. Worcester,7.i BATTERIES
| Stevens and Rollins; Potter and Whiting.
I New England League Standing,
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

d. n. Bean, of Camden, is building
IW1 IVY, ,Lour-masted schooners. The first
constructed for Capt. Amos Birdsall,
OF TOMS River, NJ. An experiment
y pelng tried with this vessel. All her
tim pefs, inside, are covered with crude
on W keep Them from rotting, also the
tops OF the beams. 1t was discovered in
dlgglng up lot of old chips in a ship
yard mat In place where oil had been
spIlleo, the chips were sound whereas all
oe1 G We're rotten. Capt.I. W. Sherman,
OF camden, one of the most successful
master mariners that ever sailed out Of
maine port. states that while going
TO sea ne frequently had kerosene poured
on the tor, OF the masthead and allowed
IL 70 run down to the eyes of the rigging
ana cross trees, and he never had a rot
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
Marble Destroyed by Fire.

Rutland, VT, July 3.-The fire in Proctor
was gotten under control about 8 O'Clock
this morning, havings burned the new mill
of the Vermont Marble company, together
with large finishing shop. Hundreds OF
tons of marble; in the rough and much valu-
able machinery were also destroyed. Loss
is estimated at $75 600; we'll insured
About 800 men are temporarily thrown out
of work, but the company will start up
other mills and thus give the men employ
ment
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
Trouble in Colorado.

Denver. Col, July 3.-General McCook
said last night that hethad made arrange
ments to mobilize five hundred regulars at
Ration, N M. and La Junta, Col. which are
regarded as the most dangerous points on
the Santa Fe system.
1t is reported that Engineer LOTUS and
his fireman, both of Denver, have been
hanged by mob south of Pueblo, Colora-
do. 1t is said the lynching took place about
six O'Clock last night.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
A PuzZIec.

Teacher-In the sentence "The teacher
is kind" what would you call "teacher?"
Dick-I don't know.
Teacher-Can't you think?
Dick--No; cause if she is kind I never
saw her an don't know her name. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
A Head Gardener.

"That is very fine place of yours down
the avenue, You have head gardener,
! supposed"
mo, but I have barber come to the
house every morning Newport News.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
FuII of Water

Boothbay Harbor, July 5.-The steamer
Brightman run ashore on rock near
Squirrel Island today. She is tull of
water and was towed here.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

Squashes, like all other garden truck,
must be supplied with large amounts of
plant food. A heavy manuring should
be thoroughly incorporated into the soil
at the time of blowing. The soil should
then be thoroughly hardened and hills
struck out nos lessi than eight feet apart,
and for the stronger growing varieties
10 feet is none too far. New England
Homestead says: From 500 to 700
pounds of phosphates per acre should be
scattered around the hills and mixed in
the soil. In planting the best plan is to
drop 8 or 10 seeds to hill. When all
are germinated, these may be thinned
out to three or four. After the second
hoeing from 800 to 600 pounds more of
phosphate should be scattered between
the rows, thus providing abundant food
during the growing season. Hills struck
out in regular rows may be cultivated
both ways and much hand hoeing saved
Killing squashes is NV generally looked
upon as being an old fashioned style of
cultivation, and level culture is the
mode now generally practiced.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
Base Ball Notes.

The sailors of the United States ship
Miantonomoh have challenged the Murphy
Balsams for game of ball. Thursday, July
55h, on the Portland grounds. Some fun and
excitement may be expected. Go and see
them play
.sGrandph'' Morse of the Pawtuckets is
on the market.
Jack Burke, it is said, went down to Ban
gor from Brockton to umpire two games.
His railroad expenses amounted to $13: no
tel bills and minor exposes, SIS or more
making a total of $1s. His pay for the tive
days was S13, and he has concluded that
there are better ways to get rich than by
umpiring.
At Pawtucket Monday. no wonder Lewis.
ton took Dilworth out of the box in the
first inning. The first three balls he threw
resulted in two-bagger, thrse-baggel
and a home run for Pawtucket. Mains went
in, but there were two more home runs.
Grandpa" Morse recently released by
Pawtucket will probably pitch for Portland
| this forenoon.
Lewiston's defeat yesterday gives us q
chance to get ahead of them if we win both
games today.
A large crowd will go to Lewiston at LIE
| this noon to attend the ball game this af.
ternoon, returning on a special tonight.
| The Maine Central will sell tickets at one
| fare the round trip.
The T. B. Davis Arms Co. has given SOC
loaded shells to be shot for by the members
of the Portland Gun Club. Their regular
shoot day occurring the 4th, the competition
will take place on the 9Th of July.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
ew England League starlding,
Game This Morning.

The Lewistons and Portlands will battle
for fourth position on the Portland grounds
at 1890 this morning. Morse, lately released
by Pawtucket, will do the twirling for the
home team. Grand stand seats will be on
sale at.somer's. Hatsstore at s o'clock this
morning.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
JEAN DRAWERS.

For stout men, slim men, long legs and short
legs All sizes in stock from 80 to AS waist.
Try our guarantn ed Fast Black Hose $500
per half dozen.
We are agents for the Jaros Hygenic and
Dr. Jaeger Sanitary Underwear
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

J A farm divided into large fields espe
cially into long ones, can be cultivated
to best advantage with least loss Of
time in turning at ends with plows and
machines
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SUMNER UNDERWEAR.

Our store is The place for you to pick up what
you need in Underwear and Hosiery.
We sell good serviceable Balbriggan Shirt
and Drawers for so cents each.
Genuine French Balbriggan, long and short
sleeves 70 cents and $1.0o.
Fine French Lise Thread S1.T5.
Fine Gauze Shirt and Drawers 90 cents each.
Merino. white and colored, soc. 75c and 81. 90.
All Woo. white and colored. $1.25. $3.50.
Sits, $500 and up
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

A big blaze ragged in Turner, Sunday
afternoon, burning up 800 cords of wood,
200 cords of bark and 10000 hemlock.
The wood was all cut and the bark all
piled, and the loss will be very large.
The wood, bark and lumber were the
property of Woodman and Donald. 1t
is not known how the fire originated.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

Wednesday morning the Norway people
had another dam scare 1t did not
amount to much this time, only little
OF the saw mill penstock gave way, and
washed out few of the split stones
which had served as an underpinning for
the mill. 1t was discovered between S
closed and few loads of hay. etc,
mended and repaired the dam. 1t is
presumed that the present owners of the
dam intend to rebuild the dam before
long
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

NEEDY Cote of Biddeford went down to
the schooner Mary G. Stuart. up the
mast to the cross trees, and from there
jumped to the water a distance of sew
enty- eight feet. This jump is considered
to be d record breaker in those parts.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

Probably the most heavily laden rose
bush IN Augusta is to. be found upon the
grounds OF Mayor Mllliken. 1t contained
buds.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

Big game isreported very plenty in the
northern part of the State. A Bangor
man who was in that section last week
reports that in one clearing at one time
he saw huge moose and no less than
fifteen deer, and describes the sight as
grand one and most remarkable.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

National League Standing.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

Some time ago an invitation was sent
to GovernorfC leaves and staff to attend
the reception and dedication ball of the
Hersey memorial building, Bangor, July
4th. The governor has accepted. Rob-
inson will be caterer for supper.
The Portland daily press., 1894-07-04

There was very exciting bear hunt
in the west part of North Buckheld.
After a few shots they brought him
down from the tree where the dog had
him freed, and it proved to be very
large coon.
The Van Buren press., 1894-07-07

the ends to fold in and meet. This
piece will cover the edge of the circu-
lar piece just described, and q few
slanting stitches, made with the floss,
will draw the two ends together and
hold the band firmly in place.
Before adjusting this piece, the
crocheted square should be drawn over
the globe and each chain caught by a
few stitches to the sides OF the circular
piece which covers the end. After
fastening the bias piece, add the same
slanting stitches that are used to
fasten the ends together Qetting this
fastening come over one OF the
crocheted cords) to the plush where
each cord comes, as shown in the Illus
tration. Then fasten the ends of the
cords to the edge Of the basket at
equal distances.
Last of all, make bow with quite a
cluster of loops and fasten it to the
center of the crocheted square at the
top Of the globe, adding a short
srocheted loop by which to hang the
finished holder. The basket may be
gilded or bronzed, but as it is intended
to represent the actual basket of u
balloon, the natural finish Is as satis-
factory.-J. d. Cowles, in Minneapolis
Housekeeper.