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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
The Pumpkin Pie.

lone of the reasonable delights of life, no
doubt" said Mr.. Gratebar, "is the pump
kin pie-that is to say, the pumpkin pie
in it's best estate, when it is fresh. When
it first comes from the oven, there is upon
it's beautiful brown surface a bright, clear
luster As she pie grows old this luster
gradually becomes dull and lifeless, and
the interior of the pie changes greatly also.
In cross section the fresh pumpkin pie has
an appearance of brittleness, as though it
were composed of many particles, but the
old pumpkin pie when cut shows cleav-
age not unlike that of cold glue.
Excepting in mind the fact that the
bright surface polish is the unmistakable
mark of fresh pumpkin pie, it is easy to
see that, if one will use his eyes, he can
always avoid the old pumpkin pie. Thus
in railroad restaurant, for instance, you
could tell from across the room whether
the pumpkin pies on the counter were fresh
or old. 1t is true that it would be quite
possible for the man that keeps the restau-
rant to varnish the old pies, but it is un-
likely that he would do this. 1t would take
time and cost money, and then not ever
varnish could give to the pie that delicate
brillianoy that the oven imparts.
''The old pumpkin pie is soggy source
Of discomfort, but for the fresh pumpkin
pie let us, my friends, be duly grateful. ,
New York E11r
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
Lizards Not Chame1eons.

In the show windows of many of the
gentlemen's furnishing goods stores OF
this city may be seen displayed vari-
ETY. of small lizards. The little creatures
are advertised upon snowy card boards as
Brazilian chameleons. They are not
chameleons, nor do they come from
Brazil. The Gulf States of this country
TEEN with this four footed reptile and
they may be seen in all sizes and all col
ors in all the cemeteries in the southern
most portions of Texas, Louisiana, Miss
issippi, Alabama. Georgia and Florida.
The species exhibited ever in the show
windows attached to little gold chains
fastened to pin and offered for sale as
a novelty in scarfpins are natives of Flor
ida, and were brought originally from
there by shrewd New England jewell
er.
The chameleon is said to live on air,
and it is supposed that the live lizard
pins will last during the natural life
time of the little creature without ever
feeding it. This is all buncombe. The
chameleon lives on the kind of food
which nature has intended for him, and
which he finds in his native woods. 1t
is species of lizard, and has fin-like
ridge, along the back and down to the
tip end of the tail Any encyclopaedia
in different colors, according to it's move
menU and according to how the light
strikes it's minute scales.
The scarfpin is entirely another thing,
but like the chameleon it has to have
food to live. OF course it can go long
time without food, living off the notes
floating in the atmosphere, but it grows
thin and finally starves to death on that
kind of diet. In it's wild state it
lives off small gnats, plant lice, flies
and tender plants. When well fed they
glisten like different shades of gold. In
a foul atmosphere full of floating germs
and living animalculae the lizards ana
chameleonS may exist longtime, but
just as soon as they are brought into a
pure atmosphere they starve and die, and
starvation and the blight Of the chilly
air is the death doom of every one of the
lizards now on sale for scarfpins. They
cannot stand the frosty air of the North
When these little insects were first put
upon the market the price asked for
them was 81 each; now they are offered
at forty-eight cents apiece, and before
long they Will be sold at a quarter. At
ter that they will have to be thrown
away.
They are perfectly harmless, and in the
cemeteries OF Gne extreme South chlIQfen
catch them and play with them, much
as the children of the North chase and
catch butterflies in summer it is Gown
right cruelty to keep the little things
chained up as they are in the shop win
dows, because they love to run and gam
Dol about. One of those lizards, if free
could run across a show window in q
second. They sometimes fly across :
smooth surface like streak of light
ming and they can jump like frog
One will sometimes jump yard ano
grab a fly on the wing. York Her
aid.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
Administrators Sale of VaEEa-
able Real Estate.

fHNHE undersigned offers at Private Sale, the
IL following valuable real estate property
belonging to the est,t of the late John c.
Schwartz:
In the city of Portland:
LAND over 1900 feeNand buildings there
OIL on the northerly side of Newbury ST.
2-Land, westerly side of Pearl St.
Bland, cor. Pearl and Newbury SITS.
4-Land and dwelling house, south side Federal
st
5-Land and 3 dwelling houses, Lower Cove st.
Gland and dwelling houses, cor. Hammond
ST.. and Potters Court.
7-Land and dwelling house, Gould ST.
9-Land and 2 dwelling houses, east side
Washington st.
Gland and small dwelling, East Cove st.
In the city of WeStbrook:
1o-Land, lover 10000 feet) frame stable and
store thereon, south side of Main ST.,
Saccarappa, on line of electric road.
Centrally situated and well adapted for a
large business block.
12-Land and dwelling house on Brown ST.
Inquire for further particulars and prices Of
+. M. RAY. Admir-,
so Exchange ST., Portland.
Nov3 diff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
GEN. SCOTT IN MAINE.
How he Brought the New Brunswickers
Around and smoothed down Our Legisla
tIIra

The recently published life of General
Scott, by General Marcus Wright, gives
Scott paid to Maine in an important
crisis. Trouble had arisen between New
Brunswick and Maine over some territory
claimed by each. Proceeding to Port
land, General Scott found the inhabi-
tanJs eager for the immediate seizure of
the disputed territory, while at Angus
TIA large majority of the legislature
were for war. The strip of land in dis
pute was valued for ship timber; some
British subjects having entered upon 1T
and cut down some of the trees, the
Governor of Maine had sent an agent
with a posse TO drive them off. The agent
was imprisoned by the British. where
upon much angry correspondence LOOK
place bewteen the authorities OF Maine
and of New Brunswick. Scott at once
perceived that the only mode OF settle
ment was to secure an agreement that
the territory should be left unoccupled
by either party until the controversy
could be adjusted by the governments of
the United States and of Great Britain
To this compromise the Governor of
Maine was willing to assent, providing
th sirst overtures should come from the
Governor Of New Brunswick. To the
latter, Sir John Harvey, as 1t happened,
Scott had become we'll and favorably
known during the war of 1912, and,
through Scott IS private letters. he was
persuaded to make the concession neces-
sary to appease the authorities of Maine.
Thus was averted collision which
must inevitably have caused Q war. 1t
was not until 1850 that Gen. Scott was
again called upon to exercise his dlplo-
matte powers on the British-A merican
frontier. Commissioners were at that
time engaged in running boundary
line between the British possessions and
the United States, and controversy
had sprung mp as to which of the two
countries was entitled to the San Juan
Islands in Puget Sound. The question
should have been referred to the two
governments for amicable settlement,
but Gen. Harve, then in command of
the United States forces in that quarter,
had seized the island, thus endangering
the friendly relations between the two
countries. The situation was critical,
and President Buchanan requested Gen.
Scott to go to Oregon and effect a peace
able adjustment of the controversy.
Although Scott had recently been
crippled by a fall, he proceeded from
New York to Victoria by way of Pana-
ma, and after some friendly notes had
been interchanged between him and the
Governor of British Colum bia the island
was restored to it's former status, the
joint possession of both parties.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
THE DATE OF THE EXODUS.
II Would Seem to Lie Between the Years
1880 and 1900 Is. C.

1t would Seem to Lie Between the Years
1850 and 1900 Is. C.
Although the monuments and papyri
give us no direct information upon the
subject of the sxodus, they do indirect
ly indicate a certain period within
which it must have taken place. Thoth-
mes III, who was the most powerful
king of that dynasty (the eighteenth)
which finally drove the Hyksos invad-
ers out of Egypt and reunited the whole
country under one scepter, extended his
conquests as far as Mesopotamia, over
running Palestine on his way. He left
lists of the conquered nations, but does
not mention the Israelites among them.
Rameses II of the nineteenth dynasty,
the supposed oppressor, who reigned
about 200 years later, also subdued
Palestine and left lists Of the conquered
peoples. but he, again, does not men,
ton the Israelites among them.
What is perhaps still more impor-
tant is that, while the Israelites have
left records of invasions by Mesopota-
mians, Moabites, Canaanites, Midianites
and Philistines, they do not mention
any invasion by the Egyptians, and the
conclusion is that the Israelites were
not settled on the west side of the Jor-
dan till after the wars waged by Ram
eses II at the commencement of his
reign, which began not earlier than
1888 B. c., or, as some now say, 1865
B. G.
1t has been attempted to explain this
difficulty away by suggesting that RAM
eses II kept close to the seacoast on his
march through Palestine and did not
strike inland till he was some distance
to the north of the Israelites, but it is
inconceivable that he should not have
secured his long line of communications
by establishing posts SO far inland that
they must have been brought into con-
tact with the Hebrews if the latter had
at that time been settled in their own
country.
The earliest date, therefore, at which
the Egyptian history will permit the
exodus to have taken place, even when
full allowance is made for the time
spent by the Jews in the wilderness and
in conquering Palestine, would seem to
be about 1880 B. c., while, if the shorter
chronology be adopted, it could not
have been much earlier than 1900 B.
C.-Scribner's Magazine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
Gladstone, Morley, Dickens.

What puzzles and sometimes bores me
in Gladstone is that he takes as much in
terest in one thing as in another and is as
diffusely emphatic about tin John In
glesant' (which I couldn't read.-as in
Gordon.
The cheerful fanaticism of Morley's face
is always exhilarating to me, though ]
feel that it would have the same placidly
convinced expression if my head were roll
ing at his feet at the exigencies of some
principle.
Dickens appears to make his characters
as the Chinese do those distorted wooden
images. He picks out the crookedest and
knottiest roots of temperament Or acct
dental distortion and then cuts figure
to MATCH Letters of James Russell
Lowell y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
U.s. PONDS EXTRACT

Have the early frosts too late lin rop
s that p ~ III SO peacefully alehsuv COLD
slunbering the summer long, Well, if CUT
and perhaps take some distasteful drug BRUISE'
the doctor will tell you YOU "hatout first sPRAN
PONDS EXTRACT, then wrap it sOR
sm mav ~ whov disapp pu It will ee THROAT
tainly be much relieved; Now that you Catarr
naVe 80. w. - - - ~ AND
mentions. It's a wonderful curative. AFTEI
But don't accept SUBSTITUTES tu ss SHAvlNt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
A Montana Bear Story,

Montana is a geological garden in
its native state,'' said Colonel Jim
Struthers. 1--WE have all kinds of wild
beasts, from grizzly bears and prairie
dogs down. Speaking of bears reminds
me of once upon time. It was before
the state got polluted by the trolley,
and when it wasn't good form to wear
a collar. 1t was before Montana got to
be the greatest state In the Union. I
was prospecting away in the Bull noun
tains. I hadn't seen any dirt that
looked as though it had the right ring
to it. The sun was turning in, and
shadows were coming out of the east.
took the pack off one of my horses,
picketed the animals and made sup.
per off hot coffee and bacon and bread.
Then I coiled up in blanket and knew
no more. The night must have been half
spent when / began to dream that l
was washing my face in one of the gey-
sers of the Yellowstone. The sensation
became SO realistic that I awoke. A
hot breath was breathing on my visage,
and strange tongue was swabbing me
down. ] was sort of dazed with fear
and remained perfectly still. Presently
the licking process ceased, and the hot
breath was withdrawn. A big, dark,
awkward something shambled off, and
sank to rest once more. When day
came, found that my provision box
had been raided, and the soft earth
around me was full of bear tracks. I
shivered a little bit and moved on. :"
The colonel told this as though he real
ly wanted to be believed, and the re-
porter left.--Washington Star.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
dren Mothers have repeatedly told me of its
good effect upon their children
DR.. G. G. OsaooD, !,
Lowell, Mass.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
A Clever Dodge.

The publishers of a German novel re-
Gently did neat thing in the way of adj
vertising. They caused to be inserted in
most of the newspapers notice to the eff
feet that a certain nobleman of wealth
and high position DESTROYS of finding a
wife wanted one who resembled the hero
inc in the novel named. Thereupon every
marriagea BILE woman who saw the notice
bought the book in order to see what the
heroine was like.-Berlin Correspondent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
union MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
incorporated IS46.
FRED. c. RICHARDS, President. :
ARTHUR |. BATES, Vice President.
JOSIAH H. DRUMMOND, Solicitor.
]. FRANK LANG, Secretary.
SAMUEL S. B0YDEN, Actuary.
THOMAS A. FOSTER, Medical Director.

During the past year the Union
Mutual paid Twenty-eight death claims
under the Maine Non-Forfeiture Law.
In EACH of these cases, the policy had
lapsed for the non-payment of premium,
but the Insurance was continued in
force by the AUTOMATIC action of
this invaluable law These policies ag-
gregated in Insurance more than Sixty
five Thousand dollars, an AVERAGE
of Two Thousand, Two Hundred and
Fifty each. The period of time inter-
vening between lapse fpolicy and death
of Insured varied from years and II
months TO months, the AVERAGE du-
ration being years and IL months.
jamie eodtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30

The Gar is suffering with severe at
tack of influenza, accompanied by bron-
chitis and inflammation of the right
lung.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
RHEUMATISM CURED.

MR. EDIToR:-I wish to inform my friends
and the public OF my wonderful cure, after
suffering with rheumatism more than tongue
can tell for sixteen years, having one rheu-
matte fever, and perfectly helpless six times.
During those years l was never free from it,
suffering first in one place, then in another,
until it seemed would never be free from it
again. was recommended by friend to go
1 had no faith in the treatment, but that didn't
matter for am cured and have felt no pain for
a long time. One other trouble wish to speak
ofand it Is this: For three years during that
time was unable to taste or smell anything. /
was under Dr. Chases treatment about 8
months and he entirely cured me, for ! can
taste and smell as well as l ever did. Anyone
wishing to see me about this would be glad to
see them at any convenient time.
MRS. GEO. A. SMALL.
jan16d1m Oak St., Woodfords, Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
What is

Castoria is DIR. Samuel Pitchers prescription Infants
Children. Tt contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance. Ut is harmless substitute
for Paregoric Drops, Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
Pleasant. guarantee is thirty years. by
Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms and aays
feverishness. Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd
cures Diarrhoea Wind Collie Castoria relieves
teething troubles, cures constipation and fatuency
Castoria assmilates the food regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
toria the Chdren's Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30

"Castoria is the best remedy for children OF
which am acquainted. hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the variousquac nostrurns which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their Threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DIR. j. F. KrNcHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-01-30
DIR. Z. B. Reed,
Botanic and Specialist,
NO, 500 1-2 CONGRESS- STREET,
Portland, Maine

treats all chronic and complicated disease of
lone standing. all that flesh is heir to- The only
step necessary is to call upon the DIS AT his Of
fee. Consultation and examination, free uati
further notice Office hours from 8 a. IN. to 9
d m. Examination at a distance by letter with
full name age color Of eyes, and place of resi
dence with 81 90 and one wo-cent stamp:
nova SI
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-03

Sovereign Grand COnsistory OF the Scottish
Rite-Signs and Grips


Tzfte-Signs and Grips
The annual rendezvous of the sovereign
grand consisrory Of sovereign grand in
spectors general. thirty third degree, An
cient and Accepted Scottish Rite, held in
New York, elected the following officers:
Wheeler Gable, Boston, most puissant
grand commander; George Davis, Charles
ton, w. Va, puissant lieutenant grand
commander; Cornelius Fl. Benson, Jersey
City, grand orator and minister of state;
William H. Sutton, Brooklyn, grand sec
rotary general: John H Russell New
York city, grand treasurer general; James
L. Watson, Lexin gton, grand master gen
eral of ceremonies; John z. Steiner,
Chattanooga, grand marshal general;
George R. CodrOth, Baltimore, grand
standard bearer; Jacob SchaeI, Utica,
grand captain OF the guard; George W.
Davis, Brooklyn grand seneschal; NJ NJ
Barnes, Boston, grand sentinel; James s
Fraser, New York city, assistant grand
secretary, and James McGrath, Jersey
City, deputy grand master of ceremonies
Colonel William F. Cody buffalo BID
and Nate Salisbury, his partner, were re-
Gently elevated to the thirty second degree
of Masonry.
Thirteen Of the presidents Of the United
States were Masons. They were Wash
ington, jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jack
son, William II. Harrison, Tyler, Polk,
Taylor, Pierce, Buchanan, johnson and
Masonry was not intended for the crowd.
Tt is a self evident fact that q Mason is
born, for he cannot be made into one by
any human ingenuity You may preach
to him, obligate him all you viii, but if
the Masonic principle is not there it can
not be forced into him.
If the work and lecture in the E A. are
slurred over hastily and in a perfunctOry
manner, the newly made brother is de-
prived of the instruction for which he has
already paid.
Sir William H S. Wright is grand com
mander and Sir Thomas Montgomery
grand recorder Of the grand commandery
of Minnesota
We can only admit those among us who
will subscribe 10 the true teachings of Ma
sonry, among which is tolerance, forbear-
ance and respect to the opinions of others,
so long as these do not conflict with the
moral code or the laws of God and man.
Sir William J. McMakin il grand com
1nander and Sir William H Holt grand
recorder Of the grand commandery Of
South Dakota
The tweDty-ffth annual session of the
grand chapter of New Jersey, Order OF the
Eastern Star, will be held at Newark Sept.
10.
Indiana has 1O6 chapters and 6,711
members of the Order of the Eastern Star.
There are 4,176 members of the Eastern
Star in Massachusetts,
The Order of the Eastern Star is grow
ing rapidly in Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-03
LODUsKYE WATKINS CASE.


Her Two Thousand Dollars Withheld
from Her Suspicion
A case has been fled in the district
court seeking to recover 81, 600 from the
Masonic Mutual Benefit society Of Kan
sas, Of which DR.. L G. WATSON is the
president and Daniel G. Nellis is secre-
rary. In some respects the case seems
liable to become highly interesting.
Mrs. Loduskye Watkins, the widow Of
the late John w. Watkins Of Brown
county is the plaintiff in the case, and
her story as told through her attorneys,
Herrick g Lynch, is an unusual one even
for the district court 4 he story as told
in the petition is in substance as follows:
Mr.. Watkins joined the Masonic Dene-
fit society October IS, 1893. He was then
40 years Of age. He died April Is last
from the effects of poison administered
by persons unknown" the c0roner's jury
said. A short time before his death,
about a month before. Mr. Watkins was
induced to send his insurance certificate
back to Topeka and have It changed SO
that the benefciaries should be not his
wife but his sons This was done, aud
the certificate was returned The sons
are Charles J., William, Roy J. and Gree
ley Watkins. Mrs. Watkins claims the
sons accomplished this change in the in
surance papers by duress; that they used
threats aud fraud which so weighed
upon the mind Of Mr.. Watkins that he
made the change through fear. His
mysterious death shortly afterwards
looks suspicious, and although the petit
ton does not lay special stress on this
phase of the case, it is liable to be a
prominent feature of the trial
Mrs. Watkins contests the payment of
the policy to the sons not only on the
grounds Of duress, but also on the prOpo-
sition that when they were married the
usband entered into an agreement to
insure his life in the sum of $500. She
claims to be able to prove both of these
claims.
Mrs Watkins has presented her claim
to the Masonic Benefit society but as the
policy did not read in her favor it was
refused The society is a sound one and
amply able to meet all its obligations,
and is holding back the money until the
courts determining who Of the claimants is
entitled to the $4,000.
Mrs Watkins asks the court for judg-
ment from the Masonic Benefit society
for $1,000 and costs Of the action.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-08-03
UNITED woRKMEN.

Degree OF Honor Membership Qualifca-
tions-Bench Shavfngs.
The supreme lodge ordered the grand
lodges of the Degree of Honor to incor-
porate into their laws the same qualifica-
tions for mem bership as are contained in
article Is, sections 3 and 4, the pith of
which is that the loss of mem bership in
the A. o. U. W. by the husband or male
relative Of the lady mem Der IF the Degree
Of Honor shall not affect the membership
Of the lady member
Supreme officers are: D. H. Shields, past
supreme master; L. l. Troy, supreme
master workman; J. E. Riggs, supreme
foreman; J. g. Tate, supreme overseer;
NJ. w Sackett, supreme recorder; J. J.
son, supreme medical examiner.
It was voted by the supreme lodge to
set aside SO, 600 to employ organizers in
weak jurisdictions.
When amendments, laws, ETC., are or
dered changed by the supreme master
workman during recess, such changes do
not become operative until re-enacted by
the grand lodge from which they came
The law is positive that a brother is not
entitled to sit in a lodge without the semi
annual password.
The supreme lodge decided that an APP
peal cannot be prosecuted from a member
direct to the supreme master workman,
but must go to the supreme lodge for ac-
ton.