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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13
Shut Down of the Electrical Zinc Com
pany Plant,

The Electrical Zinc Company's plant, on
the shore of the inner harbor, under Mum
joy hill, shut down last week. 1t will be
remembered that at this plant the explosion
occurred last January. A New York COM
pany has been experimenting there with a
process of manufacturing substitute for
white lead out of zinc sulphate. This was
the same object of Prof Frank L.. Bartlett,
when he used the same plant. He develop
ed his process so successfully that he re-
moved to Colorado and has engaged in ex-
tensive operations there. This company
that has been using the same plant for the
same purpose and had employed an entirely
different method from that of Prof Bartlett
The fumes from the plant, when he was
there, used to kill the grass on the side OF
Munjoy. But this year the grass is as green
as ever.
The shut down is probably indefinite, be
cause the experimenting is probably at an
end. 1t involves quite a number of Port.
land workmen.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13
Maine Medical Association.

The annual meeting of the Maine Med
ical association will begin in the Com
mon Council chamber this morning. A
large attendance of physicians from all
parts of the state is expected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13
Examination OF Teachers..

THE annual examination of candidates for
teachers in the Portland Schools will be
held in Reception Hall, city Building at a. NJ
Friday, July g.. Candidates will be examined
in Reading, Spelling, Arithmetic. Book keeping.
Physical Geography, Political Geography,
Grammar. English Composition, United States
History. Physiology, Elements OF Free Hand
Drawing and Music.
:, All candidates are requested to be pres ent on
the morning of July 9th as two days will be re-
qured for the examination.
Per order OF committee on examination of
teachers. o. M. LORD, Secretary,
lu13 eodtjuly6
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


] R. =!RsY.l ITS
Reduction Sale Week.
This time it strikes Mems Furnish
ings.
300 or more Mems Working
Shirts.
Striped Outing Flannel. Diagonal
Cheviot,
So inches long. Banded Collars.
Price. 33 cts.
Mems Balbriggan Shirts,
Drawers to match, SO cts.
200 pair Mems Black and Striped
Stockings, Seamless,
Good quality, - 1-2 cts.
Three importers wind-up lots of
Elegant Laces have come to us,
At prices that will average less
than half value.
Point Venise, Bourbon, Chantilly,
Oriental and others.
Will give you the choice that we
got.
Half price for Superb Laces..
The French Satines not being
properly insulated, were struck by a
current of red pencil, and more than
half their price was struck off.
81 IL cts. was the price.
II cts. buys them now.
Some of them are all black with self colored
brocade figures in many shapes.
Others are black ground, brocade figure,
with colored printed designs.
When the hot weather comes to
stay won't you wish you had a Black
Grenadine?
Ours are as fine in texture as we
have ever seen.
Silk and Wool, $1.00, $1.12 IL,
S1.25..
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13

F. O. Bailey g. Co. will begin the auction sale
of rugs at ZIG Middle street at IL o'clock this
morning, continuing at IL and each day until
closed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13
The Superiority of the

NOW HUFsIUTUs 1'akIHg POWder
is visible to the naked eye. No chemical
test or trick is necessary to show it. A
practical test in the kitchen is all that is
necessary. Try it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13
aMrs. Winslow,s soothing syrup"

"Mrs WinsIow's Soothing Syrup"
has been used over Fifty Years by millions
of mothers for their children while Teeth
ing, with perfect success. 1t soothes the
child, softens the gums, allays Pain, cures
Wind Collie, regulates the bowels, and is the
best remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising
from teething or other causes. For sale by
Druggists in every part of the world. be
sure and ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing
syrup. 25c. bottle.
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To stimulate the appetite and secure
good digestion, use Angostura Bitrers. Sole
Manufacturers DR.. j. G. B. SIEGERT &
SONS. Ask your druggists.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13

New Wants. To Let For Sale. Lost. Found
and similar advertisements Will be found under
their appropriateheads on Page 6.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13

Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
Doctor prescribed: Castorias
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13

We offer the public the best
goods manufactured in this
country and the latest styles,
together with general assert
ment of everything in the line
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-06-13

An organist at Central Congregational
Church. Bath. For further information,
address "CHOIRISTER," Box $50, Bath, Me-
Ju13 div
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THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.

J. R. Libby.
Owen, Moore & Co.
Manson G. Larrabee
Rines Bros.
Eastern Furnishing Co.
Schlotterbeck-2.
Examination of teachers.
Notice to contractors.
Wanted.
Zenas Thompson & Bro.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
Won by Praise,

Doctor johnson was very suscepti-
BILE to fiattery. Gilbert Stuart, the
American portrait painter, learned
his art in the English home of Ben
jamin West. One day he met Doc
tor Johnson, whose dislike for the
American colonies was notorious.
Sir" demanded Johnson of young
Stuart, where did you learn En-
glish?" ".Out of your dictionary, SIR"
replied the Quick-witted artist. The
old man became gentle. Doctor John
Ewing, provost of the University of
Pennsylvania, while visiting in Lon
don, dined with Doctor Johnson.
He had been cautioned not to contra
dict the great men, and he saw from
the silence that fell upon the COM
pany when johnson entered the room
that he was regarded as a literary
despot, whose opinions were to be re-
ceived and not criticized. Johnson
attended to nothing but his plate,
Having eaten voracious'y he survey
ed the guests for the first time. The
conversation turned upon America,
and Ewing defended the colonies,
what do you know, sir, on the sub
ject?" exclaimed Johnson. "Sir," he
thundered on, what do you know in
America? You never read books
there" Pardon me, SIR" blandly
replied Ewing. "We have read the
Rambler" The compliment to the
author paeifed the enemy of the
colonies. ...
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
A Valuable Secret.

If the anecdote is old, the lesson il
bears can never grow old, any more than
can the divine lessons of the Sermon on
the Mount. 1t is related of Franklin that
from the window of his office in Phila-
delphia he noticed a mechanic, among a
number of others, at work on a house
which wa being erected close by, who
always appeared to be in a merry humor,
and who had u kind and cheerful smile
for every one he met. Let the day be
ever sc cold, gloomy, or sunless, the
happy smile danced like a sunbeam on
his cheerful countenance. Meeting him
one day, Franklin requested to know the
secret Of his constant, happy flow Of
spirits.
sIt's no secret, DOCTOR" the man re
piled. 'sTve got one of the best wives,
and when | go to work she always gives
me a kind word OF encouragement, and a
blessing with her parting kiss; and when
| go home she is sure to meet me with a
smile and a kiss OF welcome; and then
tea is sure to be ready, and as We chat in
the evening l find she has been doing SO
many little things through the day to
please me that | cannot find it in my
heart to spelk an unkind word, or give
an unkind look to anybody"
And Franklin adds
"What an influence hath woman over
the heart of man. to soften it, and make
it the fountain Of cheerful and pure
emotions. Speak gently. then. A happy
smile and a kind word of greeting, after
the tolls Of the day are over, cost moth
ing, and go far towards making a home
happy and peaceful. "-[Daughters Of
America.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
A DAINTY SILK WAIST.

This winter we have seen the most
swageer waists, made OF exquisite mate
rails, lined, boned and trimmed, until a
ball bodice does not receive more work
than the %oft-quoted silk waist. 81
think" says a young lady of our &C
quaintance. ''there is nothing prettier,
and surely nothing more comfortble,
under the heavy coats, than these
waists, but now they are an absolute
luxury, as they are made Of silk, which
is not only expensive, but does not wear
very well. / refer to the stiff tafTeta
silk, which is the most effective material,
and which comes in all shades of the
changeable effects. Some are wonder
fully beautiful in coloring, and worn
with a black skirt, are quite bewitching.
Il haven't had a thing this year that
has attracted SO much attention as my
new silk waist. One grave man, who
doesn't know a bingham from a satin
gown, looked at me ouizzically over
his glasses aud said, 'Awfuliy pretty
rig that. You look like a beautiful
bee, in it, A mans praise, | thought;
but then even to attract his attention
was something.
"Another old bachelor, adoctor, wrote
me a note a few days after | had lunched
with him at a friends house, and said
he would like to know what tina: basque,
waist or jacket l wore was made of, any
how. He had been trying to describe it
to his sister and had failed, and SO
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
A QUEENS b

The Dowager Queen Of Portugal,
Maria PA, has a good many seemingly
conflicting tastes. She has a passionate
fondness for flowers, especially for deli
cate maidenhair fern and lilies-of-the-
valley, and she is also devoted to manly
sports. She hunts admirably, and at
her country place IN the seaboard at
Caldas she used to amuse herself by
shooting from a high window at bottles
floating in the water. She very seldom
missed her unstable marks.
Philanthropy is another other hobbies.
She is at the head Of all beneficent in
stitutions in Portugal, and is known
af%fectionately as the "Angel Of Charity"
When her husband was alive whenever
she left the cathedral after morning
service the poor people knelt and kissed
the hem of her dress. Those. who had
petitions to present gave them into her
own hand, and on her return home she
caused them to be thoroughly inyesti-
gated.
In addition to these titles for distinc-
ton, the Dowager Queen Of Portugal
has a fondness for looking extremely
well, and, in consequence, is considered
one of the best-dressed women in Europe.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
"A Valuable Saurian.

The alligator was never beloved by the
people living in the regions where il
abounded. The farmers anathematizedit
as a destroyer of young pigs, while every
one was agreed it was an ugly, useless
animal. But since the demand for its
skin for ~valises, pocketbooks, and a
thousand and one such uses, has resulted
in the almost entire destruction of the
alligator, the residents of the bay and
bayou regions of Louisiana and Florida
have discovered the huge saurian's vlaue.
With it's disappearance there has been a
great increase in the number Of musk
rats, rabbits, r~accoons, and other mis-
chievous animals, and in some parts of
Louisiana since the disappearance of the
alligator these animals have lately be-
come a dangerous pest. The rats buTrow
through the levees built to keep the water
on the rice fields during the growing
season, and do immense damage. Con-
slant watchfulness and much hard work
is required to keep up the %levees, which
oftentimes are SO honeycombed as to need
entire reconstruction. The rabbits and
raccoons make great havoc on the truck
farms, destroying lettuce, caulifiower,
and cabbages wholesale. Some farmers
have had to build wire fences about
their fields, while others have abandoned
the raising of these vegetables. Several
years ago a law was made in Plaque
mines parish %forhidding the killing of
alligators, and with their increase the
destructive vermin decreased. But that
law has since been repealed New York
SIM
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
OF GOLD.
Something About the Various Mining
Camps of Colorado.

The gold-mining outlook for Colorado
Is particularly bright at this time. The
recent discoveries at Balfour and Goose
Greek give great promise of following
in the wake Of Cripple Creek. The old
districts will largely excel their last
lear's product, and, besides, a great
deal of development work is being dore
in them that will more largely add to
the production of 1894. The hereto
fore recognized limits or confines of
prospected sections have been over
stepped and new finds made beyond such
boundaries. Even Gilpin County has
widened her mineral belt, and now boasts
of her Pine Creek district, and is striving
to take Yankee Hill under her wing.
Clear Creek County prides herself on
the latter place, but also has such other
good gold camps as Empire, Dumont
and Mcclellan Mountain.
Boulder County points to Ward and
challenges the world to beat it in quality
of ore produced. Besides Ward, Copper
Rock is a "s.ripling" that will bear
keeping an eye on. Sunset, Magnolia,
Sugar Loaf and Left Hand are all excel
lent camps that contribute to the glory
of Boulder, not to mention the ''infant'
Bloomerville that is scarcely out of
swaddiing clothes.
Park County has a list of gold camps
whose fame is known the world over.
Alma, Fairplay, Tarryall, Silver Heels,
Democrat, Mount and Buffalo Sloughs Or
Balfour each suggest millions.
FL Paso County has her Cripple
Creek.
La Plata County, in the southwestern
part of the State, has the La Plata
Mountains, which are full of gold and
have attracted such bonanza kings as
Marcus DAILY and +. l.. Jones. The
gold belt extends to Mancos, and be-
yond has been opened on both sides Of
the range.
Hinsdale County has its Golden
Fleece, Black Wonder and many other
good mines.
Lake County has its gold belt near
Leadville, and boasts Of the best-puying
gold mine in the State in the Little John
ME.
Creede's silver mines are turning to
gold, if accounts are trustworthy; never
theless she has a gold district of great
promise in the Bear Creek country.
Summit County is noted for gold mug
gets and fine specimens taken from her
rich placers and mines.
Eagle County is we'll knowns.because
of her famous Holy Cross district, with
its lesser satellites.
Gunnison has a fine gold belt near
Pitkin, and is nursing a big hoom for
her Goose Creek country.
San Miguel is in the procession with
Tuliuride and Ophir, both largely out
putting the yellow metal.
Routt County, in the northwestern
part of the State, has fine placers in the
vicinity of Hahn's Peak and Elkhead.
Next season these placers will more
than double the placer gold output of
the State.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
FASHION NOTES,

A dress of olive-green cloth has collar,
vest, shoulder-ruffles, folded belt, cuffs
md skirt-trimming of the richest black
moire.
A capital way Of trimming a plain
skirt is with an enormous piping at the
extreme hem, half an inch thick and
covered with satin or velvet.
Black satin knickerbockers buckled
to the knee are the latest fad to wear
under skirts instead of petticoats. They
are extremely warm and comfortable.
Everybody is looking up their long
deserted ermine mutfs and boas. These
need no alteration, for they are worn in
just the same shape and size as of old.
A new bodice is made of poppy red.
accordion-pleated crepe de Chine, with
full sleeves of surah in the same shade.
finished with deep rufiles and epaulettes
of black lace.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
Old Pharmacies.

The author of Modern Hunting"
In La Nouvelle Revue, tells a pleas
ing story of one Of the oldest and
most celebrated sportsmen of France,
the Prince de %Joinyille. The Prince
is perhaps the senior member" of
hunting society in his country. He
vas hunting in the Chantilly forest,
as the guest of the Due d'Aumale.
His party met another party which
was following a deer in the same for
est, and some disorder resulted. The
Prince lost track of the animal that
he was following, but he took the
disappointment philosophically, and
set out to find the deer again.
On the way he was stopped by an
old white-haired peasant, who told
him that the deer he was following
had passed by there recently. The
son of Louis Philippe asked some
simple question, but as the old peas
ant replied he looked at him keenly,
seeming to pay more attention TO
him than to his words. Suddenly he
stopped him.
wait. 1T seems TO me that L KNOW
you. friend" he exclaimed.
eyes sir" replied the peasant, in
his old cracked voice, which shook a
little with emotion. ooh, yes, we
have often eaten cakes at .Auntie
Adelaide's.'"
1t was sixty years since they had
been children together, but the varied
experiences of that time had not
made the Prince forget his old play
mate and servitor, and he delayed his
quest for the lost deer to renew the
acquaintance.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
Not Going to Hurt Him.

In the official ceremony the Chinese
diplomats are strict observers of the very
letter of etiquette; in private life they
are simple and unaffected, with the joy
Gus disposition of a lot of sehoolboys.
A young lady was walking in the Zoo
logical Park a few days ago when the
Chinese minister passed her going out.
He was followed by a lot of boys. The
young lady was worried lest the boys
were about to do something rude to the
minister, and she called one of them to
her.
"Do you know who that Isl" she
asked.
yep; Chinaman," was the laconic
reply.
Gle is the Chinese minister said
she, impressively, land you must be very
careful not to be rude to him."
'sOh, we amt going to hurt him."
answered Young America. "He is all
right. He has been playing football
with us down in the
ton Post.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
ORIGIN OF VEGETABLES.
Places from Which Some OF Our Pop.
uIar Fruit Plants Come,

Spinach is a Persian plant.
Filberts came from Greece.
Ounces came from Corinth,
The turnip came from Rome.
The peach came from Persia.
The nasturtium came from Peru.
HorseradiSh is a native of England.
Melons were found originally in Asia
Sage is a native of the south Of Europe.
Sweet marjoram is a native of Portugal.
The bean is said to be q native of
Egypt.
Damsons originally came from Damas-
Gus.
The pea is a native of the South of
Europe.
Coriander seed came originally from
the East.
The goose5erry is indigenous to Great
Britain.
Ginger is a native of the East and
West Indies.
Apricots are indigenous to the plains
of Armenia.
The cucumber was originally a tropical
vegetable.
Pears were brought from the East by
the Romans.
The walnut is a native of Persia, eau
casus and China.
Capers originally grew wild in Greece
and Northern Africa.
Garlic came from Sicily and the shores
of the Mediterranean.
The onion was almost an object Of
worship with the Egyptians 1000 years
hafora fhn fNbpIStiap cro II fret aara
from India.
Asparagus was originally a wild sea-
coast plant Of Great Britain.
The Glove is a native of the Malacca
Islands, as also is the nutmeg.
Cherries were known in Asia as far
back as the seventeenth century.
The tomato is a native of South
America, and takes its name from d Por-
tuguese word.
Parsley is said to have come from
Egypt, and mythology tells US it was
used to adorn the head of Hercules.
Apples were originally brought from
the East by the Romans. The crab APP
pie is indigenous to Great Britain.
Cloves come to us from the Indies,
and take their name from the Latin
c%tavus, meaning a nail, to which they
have a resemblance.
The cantaloupe is a native of Amer
lea, and SO named from a place near
Rome, where it was first cultivated in
Europe.
Lemons were used by the Romans to
keep moths from their garments,
and in the time of PIiny they were con-
sidered an excellent poison. They are
natives of Asia.-IGood Housekeeping.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12
WOMEN's CLUBS IN GERMANY.

German women may not be exactly
club devotees, as their American sisters
are, but here is the account of an organ
iZation which is not to be despised. 1t
is the Vaterland F~raucnverein, now
numbering over 100000 members. There
are seven smaller similar societies, all
with the same objects, which are: ~
TIC found creches and orphan asylums;
(2) to work IN sewing schools, Sunday
schools and similar Institutions; 81 to
help the deaf and dumb, blind and men
tally deficient; az to assist in promoting
homes for servants and work girls; (5)
to succor those rendered destitute by
floods and fires; (6) to start and maintain
soup kitchens and dinners for the poor;
(D to bestow Christmas gifts on the
poor; 90 to care for patients at the
lying-in hospitals; COZ to find employ
ment for old and invalid women, and all
out of work; (1G) to found libraries for
the working classes; (11) to support the
families of invalids, soldiers and militia.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12

extravagantly had he described it that
her curiosity would not be appeased.
Fancy that, and all because of a dainty,
exquisitely shaded silk waist. the colors
Of which ran from sunlight to magenta,
with the whole taking on a tone of
green"
elbow was it madel"
"Oh, with a full French back and
gathered fronts. and two great faring
butterfy-wing pieces, which formed q
jabot down the front. The collar is a
full, soft one, and the sleeves-well,
they are stunning. Great, huge ones,
that fall so prettily and are finished with
"a soft cuff of the silk. The bodice is
sharp pointed back and front. and has
the new bias ruffie, which gives quite q
iaunty finish to the waist"
So here is your chance, girls, for a
pretty, attractive waist.
The Opelousas courier., 1894-05-12

A young lady's dress Of heliotrope
Henrietta-cloth has trimming of black
lace set on over bands of pale-mauve
silk. The sleeves are in very fine &C.
Gordon plating.
Chrysoprase, a charming li&4t green
tinted stone, is the particular ~favorite
this winter. Double hearts Of it sur.
rounded by diamonds are the prettiest
thing to be imagined.
The horseshoe is introduced into
various styles of dress. The horseshoe
crown is one of the newest forms for
bonnets, generally supplemented by
Mercury wings in front.
Fashionable hairdressers say that hair
brushed to a satin finish will be worn in
the near future, although the fringe of
short curls about the face will be re.
tanned, as they make a woman look more
youthful.
New moires show novel and attractive
patterns. They are striped, shot,
lowered, dotted, Or barred with velvet
or satin on eisher the ~large-waved
antique grounds or the MORE Francois
surfaces in finer nipples.
The skirt of the day is no longer lined
with stiff stuff, but is wadded up to the
waist with very thin wadding, and, of
course, covered with silk or satin, the
softer the better, for it is no longer good
form to have the gown rustic.
Artificial flowers are worn on evening
dresses, placed as if they were growing
at the side of the skirt, but nearly
always mixed with ribbons. Large
punches and large trails are used, and
only the most natural looking flowers are
worn.
A new visiting costume is of otter
colored velvet. The corsage has the
f~avorite basque of the period. The vel
vet sleeve is draped over a lining of the
ordinary shape, and is surmounted by
capes round at the back and full in
front.
For young ladies the evening gown is
usually of light. transparent stuff over a
silk OF satin skirt, but matrons are more
inclined to employ the light and rich
brocades, as admitting of a greater ele-
gance in decoration and more recherche
richness in effect.
Everything that is waved is fashion
able. Worsted braids waved come in all
@colors, and a design in waved velvet
with a jet edge has jet stars worked all
over the velvet. Some of the braids
have a waved edge crocheted in silk,
which makes them very handsome.
A dress Of white camels-hair with
be.lskirt, full-topped sleeves, very wide
shoulder-rutfies and high, close collar.
trimmed with galloon in white and gold,
is worn with a wide sash of gold-colored
ribbon, with loops and ends falling