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The Portland daily press., 1894-06-12
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The Portland daily press., 1894-06-12

Last week the teacher of one of the
Belfast schools received the following:
Excuse this boy for being late,
Blame me, not him: made him wait.
Look on his feet and you will find
Why I caused him to lag behind.
The Portland daily press., 1894-06-12
An Ellsworth correspondent writ

An Ellsworth correspondent writes
Now that we have no electric lights to
guide one on his way after the sun has
faded away in the west, and the streets
are as dark as the proverhal pocket, the
girls (?) of the city are getting extremely
rash. On Main street, near the wigwam
Of the "a benaquis," is an open field
which. being shaded by large trees, is
quite dark. Here seems TO be the Turk
ing place of the festive maiden. The
business man, when he locks his doors
Tor the night, steps out into the darkness
in fear and trembling of a" call to
arms" which may come to him before
he reaches his home The hugger is no
respecter of persons. Young represen-
tatives of the press out after news" bar
bers and talors alike, suffer from the
terrific squeeze, and the yells of the
terrified captive tells that another victim
has fallen into the clutches of MARY,
the Huggern
The Portland daily press., 1894-06-12

A movement has been set on foot Inv
in Maine to establish foundry be yHwns
that ci ty and Fairfield at a point near
the Purinton brickyard. The CAPITAL
amounting to some $4,000, can be had
and as soon as the FRONTIERS can secure q
suitable manager TO take charge of the
business, the work Of building will he
begun. oe
The Portland daily press., 1894-06-12
SWAN & BARRETT.
BANKERS,
1856 MIDDLE STREET, PORTLAND. me.

Accounts of Banks, Corporations,
Firms, Individuals and Trusts re-
ceived, subject to check, and in
terest allowed on deposits.
Investment Securities. suitable for
Savings Banks, and other Trust
Funds, constantly on hand.
Foreign Money bought and sold.
Collections made on all parts of this
Country and Europe.
Foreign Drafts issued upon all Eu.
ropean countries.
Letters Of Credit and every facility
furnished to Travellers for obtain
ing Funds in all parts of the World.
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED. ap26dtf
The Portland daily press., 1894-06-12

The boy had on a pair of new boots.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
GREAT TEXTILE STRIKE.
Eleven Thousand Persons Stop Work
Mt New Bedford.

Eleven Thousand Persons stop Work
ut New Bedford.
NEW BEDFORD (Mass.) Aug. 20.-A
great textile strike, which bids fair to
prove the greatest of the kind in the his
Tory OF New England, is on. Every mill
in the city IS silent AID the streets are
filled with idle operatives. 1t is esti-
mated that over IL, $50 persons have stop
ped work. The mill officials and Secre-
Iary Ross of the Spinners' Union will
holtiA conference to- day, and il is hoped
an understanding will be reached. Secre-
tary Ross says the members OF The union
expect the strike will be OF SIX months
duration.
At the north end of the city consider
able excitement was caused when 1t was
discovered that dozen operatives had
gone to work in the Bristol Mill. n
thousand people attacked the operatives
as they came out. one boy was badly
cut ABOUT the face.
The labor trou bles involve thirteen OF
the largest cotton manufacturing estab-
iishnents, with an investment OF SILL
100000. There are Luz, 900 spindles and
i5,Z5O looms involved. Six OF the iac-
tories are cloth mills and seven are yarn
mills.
Late this afternoon great change came
over the strike situation. 1t was gener-
ally believed, in view of the procedure
OF the Rowland, Roth and New Bedford
Manufacturing Companies, the strike
would SOON De settled. 1t now lransplres
that every manufacturer IL the city outside
OF those representing the above mills has
decided TO shut down for All indefinite
period Treasurer Pierce OF the Wain-
sutta Mills has issued The manifesto.
The Executive Committee OF the Strlk-
ers' Association held a meeting al FAN
River tonight. The spinners in the yarn
mills iii particular 1eeI that the manu-
1acturers are not keeping faith With them,
although no definite agreement was
made. Tonight they understood that no
change was to be made in their wages until
the outcome of the splnners' strike IN
New Bedford WAS made known. y
strong sentiment was shown In favor OF
the strike.
The record-union., 1894-08-21

The merchant can take an article worth
70 cents and sell 1t Tor $l-that's bust
ness.
The mechanic can take material worth
s. and make it into watch worth Sl00-
that's skill.
Vanderbilt can write few words on
sheet of paper aud make it worth S.. 000,
000-that's capital.
The ditch-digger works ten hours day
and shovels three or four tons of earth for
S2-that's labor.
A lady can purchase very comfort
able bonnet for 50 Is, but she prefers one
that costs S27-that's foolishness.
The poet Tennyson could take worth
less sheet of paper and by writing poem
on it make it worth $65, ,000-thats genius.
The United States can take an ounce
and quarter of gold and stamp upon it
an ''eagle bird'' and make it worth $40
that's money.
The editor of this paper can write a
check for $50. .0G0,000. but it won't be
worth a dime-that's tough. = Atlanta
Constitution.
But the editor of the paper who is con-
scientious, wise, fearless and loves
humanity, can write few lines upon the
back of that check, which i'll print will
tend to fashion character, mold policies
OF civilization, stir the careless to activity,
cheek corruption, expose crime and
bring the wrong doer to punishment
that's power.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
1yAYNE's VICTORY.

The Centenary Celebrated on the Bat
tiefield Of ''Falien Timbers."
TOLEDO (O), Aug. 2O.-About 5000
people assembled to-day on the battle
field of "Fallen Timbers;" on the
Maumae River, twelve miles above the
city, to celebrate the centenary of
Wayne's victory. Here on August 20,
1874, he defeated the Wyandotte, Ottawa
and Delaware Indians, breaking the
power OF their confederacy, and securing
peace to the then northwestern frontier.
A national salute was fired al sunrise.
At l0:30 the Maumee Valley Monumental
Association held meeting and listened
to an historical address by Colonel d. W.
II. Howard. A picnic followed.
The afternoon exercises consisted of
music, the adoption of resolutions re-
qnesting Congress to mark the spot by
suitable monument, followed by the adj
dress OF General 5. Il. Hunt of Cincin-
natl. Short addresses followed by De-
partment Commander Il. L. Watt of
Ohio and Hon. p. S. Stevens.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Painting Forth Bridge.

The Forth Bridge receives new coat
OF paint every three years, and one-third
is done each year. so that the painters are
continually at work. Besides the paint
ing. every part of the structure is care
fully examined, and loose or detective
rivets removed and new ones put III their
place. About fifty men are employed,
and an endeayor is maize as far as pos
sible to retain the same men upon the
Sari1, as il always takes new hands some
considerable time to become thoroughly
at home in some of the aerial positions
they are at times called upon to occupy
At first this work was attained with
considerable danger. but very complete
apparatus in the shape of small cages
having now been provided, the men run
very little risk even at the highest and
most dangerous points. 1t requires
about fifty tons of paint to cover the
bridge, and the area to be dealt with is
something like 10 acres.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Lions a Drug In the Market.

81 find there is general impression"
said Fred f. Sampson, an attache of the
Cincinnati Geological Gardens, who was
a. the Lachede yesterday. ''thatilions are
the most costly wild animals sought after
by keepers of menageries and circuses.
This is quite wrong. Lions have for
some time been almost a drug on the
market. and except when they are re-
lnarkably large they do not fetch large
price. The craze of late years has been
after rare animals which are very diff
cult to capture
"The white wildcat of Russia is worth
almost fortune, and one was sold quite
recently for the apparently ridiculous
sum of $4,000. These animals are
only found on mountains OF perpetual
snow, and they are so perfectly white
that it is difficult to distinguish them
when they are crouehing. For this
reason also they are very hard to keep in
captivity, a temperature of more than
fifty degrees killing them off in day or
two. 1t costs a great deal moro 10 keep
one of these animals supplied with halt
frozen air than to feed it."-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
wHEELMEN cIRcuIr RAcEs.
Ziegler Meets His Match at the Pueblo
Meeting.

Ziegler Meets His Match at the Pueblo
Meeting.
PUEBLO Coli, Aug. 20.-Little ZiegIer,
the California wonder, met his mach
this afternoon at the L. A. w. circuit
races, under the auspices of the Rover
" heel and Athletic Club, and met it
twice. He lay low for the eighth event,
the banner race of the day, as did Sanger
and Johnson and some of the other swift
men. Johuson took the lead at the start
and held it 10 spite OF all that Ziegler
could do. and finished first by ten yards,
ZiegIer second and Sanger third.
Again Liegler was forced TO take the
dust in the last event, an extra quarter
mile open, when i. i. Brown set him 100
hot pace, and he had 10 take q second.
No records were broken on account of
n bad wind down the stretch but J. :.
Johnson rode a mile when he beat Zieg-
Ter IN 2:Ii 10, considered excellent time
under the conditions. The track, new
one. was in fine shape and fast. All the
cracks lefs Tor Kansas City tonight
Summaries:
one mile novice, won by C. O. John
son. J. c. Trimble second, L. w. Keller
third. Time, 2:34.
One-third OF mile open, Class B, W.
F. Murphy OF Brooklyn won, {. s. Wells
of San Francisco second. w. ". TaXis OF
Philadelphia third. Time. Dab 3-5.
Two-nllle lap, Class A, L. +. Anderson
of Illinois won. Charles Pugh of Denver
second. y A. Lutz of Buffalo third.
Time. 5:39.
Half mile handicap, Glass B. A. f.
York OF Pueblo GEO yards won, Fehlei-
sen of Wichita, lxas. $50 yards, second,
Kennedy of Chicago 80 yards third.
Time. loo 2-5.
One mile handicap. Class a, Maxwell
of Winfield won, Anderson second, Gum
of Salt Lake third. Time, 2.42 %.
Mile handicap, Class B, York $50 yards
won. Fehleisen of Wichita $50 yards
second. j. 6. Barnett OF Lincoln, Neb.
l00 yards. third. Time, 2:e9 %.
One-third of a mile open, Class a,
Maxwell won, Anderson second. Gum
third. Time. 0:51 20.
Mile open, Class B. J. s. Johnson won.
Otto Zoigler second, w. c. Sanger third.
Time, 2:l1 rs.
Two-mile lap. Glass B, c. S. Wells OF
San Francisco won, Murphy second. l..
A. Callahan third. Time. 5:0l 20.
Quarter mile open. A. L. Brown OF
Cleveland won, otto Zeigier second,
Taxis third. Time. OBI 30.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
THE WOES OF BRIDES.
They Are Known Wherever They APP
pear or in Nhatever Garb.

They Are Known Wherever They APP
pear or in Whatever Garb-
There is no escape for her short of the
wilds OF Africa Such thing as bride
travelling incognito is unknown. Inc
railroad porters and other officials are
familiar with all varieties, and are never
deceived. 1t is the same with hotel func-
tionaries, and even the street gamlns fol-
low her carriage for a chance to earn
dime from the overgenerous groom. Inc
attention which she receives Immediately
gives the cue to those not so we'll yersed
in the detection OF brides, and they at
once begin TO watch her every move
ment.
She enters hotel dining-room and
there is subdued buzz of Here comes
the bridel" from every table. People
usually remember their manners sufh-
ciently to abstain from comment whlle
she is present, but the moment she
leaves the room they begin to critlclse.
If she is dressed as a bride should be
dressed you Will hear them say: well, II
ever | am married [ shall not put on
matrimonial uniform TO advertise the
fact,u or "Why is it that brides never can
act sensibly?"
But if she has endeavored to dress with
as little ostentation as possible, they are
no better pleased, and exclaim: Isn't
she too dowdy for anything"
On the whole. the brides pathway is
not all howery, so do not neglect her,
you who have so lately taken her under
Your protection.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
BEHRING SEA QUESTION.

Claims for Seizure of British Vessels
Will Not be settled at This Session.
WAsHINGToN, Aug. 20.-Sir Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador, ac-
companied by Charles Tupper, the Ca
madam Minister of Fisheries, called at
the State Department and had an inter-
view with Secretary Gresham regarding
the claims of the owners of the British
Columbian vessels seized by the United
States navy and marine vessels for seal
ing IN Behring sea. The claims will
probably be adjusted by a commission,
and MIR. Tupper's visit to Washington is
to afford the British Embassador the in
formation necessary for the prosecution
OF the inv estgation.
The Secretary was at the Senate
chamber to-day urging that before an ad-
journment was taken some action be
taken looking to the settlement of these
claims. The general opinion was, how
ever, that it was too late to take up the
question at this session.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Open to am Engagement.

Mister" said the greasy wayfarer at
the back door, plaintively, can't you do
somethin' fur pore man?"
My friend" said the man of the
house, : | am poor man myself
- don't suppose you know what it is
to go all over the country huntin work?"
mo"
1.-THE trouble with me-" said the pill
grim, wiping his perspiring brow with
the remains of what had once been a
handkerchief, sis nerves. / can't do
heavy work. If you ask me to hoe in tho
garden to pay for my breakfus' l couldn't
do It, l won't deceive you, mister.
lust couldn't do it. But@I,m willin' to do
light work. An if you've got any easy
job that l can do comfortable like. so as
to stimulate my appetite 'thout weak MIN
my nerves.
81 have told you, my FRIEND" inter-
rupted the man OF the house, that l am
myself poor man. l sympathize with
you, but l am not able to do anything to
help you, and l certainly don't know of
any light work you could do. | am a
lecturer and | only make bare living"
Would you mind telling me what you
lecture about?'
mo. The subject of the lecture l am
delivering this season is The Industrial
Crisis.
Mister, I" said the caller eagerly, don't
you want feller to travel with you as a
horrible example of the effects of idle
ness ?i'-ChicagO Tribune,
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Freitscn,s Fooiharay Trip.

Old salts cannot see and sense in the
voyage the young Finn. Adelph
Freitsb, has started to make across the
Atlantic in flat bottomed, schooner
rugged. forty-foot boat. One old fellow
said you might as we'll rig sail TO clam
shell aud call it a twin-screw steamer
Freitsch has no extra canvas in case of
accident save an old sail which was given
10 him just before sailing. There are but
ten gallons of oil on board to use in
case of a very high sea. He has small
compass, an old watch in lieu of a chro-
nometer, sextant. and few charts. lie
is almost unprovided with money, hav-
ing only an English sovereign, a 5-cent
piece and one cent. This is the season
when cyclones measure their strength
against the works of man, aud there are
many who believe that anything more
than moderate gale will be too much
for the little Nina. The vessel was leak
ing freely when she put TO sea. That fact
did not disturb Captain Freitsch, who
cheerfully said that he could easily bail
her out
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Terrified Miners.

A curious story, illustrating the pre-
servative properties of choke-damp,
comes from China. In the Province of
Anhui party of miners recently struck
an ancient shaft, where history records
that great catastrophe occurred 400
years ago. The miners, on reopeRing the
old shaft, came upon upward of no bodies
of the former workers lying where they
had been overcome with foul gas four
centuries back. The corpses were as if
those of yesterday, quite fresh-looking,
and not decayed in any way. The faces
were like those Of men who had only just
died On an attempt being made
to move them outside for burial, they one
and all crumbled away, leaving nothing
but pile of dust aud the remnants of the
stronger parts of their clothing. The
miners, terrified, fled from the spot, and
though there were valuable deposits of
coal in the shaft nothing would induce
the superstitious men to return TO their
work.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Chinese Guns.

When time was young the Chinese
were monkeying with gunpowder and
breech-loading guns. At the Charleston
Navv-yard is breech-loading gun. evil
IDENTIFY designed Tor siege work or for use
upon fortifieation. 1t is eight feet long,
made of wrought iron, having a bore
one and half inches, the thickness of
the barrel being about three-fourths Of
an inch. The bore is quite smooth but
the exterior is roughly hammered. The
stock is bound in wood. for the evident
purpose of handling the piece more
easily. There are a number of Chinese
characters inscribed upon the stock. This
gun was manufactured and used in 1870.
Another Iirearm, of most ingenious
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Meather aud the Mind.

The psychology Of the weather is sug-
gested by DR.. L. ID. Crothers as a prom
ising subject for study. He says, in
,Sc5eace. very few persons recognize
the sources OF error that come directly
from atmospheric conditions on expert
menters and observers and others. In
my own case | have been amazed u the
faulty deductions and misconceptions
which were made in damp, foggy
weather, OF on days in which the air
was charged with electricity and thun-
der-stornis were impending. What
seemed clear TO me at these times ap-
peared later to be filled with error. An
acluarg in IA large insurance company is
oDhged 70 stop work at such times, find
ing that he makes so many mistakes
which he is only conscious of later that
his work is useless. In q large factory
from 10 TO 20 per cent. less work is
brought cut on damp days and days of
threatening storm. Tie superintendent,
III receiving orders to be delivered at
certain time, lakes this factor into cal
culalion. There is theory among many
persons in the fire insurance business
that III states OF depressing atmosphere
greater carelessness exists and more fires
follow. Engineers of railway locomo-
tiyes have some curious theories
OF trouble, accidents anu increased
dangers III such periods, attributing them
TO The machinery DR.. Crothers adds
that the convection prevails among many
active brain-workers in his circle that
some very powerful forces, coming from
what is BopGlarly called the weather,
control the work and its success of each
The record-union., 1894-08-21
just as They Always Were.

Women grow more frivolous every
day. Young ladies scorn housework
and learn to embroider, to play the piano
and to tlirt, while their mothers are en-
gagged IN all the drudgery of the house
hold. They esehew all useful reading,
and prefer French novels to English
classics. In selecting husbands they
choose dandies with social graces rather
than men with solid attainments. They
are full OF strange whimsical notions Pc
culiar to the age. Reader, this is sy-
nopsis of the opinions of an English mag
azine writer of 1859 on tho women of his
time. They sound very much as if they
were written by certain pessimists OF to-
day. There is no new thing under the
sun.--Boston Transcript.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
LEAD PENCIL WOOD.
1t Comes Principally From the Island
of Bermuda.

oil Bermuda.
Most persons know that the wood of
the best lead pencils is from a form Of the
American red cedar. The best for the
purpose is said 10 belong tc the variety
known as Juniperus Virginiana, variety
Bermudiana. This form OF red cedar seems
to have it's home on the Islands OF Ber-
muda, it being the only tree found on the
island.
Itis supposed originally to have been
started from seed of our own common
red cedar. brought to the island by birds,
or in some other way, and that the con-
tinual force of circumstances. different
from those under which our red cedar
exists, has caused it to change in some
respects its character. The same form is,
however, now found in the South. possi-
bly, from seeds brought back again from
bermuda by birds, as III the first instance.
1t is said that Mr.. Faber, whose name
is inseparably connected with the best
class OF lead pencils, has growing on his
estates at Schloss Stein, near Nurern berg.
Germany, some twelve or thirteen acres
Of this kind of cedar, from which he eN-
poets in the future to raise enough wood
for his pencils without importing it from
the new world.-Meehan's Monthly.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
Comnass as Helmsman.

a Frenchman, NJ. Bersier, has devised
plan by which the compass performs
the part of the helmsman. When tho
vessel gets off the course for which the
instrument is set, an electric current
starts motor and moves the rudder un-
til the vessel returns to her proper course.
A two months trial of the apparatus is
reported to have resulted very success
fully. Among the advantages are greater
accuracy and no loss Of distance in a run
OF twenty -four hours, as is usually al
lowed.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
sisters May Teach.

EBENsBURG PENN, Aug. 2O.-Judge
Barker to-day handed down decision
in the suit of w. I. Kerr, State Council
lor Jr., O. q. A. NJ. against the Board Of
Directors of the Gallibin School to pre-
vent the employment of Catholic sisters,
wearing religious garb. as teachers.
The Judge decides that sisters may be
employed as teachers. may be attired in
the garb of their order and may be ad-
dressed by the pupils by their religious
names, but refuses TO allow the Catholic
catechism to be taught.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
millionaire Rrers.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-Dr. w. Lewis
Tallman made his return on the writ of
habeas corpus commanding MIN to de-
liver millionaire e. II. Byers of Pitts
burg before Judge Sears to-day The
physician denied that Byers was in his
custody or ever had been, except as pa
tient, receiving medical treatment at his
own request. He said his patient was
not now in his custody.
The record-union., 1894-08-21
ROYAL BAKING POWDER.

make, originated and smade in China,
which holds a conspicuous place in the
naval museum at the navy-yard, is a
double -barreled magazine gun of six
cham bers. made in 1907. 1t is about three
feet in length and of material some
probably one OF the earliest magazine
guns in existence.