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The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

in life, resolve to- have done with earthly
existence and to increase the number of
happy spirits.
The Tchuktchi who has made up his
mind to die Immediately notifies his
neigh bors and near relatives. His friends
visit him and try TO make him change
his. mind. Prayers, reproa,ches, com com
plants have no effect on the fanatic
Seeing him thus resolved, his friends go
away to make the customary prepara-
tions. At the end of from ten to htteen
days they return to the hut OF the
Tchuktchi, with white mortuary gar
ments and some weapons with Whlcn.
in the other world, he will tight evil
spirits or hunt the reindeer. After max
ing his toilet, the Tchuktchi withdraws
into corner of his hut His nearest
relative stands by his side holding in
his han / the instrument OF sacrldce-a
knife, pike or rope. Ii the L chuKtcnl
has chosen the knife, two OF his Irlends
hold him under the arms and by the
wrists, and, at given signal the sacr1-
ficer Uhrusts the knife into his breast
If the pike has been chaser. two OF his
friends hold this weapon, and two others
throw the victim on its point. For
strangulation two of the sacrifcers draw
the rope tight until death ensues, tnen
the breast is opened to let the blood now
OUT. Inc assistants go W oAe coiPoo, o'n.s
battle their hands and faces in the blood.
The body is then placed on sledge
drawn by reindeer and taken to the
place of the funeral. Arrived at their
destination, the Tcnuktchis cut the
throat of the reindeer, take from the
dead body it's clothing, which they tear
to pieces, and then place the corpse on
funeral pile. During the process OF
cremation, the assistants offer up prayers
to the happy souls in the other woria,
asking them to watch over those VINO
are vet in the land of the living. THESE
practices, horrible as they are, are fol-
lowed ir exactly the same manner today
as in ancient times Gazette de Yakutsk
Isl IBERIA \ y
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Her sigh Was Better.

There is an awnlly bright woman in
this town who hasa great, big, good nat
ured and fairly god looking husband who
dotes upon her. S far as his personal at
fractions go, he never gives them a
thought, but she, elights in giving him
credit for being Utmost conceited mortal
on the face of the earth. One night she
took two friends to the theater-a mother
and daughter-tb former of whom has
q great admiratio for the husband in
question. Bushes prevented his accom-
panying the trio, BIT he promised to get to
the theater in tim to escort the ladies
home. The old Idly. looked around the
house. endeayorinsto discover the young
man, as the performance drew toward a
close, but her sarch was unavailing.
"No, /" she said, wen she gave it up, he
is not here, and Haven't seen man as
good looking as hds here either"
This delighted he wife, and when she
reached home she bid her husband when
he arrived few mnutes later
s'That was very Ind, he remarked on
hearing of the continent, and he added,
ibid Mrs. BIS daughter say the same
thing?''
'sOh, no, Z" returnd his spouse quickly.
aShe is younger thar her mother and has
better eyesight. Warrington Star.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
An Opinion Of 1alleyrand.

We are not altogether averse to the stat.
ne of Lafayette in Union square just be-
cause Talleyrand in his memoirs says
the famous generalwas a very ordinary
man. To offset this the opinion of Gilbert
Stuart, the portrait painter Of century
ago, might be quotel. While Talleyrand
was in Boston he listed the studio Of
Stuart, and before tae name of the illus
trious person had ben announced the art.
list, who was reputed to be a physiogno-
mist of no mean sbility, remarked to a
friend who was curious respecting the i'm
preston made by tie political exile, III
that man is not rillain, the Almighty
does not write hgible hand. New
York Advertiser.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
HardLines.

s'Think of man Ding time for picking
a pocket that the lady hadn't got!'' said
John Delappe in tne of intense disgust
as he received sentence of six months
hard labor. At Victoria Station he selected
the alleged pocket pf lady as his prey
and followed it's supposed proprietress with
assiduity. At last b swooped down upon
the booty, and just as he found out that
the lady's dress contained no pocket at all
a railway constable who had watched his
movements swooped down upon him and
took him into cutody-London Tele-
graph.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
Human sacrifices In Russia.

Very few persons are aware tna5 hu-
man sacrific es are still offered up In
part of the Russian empire. The fact
is nevertheless, certain. Among the
Tchuk tchis such sacrifices still take
place, and seem likely to be practiced
for long time TO come At the same time
no blame can be attached to the Russian
government or to the Orthodox church.
because all efforts tc stop the practice
have proved Intellectual. The sacrifices
alluded to are those of old people and the
sick, who finding no longer any pleasure
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
Doctors Licenses.

There are is stats in which medical
diploma of itself isno license for practices
and in which an EXTRA and Independent
state examination il demanded by law be-
fore the applicant can be qualified. These
states are Alabami, Arkansas, Florida,
Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, New
Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota,
Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and
portions of the Indian Territory. -Medical
Record.
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ARBOR DAY.

May there be a unity of purpose and feel
ing in the proper observance of the day, and
may it be made festal day in the schools
of the state, day of usefulnessand happ1-
ness, with such exercises as may serve to
increase our love of nature and of country.
Given at the Council Chamber. in Augusta,
this TWEEN ty third day of April. in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hun
bred and ninety-four and of the indie
pendence of the United States of Ameri-
ca the one hundred and eighteenth.
HENRY B. CLEAVES.
By the Governor,
NICHOLAS F'ESSENDEN,
Secretary of State.
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Condolences.

All confidence is dangerous if it is not
entire. We ought on most occasions to
speak all or conceal all. We have already
too much disclosed our secrets to man
from whom WIZ think any one single cir
cumstance is to be concealed. -Bruyere.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

A good dose Of fertilizer will not hurt
the oats if it is kind containing large
per cent OF potash and phosphoric acid,
but nitrogen is not generally needed.
Governor Flower of New York sug.
gests new legal holiday, to be known
as Harvest day, for stimulating inter-
est in agricultural matters and enjoying
the season Of harvest. % He would like
to have il in some way connected with
the state fair ut Syracuse.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

The oldest engine is claimed to be In
operation in Savannah rice mill. 1t was
built in 1915 by James Watt OF Lancashire,
England, and was brought to this country
in the same year.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

ure and fun.
ears come and go. The boys and
girls grow up to men andwomen. Moth
er's hair is turning white: her steps are
not so elastic, her spirits flag; there is, an
uneasy look in her dear eyes.
What can be the matter with mother?
She is approaching the most important
crisis of her life, "the change of life"
Those watchful eyes detect the evidences.
Years bring this change demanded by
nature. What preparation have you
made to carry the brave mother safely
through it p
Within comparatively short time the
issue will be decided. Either naturelful-
filling the law in proper, healthful man
ner, Or there is the wreck of noble
woman for you to grieve over.
There is salvation in Lydia B. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound. It will
carry the mother safely through the in
evitable change in her physical life.
All reputable druggists keep for you
this grand remedy. See that, "mother !"
has it, for the Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound was won from the heights
of medical science by woman for all
women nearing the change of life.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
The dD LIFEBoAT.,-

The Oh lifeboat
with its wor of mercy done.
left to crumle away on the shore,
To the heapig sand and the scofing roar
Of the waveahat nod on the CLASSY floor:
Left to parckn the summer sun,
To blacken aid rot. for its course is run,
The Oh lifeboat
That sed to float
Over the siver waves remote.
Youths Companion.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

Never put your arm on the back of a
chair or seat occupied by another person,
especially if that person is lady. 1t is ex-
cessively vulgar.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

When you are hurried and postage
stamp will not stick, moisten it and rub it
on the flap of an envelope and then quick
~ put it in it's place.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

"some men," remarked Uncle Eben,
"'d git rich if dey would devote ter honest
labors half de energy dat dey shows in git
tin rid of plugged quarter
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The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

It is almost impossible to get good cup
of coffee in England, even in the restau-
rants where the prices are outrageously
high. 5 g.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

There will be daily boat from Green
VILE to the head OF the lake this season.
giving fishermen and lumbermen an OPP
portunity to go to either the Northeast
or Northwest Garry without delay.
Steamer Twilight. of the Coburn line,
Capt. Fred D. Bigney, will leave Green
Vile every morning at seven o'clock, go
ing to both Northeast and Northwest
Carries, and leaving the head OF the lake
at pm.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

In England over $1,000, 900 worth Of
medicine i annually distributed gratis at
the dispensaries.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
STATE TOPICS OF INTEREST.

The new Brewer city bonds that are to
he issned to raise funds to pay for the
Fogg property are to be in denomina-
t1ons of $50 each, IA of them making the
1000. They are to be dated June 1,
1894. and interest at 4 per cent. will be
payable semi-annually on the first OF
June and November.
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By HENRY B. CLEAvEs, Governor


Maine takes just pride in the beauty and
LONELINESS of her natural scenery. which
makes the state so attractive not only to
our own people but to those seeking, within
our borders, pleasures and recreation and
the health giving breeze from our mountains
and sea.
And while nature, with lavish hand, has
bestowed grace and beauty and variety to
our landscape, yet it is in accord with the
sentiment of our people, to devote special
day, in the springtime, in adjoining and
identifying the homes, the public. and
private parks, the school grounds and high
ways, of the state. by planting trees and
shrubs and vines. l, therefore, set apart
Wednesday, the ninth day of May, to be
oIc q
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

THE new steamer City of Bangor Will
probably make her first trip to port on
friday, June /, leaving Boston on that
day and arriving at Bangor Saturday.
The third span of the new steel bridge
of the Maine Central above the car shops
at Augusta, was put in place, Sunday
The work was commenced as soon as "a
passed, and was completed in season for
No, Ii to Bangor, at 80 in the after
noon. The paper train could not cross
and was run to Fairfield. where the pa
pers and passengers were transferred
across the river to Benton.
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Yarmouth.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
Windtan.

Mrs. Emile Underhill Burgess of New
York, will deliver a free lecture on
peace and Arbitration" at the Friends
church, Wednesday evening, May 9th.
Mrs. Burgess is an able and popular
speaker, and full house is expected.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

The Brownville Maine Slate Co., intend
to double their present working force
soon. They are getting ready to put up
two more large cables with all the latest
improvements. They will also put in
more large tables.
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The People are the Best Judges

human note is touched and by their
verdict paintings stand fall The people have spoken I'm
perfect accord whit the critics this time) concerning
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Cores
pondents of the Press.
Gorhan.

Mr.. II. L. Harding and DR.. Rowell are
in Weld for few days.
Mr.. Mellon K. Harmon has purchased
the property OF the late MIS-. .. Y. ferfy
on State st.
Memorial Day will be observed as US
nal. Mavor Holman S. Melcher of
Portland, will deliver the address.
The ladies of M. E. Church will serve
ice-cream and cake afternoon and evening
Memorial Day.
Arbor Day will be observed, May 8, at
the Normal School at P. M. with public
exercies as follows: Address by Princi-
nal w. J. Corthell, exercises by the End
class of "a and planting of the class tree,
to be followed by similar programme
of the B. G. D and E classes. The Gram
mar School will join in the exercise, and
the little ones, under charge of Miss
Cloudman, will plant trees, singing some
of their kindergarten pieces as an accom-
paniment. After these exercises, the
4 and B classes will each plant an ivy.
Exercises will close with singing by the
school.
Yarmouth.
EAST NORTH YARMOUTH.
School in District No. 6 commenced
Monday with Miss Inez 9. Page, OF Cum
berland Mills as teacher.
Miss Mary A. Lawrence is visiting her
niece. Mrs. Addison S. Thayer, Portland.
Mr.. Cornelius Thomas and family have
moved to Auburn.
Miss Lucinda M. Lawrence, of the
Stevens School, New Gloucester, spent
Sunday at home.
Mrs. E. M. Millikin and family have
moved to Cliftondale, Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
MISCELLANEOUS
The CHANGE OF LIFE.
A PICTURE FOR WOMEN'S EYES,
With the Hope That 1t May Do Some Of
Them Good.

ESPECIAL TO OUR LADY READERs.l
To-day there is the happy mother,
healthy boys and girls, sunshine, music,
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

Houlton, Aroostook countys shire
town, is growing rapidly and substan-
TALLY and bids fair before long to become
city. Today it is one of the largest
towns in the state. The population is
about 5000. The outlook is that the new
railroad will wonderfully build up the
town. This season there will be $780,
900 building boom which will mean a
great lift for the Aroostook metropolis.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08

A wooden mill for Rumford Falls, to
be built at once and commence manu-
featuring at an early date. is an assured
fact, says the Rumford Falls Times.
The arrangements have all been com.
pleted, and the work on the building will
commence at once. twill be operated
by electrical power, which will be fur
nished by the Rumford Falls light and
power company. The wool used in the
manufactured product will be largely
state of Maine wool.
The Portland daily press., 1894-05-08
CONNOISSEURS
HAVEA WAY OF THINKING
Monkey Painting His Tail Sky-BIue

thus producing gaud the above studio
SCENE ocko producing immortal portrait OF the
pma MoonBayng Opera Company pes the
ways connection with But OF the finished picture
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-06-16
THEY WAITED FOR HIM.

a Dloh0D'o Glover 0oluti0o o1 . F1ahia0
Porty'o Dilemma.
Some years ago . number of gentle
men visited the mountains OF Colorado
for the purpose Of fishing. Among the
party was bishop Of IN eastern dio-
cese Of the Episcopal church. Fishing
was the sole occupation and amusement
of the visitors; 20 when Sunday came.
q there was nothing else TO do, the
laymen Of the party got out their rods.
preparatory to casting . line But
they were In . quandary - 70 the bishop
They did not want to hurt his feelings
by leaving him behind. nor did they
want to offend his religious principles
by inviting him to 60 fishing on Sum
day. Finally one Of them pluclsed up
courage and told him of their dilemma,
whereupon the good man said that he
would tell them of . happening In hts
earlier life which he thought rather
apropoA
..Some years ago." he said, when ]
had charge Of the affairs of parish.
was awakened about two O'Clock one
morning, and upon inquirinG who wes
there, heard . mans voice reply that
he was there with Miss Blank, and that
they wanted to get married. reasoned
with him about the 1Dtimely hour. but
to NO avail; he meant TO get married
RIGHT then and there. So put on my
clothes and gown, and went down
stairs and began the marriage service
Everything went along - dictated u
the service till asked the man: 'Wis
thou take this woman to Be thy welded
wife?' to which he replied: What m ]
here fur?'"
They waited for the bishop-Har
per's Magazine.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-06-16

dreds Of years, and it IL called the Ars
Coeli Bambino (baby). because the
church of that name, one Of flie oldest
and most interesting In Rome, is its
home.
This church IL built ON the site Of .
very ancient pagan temple, and its
nave is formed Of twenty-five columns.
the spoils Of the ancient buildings, the
inscription ON the third ON tho left
proving it to have been brought from
the palace Of the CesarA
I shall never forget the first day wo
visited this vast and eolemnly pic
turcsque ediflce. It was just 1t sum
Get, and golden shafts Of light illumlp
mated the mosaic Aoor, lighted up the
richly gilded ceiling sbove and flashed
in wondrous brilliancy over the Pro
sepio or manger. where lay tho miracu.
lous Bambino In swaddling clothes.
literally crusted over with diamonds.
emeralds, rubies. sapphircs and other
precious stones. while It's neck and
wrists were entirely covered with
strings Of the purcst oriental pearlA
The whole Of ono Of the side chapels
Is devoted to the representation of the
birth of Christ. In the foreground II
the Virgin Mary kneeling by the man
ger, with Joseph by her side, while
Just behind arc . life-size or and ass,
and shepherds and kings kueel near In
adorntion.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-06-16
Care Of sitting Hens.

Tho sitting hen should have tine
same food as she has been accustomed
to, at start at least, and if any change
is desirable it should be made only ky
degrees. A sudden change of diet may
interfere with its proper digestion,
cause the hen to have a diarrhoea and
make her leave her nest. or foul her
eggs, and sometimes even destroy her
life. If a hen has diarrh9a while sit.
ting, it is advisable to add few drops
of tincture of iron to the drinking wa
ter. This will usually check the un'
due looseness and will also act rs a
tonic to the system. If the hen, by
reason of this diarrhea, has fouled
her nest and eggs. or if she
has broken any of tho eggs in
the nest, the remaining ones should be
promptly washed in tepid water, dried
with . soft cloth and returned to the
nest after it has been cleaned. Neither
hot nor cold water should touch the
eggs while undergoing incubation
The hen should be thoroughly busted
with insect powder three times during
the Matching, at the start. 1T the end
Of ten days, and just before the eggl
are due to hatch. This busting will
destroy the lice that often cause q hen
to sit uneasily, or even desert her nest
and will give the chickens a fail
chance by coming into the world in a
nest that is free from vermin. Do NO,
sprinkle the eggs while they are hatch
ing. It was an old-fashioned ides
that this was absolutely necessary
but by numerous experiments it ha,
been clearly demonstrated that sprink
ling eggs is entirely unnecessary and
that sometimes it is possibly harmful
Where it can be done, 1t is best to Gel
several hens at once. At the end oi
ten days, test the eggs. removing the
clear ones-a very little experience
will enable anyone to do this ,A,ccess
fully-and distribute the fertile egg.
among the sitters. If many cleAr egg.
are removed part of the hens will b
sufficient to cover them. and thI other.
can be reset Ten days additional sit
ting, even If the hen loses sr'uewhat
in flesh. will do her no harm --Towr
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