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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-01
Choice Perfumes
at HAYS Pharmacy.
FOR RENT

Or SALE our c0mmodious store Cor.
Congress and Pearl ST., Portland, Me.
Over an acre of floor space, 11O 1T. of
glass front, steam heat. gas, elevator
and in thorough repair. Possession
given about Jan. 1856. OREN HOOP
Err, SON g. LEIGHTON, House Fur
nishers. iun16eod6mo1stp
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-08-01
AGONIZING Eczema
Feet Sore and Thumbs Useless. Doc
tors and Medicine no Avail. Ter
rib1e Suffering. Cured in Four
Weeks by CUTICURA.

have boy, fifteen years old, who had the
eczema so offensive that could not stay in the
hi
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MATTERS IN MAINE.
The Christian Alliance at Old
Orchard.
AN INTERESTING REPUBLICAN
COUNTY CONVENTION AT BATH.

1t Is Feared the Fireman who Survived
the Wreck At Greenville VIII Not
Recover His Mind-His Testimony
Would BE valuable-DoinRs of Society
At Bar Harbor-Other News of Interest
In the State.
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MORE FIGHTING.
China's Best War Ship Sunk In An
Engagement.
TWO OTHERS SUNK OR CAPTURED
1000 SEAMEN LOST.

Japan Denies That the Transport Sunk
Recently Was Flying British CoIors-
Or That They Fired On the Drowning
Men-The War Ship sunk was a Modern
Vessel And the Strongest And Best Ship
in China's Navy.
Shaghai, July 31.-Another battle be
tween the Chinese and japanese fleets
was fought yesterday, July 80. After a
fierce fight the Chinese ironclad man-of-
war ChenYuen the largest and most re-
Gently built ship in the Chinese navy,
was sunk, and two Chinese cruisers,
built by the Armstrong; at Elswick,
were captured by the japanese. The two
cruisers which were captured were the
Chin Yuen and Ching Yuen. 1t is re-
ported that another cruiser, the Foo
Tschng was destroyed.
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FOR REM r..

Store No. 100 Exchange street, in
Jose Bldg, together with shops i'm rear
of same, lately occupied by Nelson Ten
ney & Co. Premises consist of Main
store containing about 1880 so. ft.
with Basement the same; rear store
containing about 1880 so. IT. with
basement the same; and work shops,
two stories high. 4Ox22 and 28x16
each. The above are all well lighted
and in good condition and are connect
ed. Large yard space adjoining. The
WHOLE Si,1l will b. be leased leased together or will
ply to JOHN F. A. MERRILL, Room
"a, Jose Bldg, 9S Exchange Street.
may24 diff
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04
THE STRANGER ON THE SILL.
nyr. B. READ.

Between broad fields of wheat and corn
Is the lowly home where was born;
The peach tree leans against the wall,
And the woodbine wonders over all;
There is the shaded doorway still.
But strangers foot has crossed the sill.
There is the barnard, as of yore,
can smell the hay from the open door.
And see the busy swallows throng,
And hear the pewee's moutnful song;
But tile stranger comes-ohl painful
proof
His sheayes are l,iled to the heated rooi.
There is the orchard -the.very trees
Where my childhood knew long hours
of ease,
And watched the shadowy moments run
Till my life imbibed mors shade than
sun;
The swing from the boughs still sweeps
the air,
But the strangers children are swing
ing there.
There bubbles the shady spring belong,
With its burlish brook where the hazels
grow;
Twas there found the calamus root,
And watched the minnows poise and
shoot,
And heard the robin lave its wing
But the strangers bucket is at the
spring.
o ye who daily cross the sill.
Step lightly, for 1 love it still;
And when you crowd the old barn caves,
Then think what countless harvest
sheaves
Have passed within that scented door
To gladden. eyes that are no more!
Deal kindly with these orchard trees;
And when your children crowd their
knees,
Their sweetest fruit they shall impart,
AS if old memories stirred their heart;
To youthful sport still leave the swing,
And in sweet reverence hold the spring
The barn, the trees, the brook, the birds,
The meadows with their lowing herds,
The woodbine on the cottage wall
My heart still fingers with them all.
Ye strangers on my native sill,
Step lightly, for 1 love it still
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pity His WIFE.

Capt. V. A. Rankin, of Crown
City, Gallia county, o., weighing al
most 300 pounds, claims he is the
champion eater of the United
States. Capt. Rankin disposes of
three square meals during the day
and wakes up every night at 10
o'clock and at morning at 2 o'clock
and eats big meal his wife pre-
pares for him before retiring. He
frequently demoIishes two fried
chickens, six fried eggs, a loaf of
bread, six ounces of butter and four
cups of coffee for breakfast. Mr..
Rankin is wealthy but says his
money dosn't agitate his mind so
often as his eating.
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length q fiftb BAN struck Gor-

length a fifth ball struck Cor
do full in the face, and, entering
his cheek. knocked him senseless.
He fen. and for some time his pros
ira body was wrapped in the
smoke of battle.
We hear from General Gordon's
owf lips story that in a metaphys-
ical point is exceedingly interesting.
he ays that when he fell ne was
uttsly incapable of moving. He
gra ually began to think of his con-
ditiQn, and this is the half dream
and half soliloquy that he carried
have been struck in the head
with q six pound solid shot. 1t has
carried away my head. On theleft
side here is q little piece of skull
left But the brain is gone entirely.
The eiore / am dead. And yet l
am thiplzing How cana manthink
With ais hHnd shot Off I may have
Consciousness while dead, but not
motion. If Lean lift my leg, then
i am alive. Twill try that. Can II
Yes; there it is-lifted upl I'm all
right"
The General says that every stage
ofthis soliloquy is indelibly stamped
on his mind, and that in his ex-
hausted state the reasoning was car
ried on as logically as ever man
reasoned at his desk. Doubt sue
ceeded argument and argument dis
placed doubt just as logically as
could be. He says he will never
forget with what anxiety he made
the test of lifting his leg-with what
agony he waited to see whether or
not it would move in responce to
his effort, and how he hesitated
before trying it, for fear that it
might fail, aud his death be thereby
demonstrated.
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NO. Al
The Father and HIS Boy.

Don't be hypocrite before your
boy, writes Robert ]. Burdette in
the first paper of the series Before
He is Twenty in the Ladies Home
Journal. When he believes you t.
be infallible don encourage the
lief. Take him into your life
you desire to be taken into
Don't tell him that when you
a boy you never gave your parens
u moments uneasiness, were never
cross to your little sister, never dis
obeyed your teacher. never cruel TO
dumb animals, and always kept the
Golden Rule. Be honest with him
above all things. Don't be to dig
niied with him. The moro he loves
you, the more heliyes in your arms,
the more he plays with you and the
less he fears you, the moro pro.
fonudly viii he respect you. Pity
the man, who, in order to secure
and retain proper respect from his
children, has to wear at all timesan
uncomfortable veneer of artificial
dignity.
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Old Pnner

VIM. Vieth. of Mason City, is the
possessor of an cid relic, in the way
of German newspaper, which was
printed in Prussia on February 18th,
1777. 1t is very small, (although it
was a weekly being not much lar
ger than sheet of writing paper,
nevertheless it is very neat and
we'll gotten up. 1t is printed on a
substantial class of paper, almost
equal to cloth, and has the appear
ance of not being over couple of
years old. The paper came into Mr..
Vieth's possession many years ago,
and he values it very highly
POmeroy Democrat.
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Advice TO Woman.

Don't be sorry you are woman.
The feeling does you no good, and
it's not generous to us.
Don't hate other women. sd
Think of the way you look at one
another on the street. Don't keep
all your politeness for us.
Don't keep smoothing the rinkles
out of you waist. A few wrinkles
will Keep you from looking
hideously smooth like a fashion
plate.
Don't get off a car with your back
to the horses. Men get great deal
of fun out of your persistency in
doing this. But you are not bound
to amuse them.
Don't stand at the door of street
car and worry some man near at
hand into giving You seat when
there are empty seats at the head
of the car. Yo all do this.
Don't leave your handkerchief
and pocket book in your lap, when,
you are riding in a street car. Some
man will pick them up for you as
you are passing out, but they viii
get muddy.
Don't wait until you get in front
of ticket Office window before
taking out your pocket book. The
wives of the eight men who are
patiently waiting the opportunity,
to buy tickets are wondering why
they are SO late at home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04
GEN. GORDEN,s SCARS.
He was Wounded Five Times in Ons

He was Wounded Five Times in One
The following incident in the mil
itary career of Gen. John B. Cor
don, will be read with interest:
At Sharpsburg, Md, General Cor
don, then Colonel, furnished the
sublimest spectacle of endurance
and courage that | think is furnished
by the annals of war. Before the
battle General Lee rode down the
lines, and expressed doubt as 10
General Gordon's being able to hold
his position, and conveyed to him
an idea of the Importance of doing
SO. General Gordon, turning SO
that his men could hear him said:
General Lee, my men are deter.
mined to stay here" Then the
battle opened. Line after line was
thrown upon General Gordon g
front. But from that dauntless
front they were thrown back as
often as they marched against it.
The slaughter was terrible. The
ground was literally blue with the
corpses of the enemy, while only
six men of the wright wing of the
regiment were left. But the line
never wayered. The men had come
to "stay," and, dead or alive, they
were determined to stay.
General Gordon was wounded
early in the fight. A minnie ball
passed through the calf of his leg,
tearing the flesh in a most fearful
manner. The flow of blood was
incessant, but he had no time to
staunch the wound. In about half
an hour another ball plunged
through the same leg about foot
above where the other had gone.
The loss of blood from these two
wounds weakened him, but he still
kept his feet and gave his orders
calm and clear to his men, who were
lying on their faces. An hour later
he was shot again, the ball tearing
through his left arm, making hide
GUS wound and cutting a little ar
terry. This disabled his arm, and
helped to drain his weakened sys-
tenn, but still, haggard and bloody,
he staggered up and down the line
encouraging his men. A fourth ball
then entered his shoulder, knocking
him from his feet. His men who
saw the crimsoned uniform and pale
face go down, thought that their
heroic leader was killed. With
sublime courage, however, he strug-
gled to his feet, and though he had
hardly stregth to stand, waved his
sword above his head, and called to
his men to remain firm. Some one
ran to him hastily, and said it was
rumored up the line that he was
dangerously wounded, and the men
were wavering. "Tell them that
L am not hurt badly" he said. And
so through those dreadful hours of
slaughter, with four unstaunched
wounds drawing blood from his
body, he stood determined to die
with his men, and in defense of the
part that General Lee had confided
to his trust. Was knightlier hero
ism ever displayed2 Ahl great heart
of goldl Ahl splendid gentle mani
Ahl lustrous and shining SOUL On
that day dist thou win immortal
glory, even though all else of thy
life were blotted outl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04

Louis Kossuth, the Hungarani
statesman and patriot, died at Tur-
in, Italy, ON Tuesday, March goth.
Every school boy that has read the
history of this country is familiar
with his name from the fact of his
visit to this country in the year
1851. In that year the United
States government sent its steam
frigate Mississippi to Turkey where
he had fed from the wrath of the
Allied Armies of Russia and Austria.
he reached New York on Decemb-
er 5th, 1851. Everywhere he went
he was received with marked en-
thusiasm.
The name of Kossuth like that of
Washington is synonym of pat
riotism.
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A Sadly Sinfnl World.

Housekeeper-Was it the hard
times that threw you out of WORT?
Mouldy Mike-No, mum. 1t was
the wickedness of the people, mum.
1 used to earn so a week an trave.
lin expenses, but the sinful world
has lost all interest in the cause L
was a-help-in' mum.
"What causeP''
1.-THE glorious cause of temper
ance, num-"
"Goodnessl We're you temper
ance Jecturer2"
"No. num- was the horrible ex-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04

a farmer in the valley of Virgin
ia recently shipped to London Eng
land, one hundred barrels of choice
pippin apples, for which he receiv-
ed, clear of transportation and com
mission, s521. whycan:t our farm
ers do the same thing? The profit
ACQUIRING from the industry is very
large, when you take into consider
alton the little labor annually ex-
pended in the cultivation, after the
orchard is in full bearing. Weston
Democrat.
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Jefrerson,s Ten Rnles.

/. Take things always by tho
smooth handle.
2. Mover spend your money be-
fore You have it.
3. We seldom repent of having
eaten too little.
4 Pride costs moro than hunger,
thirst and cold.
5. Nothing is troublesome ~
we do willingly.
6. Never put off till to-meS,1
what you can do to-day.
z. Never trouble another for
you can do yourself.
8. Never buy what you do
want because it is cheap.
9. How much pain the evils hs
cost us that have never happened,
10. When angry count ten before
you speak; if very angry, count one
hundred.
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ONE GIRLS FUNERAL.
II Was in the Early Days of Montana
and Was a Sad One.


During the construction days of
the Northern Pacific railroad many
small towns were born that flourish
ed until the road was completed and
then died. The little story follow
ing actually occurred and made an
impression on me that l shall never
forget. To me there was tinge of
sadness that went straight to the
heart. / occupied the exalted po-
sition of justice of the peace. Now,
a justice of the peace in Montana in
early days was bigger man than
the Chief Justice of the United
States is to day and had a perpetual
variety entertainment. He married
people, buried the dead, put out
fires, took a drink with everybody,
refereed dog-fights, settled family
rows, preached, made speeches and
had to be ready for any kind of
work. For this aggregation of du-
ties he was called Judge, but if he
rendered a wrong dicislon his name
was Dennis.
One cold morning 1 was waited
upon by delegation of gamblers
and informed that one of the girls
was dead. They said she had pass
ed in her checks during the night,
and as she was the slickest girl in
the camp she was to have "a carat
send-off and no mistake. I went
around to see the body to fnd out if
possible, the cause of her death. 1
was satisfied that the girl had ta-
ken morphine and died from the eff
fects, and SO 1 rendered my decis-
ion, which satisfied all. 1 set the
hour for the funeral and returned
to the cabin to prepare my remarks.
There was not Bible in the camp,
and SO 1 had to play it alone. 1t was
a cold, stormy Montana winter day,
and that added much to the sadness
of the occasion. The grave was dug
out among the pines, and more
God forsaken place it would have
been hard to find, but it was the
best we had or could get.
The hour arrived; the procession
formed, myself in front of the pail
bearers, consisting of gamblers, with
the body in rough pine box. Next
came the girls of the town and the
business men in the rear. We
wended our way slowly to the last
resting place, where, alone and un-
known, amid the rocks and pines
with the awful stiffness of the
mountains, all, that was earthly of
that unfortunate girl would stay un-
til the last day.
No one could pray; no one could
sing. I poured out my souRto my
God in my poor, stumbling way
told him all about it. We were un-
animous in the belief that she was
more sinned against than SHINING,
and would He in His infinite good
ness aud loving kindness forgive
her, wipe out all the black spots on
her soul, forget her past and save
her for her souls sake2 Would He
suspend all rules, throw open wide
the portals of heaven, have sweetest
music played on a thousand golden
harps and bid that poor, tired, sim
stained soul enter the realms of hap
piness, purity and rest?
1t was our funeral, because every
body did all they could. There
were but few of all kinds, to be
sure, but humans with souls to
save. There many of the old boys
scattered throughout the northwest
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..YOu ought to be ashamed, Ar
thur; you annoyed your aunt 50
much that she has left us.
81 don't care, I only like distant
relatives, anyhow"
Mary" Do you believe it pos
sible for a girl to be SO homely as
to stop clock2"
Jane-.sI don't know. You can
easily find out, however.
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who will recollect that stormy Mon
tana day, and how we knocked at
eternity's door for admittance for
that girls soul, and all will agree
that our knocking was not in vain
that the gates were thrown open
and forgiveness and rest came to
her. Orting Oracle.
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Kentucky is after the junk boat.
1t requires the owner to register it
and take out yearly license, and
to paint his name, date of license
and the territory in which the boat
may circulate, in large letters on
the boat. The license must state
the boats business. These are
wholesome regulations.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04
A Soft Sueeestlou.

The old man had money, but the
young one who wanted to marry
his daughter wasn't afflicted that
way.
"Have you enough TO support my
daughter on2" demanded the pater-
nal, when the youth appeared be-
fore him to present his case.
81 have got $50 a week, sir"
answered the applicant.
"Do you call that enough9" asked
the old gentleman in very doubt
full tone.
The youth smiled with airy con-
fidence.
cit suits me very well he respond :
ed, abut 1 shouldn't think it would
suit you."
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The man who is aalways on the
go" generally doesn't know how to
stop when he gets there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04
VIM. Month Is Yoursl

An old astrological prediction
gives the character of a girl accord
ing to the month she was born in,
as follows:
If a girl is born in january she
will be prudent housewife, given
to melancholy, but good tempered
and fond of fine clothes, if in Feb
ruary, an affectionate wife and ten
der mother and devoted to dress; if
in March, a frivolous chatterbox,
some what given to quarreling and
q connoisseur in gownsani bonnets;
if in April, inconstant, not very in
telIigent, but likely to be good look
ing and studious of fashion plates;
ifin May, handsome. amiable and
given to style in dress; if in June
impetuous, will marry early, be
frivolous and like dressy clothes; if
in July, possibly handsome. but
with q spllsy temper aud q penchant
for gay attire; if in August, amiabIe
and practical, likely to marry rich
and dress strikingly; if in septem-
Der, discreet, affable, much liked
and fashionable dresser; if in octo-
Der, pretty, coquettish and devoted
to attractive garniture; if in No
vember, liberal, kind, of mild dis
position and an admirer of stylish
dress; if in December, well proper
toned, fond of novelty, extrava-
CANT and a student of dressy effects.
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A negro preacher explains the
story of Jonah and the whale as
follows: "Dat country war a sea
shoah, and de hotelsdey was named
after de tings OBJ de sea. Oar was
de Sailors Rest, de Mariners Re-
treat, de Seafaring Mans Home, an
lot of sich places jest as 20 kin fin
EN- at Norfolk now. Among desc
places was one called de Whales
Belly. Jonah came along an didn't
hab no script in his purse. He
stayed dere tree days, and phen de
landlady found he didn't hab any
money she spewed him out. 1t is
glib to us 10 show, when we don't
treat a man right kase he's pore, we
may be kickin' and angel una
wares"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-04

Many a man who wants to set
the world on fire will lie in bed
while his wife kindIes the kitchen
conhagratioa.
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The drafts which true genius
draws upon posterity, although they
may not always be honored as soon
as they are due, are sure to be paid
with compound interest in the end.
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Prendergast's suspense viii soon
end by suspension.