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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
A Strong Caro- at Mystic.

Medford. Mass, September 10-In spite
Of the heavy rain of yesterday the track
at Mystic park today was fairly good. It
was late however when the judges finally
decided it to be fit for racing consequent
" only two races of the four on the card
were started and none of. these were
finished. The card was the strongest
presented so far this season. The interest
in the 2. 13 trot, purse $1,000 was intense.
Col. Kuser, Aunt Delilah and Caprice
each took a heat. Best time, 2.12A. In
the 3 25 pace. purse $1,000, Dan S., Gen.
d., Fair Lillian and Dandy r., each took
heat. Best time 2. 16A.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
MARRIAGES.

In Auburn, Sept. 4. S. H. B. Allen and Miss
liza v. Hill. both of Norway.
In Ellsworth Sept. 4. Charles p. Halpin OF
Boston and Miss Louise B. Bresnahan OF Ellis
worth.
In Gardiner. Sept. A. John W. HUT and Miss
Gertrude Z. Hathaway.
In East Orrington. Sept. 8, Albert x. Glass of
Bangor and Miss Annie NJ. Covelle OF East Or
In Ellsworth. Sept. 3, stiIlman s, Royal and
Mrs. Susan h. Herrick, both of Ellsworth.
In Bangor. Sept. 4. Edward j. Dougherty and
Miss Hannah Mcnamara.
In Augusta, Sept. 2. Arthur s. Runnells of
Hallowel and Miss Jennie L. Scanlon OF Au-
In Bangor, Sept, 4. Charles E. Bragdon and
Miss Isabelle Gallagher.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
ARE YOU COMING OUT I?

No. we don't mean are you to make your
debut this season-today. Made any
plans for the day that we might in
terfere with if we suggested where
YOU could spend few moments
yery proftably? Well let you into
the secret-mind, now, it's secret
There's going to be a crowd here
Wednesday Lots of people you
know will be here, and they'll expect
you. What's going to cause the ex-
citements oh, that's the secret
You'll find clue to it in this adver-
tisement, follow it up and report here
early. You'll not regret the visit and
we'll help you make excuses to your
friends for your absence. Come to
think of it, these low prices will be
excuse enough.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
DEATHS,

In West Gray. Sept. 9, George s. Allen, aged
"a years.
dence.
Cin Springyale. Sept. 10, Mrs. Jennie Butler,
aged about 43 years.
in Sanford, Sept. 2, Thomas Goodwin, aged
20 years.
years.
In Bucksport. Sept. 2, Mrs. Kate W. Bailey,
In Augusta. Sept. 2. Amherst Whitmore OF
Brunswick, aged Al years.
In Augusta. Sept. l, Mrs. Mary Hodgkins,
aged 60.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
Odds and Ends,
CLOAK ROOM,
Wednesday morning.

Spring and Summer business readymade articles
the thousands and and REFERS and wrappers by the many
understanding like it in former years.
necessity everything left kinds you've bought
then for just good tor US
too patience keep for but
believe the nimbe six pence so you are the
gamer.
coming after with imperative de-
mand for and summer goods must yield
show how to turn right owhat
Much more n the index indicates
Us Ladies Shirt Waists, 75c.
Zephyr and fine percae were $150
Ladies' Percae Waists 60e.
Our best 500 and 4 25kMaa
LIS White Waists, 25c.
Regular 89c kind.
Is White Lawn Waists. Soc
Marked from si.2a
40 Boys Faunteoy Waists. 25c, SOC, 75c.
75c $780, $1.5o
LADIES' JAcKErsneary 20 from $500 and soase $500
black styles good just right TOR earyIl :" 49, S.UO
Fall wearbig bargains. Is 3d. 10 SlA 5.OO
CHILDREN'S REFERS IS were $500 $3.50
Checks plad mixtures, light and dark 10 " $780, " zoo
--good garments till December lis 15o, SOC
rs Boys Suits. to 8 years.
just IL former prices.
10 Ladies' White Lawn Wrappers Csc.
is Colored Wrappers $1.OO.
Formerly $225, ESQ., 800.
A few cape very few Outing
at IL to 3 former prices.
Remember object sale to close out stock
There isn't good how prices
goods that will move them off
If you early
Wednesday. 8 a. M
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11

predicting that there will never be any
thing further done in the case unless some
new developments take place; that as
the testimony of the physicians at that
autopsy revealed no positive evidence of
a criminal operation, and the further
testimony of DR.. Turner that, in his
opinion, death was due to natural or &C.
cidental causes, preclude any possibility
of conviction.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
Bowdoin Foot Ball.

The candidates for the Bowdoin foot
ball team are called to meet together at
once. Mackie, the old Harvard guard,
has been engaged as coach. George I.
Ordway is manager of the team.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Tho WeGther Today
is likely to
be Fair.
r S there anything that
i decorates and beau
titles a dining table
so much as rich Cut
Glass?
Does anything add
such brilliancy and e!e-
gance /?
Then a piece or two
will not be amiss on your
own table, and a word
about our great collec-
ton of new shapes in
DorAinger's make is
timely.
Cut glass notions are
as tickle as the winds.
Ideas as to what is proper
in shape and size are as
changeable as the sea-
sons. The. old, round,
deep, high dishes have
given way to low, shall
low, small, irregular
shapes, prettier, more
artistic and less expen-
sive. And then the cut
ting; it has been elevated
to a fine art, the facets of
a diamond are not more
perfect, and a gem from
DorAinger's is hardly less
dazzling.
There is a large stock
to choose from here, a
tasteful selection of the
best and newest designs.
Japanese dishes, Royal
Worcester dishes, Doul-
ton, Crown Derby, Bill
leek, Minton, some good
specimens from each OF
these famous potterles
have just been opened
in the basement.
OWEN, MOORE &CC
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

You know what we mean
when we say ''Remnant
Sale.'' This is a CLOAK
ROOM Remnant Sale, regu-
lar old fashioned dyed.in-the
wool kind.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11

Free concert by Chambers Band at
City Hall tonight. Lecture by James
Dunn, a Kelley graduate.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-11
Wash Dress Fabrics.

Challies that were sc for 2 1-2c
500 yards best Standard Prints, sc yard.
Dimities that were 12 1-2c for 1-4c.
Plisse Superbe for 6 1-4c yard.
Jaconat Muslins, 1-4c.
Canton Crepons, 8 1-4c.
Ballenena Ducks, l0c
Crown Pique, 6 lido
Figured Taft eta Moires, 10 lao.
Percales, 80 inch, Sc yard.
Cotton Crepe, Sc yard.
French Finish Sateens, 15c.
1000 dozen Gents Cancels Hair Halt
HOSP, seamless. - Lee pair.
Children's BOnnets.
A new line of these goods just received,
comprising almost everything one
could wish for. Opening sale of fall
and winter Bonnets Wednesday.
Figured Suitings, so inches wide. Wed.
nesday Sl.00..
Black Dress Goods.
a5 piecesss49 inch Imported India Twills,
regular 75c goods. Wednesday 49e
yard.
Imported India Twills, all wool, same
quality as above, but 46 inches wide,
SOC yard.
Imported Serges, all wool, 36 inches wide,
25c yard.
Wrappers.
Special sale of Ladies print, dimity and
lawn wrappers Wednesday. Some
almost given away. See them.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
A Valuable Guide.

While visiting San Francisco we en- gagged carriage to drivo through Golden Gate park, stipulating for an intelligent driver who could point out the places and objects of interest. Tho one sent was n bright looking young Irishman, in n neat livery, and ho took much interest in dis playing his knowledge. Two crosses oh elevations in view of the park arc promi- nent. One of them, n Greek cross, VIC had been told was erected to mark the place where tho first Church of England services were held on the Pacific coast, on the oc- casion of tho visit of Sir Francis Drake, in tho sixteenth century. The object of the other, a plain wooden cross, we did not know. So asked tho driver about it.
 Well, sir, ho replied, Il little puzzled, apparently, that shows tho Inerriden.
 Tho whati' inquired.
 ''The merriden, he repeated.
 But what Is thatf" asked.
 Well, sir, no replied, tits what they find their place with on ships.
 "Oh," I exclaimed, light breaking, 'that is where the neridiau line passes through'"
 Yes, " said he, delighted to havo solved the matter satisfactorily, and that other cross is monument to Stab King, the great oil man
 We asked few othar questions. s.---New York Post.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
Wellington and the Toad.

Napoleon was worshiped and feared, but men loved and adorcd the Iron Duke Of the former, how few arc the kindly human traits recorded, while of the other to this day fresh proofs keep coming to light of simple sweetness dwelling long in the minds of men The following anecdotc concerning a letter lately exhumed may serve as one instance out of thousand il- frustrating the sympathetic nature of tho great commander. The letter, so far as my memory serves, was in some such terms as these:
 Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington begs to inform William Harris that his toad is alive and we'll" @
 It seems that tho duke in the course of a country stroll, had come upon a little boy weeping bitterly over toad. A strange trio they must have been-the lean, keen eyed old soldier, the flushed, sobbing boy, and between them the wrin- kled reptile squatting, with fearless eyes and throbbing sides. The boy wept be- cause he was going to school next day. He had come daily to feed his toad. The little heart was racked with grief because he feared his darling would be neglected when he was gone and might starve. The dukes heart was as soft as the boy's for he undertook to see that the toad was looked after, and the letter above quoted is one of the subsequent bulletins. ton Post
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
Flowers of tho snnny south,

II left Chicago one hitter cold day." said man. and when I landed in New Orleans the next day it was bland summer weather, and tho warm sunshine went clear into the bone started out for a walk and at the first corner came to a flower stand. I selected small bunch of violets and asked the price.
 Ton cents, said the 0ower seller.
 1T thought thatwas wonderfully cheap, but of course I expected to find many fowers in the south-in fact, had seen roses in full bloom in many of the broad front yards. Then said to myself, Why can't send some of these homo and givo my friends somo idea of tho glorious mid summer down here'' I asked tho flower seller if the flowers would keep long enough to be shipped north. Ho said they would. doubted it. But he reassured me when he said: Don't you sec how nice and frosh these areP Well, they were ship ped all the way from Philadelphia. "- Chicago Record.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
A WONDERFUL MOTOR.
An Acknowledgements Machine That Pooled
 a Number of Investors.

An Electro-Magnetic Machine That Fooled
 a Number of Investors.
 About go years ago Mr. Paine had an electromagnetic engine in Newark, in which many persons whose names are not unknown to fame, and who certainly ought to havc known better ''took much stock" in the literal as well as flgsrative sense Being in Newark on somo other business, was waited upon by MT. Paine and invited to see the machine. accepted the invitation and went with him. Tho apparatus was shown off with great suc- cess, starting with full velocity the mo- ment connection was made with little battery of four cells, driving lathes, saw ing wood, etc., in way that denonstrat- ed several horsepower at least. l need hardly say that was not convinced that perpetual motion had been discovered, but only looked out for the trick
 Nothing, however, could be demoustrat- ed without taking the pondercus machin- cry to pieces. Noar the end of my visit however, in connection with a pseudo ex- planation of some point, MT Paine once moro connected tho battery, whereupon the machine, in place of starting promptly as before, made few turns and stopped This was of course accounted for by the in- ventor as caused by some derangement of
 
 parts, but as, n few minutes later, went down stairs, looked at my watch and found that it was livo minutes after 6 o'clock Tho building at large contained steam engine and power was confessed ly used in all other parts except those oc- cupied by MT. Paino. This remarkable failure to start at just about clock. therefore, revealed tho actual source of-on- ergy The littlo battery without doubt operated either belt shaftor in room below or signaled confederate similarly located for like purpose.
 Not long after Mir. Paine and his cleo trio engine were unsuocessfully sought for by some of his stockholders and all that was found was portion of an iron frame of the machine, showing an interior pas sage for a belt to act on its axle from thu room below. The connection between the arrival of 6 o'clock and the stoppage df the motor which had noticed in my vis- it, and had, of course referred to its truo cause, was thus demonstrated. Coasters MagaZine.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14

p1stcly died out in this country, should not only be still in vogue on the conti- nent, but spreading with alarming rapid ity from the army and nobility to all classes of the population. A peaceful citi- zen who minds his own business in Aus tria Is now liable at any hour of tho day or the night to receive a formal challenge from his bootmakcr or his banker who Q day or two later may assume for this occasion only the character of his butcher In Franco, 1t Is true, the affair of 'honor'' is seldom quito so dangerous as the weekly trials of skill among Ger man university students, known as men sur, which often lead to the loss of bit of an ear or nose, always end in blood and once in awhile culminate in death
 In Italy, Austria, Hungary and other lands an encounter of this kind is much more formidable matter. Thousands of well meaning men and promising youths arc yearly disabled, crippled or killed on the altar of ''knightly honor" Every man in those countries carries his life in his hands, so to say, and journalism, pol itics, the bar the army and navy--in word, every walk of life except the church --are closed to him who consoientiously refuses to give or accept a challenge to mortal combat on tho slightest provoca- tion, real or imaginary. Our foreign cor respondents have more thrl onco described sanguinary duels in the army the princi- pals of which-inere lads still in the mili- tary school-wore bosom friends ignorant of what they wore fighting for In one case two youths were playing in the schoolyard when an officer drew near and asserted that ono had touched the other on the check and thus insultcd him.
 The boys, who were in better position to know than a spectator looking down from two pair back window, denied the statement emphatically, but the officer gave enc of them his choice between call ing out his friend and being expelled from the establishment The meeting" took place flow days later, and when it was over one of tho two friends and comrades had to be carried off to tho hospital dan gerously wounded and disabled for lifo.- London Telegraph
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
Potatoes.

If baked potatoes are to be more digesti- ble than those that are boiled they must be baked in quick oven where the starch granules are exposed to a greater degree of heat than in boiling, and consequently where greater chemical change takes place. Baked potatoes retain their salts and potash, that are usually lost by boil ing them without their jackets. In taking baked potatoes from tho oven pricking or pressing thom quickly will allow the steam to escape, and they will not be so apt to grow watery if 1t is necessary to delay the eating of them. In a similar way boiled potatoes that cannot be eaten at once may be kept more "mealy" if not closely covered, as in case there Is no es- cape for the steam that accumulates on the cover over them it will drip back on to the potatoes. York Post
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
VEGETARIAN DINNERS.
An English Journal Says That They Are a
 Delusicn and a Snare.


 Vegetarians will resent the imputations contained in Q late issue of the Pail Mall Gazette in regard to purely leguminons dinner recently given in England. It was a private dinner offered in the inner sanc- tuary of home and was a genuine trib ute to the resources of the vegetable world. The meal consisted of 20 courses, each in its way pronounced perfect, from the purees of tomato, tho ragouts of mush- room, the lettuce and asparagus to tho finest fruits of the country.
 Tho Gazette says that while this dinner was ample to satisfy an Gsthctic poet or painter, to a robust and hungry man it was snare and delusion. For an hour after it's conclusion tho sensation to tho guests was one of overpowering heaviness. Then keen hunger assailed them, and within 15 minutes all had hastily departed and were promptly established in nearby grillrooms, where they speedily absorbed "relays of kidneys on toast and colossal chops we'll enveloped in fat. Woe to the waiter who suggested an accompaniment of potatoes or cried Cheese, sirP' with unpropitious promptnoss
 Tho Gazette asserts that vegetables are perlidious and criminal when they attempt to satisfy; that they can only fill, and that a people fed upon them might grow fat, but so in proportion would they become flabby and feeble. It apostropbizes pig as
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
ROGUE ELEPHANTS.
fhey Leave Devastation and Death In Their Wake When o1 the Rampage.

Tho complete history of rogue elephants would mako an interesting chapter. They seem to have decided to avenge mans wrongs against their kind. Somo years ago one rogue actually took possession of a stretch of country in India 40 miles wide by 100 long and in businesslike way proceeded to domolsh everything in or about 1t. Tho animal rushed into the villages, took huts upon its tusks and tore them apart or tossed them until they fell in splinters. It chased tho people away or killed them whenever 1t could, or, standing by the wrecked houses, it ate tho grains and stores.
 This elephant seemed remarkably intel ligent. It entertained, in particular a grudge against tho watch towers or scaf- folds. Whenever this rogue saw ono, he would creep slyly, spring at it, push it to the ground and kill its occupants.
 A famous rogue elephant named Mandla was owned by rich man near Jubbul poor, in central India. Suddenly 1t began to develop the characteristics of a rogue" and attacked human beings wherever seen. It killed them so cruelty that it became widely known as "the man eater" He was finally destroyed by an organized ef- fort of English army officers
 AuOUner IdIilOuS rogue bOOk pOSSeSSloU of public road and attacked every passer- by. Suddenly darting from the jungle, it would rush up to an OK cart seize the driver with its trunk and disappear. Re peated raids of th's kind so terrified the people that large tract of land was to all intents and purposes deserted, but finally an English hunter determined to rid the country of the rogue. By careful inquiry he found that the elephant always seized the driver, and If there were two carts in company it chose the driver of the last. So he arranged two OK carts, putting a dummy driver upon tho second, while up on the first was a stout bamboo cage, in which the hunter was to sit, rife in hand When all was ready, the two OK carts start ed one day, followed by the hopes and best wishes of tho community.
 The fatal district was soon reached, and about half way down the road there camo a crash, and the monstrous elephant, dark and ugly, dashed upon the party. Making directly for the last cart, with q vicious swing of its trunk it seized on the dummy man and made off, receiving as it went a shot from the cage. But the oxen, alarmed by the uproar, ran away, leaving the road and taking to the open country. They tipped the cart over, nearly killing the cagcd drivor and the English sportsman. What the elephant thought when it tore the dummy into shreds must bo imagined. Some months later however, this rogue was driven away and caught.-C. F. Holder in St. Nicholas.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
In Japan.

The Philadelphia Record quotes trav- eler in Japan as saying that, in spite of their advanooin civilization, the Japanese retain much of their primitive simplicity. They always leave their shoes at the door of house when they enter and walk in side in their stocking feet. When tho first railroad was started from Yokohama to Tokyo, all the Japanese gentlemen were crazy to ride. They hurried to the station, kicked their shoes off on tho platform and entered the train. When they arrived at Tokyo, they eagerly looked around the platform for their shoes, and great conster- nation prevailed when those shoes wero nowhere to bo found.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
The Piano.

Next to books there is no inanimate thing in the house that can produce so much profitable pleasure as a piano. A library and piano are symbols of high cultivation. These two spread that nobler banquet where the soul Is fed without fear of gluttony or dissipation. As books bring into our daily circle as familiar companions the noblest spirits that ever wrought on earth and permit us to rear our children under the influences of the noblest natures, so the piano, with simple incantations brings up from their sleep the noble brotherhood of song and per suades them to dwell among us-Phila- delphia Inquirer.
Birmingham age-herald., 1895-02-14
THE SETTING HABIT.
It Is a Menace to the Health of Man,
 Woman and Child.

Woman and Child.
 Thero is hardly anything new that can be said 10 tho splitting part of the commu- nifty to cure this very bad habit. Signs have been placed in cars positively forbid ding tho act, yet in these same vehicles Q woman has to carefully select her seat in order to save the cleanliness of her skirts. Womcn's clubs have aired the matter free ly. Newspapers have devoted columns to condemnation of the vile habit, yet one has only to walk square in popular neighborhood to see how vain has been all this hue and cry and how indifferent tho malo portion of tho town is to a clean and orderly civic housekeeping, for a clean Illness of city is but tho cleanliness of the home extended beyond tho front door, and there is no more reason why man should make public walk distasteful to hundreds of people than that he should disturb the members of his family by using vilely the railways and floors of his home.
 In the house, for throat and mouth that must be relieved proper place or rccop- tacle is provided, and tho man who would attempt to neglect their use would surely hear sharply from the head of the house. So in our civic home the proper place for splitting is surely not on the sidewalk, and tne man Wno Degleous 10 step Uo tne CurD at such times should hear very sharply from those who represent our civic head Perhaps the weakness of this reform is that the evil has always been regarded as affecting the happiness of only part of the community-.the women-but if it could bo emphasized, what is so clearly truth, that this splitting habit is direct and easy medium for the spread of dis cases, thus affecting the welfare of the whole community, the offenders may take some thought of the matter. The secre- tion of thousands of throats, drying where it lays and throwing off the germs of the bronchial and other diseases which cause them, fill the very atmosphere with dan ger, and every mouth md nostril that passes by runs the gantlet of danger. That fact, though true one, gives rise to uncomfortable thoughts, but the subject itself is most uncomfortable one, and the sooner the cause for all this discomfort and uneasiness is removed the better for all, not only for the woman and her skirt braids, but for the health of the man, woman and child.-Philadelphia Press