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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-01

and was followed by others, till six hae
formed and broken.
"Finally, three years ago, another large
tumor seated itself on the point of my col
lar bone and in six months another half
way back on the bone. Both of them soon
began to discharge and continued to do SO
till about seven months ago. Itried every
thing, including prescriptions. Twas often
SO weak that could scarcely walk and my
mind was so confused that could scarcely
attend to my business (school teaching).
was utterly discouraged. And now my
story draws to close. / began the use OF
Hoods Sarsaparilla a little less than year
ago, and took five bottles. When 1 began
had no faith in it. In less than months
Both the Sores
on my shoulder were healed; was cured
of a troublesome catarrh; and scrofulous
habit has steadily grown less apparent. /
weigh more than 1 ever did in my life and
am in the best of health considering my
constitution. Do you wonder that 1 be-
lieve in Hoods Sarsaparilla 1 can do no
less than recommend it everywhere"
GEO. A. ZIRKLE, Mt. Horeb, Tenn.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
Rusty Black Goods.

Rusty lack goods may be made to lock
as good as new by the following process:
To one painful of soft water add one
teacupful of soft soap ard two table
spoonfuls of extract of logwood. Have
the goods ripped, free from dust and
washed, and while still wet Fput in the
mixture, which should be kept quite hot
stirring and airing often, as in all dye
ing. At the end of two hours OF slonger,
according to the result desired, hang out
of door to drain, then rinse and iron
while damp as before directed. If the
cloth is double width, iron fold down
the middle of each breadth, as in new
goods. Black cashmere, etc.. may also be
renovated by washing in strong borax
water, and rinsing in water made very
dark by thesfree use of the bluing bag.
In removing spots from any black goods.
make all applications by means of a
piece of black cloth, as by this means
the Unity look is avoided, which is sure
to follow the use of white cloth for
this purpose.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27

pen or brush can impart what the eye and
ear will tell you, in the presence of only
one cocoanut palm, as it waves it's great
leaf-branches and rustles and roars in
response to the trade winds, greeting.
Now plunging into the forest to climb
up over the mountain spur, now scaling
the face of the limestone bluff to escape
the roaring waves, now skirting the
sandy beach under a row of cocoanut
palms, or crossing the narrow levels,
amidst the banana crops, the smooth
road led me along the northern coast
of Jamaica, past the thatch huts and
half outdoor stores of negro villages and
finally into the little town of Buff Bay,
about 10 miles from Port Antonio.
( reached there at 10 o'clock. Three
hours on the roadl That is pretty slow
travelling for a bicycle in New England,
but it will do very we'll for Jamaica. You
get all the scorching you want from
tropical sun, without doing it on bioy-
Gle. And if you have energy enough to
withstand both kinds of scorching,
you are very foolish to do it. II you
have good shade-hat and take it easy,
the heat and the climbs will not bother
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27

basement in addition to the stairway,
IN the stores.

basement in addition to the stalrways
IN the stores.
The Odd Fellows are to occupy large
part of the upper stories. Their quar-
tiers will be on the fourth and fifth floors
taking all the building between Oak
street and the entrance corridor, with
windows looking down on the three
streets. In all, the organization will
have 1850 square feet Of floor space.
On the fourth floor, will be two halls,
forty by sixty feet and % feet high.
These rooms will trout on Oak street,
the smaller rooms on this floor being on
the other two streets. On the Congress
street side will be located waiting and
candidates. rooms, two grand lodge
rooms, smoking room and three ante
rooms. On the Free street side there
will be large degree rooms and three
ante rooms. The feature of the fifth
floor will be the banquet hall, an apart
ment SO by &c feet and ~ feet high.
Here also will be the room for the cali
tons. It will be ~ by % feet. A COM
modious kitchen and several ante rooms
will occupy the rest Of the available
space here. Tie location of the build
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
THE NEW BAXTER BUILDING.

ing, with broad streets on each side, the
fine view of harbor and country obtain
able from the upper stories, and the cool
sea breezes which will temper the heat
in summer, will combine to make this
new home of the Portland Odd Fellows
particularly attractive.
The remainder of the upper stories of
the builing Will be divided probably into
Offices or society rooms. Mr.. Bxater has
received number of propositions from
persons and societies who are DESTROYS
of taking quarters in the new building.
The design is the work of MIR. F. H.
Fassett, under whose supervision the
structure will be erected.
Covering 10000 square feet of grond, it
will be larger than any one building in
Portland except the City. hall.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27

of 1854 feet on Congress street, 1852 on
Oak street, and IA on Free street. The
building will he five stories high, the
roof being Is feet from tie avement,
but the central gables on Congress
and Free streets will be SO feet high
while the corner towers from the
sidewalk to the apex OF their
roofs will be 1o6 feet
The building, besides being the largest
one of the handsomest Its exterior
walls will be composed of polished
granite. Philadelphia pressed brick,
free stone and iron. The picture shows
the Congress and Oak street fronts of
the building. The Free street elevation
ia similar to the Congress except that the
piers are to be of brick instead of pol
ished granite and brick In the two lower
stories on Congress street, the piers will
be OF the highly polished stone from the
quarry at Conway, N. H. 1t is not de-
term ined yet whether the green or red
granite will be used. The green granite
is the stone used with such good effects
in the alterations of the Portland Savings
Bank building on Exchange street.
A hove the second story the walls will be
of pressed brick; free stone and terra
Gotta being used for the characterization.
A striking feature OF the design is the
nse of the large graceful arches above
the fifth story. The gables rising high
above the roof, prevent the long roof line
from becoming monotonous and lend
dignity to the plan. Similarly, the cor
ner towers add pleasing feature, De-
sides increasing the attractiveness OF
many of tho rooms in the building. Inc
main entrances on Congress and Free
street are under arches resting on COL
umns, the doorways being recessed sew
eral feet.
The building will be divided on the
ground floor into seven stores, each OF
which will extend from Congress to Free
streets. Two or more Of these stores
could be thrown into one if desired. be-
sides the stores there will be the en-
trance hall, broad corridor extending
through the building from Congress 70
Free streets In this corridor there VIII
be two flights Of iron stairs ana TWO
quick running passenger elevators. lne
building i'll be substantially hreprool
the interior construction being largely
OF steel and iron and wire lathing pelns
used for the plastering. The walls OF 'ne
main corridor will be of brick ana WIZ
extend to the roof. All the opellhss
from this corridor on the several noois
VIII be protected by fire proof aoo,s,
The staircases will give access to Tue
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27

you, the levels will delight you and
the coasts will encLant you.
Since leaving Port Antonio / had not
seen a white man. There were people
enough. But they were all black. Most
OF the men met on the road carried a
huge knife, with blade two feet long
As the average Jamaica negro's face,
when in repose, is not only serious, but
cross, in expression, it is rather discon-
certing to novice to meet him with such
a huge knife in his hand, in the middle
OF forest. But after you have met
scores of them and they have all smiled
pleasantly and said "Mawnin', Mas'r,n
or Young Mas'r." as the case may be.
you feel better about it. The knife.
called cutlass, or machete, is the uni
versal implement, not only for harvest
ing bananas and oocoanuts, but for chop
ping wood. cutting bread and buttering
it, or anything else that the negro car
not do with his fingers.
L had letter from the Boston Fruit
Co. to their agent In Buff Bay. ! ex-
pected and hoped to see white man.
The agent was away and his assistant,
though as wide-awake and courteous as
any young business man in place of
responsibility, was perfectly black. He
was very kind and in response to my
inquiry for a good place to get some.
thing to eat (there was no hoteD called
a negro hoy to show me to Mrs. Olario's.
I departed in high spirits with my guide.
1 thought of course that there was an
apostrophe after the 0 and that my
landlady would not only be white, but
might, in fact. probably would, On,
happy thought possess red hair and
freckles.
We reached the house, small, two
story building, with the upper walls,
mostly shutters. There was dry goods
store underneath. There were groups of
black women inside and out, but
white woman. Mrs Olario was not pres
emit and I dlew a sigh of relief. They
called for her and at last she came. She
was large of figure, comedy of feature,
but perfectly black. There was no
apostrophe after the o. She was not a
full-h CODED negro, but Jamaica
Creole.
She took me up stairs and into a cool
room with hardwood floor, bright
ly polished. When would be pleased to
have my breakfast? Why l had had
breakfast before seven that morning. l
wanted something more than break
fast / had ridden 10 miles and was VERY
empty, to say the least. Well, could
have dinner. That would be three
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27

along the shore. 1t couldn't have been
any other but along the shore, because
at distances varying from half mile to
nothing at all, the foothills of the noun
tains rose steeply and insurmountably
to anything but the mongoose, or the wild
pig or the negro cleaving path through
the tropical tangle of verdure, machete
in hand. The shore is too near the foot
hills to render it possible to see the great
mountains behind and above them. One
must be out at sea in a boat to see the
sublime bulk of Blue Mountain Peak,
not 80 miles from the shore and yet 1886
feet in height, the highest mountain east
of the Rockies, in the northern half of
the Western Hemisphere. This fact
shows how steep are the foothills and
how close to the shore.
AS l sped along on my bicycle over the
perfectly smooth limestone highway,
was continually watching for glimpse
of the grand mountain, between the tops
of the foothills, but no glimpse was
vouchsafed me. Wherever the founda-
tions of the big mountains are washed
by the waves, the road follows one of
two methods. Sometimes it turns inland
climbs up over the mountain: spur, with
many sinuous wind and twist and
then wriggles down again to the shore
on the other side. Sometime the yellow
ish-white llmsetone bluff has shelf cut
along it, just above the reach of the
waves and then the road goes over that,
in which case was always more delight
ed to follow it than when it turned in
land and climbed up and down; for
along the shelf the cool trade-winds came
steadily, refreshingly and helpfully from
the northeast horizon, over the white
crests of the beautiful blue waves.
They were always behind me, you see,
these trade-winds. and they not only
mitigated the SUMS fierce shining but
they infused into my bicycle the elixir
of life.
But was always delighted to follow
that roadway, wherever it led ne. 1t is
SO smooth. that it is velvetY to the
touch of the pneumatic, so white that it
is beautiful, stretching through the
green verdule. and SO surrounded and
overshadowed with the wonders and beau
ties of tropical luxuriance and extraya-
gance that it is always leading into
Paradise whether it takes you up hill or
down.
Will not attempt to say anything of
THIS tropical vegetation, of the cocoanut
groves, the banana plantations and the
whole effect of the myriad forest trees
and vines and flowers No tongue, or
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
WIGHT ~ InE CITY.

The great sky bends above the silent town,
Its distances brought close by tender stare.
The twinkling lights that edge the darkening
streets
Athwart the gloom Of night throw golden
bars
The night wind, pausing as it hurr1es by,
Is whispering secrets to the stately trees,
Whose bending boughs, with shadows warm
and deep,
Change days most common sights to mystic
ries
With weary brain, but glad, contented heart,
Ioll,s happy child turns out his nlckerlng
light
Bis hopeful thoughts merge into blessed
dreams,
While busy day gives place to peaceful night
IN. IA Blanchard in Kate Fields Washington
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
CCNIEATMENT.

It's no in titles nor e RINK,
IT'S no in wealth like Lon on BANK
To purchase peace and rest.
It's no in maxim muckle mair,
It's nc in books, it S no in lear
To make us truly blest.
If happiness has not her seat
An center in the breast,
We may be wise or rich or great,
But never can be best.
Nae treasures nor pleasures
Could make us happy lang.
The hearts, aye the part aye
That makes us right or wranc.
Robert Burns ''Epistle to Day,a. ~
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
VANISHED BISON.
How the American Buffalo Was
Slaughtered for Gain.
NOTHING LEFT BUT THEIR GRASS
COVERED "WALLOWS."

As a Wild Animal 1t Is Almost as Extinct
as the Roc and the Dodo-An Interest
ing Paper on the Subject by Major C.
III. Boyd
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
A JAMAICA POET.
As Encountered In a Jamaica Creole
Lodging House.
HIS "BIT' ABOUT THE MELLILLA
RIVER AND HIS 'sGRANADILLAo

A Pleasant Experience of PRESS Cor
respondent on the First Day of Bicy-
Gle Tour in the isle of Springs" and
Mountains.
1t was the first day of my bicycle tour
in Jamaica, the 21st. of March of the
present year. I had lett Port Antonio,
near the eastern end of the northern
coast of the island, at seven O'Clock in
the morning. My way was westward
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
NAMES LARGEST BLOCK.
The New Baxter Building on Oak
and Congress Streets.
EXTENSIVE FRONTAGE ON TWO
BROAD STREETS.

1t Will be About Five Stories High and
Some of the Gables Will Reach Nearly
Tho Block Designed by Mr.. f. Fl.
Fassett.
The building which Mayor Baxter will
erect this year on the lot on Congress,
Oak and Free streets, will be the largest
single business block ever built in the
State Of Maine. 1t will have frontage
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-27
FIFTY CENTS.

The DAILY PRESS is sent to any
address by mail for so CENTS A
MONTH. 1t is delivered by carriers
in Portland and vicinity atthe same
rate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11
TREES AND FLOWERS.

WASHINGTON, d. c., has COO varieties
of trees.
THE largest flower is the "Rafiiesia," !"
named in honor of Sir S. Rallies, which
is a native of Sumatra. The diameter
often exceeds nine feet.
EDELwEIss is rapidly disappearing in
many parts of Tyrol. To save it the
landtag has lately imposed fine for
selling the plant with the roots.
Miss EDNA DEAN PRoCToR, poetess,
wants to be known as the apostle of
maize as the national flower. She con-
siders Indian corn the distinctively
American product.
TROPICAL lilies have been success
fully established in the upper end Of
Central park lake, New York, and
bloomed in blue and pink. There is
also small lotos.. s..colony there, which is
likely to grow into q much larger one.
IT is known that trees have attained
the following ages: Elm, 335 years.
cypress, $50; Ivy, 45o; larch. $40; chest
nut, 600; orange, 63o; palm, $50; olive,
700; oriental plane, 720; cedar, 800; lime,
LOO; oak, 1900; yew, $500.
A STRING bean with a blue pod was
the sensation of the recent Crystal
Palace fruit show. The first plant was
obtained by accident from job lot of
French seed, but the grower has now
fixed the type and can produce it regu-
larly,
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11
terry. The Citizens Hose Company at
tended in a body.
DRIFTON ITEMS.

Several of our young ladies who at
tended the Hazleton opera house on
Thursday evening were obliged to re-
main in that city until yesterday after
noon, when with the assistance of Il
livery team they reached heme.
Engine No II, of the D. S. & S.,
brought the mail on Saturday from Ha2-
leto Junction. This was the first mail
since the storm.
Mrs. Samuel Davis called on friends
at Hazleton last week.
John Brown, of Philadelphia, was here
visiting last week
John Sweeney sprained his ankle by
slipping on ice at the hydrant on We'd
nesday.
The colleries We're shut down during
the blizzard
The snow is drfted in some parts of
town to the depth of ten feet.
DR., George s. Wentz, Jr., is visiting
relatives at Scranton.
The hydrants have been frozen nearly
all last week and the people had much
difficulty in getting water.
Robert Baskin and Il. j. Sweeney. of
town, have been drawn to serve on the
jury next month.
Some dogs broke into the rabbit war
rem of Samuel Zeisloft on Saturday night
and killed II valuable stock of tame
rabbits.
The efficient service of the d. S. q S.
was well illustrated during the storm
last week. The line was kept open its
entire length, though outside of the
passenger trains little traffic was done
ON account of the coIieries being idle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11
UPPER LEHlGH NOTES.

Miss Bertha Reed, one of our estim-
able yourg ladies, died at the residence
OF her parents here on Thursday. She
had been i'll from an attack OF pneumo-
mia and was about recovering when she
took relapse and the end came quickly.
She was about IA years of age. The flu
neral was yesterday and interment was
made in the cemetery here.
The snow storm which began on
Thursday was the worst that has visited
this place in number Of years. Snow
which drifted in large banks stopped
the collicries and they have been idle
since Thursday. Yesterday a force Of
men was removing the snow and work
was resumed this morning.
A slight fire was discovered in the
store on Thursday afternoon. With
prompt work the clerks eXtinguished it
before serious damage resulted.
The engagement is announced of
Philip Klose, one of the genial clerks
here, and Miss Jemima Jones, of Free
land. They will be married on We'd
nesday afternoon of next week.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11
FOREIGN PERSONALS.

GRIMALDI, the clown, is to be kept
immortal by having q street in London
named after him.
BLIND ALEcK," an old beggar Of
Sterling, Scotland, knew all the Bible
by heart. If q person named chapter
and verse of any part, he could from
memory give the passage.
MILE. PAULINE, of Holland, is prob
ably the tiniest woman on the planet.
She is eighteen years old, weighs less
than nine pounds and lacks four inches
of being as high as two-foot rule.
A FIRST cousin of the grandfather of
the new president of France, Nine.
Duchesne (Perier), came to America in
1917 and founded in this country the
Order of Ladies of the Sacred Heart
THE mother of Abdul-Aziz, the new
young sultan of Morocco, bids fair to
have as much sway as does the empress
of China. She is a woman of great talent
and boundless tact, and her son is said
to consult her before taking any polit-
ical step.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11

An affecting reconciliation took place
on the stage of Music Hall, Wilkes
Barre, one night last week. Two years
ago Miss Minnie Brown, of that city,
had quarrel with her father and was
driven from home. She went to New
York, joined theatrical troupe and APP
peared in Wilkes-Barre in The White
Crook" Near the end of the show her
father, Anderson Brown, called and was
shown to her dressing room. There an
affecting scene took place. The father
asked for forgiveness and the daughter
ran to his arms. After much weeping
on both sides the father asked his daugh-
ter to return home, but she said she lik-
ed the business, and after consultation
with. the manager the father decided to
allow her to play with the company.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11
Caught Fire from "a Stove.

Edith Williams, aged II years, en-
ployed at the Pennsylvania hotel, Allen
town, while warming herself was fright
fully burned by her clothes catching fire
from the stove. Her screams attracted
the attention of the hotel porter, who
turned the hose on her. The girl ran
out of the hotel, but was overtaien and
brought back. The proprietor came on
the scene at this time and tore off the
burning clothes, severely burning his
hands in doing so. The porter was also
badly burned in his efforts to save the
girl. Miss Williams was terribly burned
about the limbs, back and head. Near
ly all the hair was burned off her head
and one arm was burned almost to a
crisp. Her condition is critical.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1895-02-11

A fire broke out in Priceburg Lacka-
wanna county, early Friday morning
Mrs. Joseph Choperinski, aged 3S years,
and her daughter, Mary, aged years,
were burned to DEATH The fire broke
out in the rear part of the first floor of
the house and burned very rapidly, the
entire lower floor, including the stairs
being ablaze when Choperinski was
awakened. He aroused his wife and
four children and, taking his daughter
Eva, aged 8 years, in his arms, leaped
out of the second-story window to the
ground, distance of twelve feet. Two
of the older daughters followed their
fathers example.
Mrs. Choperinski picked up Mary and
tried to reach the window, but the
smoke was so thick that it overcame her
and she fell to the floor. 1t was then
impossible to rescue her, as the building
was mass of flames. The bodies were
not recovered until four hours later.
Scarcely a vestige of either was left.
Choperinski was burned about the
hands and also injured by his jump from
the window. His thirteen year-old
daughter was burned about the head
and had both feet frozen. The two
other children were badly bruised.
Choperinski lived in double dwelling
the other half being occupied by several
families. A second double dwelling,
which was occupied by four families,
was also burned. Eight families were
rendered homeless, and all who were
burned out lost every bit of their furni-
ture and nearly all their clothing.