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of the Caaba at rapid pace I was at
liberty to EN- brace the black stone. This
stone is about the height of man, and
it is set into one of the angles of the
Caaba. When the lips are touched to it
it does not give the cold sensation of
marble. For protection the most Of it is
encased in solid silver, and, according to
usage, | threw my arms around this
glistening covering while I kissed the
sacred stone "a more arduous cere-
monial. the Sal, was to follow. I was
| required to travel seven times at very
| rapid pace over the road between the
sacred porticos Safa and Merua, a total
distance of four and "a half miles, recit-
| ing prayers all the while in a high voice.
| This ceremony is in memory of the an
| guish of Hagar, when she sought in vain
for water for her little son, who was per-
ishing of thirst. The pilgrim is required
to make this journey before he is permit.
ted to drink of the miraculous water of
the wells of Zem Zen, to which the an
gel Gabriel directed the despairing
Hagar."
1t appears that in Mecca the pilgrims
of each nationality place themselves in
charge of guides, each of whom is q rep
resentative of his own people. M. Cour-
tellemont came naturally under Ethe care
of the Algerian guide to whom he was
indebted for many favors The Sheriff OF
Mecca gave him cordial reception, and
his mission was complete success.
Among the interesting things he saw
was the ruins of building erected. not
long ago, for the purpose of disinfecting
the clothing of pilgrims as they arrived
in the city. The idea was given up as
impracticable, and the building was torn
down.
How could they expect" asks NJ.
Courtellemont, ito disinfect the clothing
of more than $50, 200 pilgrims in little
building that was only 35 by 40 feet
square? And why did they erect such
an establishment in the city itself, when
there sole purpose was to protect the city
from epidemics?"
So Mecca continues to be one of the
greatest of.centres from which the plague
of cholera spreads in all directions.
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GETTING TO MECCA.
A PeriIous Journey During Which Detec-
ton Means Death at the Hands of Fanat-
les

Another white man has made the per-
iIous Journey to Mecca ard come back to
tell the story A few weeks ago great
audience greeted M. Gervais Courtelle-
mont in Paris when he told the Geo
graphical -Sociery there OF his visit to the
holy city on Il mission intrusted to him
by the Governor General OF Algeria.
This gentleman is the author OF series
of illustrated works on Mussulman coun-
tries. and he was very glad of the oppor-
tunity to become acquainted with the
centre of the Mohammedan world. Only
one Frenchman before him has visited
Mecca and returned in safety.
Last year," he said, i'll an interview
which appears in the New York Sun,
1.-The Governor General of Algeria en-
trusted me with mission to the Grand
Sheriff of Mecca. I succeeded in my
acknowledgements and lowe my success
to my companion, Hadj Akli who has
long been in the service of France, and
has made twenty-one pilgrimages to
Mecca. When we embarked at Suez
was dressed in the garb of a poor Mus
sulman, and I mingled as one of them
with my brother pilgrims. There were
merchants from Medina, devout COM
pany from Aleppo, camel drivers from
Nedi, and even slaves.
[ became very well acquainted with
many of my comrades during the three
days on the steamer before we reached
Jidda. Here debark every year the in
Vulnerable pilgrims who come by the sea
route. I had hardly landed when l was
| arrested by Turkish policeman during
the temporary absence of my comrade.
He piled me with questions, which
answered in g o Arabic, and, as my pass
| port was all right, he let me 60.
found. however, that was under suspic-
ion. None invited me to breakfast oil
dinner, which is very bad sign in 6
Mohammedan country. Finally, one o1
the residents, ST Ali, asked me to dine
with him, and / nearly spoiled every
thing by my awkw ardness at the table.
/ was required to eat rice, fried in but
ter with my fingers, and I deposited moi
a little of the food on my clothing ano
the table. The fish had an extraordinary
sauce, and. though it is contrary to usage
to drink during the meal, | astonished
everybody by frequently asking servant
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Boston & M Maine R. r.
In Effect Sept. 80, 1884,
WESTERN DIVISION.

Trains leave Union Station, for scarboro
Crossing. 800 a. m. 5.15, 6.2o p. m.,
Scarboro Beach, Pine Point, TOO. a. NJ.
$50. 5.15, 6.20 D. m.; Old Orchard Beach,
saco, Biddeford, Kennebunk, TOO a. m,
12.4o, $50, 5.15, $40 p. M; Wells Beach,
TOO a. M, $50, 5.15 p. M; Nc. Berwick
Somersworth, Dover. 100, a. m., 12.40
$50, $40, p. M; Rochester. Pennington
Alton Bay, 12.4o, $50 .. m.; WoIfboro,
$50 p. m.; Worcester (via somersworth
and Rochester,) TOO a. M; Manchester
Concord 100 a. M, $50 p. m.; South New
market junction, Exoter, HaverhiIl, Law
renee, Lowell, Boston, 100 a. H.. S12.40.
$50 p. m. Arrive Boston, 1925 a. m, 4 27
and 7.30 p. m.
Boston tor Portland, $50 a. M. 100.
A. 10 D. m; Sundays, 3.45 a. m.
sunday trains TO Boston and Way stations,
1855, 4. 10 p. M. Arrive Boston, 5.26 and
EASTERN DIVISION.
From Union Station For Cape Elizabeth.
1SR- $40 a. m.; SacO, Conway junction,
Rochester, Pennington. Alton Bay, Wolf
D0ro, +9.o0 a. M; BiddefOrd, Portsmouth,
Amesbury, NewburypOrt Salem. Lynn,
boston, 200. 10 90 a. M. 81 90, $500 p. m. (;
arrive Boston, 5. 5S a. m.. 1856, .26 and 9.25
P: M; Boston for Portland. $50, 500 a. m,
lZ,3o 100 y. m; Sundays, $500 a. M. 7;0o
?. m. ]; arrive Boston, 5.58 a. M. and 426 p.
m. Sunday trains for Biddeford, Ports
mouth Newburyport, Salems Lynn Bos-
ton. 200 a. NJ, LOO p. m.
SConnects with Sound Lines for New York
*Western Division from North Berwick Sun
days only.
is-Conneets at scarboro Crossing with
train for Boston via Eastern Division.
+Connects at North Berwick for all stations
on the Western Division.
Through tickets to all points in Florida, the
South and West Tor sale at Union Station
D. j. Fla NDFRS- G. P. and T. A. Boston.
sept2S oft
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for water. Hadj Abkil had little patience
with ME. His remarks when he got me

for water. Hadj Abkil,ha little patience
with ME. His remarks when he got me
alone were not encouraging.
"You are scarcely intelligent he said.
" You don't know how to behave at the
table. You will not live to See Mecca!"
My host, ST Ali, was not more hope
full III his remarks.
. .."You have broken bread with me-" he
said, @and am your friend. But do not
try to go to Mecca. The sapds OF the
desert are white with the bones of those
like you, who have tried to reach our
holy city. You are throwing yourself
ilto the fire. Allah forbids suicide 1"
The traveller said however, that he WAS
a good Mohammedan, and that if Allah
wished to destroy him in the desert, it
was his fate. The next day 81 Ali assist
ed in his religious exercises, and ex-
pressed himself as little satisfied with
his manner of reciting the morning prayer.
He was kind enough to assist for two
days in the noyice's education, and then
NJ. Courtelemont set out for the holy
city. His departure was hurried by the
fact that he was exciting more and more
| suspicion. He did not pretend to be any
thing but new convert, but even as a
novice he was regarded as rather green.
So.he was glad to get away from Jidda.
He made a forced march to Mecca, dur
ing which he suffered intensely from the
ght cold, for he was mounted half
naked on donkey, sand bis head was
shaven and bare. His best friends would
not have recognized him. His comrades
on the journey, who had not thought it
necessary to manifest so much religious
zeal, were well wrapped in ample cloth
| ing.
=" All break of day." said the traveller,
u entered the holy city of Islam. A
cloud of pigeons flew around me, and
even obstructed my path, and trem bled
for fear of treading on them. This would
be very grave ofense, for they are held
in the highest veneration by the people
Of Mecca. ] lost no time in repairing to
the great mosque to make my first devo-
t1ons. The first ceremony, the ...Tuaf, is
to make seven times the circuit of the
Caaba. or Bit ALA, House of God, recit-
ing prayers in loud voice. The Caaba
is an edifce in the form of a cube, each
side about forty feet wide and fifty feet
high. 1t iscovered with veil of black
silk, with splendid golden border
about four feet wide running around the
top, on which are reproduced verses from
the Koran.
After had made the seven circuits
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Them "Orpheus and Eurydice" was pro-
duced in New York city, and Miss Hall
scored her first pronounced success.
Then followed "Efminie" F@ It'll it's Tong
run at the Casino, in New york, with
Miss Hall in the title role. From this
dates her most pronounced public 1spu-
tation and SO on followed "Puritana,"
"The Moonshiners," and finally Dorcas. !"
While the public generally accept Miss
HalPs greatest success as "Erminie" and
associate with her the effort put forth by
the Casino management, through the
medium of their press agent, the press
comment on her beauty, figure and
attractive qualities, subordinating her
great artistic merit to these charms of
person, and while hel physical beauty
has always been given first place, it has
| in my mind initiated in measure
against her from purely artistic stand
point, for it is of necessity in the public
| mind through it's multitudinous adver-
tising, caused the public to regard her
from metaphysical standpoint only,
while to my thinking, she has no equal
today upon the American or any other
stage, and for the following reasons: her
voice is of superb quality, and has a
range possessed by very few voices in
comic opera; her capacity as an actress
and her gracefulness are absolutely in
disputable, while her figure and face and
personal beauty req uire no commendation
| from me. Added to all these has been
her personal conduct in the public eye,
which from the in ceptiun of her career
has been absolutely beyond re-
proach. Her application industry and
honest effort are the prime factors of hel
success, coupled with her great capacity,
while her devotion to her mother, sisters,
relatives and friends in her prosperity,
and her generous charities to the unfor-
tunate have always commanded my sin
cerest admiration"
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A few months ago a club called the
Constitution Club was formed in small
Iowa town. The president wrote to the
navy department for wood from the Con-
stitution to make sixty-seven canes, and,
strangely enough, the request was grant
ed, though no affidavit was furnished
that the wood came from the old frigate
The fact is that probably not a particle
of the original Constitution that was built
III Boston in 1902 remains. She has
been repaired and rebuilt SO often that
the tim bers have all been removed sew
eral times. 9
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relief. I was in bed when first began to
take the Compound. After taking four
bottles, 1 was able to be up and walk
around, and now I am doing my house
work. Many thanks to Mrs. Pinkham for
her wonderful Compound. 1t saved my
life. .''-MRs. HATTIE MADAUs, 1874 North
Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.
More evidence in favor Of that never
falling female remedy, Lydia q. Pink
hana's Vegetable Compound.
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Portland & Worcester Line
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, r. K.
STATION FOOT OF PkEBLE STREET

On and after Sunday. October 20, 1894,
Passenger trains viii Leave Portland:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver junction.
Nashua, Windham and EIepiag at 7.3O a.
m. and 2.30 p. IN.
For MaHchester, Concord, and points North
at 7.3o a. m. and 1890 p. m
For Rochester, SpringvSle. Alfred. Water-
boro and saeo River at 7.30 a. H., 1870 and
4.25 p. m.
For Ssorham at 730 and 8.45 a. M, 1880,
500, 4.25, and $40 Q. N.
For yvestbroosk, Cumberland Mills, West
brook junction and Woodford's at 7.3O.
9.46 a. M. 1890. SOC. 4.25. and
$50 p. m.
For Forest Avenue Oeering), 6.20p. m.
The 1890 D. m. train from Portland connects
OF Aver function with "Hooaae Tunnel
Route' for the West and at Union Station.
Worcester, for Providence and New York,
via providence Line," for Norwich and
Now York. via Norwich Line" with Bcstoa
g. Albany Il. II. for the West, and with the
New York All Rail via Springfield"
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at l.3O p M from Rochester at $50 a. H.,
1.3o and 5.5Op. M; from Gorham
at $40, $50 and 1880 a. NJ. 1.S0,
415. and 5.50 p. m.
For through Tickets to all points West and
South, apply to F. Fl. COLLINS. Ticket
Agent, Portland. Me-
j. W. PETERS, Supt
ie39 dtf
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to the cnalr. l.
tried all the doc
tors and. the
medicines that l
thought would
help me.
4" One day,
while looking
over the paper,
/ saw the 0doer-
tisemellt of your
Vegetable Com
pound. Thought
1 would try it. I
did so, and found
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-23

FALL AND WINTER ARRANGEMENTS.
Daily Line, Sundays excepted.
THE NEW AND PALATIAL STEAMERS
PORTLAND and FREMONT
Alternately leave Franklin Wharf Portland
every evening at Z o'clock: arriving In season
for connection with earliest trains for points be-
yonG. Through tickets for Providence Lowell
Worcester, New York, &c.
Returning. leave India Wharf Boston. every
evening at o'clock j. b. COYIE, Manager
i !" '-ASc'tA1" tAH"arai Av~u,- oct3dts
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STEA MERS.
MAINE STEAMSHIP CO,
FAIL SERVICE.-Reduction of Rates.

Steamers Manhattan or Cottage City
leave Franklin Wharf on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays at D. NJ Returning leave Pier
So, East River, New York. same days at 5
p. m Fare onew;ty $500 Round trip 81. %.
j. B. COYLE, Manager.
4 j. F. LISCOMB. General Agent may1sdtf
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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.

On and After MONDAY, Nov. 19ths 1894
Trains will rum
LEAVE
For Auburn and Lewiston. 7.1o. 500 a. m
1.30, 5. Is p III.
For Gorham and Berlin Falls, 500 a. m
1.30 and, BIB p. m
For Montreal and Chicago. 1.3o p. m.
For Quebec 1.3O p. m.
ARRIVALS.
From Lewiston and Auburn 8.25 a. M,
1915 $40, and $40 p. m.
From Berlin Falls and GOxham, S.25, a. M,
1915 and $40 p. III.
Prom Chicago and Montreal, 12.15 p. m.
FromQuebec 1915 p. m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on night trains
TICKET OFFICE.
No. Exchange Street, and Depot at feo
India Street.
l.. J. SEARGEANT, General Manager.
Portland, Nov. 18th. 1894.
nov19 dB
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WISCASSET & QUEBEC R. R. Co

fE,RAINs leave Wscasset daily for Weeks
L Mills at p. m.. or after arrival of Maine
Central r. r. trains from East and West.
Trains leave Weeks Mills daily for Wiscasset
at $50 a. m, connecting with Maine Central
r. trains East and West
Freight received by Wiscasset & Quebec r.
r. in time for morning train will arrive in time
for shipment East and West over Maine Cen
tral II. r.
Freight received by Wiscasset s. Quebec r..
r. from Maine Central r. r. will be forwarded
the same day.
RICHARD i. RUNDLETT, J. P. TUCKER.
Gen Niger. Supt.
mar11 d6mos
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CAsCo BAY STEAMBOAT co.
yTER TIME TABLE.

WINTER TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS-Leave Portland for Forest
City Landing, Peaks Island, 40, GAO, 500.
a. M, 2.15, 6.10 p. m. For Little
and Great Diamond, Trefethen's and Long
Island, 500, a. M. 215p pm.
q. w. L. COOLING, General Manager.
noy2 dtf
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HOW AN ADVERTISEMENT
SAVED A WOMAN'S LIFE.

ssPEo1AL TO OUR LADY EEADEEs.l
E1 "For four years suf-
Sns fered with female trou-
D bles. Twas SO bad that
wee Twas compelled to have
assistance from the bed
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Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
City, ILL.,, was told by her doctors she
had consumption and that there was no
hope for her, but two bottles DIR. Kings
New Discovery completely cured her,
and she says it saved her life. Mr..
Thos. Eggers, 139 Florida street, San
Francisco, suffered from dreadful cold,
approaching consumption, tried without
result everything else then bought one
bottle of DIR. Kings New Discovery and
in two weeks was cured. He is natural
ly thankful. 1t is such results, of which
these are samples, that prove the won.
derful efficacy of this medicine in coughs
and colds. Free trial bottles at Seybert
& Co.'s Drug Store. Regular size so cts.
and 81,
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BRADSTREET'S.

improvement in Trade Is Marked But Not
New YORK, March 23.-Bradstreets
Saturday says:
Improvement in trade is more
marked, but not general. 1t is more
conspicuous at larger New England
points, at New York, Pittsburgh, Gin
cinnati, Louisville and other centers
along the Ohio rive. valley to st.
Louis. and as far west as Kan
sas City. Similar reports come
from Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul, the first named announcing
that smaller quantities of four per
cent. money are being offered, the
banks working steadily toward $ per
cent. basis demand for loans continu-
ing to improve and reserves being low
er than for year. From other cities a
better feeling is reported, based on the
recently developed strength in cotton,
wheat and -four The widespread pre-
valence of the inquiry whether this
upward movement is the beginning of
permanent recovery from the two
years of depression is of itself insignifi-
can't"
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Sale of a Wife.

DUNBAR, Pa, March 23..-The charge
of assault and battery and desertion
made by Rosa Ferari against Guiseppi
Santo, before Justice Cameron here
Friday, developed three-fold sale OF
the woman. First Antonio Sannetti,
who brought her here, surrendered his
interests in her to the highest bidder,
receiving S25 for her from Laigi Spiro.
Spiro sold her at public auction to An.
tonic Beals for $50. Three days age
Rosa was bought by Guiseppi Santo for
three kegs Of beer. Santo conceived
q dislike for his new spouse, and threw
her out of the house. and she was given
shelter by another Italian
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PEACE CONFERENCE.
1t Will Last Fortnight-Japan Will Get
the Best of the Deal.

LONDON, March 25.-A dispatch from
Higo to the Pail Mall Gazette says the
peace conference at Simonoski will last
a fortnight. The cession of Formosa
to Japan is inevitable. The japanese
failed to make a landing on the Pesca-
dore islands, and were repulsed with
small loss.
1t is certain that when peace is
made between Japan and China the
latter will be required to pay heavy
war indemnity. China has $725, ,OOO.-
900 in coin, while Japan has only
$161, 200, 900. But China's coin is near
ly all silver, awhile about one-half of
Japan's coin is gold. If the indem-
nifty can be paid in silver, China could
extort great part of it from her own
people and easily borrow the rest, but
should Japan demand gold and the set
tlement be decreed on that basis, where
is the gold to come from? The bulk Of
it would have to be gotten in Europe
and America.
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OHIO STATE NEWS.
BLACK DIPHTHERIA.

Cleveland Threatened with an Epidemi
of tho Disease.
CLEVELAND, O.. March 23.-The cit
of Cleveland is threatened with a dipf
liberia epidemic, and the rapid sprea
of the disease in it's worst form is al
alarming possibility. Cases of the mos
severe nature exist here now, and tn
manner in which the victims have eS
posed themselves to the public may re
suit in an epidemic, which at the pres
ent time could not be very well graz
pied with, because there is not enough
anti-toxine in the city to treat man,
cases.
The disease was brought here from
Ashtabula, in which place there ha
very recently been severe epidemic
On Tuesday morning ten.year-old Flor
ence Duncan, daughter of Mr.. George
Duncan, tanner living at No. Is.
Woodbridge avenue, was taken sud
denly sick with sore throat and &
fever. 1t developed into case of blacl
diphtheria, and number of cases. di
rectly traceable to Ashtabula, have
been discovered and quarantined. A
great many, including number o.
school children, have been exposed anC
further cases are looked for.
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The Delineator for April is called the
Spring Announcement Number, and is
an excellent specimen of this most
popular woman's magazine. Supple-
mentary to the regular issue of patterns
is an article on Bicycling, with illustra-
tions of Costomes, that will interest all
lovers of the wheel. The papers on The
Voice, are resumed, and there is begun
a series on Pres ervation and Renova-
ton, first treating of the Putting Away
and Care of Furs. Mrs Roger A Pryor
writes Etiquette of First Calls and
1ntroductions. The second paper ON
Experiences of Training School Life
increases the interest. Girls Life
and Work at the University of Chicago,
1S93-'94. Belle Pierson Springer writes
OF Typesetting as an Employment for
Women, and Sarah Mile Kirby gives
instruction in kindergarten Teaching.
How to Make Dolls Houses is shown.
New and pretty designs are given in
Venetian Iron Work, Knitting, Tatting,
Netting and Crocheting. The chapter
on Burnt Leather Work gives illustra-
tions of the necessary tools and imple-
ments and advice. Cookery gives
recipes for new dishes. There is
paper on Serving Pineapples and Grape
Fruit, one on Table Decoration, and on
Floral Culture. Around the Tea.Table
is: entertaining, Mother and Son is
Instructive, and A Novel Salmagundi
Party suggests delightful amusement.
There is review of New Books, some
Instrumental Music and an Easter
Carol.
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A severe rheumatic pain in the left
shoulder had troubled Mr.. J. H. Loper,
we'll known druggist of Des Moines,
Iowa, for over six months. At times
the pain was SO severe that he could not
lift anything. With all he could do he
could not get rid of it until he applied
Chamberlain's Pain Balm. "I only
made three applications of it," he says,
"and have since been free from all
pain" He nov recommends it to
persons similarly afflicted. 1t is for sale
by W. R. Smith & Co., Druggists, No. l6
Main street.
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Female Politicians,

WOOSTER. o., March 23.-The women
in this city are developing into skilled
politicians with amazing swiftness.
The Womens Franchise association
tried to dictate to the old parties whom
they should nominate, and failing in
this, held mass meeting and nominat-
ed Mrs Isabella A. Yocum as their can
didate. Mrs. Yocum at first declined,
but finally consented to make the
race. The ladies, realizing that their
nominee will not get many votes from
the male voters. have decided on max
ing house-to-house canvas and pre-
vail on their sisters to vote. 1t is said
that they have already discovered the
necessity of having money, and have
raised a neat sum to be used in the
proper way on and before election
day.