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The Portland daily press., 1895-03-09

SENATE.
An act to amend chapter 623 of the
Private and Special Laws of 1923. entitled,
IAN act to authorize the town Of Athens In
Somerset county to expend portion of its
school money in Somerset Academy
An act TO incorporate the Winn Water
and Powersc company.
An act to authorize the appointment of
special insurance brokers.
An act to amend section two of chapter "a
of the Revised Statutes, relating to forcible
entry and detainer.
4 An act to amend section f0S of chapter II
of the Revised Statues. relating TO norma j
schools.
An act 20 incorporate the Meduxnekeag
hospital.
NOTES.
Senator Jackson. today. put in a bill
which provides that any officer authorized
to serve criminal process who shall hire,
pursuade or otherwise induce any person TO
gu. fer himself to be convicted of or prose
cuted for any offence against the criminal
law or enter into any agreement to that
effect, and any such offi Ger, who shall give
any money or other valuable thing to per-
son he wishes to arrest, shall be deemed
guilty of malfeasance in Office, and shall be
fined not exceeding $1,000 and be imprisone ed
not exceeding three years.
Senator Waterhouse introduced a resolve
directing s-e Governor. Council and
The Portland daily press., 1895-03-09

: Lester Scott, of Jonesboro has trapped
five wild cats this winter. Last Friday
Percy. aged IA, the son of Warren johnson
OF the same place captured wildcat that
stood one foot and a half his b, and meas.
ured three and one-half feet in length.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
The Runaway Star.

The greatest velocity that has been rec
ognized among the stars is found in the
motion of a star known as 1880 Groom
bridge, or the runaway star" as it is
sometimes called, which is believed to be
rushing through space at the rate of 900
miles per second. This star appears to be
moving in perfectly straight line through
the sky, and it may be visiting our star
system for the first time, but whence 1t
came or whittier it is going no one can
tell, and it is great enigma to astrono-
mers.
It's wonderful velocity cannot be ex-
planned, as it is far greater than could be
produced by the influence of all known
orbs in the universe, and, on the other
hand, the combined attraction of all the
stars cannot stop this wanderer in its soli-
tary flight through space until it has
rushed on to the remoter distances, beyond
which the largest telescopes have never
penetrated.
1t has been mathematically demonstrat-
ed that body approaching the center of
our system from an infinite distance cannot
move with a greater velocity thani25 miles
a second if influenced by the attraction of
the masses in our universe alone, but here
we have been considering star moving
with eight times that velocity, and still,
notwithstanding the fact that it has Che
greatest motion known among the stars,
it would require 1856, 600 years for this re-
markable star to complete an entire CIR
cult around the heavens.-Al the Year
Round
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
rhe EdItor IN an 1ronlcal Mood

The following is taken verbatim from a
woman's journal; after you have bathed
put on sufficient understanding and do
not arrange your stays too tight; then Sc
lect a dress out of which the dust has been
shaken and go to your breakfast. " Such
advice might not be out Of place in an asy-
lum for feeble minded people, but it would
hardly seem fit advice to give the public In
general, for a woman under ordinary cir
cumstanoes ought to know enough to put
on her Undertaking and dress and go to
the table without being told. In another
place 1t says; "a corset cover is simply
matter of taste. Very many women
wear 1t, and very many do not " This
will no doubt be startling news to most
people. The current supposition would be
that women are born in corset covers and
never take them of. -Nokomis Free Press
Gazette
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
Some Notable Buttons.

Button collecting would seem TO be a
childish taste, but there is one collection
of this sort which justifes its existence.
Many years ago lady in Portland began
the collection of buttons on a wager. At
the end of the year the bet was won by her
attaining a string of 900, no two of which
were duplicates From this beginning she
continued the collection of suoh as had
historical value. AT the present time her
button museum contains no less than 90
600 specimens. Among them is large
button worn by a soldier in the Revolu-
tionary war and a number that saw serv-
ice in the war of 1919, in the Crimean war
and in various sanguinary engagements
not only ON this continent but in Europe
and Asia. One is notable as having been
worn by ono of Napoleon's guard on the
retreat from Moscow, and several figured
among the three branches Of the Confed-
crate service. Here are seen bas-Teliefs of
the palmetto of South Carolina and the
motto " Sic Semper Tyrannis' of Virginia.
Lewiston Journal
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TAgY wERe lusI roo Mean.
This Was the Trouble About Jim and Myra

This Was the Trouble About Jim and Myra
and the Gloomy Girl In Red.
1.-THE world is hollow, " remarked the
girl in red.
1T is, " gloomily assented the girl whose
new gown does not it, but 1 don't see
how you ever found it out"
by accident, dear. 1t happened the
day after the cards were sent out. had a
note from Dan saying that he must SEQ
me once more before was Jim's wife OF
course l didn't really care for Dan, but 1t
is soothing to ones vanity to know that
the best man is dying of envy of the bride
groom, who has no idea of it.
80 you said you would see him?"
IL did. l folt that it would do Jim no
harm if Dan did tell me once more that
life was blank without me- and it was
really my last chance too Still didn't
dare to let him come to the house"
"But where else could you see himF
AT Myra's. She is to be maid of honor,
you know, and Jim used to be quite devot-
ed to her, so knew she'd never dare to
tell on me lest people would think her
Jealous"
when 1 want advice, shall know
where to come for it.
VERY well, do. Well, didn't send her
word that was coming, for didn't want
anything down on paper As luck would
have it, just as 1 was starting Jim sent up
a box of roses and melancholy note say
ing that business engagement he couldn't
shirk would prevent him from coming up
chat evening"
You were in luck"
$50 1 thought. Well, just threw my
self on Myras mercy. She wasn't bit
pleased, as l could see, but she submitted
with the best grace she could. She said
she would keep everybody out of the IL
brary so we could have a long, quiet even
ing, and not to worry about her, as she
would probably have company"
"That was nice of her.
"Oh, very nice. Dan came early, and
we had perfectly lovely time He begged
me to elope the day before the wedding,
| fecited two poems about his despair and
| hinted at suicide. Oh, it was Splendid
| cried myself almost to a jelly. At about
! half past 10 really couldn't stand it any
| longer, so told Dan that we must go in
| and speak to Myra, for the front parlol
was so quiet that her caller had evidently
| failed to come. So after another eternal
! farewell, we went in."
| E "Well2"
! "It wasn't well-it was ill Myra'i
| caller was there. He was jim. He was
holding her hand and bidding her goodbl
| foreverl Oh, was ever poor girl so cruell!
| deceived as I?'-Chicago Tribune.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
The Rnling Passion.

The ruling passion gets away with
woman every time. At the theater the
other night lady appeared suddenly at
the box office and asked the manager for
an admission ticket.
Don't you wish seat2" the ticket
seller asked "We have few good seats
in the balcony"
81 haven't time to sit down. said the
lady. My husband is waiting for me
outside, and besides L have seen the play
already.
The ticket seller didn't know what to
say to this,
II only want to go in for few min
utes," the fair visitor continued. II saw
a lady pass in a few moments ago. and
she was so elegantly dressed that wanted
TO have a good look at her and see exactly
what she had on. That's all. "
The manager, to whom this explanation
was made, escorted the dress fascinated
woman into the auditorium, and she went
around to a side aisle and made a thor
ough observation of what the ultra fash
ionable dame "had on"
"Oh, it was perfectly lovelyp she ex-
claimed as she Joined her husband at the
or.-BosJun Globe
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
A Delicate Insinuatlon.

The dude drummer from the metropol-
itan city of New York was making his first
trip west and out in Missouri he began to
get quite flip. He had fair chance on a
train to take the seat next a bright faced
Missouri girl, and of course he took it, and
1t wasn't long before he was doing his
best to be entertaining to the young wom.
an. She couldn't help herself very well
and took it good naturedly.
did you know" he said after some
time, 'that this is my first trip, and am
fresh from the eastS'
"Well, no, she replied, so the people
around could hear, II didn't know it
that is to say, didn't know you were from
the east. "-Detroit Free Press.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
Turned the Tables.

While Bowdoin college professor was
holding a recitation some mischieyous stu
dent induced hand organ man to come
mn To the hall near the professor door
and play Sweet Marie, the boys all join
ing in the chorus, The professor came
out. hat In hand, and passed It to every
one of the students outside, exhorting
them 10 be generous. Taking the money
collected. he gave it to the hand organ
man and told him in German TO leave the
campus. which he did without delay while
st slowly dawned on a dozen crestfallen
students shat practical joke had been
perpetrated. -Lewiston Journal.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
THE MoNeoLIAN BUILD.
As a Rule, Chinamen Are Muscular and
Athletic Specimens of Hnmnnitv.


Athletic Specimens of Humanity.
One of the surprises encountered by the
traveller when he is first among Mongolians
is their physical development. Americans
are wont to judge their bodily structure
by the specimens In the laundry shops of
Sam Lee OF Wi Ping, and the loose cloth
ing of the Chinaman conoeals his brawny
arms and legs when he has them See
ing Tibetans in the Himalayas-stocky
chunks of men, with an abnormal muscu-
lar development-had not brushed away
my idea that the Chinaman was rather a
slim, unmuscular oriental, something like
the willowy Hindoo but when l landed in
Singapore and first saw numbers of coolies
stripped to their work 1 was thunderstruok
at their massive proportions.
The Chinese are commonly said TO he a
diseased race, a people permeated with blood
poisons but one does not see it in the av.
erage specimen, and one does see at every
street corner men with limbs and torsos
like Sandow, men who would be marked
down for football players in airy American
college Not but what disease ia always
an accompaniment of so crowded popu-
lation, not that it's manifestations fail to
impress you, but the Chinaman, far from
being taper fingered mortal, is o tough,
sturdy, fine fellow, with thews and sinews
like an athlete, and plenty of ambition
and courage-within his racial lines. Nor
have found any exception to the rule.
The Mongol from the borders of India,
where going east, you first strike his
homely ooarseness, to the confines of Ja-
pan, where you say goodby to his lovely
cherry blossoms and his smiling bows, IS
everywhere, in physique, the same strong,
enduring man. The Chinaman is filthy in
mind body and estate, the Japanese i:
equally clean, but in mere physical quality
they are very much alike. That the Mon
gol's nervous structure is less fine than thu
Aryan's is evidenced by the fact that thu
average Chinaman will endure unblancheC
the pain of a surgical operation which
would seriously compromise the reaction
ary power of most white men, and this, i
anything, adds to his value as mere hu
man animal. II. A. Dodge in Forum.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
The Wedding Ring.

The ring was considered a badge of serv-
itude by some and was for that reason
given by the man to his wife, like our fore
fathers, who were accustomed to give the
future son-in-law one of the BRIDES shoes
as sign of authority over her. Itwas re-
puted to be accompanied by tap on the
head of the bride with the said shoe by the
husband in order to assert his prerogative.
The ring was used in ancient times as q
sign of contract, and from that fact, ao-
cording to the antiQuary Brand, it was
nearly abolished by the Puritans of Crom-
well on account of it's heathenish origin.
Butler, in his 'Hudibras, refers TO it:
Others were for abolishing
That tool of matrimony, a ring,
With which the unsanctifed bridegroom
Is married only to a thumb,
AS wise as ringing of pig
That used TO break up ground and dig
The circlet of love withstood the assaults
of the sanctifled Roundheads and Cupid g
yoke did and does still have sway. An old
Latin writer thus describes the ring; "Q)
1t is circular, because its form importeth
that mutual love and hearty affection
should always exist between the giver and
wearer (2) Its rotundity exemplifieth
that the loving joys of oourtship and matri-
mony should be forever, their continuity
remaining as unbroken as the circlet it
self. ''-Chambers' Journal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04

General Markets,

NEW YORK, June 3-FLOUR-State and
western quiet and weaker to sell; city mills
patents, S4S5d5.l5; winter patents, Si0440;
city mills clears, S4.100440 winter straights,
S3.753-Al5
WHEAT-No. red opened quiet and declined
all the morning under liquidation and predic-
tons Of raini July, s0A@sl5sc.; September,
O5s@Sl26c.
CORN-No. 2 ruled weaker on rumors Of
rain and sympathy with wheat; July, 561G4
SHE; September, 5194@5Ss6c.
OATS-No. quiet but fairly steady; July,
3311@33l6c.; track, white state, 37@43c.
PORK-Dulli new mess, Sl3.50Gl425; family,
Sl2.5Odl350
LARD-Quiet; prime western steam, $685.
nominal.
BUTTER-Firm; state dairy, llGl71Ec. state
creamery, F1e9lsc.
CHEEsE-Quiet; large, 5G71sc.; small, $40
I16o.
EGGS-Firm; state and Pennsylvania, 1870
l4o western, l216lDl3c.
SUGAR-Raw heavy; fair refining l5-l6c.;
centrifugal, SO test, 33sc.; refined dull; crushed,
8 l-l60514c.; powdered, i34G04 l5-l6c
TURPENTlNE-Stea at 291e029Ac. and
3O14c.
MOLASSES-F Firm; New Orleans, 2s039c.
RICE-Quiet domestic, 4140654c.; Japan, 3}t
045sc.
TALLOW-steady; city, 496c,; country, 43c.
HAY-Quieti shipping, 5O955c.; good to
'No'0s' O'~''S'
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
EMILY FAITHFUL DEAD.
She Was Active In WOman's Cause Long
Before the "New Woman

She Was Active In Woman's Cause Long
Before the "New Woman
LONDON, June 3-The Times announces
the death of Emily Faithful
Miss Emily Faithful was born in 1885.
She was presented at the English court in
her twenty-frst year. Becoming interest
ed in the condition of women, she collected
band of female oompositors, and in 1860
founded a typographical establishment in
which women as oompositors were en-
ployed and for which she obtained the
approval of Queen Victoria, who appoint
ed Miss Faithful printer and publisher in
ordinary to her majesty. In May, 1868,
Miss Faithful started monthly publioa-
tion called The Victoria Magazine, in
which for 1s years the claims of women to
remunerative employment were earnestly
set forth, In 1868 she published a novel
entitled Change Upon Change" She
achieved a marked success as a lecturer.
In 1928 Miss Faithful visited the
United States After a third tour in
America in 1898 she published book
entitled "Three Visits to America, " con-
tanning vivid descriptions of various fem
inine industries and life as she found it
among the Mormons in Salt Lake City,
Colorado, California, etc. She was also a
frequent contributor to the leading Eng
lish newspapers and magazines.
In oommemoration of 30 years dedicated
to the interests of her sex Miss Faithful
received civil service pension.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
BEEF POWDER.
Nourishing and Appetizing and Can BE
Easily Made at Home.

Some of tho beef powders in the market
smell and taste of the chemists shop and
arc not readily taken by an invalid whose
palate requires TO be coaxed. A happy idea
struck the writer several months ago that
beef powder might without difficulty be
prepared fresh and on q small scale by any
ordinary cook. The experiments was made,
and the result was satisfactory beyond ex
pectation. Beef powder made at home is
appetizing, has a delicate aroma and flavor
and can be taken with pleasure by invalids
who turn with aversion from ordinary
food. If a little pepsin be taken at the
same time, it is digested even when the
ordinary peptonized foods are not retained
The mode of preparation is simple. Lean
beef is cut into small pieces. These are
put into boiling fat drippings or butter for
a couple of minutes until the surface is
Drowned. They are then removed from
the fat and placed on a strainer for a few
moments Afterward they are placed in a
mincing machine. The resulting mince is
placed in q slow oven and dried. The dry.
ing process may take from to "a hours,
or even longer, according to the heat em-
ployed. When thoroughly dried, the meat
ig quite crisp and can be ground in "a cof-
fee mill that has not been used for any
other purpose.
In the drying process the meat loses a
trifle more than four-ffths of its weight.
This beef powder can be taken in various
ways-with hot water or soup, with mash
ed potatoes with bread and butter in a
sandwich or with a little pepsin in starch
wafer.
The writer has given this homemade
beef powder with such excellent effect in
several cases where there was much diff
Guilty with food that he thinks others may
find it useful-Dr. W. R Huggard il
British Medical journal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
THE HARRINGTON MURDER.
Ex-senator Bucks Physicians Declare That
He Cannot Live.

hO Shhhph A&iNfs
SAN FRANCISCO, June 3-Ex- State Sem
ator Bucks physicians say his death Is
only matter of few hours. He was
taken into custody yesterday on suspicion,
IL is said, of having killed Miss Nellie
Harrington, who was found murdered in
her home on Ellis street Saturday Buck
was driving to jail with an officer after
his arrest yesterday, when the horse ran
away and he was thrown out fraoturing
his skull.
While the police will not say definitely
that they suspect Senator Buck Of the
murder, their actions lead to the belief
that they think he knows something about
it. Buck was a constant caller ON Miss
Harrington and is known TO have taken
her driving and TO several resorts. The
police say the murder was committed by
some one intimately acquainted with Miss
Harrington and her habits Whoever com
mitted the murder lot himself in at the
front door with a key. If Miss Harring-
ton let the man in, 1t was undoubtedly
some one with whom she was on intimate
terms She was only partly dressed when
the murder was committed The police
searched through the papers found in the
room in the hope Of finding some olew.
When asked what the result of the search
had been, Captain Lees said he had found
certain evidence which he could not make
public at this time
Owing to Bucks prominence and the
tragic fate that befell him before he had
an opportunity to clear himself of suspi-
cion which has grown up against him or
! explain his connection with Miss Harring-
ton the murder has created q sensation
only exceeded by the Emanuel church
| murders.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04
onoosINo rHElR owN cAskgrs.
People often Express Their Preferences
In the Matter of Style.

In Nne NlHbueN OF btylet
1T never actually knew anybody who
kept his coffin in his house." said an un-
dertaker, "but have read of such things,
and have no doubt they are true, just as
1 believe the stories of some women keep
ing in the bottom of bureau drawers their
own grave clothes, which they made them
selves. But men sometimes choose, If not
the particular oasket in which they want
to be buried, the style of coffin that they
prefer, and l know of one man who drew
the plans for the casket In which he was
buried.
"He had his own ideas Of what was
most suitable and we made a oasket In
accordance with the drawings which he
furnished and then boxed 1t up and stored
It for him He was a man advanced In
years. 1t Is interesting to note that the
casket so planned had square ends and
perfectly straight sides and ends In fact,
in shape it was precisely the same as the
present most advanced style of modern
burial casket which was not introduced
until some years afterward.
tIt is not at all unusual for men to look
at caskets, express admiration of some of
them and say that they would like to be
buried in such or such a style. These men
might be simply friends who had come to
see me, or they might be here on business,
but not with regard to a funeral Some
of the modern burial caskets are very
costly and beautiful and as unlike the old
fashioned coffin as could be imagined. It
is no wonder that men should admire
them, but it doesn't follow at all that
they expect soon to need one
"a few months ago there came In q
man and his wife, people of perhaps 30
years, and should say we'll to do, who
wanted to look at the caskets, or rather
he did. They came to very beautiful
oasket Of mahogany, one of modern style,
with square ends and straight sides and
ends and carved little, but not overelab-
orately. Evidently he had heard of such
casket before or had seen one, and so was
familiar with it, and he admired it greatly.
"'There, he said to his wife, calling
her by her name, that is the kind Of
casket that 1 would like to be buried in,
and it was clear that it seemed to him
very beautiful as it certainly was. But,
bless us, he is like everybody else almost,
have no doubt he expects to live for a
hundred years. I saw him at the theater
the other night with his wife. They had
dined comfortably, and they were in the
fullest enjoyment of life, and fancy that
it will be many years before either of them
comes to the end Of life, but 1 venture to
say that If he dies first his wife will faith
fully see that he is buried in a mahogany
casket such as he admired. New York
Sun
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wonnded as rlmes In One Rattle.

One of the most remarkable characters
In the United States is an old soldier
known to the G. A. r. men Of the east as
Comrade Chase. Chase served in q Maine
battery during the war and carries other
scars of nearly 100 wounds, As of which
were received in the single battle of Get
tysburg During the period of conflict"
he is said to have received more wounds
than any other man who fought on either
side and lived to tell of his marvellous es-
capes and exhibit his numerous scars in
proof Of his wonderful story st. Louis
Republic
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04

BRISTOL r. l., June 3.--The work up
on the cup defender has not been pushed
during the past week with the samo aotiv-
ity as heretofore On the interior of the
boat the workmen are busy putting on the
bilge braces which are of steel and very
close together near the chain plates, where
they are most needed. During the past
week the waterways, which are of alumni
ium and run along the top of the boat at
its sides, have been put in.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-04

BUFFALO, June 3. -Journeymen plumb
ers, gas filters and steam filters went out
on strike today. Only one-tenth Of the
shops are doing any business Half a
dozen master plumbers have aooeded to the
demands of the men, and 100 employees of
Irlbacker a Davis, one of the largest
firms, are said to have deserted the union
and resolved TO stick to their employers