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MAY DE THERE YET.
Four Engifshmen Who Died on q
Warm Island fn the Year IS46.


Warm Island fn the Year 1886.
From the Lewiston Evening Journal
Uncle Robert William Quimby of Lewis
ton says that he has Travelled in all the
warm countries OF the globe, and that he
mas been In the coldest latitudes. He does
not think that We have such very hot
weather If people would make provision
for the hot days. as they do In India, he
thinks we should not notice IT so much
But" says he. "the warmest weather
that i ever experienced was on a small is
land called Johns Biscuit, of Cape Gracias.
on Honduras. The Elizabeth Jennings. On
which / sailed in 1870, from Portland. stop-
ped there for water, and a boats or, w went
ashore Tor water. 1t was a little volcanic
island, and awful dry and hot. We didn't
know whether there would be water there
or no. but we did find a spring with a stream
as large as broom handle pouring out all
the time And do you believe me, The
water was dried up and soakes up before Il
had run four feet In the sand The place
was covered with dried trees, and a little
Instance away was what looked like a hut
"a habitation for man. We went i'm and
found the shrunken remains of four men
sailors. probably. who had died in one night.
TO judge from appearances. One was sitting
Ia chair, one lying on the fioor. and two
Leaning against the wall In a sitting posi-
uon There was dry food on the table dry
meat In box. and everything was burning
dry.
"A letter in the pocket OF one man was
dated Liverpool. 1876, and on the table was
bottle with a note in It. evidently Intended
to be cast adrift. 1t said they were four
English seamen marooned by a captain
lert to die. The note was dated 1916. and
suppose they had been dead in that hut for
over thirty years. and they must have died
OF heat In one day and dried right up We
LETT them where we found them"
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the characteristic shapes Of the curved
lines which they cause to be traced on the
long strips of paper at the receivers desk.
1t Is a common event nowadays for arbi-
TRACE brokers on the New York cotton eI-
change to send cablegram to the Liver
pool cotton exchange ordering a sale OF
future" cotton, have the sale made and re-
ceive d receipt announcing the conclusion
of the transaction in two minutes from the
time the hrst message was handed to the
clerk. The significance of this Will be real
lied when II Is pointed out that there Is
class of brokers who depend for business
graphic time which exists between here and
Europe. II cotton Is quoted at the same
price on the New York and Liverpool or
other exchanges but should subsequently
drop half point. srbitrage brokers with
connections abroad sure to cable their
agents to sell out before the official change
in the quotation Is sent across the sea. The
aim Is to save the difference in price be-
tween the two quotations.
Many brokers make all their profits In
this way, and the tendency OF 1t has been
to quicken the business methods OF the ex-
changes So much has this become the fact
that a delay of oue-half minute In the send
ing of cablesram is sure to cause loud
and threatening protest from the brokers'
One firm, in fact. instituted suit for dam
ages against a leading cable company be-
cause of delay of ten minutes in sending
q cipher dispatch across the ocean. The
suit was eventually withdrawn, but the in
Ciient serves TO snow at "ndt b Dredk-neCk
psce business is now done in our exchanges
quite a contrast to the relays Of courfers
which were used to carry the news Of the
battle of Waterloo to Rothschilds.
Description of Apparatus.
The reason a waving line printed on a
strip of paper Is used in cabling instead
Of the Morse code Of dots and dashes II
because of the peculiar construction of
the cable itself and Of a certain eccen-
tricity of the electric current when 1t is
acting under long distances of water.
Electricity invariably seeks to escape from
its conductor to the earth. Mother Earth
will. in fact. absorb 1t all II given tho
chance. The cable Is. therefore, insulated,
but this desire to return to earth Is strong
er than the resisting power Of the insula-
ton: therefore. while the latter holds the
current partially intact. the gutta percha
or other covering of the cable Is filled with
tnnumerable stray lateral currents all seek
Ing to escape to the surrounding water
With such a state Of affairs II would be
simply impossible to operate a succession
of makes and breaks in the current; the
residual currents would, II short, fiji up
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that the ore being shoveled into It will roll
down and fall into the car placed at its
mouth at the other end. 100 feet below.
Going Down Into the Ontario.
But the manager is ready for our visit
to the mine. We stand at the entrance Of
the shaft and watch the elevator coming
up. 1t is raised by means Of a cable made
Of wire ropes. each as thick as your thumb,
which runs over pulley forty feet above
the floor. and thence straight down into
the shaft. The cable looks strong, and
We ask the engineer how much the rope
Will hold without breaking. We are told
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to prepare his since world famous " Pleasant
Pellets" They are designed to do just one
thing, and they do il. They restore the
bowels and liver to healthy, natural &C
ton. One little Pellet" is a gentle laxa-
tive, and two 4 mild purgative. They cure
headache, heartburn, sour stomach, fatu-
lency, biliousness, foul taste in the mouth,
and all the other disagreeable symptoms of
constipation. Druggists sell them, but look
out that your druggist is honest with you,
and gives you what you ask for. Don't
accept substitute
There would be less sickness In America N
every home library contained a copy of Doctor
Pierce's great work, THE Peoples Common
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A Sprintcr Under Peculiar Cfrcum-
stances.

From the Wabash Herald
A good story 10 told on the venerable
Bishop Whipple. The scene is laid in st.
Paul, and the story runs as follows:
One evening in the fall. and after dark.
as the bishop was walking along the street.
he noticed little fellow trying to ring the
door bell of fine residence. He was too
short to do any more than reach il. and.
although he stood on his tiptoes and
stretched vigorously. no sound came from
the bell. The kind-hearted prelate felt
called upon to assist him, and so. ascend
ing the steps, asked:
Shall 1 help you, my little man.
The boy intimated that such course
would be gratifying to him, ami the bishop
rang the bell Thereupon the lit,le fellow
remarked:
Now. we'd better both run like h-lw
and decamped as rapidly as possible.
1t took the bishop just a moment to re-
member that IL was Halloween, and il is
said that he made tracks AMI got around
the corner about as rapidly as did the little
boy.
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nav Il COME III
Parke City to tell you
how silver Is gotten
out Of the earth. This
Is one Of the worlds
great treasure vaults
Of the white metal. It
Is the site Of the On
tario mine, which Is
the b 1 & 6 e $ t silver
mine III the United
States. and which Is
said to be tho biggest
working mine in the
UnrlI foIo, rINIo n~
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tario has already produced more than $780,
100000 worth of silver and 1t has paid its
owners more than s13,O00,OoO in dividends.
For the past two years 1t has been putting
in very expensive improvements, and,
owing to this and to the decentralization CT
silver. the dividends have dropped, but 1
am told that it will pay more than 10 per
cent this year. and its silver deposits are
still of incalculable value. Connected with
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common ailments that arise in every family. BY
following its advice, many illnesses are nipped
Gus ard dangerous. This great book will be sent
absolutely free. in paper-covers, to any one who
will send tweuty-one one-cent stamps TO pay the
cost Of mailing only to the Worlds Dispensary
Medical Association. No Goa Main Street Buffalo
NY. If French cloth binding is desired send
ten cents extra tthirtyone cents in all).
Evening star., 1896-09-12
DIET AS A MORAL AGENT.

Experiment introduced In . New
York RefOrmatOry.
From New York Letter.
A queer food experiment Is being tried at
the E;lmira reformatory, in New York
state. All civilized nations hold out some
inducement to the criminal in confinement
Evening star., 1896-09-12
Constipation 10

Y
the start of nearly
all sickness in the
world. 1t not only
makes a man sick,
but it depresses
him mentally. 1t
gives him the
blues. He Is
plunged in the
depths of de-
spondency. As he
gets nd of his con-
stipation, he feels
himself lifted out
OF tnt depressing
darkness back into
the light of health
and good feeling.
The alarmin ing
prevalence of this
really dangerous,
seemingly insig-
nihcant disorder,
many years ago in
duced nr p;eroa
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A Trap for Bed Bugs.

From Science,
An Ingenious plan Is employed with great
success in hospitals in India. 1t is to place
a piece of wood. freely perforated with
gimlet holes, under the mattress The in
sects find their way into these holes where
they may afterward be destroyed by Dip
ping the piece Of wood into hot water,
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Their Wonderful Skill in Sending and
Receiving Dispatches.
as REPRESENTED BY 4 WAVING LINE
How the Work is Done and Chat
About the Men.
LOG NG A BREAK
r9 HOMAS A. Z

HOMAS A. EDISON.
who in his time has
been one of the fast
est telegraphers in
the world. admits
that he Is totally un-
able to receive a
cable message from
across the Atlantic
ocean. while the Or
dinary Morse land
dispatch Is represent
ed by makes and
breaks of the cur
rent % he said rooanf-
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Sense Medical Adviser" II q
exactly what its name implies,
II is the peoples textbook Of
medicine. prepared by a regular,
practicing physician, eminent in
his profession. and now-ss for
thirty years-the head Of one of
the greatest medical and surgical
institutes In the worid-The In
vaiids' Hotel and Surgical Iusti-
tute. al Buffalo, n. Y. II Is full
of simple. inexpensive, common
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One Of the Richest Deposits Of the
WhiteMetal. t
FIFTY MILES UNDERGROUND TUNNELS
How the Ore is Gotten Out of the
Earth.
Earth.
CURIOUS EXPERIENCES

Copyrighted. 1895. by Frank G. Chrpenter.)
PARKE CITY, Utah, September 3. 1898.
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A Necessary Precautfon.

From the Somervills Journal.
George-'How do YOU like It. CoraT"
Cora-"It's perfectly lovely. But what do
they have all these policemen at the game
for? Oh, know; 1t is to keep the men
from stealing bases"
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The Report L. True.
From the Detroit Free Press.
There is a report that Buzbee has q large
floating debt" announced the cashier to
the teller.
.Yes, sir; an $4,000 steam yacht"
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telephone across the Atlantic. It is this cleo
trfhcation OF the gutta percha that prevents
1t. There is no real insulating substance.
Some substances insulate more than others
but all are subject to electrif1cation. When
an electric impulse is sent across the ocean
the whole of the cable, covering and all
must be electrified before the current flows
through and operates the receiving device.
1t Is what Is known as the tail end of the
charge that really carries the message.
This interferes with the sound wave. In
telegraphing there are only ten or twelve
sound waves a second. In telephoning there
are two or three thousand in the same time
1t Is obviously impossible then to telephone
across the seas under existing circum-
stances.
One Of the peculiar phenomenons of ca
bling Is the ability of one operator to recog-
nize the Handwriting" Of the operator at
the other end Of the line. far away in Eng
land or France. 1t is a fact nevertheless
that 1t Is DONE and many strange friend
ships are formed between men who have
never seen each other and who may never
have been ten miles away from their re-
spective homes thousands Of miles apart,
There Is an old story Of man who refused
to believe in a telegram sent to a friend
because 1t was not his handwriting" This
could not apply to cable operators
AS soon as the siphon begins to make its
waving line on the tape the operator, or
rather the recorder Of the same, knows who
is at the other end of the wire. The writ
Ing" OF different operators is as recogniz-
able at a distance of 5000 miles as 1t would
be IL they were nearer at hand. The Pc
culiarities of the man are detected on the
tape. and without any attempt at slang q
man Is known by his curves. Some opera
tors white q plain hand" others send a
message that is equivalent to what In ordi-
nary life would be called very bad manu-
script. If an operator gets into a rage and
violently bangs his keys the fact is known
to the men at the other end of the line, and
he is prudently laughed at, in another
hemisphere. In the old days. long distance
fights used often to occur. but talk on any
private matter between operators is now
strictly prohibited by the various cable
companies.
How n Break IL Located.
Sometimes q cable will break at the bot
tom Of the sea, or some other fault win
prevent messages beirg sent through. Al
though the line extends through miles of
drift and over leagues Of ocean bed, the
system has been reduced to such a nicely
that the location Of the fault is only a mat
ter Of q little calculation. It is generally
located - follows: It Ii known that the
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the Ontario is the great DAILY mine. whose
dividends have amounted to between two
and three million dollars. and near 1t is the
Daly-West mine, now jus, about ready for
working. and other :nines which have
large deposits of silver
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-30
SUPERIOR COURT.

Wednesday-John Flint of Baldwin,
sued George W. Harding of Durham on .
note for SIS given by Harding in Pekin,
Illinois to the brother of the plaintiff
away back in 1850. Flint says he never
saw the defendant or knew of his being
in the state until q rear or two ago, when
he asked him for payment and the de-
fendant said he would pay the principal,
but not the interest. The interest
mounts to over forty dollars. The de-
PENDANT says the note was given for bOr-
rowed money, and that 1T has been paid
| that he senS the money by mail. But
whether that Is established or not, he
claims that the note is outlawed beca use
| he has lived in this state since the note
was given, eleven years-seVen in Bald
| win and four in Durham. Decision for
the defendant.
| Llewellyn Barton for plaintiff.
| A. E. Moulton for defendant.
The next case was Geurge Milliken OF
this city against Joseph Philbrook of
Lisbon, and George B. Staples Of Can
| ton, suit upon two promisory notes of
| $500 each signed by the defendant, pay
able to the Androscoggin Lumber COM
Oxford Land company and by it to the
plaintiff Milliken. There was no ques-
ton but that Milliken bought them be-
| fore maturity.
1t appeared that in 1896, Philbrook and
| Staples formed a partnership for the
| purpose Of buying logs and manufactur-
ling them into lumber on the Androscog-
gin river at Brunswick. Cnder the ad-
lvice of Staples they purchased of the
Androscoggin Lumber company of which
Staples was treasurer. lot of logs, for
which they gave notes-these notes in
suit being among them. The lumber was
manufactured and sent to o. A. McFad-
den Of this city by the advice of Staples.
rs Philbrook says, who was to dispose of
it for them. Philbrook says he soon dis
covered that the logs purchased of the
Androscoggln Lumber company through
Staples, were covered by q mortgage to
nearly their value, to one Van Dyke,
whose agent was McFadden, that after
some negotiations MoFadden agreed to
see that tile notes were taken care Of out
Of the proceeds of the Ium Der, and that
some of them were paid by him, or at
least Philbrook says he has never paid
them. although he has paid some. Mill
ken had one of the notes prior to these in
suit and when he made claim ON Phil
brook for payment as Philbrook claims.
he told Milliken all the circumstances of
the case, SO that when Milliken purchased
these notes in suit he bought them sub
| Ject TO all the equities between Philbrook
| and the Androsooggin Lumber company
| Milllken denies that he was Informed
| OF the circumstances, and claims that
whether be was or not it wouldn't Affect
the result; that he had purchased these
| notes in suit week or more before the
former note became due or before the
alleged information from Philbrook. His
counsel claimed that admitting all Phil
brook states TO be true it constitutes no
valid defense to these notes in the hands
of bona fde holder for value. Decision
reserved.
benjamin Thompson for plaintiff.
: >. 5. Brown of Waterville for defend
ant
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a Household Treasure.

Mr.. G. Caillouette, Druggist, Beavers
Vile, ILL.,, says; "To DR.. Kings New
Discovery owe my life WSs taken with
La Grippe and tried all the physicians fol
miles about, but of no avail and was given
Kings New Discovery in my store l sent
for bottle and began it's use and from
the first dose began to get better, and af-
ter using three bottles was up and about
again. 1t is worth it's weight in gold.
We won't keep store or house without it. "
Get free trial at Geo. M. Young 4Se
Congress street, Portland, Me- and II. G..
Starr, Westbrook, Drug Stores. Regular
ize Soc anG 81. co.
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take laxative Brolno Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the moneyif it fails
to cure. %.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-30
Tho Portland Gun Club.

The club held it's fourth prize shoot on
Its grounds Tuesda afternoon. The
following are the club scores: Thornton,
81; Bradley, 81; Fisher, 90; Herbert. 20;
Jordan, Els; E. D. Randall, "a; G. S. Ran
dali, %; Wilkes, IS; Edwards. %; Hol-
den, IL; W. B. barton, 20; Schultz, 10.
Before and after the reg ular score the
members shot a number of practice SCORES.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-30

BEFORE JUDGE ROBINSON.
Margaret Flaherty. Intox
ication; fined SIS and costs.
William %. Hutohins. Intoxication
twenty days in the county jail.
William 0. Hutohins. Larceny; sixty
days in the county Jail.
Francis Fl. Gaffney. Intoxication; fined
S. and costs.
Frederick Smith. Intoxication; ter
days in the county jail.
Samuel Newton. Intoxioation; fined
So and costs.
Martin Foley. Vagabond; forty days
in the county Jail.
James e. Keazer. Larceny; discharged
john W. Wilkins. Larceny; Continued
to May 2, 1896.
James Robinson. Search and seizure
500 and costs. Paid.
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The protest will be forwarded to the
Massachusetts Legislature.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-30
Prizes for Ideas.

The proprietors of "R-O" (Hornby's
Oatmeal, have placed $500 in the hands
of their advertising agents, Messrs.
Pettingill & Co., which amount is to be
paid in prizes for ideas for advertising
H-O. Designs and ideas for newspaper,
sign, poster, street car and other advertis,
ing will be awarded for accord ing to
their merits. Send to the H-O Company,
New York, for their booklet which ex.
Mains all
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-04-30
TIE MUNICIPAL COURT.

James Kelliher, South Portland.
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NAMES p RoTesT
Against the Demolition of the Bulfinch
Front of Massachusetts, State House.

The Massachusetts State House preser-
walton committee has received protest
against the demolition eff the Bulfnch
front, signed by the Governor and several
ex-Goyernors of Maine, the Mayor OF
Portland, J. H. Manley of Augusta and
Others 1t is of special Importance from
the fact that it is sent on the ground that
Maine as the daughter of Massachusetts,
claims still special interest in the
preservation of her ancient landmarks.
Until 1890 Maine was part of Massa-
chusetts, and the letter which aocompan-
les the protest is based upon this fact
The letter is from Rev. DIR. Dalton, and
closes as follows:
The signers of this petition are among
our leading citizens IN Maine and their
interest arises partly from the fact that
Maine was part of Massachusetts when
the State House was built.
Truly yours,
A. DALTON.
The protest will be forwarded to the
Massachusetts Legislature.
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WESTBROOK.

An orange supper and entertainment
will be given by the ladies of Warren
church, IN the church parlors. Thursday
evening, Supper will be served
from $50 to 7.30. The entertain
ment will consist Of music and reading
also newspaper partys which is some-
thing novel.
Mr.. S. T. Tufts is circulating petit
lon to be presented to the railroad com.
missioners asking for an extension of the
electric road from this city to Gorham.
He has secured a large number of sign
ers, including all the merchants, profess
soual men and others. 1t seems to be al
most universal wish that this road may
be allowed to extend as far as it may
wish.
The st. Joseph Union gave an enter
tainment at Odd Fellows' hall last eve
ming, at which Fir. Decelles was present
and made few remarks and held short
reception. =
Although many of our citizens are
feeling badly on account of the West
brook Manufacturing Company's shut
down, still we can all rejoice over the
| continued prosperity of the S. d. War
rem paper mills, as they are running their
large plant to it's fullest capacity.
Mr.. Joseph H. Hezelton and Walter
Smith left last evening for short plea
sure trip Mt the Hub.
Street Commissioner HAYES is in Bos-
ton for one day on business
MIR. James w. Morris and John Beatty
returned from Sebago lake yesterday.
They. brought fine land looked salmon
with them weighing nearly six pounds.