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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-11-21
THE Evil EYE.
1t Is the Bane Of the Life of a New
York Italian.
HIS COUNTRYMEN FLEE AS HEAP.
PROACHES.

What the Evil Eye Is Accused of Doing
Curious Tales for the Credulous-Fven
Wales Is Said to Have the Evil Eve.
New York. Nov. 2o-Eowarti o'clock
In the evening, when certain little un-
dersized italian shoves his push cart
around the curve Of Mulberry Bond, the
crowds of his country people on the side
walk, in the windows and doorways
cease their jabering and look in every
direction but that Of the ragged aud
dirty peddler of bananas. Some of them
mutter prayers, others rub coins and bits
OF jewelry in the palms of their hands.
Even the children, the grimy babies of
three and four years, cease their playing.
They whisper to each other the jetta-
tore is coming; be quiet, or he'll kill
you"
Jettatore is an awful word in the
Bend. Still more terrible ia the push
cart peddler-Casoli Paracrotti by name.
Il, He is charged with being ajettatere,
and he believes in the truth of the charge
as implicitly as mis- accussTs. He is a
mild looking, shy italian, and the charge
hanging over him burdens his life. Ho
has no friends, for the people shun him.
He has no wife. for no italian woman
would marry him. He never hears a
kindly word from his country people, fol
they fear to speak to him. He gees to
the Italian church in Roosevelt street
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Didn't Believe IL Himself.

Some years ago, while visiting the Spo-
kanes, General Philip Sheridan related to
the Indians, through an interpreter, the
wonders of the railroad, and then waited
to see what effect the revelation would
have upon them.
"What do they say?" he asked the inter-
prefer.
They say they don't believe it," was
the answer.
Sheridan then described the steamboat.
and the interpreter repeated this.
What do they say to that" the general
asked again, seeing the Indian faces all
impassiye.
They say they don't believe that eli
ther''
Then the general gave an account of
the telephone, and told how a man at the
end of a long wire had talked to a man at
the other end of it. The interpreter re-
manned silent.
"Well, - said the general, 'twhy don't
you interpret that to them?'
Because don't believe that story NV
self, answered the conscientious man
San Francisco Argonaut.
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1T AMUSED THE OLD MAN
They Helped Him to Get Away With rz,.
Dog.

They Helped Him to Get Awav xv;+., y,.
Dog.
The old man came down to the srh,,,
ban station leading most reprebensibla
dog. Leading is hardly the word. for in
reality he dragged the unwilling animal
after the fashion of sled. With coayin -
words be lured the scFaggy beast on, and
finally he got it safely slowed under the
bench on the shady side of the station
He bought paper then and settled down
to wait 30 minutes for the oityward train
Mr.. Huffman and Mr.. Jodynas had
marked the approach of the old man and
had smiled somewhat at his trouble when
the dog had pulled back with greatest
force
cts funny, isn't it, said Mr. lodgings,
"that an otherwise reasonable and sane
man will take up with such dog as that
and treat it as a pet9"
Mr. Huffman assented and said he SUD-
posed the old man would go into parox-
ysrns of wrath If anything were to happen
the dog. That suggested an idea, and Mr.
lodgings nearly burst with laughter as he
thought upon that idea.
Suppose we steal the dog and put it on
the north bound train, and when the old
man finishes his paper and goes to take the
city train he will be furious. This was
Mr.. lodgings idea, and Mr.. Huffman
came near exploding, it was SO funny
Mr.. Huffman sat down next the old man.
so as to conceal the workings of Mr..
lodgings, and Mr.. lodgings, with suppress
ed snorts Of laughter, united the Irvine
and hauled the dog around the corner of
the station and into the express office,
where he paid glad dollar and expressed
the sorry beast to fictitious John Smith
at station a dollars worth up the line.
The old man continued reading, while the
up train stood at the platform, and he did
not wake up until the whistle of the in
coming cityward engine was sounded at
the road crossing. Then he looked hastily
for his dog.
"Where's that dogp" he asked of his
city bound fellow townsmen, who had
gathered about in obedience to the invita-
ton of Mr. lodgings With fierce peals Of
laughter, Mr.. Huffman told him that the
household pet was on the way to Milwau-
kee. MIR. Huffman explained the joke
and clapped the old man on the back in
delight.
The face of the latter was study. He
looked at Mr.. Huffman wonderingly.
by thunder!'' he cried, "That's funny.
You see, brought the dog to the station
today intending to carry him as far in to-
ward town as Jefferson park, and there
had intended to kick him off. He's a
blamed nuisance around the house, and I
wanted to get rid of him the worst way.
Much obliged, lodgings"
But Mr.. lodgings, with his mind dwell
ing on his dollar, was pillar of self kick
ing silence. Record.
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A MAN WHO sPURNs MONEY.
He Says That Natures Gifts Are Epou~h
for His Needs.

Joe Steele ia living exemplifioat;o,
of the theory that a man can live with
out money and not be tramp. There is
no disputing 1t, for he has done a. IT.
hardly seems credible, and vet :Toa savs
positively that he has not handled sim
gle dollar in the last fifteen ysars. and
at the same time he has had all hs want
ed to eat and good. comfortable place
to sleep, as well as all necessary clothes.
How has he done IL? Why? And
where? are questions one would natural
IL ask.
And it might be answered that Joe did
it simply by taking advantage Of the
gifts Of nature. The reason that he did
1t was because he was too old to work.
Inc place. or rather places, was along
the banks of the San joaquin river.
or course, Joe hasn't had all of the
advantages of civilization, but at, the
same time he hos been free from the
worries incidental to living in civilized
communities. He has lived as free as the
air, slept peacefully every night and
now at 81 years of age feels like boy.
I According to his own story. there was
time when Joe Steele was well-known
man in Calf ornia. He took his place in
the mad race for gold, and at times was
IN the lead. He dressed in the finest
clothes and frequented the most expen-
sive hotels, saloons and restaurants But
his time came as we'll as many others,
and when he was only a little over 60
and when he was a penniless old man
walking up and down Montgomery street
in the hope that some friend would
ask him to dine
just exactly how the change came Is
something Joe has almost forgotten, but
ne does know that some friend gave him
q Job to take care of a small hunting ark.
On the friends death nobody came to
claim the ark, and Joe has simply re-
talned possession of it ever SINCE Joe
travelled up and down the rivers for sew :
eral years, hunting and fishing until the
ark bscame leaky, and he had to tie 1t
up. In time the house on 1t fell down,
and he replaced it with one of tule. His
present anchorage Is few miles above
Antioch, and he Is one of the hap pie st
msn in all California. Joe says II he
had to live his life over he would live 1t
all as he IN living now, but in a locality
where nature is more bountiful thnn in
the San Joaquin marsh. AS 1t is, he
never wants. There are plenty of fish
and frogs in the river, mad tons of vege-
tables float down its surface shat have
only TO be- picked up. Some of these he
trades for meal and -four, some he trades
for old clothes. San Francisco Call.
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teeming population of Mulberry Bend,
should fear Paraorotti. And the history
OF that unfortunate seems to substanti-
ate the truth of the charge against him.
he has not YET reached his fortisth birth
day, but the death of thirty three of his
countrynen is traceable to some acoidsn-
tai act OF his. And it is the memory of
this thirty-three victims which makes
him believe that he is cursed with SOM
strange power of witchcraft that works
evil only to those wEo come in contact
with him.
EYES OF WALES AND HOLMES.
1t has recently been said that the Prince
of Wales is a jettatore, and in substantial
ton of the assertion long list of his
victims has been named, these consisting
mainly of his society friends. who have
been involved in ugly candals, or bank
ruptcy, or who have met with tragic
deaths.
Holmes. the Chicago murderer, who
was hanged at Philadelphia, was another
alleged jettatore, and it il quite true that
numerous nisfornunes have been suffered
by many of those who officiated at his
trial, or who were instrumen tai in gath
ering evidence against him.
The Italians claim that jsttators is
recognized by popularity in one Of
the eyes. The most common sign is a
dropping lid. which moves convulsively.
The right eye of che Prince of Wales il
SO afflicted. This eye seems to bulge
more than the other, and every few min
ute the lid drops completely over the eye
ball. The eye remains closed for the
fraction of a second and then opens wide
with startling suddenness. Holmes was
similarly afflicted, and 80 is this push
cart peddler. Paracrotti.
The latter is native of Southern Italy
and when be was sixteen his parents
hired him out as game keeper to the
nobleman owning the estate on which
they lived. This marked the beginning
o. his tragedies. He invented bomb
exploding machine for the detecti IN Of
roachers, and while testing it in the
presence of his employer and mum Der
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T. 0. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneer.
PROPERTY OF EDWARD II. MOXCEY,
Sale by Assignee.

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to
~ license granted by the Hon Henry G.
Peabody, Judge of the Court Of Insolvency
for the County County Of Cumberland, the under
signed, assignee in insolvency of the estate
of Edward ii. Moxcey, of Yarmouth. in said
county, insolvent debtor, will sell at pnhlic
aueIio on n the ct twenty-seventh day Of No
thousand eight hundred and ninety-siy. at
two and one half o'clock in the afternoon.
at said Yarmouth, on the premises herein,
after desGrlof e. an al; the right title and in
insolvent debtor as aforesaid, had on the
eleventh DAY OF September, in the year of
our Lord a., one e, thousand eight hundred and
uated on the westerly side of Pleasant
street, so-called, in said Yarmouth bounded
and described as follows: ~
Beginn1lng at point near the northwest
corner OF sned on said premises: thence
north SO 1-2 degrees east fifty eight feet and
two inches to land of LYMAN Walker thence
south 70 IL degrees east one hundred forty
westerly line of Pleasant street: thence
south q degrees west, following the line of
said street o6 one hundred Thirty seven feet
thence north 60 1-2 degrees west fortH'%ins,
feet to point; thence south "a 10 deoreas
west eight feet and two inches to a cedar
stake the nee, norm 20 IL degrees west one
hundred hfty-slx feet and five inches to a
point; thence north 20 degrees east sixtean
feet to point; thence north G5 degrees west
two hundred seventy nine feet to a point.
thence north thirty feet and three inches to
hundred and forty two feet and five incbeS
to the point OF beginning, containing thirtv9
seven thousand and fifty square feet; being
the property formerly owned by Edward
Moxcey, and the property purchased NV
Edward H; Moxcey from John Walker. 10y ny
gether with the buildings thereon, The
terms of said sale will be cash o
Dated AT iorrland this eight, enth day of
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six.
CHARLES A. TRUE,
Assignee IN insolvency of the Estate of
Edward II. N'oA'oA nov1sdlw
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OF guests the contrivance exploded pre-
maturely. killing thres men, one of
whom was the eldest son of mis- employer
After this Paraurotti went to live with
married brother. Becoming angry at
fractions horse he was try ing to catch
he picked up large stone and threw it
at the horse but instead of hitting the
animal it struck mis- brother in the head,
causing a fracture of the skull from
which he died.
Following this tragedy Paracrotti went
to live with his brother.in-law, and in
side of two months he was instrumental
in causing the death of that relative
Paracrotti took care Of the farm animals
on the place. as he was quite skilful as
veterinarian. Needing some liniment,
he took small bottle containing brandy,
drank the brandy and then poured the
nE1ment from can into the bottle.
After doctoring the sick horse he re-
turned the bottle Of lii iment to the bnrn,
The next day his brother-i law took the
bottle, and thinking that it contained
brandy, drank some of the liniment. He
was taken sick and died that night.
By this time rumors that the boy was
ettatore were in circulation. AS ne
was Stunned by every one he left his
native province to live among strapgers
where nothing wRs known of his history.
He secured work from contractor, who
was building tunnel through subter-
rsnean water courses. Gates were used
during the day to dam up the water. and
at night those were opened and the water
would rush out. Paracrotti attended
these gates. 1t was his custom to opeu
them ct night as soon as the workmeu
had left the tunnel. One night he
opened them when twenty-one belated
laborcrs were still in the tunnel, and
every one Of them was drowned
Paracrotti fed to the sea coast town of
PaZznoli and secured work on O coastipo
vessel. On ono of the voyages he was
stricken with fever. While out of his
head he left hiH berth and, going to the
drinking tank, plunged his head into
the cool water. 1t was afterward said
that the water became infec Q with tho
fever germs. AT any rate several mem.
bers OF the crew were taken sick and six
of them died. One Of the survivors at.
tempted to kill Paracrottl for Injecting
the water, and another sailor took I'D this
quarrel. In the ensuing fight one of the
en- was stabbed to death
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He Was DELIGHTED.

There was little boy whose mother had
made little Lord Fauntleroy of him.
training his hair in long curls and dress
ing him in black velvet knickerbockers
and jacket, orrnamented with white lace.
One day large girl thought to fright
en- the picturesque little chap by rushing
toward him brandishing large pair of
scissors and exolaiming, "I'll cut off you,
curlsr' The little Lord Fauntleroy was
not frightened He merely replied in a
shrill little voice, 'tWish you wouldp'-
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
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Not q Rag.

The prominent citizen was rather proud
of his standing in the community. t,'And,
do you know" he said, "when first
came to this town I had hardly rag to
my back
The man who was not SO prominent
shrugged his shoulders
"When first came to this town." he
said, 81 actually didn't have rag to my
back -
"You're joking" said the prominent
citizen
''Not at ALL replied the citizen who
was not SO prominent seriously. IT was
born here. ''-Chicago Post.
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Truly Penitent.

Little Jennie-Mamma, dear, will you
be very angry-if Sell-you that-ah,
you are frowning. No. Then, that have
taken-three candies from your boxp
Indulgent Mother-There, there. for
give yon. Run away and play.
Jennie-Yes, mamma, darling But
(between her sobs) it isn't that. only
took two. So you must give me the third.
lie Vieux Corsaire
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Paracrotti sailed for New York ON ,;s
recovery from the lever, but sin, a his
arrival here no fatality has hear a.,
uributed to him. a.
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STATE OF MAINE.

CUMBERLAND, SIS,
Supreme Judicial Court,
January Term, A. D., 1897,
70 the Hon. Justice OF the Supreme yudiclai
Court next to be holden at Portland within
and for the County of Cumberland Oh the
second Tuesday of January, A. D., 1881.
:, Respectfully represents Ada q. Dennev of
1 yarmouth no In SAID county That she was
on the tenth day of February, A. D., tsSE:
that the residence of said Thomas q. Defll
hey Is now unknown to your libeliant al.
though though she has made reasonably oirgene
her said husband lived together as husband
and.wife in this state ever since their mar.
riage until August, A. D., 1895; except inter-
walls when employed out Of this state, that
she has been good and faithful vito g
her said husband, but that her husband, al
though being Of sufficient ability and being
tonly. grossly and cruelty refused and ne
elected to provide suitable m aintenanoe for
her; that in July A. D., 1895, her said hus.
band committed the crime Of adultery with
woman unknown to your nbellant Where.
fore she prays this Honorable Court to de.
cree divorce from the bonds of matrimony
between her and her said husband
ADA G. DENNHY.
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STATE OF MAINE.

Cumberland, IS.
Supreme Judicial Court, in Vacation.
November 9Th, A. D., 1898
Upon the foregoing libel, ordered, that
the ibellant give notice to the said Thomas
II. Denney to appear before the Justice of
our supreme Judicial Court, to be holden at
Portland, within and for the County of Cum
berland, on the second Tuesday of january,
A. D., 1897, by publishing an attested COPY
OF said libel, and this order thereon, once
Portland Daily PRESS, a newspaper printed
IN Portland, in our County of Cum berland
the last publication to be thirty days at least
D. 1897, that he may there and then In our
said Court appear and show cuse, il any he
has, why the prayer of said Hbellant should
not be granted
S. G. STROUT,
Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court.
true copy of the Libel and Order of
Court thereon. :.
Attest: B. c. STONE, Clerk.
nOv7d1aw3wS
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STATE OF MAINE.

Cumberland, IS. Oct. %. 1895.
Personally appeared said Ada c. Denney
and made oath to the ABOVE libel by hsS
signed. Before me,
L. B. BENNETT, Notary Public.
Il. So
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What the Evil Eye Is Accused of Doing
Curious Tales for the Credulous-Even
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-08-15

two, as formerly, and we were now
in sorrowful condition. Children
crying for bread and parents not
able to supply them. We Travelled on
as best we could; hungry and weary,
we came to spring in small grove
of timber. We stopped our cart and
happened to look up into tree and
saw large sage hen. l took out
my old gun and shot it and had
enough for several good meals, and
thus the Lord had blessed us above
the remainder of our brethren and
sisters.
We travelled on until nearly sun
down, when we came to a small creek,
where we intended to camp for the
night, but soon as we stopped, here
came large band of Indians, men,
women, and children.
To be continued.
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About Pens.

A Birmingham penmaker has
collected no fewer than 1000
styles Of metallic pens, and he has
come to the conclusion that the
manifold defects in the art Of pen
manship might be cured by the
use Of certain styles of pens.
Persons of nervous temperament
and peculiar habits Of mind should
be most particular in the choice of
the pen they use. A mind that
thinks rapidly is much hindered if
the writer cannot keep pace with
The Union. [volume] (St. George, Utah) 1882-1898, 1896-08-15

presidency had not been declared,
a thing not likely to happen. If
tn e Democrrts and Populists
should in any State unite on an
electoral ticket leach running the
same men for electors), leaving
the vice-presidency in allegiance,
the vote thereon to be determined
on some basis not apparent in the
choosing Of the electors themselves,
then the electors would be morally
bound to vote as that basis might
direct; but of course in law they
could vote for Sewall or Watson,
or for somebody else.
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In the District Court of the Fifth J
cial District, State of Utah,
County of Washington.
Martha Allen, Plaintiff,
vs.. SummC
Charles L. Allen, DEPENDENT.

The People of the State of Utah s.
Greeting: TO Charles L. Allen, Detel
ant.
You are hereby required to appear
an action brought against you by
above named plaintiff, in the Dist
Court Of the Fifth Judicial District
the State of Utah, and to answer thecd
plant filed therein within ten D
Exclusive of the day Of serviee) after
service Or you of this Summons, if ser1
within this County; or, if served out
this County, but in this District, wiz
twenty days; otherwise within ~
days: and if you fail to answer The a|
paint, the Plaintiff will apply to
Court for the relief demanded thefe1
The said action is brought to have
bonds of MaIrimony between plal'|
and Defendant dissolved on the follow
grounds;
THAT the Defendant for more, Y
three years past has wilfully nesV]
to provide for the Plaintiff the c COM
hecessarles OF life having Inc aO"'|
to do. Il
II-That on or about the Second
OF August A. d. 1898, the said DV'tI
ant di>regarding his marriage u
wilfully and without cause deserleu
abandoned, and ever since has anu
continues so to wilfully ana 9riI
cause desert and abandon said FisIuTul 4
WITNESS, the Hon II; vi
gins, Judge, and the Seal VI
District Court of the Flltn n n
~, cial District, in and tor lns
[Seal. Of Utah, this First day Oh \
in lhe year Of our Loru'
thousand eight hundTeGO NJ
ninety six. SETH a. III