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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09

that my sister hath left me to serve
aloneP Bid her therefore that she HELM
me-"
Older persons often envy little children
who SO easily forget their little troubles
of the past and are free of any solicitude
for the future. Such state of freedom is
capable of the fullest realization. But
the true childhood is not 80 be viewed.
Nicodemus like, as following natural birth
but as the result of spiritual birth. 1t is
a childhood UNNECESSARILY better than
that which children enjoy 1t is not at
tanned by looking back hut by looking
forward. 1t is not Innocent because it is
ignorant but because it is wise, and be-
cause self love with its cares and ankle
ties has been subordinated and made
quiescent 1t is the true childhood of W hioh
the other is but an image. 1t is enjoined
upon us to throw aside the cares and an
xieties of life and to come into the trust
full dependent state of spiritual childhood.
Except man be born again he cannot
see the kingdom Of God" Mary chose
the part of the little child-sthat good
part which shall not be taken from herr
by humbly and trustfully sitting at
Jesus's feet to hear his words. She i'm
posed no word of her own. her ear is
open to divine instruction. But Martha s
is overshadowed by seeming injustice
to herself, and the spirit OF self-loye
would thrust it's fault-dnding spirit into
the face of the Lord in the words. "Dost
thou not oare?' All this belongs to q
state the reverse of that Of the little
child.
Do we in our hearts rebuke the Divine
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09
j. R. LIBBY.

Providence OF interrupt it's heavenward-
flowing stream by demanding that the
biddings of self, supplant the Lord S
words? Are we anxious or troubled be-
cause the heavenly truth points not in
the direction toward which our self-love
is looking If so, one thing is needful,
that self be silenced and we give our
selves wholly into the divine direction.
The Divine Providence does not oppose
the exercise of human Judgment. We are
to be led not blindly but by an enlight-
ened understanding, by the most active
exercise of our rational faculties. We are
to deliberately weigh probable results OF
different courses of action and determine,
out OF all the ways that are open, which
will be the best and most useful to pur-
sue. This way, it we are permitted to
take it, is the way of the Divine Prov1-
denoe. We should give ourselves no
further concern about questions thus de-
oided upon aud placed beyond our con-
troll. If we have seemingly made mis-
take, or decided less wisely than we
should, 1t does not follow TINT we have
made spiritual error. We are being led
to attain more noble SUCCESS than that
which the natural would can afford u.s.
Through many earthly failures and mis-
takes we may be led if we are willing to
the attainment of spiritual rectitude
and peace and a fuller preparation for the
better part OF the life which is to come.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09
NEW JERUSALEM CHURCH.
Rev. Mr.. Schafer, State Missionary,ion the
Spirit of artha and Mary.

Rev. ]. W. Schafer Of Brunswick, state
missionary of the New church, occupied
the pulpit Of the New Jerusalem church,
High street, yesterday. He spoke on the
contrast between the spirit of Martha and
that OF Mary as indicated in Luke X
41-42. Mr.. Schafer SAID:
The Lord never rebukes except in love.
In his viewing the faults and infrmities
OF others he should not be thought of as
possessing that self-righteous Pharisaic
spirit so often found in men. He seeks
to make known his superiority only that
they may possess his goodness and may
receive and enjoy his mercy and loving
kindness. He rebuked Martha and com.
plended Mary, but we are told (JohnEXI.
-5l that Jesus loved Martha and her
sister and lazarus" Therefore his words
to Martha were words of love.
The characteristic spirit of Martha and
that of Mary are in our midst today, and
the Lords words are now spoken to the
one and of the other. Wherever there is
an anxious solcitous fault-fnding spirit,
there is Martha; and wherever there ID
an hum bile, quiet trustful disposition
there is Mary. The ground of difference
lies not IN the amount or degree of SER
vice but in the quality of it. The anxiety
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09

Last Friday evening large party
called at the home of Albert Halves. No.
IL Waterville street, to celebrate his
birthday and extend congratulations
and best wishes for his good health and
happiness in his advancing years. After
the guests had all assembled, Mrs e.
l.. Clement called them.to order. Let
ters of regret were read from Past Grand
Warden A. A. Beaton of Rookland, Past
Grand Warden S. T. Foss OF Boston.
Supreme Secretary u. NJ. Frye of Boston
and c. B. Dam of Portland, after which
Dr. b. A. Weymouth of Saco, in few
well-chosen remarks, presented to MI.
Hawes a beautiful writing table, the
gift of the friends present Mar. Halves
was taken by surprise, but in few
well-ohosen remarks thanked his friends
for the beautiful present given him. The
guests then adjourned to the dining
room where bountiful repast had been
prepared for them.
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PERSONAL.


Miss Florence g. Knight, who has
been visiting in Portland, has returned
to New York.
At the Thursday morning recital of the
Rossini club, Miss Henrietta D. Rice
sang two charming songs composed by
Miss Field who was once member of
the club. Miss Field who lives in Bos-
ton is visiting friends in this city.
Miss Evangeline Pearson, of this city,
has received an offer for q weeks engage
ment to present IA unit Jerusha's Album
of Living Pictures" in and around Bos-
ton.
Mrs. Sargent. sof Bangor, is the guest
of Mrs. Mary Adams Thomas street.
Miss Belle Green, who is spending the
winter with Mrs. Dudley Lunt, has been
in Boston the past week.
E. F. Benton, manager for Margaret
Mather, was in town Saturday.
A member of the school board said Sat-
urday that Miss Davis and Miss Hoyt,
two teachers of the Butler scohol, have
decided not to go to Springfield, Mass.
to teach. 1t will be remembered that a
gentleman from that city has been in
this city to secure teachers and thus far
only Miss Lamson has sent in her resig-
nation to the board.
Rev. Or. Blanchard of this city mar
ried Governor and Mrs. HreenhalRe. He
recalls the late Governor, then bright
and pushing young lawyer as man of
m uch promise and strong convictions.
DR.. Blanchard met the Governor for the
last time during the summer of 1895.
when the Governor seemed to be remark
ably strong, and to give, every evidence of
vigorous life
Among the arrivals at the Falmouth
yesterday weretLeo Sohwab, Henry Wolf,
r. e. Rogers, New York; D. j. Sprague,
F. A. Smith, G. E. Thompson, D. A.
Adams, o. J. Edwards, Boston; G. o.
Stockwell, Newark; II. G. Larkin,
Nashua; B. z. Lockwood, Fall River
Il. A. Eaton, Rookport; e. L. JONES'
Norfolk; c. e. Smith, Caribou; R. S.
Selling, Taunton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09
Illness of Officer Webb.

Officer Webb had sudden fit of Hines!
Saturday night. He had just arrested E
man for intoxication on Mountfort street
when he staggered and fell. The mar
arrested got into neighEoring store. A
boy was passing and Officer Webb asked
him to go into Turner's drug store and
telephone the patrol which the boy did
When the patrol arrived the officer and
the man arrested were both taken to the
station. The officer was taken home.
Yesterday Mr.. Webb was very sick
man. DR.. Baker said it seemed like a
very severe case of Indigestion.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09
TIE Rlli5o.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TODAY.
"nrrs. winslow's soothi syrup"

Has been used over Fifty Years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind
Collie, regulates the bowels. and is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising from
teething or other causes. For sale by Drug
gists in every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, 25 cts.
a hntfla
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sheridan Rides.
These officers have been elected !:

These officers have been elected:
Treasurer and Secretary-.S j Foley.
Financial Committee-Capt. M. E.
Conley, Sergt. J. j. Mulhern, Sergt. W.
f. Dooley.
Investigating Committee-Lieut M
J. Lee; Sergt. Nestor and Private Law
lOr.
Z Inspector of Rifle Practice and Clerk
Of Company-Hergt. J. e. Mcdonald
Warrants from headquarters were issued
to the following:
Orderly Sergeant-J. E. Mcdonald.
Sergeants-T. j. Nestor and j. A.
Facey.
Corporals-W. H. Coffee, A. A. Sper
~, W. e. Bragdon, W. E. Quinn, G. j.
Hazen.
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BRIEF JoTTINos,

The Sheridan Rifles are busy making
preparations for the celebration of theil
ninth anniversary, next Thursday even
ing.
piled the steamship Laurentian with 23t
tons, and the steamship Blakemoor with
100 tons of New River coal.
A meeting of the Daughters of the
American Revolution will be held this
afternoon at $50 O'Clock, in the re.
ception,room Of the Union Safe Deposit
and Trust Company, 1906 Congress street.
A full attendance is desired. as business
of Importance is to come before the So
oiety.
A boxing exhibition will be given at
Thatcher Post hall a week from Satur.
day night in which Portland, Lewiston
and Boston talent will participate.
At the meeting of Portland Council,
Royal and Select Masters, Monday even
ing, action will be taken on the report
of the committee on the new Masonic
hall.
Friday night the friends of Alderman.
elect f. J. Ilsley Of Ward One, rendered
him a surprise party at his home and pre-.
sented him with AM elegant arm chair,
the occasion being Mr.. Ilsley's 41st birth.
day.
The committee in charge of the new st.
Lawrence street church is making ar,
rangements for series of meetings in
behalf of the project, and the first one
will probably be held week from Sun
day when Rev. Mr.. jenkins of the State
street church will speak.
Yesterday was bright pleasant day.
The sidewalks were sloppy and disagree
able.
The Forty Hours Devotion began at
the Catholic cathedral yesterday. The
procession Of the blessed sacrament took
place at high mass. The devotion will
end at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Deputy Sterling and Officers Fell and
Record raided the restaurant No. 1874
Middle street, kept by Abram Haddad,
an Armenian. and closed it. .Haddad
was in Boston. The deputy with officers
Merrill and Quinn searched the St.
James, but found nothing
At the Diet Mission meeting Saturday,
So patients were reported. st. Luke's
will serve the next two weeks.
A meeting of the Republican city COM
mittee will be held this evening to elect
officers.
A snow slide on Congress street near
Casco Saturday afternoon, caused horse
driven by James Murch to run away
MIR. Murch was thrown out. but pluckily
held on the relns and succeeded in STOP
ping the horze near Brown street.
The Uniform Rank, 40. H., are drill
ing nearly every night in the old rink on
the hill They are preparing for their
trip to Montreal, where they give their
fancy drill as part of an entertainment
given March II by the librarians of
TINT city.
Mr.. Ingram B. Wheelock, employed by
e. A. Whitney. the grocer, Saturday af-
ternoon was unloading barrel of flour
from his team when he slipped and fell,
dropping stitch in his back.
The railroad commissioners have given
the Portland & Rochester railroad the
desired permission to make certain
changes in their track location from the
marginal way to Green street.
The Boston Paper Trade Association
have engaged Mr.. e. C. SWEET to deliver
his lecture Picturesque Maine" as the
post prandial entertainment of their an
nual ban quet on March 18th.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09
AAOON AAAo Hoods Sarsaparilla. Csc

poor was renominatsd. The Democrats
made the following nominations:
City Clerk-Llewlleyn Barton.
Treasurer and Collector-John j. Lynch
City Auditor-Thomas H. Flaherty.
City Messenger-William H. Lowery.
City George F. Noyes.
Assessor for Three Years-Daniel J,
Carr.
Assistant Assessors-Samuel E.Somers,
7. B. Davis Charles Collins, Henry A.
Winship, Hugh Sweeney, Thomas A.
Donahue, Thomas J. Flaherty.
Chief Engineer of the Fire Department
-Stephel H. Cady.
Assistant Engineers-John Blake,
George P. Cady, Edward E. Rogers, Ben
jamin f. Whitehouse.
City Electrician-William E. Phillips.
City WeigheI and Gauger-James z.
Goode.
Weigher of Hay-Richard Norton.
Weigher Of Hard Coal and Plaster
James E. Goode.
Sealsr of Weights and Measures-Hora-
I'll H. Verrill.
rruant Officer-William H. Stevens.
Engineers of Steam Fire Eengines-
Maohigonne, No. l. Charles +. Harmon;
Portland, No. 3, George W. r. Thaxter;
Cumberland. Nos, Thomas W. Flaherty
Falmouth, No. 4, Henry Butler; Casco.
No. 5, P. II. Coney.
City Physician-William d. Dyer.
Consulting Physicians-Char W..
Bray. Henry P Merrill, Willis B. Moul-
ton.
Overseers of the Poor-Charles F. Cup
till, James A. O'Neil, Charles H. Chase,
George B. McQuillan.
Superintendent of School Buildings
T. p. MCGOWAN.
Inspector of Buildings-Eno W.
Hunt.
After the caucus an exec lleut supper
was served by Messing to the outgoing
and incoming city government.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-03-09

81 WENTY LADIES' Jackets,
this seasons make, Melon
sleeves, excellent cloth, reef
er shapes, sizes 80, 81, SO.
The $4,000 ones, now $1,000
The $500 ones, now $3.50
The $1,000 ones, now $500
Sale begins Wednesday, March
18th.
AIDES MACKINTOSHES
at 1915. Double texture.
Plaid lining. Full Cape.
Blue and Black.
Price was 500, now 1915
Better grades $500, 800, $500
$1,000, $500.
Silk Handkerchiefs going
over the "Rargain-apoIis
dam to-day.
HREE HUNDRED AND
FIVE DOLLARS $685. O)
cut from the price of one
thousand and five hundred Silk
Hanckerchiefs, made in Japan.
200 Ladies. Fancy Silk .Handkerchiefs,
multi colored embroidery, scalloped edges,
+ were 19c now IL lie.
80 Fine White Silk Handkerchiefs, half
inch hemstitched borders, silk wrought
Initials made in Japan, were DC, now i7c.
so with different initials, were 25c now lie.
MEMS.
80 Hemstitched Handkerchefs, made in
Japan were 25 cts now IS cts,
70 inch deep hemstitched Silk Hdkfs for meli,
were 80 cts. now OF cts
600 mems fine Hemsttcned Silk Hdkfs., rich
silk wrought initials elaborate designs, wero
Doc now SO Lee.
Fine quality, same style were 75c now Acc
$50 extra soft and fine texture. complicated
ntlals. hemstitched, were S1.OO now SIC
Silk Crepe Handkerchief, 2 inch hemstitched
very soft and fine, were 81. 20 now 75c.
10 extra stout % inch size. were $3.50
now 81 90
Other broken lots equally cut in price.
In Bargain pos'' all day today.
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HOODS PILLS euro Liver LIS,
Biliou5ness, Indigestion, Headache
A pleasant laxative. All Drwggists
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| that my sister hath left ne to serve
| alone? Bid her therefore that she HELM
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TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it fails
to cure. 25c.
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SarsapariIIa
Does

this by giving 1t fair trial. Insist upon
Hoods and only Hoods. 81; six for S..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04
Where Is He'll?

According to the learned DR.. Wits
ton. the friend and adviser of Sir Isaac
Newton, hell is situated on a comet
In answer to the request for some tan
gible proof on the subject the follow
ing unique theories were given: ut
seems to me-" said the doctor, that
this thing, which you rightly say must
belong to me, and me alone does 10.
cate hell, the awful prison house of the
damned, in the fiery nucleus of some
(perhaps yet undiscovered) comet of I'M
thinkable size. In it's wide arching
chariot of fire they will be whirled in
the twinkling of an eye from the in
toIerable heat of the sun back into
space hundreds and hundreds of mil
lions of miles from the great torch
bearer of our system. Thus instantly
the wretched tenants will be given two
unbearable extremes, one of cold, the
other of heat. This is to continue
through the endless ages of eternity"
Where is the minister who could preach
that doctrine to-day and hold his pull
pit?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04
CHASTITY RESTING PLACE.

Man Who Slept Twenty Years in a
Coffin and Then Died in IT.
1t is almost never that a man dies
in coffin, but the Hinsdale Leader says
that is exactly what old Barney Frick-
ers of Alliance, o., did when he finally
gave up the ghost in the fall of 1890,
For more than twenty years 'old Bar
ney' had been haunted with the idea
that he was on the verge of the grave.
Every evening be declared that he
would never. again see the sun rise.
He constantly brooded over his queer
hallucination, and never allowed him.
self to go to sleep without being care
fully prepared for death and burial.
Every night he robed himself in his
grave clothes and solemnly laid down In
his coffin and passed the night firmly
believing and probably hoping that for
him the day would never dawn again.
Finally death came. but, grim and sly
as ne was, he did not find "old Bar
ney" unprepared. The coffin in which
this queer old character had so often
awakened disappointed was of his own
make, and was said to have been a
curiosity in itself, being literally COW
cred with all kinds, patterns and sizes
of categorical paintings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04
The Lesson of Experience.

From 1892 to 1860 the subject of coin
age of gold and silver was frequently
discussed by American statesmen, and
no suggestion can be found from any
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04
What Do They Care For.

To open the f1oodgates and permit the
worlds volume of silver to flow to our
"mintsto be coined at 16 to in the hope
and belief that the market value of sill
yer would be thereby advanced to $1.29
an ounce seems to me to be a dream so
extravagant as to be beyond the posi-
bility of realization. If free coinage by
this country alone would not only ar
rest the decline of silver, but restore it's
market value, why is that such a re-
suit has not been attained in the coun-
tries where free coinage is permitted?
The minis of Japan, Mexico and several
of the countries of South America-Pe-
ru, Bolivia and EQuador-are today open
to the free and unlimited coinage of
both gold and silver, yet in no single
instance can it be shown that the bull
lion value of silver has been kept at a
parity with it's coinage value. More
than this, no nation on the globe today
has it's minis open to the free and I'M
limited coinage of both gold and silver
that is not confessedly on silver basis
with gold at premium. What reason
have we, therefore, as nation to ex-
pect any different results if we should
venture on such an experiment? From
reason and experience 1 am forced to
the conclusion that to open our minis to
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1 without the CO.
operation of the leading commercial ma
tons of Europe would quickly plunge
the nation to silver basis and create
such disturbance in our monetary sys-
tenn as to involve it's total destruction
Hon. J. G. Burrows.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04
RUSSIA MOVES FORWARD.
Abandons the Deprecated Silver Money

Abandons the Deprecated Silver Money
Standard and Adopts Gold.
After more than half century's ex-
perience with silver recommendation and
fiat money Russia has adopted the gold
standard
This has been done in pursuance of
Russia's determination to press forward
in the march of the nations
In 1889 the silver ruble was estab-
lished by imperial decree as "the legal
and unalterable metallic unit of the
money current in the Russian empire. :"
Russia has found that she cannot keep
the pace of other great nations with a
silver standard and has therefore
changed to the gold standard.
Silver will still be freely used in the
Russian currency as it is in the cur
rency of all nations which have the gold
standard, and 140.000,000 ounces of
silver are to be purchased to take the
place of about one-fourth of the Russian
paper currency.
The adoption of the gold standard
will therefore result in a great i'm
provement Of the monetary system of
that country. Twenty -five years ago the
Russian ruble had a purchasing power
of "a cents in gold. 1t has fallen to
about 40 cents, owing to the immense
increase in the production of silver and
the general adoption of the gold stand
ard by the civilized world.
Russia has acted wisely in abandon
ing deprecated money standard, and
the adoption of the gold standard will
make the empire still more powerful
factor in the affairs of Europe and the
world-Atlanta Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04
cAN,r Fool HANNAH.
she Knew Her Business and Would Mo-
Be Cheated.

She Knew Her Business and Would Nos
Be Cheated.
The other day little old woman ar
rived at the Detroit, Grand Haven &
Milwaukee depot from the interior of
the state, and as baggage she had an
old trunk bound around with a gen
erous quantity of old clothesline, says
the Detroit Free Press. She wanted to
go to the house of her daughter, IN the
northern part of the city, and, walk
ing up to one of the hackmen at the
door, she said:
Don't undertake to come any of
your games over me, for you can't beat
Hammer Smith to save your life"
81 wouldn't cheat you, ma'am," re-
piled the hackman.
"And you'd better not try. I'm the
woman who broke tin peddleTs arne
for tryin' to cheat me out of two pounds
of paper rags. How much to take me
up to my darter's on Forest avenue av-
enue-me and my trunk?"
ga dollar and half, ma'am.'
"a dollar and half" she repeated,
as her arms went up. "I'll never give
it. I'd see you billed and baked afore
I'd give you even dollar. I told you
in the beginning you couldn't beat Han
ner Smith
Regular price, ma am, and it's long
drive up there"
"Makes no differencew she snapped,
as she set her jaw. Give been thinkin'
the matter over fur the last two hours
and l don't pay red cent over so
cents Why, we'd yoke up our oxen
and drive ten miles for $3.50"
"I'm only asking regular rates, ma'am.
You can't find anybody to take you up
there for less"
"Then I'll walk"
''Yes'm. but you have trunk
"Then Hammer Smith will carry her
trunk on her shoulder. Fifty cents or
oo?"
Couldn't do it, ma'am."
GAIL right, sir-all right. I've car
ried a bushel of corn on my back FIVE
miles, and that trunk don't weigh half
as much. Hammer Smith knows her
OUSln0oS, d2BU OO11 yO8 4OA 81 AS'
Better git in, ma'am,"
''No, sir! Fifty cents. or no ride"
And she went back TO the baggage
room and claimed her trunk. and was
about to Shoulder it, when the speciaS
officer protested and said he would have
it sent up for Is cents and she could go
on the car.
'"Well, that may do" she replied. as
she rubbed her hands on her dress.
eyes, you may send it up, and I'll take
the boss keers and git thar some way.
but if two shillin's don't pay the bill
when the trunk comes out, look out fur
Hammer Smith! I'm willin' to pay all a
thing is wuth, but when anybody tries
to beat Hammer Smith they'd better
fool with wagon load of razors.'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-06-04

The People, Not the Politicians, Will Win
The Journal has always stood for
sound money and contended that the
result of the discussion would be the
triumph of that doctrine. 1t did not do
this in the spirit of prophecy, but be-
cause it was convinced that the good
sense of the people could bring them to
no other conclusion. The politicians
may manipulate and make a great
showing on the free silver side, but
when one comes to talk to the people
at large, when the question is presented
to them, there is but one result possible.
Milwaukee Journal.