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The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
RELIEF IN SIX HoUEs

Distressing Kidney and Bladder diseases
eseieyed in six hours by the NEW GREAT
SDUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE The
new remedy is a great surprise on account
Of it's exceeding promptness in relieving
pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and every
part of the urinary passages in male or fe-
male. 1t relieves retsnion of water and
pain in passing 1t almost Immediately. If
you want quick relief and cure this is your
remedy. Sold by G. II. GUPPY CO., Drug
Gfst. $50 Congress St., Portland, HE.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
City II all Notes.

1.-The gas lighting system now in use at
the probate office is being replaced by
electric lights.
MT. Carney, agent of the Board oI
Health, reports that the number OF con-
tagious diseases ara growing less and
that the general health In the sickly
districts is improving.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23

the most prominent of Dexter ner-
chants, died Saturday of heart disease.
He began business as shoe dealer in
Dexter In IS48. He was postmaster I'M
der Harrison and has been q representa-
tive 30 the legislature. He was long
prominent as an Odd Fellow and in town
affairs. He was 70 years old.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23

operatives. The mill has been idle near
" year. The Poatosuo company Ia I'LL
ing orders for dress goods received before
the ele ctfon oontingent upon MoKinley's
success. The Robbins Shoe company
has received an order for 1897, 900 worth
of goods
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
The Commercial Travellers.

The Maine Commercial Travellers
Associations banquet this year Will De
made Ladies' Night" and will be held
at Congress Square hotel, Saturday night
December rs.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23

Chicago, November 21.-F. W. Peck
Of Chicago denies the interview with
him in relation to conferen CO with Nfr.
Hanna at Cleveland yesterday. He SAYS
he has not spoken to any person regard.
ing his talk with Mr.. Hama which YVES
purely of private nature
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23

Washington, D. G., November a.
There are sixteen Presidential appoint
ments under the customs service in the
state OF Maine that Republicans may
expeot under the administration of Pres
ident-eleot Mckinley These pay: a
total salary exceeding $24, $50 per annum.
The latest edition of the governments
blue book classes number Of the ous-
tom house officers as paying fees and
commissions to collectors. That item
which, OF course, is an unknown guam
tity to large extent, is not reokoned
within the above total. OF these nixteen
poslsions hardly one that pays a large
salary Will be vacant under year from
bhe time OF Major Mckinley s inaugural.
That Is ON the considerably safe sup
position that each collector is allowed TO
serve out his Term of four years from
the date OF his commission by MI. Clsve-
land. The first important vacancy is
that in the Houiton office, where MIR.
Henry j. Hathaway's commission will
expire April IL, 1897. That Office ia
listed in the blue book as paying the in
oumbent 81. 600 and fees an / commission.
There are. four other collectors within
the states bounds, who receive q ixed
salary OF mole than $1,000 annually,
These are Mr.. Aaron Il. Simpson at Ban
gor, who receives 50, 900; John W Deer
ing nt Portland, who receives So, coo;
George M. Hanson at PASSPORT, who re-
oeives W, 600, and Joseph E. Moore st
Waldoboro, who receives $500. To other
remunerative Offices in the customs SER
vice OF the stats are that of surveyor of
customs at Portland, sheld by MIR. W. H.
Anderson at salary of 81, 500, and the
al praissr of merchandise at Portland.
held by Mr.. Alfred S. Kimball of Norway
at II salary of $4,000.
There Is one colleotorship vacant, tina.
at Maohlas, which was formerly occupied
by George w. Drisco. The remuneration
for the position is $3.50 and fees and COM
missions. None Of the other Maine col
lectors not specifically mentioned
above, receive more than $3.50 and fees
and commissions. The office at Ellis.
worth. pays the collector the lowest
salary of any, $3.50 year.
The list of these president ial appoint
ments are arranged below for Conven-
fence: Houlton-Hsnr j. Hathaway.
A prtl II, 1898.
Bangor.-Aaron l.. Simpson. February
8, 1895.
Bath-Charles W. Larrabee, April 10,
1896.
Belfast-William P. Thompson. April
10, 1898.
Castine-Walter J. Dreamer, May II,
1894.
Ellsworth-John B. Redman. May II,
1894.
Eastport-George N. Hanson, March
4, 1895.
Knnebunk,-Ch {. Perkins,
August 2S, 1894.
Maohias, (Vacant).
Portland-John W. Deering, February
9, 1895.
saoo-Harry A. McNeelly, June %, 1898.
Waldoboro-Joseph E. Moore, Febru-
airy 9, 1895.
Wiscasset, Richard T. Rundlett, Au.
gust 6, 1894.
York-Edward ". Baker, August rs.
1894.
SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS.
Decentralization Il. Anderson, Feb
ruary 10, 1896.
APPRAISER OF MERCHANDISE
Portland-Alfrsd S. Kimball, Janu-
airy 80, 1894.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
Became Princess and Has Eloped With
Restaurant Fiddler.

Paris, Novem Der 2l.-The Prin cess of
Chimay and Caraman. wife of Primo u
Joseph of Chimay and Caraman, Bel
GUM, has eloped with Hungarian
named Tiggane, q musician, who Was
accustomed to play in the Paris restau-
rants Prince Joseph will bring suit
against MS wife for q divorce In the
Bg ussel's courts. Whe princess was
formerly Miss Clara Ward and was born
Ia Detroit, Mich. She was married to
Prince Joseph in Paris. in 1890, and is
the mother OF two children.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
Portland Man Honored.

At the second annual meeting of the
National Hardware Association In Phil
adelphia Friday, William Chamberlain Of
Portland was elected member of the
executive committee for two years.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
The Death Rate.

There were four deaths in Portland In
the week which ended Saturday noon,
due to cancer, heart disease, congestion
of the lungs, and meningitis.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23

Massachusetts Mills Which Are no Longer
Idle.
Pistsfsld, Mass, November 21.-The
Ponsesue Wooden company has leased
for period of some months at least,
the Pomeroy oompany's wooden mills
which will start Monday with 500
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
THE PLUMs.
Sixteen Appointments in the Customs
Service.

Maine Offices for President MCKINLEY to
Fiu-Dates for the Expiration OF the
Present Terms.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
WILLIAM ". THOMAS.
Death Of An Aged and Prominent
Citizen.
NINETY THREE YEARS OF ACTIVE
LIFE.

His Career as a Business Man and Public
Man-Descendant of Portland DIS First
Settler.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-23
$3.50 a SUIT .

OW before the holidays
. be- Omethin enOrmO
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14

Put them as you will, they will not
look right; but to the living animal
their big, strong, hooked claws are very
useful in tearing the bark OH decayed
logs, or ripping open ant hills for the
insertion of that sticky, worm-lilte
tongue. / have often been told by
South American hunters that the ant
bear uses his long, bushy tail to sweep
up ants with, so that they can be de-
voured more expeditiously; but fancy
that is only yarn"
Even when it is most plentiful, the
great ant-eater is iare animal. AL.
though / have hunted it many days,
never saw but two specimens alive,
one of which was young one in cap
tivity at Ciudai Bolivar, on the Orinoco,
and the other was magnificent large
specimen in Forepaugh's menagerie
Owin~ to their lack of teeth and the
pecul rites of their diet, they are diff.
iicult to keep alive in captivity. North
Of Panama this species is found only
in Guatemala and Costa Rica, and II
very rare in both of those countries
1t lives upon the ground, and it's worst
enemies are the jaguar and the puma
William L. Hornaday, in st. Nicholas.
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THE CARS CORONATION.
It VIII Be the Grandest Spectacle
Of the Century.
Foreign Nations Are to Make Most Law
\ ish Display-Brief Description of the
Ceremonies Attending the Crown
ing of the Autocrat.
Especial Correspondence. |

On May 26 Nicholas l. will be crowned
"the orthodox, most pious, most auto
cratic and mighty sovereign, the car
of all the Russias." The ceremonies at
tending this sacrament" as the Rus
slams call it, will be grand beyond de-
scription-beyond the imagination of
men and women who have never wit
ressed one of those gorgeous festivals
for which Russia is famous. Although
Peter the Great removed the capital of
the empire to st. Petersburg in 1903,
the coronation ceremony will take
place at Moscow, the ancient capital
and holy city of the Muscovites. and the
seat of the metropolitan of the Russian
Greek church.
All the religious and court functions
connected with the coronation will take
place within the walls of the Kremlin,
the citadel of Moscow, which occupies
the central part of the city, on the
north bank of the Moskva river. 1t is
surrounded by heavy stone walls sur
mounted with towers, and consists of
churches, palaces and public buildings.
Besides the palaces of the car, the
patriarch and the holy synod, the ar
senal with it's S75 cannons abandoned
by Napoleon in 1912. the imperial treas
ury and other offices, the Kremlin con-
tains the famous cathedral of the AS
sumption, in which all the cars have
been crowned. This church was built
in the 14th century, and is gorgeously
decorated with porphyry and jasper.
Within Kremlin's walls are also the
cathedral of st. Michael, in which the
czars preceding Peter the Great are
buried; the tower of Ivan Belili. 270
feet high, surmounted with a gilded
dome 81 feet high, and containing 32
bells, and the Kolokol, the largest bell
in the world, weighing 44s, 900 pounds,
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is placed on pedestal close by. This
great bell was cast in it's present form
il, 1873, but four years later, owing to
flaw or fall, large piece was broken
from the side. The rings on it's summit
ere surmounted by a large ball and
cross. It's total height is 26 1-3 feet,
it's base circumference 81 feet II inches,
and it's greatest thickness two feet.
The walls surrounding the Kremlin
date from 1902, but the great palace is
q creation of modern architecture, it's
predecessors having frequently been
burned, the last one by the soldiers of
Napoleon. Among the notable features
of the new structure are the hau of st.
George, Alexander hall, the hall of st.
Andrew and the throne room, all splen-
didly adorned with paintings, sculpture
and other works of art, all 68 feet wide,
ranging from 100 to 200 feet in length,
and from SIS to 6S feet In height. Sew
eral of the imperial chapels are also
noteworthy, as well as the red stair
case" The cathedral of the Assump-
ton was founded in 1926 and rebuilt in
the next century. 1t is small in size, but
as an example of the old Russian style
and for gorgCousness there is no more
interesting building In Russia. It's
domes are supported by four great cylin-
drical pillars which are covered with
bands of frescoes on gold ground.
The coronation festivities will begin
May IS and continue without Interrupt
ton till June Z, but the coronation
proper will occur May 26. The cere-
mony, it is stated by reliable authori-
ties, will resemble in every detail that
of 1883, when the present cars father
was crowned. The cZar and the czarina,
so says this authority, will start from
the famous "red stairway" in the i'm
perial palace. accompanied by their
suites, and will proceed to the steps of
the cathedral of the Assumption over
rich carpet blessed with holy water.
Above their heads sixteen grandees of
the empire will hold canopy of cloth
of gold, embroidered with the imperial
arms and decorated with rare ostrich
plumes in yellow, black and white, the
national coloIs. The route, on each side,
will be lined with soldiers of the highest
ranl, most of them of noble birth. al
Al the door of the cathedral the i'm
perial train will be received by an array
of gorgeously-robed priests, and ats
members will be seated, according TO
their rank, by the master of ceremonies.
Then the big bell on the tower of Ivan
Beliki will ring, announcing to the
world the entrance of the car and
his spouse. Making his way to the coro
nation stage, the czar will stand facing
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the beautiful altar, and the imperial
pair Will be met by the patriarch II
the Russian church. the metropolitan
of Moscow, who will request him to
make his confession of the orthodox
faith. This having been done, the met
ropolitan will announce the 40 Ut
more titles of the car. After fitting
pause the latter will demand the i'm.
perial mantle, and after receiving this
precious garment, composed of cloth
of gold and ermine, will place it over
his shoulders and receive benedic-
ton. He will next demand the inn
perial crown, and it will be handed to
him by the metropolitan. Selling il
III both hands, the car will place this
costly and magnificent badge Of power
on his head. This done, he will call for
the scepter and the globe, one OF which
he will take in his right hand, the other
i'll his left, and will then take a seat on
the throne. The metropolitan will pro-
nounce a blessing, and Mt the same mo-
ment every bell in the city will be rung
and royal salute of 101 guns will b
fired from the fortress. The telegraph
will carry the news of the czar's corona
ton to every nook and corner of the
world, and wherever Russians have a
church the bells will peal forth, and in
every garrison town of the empire can
mons will announce the tidings to the
people.
When silence is restored the car
will rise from the throne and the off,
GERS of his court will relieve him of
scepter and globe. He will then be APP
preached by the czarina, who will wear
the richest gown ever fashioned, made
of silver. cloth studded with crown
jewels, valued at 100000. She will
kneel. and the czar, in remembrance OF
Scriptural injunction, will remove tho
crown from his brow and for moment
let it rest upon the head of his spouse.
This will end the religious part of the
coronation ceremony. With the last
words of the mass The imperial pair
will leave the cathedral and repair to
the Church of st. Michael, where they
will adore the sacred images prior to
passing through the lines of the guard
of honor to the red staircase"
The coronation will end in grand
banquet to which none but princes and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
VERY QUEER ANIMAL.

The Great Ant-Eater Is u Funny Combi-
nation In Every Way. ...
With the exception Of the jaguar, the
great ant-eater, the ant-bear, or crested
ant-bear, whichever you choose to call
him, is the most snowy quadruped in
all South America; nor am / ut all
sure he is not entitled to first place.
In height and bulk full-grown speci-
men is about as large as Newfound-
land dog, and is really quite bear
shaped in body and legs. It's tail is
long and strong, and bears tremen-
dous brush of coarse, wiry, brown
black hair, which makes this organ
very noticeable. It's head Is so small,
and its muzzle SO fearfully prolonged.
that it reminds one of the head and
beak of an ibis. It's mouth is n narrow
slit across the end of that curious muz-
Ele, it's tongue is like big angle-worm
Il foot long, and it has no teeth what
ever! Its covering is a rough coat Of
long, coarse, brown hair, most strange
ly marked by black bnnd underneath
the throat, which on the chest divides
ih'o iohS, Nc'Be-shapcu stIlPe vi
black that extends backward and up
ward across the shoulder.
To me it has always been n puzzle
why this creature should possess such
luXuriant coat OF hair in so hot n
climate. Another point still more open
to criticism is his dubbed fore feet
He walks on his claws, and the outer
edge of his fore feet, in most awi<-
ward and even painful way, for which
there seems to be no adequate excuse
unless his feet were formed that way
to vex the souls of wicked taXidcrmists
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decessors have done. We can endure
an occasional epidemic of American
aristocracy better anywhere else than
in this city.
Unless this folly is checked by plain
and vigorous public opinion, we shall
have another race before our grand
children are grown; a race of chumpa
who will form societies of the Daugh
tiers of the Civil War. And many OF
them will be descendants of desertcrs
and bounty-jumpers. suffers or camp
followers. The men who fought be-
tween 1861 and 1865 were not fighting to
establish an ancestry of idiots. They
were fighting to preserve the union.
The men of the south were not fighting
to set up an ancestry of lazzaroni. They
believed that they were establishing 4
new republic. Their descendants must
not establish an Order of Jefferson
Davis; or Society of Robert L. Lee.
Such things look all the more ridicu-
lous when we put them in the future.
They are bad enough in the present.
Let US be done with them.
SMITH ID. Fay.
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princesses of royal blood and reprs-
sentatives of foreign nations will be adj
mitted. The cZar and czarina, however,
will not sit with their guests, but upon
thrones before which stands table,
and upon this the food for the imperial
pair will be placed.
Almost every nation in the world will
be represented at the coronation. The
great powers of Europe have already
completed arrangements to honor the
occasion in way that shall reflect
credit on their good taste and liberali-
ty. Great Britain, always willing 10
make fine displays when national dig
nifty is ut stake, has authorized its am
bassador to spare no expense. Ger.
many, anxious to win the friendship If
Russia, will surprise the Russians, used
though they be to lavish expenditure.
France, Russia's fast friend, will
Guido all the other powers, however.
It's representatives have arranged
state banquet for the car and czarina,
whose cost will amount to $4,000. The
best chefs of Paris will be sent to Mos
COW, flowers by the train!oad will be
dispatched from the Riviera, and the
choicest wines have been selected Tor
the feast. Ii Hung Chang, who will
represent China at the corona ton, IL
bringing with him rare and costly pres
ents for the imperial pair; and to ac-
centuate the close relations existing be-
tween China and Russia the car may be
persuaded TO attend the state banquet
to be given by the celestial statesman.
1t is estimated that fully n million
strangers will visit Moscow during the
coronation exercises. That would
mean great deal at any time, but as on
this occasion none but the wealthy can
afford to visit the city the harvest to be
reaped by Moscow's tradesmen and
householders will be enormous. But
the cost-ten dollars a day is said to be
the minimum-will not he too high
when the grand festivities are taken
into consideration. The imperial treas
ury alone will disburse 20, DOC, 900 ru bles
for the entertainment and edification of
the throng. Four hundred thousand
electric lamps will be used for the il
Elimination of the Kremlin alone, and
$4,000 for the illumination of the single
tower of Ivan Beliki. Such barbaric
sPeDdor battles description, but once
sem can never be forgotten.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
STORY OF A STORK.
How IL Carried Letter to Africa An
Brought One Back.

How It Carried a Letter to Africa and
brought One Back.
story that comes from Germany In
as quaint as it is true, says Our Animal
Friends. Some children living in the
northern provinces discovered that
storlS had made its nest upon their roof.
Being orthodox little Teutons they
hailed the newcomer with favor, as
storks are supposed to bring luck to
house. All the summer they shared
their tidbits with their. long-legged
friend, which became very tame and
companionable.
At the first signs of approaching cold
weather the stor< prepared TO nit to
warmer climes. The children were sad
at the thought of losing their pet, but
their parents conscled them with the
Assurance that the bird would surely
return the next spring. The children,
still uneasy Mt the :,iea of the stork not
being cared for through the long
winter, consulted together and evolved
"a brilliant idea, which they Immediate
They wrote u note in their best German
script, stating that the stork was very
dear to them and begged the good peo-
pie in whose country it might spend the
winter to be kind to their pet, and send
it back to them in the spring.
They sealed the note, fastened IL to
a ribbon, tied it around the birds neck
and tucked it underits wing. The next
day they sadly watched the stork wing
its way toward milder skies. The snow
and ice came; Christmas time brought
the children gifts and fresh amuse-
ments, but their summer pet was not
forgotten. When the spring came
round again their little feet used to
climb to the roof day by day, looking
and longing for the stork's return; and
behold! One fine morning there it was,
tame and gentle as ever.
Great was the children's delight, but
what was their surprise to discover
round its neck and under it's wing an
other bright band with note attached,
addressed to "the children who wrote
the letter the stork brought" The
ribbon was quickly united and the
missive opened. 1t was from mission
airy in Africa, stating that he had read
the children's note and had cared for
the stork, and thought that children
whose hearts had prompted them TO
provide for the comfort of a bird
through the winter would be willing to
help clothe and feed the little destitute
children of his mission. A. full name
and address followed.
Tie children were full OF sympathy.
and the missionary's note won a golden
answer from the family. Other letters
came and went by post between them
until by and by the children learned to
know the missionary and his little black
waits almost as well as they knew the
beloved stork that had proved SO trusty
a messenger. 49,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
WATER UPSIDE DOWN.
A Very Pretty scientific Experiment for
Young People.


A pretty bit of scientific rccreation
which comes in handy after dinner II
sometimes dignified with the classical
title of"The Revenge of the Danaides"
in allusion to the daughters If Danaus,
who, as punishment to their crimes,
were condemned to forever draw water
with leaky vessels.
Fill completely two glasses of exactly
the same size and shape, one with wa
ter, the other with wine. Stretch over
the mouth Of the glass containing tho
water circular covering of tulle, some
whit larger than the glass and pre-
viously moistened.
Now smooth the tapping over tho
tulle as closely to the glass as possible,
and, applying the palm Of the right
hand squarely to the mouth of this
glass, seize the stem with the left and
turn it quickly upside down, avoiding
the entrance of the air.
Next, slide the right hand softly
away from underneath, and, much to
your establishment, the tulle will re-
main adherent to the glass, while not a
drop of water will fall out through that
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-05-14
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
WHEN TEACHER GETS CROSS

When the teacher gets cross and her brown
eyes get black,
And her pencil comes down on the desk
with a whack,
We chilluns in class sits up straight in a
line.
AS IL we had rulers Instead of spine!
It's scary to cough, and It's not safe to
grin
When the teacher gets cross and the dim
pies goes In.
When the teacher gets cross the tables all
mix,
And the ones and the sevens begin playing
tricks.
The pluses and minus is just little smears
Where the cry-babies cry all their states up
with tears.
The figgers won't add. and they act up like
sin
When the teacher gets cross and the dim
pies goes In.
When the teacher gets cross the readers
gets bad,
The lines jingle round till the chilluns is
sad,
And Bnlyboy puffs and gets red in the face
AS IL he and the lesson were running a
Till she hollows out Next" as sharp as
pin
When the teacher gets cross and the dim
pies goes in.
When the teacher gets good her smile is so
bright
The tables gets straight and the readers
gets right,
The pluses and minus come trooping along,
The figgers add up and stops being wrong,
And we chilluns would like (but we das-
senU to shout,
When the teacher gets good and the dim
Piles comes out. ....s.
Rochester Express.