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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

City. One of "Sammy's" big brothers is
well-known insurance man in this
City, and the contrast in height between
these two is something ludicrous when
they are seen on the street together,
which sometimes happens. Sammy" lives
at Al Langton street. He is 81 years of
age and has dark brown hair and eyes.
For one so small be has remarkable phys
ical strength and endurance, and though
his less are comparatively the shortest
part of him yet he is quick-footed to de-
gree and as spry and active as many
normally fashioned man. While Sammy"
is the smallest voter in San Francisco he
also enjoys the distinction of being the
smallest man in the City, and probably in
the whole State. He is. however only
small in stature. He is q kind-hearted
man, honest and intelligent, and really, in
true sense, much bigger man mentally
and morally than many of those who
tower way above him physically.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
A Sea Sphinx.

Silent she looks out on the desert sea
Where the white caravans go creeping by
Startled across waste OF starless sky
The merchant Arabs of the ocean free
Inscrutable her stony features be;
Her granite lips infexible defy
All questioners; and in each hollow eye
Hovers shadow and mystery.
Old Oceans secret centuries ago
She learned from the innumerable lips
That sang unconscious OF listener.
Henceforth, forever, it is hers to know
The predetermined destinies of ships,
The joy or doom of every voyager!
FRANK DEMPsTER SHERMAN, in the Bachelor OF
Arts, New York, October.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
I'D SIGHTS AND SCENES ABOUT TIE CITY and FACTS FOR THE CoU

opportunity. for most of them are large
enough to take prizes at a country fair.
When he looks at his harvest there is
only one thing that troubles the old gar
dener. 1t is really making him lose sleep
again, for he does not know how he is go
ing to get the pumpkins down.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
A Lot With Only
One Foot Frontage

The smallest single piece of unimproyed
real estate in the City has a frontage of
one foot. There are several very narrow
strips of real estate in San Francisco, but
none of them are quite as diminutive as
this one by several feet. 1t is located near
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

Burmese humanity to animals goes so
far as to provide buffaloes kept in stables
with mosquito netting. The mosquitoes
are as annoying to cattle as to human
beings, but when left out of doors the
buffalo can protect himself by rolling in
the mud and allowing it to cake upon
him.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
Pumpkins That
Spurn the Ground

In the Seventh-street Park, in Oakland,
there is one of the strangest pumpkin
crops to be found in the State, certainly
the queerest that grows in any public
square, if indeed that vegetable can be
found in any other public square.
There Is really nothing strange about
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

There are but 45 steamers with higher
speed than 19 knots, of which 25 belong to
Great Britain, Ito Belgium, to Germany.
8 each to Holland and France. and 2 to
the American line. This list does not in
clude war vessels and river and lake
steamers.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22
The Smallest
Of Thoroughfares

The smallest street in San Francisco? :?
1t is Reed street. near The top of Telegraph
Hill. Reed place it is called on the ad-
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

read the yellow circulars nailed on the
blue front.
Apparently there was not great de-
mand for the reluvenator, and soon its
discoveries gave way to he present occu-
pant, E. Rabjohn Jr., who mends locks
and sells keys and things. and. when occa-
sion arises, fills an order for his predeces.
sor's rejuvenator.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

There are probably more thieves in
China than in any other country in the
world.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-22

In Italy thirty persons out of 10000 di
by the assassin's knife.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
Commissioners Notice.

THE undersigned having been appointed pv
the Honorable Judge of Probate Tor t6e
the twenty fourth day Of July, a. b. 1895.
Commissioners 20 receive and examine the
claims of creditors against the estate at
Fannie +. Hanson late OF Gorham in said
County. deceased, represented insoivsnt here.
by give notice that SIX months from the date 81
said appointment are allowed 10 said creditors in
that they will be In session at the offoe 81 john
H. Card, 90 Exchange street, Portland. Maine.
in said County. on the fourth Saturdays OF Sep.
TENDER and November, A. D. 1890, and Jant-
airy, A. d. 1897, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon.
for the purpose of receiving the same.
Dated at Portland, August twelfth, AID, 1s9e.
HANNO W. GAGE,
JOHN II. CARD
spt6 law 3wS Commissioners,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12

The French Academy OF Science has
just appointed committee Of eminent
experts to examine and report upon nr.
FrancisQue Crotte's treatment for CON-
sumptives with which remarkable re-
suits have been obtained. The treatment
is simple, andsthere is nothing radically
new about it. it consists merely in the
use of strong antiseptio, which is as
sisted in its action by mild form of
electricity. The agent DR.. Clotts en-
ploys is formaldehyde, better known as
formol. This is Administered in gaseous
form by inhalation, and ordinary static
electricity is passed through the chest.
The treatment was suggested to DR..
Crotte by the fact that post-mortems
have many times shown that nature it.
self sometimes cures tuberculosis in its
early stages. The tell-tale scars in the
lung Tissue have been found In persons
who at some time in their lives had
suffered from inoipisnt consumpt ion
without knowing 1t. DR.. Crotte there
fore attempted to find some agent which
would assist nature in the process of
cure. He tried formol because it was
first used very successfully for the preser-
walton of meat 1t is now largely en-
ployed in therapeutics.
DR.. Crotte has been testing for some
months his cure among the poor in Par
Is, whom he has treated gratuitously at
his laboratory. He has administered his
remedy in more than 800 cases of
phthisis, nearly all. be says, cases which
have been given up by other physicians.
He does not pretend to restore tissue
which has been already destroyed by tu-
berculosis; but in 600 cases he afirms
that the advance Of the disease has not
only been stopped, but practical cure
has been effected.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12

Rev. Mark Minser, a Dunkard minister
of Decker's Point Pa, says he can rec
ommend Chanaberlain'p Pain Balm to
any one in need of good IMMINENT, and
that he considers it the best he has ever
used. Pain Balm is especially valuable
for rheumatism, lamp back spEains,
swellings, cuts. bruises, burns and
scalds. 1t is one OF the most remarkable
medicines In existence, and its effects
will both surprise and delight you, For
sale at IS and so cents per bottle BY
Landers and Babbidge, Portland, and "a.
P. S. Goods drug store, SIT Congress
street, under Congress Square Hotel.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
Did You Ever

Try Electric Bitters as remedy for
your troublesa Il not, get bottle now
and get relief This medicine has been
found to be peculiarly adapted to the re-
lief and cure of AL Female Complaints,
sxerting wontrful direct influence in
giving srength and tone to he organs
n toG have Loss Of Appetite, Constipa
ton, Heat3aohe. FaintiGg Spells, or are
Nervous, Sleepless Excitable, Melancholy
or troubled with Dizzy Spells, Electric
Rfsters Is she medicine you need. Health
snd Strength are guaranteed by its use.
FIFTY cents and $1.0O at Ell. P. S. Goold' S
drug stose, SIT Congress street, under
oengFsssSquars HoteL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
sJ0hnS0n's ' s;s's'
ANoDyNtl .INI MENr

Invented h 1870 by the late DR.. A. Johnson,
Family Physician. It's extraordinary worth,
merit and excellence have satisfied everybody
for nearly century. It is marvellous how
many different complaints and diseases it will
cure. 1t is used and recommended by ptysi-
clans everywhere. II is the best, the oldest,
the original. It is unlike any other. 1t Is
superior 10 any other. It Is the Universal
Household Remedy from infancy to old age.
Be not afraid to trust what generation after
generation has endorsed. Every Mother should
have tin the house, dropped on sugar suffering
children loveit. tits the great vital and muscle
nervifle. Its electric energy everlastingly
eradioates Inflammation without Irritation.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
Falmouth Loan and Building
ASSOCIATION.
PORTLAND, AUGUST %, 1890.

CULLEN G. CHAPMAN. President
w. EDWIN ULMER, Secretary.
NATHANIEL w. MORSE, Treasurer.
Directors Cullen q. Chapman, Lyman M,
Covssns, Samuel A. True Eathaniel W.
Morse, Chasles A. CushiRg. Chasies Coca,
AlmOQ y. Waterhguse, George b Wasrup,
Ali bed l f Berry 1eo%es e; hsssss aprsGe
xin usmsr sn AMIN MoSss sc.sph "a
MCGOWAN. Edwin 3. Vese, John II: Hum
phrsy, Eugene d, Walker, Bryce b. 3D.
wards, George B. Bagley. Edward h.
Sargent, Jesse n. B0afdman. Jordan
Snoh, George Smith, Frankhn NJ. Lawrence,
Pien B snsE Aiphe vs. I HAsn a.
James f. Macy.
Organized August 10, 1891.
Liabilities,
Accumulated capital, .......-~..$ 87sl49B5
GQ3f6oSy &0nd. .s..s....s.. l,xyt.C1
AdvRlce payments.. ........... 4,Ill.l1
fTOnts. ...-.-s...>. Ss1oSe6S
s1os,2i5.o7
k Ios e e Of reaiestatss ssa
Reed estate foreclosure. ..-.-.-..... 1,e2hSs
Current expe0se- - =. :. ........... 26l-65
C&Sn. ........A.t.s. .s...... ll,O2l62
s1ee.2IBo7
Number Of shareholders. sS9
shares outstanding. -. i 800
shares Pledged for loans. 625
vans ff.h T;IiMiBERLAKR. -
sept9dlw Bank Examiner
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12

Ine Doososs signature snd directions every bottA
W >esues s@se ]. $. JOHNSON & CO., BosSoS. EssS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12

Nov. IA, l776, Commissioned Jan. i, 1777,
taken prisoner July 81, TIT
Ebenezer Peabody, LIST Lieut., Bedford,
Commissioned jan /, 1777.
William MoKendry, Ensign.
Stephen Merrill, Ssrgt.. Bedford, Ap-
pointed April IA, TIT. Ga command pen
order of Gen. Clinton.
John Dain, sergs., Falmouth. Ap-
pointed Feb. z, 1777.
Thomas Payne, Sergt., Falmouth.
Appointed Feb. z, 1777.
Enos Runnel1s. Corp. Bedford. Ap-
pointed Feb. IA, 1777.
Jonathan Gilman. Corp. Boxford. Ap-
pointed Feb. IA, 1777.
Nathan Woodman, CORP, Buxton.
Appointed Jan. /, 1777.
Thos. Brumegeon, Drummer. Buxton.
Appointed Dec. %, 1916
Isaac Lane, Fifer. Buxton. Appointed
Jan. 81, 1777.
PRIVA TIES.
Joshua Bangs, New Casco. Enlisted
at Ticonderoga, Dec. /, 1776.
John Cole. Buxton. Enlisted Feb. 9,
1777. Taken prisoner July 81, 1777
lothian Doyle, Harpswell. Enlisted
Nov. 16, 1776.
John Harris, Newbury. Enlisted
Mar oh 10, 1777.
William Hancock, Buxton. Enlisted
Feb 20, 1777. Under guard
David Kimball, Bedford. Eulisted
April 81, 1777.
BENZ. Elwell, Buxton. Enlisted Feb.
30, 1777.
John Elwell, Buxton. Enlisted March
30, l777.
Nathan Partridge, Falmouth. Enlisted
May 10. 1777.
Clement Pennell. Falmouth. Enlisted
May 10, 177.
Benz. Tileston, Boston. Enlisted Jan.
6, 1777.
Nathan Woodman, Jr., Buxton. En-
ted Jan. 30. 1777.
James Moseley, Newburyport. Enlist
ed Jan 30. 1777. On duty.
Samuel Webber, Harpswell. Enlisted
Jan. l, 1777.
David Redlon. Buxton. Enlisted
March 20, 1777.
John Edgerly. Buxton. Enlisted Jan.
20. 1777 for during the war.
Peter Jordan, Falmouth. Enlisted
May 10, 1777. ON scout.
Abraham Millett, New Gloucester.
Enlisted Nov. IS, 1776. In General Hos
pital at Albany.
Daniel Merritt. On duty.
William Merritt.
John Peeve.
John Woodman, Buxton. Enlisted Jan.
10, 1777 for 8 months.
John Banks, Saoo. Enlisted Jan. 4,
1777.
John Smith.
Ralph Emery, Buxton.
Charles Hudman. Enlisted at Ticon-
deroga, Dec. l. 1776. Taken prisoner at
Cherry Valley. Nov. II, ITS.
Samuel Proctor, Falmouth. Enlisted
Feb. 2s, 1777. Taken prisoner at Cherry
Valley, Nov. II. l77S. ezsa
Joseph Smith, Buxton. Enlisted June
4, 177S for s months. Taken prisoner at
Cherry Valley Nov. II. 177s.
Samuel Woodson, Buxton. Enlisted
for months. Taken prisoner at Cherry
Valley, Nov. II, 177s.
The company was mustered Jan. 7,
1779, and the roll was sworn to the next
day at Cherry Valley before Vim. Hud-
son Ballard, Capt. Commnndant.
N. @.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
Cholera Morbus =
Cholera Infantum
Chronic Diarrhoea

No words can express the misery and
mourning these common complaints have
caused. Little graves aa,d aching hearts
everywhere, silently record their terror. This
Anodyne has repeatedly cured these awful
bowel troubles after the best medical skill had
failed. It has probably saved more lives and
relieved more suffering than any other remedy.
All who use n are amazed at Its wonderful
power and are loud inits praise ever after. Its
special provinceis to allay pain and cure in
Illumination. Internal as much as External. It
soothes aud heals burns. bruises, chaps,
sprains, stiffness, swellings backache, and
every lamenoss It cures asthma, bronchitis.
colds, catarrh, collie, Group, cramps whooping
cough, toothache. sore lips, throat and lungs,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12

For more than two years had been afflicted
With that nat distressing complaint chronic diarr-
best physicians in this city and Other i places
but without any good result. About three
months Since was urged by friend to try
Johnson.s Anedyne Lniinent, aud did so. I
to feel better aud am now well and strong.
JAMES PENDERGAsr, Bangor, Maine.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN that the
N subscriber has been duly appointed ex-
ecutor OF the will Of
LAURA J. MAYBBRRY, late OF Lowell.
Massachusetts,, deceased, who died leaving
estate to be administered in the County 81
Cumber land, ana hos taken upon himself that
trust by giving bonds as the law directs.
and have appointed Fred N. Mayberry 81
Portland, one agent or attorney within
the State. All persons having demands
upon the estate, of said deceased, aro
persons indebted to said estate are called upon
to make payment to
JOSEPH A. MAYBERRY Lowell, Mass.
Executor or to
Agent or Attorney
Casco, Sept 5. SeptE> lava wSs
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
PORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

4 IL members of the incoming fourth class
all pupils Of any classes who wish to confer
with the principal, are requested to be at
the High School, Monday, September u, at
9. 50 q m. Members OF the first, second and
fhiW oaeses are requested to appear at the
High School, Tuesday, September To- at SO
am, and 1ot tfll then.
Per Order School Committee,
O. NJ LORD, Superintendent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-12
Notice.

ALI persons are hereby cautioned against
harboIing Of trnating any 9f the GREY Of the
British Bark "Birdston, Capt Jenkins,
tracsinC viii Be paid by Captain or
CHASE, LEAvITT 81 CO.. Consignee s.
sept1ed st
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-10-02

Nerveless the pear, annexation would
not nerve, beause it lacked the
stamina OF brain power, and sight
less it returned skull by skull to
think out other Trunks in Hawaii
nei-in fact some OF the skulls were
kicked out and have practised sober
common sense ever since. But this
aside, the article above referred to
is merely question of one class of
civilization as compared with an
other. There is merely an assertion
that the house built of skulls was
based largely on cannibalism-of
this no proof; there is nothing but
the fact that in Darkest Africa"
there was found blouse Of skulls"
and what do we OF this wonderful
nineteenth century know OF the
Christian civilization % OF Darkest
Atrica7 Simply nothing, notwith-
standing Mungo Park, Livingstone
Stanley and others. To the point,
as to our Christian era, how about
that side-show in that great centre
of cilization Cologne, Germany,
where every tourist is asked to see
the church where 1000 skulls OF vir-
gins are arranged around the nave.
Was it cannibals who produced
those skulls?
The natural inference is that what
produced the one produced the
other, and it is illogical to claim one
ol-igy as against another without
being very sure of all the facts.
1t is sorry fact which has been
indisputedly admitted that when the
church, call it by whatsoever name
you will, mixes itself with affairs
outside of itself, it tends to loss Of
influence which can never be regain
ed. OF this our own Hawaii-nei
furnishes lessons which have gone
into the world and which it will be
hard for the church to overcome.
SEMPER EADEM.
| u1ooI,,l,, not
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-10-02

cisco News Letter is in Christian
spirit, dedicated to spread eagle
Americans:
THE CAUSE OF ENGLAND's GREATNESS.
People often wonder why Great
Britain takes so great an interest in
the troubles OF weaker and unfor-
tunate nations. The answer is SIM
pie enough 1t is to her own inter
est to do so, and, by beneftting
others, she always manages to bene-
fit herself. IL is to this policy, al
ways adhered to in the past, that
England owes her present power; it
is to this policy, which will ever be
adhered to in the future, that Eng
land will exist when these United
States OF ours are broken up into
separate Republics or are struggling
under the tyrannical rule OF the
despots to come. Government, in
this country, exists mainly for the
furtherance of the interests Of the
men constituting the governing
power; in England, on the other
hand, the Government is run in the
interests OF the Nation. 1t is a huge
machine, working continually and
unscrupulously for the benefit of
the Great British Public; to suit its
own purposes it may deviate occa-
sionally from the path OF strict
honor, but it always attains the OBJ
ject desired Lii Hung Chang un-
derstood this, and probably honored
all the Statescraft, whose chief OBJ
ject is to build up the British EN-
pire and fill up the Golfers of the
nation and the pockets of the peo-
pie with gold. 1t would be good
thing for us could we only learn a
lesson from our cousins in this re-
gard. Were the average American
citizen to work for his country with
only half tho energy he works for
himself, the possibilities Of our flu
ture as nation would be beyond
portrayal. As it is, disintegration
may be more uncomfortably near
than many OF us imagine.'
If there is an American in Hawaii,
who reads, and will not acknowledge
the above to be gospel truth, he is
either possessed with an over
abundance of thoughtlessness, or
too dishonest to own to the facts.
AMERICAN.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-10-02
Ed. The INDEPENDENT:-

LID l. he lNDEfENOENI.
Thoughts we think and thinks we
thunk are forcibly brought to our
mind by short paragraph in our
morning contemporary of this date
The caption is blouse built of
skulls" Gould it be possible for a
text outside OF the Orthodox Bible
or the Douay Bible, to have been
chosen that would furnish enough
sermons to last several Sundays.
Skulls they are everywhere brain
less, thoughtless, nerveless, and
sightless--1S93, January 20, furnishes
a host. Brainless and thoughtless
the skulls got to Washington; the
thing in sight was that spear"
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-10-02

At the Royal Annex an adjunct to
the Royal Saloon patrons will find
the prettiest little sample room in
town and the famous Corregio. At
lunch time a pleasing lunch is
spread, and all the liquors supplied
are OF the finest quality.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1896-10-02
Honolulu, Oct. l.

ED. The INDEPENDENT
The following from the San Fran
cisco News Letter is in a Christian
spirit, dedicated to spread eagle
Americans:
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
SIR JOHN NILLAIS

SIR JOHN MILIAIS. ever, that the real
nature of the disease became known,
and it is said that he may live only for
a short time, or, on the other hand, last
for a year. The patient is aware Of his
own condition.
On Feb. 90 Sir John Millais was
unanimously elected to fill the presi-
dency of the Royal academy, which had
been left vacant by the death of Lord
Leighton.
While still student Millais had re
belled against many of the conventional
formulas of the academic methods, and.
influenced By the spirit of early Italian
art, he, with Dante Gabriel Rossetti
and William Holman Hunt, founded
the Pre- Raphaelite brotherhood,
which later included number of other
well known painters and had q power
full effect on English art of the century.
Afterward Millais chung less tenacious
ly TO the principles of this school than
other members Of the guild, who issued
in 1850 a periodical called The Germ !;
or, Art and Poetry. which had only a
short existence. John Ruskin was one
effective advocate Of the new movement
and in 1851 began to support it literally
in his lectures and writings. Millais'
"Our Saviour, Ferdinand Lured by
Ariel" Mariana In the Moated
Grange, ""The Woodlands Daughter, 4"
The Huguenots" and "Ophelia" were
the pictures which showed most strongly
the influence of this period in his career
In 1858 he was elected an associate of
the Royal academy and ten years later
was made member. New York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
s. and n. win 12 tricks to E. and ".

s. and n. win IL tricks to / E and ".
Notes.-l. s., holding tho major tenace
In hearts over tho turned up king at the
right and possessing minor tenace in his
suit of three diamonds, lends q strengthen
ing card, his highest spade, the 10. N.
holding no high cards in any other suit,
plays low to let IL clear the suit.
2. ;. finds that he has command in po-
sition of tho suit and continues It, W.
does the only thing he can do-plays his
highest card
8. n. leads from his long suit. S. illnesses
with the j., and SO saves the game.
4. W., following the custom of many
fair players, who, though finessing them
selves, do not take into account the posi-
bility of others doing tho same thing, leads
low through the long hand, which he mis-
takenly supposes to hold at least one of the
two master cards. He hopes on the return
of tho suit to be able to make a small
trump count
8. ). continues with spades.
q. N, seeing his diamonds fortunately
established by W. IS lead In round 4, loads
his jack Of trumps through the turned up
king.
z, 8, 8. s. leads and exhausts trumps.
10, II, IL, IS. The established diamonds
OF n. and S. take the remaining tricks.
DIRDRICH.
Knickerbocker Whist Club, New York,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-08
KIDNAPPED THE MAYOR.
Chief Official of st. Joseph, Mich. Made
Prisoner by Women.


Forty women, leading members of
local clubs and church societies, have
made captive of Mayor John V. Sterr
of St Joseph, Mich. They caught him
on the street, and, dragging him into a
private residence, demanded that he CO.
operate with them in movement of
reform.
The women cried that the laws were
not being. enforced, that the sale Of Gig
arettes was carried on with impunity,
that young girls were being enticed
away, and that the saloon regulations
We're loose, and boys of all ages were
given liquor upon asking.
For two hours the mayor was kept a
prisoner, and not until he promised to
submit the matter to the executive de-
partnent Of the city was he permitted
20 escape.
The women demanded the adoption
Of a curfew bell, upon the ringing of
which children of certain ages must re-
tire from the streets.
The city is considerably torn up over
the determined stand taken by the
women, and the effect of their interview
with the mayor is freely discussed. -
Chicago Tribune.