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The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13

ONORHA An Ian SCOME.
its funeral shroud was singed, and the
smell thereof was stencil in the nostrils
of the people. 1t sought to throttle the
greenhaok in it's awaddling clothes, and
later sought it in marriage, when the
progency would have been dishonor But
why indict 1t? TO every count it pleads
guilty and promises reform. Rich in
promises, bankrupt in achievement
Again will it leave the Treasury wreck.
Again it keeps the National credit alive
with hypodermic injections of long time
bonds. 1t coys with theory, and violates
its marriage vows with common sense.
Oh, for the Ides of Nuvamber when from
The High Court Of she People will come
the long suspended sentence, "Imprison-
nient for life" without hope OF pardon in
this world or the next.
The hour has come when every bust
ness man must be politician. The bat
tic oil politics has ceased to be race for
ofiice. Instead of self, plunder and plum
trusts, business demands patriotism, the
public veal and protection. We need
more factories, less foreign policies; more
tariffs, less trusts; more patriotism, less
policies; more business, less bonds.
The hour has come wnen the people
demand leader, who will lead. Some
statesman with an iron will. born of a
life of blows given and received in the
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13

When young couple runs away to get
married half the world says: Chow
Romantic!'' the other half says: "How
silly!" But you can't tell either way
until the honeymoon is over. When
this young couple get settled down to the
regular hum-drun of life, they'll manage
all right and find solid happiness in any
case, if they have good hearts and sound
health. All depends on that.
It's wonderful how much health has to
do with married happiness. Sickness af-
fects the temper. You can't be happy
nor make others happy if you're ailing.
When you find yourself irritable, easily
worried, beginning to rundown" it's
because your blood is getting poor. You
need richer blood and more of it. Your
blood-nlaking organs need to be vitalized
by DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry. It imparts new power to produce
an abundance of the healthy, red corpus
cles, and gives you a fresh supply of
pure, rich blood. It's a blood-creator
it is for everyone whose blood is impure
or in poor, rundown " condition. It
prevents the germs of disease from get
ting hold on your system. Even after
disease is settled ON you, it is driven out
by the blood-creating properties of the
" Discovery" 1t is perfect cure for
general and nervous debility, catarrh,
malaria, eczema, erysipelas, scrofula and
every form of blood disease. 1t isn't
called consumption-cure but even con-
sumption, - which has its roots in the
blood-is driven out by the Golden
Medical Discovery" if taken in time.
The Discovery" is the prescription
OF one of the most eminent physicians
and medical writers in this country.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
Free pills.

Sena your address to II. E. Buclzlen &
Co, Chicago, and get free sample box
of Dr. Kings New Life Pills. A trial
will convince you of their merits. These
pills are easy in action and are particu-
larly effective in the cure of Constipation
and Sick Headache. For Malaria and
Liver troubles they have been proved in
valuable They are guaranteed to be
perfectly free from every deleterious sub
stance and to be purely vegetable. They
do not weaken by their action, but by
giving tone to stomach and bowels great
ly inivgorate the system. Regular size
25c per box Sold by Geo. NJ Young.
Druggist, 4S9 Congress street. H. e,
Starr, Westbrook.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
Ye olde Folke's Concerto.

The pulpit of Chestnut street Metho-
dist church was ornamented last even
ing with picturesque array OF singers,
attired in the costumes Of ye olden time
Under che direction Of N. L. Doten this
company sang the old songs with all the
feryor and animation of their grandfath-
ers and grandmothers. ss.They were assist
ed by Leader Hall, and five of the Amer
ican Cadet orchestra; DR.. H. NJ. Nicksr-
son, H. A. Mcdonald and Miss Margery
Clay in solos; the High Street church
male quartette and others. The audience
was greatly pleased with the efforts of
the chorus, and loudly applauded the
solos. The concert will be repeated at
the PEOPLES Methodist church, South
Portland on Wednesday evening, March
a.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
National Horsemen.

New York, February 12.-The seven
teenth biennial congress of the National
Trotting Association was held today
at the Murray Hill hotel. A large and
representative gathering of horsemen
from all parts of the country was pres
ent Ihe nominating committee made a
P. johnson, Lexington. Ky. first vice
president. David Bonner, Now York;
second vice PRESIDENT, N. II. Smith,
MEMO Park, California. Five district
boards including the eastern were elected.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13


These are the officers:
President-George Libby.
Vice Presidents-R. W. jackson, C.
H. Barker, James Cunningham.
Secretary-A. L. Hanscolne.
Treasurer. O. Smith.
Executive Conmittee-George Libby,
VIM. 6. Soule. VIM. II. Dugan, Carroll
W. Morrill,, G. N. Trefethen, John d.
Pridable, A. j. Cummings, Clinton L.
Tewksbnry, Thomas Payne, Henry H.
Hunt, Edward P. Chase, BENZ. Gribben
and Horatio Clark.
Membership Committeee-Wm. J. Ste
phenson, Charles r. Waterhouse, John
N. Long, George H. Rowell, Jesse M.
Boardman, Charles P. Osgood, George
r. MacLoon.
The creditahle manner in which the
banquet was cooked and served is due te
the efficient direction of MIR. H. G.. Car.
noy the caterer.
The Goudy & Kent company furnished
box of confectionery at each plate and
Cook, Everett & Pennell gave each din.
er two of their z. B. Reed cigars.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
On Neutral Ground.

New York, February 12--A special
tee of lawyers this afternoon finished a
consultation in which it was agreed that
the prize fights can he held on any Of
the numerous islands within few
miles of city in Rio Grande. Their
opinion is that the isands are not under
the jurisdiction of either government
because according TO the treaty of
Guadaloupe, HidaIgo, the Rio Grands
is a navigRble stream and jurisdiction of
either governments ends at the banks Of
the, river. The amphitheatre is already
to be put up, and the contractors assert
1t can be made ready for the fight in two
hours.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13

DOLLARS worth more goods
than hoping to have
will sell that at less than the wholesale
to make for the goods
hvye placed orders
to reinyest We will
ou articles but the statesmen which
they will be found department.
Suit Department Chdrens
before passed
there will
renewed greater efforts within
the future Thanking the public
deavor to merit its continuance.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13

fight for right. Some statesman, with
the courage of his convictions, the Presi-
dent of his party, his people, and his ma
tion. Some type of broad Americanism,
whose life will personify the spirit of the
nineteenth century. Some man of con-
scienoe and of character, spotless and be-
yond reproach. A Czar, ii need be, lead
ing only where the people would be led.
For such a leader, not Portland, not
Maine, but the people of the United
States demand the great Speaker of the
National House. He needs no platform
but his life. The very Sheridan of poll
tics. with him charge is victory. Under
triumphs and grander achievements
Under him. palsied be the hand that at
tacks the national credit. Under him
peace will sing the song of plenty, pros
perity and protection. Under him, no
old veteran of '6l will go limping cover
the hill to the poor house," bearing in
his hand the broken promises of Abraham
Lincoln. Glorious the past, grander the
future. as the Republican party swings
down the corridors of time with heads
erect, excepting step to the music of the
Union" lovers of liberty. progressive In
thought, lofty in aspiration, leading the
triumphal march Of the Nations of the
world.
Mr.. Heath, who had humorously refer
red to himself as the perennial end
man OF the Lincoln club" was the last
speaker, and at about quarter to twelve,
the gathering dispersed.
How 1t Was Done.
The banquet was one of the most suc-
cessful ever given by Maine organiza-
tion, and much of the credit for the en-
tire success of the occasion is due to the
efforts Of the banquet committee, com-
posed OF the following gentlemen. who
acted under the leadership of that inde-
fatigaole worker, Mr.. John D. Prinda-
Dle:
Chairman, John ID. Printable; treas
urer, Edward P. Chase; George Libby,
Wm. H. Dugan, Carroll W. Morrill,, Ren
iamin Gribben, VIM. 6. Soule, G. N.
Trefethen, Horatio Clark, Henry H.
Hunt Clinton L. Tewkesbury, Thomas
Payne, and A. J. Cummings.
The committee had the support of all
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
Gravel Cured.
lPhiladelphia, Penn. Item }

IfHIIdueIp1lIti, EIIII., IUtIl.1
A healthier, heartier, happier man than
John J. Neill, of 2437 North Eighth
street, Philadelphia, could not be found
in days search The fact that he is
still alive is constant wonder to his
friends.
In the fall of 1889 he began to suffer
lndescribable miseries from stone in the
bladder. Consulting an eminent physi-
clan in Philadelphia, he was told that a
surgical operation was necessary. So
much did he dread the result, for if un-
successful it meant death, that he put off
the evil day as long as possible. While
IN THIS frame of mind he heard of
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
Mckinley at Chicago.

Chicago, February 12.-Hon. VIM. Mo-
Kinley OF Ohio, arrived here this morning
and went to the Auditorium Annex hotel
where he received about three hundred
prominent city and out of town Repebli-
cans who assured him of their support
and extended their best wishes for his
ucoess at the national convention. The
Ohio Statesman disclaimed any inten-
tion of coming here to create boom for
himself
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13

Tonight's Republican Caucuses.
The Republican cauouses will be held
tonight in the several ward-room at
730 O'Clock. Be on hand.
The Portland daily press., 1896-02-13
DR.. DAVID KENNEDVS
EAYQRITE Remedy

Although dlsheartened, on July l, 1898.
he bought bottle of it, and within a
month had experienced beneficial results.
and before he had finished the third bot
tie the gravel was completely dissolved
and his sufferings at an end.
Mr. Neill feels that he owes a LASTING
debt of gratitude to Or. Kennedy's Fav-
orite Remedy and for disorders of the
bladder and urinary organs, saws '.it
will effect cure il one be possible
Favorite Remedy is prescribed with
unfailing success for rheumatism, dys
pepsia and nerve troubles in which it has
cured many that were considered beyond
the aid of medicine. All druggists, ST
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-22
SELF CONTROL.

TN quietness and confidence shall be
your strength"
'It is a majestic power, this power of
keeping silent"
1.-THE highest mark Of nobility is self
control. 1t is more kingly than regal
crown and purple robe"
"Censure and criticism never hurt any
body. If false, they cannot harm you I'M
less you are wanting in character; and If
true, they show man his weak points,
and forewarn him against failure and
trouble"
1.-THE greatest and sublimest power is Of
ten simple silence"
"He showed us how to love truth and yet
be charitable; how to hate wrong and all
sonal injury or insult"
pain had taught them not sensitiveness:
hundred are sensitive for one that is
delicate; sensitiveness is miserable, a
cheap thing in itself, but invaluable If it
be used for the nurture of delicacy They
refused to receive offense, their care was
to give none"
II affirm that tranquility is nothing else
than the good ordering of the mind"
'Our perturbations come only from the
opinion which is within. 1t is in our power
to have no opinion about a thing, and not
to be disturbed in our soul"
Wipe out thy imaginations by often
saying to thysef Now ii is in my power
to let no badness be in this soul, nor de-
sire, nor any perturbation at ALL"
IF thou takest away thy opinion about
that which appears to give thee pain thou
thyself standest IN perfect security. Who
is this self The reason"
III thou art panied by any external
thing, 1t is not this thing that disturbs thee,
but thy judgment of 1t. And 1t Is in thy
power TO wipe out this judgment now.
To-day have got out Of all trouble, or
rather ] have cast out all trouble, for 1t
was not outside, but within, and In my
| opinions"
"Things remain immovable, and II is we
ourselves who produce the judgments
/ about them, and, as we may say write
4 them In ourselves, 1t being in our power
not to write them, and it being in our pow
/ er, II perchance, these judgments have i'm
perceptibly got admission to our miLds to
wipe them out"
Consider that everything is opinion, and
opinion is In thy power. Take away these
when thou choosest-thy opinions-and
like a mariner. who has doubled the pro-
montory, thou wilt find calm, every thing
1 stable, and a waveless bay"
Either our thoughts and feelings possess
and control us, or we possess and control
them. II Is well worth the patient train
ing that II requires to discipline the mind
! and heart and keep them subject to the
will This can be acquired by daily prac-
tce and will result in habits of thought
and feeling that are permanent in charac-
ter. our emotions, instead Of resembling
an unruy mob will become like well
| trained soldiers governed by established
principles The peace and security that
becomes ours as the result of watching
our natural tendencies and directing them
Alright passes understanding The power
Of taking our thoughts Off of one subject
and hxing them on another belongs to each
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next day. and they marveled at the won
derful healing powers of the doctor.
For the past few weeks Thornton had
been quite a picturesque figure on the
street. He had his coat and vest COW
cred with campaign badges and buttons,
and was as proud of them as if they were
decorations from the crowned heads of
Europe.
He had been about In his usual health
until yesterday. He took fit of laughing
on the street, not more violent than usual,
but it left him weaker than before. When
he got to his home on South Fourteenth
street, he began laughing again. His
aged frame shook until 1t seemed ready
to fall apart. He went to bed afterward,
and in the afternoon he was found dead.
Coroner Heber Mcdowell will hold an
inquest to-day. Thorntons age is varI-
ously estimated from 70 to 80 years. He
may have been older.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-11-22
THE OLDEST COON HUNTER.
His Dog Spiel Deserves Some of the
Credit-Varied Exploits and Mishnps.

Dutch Neck IN. j.. Correspondence Of
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Gus Trap Is probably the oldest and
most successful coon hunter in New Jer-
sey. He scored his S5th birthday last
floor of Henry Gibbs store just to show
his neighbors that his joints were timber
and his step as light as 1t was quarter
of century ago. Trap was born in the
house where he now lives, and he has
never known any other home. He is a
mending, has never been mixed up in a
love affair, and takes about as cheerful
q view of life as any man ever did. Gus
and his dog, Spiel, have taken the scalps
of thousands of coons in their day. Ev-
cry fall they are ranging the swamps to-
gether nightly, and when Trap fails to
bring home half a dozen of the sharp
nosed animals he figures that he's had
no luck.
For the last four years Spiers constant
companion has been a coon that Gus has
tanned to hunt his kind, and he does 1t
with greater success than the dog. He
seems to have knowledge of the where
abouts of the game, and noses 1t out at
once. If 1t is necessary to dislodge
coon from a tree, the tame animal Is
sent after him, and then the liveliest kind
Of a scrap follows. But Traps coon
generally wins, though he sometimes
comes out Of the scrimmage a little the
worse for wear
EFF / don't git more coons this fall
than I've ever got afore, I'll be consid-
erably taken back" said Gus the other
day. "I never knowed 'em t be ez thick
ez they air now around these parts.
They're gettin' inter every hen roost
in the county. I've never seen 'em ez
vicious ez they be this fall, either. Gosh
all hemlocks, Spell run up agin one
t'other night an I thought twas goin
ter git the best of him. Twas the first
time / ever see the dog show signs o.
weakenin. Ef I hadn't been fer Moses
the tame coon, Spiel would been knock
ed out, sure. Moses got a good chance
ter grab the coon by the hind leg, and he
did It, then Spiel got i'm by the back an
shook the life out o. i'm. The coons air
mighty poor an hungry this season fer
some reason or luther, an that's what
makes em ugly, / reckon" Gus story
about coons being thick" this fall Is
corroborated by the farmers of Mercer
county. who are put TO their wits ends
TO devise schemes for the protection Of
their fowls.
The oteh night James Gallop, a farmer
living over in West Windsor township,
was awakened by the bleating OF a calf,
that he had shut up In a small Enclosure
near the barn. He got a lantern and
went out TO investigate. He found the
Gale completely surrounded by coons
There were sixteen OF the little animals
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Ibid you read that story about The
House on the Bluff?" asked the literary
boarder.
NO" answered the Cheerful idiot.
What was tia boarding house PIN
dianapolis Gournal
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LAUGHED HIMsELF TO DEATH.
The End of James Thornton, a Wide
Iy Known VOOdOO Doctor.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.

Iy Known VOOdoO Doctor.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The best known voodoo doctor of Pitts
burg, James Thornton, is dead. He laugh
ed himself to death. Though he pretend
ed to cure the ills Of all others by charms
and nominations, he could not cure him
self of this fatal laughter.
1t was infectious, too, his laughter. He
would break out with 'haw, haw, no,
no." on the grayest and gayest occasions,
and all within hearing distance had to
laugh with him. Wish him laugh and
the world laughs with YOU was literally
true. The world could not help Itself when
il heard Thornton laugh.
Thornton first appeared before the public
as a street car driver on the old Troy Hill
line When the trolley came it forced
him and his mules out of that employ
ment. He had grown too old to fool with
such a lively thing as electricity. 80 ne
quit the street cars and came out as a
healer.
He began In a small way. He first pre-
scribed the reading of the sixteenth verse
of the seventeeth chapter of ST. Luke, 10
cure everything from cold in the head to
a broken rib. Then he added some brass
rings to his materia medici. Each OF them
was a sovereign remedy for some ailment.
OF course, charms and incantations went
with them. >.
Thornton built up quite a practice. 1t
was then that he acquired the fatal laugh
ter habit 1t stuck to him and ne coulu
not break himself of 1t when II began TO
wear on him. Why he laughed ne dio not
know himself. He was always weak atter
each "fit," as he called 1t. -
He came near dying OF 1t a couple OF
A
honor at the house of a friend on South
Fourteenth street 1t was attended Dy
colored people from all parts OF poth
cities. Previous to 1t Thornton called on
Louis Kimmel livery man. lie ordered
n carriage be sent for him at 10 p. M,
when everybody would be present. A
driver and another man were to accom-
pany It, and were told what was expected
of them.
Promptly at the hour the carriage drove
up, The man who was in the carriage
got out and asked for Dr. Thornton. In
the presence Of all the guests ne stated
that Mr. Blank. one of the most prom1-
nent business men of Pittsburg, was dy-
ing. A score or more physicians had
said the case was hopeless. princely
fee would be DR.. Thornton's II he would
only go and save him.
Thornton protested that he could not
leave his friends. who had gathered 20
do him honor. They urged him to go,
but he would not. At last the driver and
the other man picked him up and carried
him to the carriage. They put him In,
shut the door and drove rapidly away
TO the livery stable.
That was q nine-days' sensation among
the colored patients of Thornton. But
It was almost fatal to him. He was
seized by a 1T OF laughter and nearly died
before he could stop II. He said after
ward that 1t was the best paying adver-
tlsement he ever invested in. The people
who were at the house learned that the
rich man who sent his carriage after DR..
Thornton was able to be at his office the
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of U.S., and yet it's value is not recognized.
The systematic practice of this power will
result in giving us the mastery over our
thoughts and feelings. We do not realize
that the grief and torture and pain we in
flict upon ourselves Is all voluntary. Why
dwell upon what produces agony OF mind
and grief of heart, when for fact, 1t Is
only a sinful seaf-indulgence uniting US
for nfe's duties. The question arises:
Shall we be the slaves Of temperament, or
the masters Of our temperament and dis
position? L. W. d.
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1T Deals in Dollars-This is a dollar
store, isn't Il? asked Gargoyle, as he pre-
sented himself at the counter OF prom
inent bank
mo. sir" replied the teller severeiyi
this is q bank" eaa
well, what's the differenceT-Harlem
Life
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with ladder and ropes. making preparA
tons for getting him down, which they
finally succeeded in doing. Spiel had gone
to one Of Traps neighbors and by ms
peculiar actions had convinced him thar
something was wrong with his master,
He led the man to the tree where Gus
hung, and he got help as quickly as posi-
BILE. II was several days before Trapp VIZ
himself again, but the experience dian
break him OF climbing trees whenever u
was necessary to do so in order to get d.
coon.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-04-22

MEMPHIS. April 21.--A light shower
fell Just before the first race was called
at Montgomery Park to-day and 1t
served to make the track first class.
Summary:
First. purse $500. for two-year-old
colts and geldIngs, Eve furlongs-stUrm
King won easily; Lincoln second; jolly
Son third. Time. l:04k.
Second selling. purse $500, for maiden
three-year.old and up; six furlongs-
Pnnjandrum won easily, by a length;
Crusader second; Scottish Lad third.
Time. 1:l7&.
Third, the Memphis Gun Club handl-
cap for threc-ysar-ol and up, $500
added. one and one-slHtsenth miles
Free Advice won driving, by a neck;
Rey Del Mar second; Lokt third. Time,
Fourth, purse $500, selling, mile. for
FOUR ear-olds and up-LeonRrd b. won
easily, by length; Lester second; Miss
Perkins third. Time, 1915.
Fifth. selling, purse 800, six fuFloHgs,
for three-year-o lds-IriSh Lady won
easily, by length: Lady Doietul sec
ond; Lucille H. third. Time, 1:lIk.
sixth. purse $500, selling, milo, for
four-year-olds and up-Joc O'Sot won
easily, by length; Miss Clarke second;
Imp Sauteur third. Time, l:t5k.