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The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
WEYLER DEFEATED.
Spanish Captain General Not Great Success
at Head of Army.

ST. Louis, November IA despatch
from Key Vest, Fla, says that Captain
General Weyler. according to advices by
steamer Oliyette from Havana, has been
repulsed by the Cubans in Pinar del Rio
province.
The Cubans under Delgado and Diaz,
surprised the Spanish outposts in Gober-
donarado Hills and for time great con-
fusion prevailed in Weyler's camp.
Weyler is said to have fallen back
about eight miles.
During the retreat the Cubans killed
81 Spaniards and wounded go others.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Local Weather Report

Local Weather Report.
Portland, November lathe local
weather bureau office records as to the
weather are the following:
sa. m.-Barometer. 30, 07a; thermome-
ter 43.0; dew point, $3.50; humidity, ITO;
wind. NV; velocity, 6: weather, cloudy.
p. m.-Barometer, 80 989; thermome-
ter. 44.0; dew point, $50; humidity,
$40; wind, w; velocity, s: weather,
clear.
Mean daily thermometer. $50. maxi
mum Thermometer, Al. O: minimum rher.
mometer, 48.0: maximum velocity OF
wind. H.: total precipitation. O..
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
MAY CALL KING OSCAR.
Swedish Monareh's Relations to
Venezuelan Commission.
in CASE OF DISAGREEMENT or
FOUR ARBITRATORS.

To Select Fifth, He May Be Called In
Such n Contingency Not Looked For
Bare Possibility Commission May
Meet in Washington.
Washington, Novem ber 19.-Admission
was made at the State Department today
that King Oscar Of Sewden may be ualled
in TO the Venezuelan arbitration, only
In case of disagreement by the four
arbitrators appointed In the first instance
as to the selection Of the fifth mem ber,
when the king may be asked to designate
some person as president Of the tribunal.
Ihis Is considered an exceedingly distant
contingency as no doubt is felt that the
four original appointees will have no
difficulty in reaching common ground
In the matter. With the same facility
they are expected to reach conclusion
on the evidence in the boundary dispute.
1t is further said that it hos never been
contemplated that the king himself
should be the final arbitrator, or that the
tribunal should hold its session in Nor
way or Sweden, although the locality ia
left to their discretion.
AS all the evidence in the controversy
has now been collected in Washington,
there Is suggested the bare possibility
that they might deem it advantageous to
meet here. The documents and other
data are rapidly being arranged in shape
by the commission SO that they could be
taken to any desirable place without
difficulty.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Archbishop Ireland Not Deposed.

Rome, November 12.-There is reason
to believe that the rumoSs OF the removal
Of Archbishop Ireland OF st. Paul, Min
nesota, are unfounded, although the
aroh bishop has fallen into disgrace at
the Vatican. The case of deposition of
an archbishop is of extreme rarity, only
one of the kind having occurred during
eighteen years of the papacy OF Leo
Kill, and in this instance only when
the prelate had become almost maniac.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

Sanford. November 12.-John Gilbert.
Frenchman from Manchester, employed
by the Portland and Rochester railway
on the construction of granite arch for
the new bridge at Springvale station met
with painful accident this morning.
While removing barrel of cement from
q pile, another from top pile was
started and rolled down, badly fIaotur-
ing his leg at the ankle. He was taken
to his homo on she nine O'Clock train.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Weather Observations.

The Agricultural Department. weather
bureau for yesterday. November 10, taken
at p. m., meridian time the obseFva-
tion for each station being given in tisas
order, Temperature, direction of ths
wind. stats Of weather,
Boston, 4s degrees, W, cloudy; New
YORK, 4S degrees. NV, cloudy; Phila-
deiphia, IS degrees, W, raias Washing.
ton, 46 degrees, NV, cloudy; Albany, A.
degrees, NV, cloudy, Buffalo, 40 degrees,
NV, cloady.s Detroit, 80 degrees, NV.
partly ciondy; Chicago, 26 degrees, w.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
A Whole Family Arrested.

The Sears family.is in trouble again.
Last night the police raided the Stafford
block and arrested John, Morris, Thoina6
and Daniel Scars and Nellie O'Brien, on
the charge of being drunk and disorders
ly. Daniel Sears is not more than nin&
years old and was as badly Intoxicated
as the rest of the family.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Mr. Reed Visits Seattle.

seattle, WASH, November 12.-S peaker
fs' heeo' Miss Reed and Congress m an and
MRS. u Aldrioh arrived here yesterday. Mr..
neeo gave short talk to the cham ber
Oh commerce and then inpeoted theline
OF ene North canal and other govern
,nens projects, including Moran's ship
DuiloMg shops. In the afternoon Ehe held
a. rscep9ion which was largely attended,
anu lnaone evening was entertained at
uinhcr ea a. -the Rainier club. He leaves
road. "oAA'
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
NON-PARTlsAN~ w. c. r. U.
Elect Officers at Session at Caribou ant


Elect Officers at Session at Caribou and
Adjourn.
Caribou, Me-, November 12.-At q
business conference of the Maine Non.
Partisan W. O. Z. U. today these officers
were elected: Madams A. G. Paul, Fort
Fairfield, president; ARA Cushman, Au-
burn, vice president; l.. E. Fessenden,
Fort Fairfield, general secretary: Julia
G. McKeen, Belfast, recording secretary
g. Il. Davis, Bangor, treasurer. Dele
gates and alternates to National Nom
Partisan convention in Washington, d.
G., Madams Georgia P. Porter, Oldtown
Matilda Burleigh, South Berwick; E. A.
D. burlington, Belfast; L. E. Fessen-
den, A. G. Paul, Fort Fairfield; Byron
Stevens, Brunswick; @. A. Pillsbury,
Belfast. Delegates National Saloon
League Convention, Washington, u. c..
Madams E. G. Porter. A. c. Paul. Il. D.
burlington, L. E. Fessenden, Matilda
Burleigh.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Bangor's New Electric Road.

Bangor, November 1a.-At the stock
holders meeting of the Hampden and
W1nterport Electric Street Railway here
this evening officers were chosen. H. 7,
Mitchell of Bangor is president. Work
has begun on the elsctrio line from Ban.
gor to Winterport, thirteen miles. The
road Will be pushed to oompl elton by
June lst, next.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
National Grange.

Washington November 12.-The morn.
ing session of the National Grange was
devoted TO decentralization of reports.
Al the close OF the business session, a
reception was rendered the mem bers Of
the association Of agricultural oolleges.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
r. X. Club.

The p. *. club met Wednesday evening
with Alrs. A. B. DALEY, Brackett strset.
MIS-. F.ssW. higgins won first prize and
Mrs. 3. 8. Libby secured the BOBBY. The
club will meet next weak with Mrs.
Charles Higgins, Portland street.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13

Maine Postmaster.
Washington. November 12.-The follow
ing fourth class postm aster was appoint
ed for Maine today:
3. B. Woodward, Maplewood.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
THE WEATHER.

Boston, Novem-
bsr 12.-Local fore
cast for Friday
Fair; cooler and
westerly winds.
Washington, No
vem ber 12-Foreoas,
for Friday fol
New England Gen
@ally fair. preceded
by threatening
vuaahhap and 1iuh
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Verdict Against Doctor.

wfscasset, November 12.-In the NAL
praouoe case which has beenon trial here
the past six days Of Hastings against
Dcosor stetson verdict tonight for
Hastings of $500 was rendered.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13

#. M. Strout, Chairman Badge Committee.
dining room is turning out to he the
most lucrative feature at the fair. Yes
terday noon the dining room was
crowded and 577 people were served. AT
supper enough money was taken in to
amount to over s175 for the day. The
entertainment last night was given by
the Woburn Ladies' orchestra, who rem
dered an excellent programme of instru-
mental and vocal selections. Edward W.
Emerson, the reader, also added greatly
to the enjoyment of the evening.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
ADVERTISING

may sell family the first barrel of
flour; but it never sold the seoond-the
nour itself does that. All the advertis-
ing in the world never would made the
enormous demand for rPILLSBURY'S
BEST unless 1t was the best.
ALI IHE ENTERPRISING AND UP
~ DATE GROCERS SELL: PILLS
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
DR.. z. e. REED,

SofeutItlet Botanic and maRnetIc HeHIeT
removed from lib Free street to AZ Brown
street, Portland, Me. Treats all old chronic
and eonpiicated diseases that the flesh is heir
70. Ihe only step necessary Is to call at the
Doctors Office and let him examine your case.
Ali GASES at distance treated by letter; iufl
name, age. color of eyes and place of residence
medicines are used in my practiee once hours
a. m. to i2 No.. to p. m. ocsl 91m1stp
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13

The Odd Fellows fair goes merrily on
in City hail., the attendance growing
larger every day. and the sales at the va
rious booths increasing all the time.
Yesterday was the banner day of the fair.
From the time the doors were opened in
the afternoon until they were closed in
the evening the hall was crowded with
sight-seers and all who visited the fair
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
Schooner Leaking Badly.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.I

Port Clyde, Novem ber 12.-The three
masted schooner e. o. Glover, Capt.
Harris, from Calais, Me-, for New Haven
and New York with lumber, arrived here
today with three feet Of water in her
hold and leaking very badly. She will
probably make temporary repairs here
before proceeding.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
TONIGHT's PROGRAMME.

The entertainment fer the evening will
be given by the Haydn Quartette, con.
sisting of Miss Florence G. Knight.
soprano; Miss Katherine NJ. Kicker, alto
MIR. VIM. II. btockbridge, tenor; MIR.
Harry F. Merrill. basso.
The programme is as follows:
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13

rains on southeast coast; westerly winds;
cooler.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
An Unlucky Fall.

Biddsford, November 12.-Augustus
Seward, while trimming shade trees for
the city, fell distance of 20 feet yester-
day morning and sustained fracture of
his wrist and three ribs beside peing
badly bruised.
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13
ON GOES THE FAIR.
City Hall Crowded With Patrons of
Odd Fellows Exhibit.

Many People From Out of Town Among
Yesterdays Misunderstanding Enter
tainment Last Night and This Evenings
Programme-Dinners and Suppers
HHoII I,afroniuad
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13

TO-day.we sha ii offer 1000
yards of best quality 6 cent
Prints, best styles for Dress and
Aprons and gre2a value for
quilts,
The Portland daily press., 1896-11-13

Continued ON Second Page.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25

With regard to deaf mutism, stats.
tics show, for the most part. that the
closer the degree Of relationship between
the parents, the more numerous are the
number of the deaf mute children born.
For example, one marriage between
an aunt and nephew produced 3 deaf
mutes. -Four marriages between uncle
and niece produced IL deaf mutes.
Twenty-six marriages between first
cousins produced 3S deaf mutes Sixteen
marriages between second cousins pro.
duced 2S deaf mutes. Forty-seven mar
riages between blood relatives produced
12 deaf mutes. These are important
facts. which leave no measure of doubt
as to the influence of the intermarriage
OF blood relations in causing deaf NUT
ism. But just in the same way az con.
sanguineous marriages should be avoid
ed SO also should the intermarriage of
persons tainted with hereditary disease
be Observation-Disclosures Medical Press.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
Charles Rcade on Hsre Walls.

had the honor once to know in Lon
don Charles Reade, a mCst remarkable
and great man, as well as great novel
ist Of the higher realistic school. Reade
was, above all things, practical man.
He had the eye Of an eagle. and 10
things that needed reformation escaped
it. One day, when dined with him ut
his house i'll London. his rus in urbe, rs
he called it. he said that he had been an
examiner at "a board school examination
that day and that he had been again
struck by the barrenness and unattrac-
tiveness Of the average public school
room. Il suppose" said /, that it is
realization of the American idea. By
giving the scholars nothing to look at
but their books their attention is sup
posed to be concentrated on their les
sons" "JUst so" he said, but it isn't.
The brain works through the eye. Those
internal bare walls do not stimulate the
mind. They stupefy it, Here is the
statement of an absolute fact which,
fortunately, wise teachers are row rec
cgnizing the world dover.-Collector.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
How to See the Wind.

Take polished metal surface of two
feet or more and with q straight edge.
A large handsaw will answer the pur-
pose. Take windy day ON which to
make the experiment. paying no atten-
ton to atmospheric conditions, for such
an experiment can be as successfully
made on clear day as it can On a
cloudy one, and the results will be
equally good in summer or winter. Tie
only thing you need to lcok out for is
that you do not attempt to 'see the
wind'' on rainy or murky day, as con-
ditioSs are then very unfavorable.
When everything is in readiness, hold
the metallic surface at right angles to
the direction Of the wind-i. G., if the
wind is in the north. hold the metal
east and west, but instead Of holding it
vertical incline it about A. degrees to
the horizon. When this has been done,
sight carefully along the edge of o
sharply defined object for some mo-
ments and you will see the wind pour
ing over in graceful curves almost like
water.-St. Louis Republic.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
Wanted, New Kind OF Humorist,

SO far from its being possible to Gin
ternationalize" humor, we may think
ourselves lucky if we can manage to
preserve even a national type. The
Dickensian humor, it would seem, is
off" the American droll, after a
vogue OF good many years, is appar.
emily ceasing to amuse; the inverted
aphorlsm" had but short popularity
and ultimately perished in calamitous
and indeed unmentionable circum.
stances, and nothing seems growing up
to take its place. The new generation
knocking at the door" rat tats with
quite portentous gravity. This is, no
doubt, an improvement on the older
generations. who thought it q first rate
stroke OF wit to wrench off the knocker,
but their successors are surely carrying
a virtue to.excess.
1t seems pity that they should be
unable to laugh, but the most respected
and 1ntellectual' among them can
NOT. 1t was the way of certain frivolous
ola tosles a few years ago to twit them
with their supposed taste for what was
then called the new humor, but there
was really no foundation for the taunt.
Inc new humor turned out to be simply
the Old buffoonery writ SMALL" and
whoever Its patrons are or were they
are not to be found among the Thought
ful young men who represent the gen.
Grafton with its hand on the door
knocker.-Fortni~ Review.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
The Bcst Cctccxis.

A frenchman naturally thinks the
earisian detectives the best. English
men swear by the shrewdness of Scot
land Yard men. and Americans, of
courss, swear by the New York detect
ives. After three years residence in
China tsays travelerl. l do not think
either of rhe three bodies is entitled to
the credit given it. The Chinese beat
them ALL
They are at one time the most expert
thieves and at another the most skilled
detectives in the world. A Chinaman
can steal your watch while you are look
ing at 1t. and he can catch the man who
stole it. if it happens to be some other
man than himself. when . French de-
tective could not.
l have seen evidences of detective
ability among the Chinese which would
startle even Lecocq. 1t is impossible for
an evildoer TO long elude the Chinese
detectives. They scent crime and fol-
low 1t to the last before civilized detect
ives would know Of it.
The Chinese detective force is q secret
body, and the best organized in the
world. They have All eye upon every
man, woman and child, foreign or ma
tive, in China, and in addition watch
over each other.
lnformers are encouraged, and col
lusion is impossible. The head of the
Chinese police is not known, but there
Is one, and very active one too.
have heard that the present head was
| once an ambassador to q European conn.
try. but really do not believe that any
one knows who he is. There are said to
be over go, 900 men under him and his
assistants who control the various dis
tricts. Weekly.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
4 Modern Sicdbcl

Some Imaginative writer tells the
1le of . sailor who was shipwrecked
three times. was in four collisions and
fwo fires at sea, suffered from sun
ttroke and yellow fever, lost finger or
two by frostbite, had one eye gouged
ont in a fight at San Francisco, came
home, married shopkeeping widow,
who henpecked him. got out of his
course one foggy day and walked into
the river, where he was found next
morning still chewing his overnight
Quid of tobacco, but without his glass
eye. This is the novelist's type and is
perhaps somewhat highly colored, but
it may be compared with some actual
types.
One Of the men we have in mind fell
from the main yard and broke his left
arm before he had been at sea a month
Oh his first voyage as an apprentice. On
the return voyage from San Francisco
he fell from the same yard and broke
One Of his legs. The vessel was wrecked
in gale OF the southwest coast of Ire
land, and this unhappy youth, fato pro-
fugus, was saved, with three others, out
Of crew of 26, only. however, to find
that his next ship, laden with coal, took
fire on the other side Of Cape Horn and
had to be abandoned by her crew, who
were six days i'll their beats before a
homeward bound ship picked them up.
His third vessel ran ashore at the en-
trance to Hongkong harbor in her hur-
~ to get inside before Yankee with
whom she was in company. When our
friend found his fourth ship dismas;ed
in a cyclone in the Indian ocean, he
came to the conclusion that sea life,
which he had been quite prepared to
like. was too exciting fer him and he
decided forthwith. provided he got safe
~ out of that scrape, to leave it to these
with better luck. Maga-
zine.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
A Portraits Ewes.

Wollaston's curious discovery was
that by adding to each pair of eyes q
nose directed to the right or the left the
eyes lose their front direction and look
To the right or left. according to the di.
rection Of tho nose. BY means of u flap
representing the lower features in q
different position, as DR.. Wollaston re.
marks. "a lost look Of devout abstrac-
tion in an uplifted countenance may be
exchanged for an appearance of inquisi-
tive archness in the leer Of younger
face turned downward and obliquely
toward the opposite side"
As by changing the direction of the
lower features we change the direction
of the eyes, SO by changing our position
the eye of the portrait apparently fol-
lows us. If vertical line be drawn
through the tip Of the nose and half
way between the eyes, there will be
the same breadth of head, of cheek, of
chin and Of neck Oh each side of this
middle line. and each iris will be in the
middle Of the whole eye. If we now
move to one side. the apparent horizon
tai breadth of every part of the head
and face will be diminished, but the
parts on each side of the middle line
Will be diminished equally, and at any
position. however oblique, there will
be the same breadth of face OH each side
Of the middle line. and the iris will be
IN the center Of the whole of the eye
ball, SO that, being OH fiat surface,
the iris will be seen in front of the pic.
ture or obliquely. Notes and Queries.
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
Forgot the yiOlets.

Among the characteristics of Walter
Savage Lander, the famous author,
were his observation-disclosures and his PAS
sionate love for animals and the vege-
table world. On one occasion, having
suffered not long before from leaving
the key of his portmanteau behind him,
he took special precautions before start.
ing ON journey to see that his keys
were in his pocket. When, however, he
produced them in triumph at his jour
ney's end, he found that he had left the
portmanteau behind. Lander, though
he often handled his fellow men some
what roughly. hated to see an old tree
felled and even shrank from plucking a
rose. One morning he collared his man
cook and flung him ont of the window.
Then. suddenly remembering Oh what
bed III the garden the man would fall,
the flower loving Landor exclaimed
GOOD heavens! 1 forgot the poor yio.
hts!'
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
DANGER OF FATIGUE,
q 0snerafes . Poison In the System That
IL Deadly In Its Mature.


'He never loses q moment" used to
be thought an unqualified compliment.
Now we are not quite SO sure that it
says much for the wisdom of him to
whom it is applied. From many differ
ent directions comes the testimony that
too much activity is loss instead of gain.
since overfatigue poisons the physical
system.
An analysis has been made of the
poison engendered by fatigue, and it
has been found to be similar to the an.
cient vegetable poison, curari, into
which the Indians used to dip their ar
rows, and most deadly poison it was.
The poison of fatigue is of the same
chemical nature and is as truly deadly
if it is created more rapidly than the
blood can carry it of. There is no
known antiGote for this poison, and its
dangers beset alike the pleasure seeker
and the worker.
An Italian physician recently exam-
ined "a bicycle riders after they had
ridden 32 miles i'll ga hOnrs. 1t was
found that in nearly every instance the
nervous system was SO far affected by
fatigue that the hearing of the cyclists
was defective. After q rest of two hours
most of them could hear as we'll as ever.
Another practical test was made upon
so grammar school children who were
to take part in written examination of
21a hours. Before entering upon the
strain which such an examination must
necessarily be each child was instructed
to lift as much as he could with the
3ynamometer. This was done to test the
muscular strength of each pupil before
the examination.
After the work in the schoolroom was
ended the children We're again told to
lift as much as possible in the same
way. 1t was found that, with one or
two exceptions, they could not lift as
much by several pounds as they had
lifted before the examination
1t is now a demonstrated fact that
prolonged mental strain will diminish
the pulse, produce fullness and heavi-
ness of the head and bring about palpi.
tatiOn of the heart-Youth's Compan.
ion
Rock Island Argus., 1896-09-25
Macaulay's Wit,

Macaulay. who was in the habit Of
shaving himself. and badly. too. it
would seem. once patronized q first
class barber. After obtaining an easy
shave, he turned to the tonsorial artist
and inquired:
'How much do I owe you:''
Whatever you have been in the hab-
it Of giving the man who shaves you,
SIR" replied the barber
IT generally give him two cuts on
each cheek" replied the celebrated
English historian; ''but You. sir. being
o superior workman, deserve to fare bet.
ter. "-Washington Times.