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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
PORTLAND COMPANY
Annual Meeting.

are hereby notified that the annual meet
ing of this corporation will be held at the Office
OF the company. at their works. on Tuesday.
the 25.h day of May, 1897, at 3 o'clock in this
afternoon Tor the following purposes:
First-To act on the report OF the directors
and treasurer.
Second-To choose directors for the ensuing
year.
Third-To act on any other business thaI
may legally come before the meeting
JOHN w. BANKS, Clerk.
Portland, May 10. 1897. may1l&lS
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
"AL1HENE SKIN SOAP G G...,a r
Taylor,

N. d., editor Of "The Medical JTortd,"
says: II hare found it to be perfectly
bland and no'a-irritating. Physicians aviH
find it excellent for the tender. skin Of in
.fdats and delicate ladies'
For sale by all druggists and H. Il. Hay s.
Son Middle ST.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
weyler shows Up.

Havana, May 10.-Captain General
Weyler after rapid march from San
Juen de Las Yeras, through Manicaragua,
Romento and Santa Lucia, arrived sud
denly at sancti Spiritus, at 6 O'Clock
cipe regiment.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
President WIN Go to New York.

charge Of the Memorial Day eSercises @
day received telegram from President
Mckinley accepting the invitation to
come to New York and take part in the
ceremonies.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
Y ESS

Shall entitled can Act granting New
land Legislature Of the State Maine
hundred and approved
March y, "A. d 1897 be accepted and adopted?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11

PORTLAND
E>OR little boys and girls the greatest variety
L Of Hats and Caps and Bonnets and To-
ques and every other shape of head cover
ing made Of every sort Of material in all colors and
at almost any price you care to pay.
Lots Of new sun hats of corded muslin, button
on.crowns, washable, white, pink light blue, ETC.,
right to wear in the perambulator. Stylish little
sailor caps for boys, Roman silk stripe caps, Tam
o-Shanters. alpine hats and the quaintest gingbam
sun bonnets for girls. Better bring the child in to
be fitted. That's the surest way to get the right
thing
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11

Of bale is subsf same
as the ballot to be used ward
the electors of the City the 18th
Nlay, A. ID. 1897.
EDWIN l. DYER, City Clerk
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
YES
N O

Shall Act entitled relation the School Committee the
City Portland passed by the Legislature the State Of Maine the
Lord thousand eight hundred and nevn and approved by the
Governor accepted and adopted! mn11nt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11

The Linen Department will sell today two
thousands yards Of yard wide beached cotton CLOTH
extra fine quality, soft finish at lac yard, This
is remarkable value, consequently no discount
be made for whole pieces and no discount to deal
ers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11

Thirty pieces of new printed Florentine Silks
for fancy work. for pillows screens, cushions and
all draperies at soc a yard.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
A WONDERFUL MEDICINE,

REECEIANI,S PILLS, taken as directed,
will quickly restore Females tocomplete health.
They promptly remove distractions or irregu.
iaxities Of the system. For
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-05-11
WITHOUT A RIVAL.

Annual Sales more than 100000 Boxes
Csc. at Drug Stores. or will be sent BY q. a.
Agents. B. F. ALLEN CO.., 1855 Cana, st.. New
Fork, post paid. upon reseipt Of price. Book
tree upon application.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
The Duke of Orleans.

BY comforting the order of the
Golden Fleece on the duke of
Orleans on the occasion of his
marriage, Emperor Francis Joseph
has caused much commotion in
Vienna and Madrid, as the appoint
ment is contrary to the statutes of
the order A knight of the Golden
Fleece must prove that he Is the
legitimate offspring Of eight genera
tions of ancestors, all noble and all
Catholics. The dukes grandmother,
the mother Of Compile de Paris, was
Princess Helene of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin, who was born and died a
Protestant, while three of his ances-
tors, Regent Orleans, PHILIPPE
Egalite's father, and Egalite himself
married illegitimate descendants OF
Louis XIV.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
Point in International Law.

A novel point in that part of in
ternational law that deals with the
exterritoriality of foreign embassies
has just been decided in the Berlin
sheriff's court. A parrot belonging
to the Japanese embassy escaped
from its cage and took refuge on a
high tree in garden next door. To
get it down some OF the embassy
servants played on the bird with a
garden hose, and drenched at the
same time the owner of the garden
who happened to be sitting under
the tree. He brought suit for tres
pass, and received 20 marks
damages, the injury having been in
ficted on German soil, though the
perpetrators had not left Japanese
territory.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15

"Tatwifs7 - proposed ia Lon.
don. after the analogy Of housewife
aud 6shwlfs, to dcsignats woman
who persists In wearing big hats &c
the thenter
In Lexington, Ky, there Is a
club the youngest member Of which
is SO years old All the others arc
over 80. The club meets regularly
for purposes Of mutual improvement
and social pleasure.
m. Brisson, president Of the
French chamber OF deputies, NJ
Loubct, president OF the senate, and
NJ Leon Bourgeois, the former
prime minister, have all three ac-
ccpted the honorary presidentship
of Paris bicycle club.
1T is officially estimated in Paris
that the expenses incurred by the
French government for the splendid
reception and entertainment Of the
car and czarina will foot up 81. 400, !
000 The council of state has sane
toned this sum.
Pittsburgh has a novelty In the
institution of city day" ia its pub
lie library, which is operated by tn e
city government. The object of
this is to have the city officials visit
the institution in a body and learn
something about it.
Judge Westover of Chadron,
Neb., sentenced W. e. Barker, who
was found guilty of perjury, to six
years at hard labor in the peniten-
tiary. The maximum sentence is IA
years, but the judge did not impose
the limit because Barker has but
one leg.
Damage suits aggregating $780,
600 are now pending against Kansas
City, and of these an aggregate of
$500, 600 are for personal injuries
arising from detective side walks.
And that the evil is an increasing
one is shown by the further fact
that claims for $4,000 have accu-
mulated since August % last.
"A farmer named Lambert acct
dentally shot and killed himself in a
peculiar manner near Florence, Ala.
He was hunting and when he fired
his gun the charge came out of the
breech, entered his brain and killed
him instantly. Lambert had just
the gun and had failed to
put it together properly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
AUTOOARS,
The Most Deadly Implement of War
Yet Invented.

The latest implement Of war is an
equipment Of two rapid firing guns
mounted on an autocar. 1t has a
rough resemblance to a smooth
turtle back, with wheels instead of
legs, and pair of iron screens ris-
ing up from the top of the metal
shell, from behind which the guns
are worked. The autocar is driven
by 1e-horse power engine, the
wheels having four-inch solid rub
Der tires. The guns are on a swivel,
and are arranged to discharge at
various angles. They will also spin
around merrily while they are being
fred if desired The ammunition is
fired at the rate OF from so to 700
rounds a minute, and the firing can
go on either when the autocar is
moving or standing still Each gun
is supplied with 500 rounds of am
munition, and if the operators be
shot down the engines continue run
ming, and the entire charge of am
munition is shot off. The shields
around the car are on an angle, so
that no ordinary bullet from rife
can penetrate them, and when the
machines are in motion it will be
difficult for large field piece to hit
them. A rapid firing gun has al
ways been looked upon as an excel
lent weapon, provided you could
come up. with your enemy With
gun mounted on a fast running ma
chine, which can travel 45 miles an
hour, the question OF getting on
terms with your foe does not take
long. The effect of so or 100 of
these machines of war charging into
a large body of troops, or run
through a city at q high rate of
speed, firing their deadly missiles on
the inhabitants as they rushed
through, can readily be imagined.
Several governments are now ne
with the inventor for this
formidable machine. - Cincinnati
ENQUIRER.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
What to Do with Mistakes.

Mistakes are not to be worried
over when they are once made. Mis-
takes already committed are to be
recognized, so as to be repaired II
possible, and their repetition
avoided; but lamentation over them
is worse than useless, it only
makes matters worse by Gripping
energy for future success. Robert
lson says; HE is not the best
general who makes the fewest false
steps. He is the best who wins the
most splendid victories by the
iretrieval of mistakes" The prac-
itical question in view of a manifest
mistake is not: ''How could have
done that?" but, what can I now
do to correct that mistake, or to
make it tell to advantage"-S. S.
Times.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
FASHION A CENTURY AGO.
Dresses Worn in ST. James Palace
in 1897.

A newspaper of June 6, 1897, con-
tains q description Of the dresses
worn at the drawing room at St.
James palace on the kings birth
day. 1t is interesting to know what
was really the fashion 100 years ago.
The king wore plain brown coat
and light blue satin waistcoat, en-
broidered with silver Her majesty
was attired in rich silver-s pangled
net drapery over blue satin petit
coat, elegantly drawn in festoons,
with FIVE diamond chains over
wreaths of blue satin leaves in per-
pendicular stripes. with three beau
tiful diamond buttons in each chain.
The pocket holes were ornamented
with silver-spangled net, tied in
large bows with silver cord, and two
very large diamond roses in blue
satin leaves body and train of white
and silver tissue, ornamented with
rich border of silver-spangled net
over blue satin and silver fringe.
Her majesty, as usual on her royal
consort's birthday, wore profusion
of diamonds on her head, and had
on her superb diamond stomacher
and belt. The princess of Wales
was decorated with a very beautiful
petticoat of white and
silver, in foil stripes and spangles,
with rich draping of silver
spangles and laurel tassels, flounced
with wreath of roses over blue
satin between two rows of silver
laurels over the right side, and over
the left another drapery, orna-
mented with three wreaths of roses
on blue satin as before, with wreaths
of silver laurel between each; a blue
satin founce round the bottom of
the coat, ornamented with silver
laurel and silver gauze, trimmed
with silver laurel and roses. The
dress was much admired. Silver
laurel seems to have been much in
fashion at that time. Most OF the
ladies' mentioned in the list wore
trimmings of silver laurel on their
dresses.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
THE
new YORK WORLD,
THRIcE-A WEEK EDITION
Is pages week. I56 papers year

Itstands first among "weekly" pa,
pers in size, frequency of publication
and fr- shness, variety and reliability
OF contents. 1t is practically daily
at the low price of weekly; and its
vast list of subscribers, extending to
every state and territory of the Union
and foreign countries, will vouch for
the accuracy and fairness Of its news
columns.
1t is splendidly illustrated and
among its special features are a fine
humor page, exhaustive market re.
ports, all the latest fashions for WON.
en- and long series of stories by the
greatest living American and English
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
A JUDGEOF ENGLISH.
II Made Difference Who Was on
the Bench.

~ Made a Difference Who Was on
the Bench.
James Lane Allen, OF the Chicago
bar, is one of the most polished of
men. A public reader, an author
of charming sketches, a lover of
books, he has color of titles to posi-
ton in the ranks of the literati. One
time he was arguing a case before
Judge Gary, previous to the jurist's
elevation to the appellate bench, and
came to point which turned on the
construction of a sentence. Mr..
Allen was satisfied his reading of
the sentence was right, and was
amazed when Judge Gary held
against him. The suavest of men,
he said: "But, if the court please"
and paused, puzzled for a fitting
statement. Then his temper got
the better of him and he went on:
IF the court please, it may be the
court knows more law than do,
but l really think l am the better
Judge of English language. THAT
may be-" said Judge Gary, mildly;
but l do not see what bearing it
has on this case. ! am on the bench
and you are not"
And the courts English stood. -
Chicago Post.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15

Peers Dream Of RstrIbu ION for the
Bagg q Tosssr Comes True.

R|t > - "|tfN " NNNNf NNA N0NN NVf VIZ
Bagg g. Toss4r Comes True.
Some years since poem upon th'
fate OF q baggage man who smashed
trunk loaded with dynamlte at
tracted considerable attention
among the travelling public, but il
remained for an agent upon Yazoc
h Mississippi Valley train TO ac-
tually encounter that fate He is
III. p Henry, OF Memphis. He re-
ceived buckshot in each leg, cut
over the left eye o bruis, in tho
chin, piece OF zinc in his foot and
some 20 or 30 small shot in different
parts Of his body And with al this
Inc is happy that he is.alivs Taat
the trunk was loaded Mr.. Henry
will make affidavit ana put Ia a pho
tograph of his skin as evidence, but
no one seems to know what i. was
loaded for or with. The missiles
would be effective for either bear or
flies.
Mr.. Henry runs on the train from
Vicksburg to this city, and when
the train pulled into Alligator lake,
SO miles south of the city, at 100
Saturday afternoon the porter at
the depot pitched an ordinary look
ing trunk into the baggage car,
There was only one other piece of
baggage in the car, and soon after
the train pulled out Mr.. Henry
caught hold of the trunk and was
edging it TO a convenient place in
the car when there was terrific ex-
.plosion. The lid few up and struck
him in the face, knocking him to the
floor with the remains Of the trunk
on top of him. While he was falling
he received three small shot in the
right arm and any number of them
in both legs, together with a large
ball in each leg, one being about the
middle of the left calf, and the other
just above the right ankle He was
conscious enough when the mail
agent rushed in to tell the latter to
pun OhC JUL COiN, eto OuC luetoo VI
rubbish had taken fire from the ex-
plosion. The postal clerk aided Mr..
Henry in extricating himself until
the conductor and brakeman came
to their assistance. Under instruc-
tions the latter threw the remains Of
the trunk out of the car door from
fear that it might contain some
other explosives. The train men
were afraid to make an examina-
ton of the contents Of the loaded
trunk, but as it went out of the
door there could be seen a box of
caps for an old-fas hioned muzzle-
loading gun, lots of smoking shells,
a musicians brass horn and lot of
1t could not be seen
or not there was a gun in
the outfit. Memphis Commercial.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15

""NIIN|"fQNN
paper Man She Met Failure.
The debating club was in trouble.
10 had run across problem that il
could not solve
But suddenly there was rift in
che clouds. The president had a
bright idea, and they were scarce
enough at that particular time to be
highly priced.
II move, she said, THAT the ques-
tion be submitted to the treasurer,
to report upon at the next meeting. :"
but why the treasurer2" asked
several in unison.
The president seemed surprised at
the question
Her husband is a newspaper
man" she asserted as II that set
tied the matter.
But even newspaper men don't
know everything" protested the
treasurer, being reused to action by
the certainty that everything was
going against her. IL admit that
there is a popular impression in
some quarters that they do, or at
least that they ought to, but it is
erroneous, assure you.
''Of course not" admitted the
president. mo one ever accused
newspaper men of knowing every
thing, but some of them have faeili-
ties for finding out, and only last
week you told me that your husband
had charge Of the query department
and answered questions that would
make a statistician's hair turn
gray"
Yves, but"
mo butts about it, insisted the
president "All you have to do is
to ask him about what you want to
know. Everybody else appeals to
him, so why shouldn't your 1t
must be such satisfaction to have
an Answers to correspondents man
in the house.
II used to think so, but"
''Well?"
well, | saved up one or two nice
questions for him because I thought
it would flatter him, but guess he's
past the flattery stage, for all he did
was to growl out over his paper:
Write it out clearly and concisely,
using only one side of the sheet, and
then mail it to the editor, and it will
be answered in the paper in due
course Of time Oh it's getting to
be a regular habit with him, and
that's all l can get out of him on
any subject. Why, l asked him
what he wanted for dinner the other
day and he told me to write out my
questions clearly and concisely on
one side of the sheet and mail it to
the editor. l guess you'd better
give the prol lem to some one whose
husband isn't in the business of an
swering questions. st. Louis Re-
public.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
Our Quarter Dollar.

For those who believe in the fatal
,itv of the number -, the American
louarter-dollar is about the most I'M
lucky article they can carry on their
persons. On the said coin there are
liz stars; 10 letters in the scroll
which the eagle holds in iys claws;
13 feathers composing it. wings, Is
feathers are in its tail; there are ID
parallel lines on the shield, 10 hori-
zontal stripes; 10 arrow heads, and
13 letters in the words quarter dol
lar"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
Self Culture.

Though an inheritance of acres
may be bequeathed, an inheritance
of knowledge cannot. The wealthy
man may pay others for doing his
work for him; but it is impossible to
get his thinking done for him by
another, or to purchase any kind Of
self culture. Samuel Smiles.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
Accap ing a Poem.

Young Mani have PC I'm here.
Editor (aiter examining it)--Well,
how would two pounds suit your
Young Man-That's really more
than / expected.
Editor Well, We can't publish
such a poem as that for less. Tit
Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
Talent and Purpose.

1t is better to have a little talent
and a noble purpose, than much
talent and no purpose. - Rams
Horn.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
SCribnerS'
Magazine
A RED.LETTER YEAR FOR 1897
TdF entire novelty Of many of the plans for
1897 is noticeab e For instance, the series
rvoted to


lsa; is noticeable For instance, the series
| t~voted TO
London as Seen by
Charles Dana Gibson"
| Mr. Gibson has not be ore appeared as
ritter. He visit London Midsummer fol
scrlbners Magazine for the purpose Of de
Picting with pen and pencil those scenes
| aud types which the hug metropolis pre-
| re lis iii endless variety
tf Ike novelty in the first considerable
Novel by Richard Harding Davis,
Soldiers Of Fortune" The hero is one OF
! the most vigorous men that Mr.. Davis has
drawn. Illustrated by g. d, Gibson.
The Conduct Of Great Businesses"
beautifully illustrated series of articles
of which the following are already COM
pleted:
'1he Ma agemept of Great HOTEL
"The Working of the Bank
"A Great Mandatory"
Congratulate Life
in American Colleges"
series of articles touching upon the life
of our older universities as represented by
the doings of the students themselves.
Juoge HepryE Rowland writes on nder-
graduate Life at Yale"
Mr. Jam s Alexander on Princeton" and
Robert Grant and Edward S. Martin on
Harvard
Japan and China Since the War"
will be a most interesting group of articles
richly illustrated.
"The Unquiet Sex"
Under the title of 'The Unquiet Sex, Mrs
Helen Wattorson Moody viii write series
of articles: "Women and Reforms" THE
oliege- Bred Women" 'Woman's Clubs"
and 'The Case of Maria "a paper on do
nestle seryicel.
W. ID. Howell's STORY of a Play"
In this Mr.. Howells gives US the best novel
he has ever produced in his delightful
vein of light comedy.
George w. Cable.
In addition to the fiction enumerated there
will be series of four short stories by
George Gable, the only ones he has written
for many years.
How to Travel Wisely
with a minimum of wear and tear must be
regarded as an article little understood
will offer variety OF useful suggestions
and data on ocean ana Land Travel"
This will be- happily rounded out by an ar
tlcle from Mr. Richard Harding Davis on
Travellers One Meets; Their Ways and
Methods" The Illustrations by American
and foreign artists will behighly pertinent
LEY 1t is impossible in small space tn even
mention the many attractive features for 1897,
beautiful illustrated booklet has been pre-
pared, which will be sent. postage paid. on re-
quest.
Seribner's Magazine, $3 90 a year.
% cents ii copy
Charles SCribner's Sons,
.IB3-I67 Fifth Ave. New York.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15

authors,
Conan DOYLE, JEROME X. JEROME,
STANLEY WEYMAN, MARY E. WILKINS,
ANTHONY HOPE, BRET HARTE,
BRANDER MATTHEWS, Etc.
We offer this unequaled newspaper
and the KENTUCKIAN together one
year for $3.50. The regular subscrip.
ton price of the two papers is So.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
THE
7NICE-k-WEK
COQriCr=JOuPIab
81 YEAR.
Issued Wednesday and Satur.
day Mornings.

Beginning January L, 1897, the
Weekly Courier Journal was changed
to the Twice a. Week Courier j ournal.
Publication days are Wednesday and
Saturday. The Wednesday paper
will be devoted to news and political
topics. The Saturday issue will be
devoted to stories, miscellany, pict-
ures, poetry, etc..--a perfect family
paper.
Each issue will be six pages, or
twelve pages week-an increase of
two pages week, l04 pages or 1872
columns year.
The politics of the paper will not be
changed, and the battle for pure De-
mocracy and true Democratic prin-
ciples will be continued successfully
in the future as in the past. In spite
oil the expense involved in the inn
provements noted, the price of the
Twice week Courier j ournal will re-
main same, ST. year. A feature dur
ing the coming year will be the edi-
torials of MIR. Henry Watterson on
and other topics of the day.
Daily COurier-JOurnal | year, So
Daily and Sunday year, 81
alone | year. 2
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1897-01-15
Congratulate Life
in American Cnllepes.n


A series of articles touching upon the life
of our older universities as represented by
the doings of the students themselves.
Judge HepryE Rowland writes ONT nder
graduate Life at Yale"
Mr.. Jam S Alexander on Princeton" and
Robert Grant and hdward s. Martin on
Harvard j"