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The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
BuckIen's ArnIca sagve.

THE BEST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 20 cents per box. For sale by II. P.
S. Goold, 577 Congress ST., under Con-
gress Square Hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
PORTLAND.

Score-Providence 10; Portland, g. Stops
in goal-Allen, 40; Sword 80. Rushes-Daw-
son, Z; Whipple. 9; McPeck, TO- Referee
Wallace Attendance-S00.
Previous to the professional game the For
est Cities defeated the Portland Juniors in
sharply contested game by a score of to 3.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27

New so-called remedies spring up every
day like Mushrooms; but the people still
cling to DR., Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
Portland, Feb. %. 1897. ]

Portland, Feb. %, 1897.
561 Cumberland Street.
Portland Press:
After examination of the New
Revised Encyclopaedia Diction-
aryI can readily say that | am
highly pleased with the complete
ness of the vocabulary, with the
excellence and accuracy of the
definitions, the composition and
history of compound words, and
the many fine illustrations.
| think it an important aid to
every student who would wish to
acquaint himself with the English
language. Yours truly
REV. CHAS. F. ALLEN, DID.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27

1t will always relieve suffering
as long as suffering continues. to
exist.
That is why everybody is talking
about Puritana.
In the face of bitter opposition from
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
Augusta 6, RockIand 2.

Augusta, February 26.-The tailenders
played all around the leaders tonight,
winning in trot, after the first period
in hottest game of the season. Every
minute was fought with desperation.
The Augustus playing was aggressive
and well judged. Rockland's work was
good but availsd nothing. The score
Augusta, 6; Rockland, 2.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
Bath IL, Gardiner L.

Bath, February 26 The Baths had AL
easy time with Gardiner tonight. The
home team put up gilt edged polo all
the time. The visitors were utterly out
classed. One feature was goal made by
Murtaugh at the distance of 1926 feet from
the cage. Score-Bath, ~; Gardiner, 1.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
REMOVAL.

The Real Estate Offices of the
undersigned have been removed
to 4S Exchange st. BENJAMIN
e. HARRIS.
feb10 davis
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27

Portland, Feb. %, 1897.
Portland Press:
Gentlemen-After examination
l can only add my name to the
long list of admirers of this monu-
ment of industry and research.
REV. F. SOUTHWORTH,
10S Newbury street.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
ERAkDENG
-OUR-
SPRING STYLES.

Our Spring Footwear has Commenced
to arrive and we wish to announce to
the public, that we will have one of the
finest lines of Boots ond Oxford Ties ever
displayed in this city. These goods are
being made to our special order by lead
ing manufactures, and we shall sell the
same at remarkably low prices.
See our styles before purchasing your
Spring Footwear.
- g. wv - TaTrFs
OPPOSITE FREBLE HOUSE.
teb19eodtf
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27
ERraErr AER
Pr1rita11a Has Won
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

I'LL wHA ILL., d. S@ SAs1S
A., DUR1TANA has succeed
mSSA Merit has won as it always
EFEK The great remedy is sci
HEa hllJ entifc.
HN Kin Italso appeals to common
II But most of all, it cures.
Puritana brings food to
the starving.
1t brings drink to the perishing.
1t brings life to the dying.
When suffering people pay their
money they don't want name or a
history.
They want the real thing.
They want a cure.
Puritana is a cure.
The famous discoverer of Puritana,
Prot. Dixi Crosby, M. D., Ii. D., was
for 81 years at the head of. Dartmouth
medical college.
He has founded new method of
common sense treatment, and has be-
come the most noted of all the great
Crosby physicians.
He has given the world the secret of
health.
He has shown the prime importance
of the human stomach.
All bodily power begins in the
stomach.
All relief and cure must start there.
DIR. Crosby believed thatif he could
make the stomach right he could make
the whole body right.
That is what Puritana does.
Palpitation of the heart is a stomach
symptom.
Poor blood is a stomach symptom.
Headache is stomach symptom.
Troubles of the liver and kidneys are
stomac h symptoms.
Puritana banishes all these symp-
toms.
1t strikes at the root of them all and
cures the stomach.
This is proven by thousands of
witnesses.
Puritana has cured numberless cases
of chronic dyspepsia and indigestion
after every other remedy has failed.
Puritana has brought men and
women out of torture worse than death.
1t is doing it today.
Every day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27

many advertised preparations.
In the face of doubt and skepticism,
Puritana has succeeded.
Why?
Ask the men and women Who'll
Puritana has cured.
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27

Attorney General Haines recently re-
ceived letter from man in Bancroft
who informed him that two wick ed
unprincipalied men had established
themselves In that town il retailing to
the Thirsty portion of the public whiskey
and other beverages tabooed by the
statute law. He requested Mr.. Haines
to exercise the powers that the state has
recently given him and direct his atten-
tion TO wipine out the scandalcus state
of affairs in Bancroft. MIR. Eaines pro-
cesded to inform County Attorney
Bertram Smith of Penobsoot county and
erayely pointed out to that gentleman
bis duty in the matter. He SAID to Mr..
Smith that go that was probably the
only case of the kind in Penobscot ii
should not he permitted to continue a
blot on tie reputation of that coun-
ty. Mr. Smiths reply was brief and to
the point. 1t not only oleareh Penobscot
county of the charge against it but in
GUIDED important geographical data.
.tIf you will rub common school geo.
graphy over your head" be wrote ''you
will lind out that Bancroft is in ARGOS
took county,
The Portland daily press., 1897-02-27

Little setto as to Open Fires-Amenmdents
To Corporation Laws Proposed by SEN
ator Savage - Smyrna Statesman
Doesn't Want to Pay for Church of
Pleasant Point Indians.
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
ViCTORIA'S NERVE.
She Is IA Woman of Rare scIr-Posscs-
sion.

She Is !. Woman of Rare Selr-Posscs-
A singular fact about Queen Victoria
is that she has not only always en-
joyed exceptional good health, and that
even at her present advanced age she is
unusually strong and well, but that she
has had more hair-Dreadth escapes
than any other sovereign in history.
says the New York Journal. No FEWER
than seven attempts have been maze on
her life, and these have been occasions
when the queen has seemed face 10 lace
with death. Hyde Park was the scene
Of the first attempt on the queens lie,
which was made by youth OF II, VINO
on the 10th of July, 1910. fired at her
majesty with pistol. The prince con-
sort. to whom the queen had been mar
ried a few months before, happily saw
the youth in time to draw his Wlfe
down beside him. SO that the Dali
passed over her head. The mad youth
was for some time confined In Bedlam.
and was afterward allowed to go TO
Australia. Only two years passed away
before the second attempt, when, al
most on the same spot, man named
Francis fired at the queen as she WAS
again driving with the prince. The
shot missed and Francis was sentenced
to death for high treason. the sentence
being afterward commuted to transpor-
tation for life by desire of the queen
Strangely enough, on the very day her
majestys clemency became known, a
hunchback named Bean. mere youth,
made another attempt to injure the
queen He was transported for seven
years. Twenty-one years ago, when
the queen was crossing to Gasport from
Osborne, there was a collision with the
royal yacht, in which three persons per-
ished. But once more her life was pre-
served On many other occasions the
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26

en- them. For many years the sight OF
mountain sheep has been a rarity in
Colorado, and usually but one at a
time has been seen. A hunger far off
from civilization might decry solitary
sheep perched on crag overlooking
some wild and steep canyon, but hardly
ever within gunshot range. No such
thing as fifty sheep together has been
reported, even by the veriest Mum
chausen of hunters. When lone
sheep was seen ii usually disappeared
from view at the slightest alarm
Considering these things. the descent
of fifty sheep upon the town OF Jeffer-
son. as though they had formed them
selves into an excursion party, some
where among the mountains, does not
look reasonably eXplainable. The
general theory is that bitter cold and
deep SHOWS in the higher attitudes
drove them downward. and that they
joined together for mutual protection
as they Travelled from peak to peak.
Killing mountain sheep is absolutely
prohibited by law in Colorado. 1t is
closed season all the year round with
the animals, just as II is with buffalo.
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
A ItutI NIOukey,

Mr.. Texter, proprietor Of Ulmer park.
on Gravesend Beach, l.. l., has mon
key in his menagerie that is credited
with some queer pranks. He likes
whisky, beer and wine, takes drink
whenever he can get it, and like many
of the human species goes on spree
once in while. That is, he quits his
cage and disappears for time. Wheth-
er he leaves the park and goes to Coney
island or Bath beach is question. al
though it is reported he has been seen
in both places. If he returns home in
the night and finds that he is locked
out he gets in by breaking pane OF
glass. That he is bitterly opposed to
the Raines law is evident from the fact
that one day when a copy of the law
was lying in a chair near his cage he
came out. tore it into shreds and ate 1t.
Like some human men this monkey is
a wife-b -beater. A much smaller female
monkey occupies the cage with him,and
her face and head always bear marks
of his cuffs and blows.
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
A St;lntl;tr I.

He is man of irascible impulses and
bluntness of speech which wins him
many enemies. At the card table he
was greatly annoyed by lady who
insisted on paying more attention to
the conversation than she did to the
game. 81 see no reason she was say
ing why a woman should not assume
just as much Importance in all affairs
as men do" 81 see none myself" re-
piled the irascible man. with unusual
gentleness, provided she is intellectu-
ally qualified to do So And what
would you suggest as the test of her
mental ftness?" "As good test as any
would be her ability to remember what
are trumps. s."-Washington Star.
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26

| like assertions An investigation led
to the belief that Mr.. Connor had been
| taken from the common ward OF the
hospital and cared for in a private
room until he had recovered and was
discharged. Mexican was put in the
bed that he had vacated in the com
mon ward, and as the name over the
head of the bed was not changed Mr..
Connor was supposed to have oled In
stead of the Mexican. Further lnves-
tigation convinced friends that after
recovery from the long run OF FEVER
Mr.. Connor's reason was clouded ana
he did not not know enough to COM
municate with his friends. The medi-
um said he was confined in an insti-
tuition of some kind. The Psychical
Society became SO positive OF Its abll-
ity to locate him that p. c. Dodge and
DR.. Samuel Sparhawk. who was an in
innate acquaintance of Mr.. Connor.
went to Mexico, and have been work
ing for nearly two months under the
guidance of the adopts, who sent them
telegraphic suggestions bearing upon
the strange case. Consul-General
Shaffer at Vera Cruz gave every pos
sible assistance, as did F. r. Guernsey,
editor of paper published in the City
of Mexico. In the consultations with
Mrs. Piper regarding Mr.. Connor's fate
the spirit of an old man has broken
through her while in a trance. Her
descriptions of Mexico and places
and people were accurate to the small
est detail. The medium herself. SO it
is claimed, has no knowledge of Mex
ico At times another incorporeal be-
ing, apparently younger man, ex-
pressed itself through Mrs. Piper by
means of writing. The writing bore
no resemblance to the mediums own
chirography. 1t was that Of a we'll
educated person and gives exact de-
scriptions of the country In which Mr..
Connor now is. By these directions
Mr.. Dodge and searching party have
been conducted from the City of Mex
leo through town after town to OriZaba,
thence to Puebla, where they now are.
Pueba is 100 miles from the City OF
Mexico. and its scenery. streets and
surroundings have been exactly pic
tured by Mrs. Piper. kilograms re-
ceived at frequent intervals direct the
party. They sometimes mention towns
by name. oftener by the scenery
around them. One message told Mr..
Dodge to go up certain street. turn
to the left from church and proceed
toward a hill. With such details the
searchers are able to find the exact
localities Indicated. The Connors fam
lily say the search is not a sensational
or superstitious experiment They. with
members of the Psychcal society, re-
gard 1t as scientific investigation.
They say that the United States and
Mexican governments and large num-
ber OF persons in all societies of psychic
al research are deeply interested and
ready to assist in any way possible.
While in the various towns the search
ers visited the warehouses;, asylums
ard other institutions, looking for
clews. At one sitting 1t was said by
the spirit that Mr. Connor was in
building at work with his hands and
that he had on checkered frock. The
details of his appearance were enough
to be absolutely correct and some OF
his physical peculiarities were men
toned. 1t was stated that he has lucid
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26

he still lives, or to learn his fate, II
dead. Mr.. Connor was an expert with
the calcium light and stereopticon ef-
fects. He directed that feature OF
successful play during its run in New
York. Then he went to the City Of
Mexico with theatrical troupe and
was stricken with tropical fever. His
death and burial were reported and a
$1,000 policy was paid to his father
w. Fl. H. Connor, assistant postmaster
OF Burlington. About year ago p. C.
Dodge, who had been lifelong friend
of Mr.. Connor, went to Mexico and
opened the grave. The remains that it
contained were not those of his friend.
Mrs. Hannah Piper, medium who
had been tested by the Society OF
Psychical Research of Boston, was con-
suited by Mr.. Connor's family and
friends. She said that Dean Connor
was not dead. Other mediums made
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
UNCLE SANS AUCTION SALE.
Annual Disposal of Accommodations of
the Dead Letter Once.

Annual Disposal of Accommodations of
the Dead Letter Once.
One of the queerest institutions" OF
the national capital is the annual clear
ance sale of the dead letter office, in
which vast accumulation of articles
gone astray in the mails is sold to the
,iSnest bidder. says me Indianapolis
Journal. The auction house where 1t
Is held Is continually crowded with
excited men, women and children and
beside it the bargain counters during
the holidays are as havens OF rest. for
when Uncle Sam goes into the junk
shop business great things are ex-
pected. AS In the church-fair raffle,
you pay small amount of money and
trust to luck to get back more than
Its value. The articles, previously
listed in a wholesale sort of way, are
tied up in bundles of from three to
half dozen and "auctioned" for what
they will bring, the average bids rang
ing between 10 cents and a dollar. No
body Is permitted to examine the goods
before purchasing and no money is re-
funded to the dissatisfied. Everybody
hopes to pull genuine plum from the
pie in the shape of diamond ring.
silk dress pattern or a silver teerot
and, although comparative blanks are
the rule. there is always the possibility
OF prize. For example, the auctioneer
holds up one of these odd-shaped bun
dies, listed Pictures. underwear,
music, cigars. Going-going
for 80 cents to dapper young gentle
man who was caught by the word
cigar" He opens it on the spot-an
unwise thing to do If one objects to
good-natured ridicule-and this Is what
he finds: Six cigars broken into bits,
so strong an odor that one wonders
how a sledge-hammer could have done
it; music, soiled copy of Il Love You,
Nah Honey, Yes I Do; underwear,
female 10-cent Jersey; pictures, col
lection of newspaper cuts, designed for
amusement Of some small child. The
lot would be dear at quarter and Is
Of no use to the buyer. In the dead
letter Office proper-that charnal house
which swallows nearly half million
missives every month, it is positively
narrowing. More than forty bushels
of photographs have accumulated there.
awaiting the annual cremation. There
dozen mattresses, grandmothers silver
locks and babies golden curls, many
no doubt cut from dead brows; and
small sums of money which poor work
men send home to feed their wives and
little ones and servant girls save from
their scanty wages for needy parents
gone to Uncle Sans rich purse, not be-
cause the United States wants it but
because the senders writing or or
biography was beyond mortal ken. 1t
is hard to realize that in this land OF
schools at the close of the nineteenth
century there are SO many people so
ignorant or so careless as TO send sew
eral millions Of letters a year without
stamps, or addresses, or with addresses
which no man can make out. People
seem to be so intent on what goes into
the letters that they forget all about
the superscription. 1t is estimated that
s4,5O0,0O0 in drafts and SS0,O000O0 in
cash is received every year through
dead letters.
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26

dies has one that will eventually hunt down
and arrest that particular disease.
Lung and bronchial diseases are among
the most battling complaints which doctors
have to deal with because it isn't the lungs
OF bronchial tubes alone which are affected,
but every corner of the system furnishes
king place for these elusive maladies.
They change and reappear and dodge
about the system under numberless dis
guises. They are almost always compli-
Gated with liver or stomach troubles nerv-
BUSINESS, neuralgia, or general debility"
The best detective remedy which Nature
has provided to search ont and arrest these
perp1exing ailments is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery 1t lays an arresting
hand directly upon the poisonous, paralyz-
ing elements hiding in the liver and diges-
tive organs.
1t gives the blood making glands power
to manufacture an abundant supply of pure,
red, highly vitalized blood which reinforces
the lungs with healthy tissue; feeds the
nerve centres with power, and builds up
solid muscular flesh and active energy.
Forveak lungs, splitting Of blood, shortness
of breath, nasal catarrh bronchitis, severe
coughs, asthma, and kindred affections, 1t
is sovereign remedy. While it promptly
cures the severest cough it strengthens
the system and purifies the blood.
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
CAus--' T. v riN,

A few reasons why some families nre nv
ways poor: Scraps Of meat are thrown away.
Hroonls and mopS not hung up. Cold
potatoes are left to sour and spoil. Lights
left burning when not In use. Ninega :
spoons ure used In scraping kettles Mus
tnrd Is left 10 spoil In the cruise. Tin dishes
are not properly cleaned and dried. Good
new brooms are used to scrub kitchen iloors.
Apples decay for want of sorting over. The
tea and coflec box are left open. Snnp Is
left to dissolve and waste In water. Wood
enwnre unscalded is left to warp and crack.
Sugar tea rice and coffee are carelessly
spilled. Dishtowcls are used for dishcoths,
napkins for dlshtowcls, and towels for
holders. Bones Of meat and the frnines or
turkeys and chickens nre thrown away
when they could be used In making soup.
More coal is burned than necessary by not
closing the hampers when the fire liz not
used. Bread crumbs are thrown away when
they can he made into puddlngs and vnrioui
other dishes both nppeiizing and nutritious
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
CURIOUS FACTS.

The great hammer of the Woolwich
Gun Works of England weighs forty
tons and has drop of forty-four feet.
1t takes thirty-seven specially con-
structed and equipped steamers to keep
the submarine telegraph cables Of the
world in repair
At an annual sweet-pea flower show
in Massachusetts recently, no fewer
than 1l6 varieties of this pretty blos-
som were shown.
Paper gas pipes are now made. These
pipes are claimed to be perfectly gas
tight and are said to be much cheaper
than iron pipes.
The finished portion of the new con-
gressional library at Washington has
about forty-four miles of shelving,
which will accommodate over two mil
lion volumes. The ultimate capacity
OF the building for books will be up
ward of 100000 volumes, or nearly
one hundred miles of shelving. In
gratifying contrast to the usual result
in the case of public buildings con-
struction is that the total cost Of the
work will be less by $4,000 than the
limit fixed by congress.
The largest bridge in the world is the
Lion bridge near Sangsang, China. 1t
extends five and half miles over a
part OF the Yellow Sea- and is support
ed by three hundred huge stone arches.
The Electrical World says that GER
tain little mechanical device is called
in Germany "Automatischespiege
plattenbil zschutzvorrichtung." AS its
name clearly indicates, 1t is an appar-
atusforprotecting againstlightningcon-
sisting ofplatesofmirrorglas au-
tomatically In this country we are in
the habit of calling this simple device .
"cutout."
The Springfield herald., 1897-02-26
RAPID 1Mf fhVNEMENT.
In the Case of q. II. Lesvitt, of Coal
creek, Colo. He Was Sick for
Months, and Physiclans Failed
to Cure Him, sfl

From the Record. c non City Colo.
G. II. Leavitt is a trusted eulrloye OF the
Unit, Oil Company ut .oaicreek, Co.orauo.
For several years his health has been bad
and rapidly going from that to worse. He
was troubled with cons tipation, a very seri-
GUS nervous headache, sharp pains down the
back, general debility, and, In fact, was SO
generally run down In health that it seemed
there wasn't well part or function to him.
During the winter OF '95 and '96, he was not
able to walk any distance or take any great
exertion whatever. He continued work be-
cause his employment required very lite
labor, but he had one of his children with
him constantly lest he should be overcome
and faint awny.
Mr.. Leavitt tried several physicians, but
none could do anything for him. Instead OF
improving under their care, he grew rapid
ly worse. Although he tried many prep
arations and medicines nothing seemed to
At his case. ~
Sometime in May last, he read an account
of Dr. Williams Pink Pills in the Canon
City Record. and he determined TO try then.
He Immediately purchased q box at H. H.
Rosser's drug store in Coalcreek, and began
their use. After he had taken four or five
boxes he noticed wonderful change, and
after that he began to improve rapidly.
Now Mr.. Leavitt is strong, hearty man OF
200 pounds weight. He has his full strength,
is never troubled with constipation, nervous
headache, pain in back. and in most ways
feels better than he has felt before in many
years. He has good appetite, and says he
feels like new man. Mr.. Leavitt attributes
his recovery wholly to DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. He Is A years of
age and has family of seven children.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in u con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions, irregularities and all forms
of weakness. They build up the blood, and
restore the glow of health to pale and
sallow checks. In men they effect a radical
cure in all cases arising from mental worry,
over-work or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never In loose
and may be had Of all druggists, or direct by
mail from DIR. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady. n. Y.