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The Press., 1897-06-24
BRIDAL FAVORS.
An Ancient and Curious German We'd
 ding Custom.

An Ancient and Curious German Wed
 ding Custom.
 In The Ladies Home Journal Max von Binzer writes of his experience as A Page at the Berlin Court" upon the occasion of a double royal wedding and of the preceding and succeeding festivi- ties. DescT .bing an ancient and curious custom, he writes: And now-after the wedding, dinner and ball-carne the 'Fackeltanz. Several of the highest officials entered the hall with flaming torches. A procession was formed, with the bride in the midst. A number of complicated polonaise figures were then executed, after which the line closed about tho bride and groom and marched out as escort to the bridal chambers
 ''As. tho doors of the bridal apart ments closed upon the happy pair we found ourselves immediately next the entrance. We waited expectantly for the next feature, holding our advantageous position with some difficulty. In few moments the doors flew open, and half a thousand silxen garters, with the mon- ograms embossed on the gold buckles, were thrown out by the ladies of honor Court etiquette was for the nonce for gotten. Generals, courtiers, chamber lains and state ministers scrambled and fought with one another for these me- mentos. But we pages, rest assured, got the lions share. have several of these souvenirs now, although many were given away by me that night to beseech- ing dignitaries.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Birthday of the Locomotive.

What has been regarded by some as the birthday of the railway locomotive occurred on Sept. 27, 1895, with Ste- phenson as the father of the event. The Stockton and Darlington railway had been built, and, through his persistent importunities, laid with iron, instead of wooden rails. It had been intended merely for horse draft, but the inventor prevailed upon the owners to allow him trial of his steam locomotive.
 Stephenson himself was the driver on that occasion, and, before tremendous crowd of curious and for the most part incredulous people, he drew train of nearly 80 wagons, loaded with passen- gers and coal, at speed of 12 to 15 miles per hour. Thus the first train that ever carried passengers made its journey in safety, and the enthusiasm of the multitude was indescribable.
 But, notwithstanding this demonstra- tion, the locomotive was still unmerci- fully ridiculed by the majority. Nor was this ridicule confined to the ignor- ant classes. The ablest engineers con- tended that it was ridiculous to suppose that steam could ever be practically em- ployed in competition with horse power for transportation. Almost incredible as it may now seem, it is fact that politi- cal economists inveighed against therail- way and the engine as constituting an imaginary reform, which, even if success ful-which was very doubtful-would deprive stage drivers, teamsters and inn keepers of their livelihood. It was in the face of an almost universal opposi- tion, of the wild, unreasonable kind, that few men, led by the great Ste phenson, labored steadily onward and fE@lly established the railroad and the locomotive as institutions of the land. North American Review,
The Press., 1897-06-24
A PRESIDENTS RECEPTION.
An Incident of a Trip to Washington
 Many Years Ago.

An Incident of Trip to Washington
 Many Years Ago.
 An old timer was in reminiscent mood after trip to Washington, and among other things recited the follow ing incident, which could possibly occur in no other country on the globe, and which seems to show the fervor of a most fervid race and gives an insight into President Andrew JUhnson's char acter as a man such as could not be found ill a dozen histories of the man who held every elective office in the power of our sovereign people, from con- stable of Columbia, Tenn. to president of the United States:
 ''It was just following the impeach- ment trial, " said the narrator, "when MT. Johnson was making his grand tour of the country. His party put up at the Spencer House, which was then a swell hotel When the presidential party were leaving the Spencer, the carriages were driven from the hotel entrance across to the east side of Broadway, and it chanced that the one in which MT. John son and Secretary Stanton were seated pulled up in front of genial Ed Quin- tons railroad hotel, then at Front. and Broadway, but now, like poor Ed, no more.
 ''At that time an old Irishman named Kennedy, nickr~med the Democrat, , was employed as houseman at Quinton' s, and chanced to be standing at the front door with the youth who was at once clerk and bookkeeper of the railroad.
 "'Wurra, who's the little fat fellow they're all shakin hands wut?' asked o'i Kennedy of the clerk.
 "'President Andy Johnson,' was tue reply.
 Andy Johnson, the rale out an out president himself, f'om Washington?'
 "'The same.
 "'Do you think could I shaker
 "'You can.
 "Taking off his battered old hat and producing from it yard square red handkerchief, with which he mopped his face and wiped his hands, he approach ed the presidential carriage, which was an open one. When there, he placed his hat firmly between his knees, spat on his hands, extended the right and ex- claimed:
 Wisha, how are ye, Andy, my da- cent ouid Dimocrat?'
 ''The beaming smiles on the face of the old Irishman were ref1ec on the presidents as he grasped the honest hand.
 "'Never better, my old friend. How are you?'
 "'Oh, begorra, kilt wut pleasure at seein you. Whisper (the presidential head bent down to the speaker). Come an hev a drink wut me yourself, an the ould fellow, Quinton, have grate whisky, an, by gobs, he'll trate us da- cent
 Ut is needless to say the party did not drink, but as the carriage started MT. Johnson, turning to MT. Stanton, said:
 MT. Stanton, that is the most heartfelt reception I ever met with. '' Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Press., 1897-06-24
IF LOVE ABIDE.

What If the sunshine kiss no more the mountains pei Nor in the vale no more the purple shad- ows seek
 To mount on high,
 And. coming nigh, Drive from the heights whom they would kiss and clasp And dim his rays forever in their chilly grasp? What If the flowers bloom no more, but droop their heaCs, That have incarnadined the summers garden beds?
 What if the sheaves
 In autumn eyes Rustic no more to woo the hiding whip poorwill And all the happy bird songs are forever still" What if the earth should eer be wrapped in endless night And cirCling moons attendant wander without light?
 What can betide
 If love abide? Let suns and spheres, sweet body breath all, ended Be. am content so love endure eterr W. Emily Selinger in New York Y .pune.
The Press., 1897-06-24
SHI~ LIGHTING.
How Electrical Appliances A re Now Utfl.
 ized Cor This Purpose.

How Electrical Appliances A re Now Uti1.
 ized Cor This Purpose.
 When electrical plants were first ln- stalled aboard ship, lead incased cables, run in ordinary molding, were used al- most entirely, and in case of iron ships the hull was frequently employed for the return circuit. The latter method soon passed out of use, for it not only increased the fire hazard, but was in- efficient mechanically, and also liable to give rise to disturbing influences on the ships cOmpasses.
 Lead incased conductors in ordinary mOldipg were used on the first two United States men-of-war having cleo tric plants-the Trenton and Omaha but with unsatisfactory results ill each case. In the latter ship, the electrical plant of which was installed by the writer in 1884, the lead incased port and starboard mains passed through holes bored in live oak knees, one hole to about each six feet of run, and the writer has a vivid recollection of the difficulties encountered in boring several hundred three-quarter and half inch holes through about eight inches of gnarled oak, very nearly as hard to pierce as some of the tougher metals. It is perhaps needless to say that the cost of labor and tools was no small item in the cost of installation.
 Lead incased conductors were finally discarded, except in some special work, as the protection from injury to the in- sulatiOn and from moisture, which the lead sheath was supposed to give, was found to be illusory. Dents caused short circuiting on the sheath of the conductOrI while punctures, permitting the entrance of moisture, led to bad grounds as well as short circuits
 At the present day what may be call ed composite system for the installa- tion of the distributing conductors is employed Equal security in all parts of the installation is the object kept in view, and to obtain this several systems are blended together as one While molding and flexible conduits are used in the saloons and cabins, the conduct ors in the machinery spaces and holds are run in iron coduits. which arc thor oughly insulated on the inside, and special fittings are employed in passing through the decks and bulkheads. Spe- cial water tight switches, cutouts and fixtures are also used wherever there is exposure to the weather.-E G. Der nard in Cassier's Magazine.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Deafness (,annot be cnrefi

by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased portion of the ear. There is only one way to cure Deafness, and that is by constitu- tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an tn- famed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets fnflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed Deafness is the re- out and this tube restored to it's normal condi- tion, hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is surfaces.
 We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of Deafness (cauSed by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
 F.J. CHENEY & CO.,, Toledo, O. sE Sold by Druggists. 75c.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Witch Superstitions.

In some of the country districts of England the peasants are said to be- lieve that elves and witches steal babies from their cradles and place their own elfin offspring in the place of the robust child. After a child is baptized the witches and fairies have no power over it. Hence the peasants have their little ones baptized as soon as possible.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Canadian .JeweIry.

It is something of a disgrace to Can- ada that her manufacturers of cheap plated jewelry are in the habit of stamp ing it genuine gold. The excuse given is that foreigners food our markets with such fraudulent jewelry, and to hold their own Canadian manufactur- CTS must commit the same fraud Montreal Witness
The Press., 1897-06-24
L.arding Pork.

In larding with pork the fattest piece procurable should be bought Clean salt pork is not available for any use) and the strips always cut from that part be- tween the streak of lean and the rind. This is thA only portion firm enough for the purpose. The bits should then be laid in ice water to become crisp be- fore using. New York Post.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Salt thrown on a coal fire which is low will revive 1t.

W. B. Johnson, Newark O., says, "One Minute Cough Cure saved my only child from dying by croup." It has saved thousands of others suffering from croup, pneumonia, bronchitis and other serious throat and lung troubles. w. D. ueald's Drug store.
 Salt used in sweeping carpets keeps out moths.
 Some for ten, some for twenty and some for thirty years have suffered from piles and then have been quickly and per mdnently cured by using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and all forms of skin diseases. w. D. HeaId's Drug store.
 The Beggars of Italy.
 Bicycling Through the Dolomites," in The Century, is an account of Colonel George E. Waring's European trip. Concerning mendicancy in Italy, Col one1 Waring writes: Perhaps there is no better index to the good or bad con- dition of the working people of coun- try than is afforded by the number of beggars one meets on the roads. The poles set up at the border of Austria, with their spiral stripes of yellow and black, do not mark the line between it and Italy much more clearly than does the advent of the beggar the moment the line is crossed. In Austrian Tyrol there are virtually no beggars. On the Italian side, even we'll dressed people in the fields will leave their work to beg coppers from the passing traveller. One day, in the upper Innthal, 8 cou- pie of bright looking, rosy faced chil- dren ran after us, asking for kreutzers. "Maw knix" upbraided them for such a shameful act, and they slunk away. He spoke of this with much indignation to a neighbor, who said their whole fam lily were away ill the fields at work, or they would not have dared to beg, and that he would see that they were we'll spanked when their mother came home at night. Nuns and few favored crip- ples sometimes ask aims at the doors of the churches in the larger towns, and the poor box is always found inside, but the peasantry and the churches take care of their own poor, so that the vice of beggary is unknown among them. In Italy, on the other hand, it is ob vious that special conditions of deform- ity are artificially produced. Both legs broken and badly reset in childhood constitu te a good source of income for life, and anything that appeals to sym pathy is made the occasion for cultivat- ing a very mistaken and mischievous charity.
The Press., 1897-06-24
One Way to be Hnnnr

Is to attend to the comforts of your family. Should one catch a cold or cough, call on E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. F. Fuller, Somers; Odell < Jones, Staf- fordville, sole agents, and get a trial bot tie of Otto's Cure, the great German Rem- edy, Free. We give 1t away to prove that we have q sure Cure for Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Consumption, and all diseases of the Throat and Lungs. Large sizes 5Oc and 25c.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Don't thin your blood with sassafras or poison it with blue-mass but aid Nature by using De Witt's Little Early Risers, the famous little pills for constipation, biliousness and stomach and liver trou- bles. They are purely vegetable. w. D. Heald's Drug store
The Press., 1897-06-24

Window plants should not be taken out to the garden and syringed with cold water when in bloom. It will check the flowers and may destroy them altogether.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Try Grain-O! Try Grain-O!

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you package Of GRAIN-O, the new food drink that takes the place of coffee. The children may drink it with out in jury well as the adult. All who try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made from pure grains and the most delicate stomach receives it with out distress. A the price of coffee. 15c and 25 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Lii Hung Chang was over six feet in height before age bowed his head and bent his shoulders. His left eye is par tially closed by paralytic stroke.
The Press., 1897-06-24

TERRIBLE AOOIDENT.-It is a terrible accident to be burned or scalded but the pain and agony and the frightful disfgure- ments can be quickly overcome without leaving a scar by using De Witt's Witch Hazel SaIve. w. D. Heald's Drug store
The Press., 1897-06-24
Pwo-Febrm 7ab/ets

He Writes
 1T think most highly of Pyro-Febrin Tablets, not only from knowledge of their composition but from use in my own family as 8 remedy for Headaches and Head Colds. They contain no opium or other ingredients to which objection could be made, and are we'll calculated to accomplish the results intended.
 JOHN T. STODDARD,
 Professor of Chemistry" Will relieve any kind of headache in from five to fifteen minutes. Will stop hay fever and head colds in one day. For sick and nervous headaches, neuralgia, or any head pain or congestion. Invaluable to la dies subject to periodical headaches. Price 25o. NrTo any one desiring to test tAese Tablets, e liberal trtaI package wfU 6e senf # kAis advertisement De mailed, zvfM s-cenf stamP, tO
 PYR0-FEBRIN CO.,. Northampton. Mass. Sold by w. w. LATHRoR-
The Press., 1897-06-24

Don't neglect a cough because the weather is pleasant; before the next storm rolls around it may develop into a serious difficulty beyond repair. One Minute Cough Cure is easy to take and will do what it's name implies. w. b. Heald's Drug. store.
The Press., 1897-06-24

They are dandies," said Thos. Bow CTS, of the Crockett, Texas. Enterprise, while writing about De Witt's Little Ear,y Risers, the famous little pills for sick headache and disorders of the stom- ach and liver. W. D. Heald's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-24
Gg
line usrr of Whit. Sand.

In some of the many trips taken to the scNs hore do not forget to bring homo scnIe clean white sand. It will be found very useful in arranging flow CTS for the table in low. shallow dishes, Us well as for securing purposes. If the jardinielo is nHCd three-quarters full with this sand, cattails and grasses can be arranged much more gracefully, the sand being heavy enough to hold them. -BrUukiyn Lagle.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Chloride of lime will cause rats to flee from the neighborhood in which 1t is ex- posed.
The Press., 1897-06-24

rTNO All Interested in Fertilizers \ The Buffalo Fertilizers, made Of pure Animal Matter, are the most profitable to buy.
 Having wholesale agency can give bottom prices. Car near at hand containing:
 40 BagSBuffalo Fertilizer, @ $1.70 40 Bags Potato, Hop and Tobacco, 180 20 Bags Buffalo Guano, 15O 20 Bags Cyclone Bone, 1.SO 40 Bags Erie King, 1.30 40 Bags Wheat, Oats, Barley and Grass, 1.70 40 Bags Potato Special, 190
 Five cents per hundred on if taken from car at Powder track. Agents wanted
 0. F. BRADWAY, West Stafford.
The Press., 1897-06-24

It is recommended that there should be regular hour for feeding poultry. 1t is wonderful how quickly the fowls will know when the time arrives This is especially 50 with ducks
The Press., 1897-06-24
CnnstantinopIe,s Beauty.

No ono ever neared Constantinople without being struck by it's marvellous hcauty. Mrs. Max Muller, in Letters From Constantinople, thus describes it:
 ''Under all lights and at all hours the view of Constantinople from the Marinora is unique in loveliness. The gul. tIo outlines of tho low hills, the va ried colors, the magnificent buildings form a whole, combining in one the beauties of Stockholm, Venice and the bay of Naples. When lit up by sun- shine, the varieties of color are dazzling. The eye rests on mosque after mosque, with their snow white minarets, in sharp contrast to the almost black cy- presses that mark the small, unused burial grounds surrounding each mosque or the vast cities of the dead at Scutari, beyond Pera, and outside the old city walls. TLe roofs of most Turkish houses are a rich brown, while large plane trees, with their bright green leaves, stand in every garden, and over all is a sky so blue that after sojourn of sev- eraI weeks one longs for the contrast of English cIol; ds.''
 THE GRANDEsT REMEDY.-Mr. R. ". Greeve, merchant, of Chilhowie, Va., cer- tifies that he had consumption, was given up to die, sought all medical treatment that money could procure, tried all cough remedies he could hear of. but got no re- lief: spent many nights sitting up in a eh. .ir was induced to try Dr. Kings New Discovery, and was cured by the use of two bottles. For past three years has been attending to business, and says Dr. Kings New Discovery is the grandest remedy ever made. AS it has done so much for him and also for others in his community. Dr. Kings New Discovery is guaranteed for Coughs. Colds and Con- aumpti,,n It. don't fail. Trial hottl" ire. al E. K. Taft's Drug Store.
 In North Dakota the killing of quail anl English and Chinese ph"asants is prohibited until 1906, and beaver and otter can not be trapped or killed until 1903
 Sick headache can be quickly and com | p5..t"Iv overcome by using those famous i.1h pills known as De Witt's Little | Early Risers. w. D. Heald's Drug store Halnu1s and butternuts are being sue C.. --fuI!y cultivated in Whatcom county
 . h.ngton. They are not native to the r .!i.,n.
 Not only piles of the very worst kinc
 .:.n t,,. cured by De Witt's Witch Haze ;v.... but ecz-ma, scalds, burns, bruises | ,,ni:~. ulcers and all other skin troubles ,.ar II" instantly relieved by the same remedy. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
 Tn" busiest telephone exchange in tht wur; d is in Chicago. It is the Washing ton street exchange, where the daily aver ag.. is l8O. 900 messages.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Tn" busiest telephone exchange in the word is in Chicago. It is the Washing ton street exchange, where the daily aver ag., is l8O. .OOO messages.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Some for ten, some for twenty and some for thirty years have suffered from piles and then have been quickly and per- mdnently cured by using De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great remedy for piles and all forms of skin diseases. w. D. HeaId's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Sick headache can be quickly and com pj..t"Iy overcome by using those famous i,th' pills known as "De Witt's Little Enr:y Risers. w. D. Heald's Drug store
The Press., 1897-06-24

The velocity of the earth's rotation on its axis at the equator is 1 40 feet per second, or nearly 25, ,0OO miles a day.
The Press., 1897-06-24

The most dangerous waters in the worl for the passage of ships lie off the east coast of England, Cape Uehant, in France, and Cape Finis erre, in Spain.
The Press., 1897-06-24

In North Dakota the killing of quail anI English and Chinese ph"asants is prohibited until 1906, and beaver and otter can not be trapped or killed until IqO3
The Press., 1897-06-24

Not only piles of the very worst kind .ln t,. cured by De Witt's Witch Hazel
 ;v.. but ecz-ma, scalds, burns, bruises, s"i:~. ulcers and all other skin troubles ,.aI! be instantly relieved by the same remedy. w. D. Heald's Drug store.
The Press., 1897-06-24

Halnu1s and butternuts are being suc- ...@-fml!y cultivated in Whatcom county, |. h.ngton. They are not native to the zion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-26
They
Have
Not
Come
Down
Our
Prices
Yet---
Nor
Will
They.

Our customers recognize
in our assortment of staple
goods the largest and best in
Honolulu. This is a broad
assertion, but its utter truth
fulness carries it through.
Our stock of fancy goods has
never been equalled. Organ
dies, dimities, piques. plain
or fancy are the best ever
offered for the money.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-07-26
For Cricket HOnOrS.

1t is understood that after the base
ball season has been completed, the
Star team will play cricket match
with the H. G. C.'s. The latter will
give the baseballists two of their good
men to make things a little more even
and therefore, a little more interest
ing. Should some Of them get to play
ing cricket on the baseball order there
is no telling how many Of the H. G. G..
men will have to be carried off the
field. Baseballists have habit of
throwing their bats and tanning at a
ball in all sorts of ways.