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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

Mr. George n. Rice is we'll known In
Portland and Biddeford. He was in the
late war for nearly four years, in Com
pany ii, Both Me. Regiment, ia now pio-
prietor OF a barber shop at 663 Congress
street. he writes as follows:
Ihe Puritana Compound Company:
Gentlemen-I had best described ny
case in order that you may know the
terrible condition / was in, before tax
ing the best remedy in the world-Puri-
tana. J. have spent many dollars for doc
tors on my case, which was lnfiamma-
ton of the lower intestines, liver and
kidneys. A year ago i had terrible
chill, ana since that 1 could eat hardly
anything without suffering the most
acute pain. Evenra little shredded wheat
and cream would bring them about and
cause vomiting spells.
For two months at time was con-
tined to the bed. and the only thing I
could keep on my stomach was little
range juice. had to be kept under
the influences of morphine which was
injected into my arm in order to get any
rellef whatever from the agony l was
in. did not expect to live. In fact, I
had been given up to die. My weight
ran down from 200 to 140 pounds. I
was skeleton to what had been.
In this precarious condition I RAID
about case OF a person in Boston, which
it seemed to me described my case ez-
actly, and he was curad by Puritana.
My wife insisted that 1 try It, But I
confess it was with reluctance that I
consented to try anything more. as felt
that the last effort had been made and all
done that could be done. had not fin
ished the contents of the first bottle of
Puritana before marked improvement
was noticeable. My friends asked me
what was taking. l told them stthe
best medicine on earth, Puritana.
In continuing the treatments it has put
me on my feet in the best shape. My
weight has gone up to ls5spounds, 1 at
tend to my regular business day after
day, and feel we'll again. was also
troubled with muscular rheumatism,
and that is all gone too.
You have my heartfelt thanks for put
ting such remedy as PurItaua on the
market. l recommend it to all nv
friends whom know are troubled with
any difficulty arising from bad stom-
ach. (Signed)
GEORGE N. RICE.
663 Congress street.
Portland, Me-, April 9th, 1897.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
A Terre Haute Sale

Terre Haute, Ind, May 11.-The oman
ing day of the A. T. jackson and Com
pany horse sale was marked by a fair o at
tendance. The big sales were. tSI,l ag
2os IA, to Eastern parties for "a, 500 Ia and nd
Old Hutch, eli Ia for 1880 '00o' anu
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

Too much has not been claimed for
Puritana. 1t cures from end fothot.
Through the stomach it reaches and
restores all parts of the human system
incluing the blood, nerves, heart aud
mucous membrane. The Puritana treat
mnt includes three remedies at the price
OF one in one package. 1t is Natures
cure
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
catarrh and Colds Relieved in 10 to 60

Catarrh and Colds Relieved in 10 to 60
Minutes.
One short puff of the breath through
the Blower, supplied with each bottle of
DR.. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder. diffuses
this Powder over the surface of the ma
val passages. Painless and delightful
to use 1t relieves instantly and perma-
nently cures Catarrh, Hay Fever, Colds,
Headache, Sore Throat, Tonsilitis and
Deafness. 80 cents.
Sold by E. L. Foss, s53 Congress ST.,
near Park ST.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
Bicycfes as Raggace.

New York, May 1.-THE passenger
at its meeting today decided to accept
bicycles as personal baggage between
states except between Canada and the
United States. Between these points
they will have to be checked and paid for
as regular baggage
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

For Pin Worms, Eczema, Hives, in
fact, any OF the various torturing, itchy
diseases OF the skin. Doan's Ointment is
an instant and positive remedy. Get it
from your dealer.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

Eddie Kelley, q child of about six years
fell into the north canal at Lawrence.
Tuesday forenoon and was drowned,
At 10 O'Clock the body had not been
found and the search was given up for the
night.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
Maine Patents.

Washington, May 1.-THE following
patents have been granted to Maine men
". W. Cole, Portland, paper clip,
s. B. Gibsen, Biddeford, pencil sharp
ener.
g. w. Hall, Hermon, type-writing ma
chiRa.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

Mrs. NJ. II. Ford, who lives in Kenne-
bunk, Me-, has had very wonderful
experience with Puritana, as may be
seen by the following letter:
The Puritana Compound Co.
Gentlemen-I want to endorse your
heading fully that sit cures from head
to foot" and also enclose what Puritana
has done for me. Last winter was very
poorly with general weakness and
bad cough Ia the spring I had to give
up. My stomach was so weak that every
thing ate or drank caused terrible suff-
erine and agony. I got SO low that my
friends thought would never 60 out
again. I tried many kinds of medicines to
which were recommended, but, thanks
you and your compound, 1 found cure
at last. The first bottle began the cure.
and today l can say that am complete
ly we'll. You do not claim that it cures
coughs, but in my case it cured all my
complaints. I shall recommend Puri-
tana at all times and in all places, for
what it has done for me.
Again thanking you, remain,
Yours etc.,
(Signed)
MRS. NH. FORD.
Kennebunk, Maine.
In addition to this letter Mrs. Ford has
written again to say that her health ID
completely restored and that she thinks
Puritana saved her life.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

day on the Deering grounds. The Bates
are the team which gave the Portlands
such tussle a couple of weeks ago, and
Q lively game is expected. Game called at
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

The my Friend from India" company
are in Portland for few days on their
way back from their eastern trip. They
stop at the Portland Tavern
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

1atS
come to us to sell. Not all
of them, for Jordan, Marsh
& Co. had part of them.
There's not the slightest
damage to them
Except possibly to their nerves, for they were
in great danger of burning.)
The smell of smoke is hardly
noticed. The prices are about g the
regular retail values.
Listen to a brief recapitul alton of
Mondays advertisement of them.
S1.0o for Corola and English Gloria Cow
SO cents. erings. PARAGON frames, "a
inch. Decorated Dresden, Gel
luloid, Bamboo and natural
wood handles.
Warranted fast black. Only
Dollar Umbrella for SOC
$3.50 for Extra fine English Gloria, 8 rib.
79c. paragon frame. Fancy Ivory
and silver trimmed horn handles.
These handles alone used TO sell
at 75c.
$1.39 Umbrellas for 79c
S1.s5 for Silk Corola and China Silk COW
$l.19. ers; brown. garnet and black.
Handles Of Horn and Rubber.
Silk tassels and cases.
$1.S5 Umbrellas for $l.19
$3.50 for Best Cambridge Silk Twilled
$1.69. Gloria. Handles are decorated
Dresdens and Sterling Silver
trimmed Sizes 26 and %.
$3.50 Umbrellas for s169.
$500 for The best bargain in the lot.
Sl.So. All SIX Serge. changeable Con-
go handles. Sizes "a and 26.
Only small lot.
$500 Umbrellas for $1.85
1918 for Fine Silk Gloria, steel rods, par
1925. agon frames. elegantly decora-
ted Dresden handles.
1915 Umbrellas for 1926
: PARASOLS.
$500 for Not large lot but gives appe
CSC tite for more.
Surah Silk. all best colors. Puff
inside and out.
$500 Parasols for CSC
$3.50 for White; all white; white China
&i.19. Silk. White enamelled handles
with decorated Dresden bulb.
White enamel frame.
$3.50 Parasols for $1.19
$3.50 for All Silk. Taffeta and Brocade
Si.9S. Changeable and plain.
Also Fancy Linen Batiste. Sew
eral cOlors.
$3.50 Parasols at $1.9S
j. r. LIBBY.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

Steamer Movements.
Liverpool, May 10.-Arrived, steamers
Vancouver, Portland. via Halifax; 18th,
steamer Laurentian, Portland. E
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12
A GREAT CASE.
How Alderman Rounds Held Court
Oh Peaks Island.
RIVAL ASPIRANTS FOR THE POST
OF OFFAL COLLECTOR.

Animated Proceedings Incidentally Re-
ferring to Bluenoses Who skeddadled
and Natives Who Hid in Rags in War
Days With Controversy Over the
Building of the First Peaks Island
Chnrch-Mr. Blackman's Hens Also in
the Case.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

LIS AiSiio' HAo 1O UCocf lbSo iUt ~ Was lleto-
ter which it would be shame to throw
away.
Mr.. A. o. Ackley, Mr. Charles W. Ire
fethen, .Jr., and Captain John Fisher,
testified in the same line
''We rest here, your honor" said Mr.
Looney to the court.
There was pause and then the court
called on Mr.. Robinson Sterling, the other
petitioner Mr.. Sterling spoke vigorously
He said: | don't know as I've got much
to say. This has been one sided affair
l didn't know we was going to have a
lawsuit down here. If l had, I'd have
been here with my lawyer and witnesses.
Now Mr.. Littlefield tells you he never
heard any complaint, but he told me that
Mr.. Stoddard didn't take the offal as l
did. didn't make any complaint be-
cause thought Mr.. Stoddard was Mr..
Littlefield's pie and he could cook it.
Upon this, Mr.. Looney called upon Mr..
Littlefield, who said that it was truth
that he had made the remark quoted, but
that he had no complaint to make and
thought that Mr.. Stoddard was an
efficient man. He was on his bond. ~
THAT seems to dispose of that objec-
tion,' said Mr.. Looney
Mr.. Luther Skillings was called upon
by Mr.. Rounds. Mr. Skillings who was
policeman last year, told how two persons
complained to him because the fumes
were waited into their windows when the
matter was left at Mr.. Blackman's. He
had heard no other complaint.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-12

AtiNew Haven-Yale, 5; University o
Virginia, 4.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-17

mai disnoFeress Of the e Dorado district.
Alihoaga Haass af the passengers are re-
turning home With plenty of gold. they
al advise and urge People who contem-
plats eoing 10 ne Yukon ne. to think of
taking in less than one ron of grub. and
plenty Of clothes. While ii is n poor mans
country. vet the lsariships and priva.ians
10 hs encountered by inexperienced per-
sons unused TO frontser life is certain TO
result in much suffering during the win
feTs. They should 90 prepared with AZ
least a years supplies.
The rush 70 the kiondske region conf
msneed late last year and The claims were
staked out and worked all winter. f.ahos,
was worth SIS a dag lass winter. Flour
sold for 80 q sack and other provisions
ware proporaienatsI high. Some Of the
mine owners. attempted 10 lower the
wages 20 SO wsts.out success. By burning
the ground to thaw the gravel. which was
hoistesi up about twelve feet to she
dumps where Il was sluice,i and washed
IL the spring. miners were able 10 work
during the entire ysinter. In the early
part Df last month the Thermometer ran
up 70 50 degrees IN the shade and in jan
aaTy il was * lesgrees oelow zero.
The steamer Portland was reported pass
ing Cape Flattery At s.3a O'Clock yesterday
afternoon Theu news dispatches from San
Francisco ANNOUNCING the arrival OF the
Excelsior al that port with many miners
and large quantity of gold has created a
public demand for the latest and most
authentic news from the gold fields of
Alaska
Realizing The impossieiiity OF the Port
land arriving IN Seattle before or 8
o'clock this morning. the Post-Intsiii-
genoer telesranaei TO Manager Libby. of
the Puget Sound Tngboat Co, AZ Port
Townsend and chartered The tug Sea Lion
capt G. ". Sprague. 20 intercept the
Portland in the straits SC that this papers
representative could interview the return-
ing miners and las. their stories before the
pubic 1t the earliest moment.
In The straits.
At O'Clock TITS morning the Portland
Was stvHw{1a IN the NltiGie of the straits
abreast OF PORT Angeles lay the Sea Lion
IS tae aportcr went over rfas steamers
side and was met by Capt. Kidston,
crowd OF miners gathered about. eager To
hear the latest local news. Entering the
captains cabin. the skipper pointed to
corner in which was piled three boxes and
8 large safe.
s7eo.ooo in Gold.
There. you see those boxes and that
safe; wen. they contain IN round figures
oyer sseos IN gold and that metal weighs
pearly q toe and half. was the cap
taia's response TO the reporters question
as 70 the amount Of gold that was ON
bosrA He continued:
&C n Of the ss passengers there IS hardl.-
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Sixts-eiGaf Miners en- the Portland
CSnfs.as tne Fabulous stories.

ON BOARD STEAMSHIP PORTLAND.
3 a. m.-At O'Clock this morning the
steamship PoetianA. from ST. MlehaeIs for
Seattle, passed up Sound with more than
ton Of solid geld on board and 6 pass
engers. In the captains eabta are three
chests ana a large safe aliei with the
precious nuggets. The metal Is worth
nearly Sstsi oeo and the most OF 1t VAS
taken out OF the ground IN less than three.
months of last winter. In size the mug
gets range from the size OF a pea 10
guinea egg Of the IS miners aboard
hardly :. man mas less than SI.0ao and one
or two have more than si09.go0 in yellow
nuggets.
One peculiar feature TO he noticed is that
the big strikes We're made ~ tendeFfeet.
While the old and experienced miners of
many years experienc are suffering insie-
scribabie hardship and pfiVation IN Alaska
and the Northwest Territory and have
only few thousand asllars TO show for
their tabor. F'ortSne seemed 10 smile on
the inexperienced men who went Into the
mining districts late last year. as nearly
ail of thern were the most fortunate. The
stories they tell seem too inereinlous and
far beyond belief fnstancss are noted
where s!pgie individuals have taken out,
in tgso ssisa oue-half months. gold to the
vaIile Of over az0eeo.
Clarence 81 rry. Of Fresno Cal, vent 70
the Yukon, IN 1880 aud pfospeeled several
years without success. He returned hoEne
less autumn, Was married and took his
bride 70 the klondike last NeYema r lie
IS now on the Portland with $is5 ea the
result OF Winters work and fortunes
smile.
Frank Phiscator Of Earoda. Mich. IS
aue;ner lucky miner. he wena 10 the
Kiondike last autumn ana IS now setarnr
Ing wlth ss6a@7, having worked two claims
with nine nlep, three moatAs, and be s;ili
owns The claims. lie was one Of the orig
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moment. 50 the rug was ordered sen, .o
Seattle @ita the correspondent, on beard
The Sea Lion. Capt. spragee. made the
trip down N reeard-breaklng s.ne arriv-
ing Al 5 o'cleck. AZ least tuo hours
ahead Of the Portland
The Portland has on board $ miners
with s7es'.eo in sola-aot a man who has
less than $500. Some Of them. haze over
s1te.esss Some of them are Seattle men.
and they come laaci. happy and rich.
This story, obtained ander considerable
ai:sicnlty. a'.t which is shoa,;hs to be ful
and reliable in detail viii be Rad with in
tense interest 1t follows:
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Some Have $4,000, Many Have More, and
Few Bring Out slOOOnO Each.
Special Tug Chartered by the Post-Intelligencer
to Get the News.

The Latest Reports From the New Edorado Arrive This Morn
hg-ntersiews With Those Who Have Come Down From
North With New Found Fortunes-The Recent Strikes
Seem to BE Rich keporedThere Is Plenty of Gold.
But Only the Hardy and pfoviden Can ItNo Man
Who Is Without Suitable Outfit Should 4enpa Fortune
That Region- There Will No Doubt Rush
for the New Discoveries and the Majority VIII Quit and
Leave Seattle
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abreast Of Port Angeles and the POST
Intenigenoer correspondent vas aboard
long enough TO get the thrilling story that
follows.
But me Portland is q slow-g going boat.
The Post-intelligeaeer wanted to SET the
news 20 its readers at the earliest ,sossFiae
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TIE Po@f-inteIHseaeev chartered rag
al rogt Townsend last night to enable
atae corres asonaent to meet the Incoming
steamship lsostiand, from st. Micnaeis.
loaded win her treasure Of $se4oo9 from
the Kio1alke.
The eteansaip was boarded az o'clock
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The pews.aaa.s f'assrnrers.

There san be ~ dotbs filas ths safs
strikes III sAs yaken gaaisy asr tfie F'as-
est ever knszvn. Imssances ar@ eessasn
vfsere pans e ersssd asse yies&s7 sses
sea. and OCCASIONALLY naeh aafsFe = Y
generally conceded thossgh. sAss az q
sfs territory wasFe sh@ rsea ssEiases wsss
mace has s~en gtmksst ayes tHas se fa4T -
chose districts ase ennse ri 4 e se useless
Tor auy cne 70 snink q sssaksng ioeasIoas
But tsssn. there are other asrseFns. ais
az vnses are gssasa Is sszss@ exiss-fsagarg
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\ Seattle ssna.

William STANLEY. Of Seattle is among
the passengers. He left his son IN charge
went 20 the Kiondike last ar and Is now
returning with nearly ssa,.efD in gaid.
Henry Anderson. a native of Sweden and
well isnosyn on the Sound. sold . one-half
interest in his claim on Ell Dorado creek
and is coming back TO Seattle with $4,000
spot cash. the proceeds Of the sale.
r. j. Kelly and son. ~ Tacoma, went in
last year and made si0go. The son il in
charge OF the olaim ana the father is
among the Portland's passengers.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-11
ARE ENTITLED TO 1T.
a West Virginia Paper Says Negroes Ought
TO Have All the Best Offices.

West Virginia Paper Says Negroes Ought
to Have All the Best Offices.
Commenting upon an Indignation
meeting over the appointment of Ruck-
err to be internal revenue collector for
Georgia, held by the white republicans
of Jasper county, the Charleston CIV.
Na.) Gazette says:
''Those white republicans of Georgia
are silly, illogical and impairment.
The negroes form the great body of
the republican party IN Georgia and
are entitled to the best offices under
McKinley's administration. The whites
are only entitled their pro rata when
the offices are distributed. Under the
able leadership of Bill Pledger, the ne
grOes of Georgia know what they are
worth, what they are entitled to, and
what they must have if the white boss
es expect them to continue their allie
lance to the republican party. The
success of the negroes in obtaining big
federal plums in Geogia is due to their
aggressiveness and their persistence in
demanding lwhat they feel they are
justly entitled to.
THE negro republicans are not nu-
merically as strong in WestNirginia as
in Georgia. But the republican party
is more dependent on the negro vote
in West Virginia than in Georgia.
The republicans are in a hopeless mi
nOrity in Georgia. In West Virginia
the republicans now control the state
through thelfavOr and support of the
negro vote. About One-fOurth of the
republican votes in West Virginia are
negroes. They ought to have one of
the principal federal offices of the state.
They also ought to insist upon repre-
sentation on every state ticket nOmi-
mated by the republicans in this state
They ought to have representatives on
all the state boards appointed by the
republican governor. They ought to
have representatives on the governors
military staff. They can achieve all
these places by simply making the
demand and insisting on 1t being
granted"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-11
a Crow That Ate CIams.

81 knew man once, " said a fisher
man, ''who had a pet crow that used to
come down to meet him when he came
in from fishing, The crow Is owner was
a fisherman. His boat might be among
40 or 90 other boats, all coming in to-
gether, but the crow never made any
mistake. He always knew his own boat.
He liked CLANS, and when he came
aboard his owner would knock a couple
of CLAIMS together-that would break
one-and put the broken clam down for
the crow to eat, and then he would go
on rowing, and that's the way they al
ways came ashore, the fisherman pulling
ON the oars and the crow sitting along
side Of him eating CLAIMS. New York
C,t1u
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-11
SAW THROUGH HIS NOSE.
SEWED UP HIS EYE, THINKING 1T
ENTIRELY DESTROYED.
Surprised a Year After to See the Sky
Through the Cavity of the

Several authors of the sixteenth cen
fury mentioned the existence Of a man
who, having lost his eyesight, could see
through his nose. The story, much
doubted at the time and pronounced
fabulous Thy physicians, is nevertheless
true if the researches of 4. DOullot
prove correct. 1t seems that the victim
had lost his right eye early in life, and
later on while climbing a cherry tree fell
upon a fence, the picket horribly mutt
lating the left eye, the cheek and the
nose. The surgeon called in considered
the.eye entirely destroyed, sewed up the
wound and it healed in time, forming
large scar where the eye had been. A
year later the man, then considered
stoneblind, laid in the grass when he
surprised himself by discovering that he
could perceive through the cavity of tie
nose the sky and the color of the flowers
on the meadow around him. From that
on he practsed for five or six years to
see with his nose, which to him became
practically the organ of vision. He
gradually became more proficient in see
ing in this way and could see everything
beneath him while he remained quite in
sensible of the light from above.
The condition of this man can be ex-
planned scientifically. Although the
lens of the eye had been torn from its
socket by the fall, the optic membrane
and the nerves at the rear of the cavity
Of the eye had retained some of the see
ing power. When the eye had healed
small hole in the bone over the nose
must have formed which acted as a lens
in the same way as pinhole can be used
to take Photographic picture. This al
so proves that the retina of the eye acts
like camera obscura where the objects
from the outside become visible when
the rays Of light arrive there through a
small opening.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-11

The Winchester Repeating Arms Co.
is one corporation that recogniz-
es the value of its employees. To every
family in which there was death as
the result of the recent extraordinary
explosion in its works at New Haven,
Conn, 1t will pay $1,000 without ques-
ton. 1t is pretty safe to say that
there will be no danger of law suits
against the company as a result of the
disaster.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-11
NOTICE.

/ am frst-class clothes cleaner and
will give you perfect satisfaction. am
first-class dyer. Dye all colors. can
repair your clothes-fx them any way.
If you have any old clothes torn and in
need of repairing give them to me. If
you have coat or pair of pants
and they are too large | can make
them fit you. will line your coats and
pad your vests. can also clean dresses
and hats in first-class style. will take
grease, tar, paint and turpentine out of
your clothes. If the sun has changed
the color OF clothes call and see me.
can be found on The streets every day.
See me and catch the prices. Yours to
please, THOMAS KEITH.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-08-11
NEWS AND VIEWS.

Not only is there plenty of gold lay
ing around loose in Alaska, according
to some of the recent reports, but some
distance to the north of the Klondike
fields, says Professor DeBardeleben of
Santa Rosa, Cal, there is a whole
mountain of the yellow metal, The
mountain was named in honor of the
professor, who is said to have discov-
cred it several years ago. Such infor-
nation as this is liable to damage the
reputation of the Klondike itself, and
create an exodus from the gold fields to
the gold mountain.