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sum which would buy them twice over at

sum which would buy them twice over at
home, you are in luck, for the native mer.
chants have as many prices for their goods
as there are calls for them, and conduct
business on the principle that the more a
thing is needed, the higher price it should
bring. For example, you pay 49, the
dozen for knives and forks with clumsy
horn handles; 500 for table that wonld
be dear at $50; dollar for broom. etc
FOOD, however-such as can be obtained
is cheap enough to offset these extraor-
binary prices, if one is willing while in
Rome to do as the Romans and live unon
what is grown in the country In the
Jacals, (huts, of the poorer classes, living
is primitive indeed. Whatever else is
lacking, each has long chest of solid ma
hogany or tulip wood, made from the
trunk of giant tree. 1t looks like coffin.
and may be almost anything odd or I'M
canny. By day it serves variety of pur-
poses; dishes, cooking utensils and edi-
bles are stored in it, together with the
family wardrobe, the blankets. ropes.
harness, what not. At night it is turned
to double account, being closed with a
cover and utilized as bed These kind
hearted Indians are proverbially hospit-
able and always press the stranger who
happens around at mealtime to partake of
the creature comforts provided Curl
osity may mpell him to accept the invi-
tation, once, but seldom second time,
unless driven to extremity by the pangs OF
starvation. The food is not so bad, if one
can remain in blissful ignorance of the in
gradients of the menu-it is the difficulty
of getting at it among a forkless and
spoonless people. The universal cup of
the poorer classes is the half shell of
cocoanut, in shape precisely like an egg
shell, which has no bottom and therefore
cannot stand upright on the table. Those
accustomed to their use get on very well
by twisting handkerchief, or wisp of
grass, into a loose, circular knot and set
ting the cup within it. One soon learns
to use fingers and hair pins for forks, OF
to scoop up the food with the thin cakes
called tortillas; and when it comes to
refractory chunk of stewed goat, or mon
key-steak, to borrow his neighbours jack
knife or stiletto.
FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD.
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January IA, 1897.
knowledge OF it's requirements and of
their rights and duties.
STATE AUDITOR

knowledge OF it's requirements and of
their rights and duties
STATE AUDITOR.
have received several communications
from men who have had large experience
In our States affairs, setting forth the
necessity of creating the office of State
auditor. and also declaring that the State
I believe that most states have estab-
lishet- me ,te and have state auditor,
whose special duty is to audit all ac-
counts and claims, and draw his warrants
upon the state treasury for the amounts
found due.
Section of Article of the Constitution
provides that the Governor and Council
Shall draw all warrants of this kind. 1t
would seem to me that If it IS desirable
to create this office. and establish an
to submit to the people an amendment to
the Constitution, In which case we should
be able to get an expression of their views
upon the subject.
I know full well, that when an Office or
department is once fastened upon the
State, it is almost impossible to get rid
Of it, though it may have outlived its use
fulness and every purpose for which it
was originally created. The incumbents,
present or prospective, never fail to de-
wise some plausible 1hia PreteIt for its con
from doing what is absolutely essential to
better protect the treasury of the State
But must express here and now my sin
cere belief that both good policy, good
politics and strict economy, Enthusiastically
declare that in this time of general de-
pression-this Legislature so largely Re-
publican, should not-eXcept for urgent
reasons-create a new State Office or COM
mission or increase the salary Of any now
in existence.
The Constitution of our State declares
that the Governor ''shall from time TO
time give the Legislature information of
the condition of the State, and recon-
mend to their consideration such meas
ures as he may judge eXpedient." In this
my endeavor to perform that duty have
briefly called your attention to few of
the many subjects upon which it will be
your province to deliberat tie and act There
are many other important, varied, and
sometimes conflicting interests of the peo-
pie which will necessarily demand your
impartial considera ton.
l may, in the course of this session
should | deem it advisable, communicate
to you further suggestions.
A spirit of fairness and impartiaity and
an earnest purpose to accomplish the
greatest attainahlt good for ALL rather
than to especially benefit any one sec
ton, localit! or class of persons should
guide and control your deliberations
dominate and determine your votes
Gentlemen, in conclusion let me in
dulge in the hope and belief that your
assembling here will be pleasant to your
selves, profitable to the State and that
the associations and friendships here
formed will be lasting, and among the
bright memories of our lives never to be
forgotten or regretted.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
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Total amount paid On account of
bonded debt and temporary loan and
interest ON the same during past four
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before taking precautions.
A man or woman who is losing appetite
or sleep. OF healthy flesh, or nerve force,
should know that the enemy of disease is
beginning to steal a march on them.
Then is the time to stand to your guns
and build up your system with Doctor
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. 1t
builds up health and strength by putting
a new vital element into the blood; it
makes it pure and rich. It empowers the
blood-rnaking machinery to manufacture
the ife-giving red corpuscles. It stimu-
lates the digestive powers and the liver.
Delicate, pale and puny people are
made robust and hearty and rosy-cheeked
by this wonderful Discovery" Cor
pu1ent people can take it with benefit be-
cause it doesn't make fabby fat, but hard
muscular flesh. 1t has the most extra
ordinary efficacy in chronic bronchial,
throat and lung affections and even in
consumption
Dr. Pierce's great book, "The Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" would
prevent more than half the sickness in any
family. 1t gives the best advice and hun
dreds of simple remedies for curing COM
mon ailments without doctor 1t tells all
about anatomy and physiology and the
origin of life and is the most valuable,
practical medical work ever printed.
free copy in paper covers sent for Fl one
cent stamps to pay cost of mailing only.
Worlds Dispensary Medical Association,
Buffalo, NY For cloth bound 10 cts extra.
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Freaks in Nicaragua.

uaSays, lis Lake and Little He'll"
\, nv af Monk. High Life and Low in
III s'p .,nerira.
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The State Finances.


Governor Cleaves and the Executive
Council, after closing up the business of
the year, adjourned January 1st The
unexrended balances turned into the treas
ury amount to S37 ,207. At the close of
business Dec. 81, the cash on hand in the
State treasury was $2O3, 5OO.5S to begin the
New Year. The books in the treasury de-
partment show at the commencement of the
present administration in 1898, the follow
ing:
The bonded Indebtedness was...... So 506, 800 90
Amount of bonds destroyed in
dance with resolve approved March
~ 1885 1,2UO w
S2,5O5, 100 90
Amount of bonded debt January l,
1897 e. ............... 2,3O3, 900 90
Reduction of bonded debt in past four
years.. ............. 49,. IS 2o2, 100 90
Temporary loan existing Jan. l, 1893,
which has been paid in past four
years observation-disclosures. 100000 90
Total reduction in interest bearing
debt in past four years........-.... 502, 100 90
Interest was paid on the bonded debt and
temporary loan in the past four years as
follows.
1898 .... ................ ......S 81 POS So
1894 Observation-Disclosures. ......... S,340 Al
1925 observation-disclosures. -. ,.......... I5,450 90
1896. Observation-Disclosures. 49,! 40 co
S 32l ,925 SO
Total amount paid account of
bonded debt and temporary loan and
interest ON tie same during past four
NedfS... , Oh ,UZ0 93
The year closed with the treasury, under
the efficient management of Hon. f. M.
Simpson, in excellent condition no temper
AIRY loans outstanding, and "A balance on
hand of over two hundred thousand dollars.
Alexander Porter Morse, who is recog-
,,i1al oft l,a oh .,f
International la in Washington, by rea-
son of his connection with the Behring
sea controversy, and his appointment as
special consul before the Venezuela com
mission, holds that Secretary Olney is
correct in maintaining that the power of
recognition rests with the executive, and
not with the legislative, branch of the
government. Washington special to Bos
ton Herald.
In 1869 Mr.. Morse was reporter on
the Evening Express, a Washington, d.
c., daily that not long after went out of
existence. Before that Mr.. Morse was
engaged on a literary weekly in Baltimore
He was a native of New Orleans, where
his father was distinguished at the bar
and on the bench, and took mp his resi-
dence at the National Capitol with his
widowed mother and two sisters. While
engaged in newspaper work he studied
law and was admitted to the bar under
f1attering auspices. He made interna-
tional law speciality from the first, with
what success is indicated above. Now
we find the newspaper reporter of 1869
quoted at length as an authority upon
grave constitutional question.
With thousands of barrels of apples stor-
ed in the cellars of Maine, doomed to de-
struction, we pity the tree agent when he
comes to make his annual canvass in the
spring, Maine Farmer.
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Maine Central R. R
TIM E-TABIE.

On and after Oct. 4, 1896, trans connecting at
Burnham and Waterville with through Trains for
and from Bangor. Waterville, Portland and Bos
ton will as follows:
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The year closed with the treasury, under
the efficient management of Hon. F. M.
Simpson, in excellent condition no temper
AIRY loans outstanding, and "A balance on
hand of over two hundred thousand dollars.
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braided He Is insstent and eloquent on
this point, for brading is not what II used
to be- An infinite variety Of silk cords have
been introduced, and the patterns into which
they are wreathed and twisted defy enumera- =
tion in numbers
Suffice II to say that the braid Is brought
into prominence by the fact of always ap-
plying 1t In black on some rich or daringly
brilliant color, and by boldly copying, for
its patterns, the handsomest Persian and
what are, in tailor parlance, called Bour-
bon designs The whole effort Is to get
away from the past severity of simplicity
that has governed the making OF these
dresses, and to give them more the air of
rich and gay costumes.
HARMONY IN VIOLET AND BLACK.
To very fully illustrate how far this new
movement Is going, the first picture is
given of a very splendid creation worn at
a Waldorf musical by Mrs Jack Astor.
This represents, above all things, new
color, a most lovely blush purple, called
technically bishops violet. On the front
OF coat and skirt and lower halves of
sleeves OF the smooth-inshed spring
weight of camels hair, a large Persian
figure is cut out and patched with cream
wool TWILL Where the edges of cloth
meet each other fine black silk braiding
is done In loopings, and then the twill's
face is well covered with ornamentation
in yet finer and more intricate braiding.
vina-like figure run Off. black silk en-
broidery is set in and under the first collar
of violet camel's hair, second OF twill
folds out over the bust, its points and
edges graced with braidlng. At least
three dckeys and neck-bands accompanied
this suit-one of white satin, sparkling
with jet headings; another OF violet velvet,
decorated with double row of close-set,
small cut steel buckles, and a third OF
black satin.
In such a gown as this its wearer is
suitably dressed for any occasion whatso-
ever, short Of an evening function, though.
In reality, she appears in the conventional
coat and skirt, which, by the way, are
lined either with figured taffeta or the
skirt in black silk, the coat with white
satin.
BRAIDED CREATIONS.
But in their valiant efforts at adding to the
gaicty OF nations, the tailor has not stopped
short OF some wondrous and. to hear OF them
alarmingly vivid combinations. For example,
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stool, just as the other assistants do. For
the past year and a half she has been en-
ployed on the Astor hotel now in process of
construction. She has worked on all parts
OF the structure, detailing and designing,
and also making the shop drawings at times.
These last are the plans for the work
men to follow, and must be absolutely cor
rect, even to the smallest fraction of an
inch. These have to be approved and
checked, every calculation being gone over
the second time by an accurate and careful
civil engineer. Miss Parker has sometimes
been entrusted with this duty. The work
Is OF a difficult nature, and involves great
responsibility on the part OF whoever is
given 1t to do. Estimating the amount OF
material needed is another OF the things
she is sometimes called upon to calculate
At present Miss Parker is engaged and
absorbed in work on the mills Model
Tenements." For eight and sometimes
nine. hours a day, her brain is busy with
confusing problems on strength and resist
snce of material, and a bewildering COM
plexity of girders, trusses, bolts, screws
and riyets. Just to know what these things
are would drive woman with an "unmathe-
matical brain" wellnigh crazy.
And SO scientific education Is helping
women to find their places" as Huxley
put 1t. Miss Marian Parker has, through
natural inclination and persistent hard work
combined, found hers. AS pioneer in a
new field, women look to her to prove her
ability, and disprove old-time theories
against the limitations OF her sex.
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sHAPELY GORSETs.
The Secret of Preserving IA Youthful,
PLANT Figure.

Seasons often come iand go without any
material change in the cut OF a corset" said
the corsetiere, but notqso she season of '97
This year every model of dorset has had Ia
undergo radical change to make II fall In
line with the new fashion In figures for
figures have as distinct a mode as bonnets
though 1t perhaps changes less frequently
and obviously. | can'trsay whether Calve
is responsible for 1t or not; but certain II
is that very low bust a-perfeetly straight
line down the front, wdthlno curving in at
the waist, and an unfettered springiness over
The hips are what is today demanded OF every
well-made woman. rtrs
mo, IL Is not true that the smartest
women have their corsets made to order
that is to say. II one may judge from the
Vanderbilts, Shepherds, Sloanes ard Whit
neys for they all buy their corsets ready
made, as happen TO very well know, except
perhaps dn special cases. where one wants
silk or satin corset to match a pettlcoat,
which, by the way, is quite the fad Just now
But unless ones figure is very much out Of
drawing there Is no more occasion for hav-
ing corset made to order than ones gloves
but IL must be fitted with exactly the same
care ana nlcety as glove. Every number
or every kind OF high-grade corset comes
now In at least twenty different models
which are supposed TO embrace every possible
variety OF normal figure, the high and low
bust, the small and large hip, the long and
short waist, etc.
PURCHASING STAYS.
mo experienced woman nowadays ap-
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dc sole. chiffon. or India graze Double and
triple rows OF II frame the edges OF the low
neck, and form the short full sleeves
A black velvet capo lined with old-rosc
satin has an immense ruche formed OF lace,
net old-rose, ribbon aul Jet ornaments.
black velvet Jacket has a similar ruche
showing magpe mixture OF costly white
lace, fur and accordion-pleated mousse
line de sole.
The old superstition against opals Is slowly
but surely passing away, and these lovely
gems. with their evcr-changing colors and
opalescent effects are in the front rank
OF popularity among fashionable women.
The opal has an advantage, too. over all
the other gems, as 1t cannot be initiated.
A new and peculiar shade OF Flemish red
Is favored by French designers and Is COM
bined with jet and chamois yellow, and even
with brown and gold. 1t is something
like pale petunia, but II is a trying color
that has for years been despised by all
save Italian women of both high and low
degree.
Among other luxurious garments are tight
fitting sealskin jackets, with box fronts, the
Jackets merely silk-lined to make them less
heavy, with additional warmth impaired by
deep pointed cape collars OF the same fur
falling over the sealskin sleeves that Mt
snugly on the lower arm and are made
without cuffs.
The tailor costumes for utility purposes
shopping, travelling, walking, etc.-are made
with skirts Tat just clear the ground all
around, either In gored shape or in modi-
fed circull grm. Soft but rough surfaced
bouce fabrics, heather-mixed silk and wool
tweeds, wide-wale diagonals, English serges,
and cheviots, usually In black with color,
are used for these suits.
Napoleon blue, a silvery tint OF that color
much like gendarme blue, is one OF the sea-
sons favored colors, and mink otter and
chinchilla furs are varously used to trim
gowns of this particular color which is said
to be that of the emperors great coat,
though there are disagreeable people who in
sist that this coat was only very ordinary
pepper-and-salt that no really tasteful
woman would wear.
stylish winter costume of Russian
green faced cloth has a jacket bodice fin
ishod with wide revers Joined to a cape col
lar made OF white satin overlaid with a
delicate arabesque embroidery of iridescent
beads. The revers and collar are edged
with mink fur, and gauntlet cuffs match
this decoration. The gored skirt Is bor-
dered with the fur. Elegant coats Of creamy
tan Melton are lined with pale-blue or
cream satin brocade, and trimmed with
sable or other fur.
The diversity and extravaganza OF the but
tons worn this season illustrate one develop
ment of fashion not altogether a revival of
old time styles. Buttons were used for or
nament in the fourteenth century but moth
ing like the present variety was ever known
before. Coral buttons are perhaps the latest
novelty, and are charming on black velvet
gown. Then there are cameo buttons and all
sorts of imitation gems set with rhinestones,
besides the real article, in which few women
can indulge.
A majority OF the new neck trimmings are
made to simulate a square neck or very
broad deep yoke bordered with lace or
pleated chiffon frills, and these, worn with a
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Fashion Notes.

Brutus brown Is a rich, rawny shade oi
that color, found in cloth, velvet and cordu'
roy fabrics.
One OF the new dress materials is silk
gouffree, which is thin silk crinkled In a
variety of patterns.
Some OF the new evening gowns have a
sash which is simply two long ends with
out loop or bows, sewn in at the belt at the
back.
Prelate purple, in combination with re-
seda green and tan, Is attempted by stylish
women with pink and cream compilations.
The bronze Shoe prettily decorated with a
beaded butterfly, which has a large cabochon
for the body, Is a favorite for evening wear.
Faced cloth remains great favorite this
winter, and some of the most attractive i'm
ported tailor gowns are made of this ma
terial..
Many OF the winter street coats and capes
have added colarettes made of very delicate
textiles In marked contrast with the heavy
wrap Itself
welcome fashion for those who cannot
afford the muff chain is a band OF black
velvet ribbon, a little less than an inch wide,
fastened at each side with tiny buckle.
Neck ruffs of lace. fur and feathers are a
conspicuous part of millinery this season,
and they are vastly becoming as well aS
necessary to preserve the proportions with
the large hats.
Elastic corsets are a new invention for re-
ducing superfiuous adipose tissue, and pro-
ducing long slim waist without any harm
full results. A French doctor is authority for
the statement that they are effective.
Evening hats display very light bright
colors, such as rose pink. cerlse, pinkish
mauve, and orange. and cream lace, white
ostrich tips. and rhinestone ornaments are
the chief decoration with the jeweled en-
brodered crowns.
Flower decorations are very popular this
season, especially for the gauze and tulle
gowns, so favored by young women. Ruches
OF the thin material trim the skirts and
clusters OF tiny pink roses are caught In
with them at Intervals all around.
Many of the newest Partisan evening toll
lets show the corsages heaped with bilows
and waves OF accordion plated mousseline