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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
A Hotel Burned.

Meridian, May so.-The Southern hotel
one of the finest blocks of its kind In the
south, was damaged to the extent -, or
fire broke out in the kitchen on the top
floor, and spread with such rapidity that
the firemen had hard time saving the
block from destruction. The hotel was
we'll filled with guests and wild panic
eensued when the;alaIn was sounded. 30
Tar as known no life was lost, though
there We're several narrow escapes.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

The committee on fire department met
last evening and voted to exchange the
hand tub on Peaks island for the hand
tub now in the possession of the Veteran
Firemen's association. No other impor-
tant business was transacted.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

:. No need to fear the approach OF Group
II you have DIR. Thomas Electric Oll III
0he house. Never was a case that IL
Wouldn t cure if used at the outset
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

Children's day at Exhibition is Satur-
day. Special features for little ones, 10
cents.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
NEW
NO. 4I2S.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF
The Portland National Bank,
at Portland, in the State of Maine at the close
of business Nav l4th 1897
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.


RESOURCES.
Loans and discounts. .2SS, Ole. 90
cured. ................. 712o
Y. ); Bonds to secure circulation. 100000
y. 3. Bonds on hand. ............... I03. 10000
Premiums on U. S. Bonds. 1904. "a 448.75
STOCKS, securities, etc. ......... 263,49I.6 go
Bahklng-house, furniture and
fixtures. ......... ............ 100000
mot Reserve Agents. ...... 6S449.49
| Due from State Banks and bankers 1852 81
Due from approved reserve agents 129,hOS ,O6
Checks and other cash items -. ,311. 06
Exchanges for clearinghouse. 12,962.39
Notes of other National Banks. 6.185,O0
fractional paper currency ,nckels
LAWFUL MONEY RESERVE IN
BANK, VIZ:
Specie. 1850. s1oe, 7os. 40
Legai-tender notes. 10000
Redemption fund with U. s. Treas
urer Is per cent Of circulation). 10000
Total. ......................S2 So, 211, 5O4. 9S
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid n.. .S 300. 10000
Undivided profits. less expenses
and taxes paid. ....,....... 45,657.47
National bank notes outstanding LA 600 90
DIVIDENDS unpaid 156.00'
Due to other national
banks ......-...S 63,O7244
Due to state banks
and bankers. ..-: Ill, 1856
Individual deposits
subject to check. 1,4os,9l91s
Demand certificates
of deposit: ......-.: 11,213.21
Time certificates OF
deposit. .......... 100000
Certified cnecKS.. 1,6O6.14
Cashiers checks out
standing ........ e,754.es
---$1 ,6S1 .691 81
Bllls payable. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100000
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

heretofore held the record. The distance
rom Daunt's Rock to Boston light, meas
4 Srea 1870 miles, and voyage with
traction of 1926 miles per day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21

want him to have it all if anything hap
pens to me"
"What about Marcia Libby?'
Mrs. Edwards said Marcia Libby's faith
er left her good property, but nobody
seemed to know what had become Of it,
and that she should not have any of
| theirs. She also said Marcia had done
wrong in leaving good husband and 60
| ing off with another man, and hat she
didn't treat her mother right after father
died.
| Edwin W Strout of Windham and Dan
| iel M. Strout of Gorham gave corrobora-
tive testimony regarding the pleasant
relations between Mr.. and Mrs. Edwards
and his thoughtful care of her and her
| mother.
The testimony of Isaac E. Edwards,
the contestant of the will, was in sub
stance as follows
I married my wife Is years ago. We
had both been married before. She had
no money or property at that time. ]
owned the place at Windham There
was mortgage of $50 on it, and 1 sold a
colt to clear the mortgage, then 1 decided
the property over to her, so that if any.
thing happened to me she would be pro.
vided for. The place cost me 500. twenty
years ago. Together we paid $500 for an
extra field, that we had decided in her
name. The only part of the home place d
in my name is a small wood lot that
paid $3.50 for. The whole place is not
worth more than $780, If this will is
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-21
ETo. LO23.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
National Bank

at Portland in the State of Maine. at the close
OF business, May 18th, 1897.
RESOURCES.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
SCHOOL AND U 3

I'm q co3ored Baptist church of 10
members at CatonviIIe, Nd, nearly half
OF the members are trustees.
Rev. Eugene st. John. of Kansas, q
welEknown woman clergyman and ad-
vocate of woman suffrage. viii go to
Europe TO study the problem of mu-
nicipal government.
DR.. Abbott remarks in the Outlook
that Christ repudiates the idea that
God finished His creative work in six
days and then rested" He presumably
bases this extraordinary statement on
b Masters declaration in John: "My
Father worketh even until now, and I
work"
MIR. William T. Ellis, who more than
two years ago went from Philadelphia
to Boston to become one of the editors
of Golden Rule, has recently returned
to the city of Brotherly Love and be-
comes assistant editor of the periodicals
of the Presbyterian Board of Publica-
ton, whose editor is Rev. j. R. Miller, D.
d. Forward, the young peoples paper,
is to be Mr.. Ellis especial field.
-Extemporaneous speaking of the
right kind, according to DR.. Buckley,
the brilliant editor of the Christian Ad-
vocate. is "the delivery of thoughts pre-
viously conceived and adapted with
more or less fullness and precision, to-
gether with such thoughts as may oc-
u and such feelings as may arise, in an
arrangement of words, sentences and
paragraphs wholly the birth of the oc-
casion."
Since Leo XIII. has filled the chair
of St. Peter he has repressed the humor-
GUS side of his nature, which made him
greatly in demand as a dinerout while
filling the Office of nuncio at Brussels.
Always severe in matters of propriety,
says the Indianapolis Journal, he was
deeply offended on one of these occa-
sions by a baron who passed him a box
of snuff or the lid of which was enam-
eled a feminine figure en- deshabille.
Admirably controlling his annoyance,
his future holiness replied: Every pref
ty. Is it your wife,"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
HUMOROUS.

See how white the upmtre is get
ting!" Yes, the bleachers are after
h;ro."-Detroi. Journal.
Shelf thought you told me your
salary was ten pounds a week?" He
"Oh, no; 1 said l earned ten, but / only
get three."-Tit-Bits.
She Snored.-"How does your wife
sleep?" asked the doctor Of the man
whose better half was under his care.
.Orally," said the man.-Truth.
MOT every man is made a fool Of"
remarked the observer of men and
things, but every man has the raw
material in him."-Detroit journal.
Miss Ruth Cutler. of New York, re-
Gently cleared a high-jump bar at five
feet four inches" 1t is not stated
whether the animal just behind her
was a COW or q mouse.-Yonkers States
a
The Difficulty.-"Well," said the
Greek general, glumly, 1--WE have learned
a lesson" Yes" IA the reply. THE
thing I'm afraid of is that it's going to
De q long time before we SeC an
other chance to ecite."-Washington
Star.
Young Lady Ito married sister,
-"Do tell me an appropriate present to
give a new baby" Married Sister-'l
know just the thing-these little jew
eled safety-pins. Baby, darling, had
one given him six months ago and 1
have worn it ever nce."-Harlem Life.
-Grigson-"Excuse me, Mitwin, but
why is it that people of your name are
generally such COMPOUNDED bores?"
Mitwin-'I don't know. How many
persons of my name did you ever
know?" Grigson-'By George! come
to think of it, you are the only one
ever knew."-Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
Mnde Another Mistnke.

At the phreuologist's general invita-
ton a big man with a smoothly-shaven
face, pug nos and prominent chin
stepped upon the stage and took his seat.
The phrenologist felt his head care
fully for awhile, and then said: This
subject shows a gentle and mild DISPOSE
ton, and has unusually well developed
organs of ~benevolence and love for his
fellow men. He is tender-hearted, and
loves to relieve the sufferings of others.
Now, sir, what is your profession 90
The big man smiled, and said: Il am a
nurse in a charity hospital, sir;" and
the audience, which had opened it's
mouth to yell when the man acknowl-
erged to being a prize fighter, coughed
instead, and counted the lights in the
chandelier in as absent-minded a way
as possible.-Detroit Free Press.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
WoRSHIPED A FALSE GOD.
Debating Society Enshrines Web.
ater's Image Instead of CIay.x

Debating Society Enshrines Web.
ster's Image Instead of Clay's.
The members of the Henry Clay De-
batting society of Oakland, an organiza-
ton of enthusiastic young students Of
history, oratory and debate, have made
a discovery which has shocked them.
For a year they have been admiring a
picture of Daniel Webster, thinking it
was a likeness of the immortal man
for whom they named the club. 1t
hung upon the wall in the main room
of the suite occupied by the club, and
in the year was seen and admired by
hundreds. It was q steel engraving
incased in a large oaken frame, and
made a very attractive picture. Some
of those who looked upon it may have
recognized in it the likeness of Clay's
rival, but 10 m eve mentioned the
fact, and in the list of art works be-
longing to the club it was set down as
a picture of Clay. During the debates
which have aroused the echoes of the
club rooms in the last year the pic
ture was pointed to with pride every
IN IA " IL youhS OAoSOAo CAA
to Clay in any way.
Two weeks ago some one broke the
horrible news to the members of the
board of directors. There was a spe-
cial meeting, and it was decided at
once to take the picture down. There
was an effort to fix the blame for the
error, and some of the members of the
committee who had purchased the pic
ture were called before the directors.
1t was agreed, however, that the wisest
plan would be to let the matter drop.
All those who were in the secret were
pledged to secrecy and another picture
was purchased.
The members of the club felt rather
sheepish about the incident and did
not relish the idea of having the pub
lie informed. At a meeting held a few
evenings ago Guy D. Reynolds, in the
course Of a speech, referred in a gen.
eral way to the affair. He said enough
to make the members feel uneasy and
to cause the uninitiated to become curl
Gus, and it was no longer a secret. Now
there are general details, and visitors
to the club are not supposed to smile
when they gaze on the picture, although
the laugh is on Henry and his follow
ers.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
Gold Coins Worth 500 Escb.

1t is said that the largest gold coin
now in circulation is the gold ingot or
"lool" of Anam, a French colony in
eastern Asia. 1t is a fiat, round gold
piece, and on it is written in India ink
its value, which is about $500. The
next sized coin to this valuable but ex-
tremely awkward one is the "obang"
of japan, which is worth about $55. and
next comes the "benda" of Ashantee,
which represents a value of about $40.
The California $50 gold piece is worth
about the same as the "benda." The
heaviest silver coin in the world also
belongs to Anam. where the silver ingot
Is worth about SIS; then comes the Chi
nese 'tael," and then the Austrian
double thaler.-Chicago Times-Herald
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
Studying the Mushroom.

A club has been formed in New York
city, the members of which are inter-
ested in all sorts of edible fungi. They
are to experiment and investigate all
forms of mushrooms and toadstools
with a view to furnishing information
to those who have not the opportunity
for personal study. 1t is thought that
a cheap food supply may be provided
through the medium of these growths.
There is a society in Boston and there
are several in England. There are TO
be lectures. exhibits and literature and
interested persons will be taught to dis
tinguish between the harmless and the
poisonous sorts. There is also a branch
devoted to the study Of the best meth
DDS of preparing these articles for the
table. The mushroom is a favorite del
icaCs with such a large number of per.
SONS that any information concerning
it, or its more plentiful and inexpensive
supply, will no doubt be greeted with
enthusiasm.-N. Y. Ledger.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
CAUSE OF CHILD SUICIDES.
Some Late Cases Which Have Sc
PSYCHOLOGISTS Thinking.


Psychologists are giving much heed
to the child suicide. 1t is a subject that
foreteIls much as to where the degen'
erative tendency so marked in these lat.
ter days is leading.
From all over the country, from time
to time, reports come of children OF
tender years who, almost invariably
through dependency, caused by i'll
treatment at home OF by sine unkind-
ness on the part of employers or play
mates, have sought to put away their
own little lives.
The initiative tendency in children is
strongly brought out in these happen
ings. Suicides of children, if made pub
lie, generally bear fruit in the suicides
of other children, or attempts thereat,
within Q shorter time than must be
allowed to observe the same imitation
working in the minds of adults.
Within 20 days lately St. Louis has
had three cases of attempted suicide by
children-all girls-and the efforts Of
self-destruction were so desperate that
only the most skillful medical treat
ment prevented fatal results. The three
children were all inmates of the city
hospital, where they had been taken for
treatment.
The only difference noticed between
them and the other" children was that
they were all ]precocious. Questioning
by the hospital physician brought out
the fact that two of these children, be-
ing illiterate, had never read of suicide
cases. The third, although she had re-
ceived n good school education, sturdily
maintained that in reading newspapers
Dr. books she had never seen an account
of any person, and particularly of a
child, who had attempted self-killing.
The Episcopal missionary who visits
the hospital is George H. Holmes. He
said: Il can find nothing to blame
for the attempts of these children upon
their lives, except the pace at which
we are all living. 1t is end-of-the-cen-
fury p~recocity. Children seem to grow
old in a day; youths become men over
night and girls turn to women as rap
idly. Hardly have the little ones
stopped romping in the games of child
hood when they become tired of life
and seek to end it. One never heard of
such cases a hundred or even 20 years
ago. Where it will all end the Lord
only knows"
A writer in st. Louis who made a care
full study of the cases. found that in
all of them the views of life, hopes for
the future and feeling as to the atti-
tude of the rest of the world toward
them were pitifully morbid. and their
only notions of success or contentment
in life were associated with some tenn
porary enjoyment, they seemed not to
care what, which should dull their re-
alizing of the useIessness and un
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
THE NUMBER r
Some Curious Superstitions Regard.
ing 1t in the Popular Mind.

Some Curious S~uperstitions Regard.
ing 1t in the Popular Mind.
There IS superstitious gard for the
number three in the popular mind, and
the third repetition of anything is gen.
orally looked upon as a crisis Thus an
article may twice be lost and recovered,
but the third time that it is lost it is
gone for good. Twice a man may pass
through some great danger in safety,
but the third time he loses his life. If,
however, the mystic third. can be sue
cessfully passed all is well. Three was
called by Pythagoras the perfect num-
Der and we frequently find it's use SYM
bolical of deity. Thus we might men
ton the trident of Neptune. the tree
forked lightning of Jove and the three
headed dog of Pluto. The idea of trinity
is not confined to Christianity, but oc-
ours in several religions.
In mythology also we find three fates,
three furies and three graces, and, COM
ing nearer to our own times, Shakes
peare introduces his three witches. In
public house signs three seems to play
an important part, for we frequently
meet with Three Cups" Three Jolly
Sailors" Three Bells, I" Three Tuns,"
Three Feathers"-in fact, the number
of almost anything of which a fertile i'm
agination can conceive a trio. In
nursery rhymes and tales this number
Is not unknown, and if we look back to
the days of our childhood most of us
will call to mind the three wise men
of Gotham who took a sea voyage in a
bowl, not to mention the three blind
mice that had their tails cut off by the
farmers wife. Perhaps there is some
occult power III the number which gov
erns the division of novels into three
volumes and induces doctors to order
their medicine to be taken thrice daily.
It is said that some tribes Of savages
cannot count beyond three. But, al
though they may have no words to ex-
press higher numbers, perhaps we
should be scarcely justified in assum-
ing that they are incapable of appreciat-
ing the value of the latter.-N. Y. ADJ
vertiser.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
Deliciou. Brown Fric...eed Chicken.

Brown fricasSeeing is a very tasty
way of serving a fowl. SINCE, draw and
disjoint; put in a good-sized saucepan
two tablespoonfuls of butter; when hot
drop in the pieces of chicken; allow
them to brown gradually, taking care
the butter does not burn. As soon as
the pieces are Drowned, draw them to
n side of the saucepan, and add TO the
fat two tablespoonful of flour; mix and
add one pint of stock or water. Stir
constantly until it begins to boil, NOV
ing the chicken around in the sauce.
Add a slice of onion, a bay leaf, d table
spoonful of chopped carrot, a teaspoon
full of salt and a quarter of a teaspoonful
of pepper. Cover the saucepan, push it
to the back part of the stove, where
the chicken may simmer slowly for an
hour. When done, dish the rough pieces
in the center, crossing the legs on the
front of the platter; place the wings
and the dark meat at the sides; the back
and breast on top. Dish your chicken
each time in the same manner, so that
the carve may know exactly where he
will find the dark and the light meat.
Take the sauce from the fire, add to il
the yolk of one egg, beaten with two
tablespoonfuls of cream; strain this
over the chicken. Garnish the dish with
~crescents of fried bread, dust over a lit
Il finely-chopped parsley, and send to
the table.-Mrs. S. T. Rorer, in Ladies'
Home Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
What PIeaxes n woman.

1t pleases her to call her a sensibl.
little m
1t pleases her to be called a we'll
dressed woman.
1t pleases her to be told that she is
fascinating.
1t pleases her to be told that she i'm.
proves a man by her companionship.
1t pleases her to depend on some man
and pretend she is ruling him.
1t pleases her to be treated courteous.
ly and with respect and to be talked tc
reasonably.
1t pleases her to be treated sensibly
and honestly, to be considered and ques-
toned, and not to be Il Gated as a butter.
fly, with no head nor heart.
1t pleases her to be loved and admired
by a men who is strong enough to rule
and subdue her and make his way heI
way, to lead her and take cart of her,
London Answers
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
POTTED VEAL AND TONGUE
How to Convert Left Over Meats Into
a Fresh Dish.

n Fresh Dish.
Cold veal left from a roast or potpie
may be minced, pounded to a paste and
mixed with equal parts of cold boiled
and smoked tongue or ham for a potted
meat. The roo and tough parts of a
boiled tongue left after slicing the rest
for tea may be used up in this way. To
a pint measure each of tongue and of
lean veal, both chopped and pounded to
a paste, take two tablespoonfuls of but
ter, one t~easpoonful of salt, a little pep
per and a pinch of mace. Mix a table
spoonful of butter with the tongue and
add a pinch of cayenne to it. Add the
other ingredients to the paste of veal,
mixing them in thoroughly. Put first a
layer of seasoned veal in a jar of earth
enware, then a layer of tongue, until the
jar is full. Pack the meat as tightly as
possible in the jar, leaving no air spaces.
Set the jar of meat in the oven in a pan
of cold water, and let it bake in this way
for half IN hour. Pour a little melted
butter owe it, and let it become cold,
then set it away. Cut it into thin slices
for tea, using a very sharp knife and
having the roll of potted meat very cold
in order to make it firm enough to slice.
The jar in which the meat is ported
should be buttered before the meat is
put in it. The jar must be set in hot
water a moment to slip out the roll Of
meat, which must then be chilled again
to make it firm for slicing.-N. Y. Trib-
une.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
Why He Couldn't.

why is it," they asked him, that
you have put your wedding day so far
in the future?"
That's easily explained" he an
swered. when I started in to win her
| had enough to get married on, but by
the time 1 had won her 1 didn't. Yousee,
it cost me so much to get her that I
haven't enough left to care for her now
that I've got her, and I've got to give
myself time to accumulate a little some
thing agaiE."-Chicago Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
4 Double

First Street Loafer-It's a shame,
Bill, to think that anyone would swindle
n poor hard-working man in that way.
Second Street Loafer-Why. what's
your trouble?
Here I worked hard for half a day
painting up a sparrow into a red-headed
Belgian canary and 1 am blowed if the
fellow 1 sold it to didn't give me a bad
half crown for it."-London Spare No
ments.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
Professional Etiquette.

Did you see that Mrs. Goliath, the
wife of the strong man, when walking
with her husband last night, was
knocked down and robbed Of her
purse?"
Why didn't he help her?"
"Oh. his terms are 500 a night
Triies.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
A Reform.

R;ones-My wife went in fordress re.
form last year.
Black-Goodi How much did it de-
crease the expense?
Bjones-Decrease? It cost Morsi-
Up-to-Date.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
yain IMAGINING,

Mistress - This steak is done too
much. Mary.
Maid-Not too much for me, mum.
But l hire you to cook for me. Dot
for yourself"
"Ge think ye do. mum."-Bostoa
Transcript-
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12
S0OS800000
. HOW
. WON THE REWARD,
BY L. FRANK BAUM.
copyright. Iss7.l


Filling the space between two large
building blocks was a little, one-storied
office. 1t was flush with the sidewalk,
and upon the large window was painted,
in red letters,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1897-06-12

L-F Oil SIINAl ED
From his home, No. 2Ol3 Wellington av-
enue, on JuEe .. 1890, Kenneth Keith Law.
renee, Familiarity called "Trotty." age,
four years and two months. Dark BROW
hair and eyes; large for his age; able to
tell his name, but perhaps not his resi-
dence. Wore at the time of his disappear
ance a white dress with blue sash, blue
flannel jacket and straw sailor hat. Was
last seen upon the sidewalk in front o.
said residence listening to the music of a
hand organ played by an old Italian. The
above reward will be paid for information
leading to the recovery of said Kenneth
Keith Lawrence, n all prosecutions will
be waived.