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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-15

that want to come in; letting in the one
that will pay you the largest prics and
using your privilege to extort a large
sum-" The legislature should have kept
entirely in its own hands the right OF
saying what companies should or should
not operate in a particular field. 1t
should not have placed this right even
for moment in hands that could use it
for their own selfish purpose without re-
gard to the interests OF the public.
1t is said in support of this law that it
ras prepared by distinRu ished lawyers
with great care. In answer to tits it
may be said that all these lawyers ap-
proved, not only that part of the law
which many claim is good, but that
pnrt of it which apparently everybody,
including Mr.. Payson, thinks is bad,
nalnely, the CLAUSE which extends the ex-
elusive privilege to corporations whion
are authorized to operate as we'll as to
those thst are actually operating. If the
ap prevail Of this gentleman referred to
has not served to rescue thai provision
from sound condemnation including con-
domination by the chief executive of the
state in an official message to the legisla-
ture, 1t can hardly he expected that it
will be unanimously accepted as an In
fallible guarantee Of the wisdom or the
right of it. AS this discussion mas been
precipitated by an application for q
charter to carry ON the business of electric
lighting in this city, it is liable to be con-
strued of course as an indirect attack up
on the existing company. We want to
say that that is not it's intention. We
have no knowledge that the company
now operating in Portland has in auy
way abused its privileges or has been
guilty of extortionate charges. How well
founded are the claims that the gentle
man who seeks to enter this field may be
We do not undertake to say. As we have
said once before ii any preference is to be
shown, it should be shown to the com
pany in which Portland capital is in
vested. But the granting of exclusive
privileges to anybody, except for sound
public reasons, and unless accompanied
with conditions that makes their abuse
practically impossible is an evil It
breeds distrusu of legislatures and creates
in the community feeling that equal
opportunities are not open to all, which
is inimical to the public welfare.
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WHAT TO WEAR.
The Great Question From the Standpoint
of the Bicycle Girl.

These are the days when bicycle cos
tune is not only in our minds eye but
in the face of the eyes we have about US.
Now that it has come to that pass that
everybody rides a wheel, we must think
Just as much about what we are going
to wear when out for spin, as when we
20 for drive or to the theatre or to
walk or any other place. Let us confess,
then, and say that we are thinking about
what we are going to wear all the time.
That is the woman of it. just 50 we are
thinking about bicycle costumes. Are
we going to wear just what we did last
year, or notp To wear or not to wearP
That is the question.
1t ia an unquestioned fact and there is
no use trying to deny it, that bloomers
are never seen in this country on smartly
dressed women. Indeed, society OF vari-
GUS degrees considers them bad form.
Why even in Paris they are beginning to
taboo them and are adopting the short
skirt. Oh, yes They are really superior
to tights, and most of us think who
wear them in that way, that they are
better than knickerbockers. There are
more designs for bicycle costumes than
would fill the biggest box that anybody
yer thought Of The best way to ex-
press the idea is to say that there have
been just as many improvements in bicy-
Gle costumes for women as there have
been in the wheels themselves.
1t has been the lot of chosen few tn
take peep ut what will be considered
the smart BICYCLE costumes for 1897,
spring andisummer. One OF the smartest
of these stiles is an almost circular skirt
which fits tightly the hip and the
stomach. Let the slight rider remember
that in this costume there should be no
fullness whatever, not even at the back.
For the stout woman, however, it 10
different. She should have two side
plaits and these should ba laid in box
pint underneath. In this instance the
fullness begins just below the hips and
thus there is around the hem of the skirt
all the width required and enough flare
to stand out we'll If it is three and a
half yards wide, that will be plenty. AS
excellent cloth as can be found for this
purpose is the heavy double-faced textile
ofithe sort which has been very popular
golf capes. The chief beauty of these
is that they do not require lining, but
1t must be admitted that some of the
tailors put on as facing straight band
of the same material. Others have a
facing Of circular band cut ii, ono
piece. This Is fitted with absolute pre-.
cision about the bottom of the skirt.
Az to the arrangement of the from
there In ample opportunity for variety.
The opening is, naturally, on either side
OF the front breadth. This is narrow at
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PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The Alabama Legislature has passed a
bill exempting cotton factories, hereafter
to be built in Alabama from taxation
for ten years.
Chicago is the greatest receiving point
for live stock in the world, and Iowa is
the largest contributor to that branch.
A pair Of gloves passes through about
zoo hands from the moment that the
skin leaves the dressers until the gloves
are purchased by the intending wearer.
A new industry in the South is the dis
tilling of sweet potatoes for alcohol and
whiskey.
One of the latest designs in incandes-
cent lamps is formed by placing the wire
between two sheets of glass set in a flat
frame.
The Missouri Senate has passed a bill
appropriating $500 for the purpose of
erecting monument at the grave of
Daniel Boone and wife, who are buried
in Warren county, Mo.
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Held Their Last "Open Meeting
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Philanthropy the Subject for Discussion
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Every druggist keeps Doans Kidney price so cents
box Remember the don't accent
situte Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N Agents ~
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
SII Market Street. .

votes, particularly upon those who hold
that there should be economy in every
department of our city government
Daily Republican.
Those women who tried to hinder
the workmen of the new telephone COM
pany a few nights ago by jumping in
the holes dug for the poles received a
Just reward for their unseemly con-
duct. They stayed in the holes long
enough to compel the wOrkmen to eject
them by force. This they did by
barking them on the shins with their
shovels Women who don't know the
difference between decency and un-
seemliness should have shovels used
upon them always.-Sunday Herald.
When one looks at the class and
character of the men who infest (and
infect the State House during the leg
islative sessions as professional lobby
lists one is tempted to wonder how it
Is possible that the advocacy of any
measure from such a source would not
Immediately kill it.-Dover Index.
City Council cannot give Whining
ton the Single Tax, but it can take a
long step in that direction by putting
an end to the unjust and unlawful as
sessments now perpetrated in this as
in almost every other city.-Justice
AS a whole the new Constitution is a
vast Improvement over the old one
and while some Of its features may not
be satisfactory to all, yet the docu-
ment as a whole we feel we can safely
endorse.-Sussex Countian.
The singing of the doxology is in
order-the Constitutional Convention
has decided to proclaim the new Consti
tuition. and the Democratic Legislature
has agreed to adjourn to-day. Sing
State Sentinel.
Whatever may be said of the Legis
lature which has just adjourned, there
can be no question that no previous
General Assembly of Delaware evei
had more efficient or trustworthy
clerks. They performed their duties
with intelligence and by their indus
try and obliging dispositions won the
warm regard and high respect of al
who came in contact with them.-Sun
day Star. .4. &RF.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
A GOOD SUIT OF CLOTHES.
No Man Can Afford to Wear shabby
Garments.

A GAINESVILLE lawyer appeared before
his friends in a new ard costly suit Of
clothes recently, says the Atlantic Con
stitution. When he named the price a
bystander exclaimed:
"Whewl / haven't had that much
cash in n amonth of Sundays"
"Ceshi" exclaimed the lawyer. why,
got It on credit and l shan't lose any
sleep Il never pay for it. think turn
about's fair play and the other fellow
can afford TO do without IT," And. lift
ing himself TO his full height and but
toning his coat across his chest, he
continued: ''No. gentlemen, ! never IN
tend to wear q shabby suit. \ man just
can't afford to do il. Nobody has any
respect for shobbiness. Why, l couldnt
gain case if l wore shabby clothes i
/ had the eloquence Of n Demosthenes OF
Cicero, not IL all the law and the
prophets were on my side. a jury just
wouldn't respect me enough TO listen K
me and the Judge himself would give
I his decision according 10 my outward
appearance. No. sir, "A man cant az
ford TO wear shabby clothes"
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
MARRIED BY THE BISHOP.

Miss Adeline r. Hills last night be-
came the bride OF George c. Butts, and
the ceremony uniting them was one of
the most beautiful and brilliant of this
season Of fashionable weddings.
The bride is the daughter of Major
Francis Lowell Hills, chief engineer of
the Wilmington and Northern railroad
and the groom is wealthy young
manufacturer of Norwich, Conn.
The ceremony took place at $50
o'clock in st. Andrews Church. and
was performed by Bishop Coleman and
Rev. Charles e. Murray, rector OF the
church. Preceding it a fine musical
program was rendered by Organist
BOwness Briggs.
The church was beautifully deco
rated The pillars were entwined with
laurel, and lavish use was made Of
ferns, palms and daisies. The chancel
and pulpit were especially transformed
into a veritable bower.
The bridal party entered to the
strains of "Lohengrin." The ushers
came first. These were William A. Nor
ton. Charles A. Johnson, of Norwich,
Conn. George Il. Hills. J. T. G. Nichols.
Jr.. of Cambridge, Mass, and Charles
Copeland and Alexis l. DUPONT, of this
city.
Following them were the brides
maids, Miss Sara AthertOn Hills and
Miss Louise Dupont. of Wilmington;
Miss Helen G. Nichols, of Cambridge,
Mass, and Miss Mary Richards. of Nor
wich. Preceding the bride walked the
maid of honor. Miss Martha II. Hills, a
sister Of the bride. Last came the
bride with her father, who gave her
l o. 4 40 oh In OH
the groom and his best man, John NJ.
Johnson, of Norwich, Conn.
Rev Charles e. Murray officiated at
the first part of the service, and it was
concluded by Bishop Coleman, who af-
| terward presented the prayer-booE
used by him to the bride. Schumann'
'Traumerei' was played during the
ceremony.
The bride wore a magnificent gown
of heavy ivory satin, draped with ex-
quisite rose point lace, a family heir
| loom. Her full tulle veil was caught
with orange blossoms and a diamond
| crescent. She wore diamond and pear
pendant, the gift of the groom. Hel
| bouquet was lilies of the valley and
maiden hair fern.
The maid of honor wore a slip oi
point d'esprit over pink taffeta silk
with pink sash and pink ostrich tips il
her hair She carried a bouquet of Ia
France roses. The bridesmaids wore
similar frocks of pink taifeta, witt
| broad pink sashes and pink Ostrich
tips in their hair, and carried pinl
roses. Each usher wore a spray o.
lilies of the valley in the lapel of his
coat.
After the ceremony a reception wai
held at the home of the bride, No 130-
West Thirteenth street, which wa!
handsomely decorated. There a wed
ding supper was also served.
Among the guests from a distance
were: H. L. Butts, Miss Matilda Butts
Miss Adelaide Butts, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles p Butts, Willis Austin. j. NJ
Johnson, W. A. Norton, c.. A. Johnson
Miss Richards, Of Norwich, Conn. Mrs
E. A. Hills, Frederick II. Butts, of Bos
ton; George E. Hills, ]. T. G. Nichols
Miss Nichols, of Cambridge Mass.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01

WITHOUT A PEER.-WORKS MIR-
ACLES.-Dr Agnews Cure for the
Heart is without a peer This great
remedy relieves instantly the most ag-
gravated and distressing forms OF heart
disease. II is the surest and quickest
acting formula for heart trouble known
to medical science, and thousands of
times has the hand of the grim de-
stroyer been stayed by its use. If there
is Palpitation, Shortness of Breath
Pain in Left Side, Smothering Sensa-
tions, don't delay or YOU may be count
ed in the long list of those who have
gone over to the great majority, be-
cause the best remedy in the world to-
day was not promptly used.
Sold by n. b. DanfOrth, Market street
and Second street, and q. James Belt
Sixth and Market streets.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01

TO the NaiOnal Medical Association
which will meet in Philadelphia to-mor-
row.
Mrs. Wilbers, residing at No. 217
West street, is recovering from a seri-
Gus illness contracted in New York,
whittier she had gone to spend the Win
ter with her daughter
Samuel J. Maloney, of New York. is
on a weeks visit to his father at No
III East Fifth street.
Samuel Blocksom, well-known
young man of Magnolia. Del. has ar
rived in Wilmington for a visit to his
brother, DR.. J. T. V. BlocksOm.
Willard S. Mears is entertaining M
Walker Madison, a student and leading
athlete of Swarthmore College.
j. B. Maxwell, manager of the Mer-
ritt House, and Mrs. Maxwell spent Me
mortal Day in Altoona, Pa.
Thomas f. Bayard. Jr., of New York
spent Sunday and yesterday at Della
more Place with his father former Am
bassador Bayard. He is well pleased
with the official position which he
holds in New York city.
Representative Charles Dempsey, OF
Brandywine Springs, was in the city
yesterday.
Deputy Recorder of Deeds Edwin A.
Read has returned from Atlantic City
where he has been for the benefit of his
health.
Miss Anne Burton Marvel, of Mil
ford is the qupst of her father Iudpf
Marvel, at the Clayton House.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01

to I'll vacancy in the office OF magis-
trate in this city. The official term of
Magistrate Lewis Sasse will terminate
in short time and Mr.. Sasse is an ap-
plicant for rcappointment. He has the
endorsement, not only of the members
OF the bar Of this county, but also that
Of a great many business men who
have had occasion to appear before
him as plaintiffs or defendants, or in
ordinary business not incident to litiga-
ton.
Mr.. Sasse has made an excellent mag
istrate, and there is no valid reason
why he should not retain the office If
the governor Is looking for men who
have been tested as to capacity and in
tegrity. He is a man OF sound judg-
ment and unquestioned character, and
the conduct OF that court under his
tenure has been blameless.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

H. w. Grant, of the Clayton office of
the Delaware Railroad Company, was
in town yesterday on a holiday visit.
This is the first opportunity Mr.. Grant
has had to see Wilmington by daylight
for many weeks.
Rev. George Wolfe. pastor of First
NJ. p. Church, has had conferred upon
him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
by the American Temperance Univer-
sity of Hartman, Tenn, of which in
stitution he is a graduate.
DR.. Peter Cooper will spend the Sum
mer at RehobOth.
Charles w. Pusey president Of the
/ Pusey and Jones Company, will go 20
Europe next month. He will be one OF
the delegates TO the big meeting of the
Society or Naval Architects and Marine
Engineers to be he'd in London in July
Miss May Widener, of Philadelphia
and Miss Ceno Davis. of Washington
arrived in the city yesterday on q visi
to Mrs. Jerome B. Bell.
Mrs. Mary McCanher is visiting hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Marvel
at SeafOrd.
DR.. Charles Marvel and wife, o
Richmond, Ind, are being entertaine'
at the Clayton House by their brother
Judge Marvel. The doctor has beei
East two weeks and has been attend
ing clinics in Philadelphia, and spend
I ing his spare time here in Wilmington
He came East as delegate from Indians
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
DIED

CARROLL-In this city, on May 2S
William r., son of Thomas and Mar
garet Carroll, aged 3 years and 8
months.
CHARLES. Suddenly on May 27, 1897
Maggie, wife of George S. Charles
aged 3S years.
CRIPPS.-At Newark, Del, on May 26
1897. Mrs. Sarah Cripps, in the 18th
year of her age.
DOVER In this city, on the 9th in
Slant. Sarah Dover.
GRIFFITH.--On Saturday. May 29
1897. Sarah p, widow of d. L. Crit
fifth.
VIRTUE.-ln this city, on May q, 1897
Rebecca e Virtue, widow of the lat
Robert E. Virtue, in the S9tn year o
1 her age.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
CURE EoR AYpRoPAoeIA.
Liver Of the Dog said to BE nm InfaIli-
bIe Remedy for It's Bite.

Liver oR the Dog said TO BE nm Infaili-
BILE Remedy for It's Bite.
A French missionary in China wit
messed recently how two of his carriers
were bitten by rabid dog, and was
very much worried about it, says Medi-
cine Moderne. Several Chinese who
happened to be there told him that his
worry was absolutely uncalled for,
since they had an undoubtedly safe
preventive against the poison Of rabid
dog taking effect, and 10 prove the as
sertion Eve Cinnamon who had been
bitten in March of last year by mad
dog were presented TO the missionary.
He found that Cinnamon eat of the raw
liver of mad dog after being bitten
and IL they partake of this within a
given time after the accident it IS said
they will not be subject to hydro
phobia 1t is curious that Plinius in
his Natural History recommends eat
ing the liver of a mad dog, if bitten, as
raw as possible, and they who could not
swallow the Liver raw should have il
cooked and drink the broth therefT2m.
II is not positively known whether this
remedy is efficacious, but it appears 10
be worthy of investigation, particularly
since this seems to be the nctual begin
ming of the isopathic treatment since
perfected by Pasteur and Koch.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
TUESDAY. JUNE 1. 1897
rHE TRoLLEY MUsT CONE.

THE TROLLEY MUST COME.
The friends OF the trolley need not be
dlsheartened because of the refusal Of
the General Assembly to grant fran
chises to roads proposed to be built and
to extend the privileges already be-
slowed upon others already in opera
tion. Il is not a new experience Tor
trolley roads to be met with the
antagonism of powerful railroad cor
porations. but IL is the almost in
variable experience that sooner or later
the railroads are worsted in the fight.
In every state where the trolley has
sought fair privileges the railroads
have endeavored to throttle it, and in
many of them 1t were successful for a
number OF years, but sooner or later
the people gave notice to the aspirants
for legislative honors that they must
pledge themselves to give to the pub
lie not only the additional convenience
of the trolley roads, but also the bene-
fits to be derived because of the COM
petition between common carriers, and
the legislators were compelled to ae-
cede to those demands.
In the nelghboring counties OF the
State OF Pennsylvania the trolley lines
met with the opposition OF the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, and yet to-
day we find the trolley car traversing
the roads in all directions up there and
paralleling the railroads for miles and
miles. It was the result Of fight, but
the people know how to fight when oc-
casion requires it.
We have little to hope for in the line
Of liberal trolley legislation at the ad.
journed session of the General Assem-
bly, next January, because the same
men who played so willingly into the
hands OF the railroad lobby this Spring
will be on the floor next Winter, and
nothing is to be hoped from them. The
only thing is to wait until the next cleo
tion and then make the men who wisl
to make our laws pledge themselve.
that they will give the people of th'
state what they want and what thel
should have in the nature OF rapid tran
sit. Under the new Constitution the
members of the General Assembly viii
be elected from districts, and the mar
who is fortunate enough to secure thu
nomination and has to depend upOI
the voters CT his own district for elec
tion can quickly be brought to terms
he shows a disposition to disregard tn
popular will. He will not have tn
whole county to look to to remedy hi
weakness in the particular locality II
which he resides, and which he pledge
himself to represent faithfully an
honestly.
That the issue will be raised at tn
next general election no one can deny
The action of the present General As
sembly has forced il to the front, an
next year those men who will nc
pledge themselves to do justice to tn
people and vote to give them the at
vantages OF the trolley will fare exceed
ingly bad at the polls.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01

DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
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 constitutional remedies.
Deafness Is caused by an infiamed condi-
tion Of the mucous lining of the Eus-
tachisn Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have rumhling sound or i'm
perfect hearing, and when Il Is entirely
-loscd Deafness Is the result. and unless
the Inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored TO its normal condition
hearing will be destroyed forever, nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which Is nothing hut an inflamcd cOndi
don of the mucous surfaces
We will give one Hundred Dollars fol
any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrl
Cure. Send for circulars. free.
f. j. CHENEY K CO, Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Evening journal., 1897-06-01
ANNIIAL ALuMNI BANQUET.

The annual banquet of the Goldey
College will be held tomorrow evening.
w. b. Gregg will be POSTMASTER and
these toasts will be responded to-:
Benefits of Commercial Education,
Miss Mabel B. Scott; What Are We
Here For?" William Morton; Effect of
Our College in the Business World,
Miss Florence b. Upton; THE Glass OF
81" S. Shallcross. The association
will entertain the graduating class.