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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
NATURAL FAT.
GETTING FAT is ONLY a QUESTION
OF EATING PROPER FOOD.


Thin people who want to get fat should
eat proper food and digest it.
That is the only natural way.
The trouble with most thin people is that
they suffer from indigestion.
They don't digest their food, They don't
get enough nouushment. They are slowly
being starved They are poisoned by the
products of fermented and putlid food.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, gentle, natural
vegetable digestive, attacks the food in
your stomach just like the digestive juices,
and turns it into healthful nourishment. 1t
helps your stomach naturally 1t makes
thin dyspeptics fat. 1t makes poisonous
blood pure. 1t tones up anu cures the stom-
ach.
Nothing will euresindigestion like Shaker
Digestive Cordial, because nothing else goes
SO naturally about it.
This is why it has been so successful in re-
ieying nausea, vomiting, dizziness, weak
ness. bad taste, fever, f1atulence, constipa-
ton, loss of appetite, headache, neuralgia,
rheumatism etc, by curing the disorder
which causes the symptoms.
A few doses will prove its value, but you
WON'T get fat on one bottle
All druggists. Ter cents for a trial bottle.
Write for book on Food and Fat to The
Shakers, 30 Reade Street, New York.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
WoMAN,s CONFIDENCE.
Wives who Help Their Husbands In
Display of Skill.

Display of Skill.
One of the most remarkable things to be
experienced in real life is the wonderful
confidence which is SO often displayed by
a woman in the man she loves. We hear
now and then of woman who permits
herself to be carried across dizzy heights
on the back of her husband, of women
who stand with apples upon their heads in
order that their husbands may shoot them
away with rife balls, of one woman who foI
several seasons was in the habit Of night
ly standing against a board screen while
her husband dexterously threw knives
asound her until she was pinned in SO that
she could not move from her position,
when the slightest deviation from his
wonderful skill would have meant that
one of the knives would pierce her flesh
and doubtless kill her.
Chiquita, in Mexico, used to stand in the
center of the bull ring and face fearlessly
the maddened animal, which was induced
to charge upon her, her sole hope OF escap-
ing horrible death depending upon the
precision with which-her husband should
throw his never failing lasso. And yet she
died natural death, for the lariat in hel
husband S hands never failed to turn tbs
bull in time, and it was not an infrequent
occurrence that he was SO drunk when he
mounted his horse to perform the act that
he had to be assisted into the saddle There
are thousands of cases of the kind, and
they are taking place every day right be-
fore our eyes, the strange part of it being
that we do not realize the truth when we
see the several acts performed.
Who, for instance, in viewing the clos
ing scene of the beautiful parasol dance at
the opening of the third act in the s. Man,
darin," pauses to think of the extraor-
binary confidence in her husbands
strength and agility which Mrs. Marion
must possess when she permits herself tc
be turned in the air like an animated cart
wheel and in manner which, if he should
make one miss, would certainly result in
broken limbs, if not in a fatal accident
1t is interesting to know how this act
originated. Sam Marion, who is the primes
of agile performers, describes it in his OWL
words as follows
II had been out to dinner party after
the performance one night and did not GO
to my room at the hotel until after 2 in the
morning My wife was in bed, but she had
to get up to let me in, and we were chat.
ting about the performance, when sudden.
ly the idea for the turn wheel popped into
my head. Come here l said to her.
Stand with your back to me and stiffen
every joint. She didn't ask question,
but stood just l said, and I grabbed bel
and gave her the turn just as you have
seen me do it on the stage. She had nc
idea of what I was going to do until II
was done, but when she landed on her feet
after the flop over she looked dazed for 8
moment, and then she said, Don't you d.
that again, Sam Marionp But all th.
same 1 have done it every night on tn
stage since that time, and l regard 1t az
one of the best acts that ever originated.
philadelphia Times.
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The Lordly Floorwallser and His Duties

The LOrdiy ElOorwaIker and His Dunes
The foorwalker, sometimes called an
usher-either name is equally inadequate
as descriptive of his duties-gets from Sit
to $40 week, and he earns it fully. What
the buyer is to the inner management Of
the store he Is to the outer. To the pub
lie he is nothing more than a politely COZ
veniens living directory, who knows
promptly that the ribbon sale Is seven
counters down to the left and that carpet
sweepers may be found at the end of the
middle aisle on the third floor. Such mat
tiers as these are the simplest of his duties.
To keep his salespeople up to the standard
in dress, department and activity, to b.
polite to every body, to stand as buffer
between the salespeople and the wrath oil
those who nave grievances against the
store for goods Inissent or other mistakes
made. to see that the rules are obeyed-in
short, TO be the arbiter of conduct and
store etiquette-these are enough to guard
him against ennui. Under combination
of farseeing, shrewd buyer and cour-
teous Woodworking aisle manager, as he
prefers to be called, with knack of mar,
aging people, any. department. will more
than pay it's share of the expenses of the
establishments 1.-THE Department. Store
by Samuel Hopkins Adams, in Scribner' s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
"roo sooN.o
sacant chaff well meant for grain.

s-IennySon.
sweep not Rave faith and hope and trust"
They are not enough, she said.
I've were never but two, and one is dust.
am alive; he is dead.
sfDeath is the life we all Inherit"
Yea, 1 believe it, she said,
But I am human, and he is a spirit.
My fellow creature is dead.
nHe is happy. You should be glad"
Happyl Without me2 she said
He was always sorry when was sad.
So he who loved me is dead.
"Nay, his joy should be yours by this"
know not his joy, she said.
How should have share in Spirits bliss
Till l, too, am lying dead2
"Death will grant you what death denies"
Yea. to behold him, she said.
But he was the light of my human eyes,
And they cannot see the dead.
"Prayer from your heart will dry these
tears
My heart has no prayer, she said.
But a crying out for the sweet lost years
And my darling who is dead.
Mary Botherton.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
WIT AND WISDOM
No EVIDENCE of It.


Salesman-You can see the original
price marked here in plain figures. Our
price, you notice, is less than one-third.
We got the goods from dry goods mer-
chant that was embarrassed.
Customer (inspecting the figures)-Hs
goods. He had his nerve all with him.
Chicago Tribune.
For your Protection.-Catarrh 'cures'' in
liouid form to be taken internally. usually con-
tain Mercury or Iodide of Potassa, or both,
which are injurious If too long taken. Catarrh
is a local. not a blood disease, caused by cold
and damp weather. 1t starts in the nasal pas
saaes. Cold in the head, if repeatedly neglect
ed results in catarrh. Ely's Cream Balm is the
acknowledged cure for these troubles and con-
tains no mercury nor injurious drug.
Chappie's Plant.
"I'1n awfully tired doing nothing, deah
boy"
8Whyf" a
"Theah's so much of it to do, Truth.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
The Moat.

Before the days of artillery the moat was
an effective means of defense, particularly
when filled with water. In very large
forts or castles it sometimes assumed the
dimensions of a lake, being often 100 yards
wide and 10 to 90 feet deep. The moat
was crossed by drawbridge, which could
be raised at an instant's notice. When the
moa5 was too wide to permit of this bridge
covering the entire distance, slight wood
en- bridge was employed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

France has, on the German frontier,
three nrst class DEMONSTRATION yerdun
and Bianoon; on the Belgian frontier,
Lille. Dunkirk, Arras and Donay; on the
italian, Lyon, Grenoble and Besancon,
and on the Atlantic coast, Rochefort, Iao'
rent and Brast
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

elbow did you happen to insure in that
particular company?
81 consulted the wishes of my wife"
s'Of course; that's very praiseworthy
But-does she know anything about life
insurance conpanies?"
eyes. She investigated and found that
this one always issues the prettiest calen-
dars Washington Star
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
FOR SALE.
Forty words inser under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance

L house with piano and entire island be-
tween two and three acres, called Pumpkin
Nob,' including two row boats. Six minutes
walk from Evergreen Landing, Peak Island
BENJAMIN SHAW, 514a Exchange Street
1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
NOR SALE-Sleigh, phaeton and double car
IL rage at low price. 237 MIDDLE ST. 81

TlOR sALE-A brick house, II rooms, first
Il floor handsomely decorated, sleeping
rooms conveniently arranged, hot air and hot
water heating apparatus. sunny exposure good
sized yard near Congress, between High and
State streets. The above Is offered on the mar
ket for a limited period only BENJAMIN
SHAW. 511a Exchange ST. Ill
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

A big boom for American wheat is pre-
dicted by reason OF the trouble in Crete
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
FOR SALE.

The Stock in trade and the good will of
the business of the late L. Ii. Hawley and
the land and buildings on North Corner
Spring and Clark streets are offered for
sale. Terms cash. Apply to MRS. 7. B.
HAWLEY. on the premises, or to III. W..
SWASEY, 80 Exchange st.
Portland, Feb. 1907. feD1Od1W
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

INOR sALE-Farming for profit in southern
l. California; where from one to six crops
can be grown yearly. Free passage to each
purchaser of ten acres of land, Refer to lead
ing banks of California. For full information
address HEMET LAND CO., Hemet River
side Co., Cal. 12-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

EOR SALE-Horns and trumpets for the
Il celebration; horns that make a big noise
and small trumpets that go easy, all kinds
horns for everybody, wholesale and retail at
MERRILL'S Variety Store PAT Congress St,
We have received fresh lot. Of that
cent canuy. 15-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

UOR SALE-Cisterns. tanks; fish drums all
kind; 8, 10 buckets barrels, 8, 10. ID, 20
gal molasses kegs. Work of ali kind made to
order RAWSON, LOMBARD & CO., Coopers,
No. Central street. Portland. feb8-4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

TOR SALE--Pacer, very fast owner gone out
Il west and has no further use for him. no
puller easily handled perfectly gentle inquire
Place. price reasonable. 15-1
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NOR SALE-We shall sell at public auction,
II Monday, Feb. 10, at 2.3O p. M the
took and fixtures of the store III Green
treet, consisting of confectionery, cigars,
scales, etc. GOSS q WILSON, Auctioneers.
1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

EOR SALE-A grocery business in Maine
II town, established 30 years; finely located,
large farming trade In connection with village
trade good clean stock and best of goods
best of reasons for selling. For terms and par
ticulars. address BUSINESS, box 381 sBruns-
wick, Me. feb4-4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

glOR sALE--A lot of land 5Ox115 feet situat-
Il ed at Willard on line of electric cars In
ouire of MRS. GRACE E. LOVEITT, Willard
Ne. 81
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

COR SALE-sea View Cottage with complete
4 furnishings OF house, The electrics will run
advance in price, hard to find more beautiful
grove of acres with full view OF the ocean:
This property is offered at great bargain If
purchased soon. /. P. BUTLER. 48 IL Ex-
change st. so
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
TOILET.

ITO LET-Convenient rent of rooms end
Il bath at 15S Pearl street, a little below
Cumberland. Good yard room and light all
day. Very desira BILE for small family. Terms
low to right party Inquire of F. E. LEIGH
TON, office OF Drummond & Drummond, I'm
ion Mutual Building. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

u3OR SALE-Green cut bone for poultry
food at W. H. SARGENT'S corner Wash
ington and Cumberland streets. Also full
line of provisions and groceries. 131
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

NOR SALE-Business requiring small capt.
u tal brisk demand for goods, large pro-
ability. Come in and investigate thoroughly.
d. w. HAWKES., 42a Exchange street. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
STORES TO RENT.

Stores Nos. to Central wharf re-
Gently occupied by G. A Weston q
Co., suitable for grocery or other business
In fine order and have an electric elevator
and heated with hot water; have good rail-
road track and dock facilities Enquire at
nov50dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

THE frmsof C. W. Marston s. Co. is this day
Il dissolved, G. M. Cram retiring. CIV
Marston will continue the business under th
same name as before. O. W. MARSTON & CO.
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VNANTED-Man in Portland and one or two
w outside to open small offices and handle
my goods. Address in own handwriting with
cnnati. 1b-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
.Johnsons Anodyne [ ini1nent

originated in by the late Dr. A. Johnson good old
Family Physician for in his private practice to relieve
pain every Of Inflammation Every Mother should have
in the house Dropped suffering children love ta
bottle Price sens six 500
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

OST-On Saturday between the Sherwood
IA and Casco street, a pair of gold trimmed eye
glasses, The finder will be suitably rewarded
on leaving them at The Sherwood 1el
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
LOST AND FOUND.

Forty words inserted under this hea
ono week for 25 cents cash in advance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

NOR SALE A second hand furnace in good
Il condition, suitable for heating one flat or
small house. Apply "a HIGH ST.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

ITO LET-The first class. pleasantly located,
i house 457 Cumberland street, 12 rooms
and bath, set bowls. laundry, and combination
heater, very sunny, convenient, and in thorough
repair. GEO. F. JUNKINS, Under u. S.
Hotel, Monument Square. 1O-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

lady AGENTS WANTED-odorless Fry
IL ine oven and Grease retainer for tile
kitchen, No odor or grease. Every sample
sails two Pocket sample sent for 25c free.
No 3 Al 90 free. Address D. r. BROWN
Low. Stove Dealer. iMiddletown. Conn. Send
for circular. 1o-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

WANTED-Seyera lasters on ladies' kid
w shoes to pull over for hand method ma
chine. Good jobs for experienced hands.
SHAW, COOLING SHOE CO., 16o Middle
street, 1O-l
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

WRINGERS-Wringer new, and old wiring
w ers made as good as new, we do first class
repairing at the lowest prices, also tubs, npre
tubs, pals and washing machines, plant 1000,
flower pots, plant stands, step ladders 6asS-
cts, brushes and lunch boxes. W. G. SAWYER,
Preble st. Io-I
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

UyANTED-Young man. Apply to o6s Com
w mercial street. 13-1
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WATCHES ON INSTALLMENTS

will sell you Waltham and Elgin watches
lower than any installment dealer on earth, and
make the terms to suit you if you are honest and
square. MCKINNEY the Jeweler, Monu
ment Square. jan6dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

ENoR INTELLECTUALLY situated near Com
merc1al street, ground floor, second or
third floors, large and well lighted for man
purposes; adjacent to steam pow
er. BENJAMl NSHAW, sig Exchange street.
1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

Forty words or less inserted under this
Head fer nne week for 90 cts. in advance.
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WANTED-Kid Cutter; also an experienced
w Trimming Cutter. SHAW-GODING
SHOE CO., 100 Middle street. 12-1
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MONEY TO LOAN-On first class real estate
MI mortgages at from to per cent. Apply
to GEO. +. JUNKINS. Real Estate and Insur-
ance Agent under U. s. Hotel. Monument
Square. 1O-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

EUROPEAN TRAVEL-A Wellesley graduate
II who has travelled abroad is organizing
private party for the summer of '97. Number
limited Address Box 100, Woodfords.
feb1O-4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

NEW SEORE-Clothng cut to measure or
~ ready made, also watches and jewelrv.
On credit, 81. 90 per week. Dyeing, cleaning
and repairing at short notice. BOSTON SUE
PLY CO.. 410 Congress street, opposite Chest
nut. Ill
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WANTED.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for % cents cash in advance.
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WANTED-AGENTS.

Forty words inserted under this head
one weak for as cents, cash in advance.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents cash In advance.
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EOR SALE-A nice building lot in western
part OF the city. and only % cents per foot.
and only $500 required down, about $500 feet.
GEO. f. JUNKINS. Real Estate and Insur
ance Agent, under o. S. Hotel Monument
Square 1O-I
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Forty words inserted under this head
ono week for rs cents. cash in advance.
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ITO LET-Very comfortable winter rooms
with board at IA Spring st. 25-4
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wv ANTED-Ladies to call and see the best
w boot in the city for 81, in button and
lace Mems 81 enamel shoes for So. 80. Mems
button boots for % cents. Misses button
boots 40 cents. 1879 Middle street, head of
Plum street. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

no LET-To single gentleman, a very large,
i desirable front room, in private family,
ences required. Inquire at "a PINE ST.
jan14 If
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

EOR SALE-Besr building lot on Cumber-
L land street (near Mellen) fine view. and
very desirable, about 5000 feet. GEO. F.
JUNKINS. Real Estate and Insurance Agent,
under U. S. Hotel, Monument Square. 1O-1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-16

WANTED-Two ladies, as teachers at the
W New York dress cutting school, also spec
ial inducements to ladies who wish to learn to
cut and make their own dresses without serving
term. Call $40 Congress ST., under Gilbert's
dancing academy. 1911
The Newtown bee., 1897-08-06
A WORD FROM c. H. NoRTHRop.

Editor of THE BEE: Through the col
umns of your paper desire to call the
attention Of the public to the fact that
by reason of the refusal of the joint board
of selectmen and school visitors to make
sn estimate for an appropriation for Mid
die district, the fund from the state is
forfeited and the town treasury deprived
of that amount, which last year amount
ed to $l14.75. This is equally true of all
other districts from which the appropria-
tions we're withheld. Closing school in
any district where the average attend
ance is that required by law consider a
long step backwards and the most disas.
trous thing that can happen to that dis
trict.-[C Fl. Northrop.
The Newtown bee., 1897-08-06
THE FRESH AIR CHILDREN In CHURCH.

THE FRESH AIR CHILDREN IN CHURCH.
BY an arrangement between Rev G. Il.
Linsley and Rev o. W. Barker the Fresh
Air children who are now on q two
J weeks vacation in town are to be invited
for religious service to the Congregation
al church, Sunday morning, August g.,
and to Trinity church, Sunday morning,
August 10. AT the congregational church
next Sunday morning, August y, the SER
vice will be specially arranged that the
Fresh Air children may have some part
in it and that it may appeal to them. 1t
is now expected that group of these
children will sing some hymns which
they use in their city mission Sunday
schools, and one or two of them will give
recitations. The pastor of the church,
Rev Otis w. Barker, will speak to the
children about the wild fl overs now in
bloom, and also will preach sermon
suited to their mental grasp. All inter-
ested in these children and in what is he
ing done to help them are most cordially
invited to this service, which begins at IL
o'clock.
The Newtown bee., 1897-08-06

Undertaken George F. Taylor was
called to the Purchase on Wednesday to
conduct the funeral of Viola M. Woods,
a five-months- baby of Mr. and Mrs
Woods, who have been staying at Bird.
sey Gilbert's in the Purchase, this sum-
mer. The little one was only sick one
day with spinal meningitis and died on
Tuesday. Mrs Wood is sister of MI
Gilbert. The funeral was held from the
house on Wednesday, Rev Mr. Range Of
floating. The burial was In the South
Britain cemetery.
The Newtown bee., 1897-08-06

A number of Sandy Hook young men
are having a jolly time camping on the
banks of the Housatonic, this week. In
the party are James, Ralph and Gusta-
vus Belts, Howell Wright, George Ban
ker and two Brooklyn friends.
The Newtown bee., 1897-08-06

Ia an enthusiast in the work. A few such
young men would do wonderful work
in the west. L wish very much that /
c )uld hold him, but there are attractions
for him elsewhere. [ am surprised that
more young men do not annually find
their way to the west. They are not
filled with the missionary spirit, L fear.
Our western work is hard, but then it is
very inspiring. What we need Ia men
who are industrious, enthusiastic and pa
tient. Such men will succeed. L From
Bishop Leonard's Qaarterly Report.
The Newtown bee., 1897-08-06

The Merry Go Round wheeled from
one end of the Street to the other, in the
last two weeks, meeting with Mrs Row
land at the residence of MRS Allen on
Thursday, July 20 The tournament of
this week was held at Fern Cottage, Mrs
Worthen being the hostess, and both
days bringing the rain, which has been
an accompaniment of nearly every festiv-
ity of this summer. Mrs Northrop and
Mrs Rowland were the winners on the
latter with the unprecedented score OF "A
plus.