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The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17
STORES TO RENT.

Stores Nos. to Central wharf re-
Gently occupied by G. A.. Weston 3
in fine order and have an electric elevator
and heated with hot water; have good rail-
road track and dock facilities. Enquire at
No. 10 Central Wharf. VIM. R. WOOD.
novS0dtf
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nor SALE-In village % miles from Port
L land, a store with stock of goods, tene-
ment of five rooms over store, stable and one
half acre of land. Price $1,000, including stock.
BENJAMIN SHAW, 81 IL Exchange St.
l5-1Y
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OIL AND GASOLINE-Are Won aware that in
~ Sendlng your oil can to the store to have it
nlied tnat your can will not last hall as long as
u Will 10 nave II MED right at your door; order
St., and save the wear and tear on your can
and get better OIL 16J
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r OST-Black leather letter case, contain
IL ing money and papers of value only to
the owner. Finder will be rewarded by re-
turning property to 10 Casco street.
EDWARD c. SWEET. 15-1
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r OST-Tuesday, March, 9th album charm
IL between COm WHIT and Custom House
WIFI, finder please leave at Gushing s. McKen-
ney's Commercial wharf and receive reward
JOHN E. GORMAN. Ill
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WANTED.

WANTED now have one hundred women
w and girls waiting for employment. They
are capable of filling positions In hotels or
widowers' families; men and women cooks for
hotels; women to clean paint Apply 800 1-2
Congress street. MRS. PALMER'S Office.
III
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EOR SALE-Great sale of sheet music,
e music books, musical instruments,
trim mings and strings, banjos, guitars,
mandolins, violins and cases. Latest popular
music and folios, at STOCKBRIDGE'S Music
Store, Cheap for cash) 517 Congress and 7
Casco streets. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

NOR SALE-Tickets for spring term of
Il dancing school for beginners, COM
mencing at Thatcher Post Hall, Friday
night, March 26; Manchester teacher; 6 les
sons, gents course 81. 90, ladies 81 %. Learn
to dance. Don't miss first lessons. Tickets
street. 1872
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ITO LET-Two very desirable connecting
j. rooms on third floor of building 553 IL
Congress street. corner of Oak. Hot water
heating. Ready about March 18th. Also en-
tire fourth floor which will be finished to suit
tenant. F. L. JERKS, 396 Congress street.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

EOR SALE-I invite you if in need of Gus
IL tom clothing to examine my well selected
foreign and domestic woolens Tor spring and
summer 1877 sold at hard times prices. No fit
no pay. FRED,K w. GROSSTUCK, Merchant
Tailor, 10 Free street., near MIDDLE street up
stairs. 13.l
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FOR LEA 2 IL story brick house situ-
ID finished rooms fitted for two families.
with gas and Sebago water aud is in first class
repair. Lot 50x11I. Inquire OF A. G. LIBBY
" co.. AZ IL Exceange St. 1874
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EOR SALE-The best bargain in a good
young and stylish horse, with harness and
top buggy, ever offered in Portland. horse
safe for lady to drive in any place. For par.
ticulars address. Box $50, city 1851
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EOR SALE-Two story house contain
ing rents. situated on NewDury st. near
the Portland Company. Income S24 per month,
price low and terms easy. Inquire of A. C.
LIBBY & CO., AZ 1-2 Exchange St. 1872
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

EOR SALE-New house of u rooms, in
II best part of western end of the city,
has all the modern conveniences and is
ready for immediate occupancy, also lot of
land in same section, 52x100. beautiful sur
roundings, at less than market price.
WILLIAM BURROWES, 1877 Vaughan street.
15-1
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&PRING and Summer Cloths now ready for
~ your inspection, Stylish business suits
made to order from $50 up. FRED T. LUNT,
Merchant Tailor, 235 Middle street 80
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

- Rolling Pins to Grocery Trade. No com
petition, experience unnecessary, $50 month
and expenses or % per cent commission.
Chicago Baking Powder Co., Sc Hamilton
Ave, Chicago. 1871
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

NOR SALE-Woodfords, storied French
Il roof house, slated, IA rooms in perfect
repair, large new furnace, cemented cellar.
city sewer. nice table, Is, 800 feet land;
desirable street and neighborhood, 2minutes
from electrics Price $4,000. W. FL. WAL
ORION & CO., 1870 Middle street. 12-1
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GREAT FIRE AND WATER sALE-of boots
" and shoes, commencing Monday morning,
March 18th, at the Hub shoe store, 1919 Middle
street. l5-I.
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WANTED-.A capable protestant girl for
w general homework in family of two, call
between a. m. and p. M, at No. 545 Cum
berland street, left hand bell. Ill
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LOST AND FOUND.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

w factory. None need apply except with
highest Recommendation. ". %, Press Office.
12-1
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TEaH1 A51'TARgONTE.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Most Healthful Location and best water In
the state, all nothern help and everything first
class For book write toe. w. GRAY, of
Gray's Inn, Jackson N. H., Prop.
fan25 dt
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E,OR SALE-Warwick bisycle, was 800,
4 two years old In excelle29 condition,
$50 cash. Cosmopolitan bicycle, one year
old, good condition, s$25 cash. These are
bargains and must be sold at once, OSCAR
r. HUNT, 563 Congress street, Portland, Me.
1871
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WTANTED-Woman to go to the country to
w do general house work. Address z.
this office. 23-tf
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GHOPPING-And other business commissions
~ executed carefully and promptly; SAMPLES
on application: commissions of five per cent
charged on purchases; remittance for amount
OF purchase and commission must accompany
order. MRS. Il. w. HAWTHORNE. Is West
85th street. New York. mar5-4
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ITO the Pulpit Committee of Baptist Churches:
Il Tho advertiser becoming DESTROYS of secur-
ing field of labor In the east with a view of
settlement, soliclts correspondence In regard
to same; salary not so much of an objectas it is
to do the work which Jesus has assigned us to
do. For fur her information address "BAP-
T1ST', 19 Marlboro ST., Chelsea, Mass.
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uTANTED-A capable cook to do general
w homework ia q small family. Apply at
712 Congress St.. Immediately. 1871
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UyAKE LIVURA-Have you liver troubles ?
i or are you bilious? Have you blood dis
easea 1T troubieq lave Won stmssb teshi
or dyspepsia and indigestion? have you head
ache? or nervous troubles? have you rheum-
atism? or general debility? II SO. take Livura.
MARIA
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NOR SALE-A dentists chair, new and in
IL fine order. Great bargain. MRS. T. Il.
HAWLEY, Corner Spring and Clark streets.
l2-1
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Ill stable. Clark st.. $4,000: double house
with steam heat etc., Mckinley street.
$4,000; cottage house Alba street, $1,000;
houses are new and have every modern con-
venience. Terms to suit YOU Look them over.
DALTON & CO.. 478 IL Congress ST.. oppo-
site Preble. Ill
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and reliable life in
W surance solicitors salary and commission.
liberal contracts. MAINE BENEFIT LIFE
ASSOCIATION, c. E. jeffrey State Sup't..
So Middle St. Portland. Cash surplus above
liabilities, $125, 100000. III
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=" ANTED-All persons IN want OF trunks
w and bags to call on E. D. REYNOLDS,
b93 Congress street ,one door above Shaws
grocery store, as we manufacture Our goods
and can therefore give bottom prices.
Trunks repaired. Open evenings. We frame
pictures. fed4-5
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NOR RENT-Near State and Gray Sts.. q
pleasant lower rent of rooms with sunny
exposure; also near Spring St., a rent of
per month each. For particulars apply to
Real Estate office, 1st Nat. Bank Building,
FREDERICK s. VAIL. 1871
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ITO LET-Upper rent of seven rooms i'll good
Il repair plenty of closets and very sunny.
Price $11. Good references required Apply
20 ERNEST TRUE, with True Brothers, 392
Fore ST. 1871
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NOR SALE-On Deering Highlands, six
IL room house and stable, large sunny
lot, fruit trees, fine neighborhood, costly
line $500, EASY terms A. E. MARKS. cor
ner Forest Ave, and Noyes streets, Deering.
1871
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MALE HELP WANTED.

w Maine. Headquarters at Portland.
Established Office business. Five hundred
security on stock. VIII pay from twenty five
dress % School street. Room 81, Boston,
Mass 1871
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LARM FOR SALE-A fine farm of 100 acres
Il in Scarboro, buildings in fair repair, easy
terms II desired. E. VlNTON EARLE, Alb
Congress st. Ill
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GR0A-Or half its value; provision and fish
pOVV market on Columbus Ave, midst of
pest trade; no near competition, fish pays run
bihfies Of this pIree are Unlimited BART
LElI q WHITE, 157 Washington ST., Boston.
1871
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MONEY TO LOAN-On first or second
IVA mortgages on real estate, personal proper
ty, stocks or bonds, or any good collateral Sc
curities. Inqureof.A. G. LIBBY & CO., AZ 1-2
Exchange St. mar LID
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r OTIS FOR SALE-A few desirable house lots
~ on Mckinley. ST., Deerlng, for sale. E.
VINTON EARLE, 413 Congress st. Ill
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ITO LET-Whole house at No. IS Myrtle street.
has rooms, furnace, Sebago, water clos
possession, price Si5.OO. N. s. GARDINER
185 Middle ST., room 4. ILL
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

EUROPEAN TRAVEL-A Wellesley graduate
~ who has travelled abroad is organizing a
private party for the summer of '97 Number
limited. Address Box 100 Woodfords
feb1O-4
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FOR SALE-Farm of 1O5 acres divided in
tillage, pasturage and wood land; good
orchard; good spring; two good shore priv
lleges; good buildings; stock and tools in
Guided. For terms write TO ANDREW WfSS-
MAN. East Harpswell, Me. III
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EHRISTIAN MAN WANTED, not employed,
" acquainted with Church people, $1S per
week. Write Stndard Manufacturing Co.,
II Franklin, St., Boston, Mass.
marc 1aw13tTues
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M ONEY TO LOAN On first and second
M mortgages, on real estate. stocks, bonds
ties. Notes discounted at low rate of interest.
!. P. UTLER, 48 Exchange street. 22-4
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NOTICE-I have a nice lot of rugs which 1
~ will exchange for cast off clothing, being
ladies' dresses. gentlemen's clothing and chill
dren's clothing. 1 pay cash for them If it is
preferred Send letters or postals to MR.. or
Mrs. DGROOT, rs Middle street. 1871
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WANTED-To exchange house in Maiden,
w rooms and bath, worth $500, mort
gagged for $1,000, for small farm in Maine,
Valued at 1900 to $500. suitable for summer
home. Write giving description OF farm 10 r. A.
T WILL PAY-$S5O bonus on loan OF $4O0;
no broker; particulars at interview only. Adj
dress, making appointment, SAFE AND su re.
Press Office. Ill
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MISCELLANEOUS.

WHEN looking for good boarding or lodg-
w ing house call at the MYRTLE HOUSE,
129 Market street, formerly the Park Res
taurant. where you will receive prompt and
polite attention, good food and neat, well fur
nished rooms at reasonable terms by the day
or week. MRS. j. B. IRISH. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

EOR SALE-Fine building lot on Sherman ST.,
near Mellen.. Lofts 5ox1oo, faces Deer
ings Oaks, is high and needs no filling. Price
is right. Best lot in this locality. DALTON 81
CO., 478 1-2 Congress St. opposite Prebe.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

HOUSE FOR sALE-A new house at bar
Ii gain OH Winthrop st. with rooms, cemen-
ted cellar and all modern Improvements. Z.
VINTON EARLE. AIS Congress St. Ill
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TITO LET-In the new brick house corner
Il of Spring and Park streets, some very
desirable rooms. 12-1
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

THE WENTWORTH-NO / 48 Spring St. fine
L large sunny rooms, single or en- suite, with
modern conveniences, Irst class table board
A few desirable rooms for young men cheap;
call and look at our rooms and get prices.
Transients accommodated mar11-4
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TITO LET-Store No. 8 Union wharf. In front
block on Commercial street. slated roof
counting room, gas, electric wires all in readi-
ness for the electric power, two rooms 25x5O
and attic water on the east side anG cars on
the west side just the place for retail fish bus
iness OF manufacturing business. Address
SYLVAN SHURTLEFF, SO Park street. or N.
d. ROBERTS, wharfnger Union wharf,iPort-
land, Me. SYLVAN SHURTLEFF.
mar3-4 80 Park street, Portland, Me.
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RAYMOND.

Raymond, March 15.-OuT community
was saddened to hear of the death lat
Gastonia. N. c., on the eve of March
Srd) of Fred 3. Smith, son of Robert T..
and Abbie (Serry) Smith for many years
residents of this village. Fred was born
in Raymond about twenty-six years ago,
where the first twenty years OF his life
were passed. He attended school at the
village. Being gifted with a fine musical
talent, he pursued the study Of music,
under the instructions of teachers from
Portland, afterwards graduating from
the New England Conservatory of Music
of Boston. While at the village he was
for while leader of the Raymond brass
band. lie secured fine position in Bos-
ton, where he remained until failing
health. caused his physician to recon-
mend change of climate. Then in COM
pany With his parents he went to Gas
tonia, N. c., whore he spent the last
three years Of his life. He was a young
man of excellent character. and was
highly esteemed by all who knew him.
lie leaves, besides father and mother, a
Portland, to mourn his loss. The
sympathy of the entire community goes
out 60 the grief stricken family in their
bereavement. The interment was at
Ray mond Sunday, March 18th. blessed
are the pure in heart for they shall see
God'' We clip from the 6astnnia Ga
zette, the following lines, which we
think will be of interest to many of the
readers of the Portland Daily PRESS
ss.Mr. Fred B. Smith, Dead The end
came peacefully at nightfall yesterday.
Funeral services at three this afternoon.
Body will be sent to Portland, Me.
Many hearts in our town are sOrrowing
with ME-. and Mrs. r. I. Smith, whose
beloved son, Fred, lies dead In their
home this morning. About three years
ago they brought their son here from
Boston. in the hope that in this kindlier
climate he might find healing for lung
trouble. His days were doubtless added
to, by the change, but the hoped for heal.
ing came not and this morning the be-
reaved parents find a comfort only in the
sympathy of those who love them, and
sorrow with them, and in lifting their
thought to the sunny shores of heaven
where death comes not, neither are there
tears, Death came to the patient suffer
er, at seven O'Clock yesterday evening.
The end was full of calmness and peace,
and WAS much like sweet sleep. 1t is q
great consolation to the parents that their
son was not afraid, but full Of hope. He
was 20 years Of age. He made pro
fession of religion about year ago, at a
quiet Wednesday night prayer meeting al
the Methodist church. Endowed by
nature with excellent musical talent be
was devoted as long as health would per-
NIT to it's study and practice, and was a
graduate of the New England Conserva-
tory of Music. During his stay in Gas
tonia he made many friends, who will
miss him now, that they shall sea his
face no more. The funeral sermon will
he preached at the Methodist church al
sbree O. clock this afternoon by Rev. W.
NJ Bagby. The body will be sent by ex
press this afternoon to Portland, Maine,
where it will be taken In charge by an
elder and only brother of the deceased
and hurled at this old family home.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

EOR SALE-Good chance for a young man.
Jewelry business for sale at Bath Me-,
centrally located, small amount OF capital re-
qured; has been jewelry store for the last
twenty years. GEO. A. COTTON, Bath Me.
Ill
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FOR SALE.
Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 centa. cash I'm advance.

FOR sALE-Oranges. We have just received
large lot of the celebrated Sunflower
Brand from the RedIands of California. They
are the cream OF California oranges. If you
want good fruit at low price 60 to MER-
RlLL'S, PAT Congress street. III
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The hRntss0mest and best
made Wheel i'm the market.
Rev York and Boston, it was
pronounced by cOmpefant
judges TO TAKE THE LEAD
FOEk A ,95 WHEEL.
Jlsst step ian and see the New
Features and have the New IEM-
prOveiments explained.
This wheel Will stand the Sc
verest Test of amy wheel on the
market.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

WANTED-You to try the best, Burnham's
w Jellycon. For health and economy
no equal. Makes fine jelly, in minute
For sale by grocers. In stock at H. s.
MELCHER CO.'S, THOMPSON 81 HALL
and jobbers generally. 12-1
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DESIRABLE RENTS AT WOODFORDS-
- Three new stores and three tenements
with modern conveniences, located at junction
for first class grocery, restaurant, rent. So to
SIT per month. E. C. JORDAN, 81 1-2 Ex-
change St., Portland, Me. 81
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

FOR SALE-Express and grocery wagons,
call and examine them; carriage repairing
specially j. MANN 63 Preble St. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-17

H 20 cents in coin for valuable Spanish re-
cipe that never fails. P. O. Box 1851. Boston,
Mass. mari 5-4
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ITO LET-A very desirable rent of six rooms
and bathroom, situated at No. % Crescent
St., Sebago water and all modern improve
ments, price $500 per month. A. G. LIBBY
& CO., AZ 1-2 Exchange ST. Ill
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 The End of Books.

What brings about the end of booksa Is 1t fire, water. worms2 As every ship launched is honnd to De wrecked, every theater to be burned, the finis of tha book is it's reduction to ashes What be-
 came of the Alexandrian korary? Did the Saracens burn it in GAO? There is this question asked: Was there any liz brary at Alexandria containing roo, 00o bookss Gibbon inelines to the opinion that there was no such library Canon Taylor insists that if there had been library 1t was burned in the time of 1u- lius Cesar. Tradition seems to indicate. however: thai there ssss ]! sss.... Asa.Js '. the Serapeum, by no means | large ool- lection, but whether destroyed hy The. ophllus or Iheodosius is not known. lt looks as if the charge brought againsi the Arabs rested on no foundation. Re cent explorations of Alexandria, l8956, show no traces of the Serapeum. The seaport of Egypt was built or damp foundation, and, granting that thero was library, if not destroyed by fire, then the papyri might have suffered from decay due to water Books of to- day taken to India, to the southern states and to the West Indies perish through mildeW. New York Times,
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A STORY OF LoNGFELLoW.
slrs. Fields Tells an Interesting Aneedots
 of the Author.

ExGs. Fields Tells an Interesting Aneed0Es
 of the Author.
 Speaking of Longfellow, ill her vol ume of literary "reminiscences, Mrs. Jane J. Fields says:
 His kine ness and love of humor car. ried him through many a tedious inte~ ruption He generously overlooked tty fact of the sabterfuges to which men and women resorted in order to get all interview, and, to kelp them out, made as much of their excuses as possible. Speaking one day of tine persons who caIn3 to see him at Nahant, he said, One man, E perfect stranger. came with an omnibus full of ladies' He descend. ed introduced himself then, returning to the omnibus, took out all the ladies. one, two, three, four and five, with little girl, Fnd brought them ill. I en. tertained them to the best of my ability, and they staid an hour. They had scarce ly gone when forlorn woman in black came up to me oh the piazza and asked for q dipper of water Certainly. replied, and went to fetch her q glass When 1 bought it, she said "Thers is another woman just by the fence who is tired and thirsty. l will carry this 10 her. But she struck her head as she passed through the window and spilled the water on the piazza. "Oh. what have l donen she said ''If had floor cloth, 1 would wipe it up "Oh. no matter about the water, said, If you have not hurt yourself. Then went and brought more water for them both and sent them on their way re. freshed and rejoicing
 It would be both an endless and un. profitable task to recall mere of the GU. rious experiences which popularity brought down upon him. There is passage among MT. Fields notes, how ever, in which he describes an incident during Longfellov s last visit to Eng land which should not be overlooked Upon his arrival the queen sent a graoas ful message and invited him to Windsoi castle. where she received him with all the honors, but he told nc no foreign tribute touched him deeper than ths words of an English bod carrier who came up to the carriage door at Harrow and asked permission to take the hand of the man who had written the Voices of the Night ?
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TRAPPING CROWS.
It Ts Not an Easy Mstter to Net tbs V.
 Birds.

Ii Is Not an Easy Mstter to Net tho VyaI
 Birds.
 Crows are trapped and sold to snort. men for shooting matches, usually brine ing S10 per 10o, but, like other tbing. when scarce they bring more.
 It IS no simple matter to tran orosv. for tho crow iB q willy bird, and tocato,I him in q net set for that purpose rs quires skill, and patience as vel. brJ the hunger of the crow is always tt,sl srapper's s greatest aid One man alors would make but little headway catchins, crows and wonld probably sit all day in his little bough houeP ready to snring his ret, but the crceis would give h;s bait 8 wide berth because they woula know that he was there
 After placing the carcass of some ani. maj on Q field the net is set close to it by bending poles of saplings, on which the net is hung fiat to the ground whera they are held down by triggerlike pegs and a line run 50 yards Or more to 2 house built of boughs, where the trap. per is seereted.
 Another carcass is usually laid Soma hundreds of yards distant on the saroa or another field, where there is no neI set. Ths trappers, usually two in nun. Der, go into the bough house together before daylight, and when the crows be. gin to assemble on the fields one of then, goes out and walks away. The crows. seeing him leave, grow little bolde, and approach the bait in ones and twos. but stop only long enough to get beak, ful of the flesh and fly off again. The carcass where there is no net set is cj course the best patronized, but the tran per on the outside makes it his bushes, to walk near enough to that to keep tht crows from settling on it in number; and thus satisfying their hunger with out going to the one where the net is After awhile their hunger gets the bet ter of their judgment CT their fear, ant they gather On the carcass where tn. net is, This is the opportunity of tn, man ill the bough house, who, with vigorous pull on the line, springs th, net over them. Quick work must b, done then by the trappers, who rush Rl to the net. to keep the trapped crow from eG..4s4. tst at the ends and tn front, where t is not staked fast to tn ground With their hands covered witt stout buekskin gloves, to keep the crow from biting and scratching them, tn captured birds are put in bags ready t be carried off the field. From 40 to 6 arc frequently caught at one pull, but is rare thing to get more than tw springs of the net ill one day. --Phila delphia Record.