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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-22
THE YACHT CLUB.
Commodore Bowers Orders for the Spring
IS. Cruise.

Commodore Bowers has issued this or
der in regard to the Spring cruise, P. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-22
BELFAST.

Two base hits-Edgar, Sullivan, McDer-
mott, Maizena,, Hill 2 Three base hit
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-22

Good Attendance at All the Maine League
Games Yesterday-SpIendid Fork in
Field by Houle of Portland cam.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-22

FOR SALE Building lots at oakdals. The
Deering Land Co. offer for sale on favor
able terms, desirable building lots on Forest
Avenue, Falmouth. Fessenden, Pitt, William
c. ADAMS, Treasurer, 81 Exchange st.
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

One fine day said to mamma; After
thinking it well over, Pm convinced l
love NJ. de Villelong, and l should be
perfectly satisfied to marry himl" You
know mamma. Blanche. Shc abomi-
mates eagerness In anything. You
love him, do your" she replied. Love
is big word. Wen talk about 1t in q
month or two. That will be time
enough. I suppose, Of course, that he
is in earnest. You may continue TO
meet him, but have entered into no
compact with him or his family. Let
things go of their own accord. He
hasn't proposed yet. Wait till he does,
and then we'll see about it. The happi-
est hours of married life are those in
which. we long impatiently for it to
beginl"
From this time on, however. consld-
cred myself as engaged, although
didn't pronounce the actual words. and
more's the pity. used often to discuss
marriae with Casimir-that's his first
name, and don't like it any too much.
But mine were glittering generalities,
such as: 1T would appear to me-" IF
should marry, / would insist" etc.; or
Il should indulge the hope" I took
good care that these elastic views
should be very vaguely expressed. He
always agreed with me; he does still.
No more to-day, little mother. Low
ingly. ADRIENNF-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
LA PLATA, MARYLAND, JUNE II, 1897

Paul and were raised? To have run
barefoot since childhood In those very
paths with this chosen brother, to have
gone astray innocently In those vast
forests, to have been shielded from the
storm by the samo skirt turned up over
both our heads, to have crossed the
streams carried in his arms without
fear. rocked by the gentle rise and fall
Of his breast. never to have seen the
face Of any other young man, to wonder
together at the meaning OF those de-
lghtful and indeflnable emotions which
they increased by questioning each
other as to their cause; finally to have
but one roof, one bower, one grave, one
etefnity-such, such is the dream OF
every young girl, isn't 1t, dearest
Blanche2
Why may It not be reallzed7 Why
must we be satisfied with these society
Pauls who have been In love with a
whole string of Virglnias before they
met us? Well. as men and marriage go
nowadays, NJ. de villelong seemed to
me to be very desirable catch, and
several of my girl friends made haste to
tell me. which naturally set him up In
my estimation not little. l soon be-
came accustomed to seeing him, yes,
even longed for i'll got in the way Of
expecting him on the days no was to call
and II was to meet him in society
had him in my thoughts while was Dress
ing.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
LETTER NO. 8.

Fancy our surprise, dear Blanche, at
this juncture to receive letter from an
aunt Of mine, or rather from the sister
of the husband of the sister of my uncle
(do you follow me2) a letter announcing
her return to France after sojourn Of
several years In Algiers, and asking If
1t would be agreeable for her and her
son to spend few weeks with us. She's
a charming woman, and l had been very
fond of her. The son is a young officer,
and having had an attack of fever had
been granted a furlough and was to
spend It in France. His mother was de-
lighted to get back to France to see her
old friends and to show off her hoy,
who wears a decoration OF which she
is very proud. But he has no title and
no de-; he's plain Rene Caulon, lieu
tenant of the Third Zouaves. Iremem-
bered him as chubby checked boy, not
very wide awake, awful bashful, In fact,
quite ordinary.
Well, was Medusaedl In walked
tall, slender, graceful fellow, very thin
and pale from the attack of fever,
Drowned up by an African sun, with
large, sea- green eyes, black lashes,
black eyebrows. black mustaehe, black
tuft Of beard, cheek bones sticking out,
Adams apple in bold relief, the head Of
defiant consumptive, for he had the
shoulders Of a Hercules. But all this
pallor and this emaciation were the
effect Of mere accident, a few weeks
rest would cure them. With the con-
fiding and expansive manner of person
who feels sure of her happiness, well
coined my aunt with hearty kiss and
held out my hand TO her son.
How do you do, cousin9" l said with
unaffected gaysty.
How do you do, my dear cousln2" he
replied. kissing my hand with o charm
ngly easy grace.
TO BE Continued
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
STATE FLOWERS,
There VIII BE Forty-fve I'm the Near
Future, Perhaps.

There VIII BE Forty-fve in the Near
Future, Perhaps.
Though all states have notices and
all states have shields, only a small
proportion of the states have flowers,
though all may have them before very
long if the popular demand for flowers
typical of statehood continues to in
crease. The Iowa Legislature at Des
Moines recently adopted the wild
rose as the official flower of the Hawk
eye state. There are forty-fve states,
but twelve of them only have official
flowers, the selection of which has
devolyed in some states upon the
legislature, and in others upon the
public school children. Two New
England states only have expressed O
preference for any flower. Vermont
for the red clover, by act OF the legis-
lature, and Rhode Island, by vote of
the school children, for the violet.
The golden rod is the favorite in
Alabama; the magnolia in Georgia, and
the peach blossom in Delaware.
southwestern states are not represent
Those states in which complete or
limited woman suffrage has been
established by law are those which
have taken the lead in the selection of
state flowers. Colorado has the col
umbine; Idaho, the syringia; Montana,
the bitter root, and Utah, the sego
lily. The state flower of Nebraska is
1. II. II, =. kk.
state flower of Oregon. Michigan has
adopted the clover, and Kansas, "the
Sunhower state" would naturally,
one might think, adopt the sunfower
as its favorite, but ''they do things
different in Kansas" and the field
daisy is the favorite
The state flower Of Minnesota is
the moccasin flower. New York's
preference for state flower has been
for several years a matter of conten-
ton. The rose is the favorite, but on
the vote of the school children of the
state held some years ago the prefer
ence of variety of roses led to sub
division of the vote among these, with
the result that, technically, the golden
rod had the majority and was chosen,
but efforts have been made since to
reverse this declaration of preference,
with the result that there are some
who say the golden rod is the favorite
of the Empire state and others who
contend that the rose is entitled to the
distinction. The favorite of New
Jersey is the white clover. Pennsyl-
yania has never pronounced in favor
Of any flower. New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
PEARLS te THOUGHT.

Wit laughs at others, humor with
them.
Begrudge no man tombstone credit.
He needs it.
There's heap of home talent in a
loaf Of good bread.
The man who is for sale coon be-
comes awfully shopworn.
Fire and sword are but blow engines
in comparison with the babbler.
1t were better to clean some mems
shoes than to stand in them.
The readiest and surest way to get
rid of censure is to correct ourselves.
Never say you know man till you
have divided an inheritance with him.
Never have any pity for conceited
people. They carry their comfort
about with them.
The reformer is always in advance
of his age. If he were not, he would
not be a reformer.
We don't care so much how far
man is from the cradle, as how far he
is from the crown.
Avarice, which too often attends
wealth, is a greater evil than any that
is found in poverty.
1t is more important to be consist
ent with the truth than to be consist
ent with your past self.
The dignity OF manhood is lowered
when men give honor to wealth that
they withhold from worth
1t is easy to get men to see that
matters are not right, but much harder
to get them ready to make them right.
One of the highest mountains upon
which we may stand in this life, is to
be able to look back upon life well
spent.
We cannot conquer fate and neces-
sity, yet we can yield to them in such
manner as to be greater than if we
could.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

cut and material of their garments as
they are with their clothes for evening
dress.
In cycling costumes Scotch goods In
pronounced plaids are the favorltes, as
they were last year. Homespuns are
much worn, and worsteds are more
popular than last year. Bedford cords,
Chipping Nortons and whipeords are
also seen. In the Illustration from the
Sartorial Art Jonrnal's fashion plate n
bicycling suit of plaid homespun is
shown. The coat is a close-ftting.
three-seam sack. The fronts close
with three buttons. and are consldera-
bly, cut away below the lowest to IA
cilitato mounting. The breches are
only moderately full. The cuff"
which was attached TO the end last
year. is no longer worn, but the ends
are fastened below the knee with gar
ter and buckles. These should go over
the stockings, allowing the garter 10 be
seen. The bag at the knees should be
sllght Hand knit stockings are pre-
ferred. The plaids have given place to
small stripes or solid colors In ribbed
hose. The cycling cap must be Of the
same material as the coat.
Melton is the favorite material for
the riding coat. 1t is the regular three
button cutaway, except that the waist
length averages 2S11a inches and the full
length 81 or 30 inches. The roll is
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
THE TOSS OF A COPPER.
Story of My Experience with Two Lovers.
BY ALEXANDRA DUMAS, JR.

get married, and theoretically have no
objections. / suppose It is absolutely
necessary to get married, and the
younger the better. I'm speaking of
women. l wouldn like TO marry a
man Of my own age. A difference in
ages Of six or seven years seems to me
to be called for. Papa has been dead
two years, and mamma left off mourn
ing the beginning Of last winter, and
although she kept strictly to violets and
grays, yet she had her afternoons at
home and her evenings. She was quiet
ly bringing me out. Everybody under
stood 1t. I'm in the market and some-
what Of catch, too. I'm neither ugly,
poor, stupid, nor consumptiye. My
parents are Of good family and stand
high. There's nothing Of the fortune
hunter about me, nor shall l be influ-
enced by vanity n making choice of a
husband. Our securities are all gilt
edged; there will be no dsnger Of a
crash. haven't the slightest ambition
to move in any higher grade Of society,
to hear myself announced as Duchess or
Princess at receptions to which a title
would be passport. Besides, my dear
Blanche, haven't we a @de" already?
Am not Mademoiselle Adrienne de
Marlas? How old 1t is | don't know,
but it's quite sufficient to distinguish us
from tradespeople. Everybody treats
us as il we were entitled to it; no
holding up of hands, no sly grimaces.
Now as TO my notion as to what hus-
band should be, let me say that l have
no silly ideals, no schoolgirl dreams.
don't want any phenomenon, any hero.
want him to be in good health and
with something to occupy his time up to
dinner hour. After that he must love
me, must be mine, And my idea Of mar
riage, too, is that the wife should have
much more liberty than is usually ac-
corded her. Wherever l go, when
mamma isn't with me, my governess is
at my heels. It's beginning to be lit
tie tiresome, this businessl / would
take an airing all alone by myself. l
hear certain books talked about. l want
to read them. hear them pronounced
to be masterpieces and they hide them
away from me. How can book be mas
terpiece and yet a young girl of my age be
forbidden to read 1t? Perhaps one OF
these books might enlighten me as to
my peculiar situationl l don't think l
ask TOO much. In fact, I think / m u very
reasonable person, and l should have
succeeded very easily In being quite
happy If something which was quite as
unexpected as it has become complica-
ted hadn't happened to me.
I'll tell you about it in another letter,
dear Blanche. Meanwhile, little mother,
bye-bye. Wholly thine. ADRIENNE.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Chicago, which never lacks some
thing to brag of, will presently have a
considerable basis for congratulatian
in the magnificent boulevard along the
shore of Lake Michigan which is to
connect it with Milwaukee, This
beautiful road is to be eighty miles
long and promises to be the most
notable stretch of roadway along a
waterfront in the country Eighty
miles is over-long for drive, but it is
just comfortable morning stretch for
contemporary bicyclist New York's
Riverside Drive will still seem micro
scopic compared with this Chicago
road, though it will be long enough
for most practical purposes, and al
most unmatched in beauty. -Harper's s
Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Cleans,ng of the wound itself was al
aost surgical heresy few years ago.
Fouled bandages were the rule, and the
Kicker and more abundant the dis
charges the more 'laudable" they were
considered to be. Hence in the Older
works on surgery the so-called "lauda-
BILE" pus was as much sign OF safety
as It is now of danger. Cleanliness OF
instruments, now a prime considera-
ton, was then entirely ignored. Often
times the same instruments would be
1sed at different times upon fthe dead
is well as the living body, and eele-
Srated operator of that day was accus-
somed to hold his knife between his
teeth when his hands were temporarily
employed in the wound. If cut heal
ed rapidly it was a rarity sufficiently
great to court fact. The former result
was rather an accident of cleanliness
than the deliberate acknowledgment Of
what SHOULD have been the rule. Con-
sequently the most careful surgeons
those who possessed instructive habits
Of neatness and cleanllness-wer the
most successful.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
be on other things than your beautiful


be on other things than your beautiful
body.
But. sister, don't you wash your
body?"
"The fact Is, she replied, as her eyes
frightened with smile, by chance I
caught glimpse Of my knees the other
day, and they were-so black that l was
ashamed TO stand in the presence Of our
dear Lord.
And think how pralseworthy this is.
too. for Sister Ursula is not forty-two
vet. She is still beautiful woman,
and. as you may remember, was born
princess. 1t makes no difference.
don't feel myself equal to such sacri-
fee. Inever could stand having black
knees.
And YET, Blanche, can't remain as I
am. l have looked at the moon for
whole hours, and it hasn't helped me
out a bit, For this reason I've been
| looking forward with such great anxiety
10 have you with me, to advise me, to
| enliehten me- | wanted your judgment
| on matters and men. You mn5t be very
wise. now that you are mother. Is it
such an enrapturing thing for a woman
10 clasp a babe to her bosom? Which
do YOU love the better, the father or the
child? Or do you love them both the
same? Do you commence to feel at
home in this new walk of life2 You
NAV write freely to rae. You may trust
me as your other self. Mamma never
reads my letters. :.
No doubt you say to yourself: II
Adrienne is so much in need of advice,
why dosn't she go TO Der mother or ta
Able Servan, her co..f-ssor7 But. deaf
Blanche, I'm not an ordinary girl. Mine
is an exceptional case. Mamma would
think me moonstruck and Able Servan
wouldn't understand me. Mamma would
offer to take me away for short trip
somewhere and Able Servan would
eoursel me to seek aid and comfort in
prayer. The good Lord has other tn ngs
h attend TO. and besides, although my
case is a peculiar one, don't think it
hardly serious enough TO call for an in
teuosition of Providence. Possibly it's
vefy natural and very ordinary, this
case Of mine, and Cnly seems strange to
mo because it s nsWet0iQe.
wall th,s Is it Mamma wants me to
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
FOR CYCLING ANo RIDING.

New Outing Garments for Men that
will BE Worn This Year.
Fashion demands appropriate Goth
ing nowadays for each outdoor sport,
and frowns at the shifts which are
sometimes made. For the man who
rides bicycle a cycling suit is impera-
tive, and for the equestrian a riding
suit Is Just as necessary. and we'll
dressed men are as particular as to the
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

somewhat broader and shorter, and
there are hip pockets covered with Il
flap. The vest is made single-breasted
and may be with or without collar,
as the wearer chooses. 1t closes with
five or six buttons and has flaps on the
pockets.
Riding breeches are loose, cut much
as they were last year, except that they
are even more pear-shaped. They have
box cloth combinations. Leggings must
be worn. and they may be either of box
cloth or of leather.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Waltham, Mass, is infested with
giant rats, which are half starved and
very savage. Policeman Cannon,
while patrolling his beat, was attacked
by one. He shook it off and kicked it
out into the street, but it kept re-
turning to the fray until the police
man shot it. Frederick NJ. Stiles, a
doctor, says that recently he saw an
animal in the gutter that he took to be
a cat. 1t attacked him, but he killed
it by blow with barrel-stave. 1t
turned out to be rat, weighing three
pounds, and had teeth an inch long.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11
ROWS OF TROPHIES.

How Alaskan Eskimos Ornament
Their Poor Huts.
The Eskimos of Alaska live in rude
ly constructed huts. and frequently the
outside of the shelter is decorated in a
fashion that viyidly recalls boneyard
to the mind of the civilized traveller.
Rows OF grinning skulls Of various
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

. ~ = ~. TO 1N'1 " IT -s'77111V1s
Some women want man so bad
that almost any old thing will do.
Two years ago Mrs. Price King of La
bette County, divorced her husband,
who, being thus deprived Of his means
Of support, went to the county poor
house, where he has since remained.
Recently Mrs. Price went to the poor
house, took her ex-husband out and
married him over again. City
journal.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Small diamonds have been discov-
cred in the sand taken from a lake
formed by the crater Of an extinct
volcano in the Witzes Hoek maintains
of Natal, which are beyond thehitherto
kno---s. 1;a,no.d fiatIs
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

Emma-And. Charlie, dear. would
you have really shot yourself If had
refused you?
Charlie-Indeed | would, l had al
ready sent 70 four houses for price lists
Of receivers -FlIegende Blattsr. -
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

because the weather happens
to be warm. If you have a
weak throat. a slight hacking
cough. or some trouble with
the bronchial tubes, summer is
the best time to get rid Of il,
If you are losing flesh there is
all the more need Of attention.
Weakness about the chest and
thinness should never 60 to-
gether. One greatly increases
the danger Of the other. Heal
the throat, cure the cough. and
strengthen the whole system
now. Keep taking Scots
Emulsion all summer.
For sale BY all druggists At SOC and ss.oa
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1897-06-11

kinds of animals are ranged along the
most sheltered side of the hut, and the
owner takes great pride in their num-
ber, looking at them much as an enthu-
siastic sportsman regards the antlers
Of the bucks he has brought down.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-28
Costliest of Fishhooks.

The most costly of fshhooks aro those
for tarpon. They are sold at retail ut
various prices from 81 dozen for bare
hooks up to 81 dozen for hooks fitted up.
The standard tarpon hook is four inches
in length. Some tarpon fishermen prefer
to mount their own hooks. They have
ideas of their own Us to the best way and
the best materials. A swivel is always
used. Some of the hooks that are sold
fitted up have smells of German silver
chain. Sometimes luccs of rawhide or por-
poise skin are used for smells. Some hooks
arc fitted with smells of piano wire two
feet long, made in three lengths of eight
inches each linked, to prevent kinking.
Fitted up tarpon hooks that arc sold at 81
q dozen are provided with 38 inch braided
or plated linen snells wound for two
thirds of their length, from the upper end
downward, with copper wire. The tarpon
swallows the hook and its teeth arc brought
up on the smell where it is protected by the
coppcr wire Sometimes u shark takes the
bait 1t is desired to lose the shark with
out the trouble of hauling it in and cast
ing it off, and the shark is likely to free
itself by biting through tho unprotected
lower third Of the smell.
While the tarpon hook is the costliest of
hooks, there are flies that sell for more
There are some salmon flies that retail as
high as SO O dozen. New York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1897-04-28
PHOTOGRAPHIC Light.

A remarkable kind of light for photo
graphic purposes is described by G. F.
Townsend, an English artist, IN The
Photographic light of 400 candle pow
er, he says, for 10 cubic feet Of gas
burned per hour and costing only l
farthing-noiseless, powerful, soft and
absolutely steady. The efficiency of this
new burner is due to the fact that the
gas and air are mixed perfectly before
reaching the fame, and consequently
the combustion is perfect, another i'm
portant point being that the gas and air
travel at the same rate, so that there is
no noise or Pickering. This desirable
end is attained by causing the air and
gas to pass through spiral tube, or
series of tubes, whence they issue thor
oughly mixed, but it is essential to sue
cess that the tubes be cut to particular
pitch or angle, which the inventor has
determined. As a protection against any
hazard, the mixing tubes are safeguard
ed by wire gauze, though even without
this the quantity Of air and gas actually
mixed at one time is declared to be too
small to cause an explosion. The air
necessary for combustion is supplied by
q small injector, worked by water pres.
sure. For large installation metal
one is required. but where only few
lamps are used glass one, such as is
commonly used in chemical laboratories,
Is sufficient. The cost of the metal in
jector reaches perhaps to $5, that of
glass only a few shillings. A few feet
Of iron or composition piping. as the
case may be, is an additional small
item, and the expense Of the power is
insignificant.