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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.

MAINE STATE PRESS.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

Prof Trowbridge, director of the physi-
cal laboratory at Harvard, claims to have
perfected an electric battery which pro-
duces an electric spark fifty inches long
with report Ike thunder clap. 1t is
claimed that this battery has made it
possible to prove that the length of the
spark is accurately proportioned to the
voltage. The voltage required to run an
average electric car is only 500 and one
is almost lost in the attempt to appre-
ciate the power of this machine which is
said to have a calculated voltage of 900.
900. What we now know about electricity
may yet be acknowledged to be a mer,
drop in the vast ocean of possibilities
which would seem to surround this SUBJ
iect.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

The September reports of the English
Journal of Trade and Navigation shows
a great falling off in the expectation of
British goods to the United States in Sep
TENDER 1897 as compared with Septem Der
1895. For instance, linen piece goods in
yards fall from 6,Os7, 900 to 2.204, $50; jute
piece goods from 9,166, 800 to 6,282, 100.
There are many other items which show
a similarly marked decrease, in the light
of which it should not be a matter of
great wonderment that tie Dngley law
is unpopular with people in other parts
of the world who have been filing our
markets with their own products.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Estes g. Lauriat make a speciality of
juvenile literature and one turns annual
" to their issues for certain stories count
ed upon by little folks For instance, we
have a ten year-old intimate friend who
has been signing for new Cricket"
story since last Deem ber And here she
has 1t: Elizabeth and Cricket, by Eliza
beth Westyn Temlow, author of the other
delightful Crickets. The volume is well
illustrated by Harriet r. Richards, and
is dedicated to "Elma and Sylvia and
The Goat
1t is well up to date, this lively little
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

If The Boy Apprentice is of hand in
tone, Mr.. Orison SWEET Marden's new
book, Success, a Book of Ideals, Helps
and Examples for all desiring to make
the most of Life, illustrated, tells of in
tention in its very title. 1t is published
by W. A. Wilde & Company, IS Brom-
field street, portland: Loring, Short
& Harmony, and Its cost is SLIPS. The
very portraits here, Helen Keller, Edison,
Gladstone, Lincoln, Phillips Brooke
are incentives to effort after upright liv-
ing and work that shall tell. The au-
thor's method is illustrative also. He
gives by ansodote and description what
has been done against heavy odds; or
case after case of evolution from low to
high.
Paste Jewels. Being Seven Tales of
Domestic Woe. by John Kendrick Bangs.
The line upon this title page is very apro-
pos:
They also serve who only stand and
walt
And clever and at his best eight though
the author purposely makes his touch
for the nonce) is Mr. Bangs in this little
collection of housekeeping. genre pic
turss.
There were never young married peo-
pie in well-to-do circumstances, new to
housekeeping, having some social ambi-
lions and, with a sense of humor las Cap
tain Cutie has it, who could read this
series OF tales unmoved 1t ia hygienical-
~ iudicrous. 1t is buoyantly witty, with
never q bit of strain. though one allow
an acceptable bit of exagperation. New
York and London: Harper & Brothers;
Portland: Loring. Short g. Harmony
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

The Austrian premier seems to be a.
tackled with bad case of dyspepsia, and
calls upon the European nations for unity
of action to counterfeit the destructive
competition which transoceanic countries
are carrying on, to the end that the5yital
interests of the people of Europe may not
be graVely compromised. His appeal is
properly regarded as pIatonic devise, and
in the absence of a concrete programme
which would greatly tax the counts inge-
nuity to formulate, his battle cry of a
commercial war, Europe versus America,
need not be the subject of anxious
thought so far as we on a this side of the
water are concerned.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

Congress begins on the first Monday in
next month and about the same time it
Is reasonable to expect that Senator Nor
gan will open up a speech in favor of an
nexing Hawaii. Mason of Illinois will
shake.a red flag in the face of the Span
ish bull and Chandler will move at once
metallic basis. In short there will be
music all along the line.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

Colorado heads the list of ore producing
states in this country. The output of
gold this year is s22, 900, 900. an increase of
Il, 100000 over the production of 1898.
Colorado thus shoots ahead of California
as gold producing. state and she has also
mined in silver, lead copper and iron
nearly SIC. OOO, 900.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

Gen. Pando's expediti on against the
Cuban insurgents appears to be going to
rely for success more upon Spanish gold
than upon Spanish bayonets. II the de-
spatohes are true he has started out with
the evident purpose of trying to buy OF
the Cuban leaders, with money and prom
ises of positions in the Spanish army.
Rabi, the insurgent leader, in Santiago
is to be attacked first, and If he suceumbs
undoubtedly Pando will have gained a
great advantage We look upon this as
the most dangerous kind of attack that
has been yet made upon the rebsls. While
men like Gomez would in all probability
spurn a Spanish bride, no matter how
large, it is by no means so certain that
the captains of the bands of insurgents
who are raiding over the island, will
stand up SO sturdily. Many of them no
douit are not of very high class, they
are all probably impeounious, and it is
not going to be easy for them to resist
the temptations that will be held out. The
fact, however, that Spanish promises in
the past have been almost invariably
broken after the emergency which
prompted them was passed will initiate
initiate good deal against the
success of Pando's plan. Men who are
disloyal enough to sell out will not be
foolish enough to do it unless all doubt
of getting their pay is removed
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

The railroad earnings-surpass expecta-
tions. The results thus far in the month
of November on many leading lines, both
East and West, seem to be surprise to
the railroad officials themselves.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

Speculation in regard to the Presidents
message is in order now. In most cases,
the speculation Is pure guess work, in
tiueneed frequently no doubt by the wish
of the persons engaged in it. That is one
reason why the guesses in re-
gard to what the President will say on
the Cuban question are SO widely differ
emit. People, like Senator Chandler, who
want the whole matter turned over to
Congress, guess that he will foreshadow
that policy, while those who are opposed
to interference in Cuba at the present
time, believe the President will keep the
reins in his own hands. Il would seem
decidedly improbable that the President
at this iuncture, would abdicate one of
the most important functions of his Office,
one that has with few exceptions been
exercised by it exclusively, that of carry
ing on negotiations with foreign powers.
Furthermore in the pending case there
is special reason why the President
should want to keep the matter in his
own hands at present. A new Spanish
ministry has come into power with q
policy entirely different from that of the
one it succeeded, and has apparently
made to our government certain prom
ises. Certainly the President will natur-
ally want to give u reasonable time for
their fulfillment before he moves in the
matter either to take decisive action him
self or to turn it over to Congress to deal
with. In all probability therefore the
President in his annual message will
content himself with laying before Con
gress the story of the negotiations with the
new ministry up to the present time and
counselling sufficient delay at least to
give the Sagasta ministry time to demon
strate the efficiency or inefficieney of it's
new plan for restoring peace to the island.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-24

The Queen has conveyed to the United
States EN- bassy at London her warmest
thanks for the many expressions of good
will contained in the jubilee addresses of
citizens of this country.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
No. 21l Zigzag.

All of the words described contain the
same number of letters. When these art
rightly guessed ard placed one below an
other in the order here given, the zigzag
beginning at the upper lett hand letter,
will spell the name of famous brazer
statue of Apollo.
Crosswords: !. one of the epistles Of
the New Testament. ?. In that direction
3. The second name of famous empress
of Austria I. a gas fixture or lamp hold
er projecting from the face of IA wall ..
Germans. &. To make IA sharp, shril
sound. :. \ famous Italian astronomer
s. Without an object. 81. \ country OF
Europe. 10. The choice of taking or re
fusing. II. y married man. II. Thing:
which excite surprise. l3 \ masculine
name IL Pertaining to Greece. 10.
Plots. Is. One who learns of teacher
II. \ day of amusement and gayety. Is
One of the planets. 10 Prelates.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
1HE TROUBLES IN INDIA.

1t seems hard to separate the revolt of
the Afridis and the attack on the khyber
Pass from the intrigues of the amir of
Afghanistau. The terrible visitatlons
that have afflicted India within the last
year-the famine the plague. and the
earthquake-have acted strongly on the
superstitons of the natives, and render
ed them easily accessible to any form of
religious fanatcism. The great revival
of MOhammedanism due in part to the
sutan's victories over Greece, which are
dustriouslv nagnifed into the triumph
of Islam over the infidels, has run
through the whole of India. The amir
has sent out proclamations, taking unto
himself the tide of King of Islam, aud
the natives have been encouraged to be-
ieve that deliverer is at hand to free
them from the Christian yoke The
sultan sent out agents from CONSTANT
nople to spread abroad the news of his
victories and the triumph of the flag of
Moslem. The Indian government even
found it necessary to put a stop to the
importation of Turkish newspapers.
The amir probably would shrink from
an open revolt. lie is too old and far
sighted, and too much attached to his
100000 subsidy to risk an overt rebel
lion. But that he iniulges in a little
intrigue with the tribes around him is
perfectly well known. The attack on
Fort Shabkadar was organized in Afghan
territory and Afghan regulars took part
in it. The mulah who did more than
any one else to stir up the Afrids and
Mohmands has been for many months in
communication with the Amir's general
at Jellalabad. The revolt on the Afghan
frontier will be crushed out, as all former
revolts have been. With the splendid
system of mobilization that India has
perfected, any repetition of the mutiny
of - is impossible. And if the events
of the last month open England's eyes
to the absurdity of pursuing her forward
policy any further they VIII not have
been without their usefulness. -Har-
per's Weekly.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

is a fairly stiff bill of fare, and at the
present writing it looks as though Great
er New York were to be the mother of
greater political strife.
Mr.. Low is an adroit man, and his let
ter of acceptance may point out an ave-
nue. of escape from the present chaos Of
anti-Tammany influences. Certainly the
New York situation appears at this dis
lance to be that of a college president
attempting to stare defeat out of coun-
tenance. Rutland Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
LOWS CANDIDACY.

Seth Low has been nominated for may
or of Greater New York by the Citizens
union, an organization playing at pol
tiles on non-partisan basis.
The platform promulgated some time
ago by the Citizens union was, in brief,
city government Independent of state
and national politics, civil service re.
form, city control of franchises, which
are to be farmed out for limited periods :;
better rapid transit facilities, more
school accommodations, an eight-hour
labor-day for city employees at union
wages, better system of small parks,
baths and lavatories, better pavements
and tenement house sanitation.
To put the Citizens union platform in
a nutshell, the new organization propos-
es to limit the granting of municipal
franchises, exclude politics from city
affairs and accept the rate of wages and
the hours of labor as they are promul-
gated by the labor organizations.
1t also proposes to tell the republican
party what candidate to vote for. This
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

To tell the age OF any horse,
Inspect the lower Jaw, of course,
The six front teeth, tho tale viii tell,
And every doubt and fear eXpel.
Two middle "upOer~ You behold,
Before the colt l. two weeks Odd;
Before eight weeks two more will come,
Eight months the corners cut the gum.
The outside grooves will dis appear
From middle two in Just one year.
In two years from the secon Dair;
III three, the corn ar-, too, ale bare.
At two the middle "nipper-' drop;
At three the second pair can't stop.
When four years old the third pair goes;
At five full new set he shows
The deep black spots will pass from view
At six year, from the middle two.
The second pair at seven years;
At eight the spot each corner clears.
From middle "nippers" upper Jaw,
At nine the black spots viii withdraw.
The second pair at ten are white;
Eleven tlnd- the corners" light
A. me goes ON, the hOrsemen know,
The oval teeth three sided grow;
They longer get, project before,
Till twenty when we know no more.
-Colmm'- Rural World.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
\ Question to the sphinx.

Just why the mosquito bites people
is not yet known. 1t is not to furnish
ii food, for it is an established fact that
a mosquito, after gorglng himself with
human blood, dies within a few hours ;
whereas mosquitoes that have never
tasted blood have been known to live
very comfortably even through the
entire winter and into the next season.
The adult mosquito does not need food
During its larvae stage 1t has stored up
enough nOurishment to last all its life,
and it is a normal state for it to go
without food for the rest of its existence.
All that it needs is moist air. adult
mosquitoes being known to pass the
winter in damp cellars, living on moth
ing but the moisture. The fact that it
is estimated that only one out of 10000
ever tastes human blood also proves
that it is not necessary. Why it per-
sists in torturing mankind, therefore,
has not yet been found out, and scientists
can only swear softly with the rest of
mankind and make the general state
ment that the mosquito is born with a
yitiated appetite for human gore-an
appetite that causes the death of the
indulger. -EXchauge.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
TIE MORGAN REGISTER.

A Register intended to include all stations OF
merit that trace i'm direct male line to Justin
dorgan and having at least one sixty fourth
Of his blood. All such stations foaled in or
before 1850 are admitted free The tee for
registering stations one year old ana over
will be ~ each, and mares, geldings and colts
nnder one year, ; each.
Any animal in either OF the following two
Glasses is eligible to registry in the Morgan
Register
/. Any meritoriOus stallion or mare that
traces in direct male line to the original Jus.
tin Morgan Horse, and has at least one sixty
fourth OF his blood
3. The produce of sire and dam both
registered in the Morgan Register.
The first volume Is now ready tor delivery
Vol H. is Ian gelv ready for publication
1t was voted at the meeting OF the National
Morgan Horse Breeders ASSOCIATION in Chica.
go, July 90 1896, that on and after Jan. /,
1897, an animal must in order to he entitled
to registration i'm the Morgan Register, trace
by both sire and dam in direct male line to
Justin Morgan and have at least one thirty
second of his blood
This change, 1t win be seen, does not at
feet the second OF the two classes above
mentioned.
JOSEPH BATTELL,
MiddleburY, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

No. l.-Transposition Rose, Eros.
No. 202. -Anugram Acrostic: l. Mon
key. ,. opal. g. saturday. 4 Cedar. ..
Olive. Is. Whisky Initials, Moscow,
No. 03-Pictured Word jumbo
Spokos, spokesman. Arch, Bi, SHOP
archbishop. Pen, l Tent-pcnitent.
Ten, An, Table-tcnantable Ring, Bolt
-ringbolt
No. 204.-Word Puzzles l. Teach,
cheat ?. Board, broad. 3. Care, race. 4.
Space, PAGES. D. Grown, wrong. 6. Rose,
sore. 2 Name, name.
No. 205.-Numerical Enigma Ciroum
stance.
No. POO. -Beheadments; Irvine. Usage.
Sash. k-iuk. R-estate, Atom. Screw
A miss. Cover.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

No man or woman can ENJOY life or ac-
complsh much in this world while suf-
ferng from torpid liver. DeWltt's
Little Early Risers. the pills that cleanse
that organ, quickly.
or Day Bros, East Middlebury: c. l..
Sowle, West Cornwall; d. IL. Bennett,
Bridport; c. b. Kendall, Shoreham.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

1. The face Of thasun or oi "a rianot ?.
medicinal, rcsiroo- juice. 8 IN animal
semlling Tho goat. t. 4 hollow vessel
usually mace of "a competition If metals
used for maDine sound & i large, heavy
piece of timer to support wheels.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
No. 2I1. Charade.

A TOTAL j. "a kind Of shark
That makes Of o., her TWO its mark.
Twill oNE tAr harmless and the weak,
And fierce obstruction Oh Them wreak.
The fishermen with deadly hate,
Its race Ger striving to aAate.
Will hail with joy The chancc to 9lay
This worthless SECOND any day
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

1. A consonant. ?. To endeavor. g.
Valiant. T. Journeys. D. A vapor. g.
A beverage. I. A consonant
!. y consondnt. p a part of the vert
to be. 3. Waiting. +. The science of Ian.
guage. >. A human being. g. a thing
you wear. :. a lcttcr Of the alphabet.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
D. = o.@ =; = 8 =, ..
& a7FlAER gE|zz zztEREFKM5:
=? o. s Q . "
No. eo1.-Connndrnm Chnrade.

No. 2OT.-Conundrum Charade.
Why is something TO the purpose like a gentle
hitf
In my FIRST you'll find the answer if you
think n bit.
Why is the part played by an actor like a
breakfast disht
In my SECOND lies the answer Find it if you
wish.
Why's an Irishmans fall down stairs like u
soldiers watchf
In my WHOLE the answers waiting for your
eye to catch.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

The present year VIII always Jca notaiI
one i'm the history OF the nineteenth centuI
Tor the many wonderful discoveries IL I'd
olds. Every branch of science ha. NAL
great strides the most remarkable OF Wild
perhaps, have been made in the practice
medicine Now comes the Information I'd
John Morrow, an eminent chemist OF SpriIl
held, ONO, has discovered a remedy III
promises To be almost lntalllble in curing
diseases OF the kidneys. So many OF II
most important advances of n edlcai -cienl
are made by foreign SCIENTISTS that ,uch|
report j. not only OF great import but higll
gratifying al well.
Mollow'- discovery. while the true i'm Il
dicnls have not yet been published. is IN 4
form OF yellow tablet and j, known to Il
medical world as MOrrow'- kidueOids.
This remarkable remedy has been tried
some oi the most severe cases OF chronic I'd
acute diseases OF the Kidneys, and IN caI
case mas quickly produced the most ber
tcial results.
shows "a cHlIY increase j. AN unpleasant d
dicotioN that disorder OF the kiducNs il ta
becoming am atictlOu of the human rad
ana amy remedy That promises sure relief
indeed blessing To mankind.
The symptoms Of dcraugej kidneys al
TOO apparent TO require "a phy s.cian'~ diu
no>i~' pain I'm the side and back, achii
bones, "a continual feeling OF lauguor, al
followed 10y impaired vision, loss OF amp
tile swelling OF the hands and teet, and % Z
until BriEht's disease get, hold.
II is 80 insidlou> in its attack that the bu,
man or woman too often associates II
~ mpioms with some triiling ailment uni
the development of the disease causes
complete collapse. With Morrow's kidnooi,
il Is intended to remedy all this by enabli
anyone to stop the progress OF the diseai
and effect permanent cure without recour
TO Il physician or the abandonment OF the
duties
1t is said that one OF the largest drug co
Germs i'm the United states is negotiating Il
control M0TTnW'- k11nA01I
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
To Find a Number Thought OF.

Desire person to think of number
say, Is. He must then proceed:
/. To multiply th, number by itself ........ 81
3. To multiply this by itself Observation-Disclosures. ,,
4. To tell you the difference between this
produc and the former ............... Il
You must then add 10 observation-disclosures. l.
And hGlvc this number NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Which will bc tho i.-Hbcr Ac thought Of
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
No. e13.-Counter Puzzle.
100000

Place eight counters, or coins, as in tho
diagram. TIE puzzle is to lay them in four
couples, removing only one mt time, and
in each removal passing the one in hand
over two on the table
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10

One-hfth of agate, one-seventh of dia.
mond, one-seventh of emerald, one-fourth
of onyx, onc-siXth of jasper, one-Afth Of
topaz form what precious stone:
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-09-10
THE WEATHER ELSEWHERE.

The following observations were made by
the government weather bureau nj the sever
81 places named at g p. IN. eastern timel on
the 6ates given: