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The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17
Ruckien's ArnIca Salve.

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Rheum, Fevsr Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains, Corns and all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles, OF
no pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect Satisfaction or money refun ded.
Price % cents per box. For sale by a. r.
S. Goold, SIT Congress ST., under Con-
gress Square Hotel
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17
Rode from Denver

A young man from Denver, Colorado
arrived in Portland Tuesday from Den
yer, Colorado, on his bicycle. He has
been about three months on the way
caused by the condition of the roads. II
took sixteen hours for him to make the
run from Boston to Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17
THE MUNICIPAL COURT.
BEFORE JUDGE ROBINSON.

Wednesday-James N. Batchclder. In
toxication; thirty days in the county Jail
James w. Chamberlain Intoxication;
fined So and costs
Samuel Hurley and James White. In
toxication; Hurley fined S. and one-half
costs; White fined So and one-half COSTS
&c )rge W Burnett. Intoxication; fined
S. and costs.
=, William McBrady. Intoxication; thirty
days in the county jail and fined So and
costs.
y Thomas Reynolds. Intoxication; fined
SIS and costs.
John Curtin. Intoxication; fined So
and costs.
Henry Roach. Assault; sixty days in
the county Jail and fined $40 and costs;
a suspended sentence of December 81, 1856
was also imposed.
Vim. B. Pierce. Irt)xication; thirty
days in the county Jail and fined SIS and
costs.
Thomas King. Vagabond; ninety days
in the county Jail.
Frederick j. Barter Common drunk
ard; ninety days in the county Jail.
Dennis A. Carey. Search and seizure;
fined 500 and costs. Appealed.
Harry B. Broeske. Search and seizure;
fined 500 and costs. Appealed. :
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17
Beware of Such Collectors.

q Rt. Rev. Bishop Healy informs the
PRESS that any person soliciting aid for
any Catholic institution is announced in
the churches, and if a stranger to the city
is furnished with a letter of recommended
ton. Those who come without such
letters are to be regarded as collecting
money for themselves.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17

The Paris Eclare Wednesday morning
SAYS that tour other bombs or Internal
machines have been discovered in Paris
during the past month and that during
President Faure's journey several domi-
Giles were searched
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17
Casco Bay Commentary.

At the meeting of Casco Bay COM
mandery, U. o. G.. c., these officers were
elected:
N. C.-Sir Knight Kent.
V. Gladly Kent.
n. K. R.-Sir Knight Morrison.
F. K. R.-Sir Knight Starbird.
T.-Sir Knight Burnham.
W. P.-Lady Head.
W. H.-Sir Knight Head.
W. I. Gladly Marston
W. o. G.-Lady Derrick
P. N. C.-Sir Knight Fogg.
The Portland daily press., 1897-06-17

Standard, reputable articles are not
dear at the prices asked for them. Sub
stitutes offered by INSCRIPTIONS and If
responsible makers are costly at any fig
ure. Be sure that no humbug is prac-
ticed Oh you when you go to bny.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18

Berry rode most of the 900 miles strap
 ped 10 8 dog slclge When the sledge ! tipped over. which was not infrequent-
 ly, sha tipped with it and went into the
 snow all over. At night the men pitch
 ed a tent made q bed of boughs, and on
 tba5 sho slept wrapped in blankets.
 At Forty Mile she was fairly comfort ablc, but her most interesting expe-
 rieuces began after her husband staked
 Out claim on the Klondike 15 miles
 from what is now Dawson City. The
 men built a log cabin, and when she arrived # had neither floor nor win
 dOw5 It was made habitable after
 awhile. though and she started i'll with
 her LousekeoT'ng She cooked. over she had to burn was kuOtty scrub pine so full of pitch that 1t would burn up and go ont if not looked after closely.
 All their stores were frozen solid, and everything had to be thawed out befoIg 1t could be used. Their vegeta bles and nearly all their meat were can- ned Every drop of water used had to be made by melting snow or ice. Mrs. Berry made yeast from hops and canned potatoes and taught several miners the art of bread making.
 IT was rather lonesome in the cabin and when Ms Berry had finished washing ID the dishes she used to put O. her furs and go out to the mines. with the thermometer at from 40 to 50 degrees below zero. There she picked up nuggets Of solid gold just for amuse- meu5 She says it was a most fascinat ing diversion and most women will readily believe her
 ''I usaG to poke among the clods when were thrown up with sharp stick, says Ms Berry, land when I saw anything that looked like gold I would pick it out. In this way I found uany nuggets, the largest of them be- ing worth $23L Then I tried banning Ont the dirt iut I had to melt ice for water, and this was almost too hard work. 1 saved my nuggets and dust ill all kinds of bottles and jars, and my to- taI clean up was worth about $10, OOO."
 Among the women who went alone to the Kloudike was Mrs. J. T. Willis CT Tacoma Her husband was so crib pied with rheumatism that he could not go, so she went and left him at home. Needless to say she is a woman of iron will It was two years ago that she started for the Yukon, bat for long tune she barely made anough to live on. She was early on the ground at Klon- dlAe after the first strike and obtained | woIk as cook in Dawson City at $l5 per day. She also did washing for the miners, but she secured a claim which is said to be worth s25O.000 and when sha comes back will probably be a rich W Wola a0 JOHN F WMLOUGHBY.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
A Good Sally Lunn.

A good Sally Lunn, made according
 to the original Sarah Lunn's recipe,
 without yeast, is this: Mix 3 cups of
 flour, tablespoonfuls sugar, table
 spoonfuls melted butter, a cup of milk,
 3 teaspoonfuls baking powder and eggs together and bake in loaf. If a "raised" bread is desired, nothing is better than this often tested recipe. Add 3 tablespoonfuls melted butter to a large pint of warmed milk, then we'll beaten eggs and half yeast cake dissolved in 8 tablespoonfuls cold water. Pour grad ually over a quart of four and beat to smooth batter. Add teaspoonful salt and a teaspoonful of sugar. Set to rise for 3 hours in warm place and bake. To those who like the hop taste a whole yeast cake may be used with these pro- portions and will, of course, accelerate the rising process. New York Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
A Practical Joke,

A practical joke that was played on
 Charles Maurer of Eleventh and Gal
 lowhill streets early last spring has re- suited in something likely to puzzle the
 brains of several up town naturalists
 MT. Maurer is great lover of birds Last spring one of his canary birds was busy with nest of eggs, and Mir. Mau- Ter was as much excited as the mother bird. As a joke Curtis Souder removed the eggs and in their place put three of the sparrow variety. Now, ill the course of time those eggs were matched, and both mother bird and master were greatly bewildered at the odd looking birdlets. The joke in some way leaked out, but as the mother bird was treat ing her foster children tenderly MT Maurer decided to let them remain and watch the result. After the sparrows got a little older it was noticed that the canary would put them in a row and chirp to them, after which the Eparrows would try to initiate her. Per severance on the canary's part has re- suited in three ugly sparrOws that are to sing, and it's toss up as to whom the joke is on. on.-Philadelphia Record.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
A Mothers Triumph.

"Williel''
 "What do you want?"
 "I want you to get right up. "
 "All right" says Willie and turns over for another nap. Half an hour passes, and then
 "Willier'
 "Wellf''
 "You going to get up today?'
 "Yes.''
 "Well, be about it then. You march yourself right down here. y
 Twenty minutes elapse.
 "WilIieP'
 "What you want?"
 "If you ain't up in five minutes, I'll come up there and rout you out in short order You mind that.'
 ''I'm coming"
 You'd better, sir, if you know what's good for you. '
 Fifteen minutes later.
 "Willl If you're not out of there in ten minutes, I'll douse you with cold water, see if don't. Get right up. ." Willie comes down half an hour later, and the triumphant mother says: "Aha, young man, thought I'd ront you out. You may just as well under stand first as last that when l speak you have to mind. Remember that. ''- Detroit Free Press.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
WOMEN OFTHEYUKUN
EXPERIENCES OF SOME WHO "EN'
 TO THE KLONDIKE REGION

Mrs. Berry Kept House TOT
 band. but Managed to PICK up Si0'"O" v7--.b ,e Nuggets Between Times-A ,,.-,--, Who Got Rich There.
 Women have gone to the Klondlke gold regions, have endured the hardshlps and dangers of the journey as well as the rrivatio1s of camp life and have re- turned safe and well to civilization. Some of them are there yet. Others are Ion the way there and many more are planning to go.
 h view of these facts the stories told by some of the returned women of the EIondike are especially interesting just Dow. Foremost of them all is Mrs. Clarence Berry. On March 15 of 1896 She left San Francisco a bride and started with her husband to help him fnd fortune in the frozen goldfields ot the arclcs.
 AS far as Juneau travel was comfort able, but from that point to Forty Mile the route Iav across a frozen wilderness of snow and ice, and at every point some new danger lurked From Juneau to Forty Nile it is about 900 miles, and Mrs. Berry and her party were three months on fla way.
 Thanks 70 Mrs. BJTTy's previous eX- perirooe she knew exactly what to take ii tla way of an outfit. ''It cost me. " shs says, about S250. It included three salts of everything. ! had heavy wooden underwear and knitted wooden stock ines. My skirts were heavy and flannel lined and came only a little below the knee. l had a heavy fur coat, fur cap, fur gloves and the heaviest shawl l coe.d get Besides this I had rug of bem skin, which was a necessity. On ny feet 1 wore mOccasins made of seal witt the fur inside They had tops which reached above my skirt. Then for Wet weather 1 had pair of muc hcs, as the Indians call them. They are nUd moccasins, the soles being made waterproof with seal oil. As an additDnal precautiou I had flannel inner s0les for my m0ccasins, and my toes were not frost bitten once.
 How would the average woman like to put or a costume such as that? Mrs.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
At Her Expense.

Not so very long ago man took a
 girl and her chaperon to the theater.
 Circumstances, it so happened, com
 pelled him to dress hurriedly, and he
 thus found himself at the box office
 minus any money in his pockets except just enough for one seat. This was high
 ly embarrassing, of course, but there was no help for it, so the man went to the girl and told her his predicament. "Oh, that's all right" said the girl. "I have plenty of money with me, so I'll just pay for the other two seats. D And she handed her purse to the man. who over and over again thanked his stars that he was with such a practical. sensible sort of person.
 Now, the play that night was humor- ous, distinctly so. It did not deal in horse play, but it relied upon delicate little subtleties of dialogue and situa. tion to supply it with fun, which sub tleties were not, of course, perceivable, except to those blessed with a very keen sense of humOr. This, however, was just what the girl with the man was. Be- sides her practical good sense she had plenty of humor, and she therefore found much enjoyment in parts of the performance that the man could see no fun in at all. Perhaps it was that he was stlIl smarting too much from the awkward predicament at the box office to to see fun in anything. Perhaps a gull ty conscience made him suspect that not all the girls merriment was directed at the stage-there are times, you know. when you want to laugh so badly that almost anything will do to laugh at- put at all events he was i'll at ease. At last the girl broke forth into perfect peals at something that none of the rest ot the audience smiled at. It was the last straw. Turning to the girl. the man remarked, "I'm afraid you're laupbing at my expense. ." "Oh, no, indeed ; said the girl, "I'm laughing at mine " New York Sun
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
THE SHREW MOUSE.
Some Queer Expectations About Harm
 less Little Animal.

Some Queer Expectations About 8 Harm
 less Little Animal.
 The shrew, or shrew mouse, as it is commonly called, is found in nearly all parts of the world. It is distinguished by an elongated. pointed muzzle, smal eyes, plantigrade, six toed feet anc glands that secrete a musky fluid. Al. together it closely resembles a mouse, but it is really not related to the mouse family.
 When at home, it is either under a pile of rubbish or in a hole which it has burrowed in the earth. It is noctur- nal ill its habits, but perfectly harm less. yet at one time it was much dis liked and persecuted because it was thought to be dangerous, mischievous animal Among the Italians the notion was prevalent that the bite of shrew was extremely poisonous. The French and the English believed that if shrew ran over an animals foot the animal felt great pain and eventually became paralyzed. Hence if horse, a COW or goat became a little stiff in its limbs the foolish people at once declared it "shrew struck" !" and the poor shrews had to suffer in consequence.
 Of course the "shrew struck" animal had to have something to cure it, so an ash tree was selected and deep hole was bored into its trunk. Then a shrew was captured, put alive into the hole, the hole was securely plugged and the innocent little animal was left to die of starvation.
 The ignorant believed that, after such an act, the ash tree had power to cure "shrew struck" animals, and whenever an animal became inactive or a little numb in its limbs its owner hurried to the "shrew ash" cut switch from it and switched the ''shrew struck' beast The smarting caused by the switching naturally made the helpless animal move about as much as it possibly could, and in a short time it was pronounced cured.-Philadelphia Times.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
Peri rrincess Victoria.

The London Lady tells this amusing anecdote of Queen Victoria s childhood:
 The Duchess of Kent was Queen Vio- torla's mOther. and there is an anecdote which tells that there was in the Duke of Rents household gentleman called NJ. Brown The princess father called him Brown, so the princess initiated him a8d used to call him Brown, but the duchess. her mother, said she was not to call him Brown, but MT. Brown, or else she would send her to bed. The next morning the princess said, Good morning, Brown, and good night, for an going to bed now."
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
Powerful Shedding.

Wendell Phillips once, when he was interrupted by an unfriendly audience, stopped down and began talking in a low voice to the men at the reporters table. Some of the auditors, becoming curious, called, "Louder,'' whereupon Phillips strengthened himself up and ex- claimed: "Go right on, gentlemen, with your noise. Through these pencils''- pointing to the reporters-''I speak to 40,000 people"
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
DUELING IN EUROPE.
One ThOusand a Year In France and Z. .15e
 DueIs In Ten Years In ItaIv

|
 DueIs In Ten Years In Italy.
 More duels are fought in Germany than in any other country. Most of them, however, are student duels which culmlnate in nothing more seri- ous than slashed cheeks or torn scaIns Of all German university towns little Jena and Gottingen are most devoted to the code. In Gottingen the number of duels averages one a day, year in and year out. On one day several years ago 12 duels were fought in Gottinpen in 24 hours. In Jena the record for one day in recent times is 21. Fully 4 OOO student duels are fought every year in the German empire In addition to these there are the more serious duels between officers and civilians. Among Germans of mature years the annual number of duels is about 100.
 Next to Germany, France is most given to the dueling habit. She has ev- cry year uncounted meetings, merely to satisfy honOr"-that is, merely to give two men the opportunity to wipe out insults by crossing swords or firing pistols i'll such way as to preclude the slightest chance of injury. In the duel statistics these meetings are not reckon ed, as they are far less perilous than even the German student duels Of the serious duels, France can boast fully 1000 from New Years to New Years. The majority of these are among army officers. More than half of these result ill wounds, nearly 20 per cent in seri- ous wounds.
 Italy has had 2,759 duels in the last ten years and has lost 50 citizens by death on the field of honor Some 2, 400 of these meetings were consummated with sabers, 179 with pistols, 90 with rapiers and 1 with revolvers. In 974 cases the insult was given in newspaper articles or in public letters regarding literary quarrels. More than 700 princi- pals were insulted by word of mouth Political discussions led to 559, reli- gious discussions to go. Women were the cause of 189. Quarrels at the gam bling table were responsible for 1S9.
 A summary shows that, as regards numbers, the sequence of dueling cuun- tries is: Germany, France, Italy, Aus tria, Russia. As regards dead liners of duels Italy comes first. Then come Ger many, France, Russia and Austria in the order named. For the most serious duels the pistol is the favorite weapon in all five countries. New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
OBJECTS OF WORSHIP.
It Is In That Way That Savages Usually
 Regard Meteorites.

Regard MeteOrites.
 Savages, whenever they come across meteOrites of large size, are apt to re- gard them as objects of worship Such, however, was not the dignified fate of a very remarkable specimen that is now ill the National museum. This strange aerolite is four feet in diameter, weigh ing 1,4OO pounds approximately, and has the shape of ring. It was found in the Santa Catarina mountains, and for long time was used as an anvil by Mexicans at Tucson. In this employ ment it was discovered by Dr. Irwin of the United States army, who bought it for small sum and gave it to the Smithsonian institution. Doubtless the substance of this meteorite originally was largely stony, but the stony parts became disintegrated and disappeared after it fell, leaving the ring of iron Of 400 meteors that have been seen ac- tually to fall, only about a dozen were metallic, the rest being mainly of stony material, though containing more or less iron.
 On the other hand, nearly all of the meteorites picked up in a casual way are masses of metal. It is probably the case that great majority of such bod ies are stony, but meteorites of that de- scription do not attract notice when Iy- ing on the ground. All of these facts are extremely interesting in view of the belief now entertained by science that the composition of meteorites throws light upon the make up of the terrestrial globe. In fact, according to this the ory, the make up of the earth is much like that of the average meteorite. Ob- viously the moment this assumption is made the study of the structure of me- teorites comes to have extraordinary inn portance, for mans knowledge of the planet on which he lives is restricted almost entirely to the surface of it. The bowels of the earth remain almost un- known.-Washington Post.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
THE MOTHER AND HER BOYS.

There are Fairfax and Fred and Arthur and
 Ned,
 Good boys, and remarkably clever. In studies and sports and games of all sorts, To excel is their noble endeavor. And when boring OCT books with studious
 looks,
 Despairing of help from a brother, The eldest of all will not scruple to call For aid from his bright little mother. In out of door games every one of them claims Her presence to strengthen and cheer them, For the better their luck and the greater their
 pluck,
 They say, if their mother is near them, With hearty good will and wonderful skill She champions one or the other, And the boys oft declare, with satisfied air, There's no better playmate than mother. She joins in their walks, and delightful the
 talks,
 Most sacred and sweet the communion The mother enjoys as she strolls with her
 boys,
 So loving and loyal their union. Their future careers, their hopes and their
 fears,
 They would not reveal to another, Are confded to her, and the lads all aver The best of companions is mother. She shares in their games and in all of their
 aims,
 Their faults and their follies correcting, That they may grow wise and secure the best
 prize,
 True culture and courage refecting. And if quarrels take place, as at times is the
 case,
 Alas, betwixt brother and brother, She soon sets them right, preventing a fight, For there's no better umpire than mother. Josephine Pollard in New York Ledger.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
INouIsITIVE SPARROWS.

They May Have Been Hostile, but They
 Didn't Dare Attack the COckatoo.
 There was trouble and to spare one day last week in back yard on Brook lyn Heights. The cause of it was an ln- noceut cockatoo which had flown away from home and found its way to the ton of & tree near State street, between Henry street and Garden place. Where the strange bird came from there IS no- body to tell
 It was first discovered by the large and noisy colony of English sparrows which inhabits that vicinity. The first sparrow to see the foreigner lost no time in communicating the news of US discovery to its mates, and in three minutes no less than 50 sparrows had assembled to examine the strange visit or and exchange views about him. They took places on all sides of the cockatoo and began a chattering which soon at tracted attention from all the neighbor- ing windows They hopped about from branch to branch, but never approach
 ed nearer than a yard to the puzzled
 II. F
 ed the conclave about him with sereni-
 ty, but the strain became too much for him. and finally found expression in a series of the most penetrating screeches, accompanied by the elevation of his light green plume, which had previous ly been partly concealed in his fluffy, snow white feathers. This demonstra- tion added threefold to the wonderment and fright of the sparrows and in creased the volume of their chattering in like proportion.
 But the unwelcome foreigner soon found that the chattering was harm less, and that the saucy sparrows lack ed the courage to make an attack. Find ing himself surrounded on all sides by the little nuisances, he gradually work ed his way through one side of the cir cle and out on the end of a branch, where he perched contentedly and view ed his tormentors with the calmest in- difference. Having found that the in- truder would neither take nor give of fense, the sparrows one by one flew away, leaving the cockatoo to take a nap in peace and quiet.
 Meanwhile the cat colony of the back yards had been aroused by the unusual activity of the feathered tribe, and there had been gradual concentration of the feline forces near the base of the tree which formed the cockatoo's perch. This meant cat fight as sure as preach ing, and it was not long before the hos tilities broke out. Then the dogs had their turn, and the cats disappeared, but to the last the cockatoo sat unruffied in his feathers in the tree top.-New York Sun.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
Perfumes.

A new process for extracting the per fume of flowers has been devised by M. J. Passy. He steeps the flowers i'll wa ter, which is drawn off when charged with perfume and fresh water substi- tuted. This keeps the flowers fresh for a long time, and their life is further prolonged by the use of a saline solution such as the tissues of the plants call for The charged water is then evaporated by the use of ether The process has proved successful with many flowers which previously refused to yield up their perfume, notably the lily of the valley.
The St. Johns herald., 1897-09-18
The Wrong Jam.

AaskeIl-What's Bobby crying for?
 Mrs, Haskell-Oh, the poor boy caught his finger in the pantry door.
 Haskell-H' H'ml He evidently didn't get the jam he was looking for that time.-Pick Me Up.