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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-22

we want to call your atsemti on
to our Boys and Children's Department..
1t is nearly four times as large as any
other in the city and contains all the
new up-to-date styles and patterns. In
fact we have a larger stock than we
want. On account of the mild
weather we are overloaded. Prices
favorable to your pocketbook follow:
MILDLY Suits, to 8 years. $l.9O,
200, ESQ. 500 and $50. Special
low prices.)
Refer Suits. for boys to s,
$I.95, $50 and 500
Sailor Suits, ages to 10.
$500, 400, 300 and ESQ
Little Refers for Little Men, ages 8
to s, $500 to 500
ODD KNEE PANTS for Boys to 16
years-special low prices-5Oc. 75c,
S5c and $f.OO.
STAR SHIFT WAISTS for Boys to
IA years,
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II AIDES WANTED-To learn dress cutting
NJ and millinery. 215 CUMBERLAND ST,
Portland, Me, 1871
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FOE SALE,


nor SALE OR RENT-Whole house 4S Mon
4 treal street, eight rooms, in first class re
pair. cemented cellar, furnace heat and Sebago
Ready for occupancy Dec. 1, 1897. Inquire at
81 Emery street. 22-1
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running long time and doing good bust
ness. Stu iAl as good as there Is in the city.
Owner has >;t n'iness and can't attend to
both. For pa ',Iss apply to N. S. GARDI-
NER, 1856 Middle street. room 4. Cpl
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MONEY TO LOAN-on first and second
III mortgages, on real estate, stocks, bonds,
personal properey. life insurance policies, or
LIBBY & CO., 40 10 Exchange ST. 8a4
" household furniture, show cases and store
fixtures lor receive the same at our Frooms on
consignment. GOSS & WILSON, 1S Free ST.
114U.
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nor RENT-House No. d street, pleasantly
Ioeated in Knightyilfe, near power house.
containing rooms, with open fireplace, shed,
boathouse etc.; excellent view of harbor, Yent
very moderate. For particulars apply Real Esfate
Office, First. National Bank Building, FREDER-
ICK S. VAIL. 1911
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wANTED-TEMALE HELP.

WANTED-A girl VINO understands Office
w work. Apply to MERHANTS' COUPON
CO. Immediately noy22 2t
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rE,O LET-We have very desirable list of
i houses and rents in all parts Of Portland
and vicinity. We also make specially of col
Letting rents and general care of property. Real
Estate Office. First National Bank Building,
FREDERICK S. VAIL. 1911
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MALE HELP WANTED.

WANTERIn planning mill and general
Wv jobbing shop, a man capable OF running
woodworking machinery. None but steady,
honest men need apply Also man who has
some experience in box making. Steady work
to the right men. FRED S. SHERBURNE.
Sanford. Me. oc 3O4
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r. Or SALE-The Fairbanks" mandolins and
banjos excel Examine them and the ele-
CANT line of musical instruments, superior
strings, etc, of every description just received
by HALVES. Ala Congress street. novlS-4
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TOILET.

ITO LET-Large furnished room with large
Il closet, set bowl, steam heat and gas. Also
large sunny alcove room unfinished Is GRAY
street, between Park and State near Sherwood.
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He had been storming about the room
as if it wasn't big enough to hold him.
All at once he sat down and looked at me.
''WilI you let me have my way till
he does find it, Josephine?" he asked.
Yes, uncle"
He took both my hands in his, and /
think l saw a tear in his eye. Uncle
Amos is everso good sometimes
Josephine" he said it's Il shame
to take advantage of your simplicity;
but it's all for the best You agree to
stay at home and obey me until he
discovers this preposterous stuff, pro
vided l agree to surrender uncondition-
ally when he does''
Yes, agree. Only you must let me see
him
..wen-yes. It's a bargain, TO- But you
must keep him out Of my way, or / shall
hurt his feelings again. You promise me
not to rnarry him?"
..ob, / shall marry him, Uncle That's
all arranged. But not till he finds the sub
stance. He shall try the experiment before
your own eyes, dear Uncle, and show YOU
what au unreasonable old skeptic you are. I"
IAN right, 10 Only keep your word; and
i know you will.
'Or course | VIII. tDlnk lG'S q lovely
arrangement. It's just as if Arthur were a
real old-fashioned knight and you had set
him a task to win, my hand"
''Ob, bosh," grunted uncle, ''bosh, bosh!
Josephine, you are hopeless. :"
Then wcntb back to Arthur. He was sit
ting astride his chair leaning his elbow on
the back, noping: and he looked for all the
world like a discouraged bat. He hadn't
the least confidence in my ability to man
age uncle.
ARTHUR" l said, i've got it all ar
ranged. Only you must hurry up and find
that substance"
Whats that? what Substance, Jo?" he
asked He looked dfeadftlly tired. and 1
was sorry FOR him.
That substance Prof. Empsen said
might exist, so that you can try your
experiment You must discover it right
away" And I told him all about my
agreement with uncle.
.'Oh, Jol'' he began n
Now, Arthur said I, ''you must
show a little spirit; or-I won't marry
you anyway
''it's barely possible" he began again,
in dreary sort of way
stamped my foosiat him then There
isn't any doubt about it, l said. IF
there wasn't any such substance, how
could you describes the experiment SO
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LINCOLN AND THE DESERTERS
When the Soldiers Were TO Be
Condemned to Die.

1t was President Lincoln's intense love
containing report of an interview
for his fellow-men that led him TO dfsap-
prove of the findings Of courts martial,
whenever there was q possible excuse,
particularly III the cases of soldiers charged
with desertion, with having fallen asleep
at post of duty or with other offenses.
Secretary Stanton always insisted upon
the strictest discipline in the Army, and
frequently urged that derelct soldiers
receive the seveiest punishment of mill
tary law and custom, but Lincoln rare
ly took any advice on such matters. He
had meditated deeply on that subject
and consulted his own Judgment in dis
posing of cases of that kind that came
before him.
The late Joseph Holt, who recently died
at Washington, was Judge advocate general
of the Army during the whole period OF the
war, and it became his duty to report
many cases OF alleged cowardice OF soldiers
as well as other ofieusesN President Lin
coin carefully read every line OF the charges
against such men, and as soon a $ he saw
the slightest chance to excuse the poor
fellow, sleam OF satisfaction would pass
over his serious face. Then folding the
papers together he placed them i'll a pigeon
hole Of his desk and with his big eyes look
ing tl.ose of the judge advocate standing
before him, he would say
Holt, we will let those soldiers go.
Order them set free
1t was after the battle of Chancelloys-
Vile that charges We're brought against
several men for failing 10 march with their
regiments into the fight at a time when
they were most needed. The charge of de-
sertion was ma de.
When Secretary Stanton heard Of these
cases, ne commanded Judge Holt to pre-
sent the charges against the men to the
President in the strongest possible terms.
I'VE need stronger discipline In the
army" said the stern Secretary OF War to
the judge advocate. The time has come
when the President must yield to our
opinion
Judge Holt was himself one of the ablest
lawyers OF his day, and had won fame as
forensic orator long before the war.
I'm presenting these cases." said he TO
the writer few months before his death,
''in obedience to the wish Of the Secretary
of War, used all the legal acumen at my
command One morning, with my papers
all ready and l was deeply in earnest in
the matter, proceeded d TO the White House,
and as | entered his private office the
President looked up with his long, sad face,
saving: 'Ah, Holt, what have you there?'
/ have some important cases for your care
ful consideration, Mr.. President, with doc
umentary evidence to conde mn every
He took the papers and read them
carefully, stopping at times TO reflect,
then read on until he finished There
was no change in his cnuntenance this
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exist! Oh, yes! Arthur's clever. He'll
discover the philosophers stone before long,
and perpetual motion, and the fourth
dimension, and end up in the poorhouse If
he doesn't get into the ma,lhOuse first. You
marry him-a silly schoolgirl the wife Of
an infant prodigy Just graduated from Bed
lam-and live on papers before the Society
for the Explorations of Impossibilities and
pay your bills with substance that doesn't
exist! For that's all you'n get. Not a
dollar from me-not dollar!''
But the substance does exist. Arthur
thinks it does, and Professor Empsen
says it may-and I'm sure of 1t. And
suppose Arthur finds it?''
when he's finally pronounced insane
you can come back to your home-alone
That's all''
You see, uncle is something terrible
when he gets excited. l had to keep
my temper, though, because it was all
so important
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All this was Greek To me But how
can we get it?'' 1 asked
i don't know that yeu can. The con-
stitutiOa Of the sun is 80 similar 10 THAI
OF the earth that there is a certain pre-
sumption that all the elements which exist
there exist here also. But thus far science
has never discovered heIium on cur planet;
and, or course, we really know nothing g OF
its attributes. Itmay be highly volatile
though l do not think it-and what you
want is something more enduring than
adamant." y
Perhaps it is adamant.'' / cried
What has n odified your opinion since
yesterday" put in Arthur
An experiment which 1 Tave just been
making" he replied You SHAH See 10
yourselves
lie adjusted his spectIoscope-I knew
what it was, for l had seen one in the
lectures IN the Institutt-and lit an alcohol
lamp. pale ribbon OF light appeared
on the screen; it's what they ean a spec
trum. He sprinkled pinch of white
powder upon the wick, and two httls
yello~ lines appeared, crossing the llmi-
Eous band.
That is sodium he explained, ..and
win serve to determine the relative DO
sitioa''
He then took from drawer whats tSeemed
to be morsel of green, glaSsy stone, and
began to scrape il over the lamp AZ
the fine dust he ground off entered thu
flame, bright yellow line flashed cut
close beside the others
There" he exclaimed, that is in the
exact position of the line D3, and should
indicate the presence Of helium- But my
specimen is hardly large enough for ade-
qGate chemical analysis. as the proportion
OF the unknown element contained in this
mineral is apparently very small l have
no hope Of separating lt unless 1 can OBJ
tain a considerable quantity of the ore, il
so l may call il"
Where was this specimen fouHd?'' de-
manded Arthur
1T was given me by an Old sea captain
who mad become interested in mineraloey,
and wished toIearn It's nature He chipped
it off with considerable difficulty from
the wall OF q grotto Of volcanic stone m
the island Of AnGSia, which he visited many
years ago"
Where Is this island2'' / asked
In the Southern Pdcifie,'' replied the
professor.
Arthur, yol must 80 at once. : ordered
him.
Ito be COntinued)
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CHARLES KELSEY GAINES.

mot if i can help it." said he.
but You can't help it," said l. 'Uncle
Amos, you can only make things worse.
You'd much better behave yourself"
Then he got a little more reasonable.
"flow about the Hungarian Count?'' he
Tetorted.
That was mean. tHe waltZed beaIti-
fully" l said, land you pretty nearly
drove me into marrying him out Of spite
And that would have been nistakc--an
awful mistake"
And now you are bent on another
"But with ArthnT-it's different"
"Doesn't waltz 80 well, SUPPOSE"
"He doesn't waltz very well, uncle;
that's tue. But he's clever in other
ways Prof. Empsen says he has in him
the making of great chemist"
"Aloheniist, rather. He hasn't a sane idea
to his name Old Faust was clever infer
nally clever-but ne went to the devil; and
Arthur is going to the devil"
'Uncle Amos, you mustn't talk so not
to me. I've promised to be his wife, and
I'm going to keep my promise, and I'm
not going there. What makes you so dread
fully pS JUDGED against Arthur, Uncle?''
Because he's worthless, empty-headed
visionary, Josephine, and viii make yon
unhappy all your days. What has he ever
done?'
Don't you remember the paper on Pro
gressive Heating and the Calorio Rain
bow which hc read before the Society for
the Exploitation of Alleged Impossihili
ties? Prof. Empsen said that it showed a
combination OF scientific insight and con
structive imagination which was simply
marvellous Only he knew of no existing
substance enduring enough to sustain the
experiment.
Then uncle almost choked. "a lot Of
tnmmyrot about an experiment that can't
be performed with a substance that docsn' t
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Reflections of a Bachelor

It's the same feeling that makes man
bet on horse race that makes a woman
go to an auction.
A man is always looking for a nicer
brand of smoking tobacco, and a woman
for a better style of curling iron.
Marriage would be happier if man were
content to consider his engagement only
the prelude and not the whole program.
When a woman gets married she be-
comes either slave or slave driver, and
the man she marries can make her either
one.
When woman gets caught in an argu-
ment with man she says, We'll, it's So
anyway!'' When the man gets caught he
says, That's just like a womani"-New
York Press.
The morning times., 1897-03-10

time unless that it grew more sad and
his expression more serious. / had COW
cred the cases in question with strong
and convincing argument and evidence.
He finally raised his eyes from the last
paper and gaZed intently thro ugh the
window at some object across the Poto-
mac. Then rising from his chair with
the papers all 70 lded together, he placed
Them In pigeo n hole already filled with
similar documents. With his tall, gaunt
70 rin facing me, he spoke in deep, sad
tones that would have touched the heart
of the sternest officer of the army:
Holt tt was his custom to mention
only the last name), you acknowledge
those men have a previous record for
bravery. 1t is not the first time they
have faced danger, and they shall not
be shot for this one offense."
l then tho ught it was my duty, as the
mead OF my department of military JUS
uce, to make further argument, for
knew stanton would nearly explode with
rage when ne heard of the President s
decisio n l began to speak, and Lin
coin sat down again, giving me his
closest attention. Then, rising from his
chair and riyeting his eyes upon me, he
said:
Holt, were you ever in battle?'
II have never been"
did Stanton ever march in the first line
to be shot at by an enemy like those men
did?"
Il think not, Mr.. President"
well, tried IL In the Black Hawk war,
and | remember one time 1 grew awful
weak n the knees whenI heard the bullets
whistle around me and saw the enemy in
front Of me. How my legs carried me for
ward cannot no W tell, for thought every
minute that / would sink To the ground.
The men against whom these charges have
been made probably Were not able to march
into battle. Who knows that they were
able? | AIN opposed to having soldiers shot
for not facing danger when it is not known
that their legs would carry them into dan
ger. Send this dispatch ordering them to
be set free" And they were set free that
day.
The morning times., 1897-03-10
Copyright, 1897, by c. K. Gafnes.)
PART ].

Uncle Amos is so exasperaing.
OF course / sent Arthur to ask him just
as soon as we were engaged; but he said
''H0"
Unole Amos can say mo- in the most
dreadful way.
Poor Arthur gave right up. He came
out looking like big, noble dog that's
been whipped; he could hardly keep the
tears back. He was angry, too; and if he
hadn't been I'd never have forgiven him.
But he was really Just boiling
Your uncle called me an intrusive ass;
q conceited idiot, a crack-bTained enthus-
last, and sneaking adyenturer,'' he said
why, 10, he treated me like a convicted
chicken thief. He told me that he didn't
doubt was after your money, and wanted
IL pretty badly, but that I'd never get it
while he was alive. And, 10, what could
say to that? You're an heiress and /
haven't cent, l couldn't answer a word
And Arthur broke down and cried like q
little boy, he was 50 disappointed and
so mad.
IF he hadn't been your uncle he
blubbered.
i knew very well that if Uncle Amos had
been anybody else he would have got the
full benefit OF ArthuT's college football
practice right then and there; but if uncle
had been anyone else he couldn't have
been so provoking. Stil, ] was ashamed
OF Arthur; it was too HAT Of him 10 give
right up just because Uncle Amos called
him names. so / told him not 10 be u
baby, and went TO uncle myself
'Uncle Amos,"I said, what makes you
act so?''
Then he began 10 abuse AIllur.
"You mustn't talk like that said,
s.for am going TO many him.
The morning times., 1897-03-10
HER TEN-YEAR SILENCE.
Not Once Broken, Despite Her
Busy Habits.

Busy Habits.
Lucretia Hillman, of this place, has not
spoken word to a human being in ten
years, and If she is faithful to her vow, the
chances are that she will remain silent
until the day of her death. She is unmar.
ried, but is capable of taking care of her
self, and has done SO for a quarter OF a
century with great success She is now
about forty-five years old, and has a mind
of her own.
Miss Hiliman got into trouble ten years
ago, and the trouble is responsible for her
speechlessness. She has always had the
Idea that the women who pay taxes should
have the privilege OF voting. In 1885 she
refused to pay her tax assessment, and
1t was not until she was threatened with
Incarceration in the county jail that she
handed over the money. When she had de
livered the cash and received a receipt
for it she raised her right hand over her
head and declared that she would work
from that hour to bring about woman suf-
frage, and until the right of franchise had
been granted TO women she would not utter
a word to humankind.
She was laughed at, but she kept her VOW.
Frequent attempts have been made TO get
her O talk but without avail. She has con-
tributed a good deal of money TO the cause
OF y oman suffrage, and feels sure that some
day she will be permitted o 90 TO the polls
and cast vote. She owns and manages
one OF the best farms in this neighhor-
hood She pays special attention to truck
the bank at the end of each year. She
hires men TO do the NEST Of the work, but
it is not unusual to see her mounted on a
moving machine behind a laiT Of fCGses,
or TO find her following a cuItivatcr
through potato field
Miss Hillman is a stalwart woman, near
" six feet high She is as brown as a
berry, has a step as firm as that OF
grcnadier, and when she gets hold of
plough she handles 1t as if it were
playtbing. She knows all about horses
and cows, and she is not To be fooled on
any subject that pertains TO farming
Some interesting stories are told of the
exhibitions given by the woman of her
strength when occasion has required that
she protect herself. Two years ago she
had a man named Clark working for her.
He was a strapping chap, about twenty
eight years old. and the best OF the farm
hands. The only fault Clark's employer
found withhim was tina. he came home from
town sometimes somewhat haZy con corning
his duties, in consequence of large and fire.
qucnt ibations of appejack. She put up
with a great deal from him on account of
his faithfulness when sober, but her pa
tience gave out one day when he walked
up to her with his hat on one ear and
defiant look in his eye. He pulled a roll
of bills out of his pocket and, extracting
two from the roll, handed her the bal
ance.
"Where'd you get this money" wrote
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TO her scar and watched the pictures.
hOicombe discontinued MS attentions
Miss HIIInan has more than ordinary in
tei1gence. She is well read and is a mu-
sician OF considerable ability. she plays the
piano, and is an expert viUiIniSt She has
but little 70 do with her neighboTs, prefer
ring to keep her own society She is very
fond OF her cows and horses. and makes
a petof each one Of them Her barns where
the stock is kept are as comfortably built
as the house IL which she lives. jacobs
town, Y. J., Letter f
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perfectly? Prof. Empsen said it was
beautiful conception, and would make a
splendid demonstration of the undulatory
theory If successfully carried out. And
he said that a sufficient refractory ma
terial exist, though he didn't know of
it, Now all you have TO do is just to
find the substance, and Wen show uncle
The morning times., 1897-03-10

and how he must help Arthur all he could
and not say anything to discourage him.
DR.. Empsen is a magnificent man, and
he knows almost everything; but he is SO
terribly cautious. AT first he laughed
and then he looked pretty serious. Finally
he said: There is Just one element, Miss
Storm, that might serve. 1t certainly ax-
The morning times., 1897-03-10

lists, but whether it exists anywhere on
earth is very doubtful. If you had asked
me yesterday, / should have said it was
extremely improbable"
Where does it EXIST" asked him.
In the chromosphere of the sun, with
out question. The spectroscope proves it.
"You mean the unidentified solar elc-
ment called helium?" cried Arthur with
sudden interest; the unknown metal which
gives the bright yellow line D3 in the
spectrum"
Precisely"
The morning times., 1897-03-10

who's right Uncle Amos needs lesson,
really And I'm to be the prize;
thipk it's delightful plan. Now, wake
up. Arthur, and don't spoil everything
with your morbidness- Wen go To-
gether AMI talk with the professor.
And we did.
Professor Empsen was busy in his labora-
tory with a lot of lenses, and tubes and
glass bulbs and little brass machines all
around him ! just love to be III a iabora-
tory, but there wasn't any time to waste.
So / told the Professor the whole story,