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The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06
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FLORiETTE,

Dear ant jane," wrote little Bennie Jimpkins to his fathers sister, T thot I wood rite an tell you that ma has got baby hopin thes fue lins will fin you the same yure nefyou benny."- Harper's Bazar.
 A young Eastporter, who shipped on one of the small Maine coast schooners, was asked by the captain if he had a suit of oil clothes for rainy weather during the voyage No. replied the amateur sailor, "but 1 have a new umbrella. ."-Boston Herald
 Husband-What did you think when you heard the chandelier fall in the night?
 Wife-Why, I thought that you had been detained on ''business" again, and were getting up stairs as quietly as you could.-Paris Journal Amusant.
 Bridget-"Sure, ma am, I would call your attention to the beautiful sunset out av the kitchen winder." Mistress That's nothing, Bridget. You ought to see it rise some morning."-Life.
 Belle-'I never saw such girl as LoClliC, sliC Sehii hctp d tlllliE lO HeT- self" Beulah-'I guess you never saw her when she had a box of caramels." -Yonkers Statesman.
 Teazle-Lady Eneerwell is a fraud. I am sure she was only shamming when she tainted a few moments ago.
 Mrs. Candour-How can you say such thing! She is above such a deception as that.
 Teazle-Well, the color didn't leave her cheeks while she was unconscious
 Mrs. Candor-That doesn't prove she was shamming. It only proves that she paints.-New York Evening Journal
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06


 took sixteen from St. Catherine's in Brussels, but did not live to complete his plan, for retribution swiftly fol- lowed in the form of his secret assassi- nation. His widow, however, gave the pyx containing them to certain other Jews, and these, undeterred by the ter rible fate of their friend met on Good Friday, opened the pyx, laid out the sixteen walters on table, and proceed ed, with "horrid imprecations' to stab each with poniard As each wafer broke it bled, says the legend. The Jews, mortified, fled in dismay, and the waters were afterwards collected and restored to the clergy of St. Gudule, since which time many other miracles, notaply the assuaglng of serious cpl demlcs, have been performed in some 1nexplicable way through their agency.
 But, however much one may be in- clined to doubt the casual relations im- piled in these stories, there is yet no doubt that there were phenomena such as have been described. Bleeding Bread' and Bloody Sweat" (another not too euphonious term applied by our forefathers) are welI-established facts, but it has been left to the nineteenth century to discover their real nature, and to divest them of that miraculous odor which has chung to them for so many hundreds of years. A. certain acterium-bacterium prodigiosum responsible for the apparition, it's blood-red color and it's comparatively rare occurrence giving rise to it's DOT tent" aspect. This bacterium appears at times suddenly and without appa- rent reason or cause on substances rich in starch, such as white bread, dressed potatoes or any rice-stuffs; or the char acteristic red patches may one morn ing be found floating on the surface of milk.-Good Words.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06
WArrERsoN,s sURHgsDEr.

The surrender of Henry Watterson to the silver craze is an important politi- cal event. He has had all the fight he wants. He gave the strongest journal istic support to the Palmer and Buck ner ticket last year that it obtained anywhere in the country. But it has not been a successful fight and he openly announces that he gives it up. This year, as last year, he has done his best to rally the sound money Democrats to the support of sound money Demo- cratic candidates rather than those who stood on the Bryan platform. Foresee- ing, however, the futility of his efforts, he announced in his paper 8 few days before election that if his candidates should poll only an "inconsiderable'' vote he would join the organized fools" He now fulfllls that pledge by announcing that his party will quit the fight it hasmade against free silver for three years and will hereafter side with the regularly organized Democracy, supporting it when possible and not opposing it at any time.
 This and what has happened in Mas sachusetts and elsewhere ends the sound money Democratic movement. There is much guessing concerning the future action of the gold Democrats, but it is hard to see how many of them can ever be silver Democrats. They didgl't lightly break away from the old Democratic party and they can hardly go back to it conscientiously as long as it is the party of unsound money.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

Hiram G. Hotchkiss, of Wayne county, New York, who has just died at the age of eighty-seven years, be- came famous as the father of the pep- permint industry in Wayne county He began life as storekeeper, and used to receive small quantities of pepper mint oil from the farmers He tried to sell it to merchants in this city, but in vain. He then sent it to Hamburg. Germany, where it was eagerly bought, and from that day the Wayne county peppermint has come to be known all over the world. Soon afterward," says "The Rochester Democrat" "Mr. Hotchkiss gave up storekeeping and re- moved to Lyons, where he became q grower and distiller on aa extensive scale. Wayne county oil became fa- nous for it's purity, and the demand for it continued to grow until the for eign product found but little sale, and that among dealers who used it to adul- terate the Wayne county article. In 1878 MT. Hotchkiss spent several months in Europe. He was received with great honors in all the leading cities. For many years he has been known as the Peppermint King both n Europe and America"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06
FASHION NOTES.
Well Placed Plaid.

Here is a pretty model in which to employ the bright silk plaids that make a dazzling show on the shop counters. As sketched, this bodice showed pink, blue and gray, and accompanied gray cloth skirt. A yoke suggestion was gained by gray velvet ribbon, and be- low this both back and front were cov- cred with rows of narrow embroidered
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

Major Synons, of the United States engineers, after careful study of the proposed ship-canal from the lakes to the Atlantic, demolishes the entire scheme in a report published as a congressional document. To Tbegin with, it would cost over $200,00O,00O, which is more than congress could be induced to appropriate for it. In the next place, the major shows that it is absurd to suppose that ocean or even lake steamers would be used on a long ship-canal when a. canal propeller with barges would do the work so much more cheaply. The ocean freight steamer costs twice as much per ton as the lake steamer does, and the lat ter costs three or four times as much as a propeller with barges of the same aggregate tonnage. To use an ocean steamer on the canal would be an im- possible extravaganza. That the canal would be without value from nili- tary point of view is another truth demonstrated in the majors report.
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The reputation of certain well known ''prophet" in London, who but lately announced positively the end of the world in 1900, has been seriously impaired by the fact that fortnight ago it was discovered that he had since paid high premium to secure the lease of business premises for fifteen years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

It has been discovered that there can be "easy divorce" in Missouri. An old law has been brought to light under which all requirements of a term of residence are eliminated, and 1t is pos- sible for plaintiff who has only been in the State day to file a petition for divorce.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

Both great and small men feel war; ranted nowadays in jeering at the press, but Professor Palmer of Har- ward is good enough to say that "at no period of the English language has there been so high an average of sen- sible, vivacious and informing sen- tences written as appears in our daily press."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

chiffon ruffies, the same trimming showing on the sleeves below the puffs. These colors in the plaid are not es- sentlal' though gray Is desirable as one, thus making a gray skirt fashionable fancy, altogether harmonious
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE ClrY, 10 CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, $3 FOR SIX MONTHS, $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. ...
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

An extraordinary motor car has been patented in France. It is composed of two large wheels five feet in diameter, mounted on common axle, the body revolves at high speed round vertical axis and acting like a gyroscope keeps the vehicle from tipping over The steering apparatus is very intricate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

The house of Dr. Siemens, the Berlin many as ''The Wonder of Wansee." It is fitted from roof to cellar with cleo tricity. The dining room, kitchen and wine cellar are all connected by means of miniature electric railway. In or- der to convey things from one room to another the article required has only to be placed on 9 little car, button press ed. and the car is almost instantly where it ought to be.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

THE NPUBLIsHING co.
 OFFICE 400 STATE STREET.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06

Seventeen years ago Mrs. Louisa Will Hams of San Lendro, Colorado, prayed that her husbands sight might be re- stored and vowed that if her prayer was granted she would walk on her barred knees from her house to the church once a year. The distance is a quarter of a mile, and, her husband having recovered his sight, the woman kept her VOW and a fortnight ago ac- complished the trip for the seventeenth time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-06
HERE ARE THIRTY TOILET AND HEALTH SPECIALTIES.

each an article of standard merit, having long stood the test of criticisms cruci- ble, at a special low price for Saturday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
City Physicisn's Report.

City Physician Pudor presented his an
nual report to the council Saturday. He
says after the customary introduction:
GAS the appened tables show therG
has been q very material increase in the
duties of the office of city physician. A
large number Of new patients has al.
ready bean addeds.to an already large list.
The salary of the office has remained at
$500 for some years ana a large amount
of work has been placed upon the should
ers of the city physician that should new.
er have been added to his load. The po-
lice station and deaf school have been
placed ON the pauper list. would beg
the honorable board to look into the mat
ter and add sum to the present salary
go that it may to some extent be COM
mensurate to the work DONE
"We often have in this hospital or
almshouse dangerous, violent or noisy
patients that can be cared for at neither
institution. At present they must be
placed In the house of correction. This
is not suitable place for person that
needs care. 1t is damp, cold. and with
out attendants. I would advise that r
with the hospital where such patients
as are unsuitable for. the hospital may
be cared for. Only a small building
with rooms sufficient to care for four per-
SONS would be necessary.
"a certain class of patients would re-
commend be struck off the list Of those
worthy to receive the services of the
city physician. Irefer to those suffering
from senereal disease.
DR.. Pudor urged upon the attention
of the city council the proper numbering
of dwelling houses in the city. At pres
emit over three-fourtbs of the dwellings OF
the poor are uRnumbered.
At present the medicines Irascribed for
the city poor are obtained at six differ
ent druggists. They have all Of them
oheerfully and ably aided thelphysician.
Yet as the patients receive care and med.
ioines free they should he willing to do a
little for themselves. I believe thai two
apothecaries fairly centrally located,
would serve the interests Of the city fal
better than SO many.
DIR. Pudor highly commended the assis.
tance he has received from Drs. q. s.
Pitcher and O.P. Smith, and Mr.. Knight,
head nurse at the hospital. He expresses
great regret at the city's loss of Mist
6ylves ter as matron at the hospital.
The city physician visited 2s0 families,
657 patients, responded to :.947 calls, had
900 office calls, "a births and II
deaths during the past year.
There were 454 patients in the hospital
during the year, 1s2 admitted, 1s9 dis
charged. At the hospital there have
been 80 deaths, births. The city ply
stefan was called to the hospital III
times.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08

Is not as foolhardy as it looks, and fur
niah the explanation of Greece's apparent
intention to disobey. While the govern
ments are against her Greece realizes
that the people behind those of them
that make any pretence of being repre-
sentative like those of England, France
and Italy, are with her, and sh ia rely
ing upon this fact to prevent them from
using the force which they threaten.
Lord Salisbury joined in the note of the
Powers, but should England take the
initiative in the use of force against
the Greeks 1T Ia doubtful If his admins
tration would survive day. str ong as
his majority now is in the House of Com
mons. The English people have already
revolt at the refusal Of the government
to interfere in behalf Of the prosecuted
Armenians. The use of English ships
or English troops to help the Sultan
maintain his dominion over the Chris
tians of Crete would set British indigna-
tion into blaze. In France the situa-
ton is not essentially different. Pub
lie sympathy Is there all with the Greeks,
and in France more than in England even
the government is at the mercy of pub
lie sentiment. In Germany and Russia
public sentiment counts for little with
the government, but independent action
by one or both these Powers would be
viewed with suspicion by England, for
England is on cordial terms with neither
of them. Doubtless the Powers when
they framed their joint note never
dreamed fof q moment that Greece would
do anything but promptly obey They
never expected to nave to face the problem
which would arise out OF disobedience,
and hence never really prepared for 10.
Their concert went to the point of de-
msnding, but not to the point of deter
mining how coercion should be applied,
because it WAS not imagined that coer-
cion would be necessary. Greece may at
the last moment draw back. but all the
signs today point to determination on
her part TO defy the Powers, let the con-
sequences be what they may. The nest
few days may see a fire lighted that
will spread all over Europe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
No Grand Opera.

New York, March 6.-There will be no
spring season of opera at the Metropoli-
tan. This was definitely settled yesterday
by cable message from Mime. Melba,
and by an informal conference Of promi-
nent directors of the Opear House and
of Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau. Limited.
1T had been determined that were Nine.
Melba to reply to MIR. Grau's message of
Thursday, and say that she could not re-
turn, the season would be at once closed.
The following message arrived yesterday,
copy of which was received in New
York:
"Grau, Auditorium, Chicago:
"Alas! fear it Is impossible. Yet fever
ish and weak. Very sorry.
"MELBA."
This at once puts an end to the hope
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
Sudden Death of Ebenezer Emerson.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

Biddeford, March 6.-Ebenezer Elmer.
son, known throughout York county as
an old-time Republican, one of the few
surviving citizens who voted for Presi
dent Harrison of Tippeoanoe fame. died
suddenly tonight. He and his sod, Still
man, were driving down town from the
latter's home and when opposite the
residence of George Milliken. he sudden
ly pitched forward and fell out Of the
sleigh. He was dead when the son came
to his assistance. Heart trouble was
the cause of his death.
Mr.. Emerson was SO years old, but was
very we'll preserved for man Of his age
He had been spending the winter at the
residence OF his son-in-law, William
Miles, superintendent of the Farwell
Mills at Lisbon, and came home this
week so as to DO here on election day.
He was about town today calling on old
friends, and he seemed in specially good
health and spirits.
He leaves three daughters and four
sons: Mrs. William Miles Of Lisbon,
Mrs. Nancy Ramsdell Of Austin, Nevada,
Mrs. Eugene Gowen of Biddeford, Brad
bury, Frank. Stilman and Jehn Emer-
son Of this city.
Mr.. Emerson was for many years keep
er of Wood Island lighthouse and served
a long time on Biddeford's police force.
His later years had been passed as
farmer and lumber Rpsoulator. He
was member of the Foss street Metho-
d list church.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
Deafness Cannot Be Cured.

by local application as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness and that Is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inf1amed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing and when it is entirely closed Deafness Is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever ;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition OF
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused by ca.arrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars; free. "
f. ]. CHENNEY&CO., Toledo, O
E- Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
THE EUROPEAN SITUATION,

sreece's days of grace end today. II
,hs has not withdrawn her troops from
,rete before today expires she must face
he powers of Europe. Will she obey the
mandate Of the Powers? On the answer
size gives to this question depends very
likely the peace of Europe; for If she
does not obey, either Jointly of severally
che Powers must resort to force, or
pusillanimously back down. 1t would
would be foolhardy to defy the great
Powers of Europe, but little examina-
tion below the surface will show that 1t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-08
Wanted to Hang Bryan's Picture in Legis
lative Chamber.

Wanted to Hang Bryan's Picture in Legis-
lative Chamber.
Little Rock, Ark, March 6.-Hon. W.
J. Bryan is announced to deliver an ad-
dress in this city next week and the local
Democrats are making extraordinary
preparations for his reception. This
morning Representative Smith of Gross
county offered resolution in the House
to temporarily remove the picture of
Jefferson Davis from the wall of the leg
islative chamber and hang In its place a
portrait of Bryan, painted by a local ar
fist. The reading of the resolution
caused the greatest excitement and met
vigorous protest. During the trouble the
members kept up a continual yelling Of
"Never, ""Not on you life. jeff Davis
will not come down." The motion was
finally laid on the table and the excite.
ment subsidized.
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