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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-01
Portland and Boothhay Steamboat Co
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
Steamer Enterprise

Will leave East Boothbay every Monday at
7.l5 a. "a. for Portland touching at South
Bristol, Boothbay Harbor.
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land, at a. m. for Pemaquid, touching at
Boothbay Harbor. South Bristol and East
BQothbay.
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for Portland and above landings.
Thursdays will leave Portland at 7 a. H. 10.
East Boothbay, touching at Bo0thbay Har-
bor South Bristol.
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a. m. for Portland, touching at South Bristol,
Boothbay Harbor.
Saturdays will leave Portland at a. m. for
East Boothbay touching at Boothbay Harbor,
and South Bristol.
ALFRED LACE. Manager
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ci netluuqa, May 27-Barque Haydn Brown
Cia1ton, from Baltimore for Tacoma, before re-
po nl put IN mere leaky was leaking about six
ihches an hour. She is repairing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-06-01

Foreign Ports.
Sid FIN Bermuda May 9th, sch Helen L Mar
tin, Fountain, New York,
Ar at Nassau MP, May 18th. sch Herald OF
the Morning, johnson. New York (saied Goth
for EIeuthera and New York;.
- Ar at st John. NIB, May e1st, schs Hattie E
King, Johnson, Belfast; Jas Barber, Springer,
Camden: Uranus. Crouch Rockport.
Cid. SCH Comrade, Akerley, Rockland.
Spoken.
May 80, of Tybee. sch Clara A Phinney, Phin-
ney, from New York for Jacksonville.
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trains ieaye Portland, Union Station, Railway
| square, for stations named below aud inter-
L mH0laEA ta DC fall
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Inventing Lucifer Matches.

1t was during his early days as as.
sistant teacher at Reading (England)
school that the late Sir Isaac, then
Mr., Holden, invented the lucifer
match, through the necessity for an
illuminant OH dark wintry mornings.
He told the story thus: ''In the morn
ing used to get up at 4 o'clock, in
order to pursue my studies, and used
at that time flint and steel, in the use
of which I found very great inconveni-
ence. OF course I knew, as other
chemists did, tile explosive material
that was necessary in order to pro-
duce instantaneous light, but it was
very difficult to obtain light on wood
by that explosive material, aud the
idea occurred to me to put sulphur un-
der the explosive mixture. I did that,
and showed it in my next lecture on
chemistry, course Of which I was de-
livering at a large academy. There
was a young man in the room whose
father was chemist in London, and
he Immediately wrote to his father
about it, and shortly afterward lucifer
matches were issued to the world. I
believe that was the first occasion that
we had the present lucifer match. I
was urged to go and take ont q patent
Immediately, but thought it was so
small matter. and it cost me so lit
tie labor, that I did not think it
proper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Saved by an EXPLOSION,

james Horan, rancher living on
the Ceur d'Alene reservation in Idaho,
met with little accident recently
which nearly resulted in the loss of his
life. The story is told by Mr.. Horan,
whose veracity cannot be questioned,
as follows:
"My house is a small building, ten
by twelve, and nine feet high, with q
wing kitchen coming down to seven
feet at the caves. had just started a
fire to get my dinner, and had gone
for bucket of water, some 800 yards
from the house, when upon my return
I saw the roof of the kitchen enveloped
in q sheet of flame. I attempted to
save the house by getting upon the
roof of the kitchen with an ak, for the
purpose of cutting the kitchen roof
from the roof of the main building. I
stepped by the sto 7epipe and fell
through to my armpits, and was un-
able to move up or down, with that
flame of fire and smoke about me. In
a few seconds it would have 'fxed' me
had it not been at that instant that
fve-pound can of powder had ignited
and puffed me out onto soft garden
bed I had made the day before. The
fire burned my overalls off me aud one
of my shoes, but the fall from the top
of the building to the garden he'd did
not hurt me Mt all. Spokane Spokes-
man. Review.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

The recall of General Weyler as governor
general OF Cuba is announced, and Ma, shal
Ramon Blanco Y Arenas, Marquis dc Pena
Plata, appointed his successor. Blanco has
long been a conspicuous figure In the aHairs
Of the colony. In April, 1879, after the re-
bellion In Cuba had been suppressed, he was
appointed captain general OF Cuba and re-
tained that position until 1881. During his
term number OF uprisings were noted and
a battle Of some importance was fought in
June, 1880 The insurgents surrendered in
August and their general, CLlixto Garcia,
was sent to Spain a prisoner. He was sub
sequently released on parole. The last OF
these insurgents surrendered In October and
the dying embers OF that reb, lion were ex-
tinguished. General Blanco attempted al.
ministrative aud judicial reforms which did
not meet with the approval OF Spain. and he
WIS superseded by General Prendergast
He then was made captain general OF the
Philippine Islands.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

Alpine flowers are being destroyed
at such q rate that an edict on the sub
iect has just been issued by the Prefect
Of the Haute-Savoie. 1t appears that
such plants as the gentian, the edel-
weiss, the cyclamen, the arnica mon.
tana, and the aromatic genepi are year
by year becoming more scarce owing
to the high prices which are obtained
for specimens in the markets of big
Continental cities-event the cdelweiss,
so much priced as souvenir of visit
to the Swiss mountains, being sold at
price sufficiently high to entice the
Alpine peasants to risk much in gath
ering.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

now than later. Only I cared for you
great deal-a great, great deal"
She stopped.
Don't you now?" asked Cameron
BADLY.
Eyes. I suppose I always shall,
too. But, of course, I shall never
see you again."
He started to protest, little out
ragged in feelings at her severity.
"Please don't make a scene," she
said, anxiously. SIT won't do any
good. You ought to know me well
enough to know that"
Cameron reflected that Alicia would
have screamed, and cried, and stabbed,
perhaps, but would have forgiven.
That was her Latin blood. This girl
was Anglo-Saxon. She would never
forgive, but neither would she ever
forget. He understandable was of
her race. So he kept silence. =
"Did You tell her you would marry
"Yes." He did not attempt to
evade.
"Then you will keep the promise,
will you not?"
He did not answer.
IT must leave that to you," she
finished. eff you think you should,
you will do it, Good-by."
The cool possessors of hot young
blood parted after the manner of the
well-bred Of their kind. The girl
drove away through the country Of
romance. She was in Elysian fields
and her heart and soul were in hades.
but no one knew that.
The man washed his fruit in silence
while the little daughter of the land
stood beside him, patiently waiting
for him to speak. When he did, he
said:
"We shall be married in a week at
the mission, Alicia"
eyes" she answered, pleased.
And the romance was closed
Aroonaut.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Audiences Gave up $500. 1000.

NEW YORK, Oct. 21-Rev. A. B. Simpson
of the Christian Alliance stood in a long.
black coat, that nearly touched his heels, on.
the stage OF the American theatre, before
big audiences, "spell- with religious
fervor, pleading for tho support OF 800 mis-
sionaries In the ut!ermost parts Of the earth,
and when the last donation was in he
announced that he had raised $1,000.
Three male devotees gave $4,000 each,
one subscribed $4,000, and there were sew
eral gifts Of s2500. A Jersey man con-
tributed his farm, New Yorker a part
Of his library, father his dead sons
bank, with $40 in it: n woman Worship
er her diamond ring, six others gold watches
and chains, and one q set Of gold spoons.
Mr.. simpsons summers work in that direc-
tion has petted s200, 0,000, =,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
A,Pretty Custom.

South American lovers have pretty
custom. It is we'll known that when
the petals of the great laurel magnolia
are touched, however lightly, the result
is brown spot, which develops in a
few hours. The fact is taken sdvant-
age OF by the lover, who pulls mag
nolia flower, and on one of its pure,
white petals writes q motto or message
with hard, sharp-pointed pencil
Then he sends the flower, the young
lady puts it in vase Of water, and in
three or four hours the message writ
ten on the leaf becomes quite visible
and remains SO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Another paving material has been
discovered in Florida at Tampa. 1t is
the pebble phosphate, and is said to
be very good and cheap.
The production of india rubber in
Mexico is attracting attention, and the
samples which have been exhibited are
said to be of fine quality.
Coal tar. when used for dyes, yields
sixteen shades of blue, the same num-
ber of yellow tints, twelve of orange.
nine of violet, and numerous other
colors and shades.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world is that which
has recently been prepared by London,
Berlin and Partisan astronomers. 1t
shows at least $1,000, 900 stars.
A New Hampshire quarry is turning
out soapstone boot drier 1t is in
tended especially for rubber boots.
The stone is to be heated and then
dropped into the boot, to be left there
till the latter is dry.
Glover sickness, common disease
which often ruins clover crops, has
caused German scientists to make ex-
periments. They have succeeded in
getting cultures of the bacteria that
produce the disease. They expect
that soon farmers will be able to inocu
late their land just as human being
may be treated.
Planters in the Southwest have fin
ally found practical means of destroy
ing insects that infest cotton plants
without injury to the boil The ma
chine, drawn by two horses, looks like
cnltivator. 1t is provided with roll
ing brushes which turn in opposite di-
rections so as to brush both sides of
the cotton plant, brushing off all insects
from the plant without injury. The
insects are caught on rolling bands
placed on each side of the machine,
which carries the insects between two
rollers, where they are crushed.
The attention of French surgeon.
Professor Lannelongue, was lately
drawn to blisters produced on the
scalps of several children who had been
playing in the shadow of we'll whose
top was under bright sunlight. The
idea that his might be an Xray effect
suggested itself. Experiments were
then made on number Of persons,
when several who were exposed un-
protected to similar radiations were
burned, while others who were pro.
tected by strontium glass escaped. The
investigator declares that X-ray dis
coveries will revolutionize the treat
ment of sunstroke. He thinks tae an
cient Greeks may have been wiser than
we know in covering their heads with
brass helmets and their chests and
backs with light metal cuirasses, and
concludes that future protection from
sunstroke may be sought behind stron-
tium glass helmets.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Floating Islands.

Floating islands are not so rare as
may be generally supposed. They are
largely matter of locality, and the
one sighted three times in 1892 in the
North Atlantic Ocean was not only an
unusual occurrence butalso of peculiar
scientific interest. On the three in
stances the island was seen it was
moving toward the Azores at the rate
of about mile an hour. Its extent
was nearly 800 feet each way, and it
contained much forest growth, many
of the trees being thirty feet high.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Found After II Years.

OAKLAND, Me-, Oct. Ain 1875 Mrs;
Robert II. Damren lent her two-year-old
daughter to Mrs. Philpot, who had just lost
her own child. Mrs. Damren and her nus
hand were both taken sick, and when they
recovered and sought for their child all
ron bas inst found that she married man
named Wormell and moved to Portland,
taking the child with her. Father and
daughter have just been restored to each
other. The girl has long been aware that
the Wormells were not her parents.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
,.,. OLD Time Prices.

ppOvIDENCE. r. l., Oct. 2l-Notice has
...n ,,ysn tho Weybossett woollen mills
Orerasives er at Olneyville that the schedule OF
Up~," ws"es in a,l departments paid prior to their
m"s vaSs"c,ion in lsg3 would be restored on Dec.
following the course taken at the ~ Fletcher,
Nstionsi and Providence mills. The same
action will be taken nt the Riverside, Man Man
ton and Lymnnvilic worstcd m,,.s, m,,, c1np,S ans
IIk i,s;,, s and the Farwell mills at Central
Falls viii probably follow suit.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
A Peculiar Custom.

The Rev. W. Bingley, in his "Cus-
toms of the Welsh" states that for
merly it was usual in some parts of
North Wales, whenever the name of
the deIil occurred, for the congrega-
tion to spit upon the floor, and when
the name of Judas was mentioned to
express their adherence of him by
striking their breasts.-South Wales
Daily News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
ENJOYED Houors but Few Days.

WASHINGTON, D. C. Oct. 2i-Newton L..
Bates, President McKinley's family physician
and whom the latter made surgeon-general
Of the navy few days ago, is dead. He en-
tered the navy from New York state In June,
1861, and prior to his appointment as SUR
geon-general was a medical director, with
the relative rank OF captain, and was on
duty at the Naval Museum OF Hygiene in
this city. Medical Examiner Cleburne is men,
toned as his successor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
JULES CAMBON.

The newly-appointed ambassador OF
France to the United States Is Jules cannon,
who is now governor general OF Algeria. He
succeeds NJ. Patenotre, who, for diplomatic
reasons, goes to another post. NJ. Cambon's
position as governor general OF Algeria Is
The highest in the gift OF France, and his
new appointment would be construed as
reduction ia rank but for the fact that the
F:ench have conferred upon him the ap-
pointment of honorary governor OF Algeria.
This il the first time such position has
been conferred upon any man. but it Is con-
sidered that NJ. Cambon deserves 1t. He is
a diplomat OF the highest order and he has
had noted successes. His appointment Is
considered as the strongest mark OF the I'M
portance the French attach to the American
embassy. No doubt he will make splendid
impression in Washington. He Is man oi
strong character 1nd ability.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

there was scarcely member whose
neck, hands and wrists were not scald-
ed aud blistered to painful degree,
for they had worked during nine
hours in veritable shower bath of
boiling water, from which there was
no escape,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
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HE fact that he was

HE TACT that he was
riding q bicy C lie
should have kept
him to remember
ing that he was not
living in an age of
romance. But he
forgot it. And to
live in the midst of
q matter-of-fact
world and forgot
that it is such is
whatmakes most of
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

A retired old sailor in Harpswell,
Me-, has inclosed his front yard with
a fence made of swords Of swordfish,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Representative Hall Bereaved.

DENNIS, Mass. Oct 21-Mrs. Minerva
Hall, wife Of Representative Luther Hall Of
Dennis, is dead OF heart disease after few
hours illness. She was 50 years old.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Croker's man Grady climbed down,

Croker's man Grady climbed down,
but he did it sullenly, and bidding
defiance to the world" Mr.. Grady
is vociferous and spectacular states
man, but it is lucky thing for him
that lie wasn't nominated. If lie had
been, everybody knows what would
have happened to Grady.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
Escaped a Dreadful Death,


William H. Hill, of Ossawatomie,
Kansas, has had an adventure in the
Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
which deserves to take high rank in
the annals of narrow escapes. He
had descended the canyon to Red
Rock, below Point Lookout. He was
still 1900 feet above the bottom of the
great chasm. Below him an almost
precipitous slope ran down hundreds
of feet to the top of an absolutely per.
pendicular wall about twice as high as
the Masonic Temple.
Mr.. Hill lost his footing and plunged
downward along the steep siupe. TIe
knew what was below him. The speed
with which he approached destruction
was rapidly acreleratine and grow
ing avalanche was accompanying him.
With a desperate effort he flung him
self upon his back and dug his heels
and elbows into the earth. II seemed
to him that he slid for miles, but he
was not going as fast as at the begin
ming. Stones that he had started
raced on ahead of him; he dug his
heels and his elbows in harder. And
at last he stopped with something that
felt like solid rock under his feet.
For some minutes he lay perfectly
still, not daring to move. Then slow
ly he raised his head.
He was on the brink of the preci.
pice, 600 feet high. The little ledge
under his feet was actually projecting
over the edge.
A rescue party, almost an hour lat
er, found him sitting there. He was
practically unhurt. Chicago News.
Fight With u Big Eagle.
Taylor Hoffman, of Jersey City,
came down to the pine woods at At.
lantic County on a cunning expedition
n few days ago. He has had tolerably
good luck, but ran plump into an ex-
perience yesterday which paid him for
all the time spent in looking for game.
Hoffman had put in hard day of
tramping, and by the end of the after.
noon was pretty well tagged out, as
was his dog. The weather was warm
and the shade of the woods grateful, so
Hoffman stretched himself out beneath
tree for good rest. His dog dropped
down close to him. Hoffman fell into
a dOze, but was soon awakened by a
fierce commotion, in which canine
howls were uttermost. AS he jumped
up he beheld his dog in fierce combat
with all immense bald eagle, and the
beast was getting the worst of it. Hoff-
man was afraid to use his gun because
of the chances of killing his dog, so he
got a club and sailed in.
The bird of freedom quickly turned
upon its new foe and fought as only
eagles can fight. Hoffman found him
self in sorry predicament, for he was
no match for the big bird. So close
was the fighting that he could not use
the club to advantage, and the eagle
had the sagacity to fly high enough to
escape the dog, all the while using its
great ugly talons and beak with fierce
strength. At length Hoffman fell ex-
hausted, and his dog, with renewed
strength, returned to the encounter.
Weakened by the contest, the eagle
took itself off and disappeared. Hoff-
man was cut and bruised in many
places, but was not seriously injured.
Record.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23
THE GOLDEN SIDE.

There's Of le
pass in idle
II msersh
the eof lechud
Though the winy storm prevaleth For
ebof
still lifted, bright
through And hands that
the
There night without Ofcuious
u
An oes,
the dawning. greve wonder
M.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

Rev. DR.. Daniel G. Potter is cer-
tainly unlucky, or something else.
His libel suit to recover $3.50, 900
damages against John d. Rockefeller
has been thrown out of court. DR..
Potter's counsel did not appear, and
the Judge expressed the opinion that
he was ashamed to come after having
made so many excuses and caused so
many delays. DR.. Potter was shocked,
and asked if he could reopen
the case, and was told he could
if he secured other counsel
and had new papers made out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-10-23

DonJose Silverio Jorrin y Bramosio,
who died the other day in this city,
was distinguished Cuban, and rem
dered valuable services to the cause
of freedom, and though he did not
take up arms himself he was active in
the propaganda. When the insurrec-
tion broke out in 1868 he went to
Europe as political exile, and besides
contributing $40, 900 to the cause, he
wrote many pamphlets. He came to
New York about three months ago.
On hI death-bed he dictated an elo-
quent article appealing to Americans
on behalf of enslaved Cuba.