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The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
WOMAN'S MAINE INDIAN ASSOCI-
ALTON.

The Woman's Maine Indian Associa-
tion will hold its annual meeting in the
Second Parish church on Thursday af-
ternoon at o'clock. In the evening at
7.30 Rev. Egerton R. Young of Toronto,
Canada, who labored for 20 years among
the Cree Indians, will give an account
of his work. At the Mohonk conference,
which he always attends, he is listened
to with the greatest interest, and those
who have heard him once wish to hear
him again. 1t will be an evening of in
terest andssproit. "He takes his hearers
by storm, holds his audience spell bound.
Is the most fascinating of lecturers. He
is o strong man, an eloquent speak er,
and Is full of telling facts about a re-
markable field of work. -
These are some Of the comments made
byBthose who have heard him. The lecture
is free. All are cordially invited.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
A clNDER PATH.
Bicye1ists Are Talking of One Along the
Cape Shore.

Members of the Portland Wheel club
are agitating proposition for cinder
track in South Portland and Cape Eliza
beth, along the shore road. 1t is proposed
to raise by subscription in Portland about
five hundred dollars. Witha:this they
propose to go to the Cape people and offer
it towards the cinder track If they will
raise about thousand dollars. With $500
it is estimated that a fine bicycle way
could be built for a long distance along
the shore.
The advantages of such a way to the
Cape people are urged to be the greater
number Of people who will be attracted to
that place for summer residences. 1t is
said to have been found in Massachusetts
that such oinder paths are very beneficial
in bringing in summer people.
A good cinder path gets better the more
it is used, and the construction is said t Q
be not very costly.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
REV. J. II. BALMER AT FREE BAP.
list CHURCH.

Unique is the word. According to
our advertising columns 1t will be seen
Mr.. J. II. Balmer of South Africa, his
five South African boys and Miss Elsie
Clark are to be the at the Free Baptist
church, Congress street. this evening.
Those who heard them on Sunday and
Monday were captured by the brightness
and interest of their meeting. The bows
are simply wonderful as showing what
can be done by work amongst heather
children. They sing solos, duets, part
songs, etc.. in English, Kaffir and Hot
tentot, many of their pieces being highly
amusing in their simplicity. We under
stand tonight's programme is to be new
one and of exception interest. Mr.. Bal
mer was in Boston for eight weeks, an.
pearing in many Of the largest churches
there with great success.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
AN ODD ACCIDENT.

Mrs. Mary ]. Aulbach of 176 Cumber-
land street, went Monday to II Federal
street to make call, and taking hold of
the bell knob gave it strong pull. The
wire on the other side of the door was
broken and the knob pulled out, causing
her to lose her balance and she fell down
five stone steps to the sidewalk, breaking
her left arm and bruising her forehea d,
besides shaking her up badly. She was
taken into the house. Dr. McDonough
set the broken arm. Mrs. Aulbach is as
comfortable as could be expected.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
THE GRAVE ROBBERY CASE.
Augustus Day Arrested Charged with
Being the Principal.

Yesterday an arrest was made in con-
neotion with the grave robbery case at
Westbrook that may prove of the highest
importance. When Rounds was arrested
some days ago and confessed that he was
the culprit it was not believed that he
was the only guilty one. The officers
have been Investigating several clues and
finally concluded that they had evidence
enough to warrant them in putting Au-
gustus Day under arrest. 1t will be re-
membered that Day was arrested not long
ago for cruelty to animals, and then he
spent ten days in Jail.
When it was decided to arrest Day II
was ascertained that he left Westbrook,
and City Marshal Knight was sent in
search of him. The direction in which
he went was ascsrtained, and Monday
Day was secured in Brownfield. he was
brought to Portland jail yesterday morn
ing and taken to Westbrook and put before
Judge Tolman. County Attorney Libby
appeared for the state, and William
Lyons, ESQ.,, for the prisoner. 1t was de-
oided to postpone the hearing until next
Friday morning, when it Is expected that
the government will disclose the evidence
they have secured against him.
1t Is said that Day will be charged with
being the principal in robbing Mrs.
Roberts's grave, and that he got the bow
Rounds to help him. It is also said that
Days motive in securing the body was to
dispose of it for medical purposes. Day
says he is innocent of this charge and
that he will be able to prove an alibi.
BE says he was absent from Westbrook
from September IS to October 8, between
which dates the grave robbery was COM
mitted. Most Of the details of the charge
are as yet in the hands Of the officers and
have not been disclosed. 1t is probable
that they will come out at the bearing
next Friday. Day is man about IS years
of age and has wife and child living in
Westbrook.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
OWEN, MOORE & CO.
Messengers Notice.


Office of the Sheriff OF Cumberland County.
State OF Maine. Cumberland. IS. November
end, A. d. 1897. n
THIS is to give notice that on the 3oth day
L OF October. A. d. 1897, warrant in insoI
vency was issued out of the Court of Insolvency
for said County of Cumberland, against the
estate of
JAMES c. WINCH. of Portland,
adjudged to be an Insolvent Debtor.
on petition of said Debtor. which
petition was filed on the SOth
day Of October, A. D. 1897. to which
date interest on claims is to be computed.
That the payment of any debts to or by said
Debtor and the transfer and delivery Of any
property by him are forbidden by law.
That meeting OF the creditors of said
Debtor to prove their debts and in case there
are sufficient assets to choose one or
at a Court of Insolvency to be holden
at Probate Court Room. in said Portland. in
said County of Cumberland, OH the 10Th day Of
November. A. d. 1897. at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
written.
c. L. BUCHANAN.
iDeputy Sheriff as Messenger of the Court OF
insolvency for said County of Cum berland.
nov3&10
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
CHESTNUT STREET W. F. M. s.

The W. f. NJ S. of Chestnut stree,
church, held it's annual meeting yester
day afternoon in the. Church parlor. The
followers are the officers elected for the
ensuing year: President. Mrs. Charles
Day; first president, Mrs. F. B
Clark; second vice president, Mrs. g. E
Woodman ;sreoording secretary, Mrs. G.
W. Parsons; corresponding secretary, Mrs
f. H. Hazelton; treasurer, Mrs. Ella
G. Turner; collectors, Mrs. W. w. Cole
Mrs. T. f. Homestead, Mrs. G. 81. Davis
Mrs, e. c., Chase.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
brief JoTTinos.

The Portland Railroad Company has
received snow plow No. from the COM
pany's shops.
A live wire fell on Spring street, near
Park, Monday night, just about the time
the jefferson closed The company had to
stop teams and cars for a period, until
the circuit was cut out where the trouble
occurred. consequently midnight travel
lers plowed through mud and water in
darkness.
The annex of Congress square church
will give one of their enjoyable suppers
next Thursday evening.
On account Of the heavy rain yesterday
the signal for no school was sounded
in the afternoon. More rain fell yester-
day than during the whole of October.
There were three new cases of Ediph-
iberia reported, Margaret Monahan, rs
Waterville street; Patrick and James
Feeney, aged and years respectively,
at "a Center street. The meeting of
the Non-Commissioned Officers as
ISOLATION will take place at Westbrook
this evening. The members will take
the car at Preble street at 7.40. Every
member is expected to be present
An appeal has been entered in the Su.
preme Court in behalf of the Portland
Extension company from the decision of
the>failroad commissioners denying the
company location for its line between
Westbrook and Gorham.
Mrs. Ada Dahlberg of Providence,
sang two solos at the St. Lawrence
chapel last evening.
The New England Telephone and Tele
graph company is laying conduit down
Pearl street from Middle.
The Burrowes- Orr wedding will take
place at the BRIDES residence on West
street tonight and not at Williston
church
Up to Saturday City Treasurer Libby
received Sill 1000 in taxes, $4,000 more
was entered upon Monday and he re-
ceived trunk full of remittances yester-
day.
The Law Students club will meet
this evening and elect officers for the
ensuing year.
MI. Lowdy Ashland of Alberton, Prince
Edward Island, has presented to the
Natural History society, an oyster shell
that measures fully 10 inches from one
end to the other and is fully. half as
broad as it is long.
Mr. Alex. II. Findlay, the noted golf
expert from Boston, arrived in town last
night and will play today on the Port
land golf.links both forenoon and after
noon unless the weather absolutely pre-
vents Members of the club will have
an opportunity to see some exceptionally
fine playing.
The next quarterly session of the Cum
berland County Reform club will be
held al, Dry Mills, Saturday and Sunday,
November Is and IA. A cordial invita-
ton is given to all friends of temperance
Free entertainment for all.
At a meeting of the Maine Genealogi-
cal Society held last evening the follow
Ing were electeds.to active membership:
Albert R.. Stubs, Frank Dudley Lunt,
James W. Fitzpatrick.
The Martha Washington Society will
meet Thursday with Mrs. Thomas Has
kell, 100 BrackettIstreet. If very stormy
will meet next day.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
A MOST INTERESTING LECTURE.

The treat the Portland ladies are to
have in the form Of a course of free lect-
ures given at 537 Congress street, Room
81 at p. m. on the 8, and 9TH of No
vember, should be attended by every lady
who is interested in the progress Of her
own SEX AS an item from the Times,
London, Eng, remarked: "Bessie Starr
Keefer. has never been equalled by a
weman and seldom by man."
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
NEW MEMORY CLASS.

Much interest was manifested by those
who heard Prof. Boyd lecture at West
Congregational church on Monday eve
ming. Those who were prevented by the
storm from attending on Monday will
have an opportunity of hearing him at
the West End.M. E. church tonight. It
the weather proves favorable doubtless
there will be large attendance. Prof.
Boyd. will begin Glasses at 11S Winter
street on Thursday at 4.15 and 7.45
o'clock.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
A BIG PUMKpIN

Howard Woodbury. of Cumberland,
sent present to John H. Shaw engineer
on the Grand Trunk, pumpkin raised
on his place weighing forty two pounds.
The vegetable measured, as it stood on
the blossom end four feet in circumfer.
ence, and four feet four inches the long
way. 1t was cut yesterday and the meat
was several inches thick and yellow as
gold.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
THE NORTHEAST GALE.

The northeast rain storm and gale yes
terday filed the harbor with small coast
ers and fishermen who sought shelter
from the heavy sea and wind outside.
There were no departures reported and
the heavy sea even outside the break
water made movement among the vessels
in the harbor impossible.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
LECTURE AT CONGRESS STREET
CHURCH.

There will be lecture in Congress
street M. E. church, Wednesday evening,
November Sd by the pastor, W f. Berry.
on 1.-THE Parsons Outing in the Maine
Woods" Mr.. Berry has for number
of years spent several weeks in the wilds
of Maine and his lecture will be very in
teresting.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
THE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY

Next Friday evening at City hall.
Eugene v. Debs will lecture on his new
party, "The Social Democracy" A male
quartette composed of local singers will
furnish music. The lecture will be free
and the public are cordially invited to at.
tend.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
"Mrs. windows Soothing syrup.

"Mrs windows Soothing syrup.
Has been used over Fifty Years by millions OF
mothers for their children while Teething
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
foftens the gums, allays Pain, cures Wind
Collie, regulates the bowels and is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising from
testhing or other causes. For sale by Drug
gists in every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, % cts
u bottle.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

is on the wrapper of every bottle of CAsToRIA.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
when she had Children, she gave them Castoria,
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
PERSONAL.

DR.. Bradford returned from his vaca-
zion yesterday. He had splendid hunt
Ing trip to the forests of Maine and
brought back two deer as trophies to his
Workmanship
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

PORTLAND, November 3, 1897.
II N telling the story
i yesterday about the
new things in the
Drapery department, we
should have mentioned
the great line of printed
Florentine Silks that's
here new. The best show
of them this store has
ever seen.
Brilliant combinations
of the rich Oriental COL
orings, stylish stripe eff
fects, etc. Arabesque de-
signs. flower patterns and
Delft blue. We have
opened this week many
new pieces at soc and 63c
a yard specially adapted
for pillow covers.
In connection with the
silk opening we are show
ing for the first time a
fresh stock Of fancy silk
Pillows and Cushions all
made up, models to be
copied, marked at very
moderate prices. They
are shown on the long
table under the balcony.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

You can't beat it. $500 for the round
trip Portland to Boston and return on
T thursday Nov. II.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

1t is not often the rate to Boston is al
low as Is arranged for Nov. II.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

-. DILL are the favorite family
ItOUN Ao cathartic. Price 25c.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

NEW ApvEET1sEMENTs TO-DAY.

]. R. Libby Co.
Owen. Moore g. Co
Eastman Bros. & Bancroft.
Geo. G. Shaw Il Co.
III. j. Bailey & Co.
Haskell g. Jones.
Messengers notice.
NJ. c. Nj. A.-Free Drawing School.
ADJUSTMENTS.
Congress Square Church-Supper.
Lecture at Free Babtist Church.
Free Illustrated Lecture.
New Wants, To Let for sale. Lost, Found
and Similar advertisements willbefound under
heir appropriate heads on Page 6.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

Boston excursion Nov. IL. You want
to go!
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03
VERRILL'S VERDICT.
Vas the Amount Awarded by the
Jury Excessive?
ARGUMENTS MADE BEFORE JUDGE
WHITEHOUSE YESTERDAY.

The Court Reserves Decision, But Admits
That the $500 SCENE to Him Excessive
Testimony in behring's Controversy
Reviewed.
The Portland daily press., 1897-11-03

Before the argument against the
motion was begun Judge Whitehouse said
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-19

VIII have had damaging effect upon
many things. have known chickens,
ducks, geese, pigs, and even calves kill
ed by too much heat. The system be-
comes so relaxed, causing much fatty
matter to be liberated. which passes
through the bowels, causing one Of the
worst dysenteries. My feeding mixture
to about two months of age consists OF
oatmeal and -four (more of the former),
trace of chalk, or whiting, sulphur,
and little ground linseed. Boiled rice
is very. good for change. Although
chemist, | advise all to keep off medi-
cines entirely as long as they can, and
employ simple remedies only, for with
chickens you only do more harm than
good. Avoid leaving milk in the sun
by all means, and you boil your wheat
feed off grass, in clean vessels, and
upon no occasion feed two or three
days off the same boiling; it quickly
turns sour; but this can be avoided by
plunging it into cold water 1t will
thus keep sweet much longer. l never
feed upon dusty ground, whether sweet
or tainted. The former will scour, the
latter simply courts disease in her
numerous sluggish forms.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-19
Eggs Preserved In Clay.

Ii Hung Chang's commissariat car
ried with it around the world supply
of Chinese preserved eggs for the AM
bassador's special use, writes A. v.
Mersch in Farm Poultry. Those won
derful eggs" said my friend, Mr. Doyle,
the steward of the Waldorf, at which Ii
stopped during his sojourn in New
York, ARE not so bad after all. Here
is one of Them" he said to me, know
ing that / would be interested in it,,
showing me what looked like piece of
pummice stone, but was an egg en-
cased in clay, which was given me by
one of the cooks, and may be century
old for aught 1 know. This is pre-
served hens egg. The process of keep
ing them is very primitive and simple,
yet very effective. This is the way 1t
is done: First the eggs are boiled hard !;
then while they are hot they are wrap
ped in soft clay and packed away. They
will keep forever. They were brought
here in bags packed in rice husk, some
of which you see still clings to the
clay. These eggs are almost black, and
the yolks are green. They chop them
very fine and decorate most of their
viands with them, and they enter large
ly into all their sauces. The duck eggs
are from the Pekin and Muscovy
breeds. They are first boiled. then pre-
served in paste Of charcoal which
hardens about them. These duck eggs
are opened, split in halves and served
are, / assure you that they are de-
licious" l don't perfectly understand
the difference in preserving hens eggs
and ducks eggs; but / mean to try an
experiment on them this season, and
will report my experience.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-19
RAISES MINT.
This Is tho Queer Business of Woman
In Michigan.

In Michigan.
Buffalo Express: A little woman ,Ip
in Michigan carries on very remuner-
ative business raising mint. She is
Mrs. Mary Weber, and she inherited
the business from her father. Some Of
the mint is raised in hot beds. and
these are the objects of constant care
by the family, which consists of the
widow and grown-up son and daugh-
ter Of 1G years. The profitable season
is between the months of May and Oc-
tober, and June, the best month of ALL
The mint roots are set out in May, and
the proprietress time is given to them
from that date until late in the au-
tumn. She clips and punches the mint
in the afternoon and evening. and the
morning is given to sales. She drives
TO the leading hotels and makes the
sales herself. 1t is not necessary to So
licit custom. Most of it has been in
herited with the mint bed. The men
who patronized her father give their
patronage to the daughter. She is not
without competitors, but they are all
of the male sex and are not as gallant
as might be expected. Mrs. Weber,
like the wise business woman she is.
refuses to say how much the prolific
bed yields, but it is safe to say that
she keeps the big house going" and
puts aside the desired sum in provision
for rainy day." She has suppIanted
her income by dealing in lemonade
straws. Every summer she drives in
to the country for radius of twenty
miles in search Of rye straw that will
serve that purpose. If she finds the
kind she desires she buys it in the
field. But she is very hard to please
in the matter of the quality of the
straw, and has finally settled to the
patronage of farmer named Black
Jack, who has yearly contract with
her. Womanlike, she cannot tell what
is most desirable in the straw, but she
knows when she sees it" and after all
mat is quite sufficient.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-19
Diarrhoea and It's Causes.

Having seen, under the above head
ing, letter, signed j. A. L., in your
paper of May II, l may inform him
there are several causes of diarrhoea,
writes A. Hemsley in Fanciers' Gazette,
London. The cause, whatever it may
be, only requires to be removed, and
diligent search should be made for it,
before any good can be accomplished.
In the first place, ii your runs are kept
perfectly clean, and your water tins
are filled once daily, and kept located
in a shady place, | advise complete
change OF diet, and give wheaton bread
-four and prepared chalk-a Tablespoons
fui OF chalk TO pound OF oatmeal.
with two or three tablespoonsful OF
-four. The chalk neutraliZes all acid
ity, which, in most cases, is the cause
Of diarrhoea, especially in warm wealth
err The fermentation OF the contents
of the crop and gizzard is too rapid;
thus it is acetuous fermentation sets
in, which causes irritation of the in
ternal mucous membrane. Dry corn is
very poor food for baby chickens. II
they eat sufficient 1t causes too heavy
thirst and Indigestion. sure precursors
OF this complaint. We have far too
many fancy meals and foods in the
market. And sharps should be used
with great care for the first month.
During the last week the excessive heat
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-19
Gibbon In Pariiam emf.

Edward Gibbon, the great historian,
sat in parliament for many years, but
achieved no success in the house. One
morning, he tells us, las he was de-
stroying an army of barbarians," a
knock came 10 the door, and the temp
ter appeared in the shape of friend
offering to secure him seat in parlia-
ment for the borough Of Liskeard.
Gibbon represented the borough for ten
years Q771-17S3) without ever opening
his mouth; and once when moved to do
so he lacked the confidence to carry
him through. The great speakers
filled him with despair. and the bad
ones with terror. lie grew heart tired
of this parliamentary prattle" and Of
1.-THE noise and nonsense of the Pande-
monium." as he terms parliament in
his letters.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-19
Hardness and Climate.

In the northern section of the United
States careful attention should be given
the selection of breeds, says Poultry
Keeper. 1t should not matter to the
farmer whether some particular breed
may lay a few more eggs during the
year than another, as his object should
be to keep only those that are hardy
and able to stand the cold winters. In
making a selection, the proper course
to pursue is to visit the yards of those
who have fowls that have given good
results in his section, and in purchas-
ing stock aim to select the most vigor-
Gus. Breeds that have small combs
and which are heavily feathered should
thrive better in winter than will 9TH
ers, but such breeds should have also
been bred for vigor. 1t is Of no ad-
vantage to buy special prize-winners
when the awards have been for special
points in the showroom, but the birds
should be pure bred, however, having
stout limbs, deep breasts and eyes in
dicating health. 1t is the hen that lays
every week in the year, except when
Matching chicks or undergoing the
process of moulting, that pays the
most, but such hens can only be had
by careful selection and due considera-
ton given climatic conditions and
proper management.