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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
SCHOOL sUPERlNTENoENTs MEET.
Convention of the New England Associa-
mountaineering Discussion of the Topic
"The Superintendent in the SCHOOL,
(Boston Transcript. }

Topics of much interest to instructors
were introduced and discussed this morn
ing at the meeting of the New England
Association of School Superintendent in
the Boston Latin School hall.
Mary S. Snow of Bangor, Me-, who had
been assigned to open the discussion of
the main topic with an address on ''What
Constitutes a Visit?" was delayed by
numerous Instructions between her home
and the place of meeting, which she de-
scribed to the great amusement of the
audience. AS to what constitutes VISIT
she admitted she did not know. There
is one man in Maine, she said, who knows
what visit is, and he is the only man.
There is no woman there who knows
This man is school superintendent who
has no salary, and is paid only for the
visits he makes AS he receives two dol
lars for each VISIT he is not allowed by
the school board to make more than one
official visit in each term, and to retain
his place he is careful not to overstep the
limit and increase the expense of the
schools. AS he is interested in the schools
when he makes his official visit he so an
nounces; and at other times he is careful
to say, 'sThis is not an official visit. !"
The speaker said it is important that the
superintendent should make frequent Wis
it's where the teacher needs his help and
support. The first impression made is
usually the best. The best work in the
school is where thespupil is not disturbed
and hindered by any sort of interruption
or by what is going on in the room. We
visit to find out all sorts of things, and
merely walking through the rooms may
be an important visit. The superinten-
dent should leave behind him some strong
and helpful cheer for the teacher If that
is not accomplished, then the visit is a
failure.
The following named officers We're unan-
imously elected: President, H. W. Tull
of Quincy; secretary and treasurer, Mary
S. Snow of Bangor, Me-. executive COM
mittee, j. E. Burke of Lawrence, Will
liam P Kelley of St. Johnsbury, VT,
and Miss Sarah l.. Arnold of Boston.
The business of the convention was
concluded by an address by Walter E.
Fernald, M. D., superintendent Of the
Massachusetts School for the Feeble
Minded of Waltham, on feeble Minded
Children"
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

time station agent on the Green Raw
Winona and st. Paul railroad
The Rev. Robert Radcliffe Dollinp. of
Portsmouth, England, will soon arrive in
this country in order to make preachino
tour of three months. He is an extreme
Ritualist, and several English bishops
have refused to give him license to
preach.
There are three sisters living in Salem,
Mass, direct descendants of John Endi-
colt, the first Governor of Massachusetts
Bay Colony, whose ages aggregate 273
years. They are Miss Susan Gray, Mrs
Caroline NJ. Newhall and Mrs. r. G..
Abbott. All are natives of Salem, their
births having been on the following
dates: Mrs. Abbott, December q, 1903;
Mrs. Newhall September ~, 1919, and
Miss Gray, November y, 1917 Their
mother Mrs Elizabeth (Endicott) Gray,
lived to be 100 years and 81 days old.
English papers generally refer to
American bishops as lords bishops. Some
years ago man from North Dakota read
IN Saturday paper in London that the
Lord Bishop Of North Dakota would
preach the next day in St. Paul's Cathe-
AAuulSf dllu uBHGllinS' nv VA
claimed, what is Lord Bishop of North
Dakota?' and he made up his mind to
solve the mystery by attending the SER
vice. On returning to his hotel at noon
he explained to his friends that ''the
Lord Bishop of North Dakota was no
body but long Will Walker, who used to
run church down at Deadwood. !"
The University of Virginia has never
had president, the chairman of the
faculty discharging the duties of that
office. But the growth of the institution
has made the appointment of president
desirable, and ''The Baltimore Sum- says
that such an officer will probably be elect
ed at the coming commencement in June.
No 1la have been suggested, it
paper reported that General Lee, now
Consul-General at Havana, would be
sounded as to whether he would accept
the post. 1t is altogether probable that
there is no authority for this statement,
and 1T cannot be learned that he is even
being considered in connection with the
office -
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Henry Austin Adams, formerly an
Episcopal clergyman, has become Editor
of ''Donahoe's Magazine, OF Boston.
Professor Charles Elliott Norton. of
Harvard, has been made president of the
Arts and Crafts Society, which was Or
ganized in Boston the other day.
The Committee on Ways and Means of
the Massachusetts House of Representa-
tives recommends the appropriation of
500 GOO for statue of General Banks.
Miss Nellie PETER, a daughter of ex-
Senator PETER, of Kansas, is to be mar
ried to J. S. McIlhenny, of Washington,
at Topeka on June o. She has been Of
great assistance to her father in his politi-
cal career. She was the clerk of his COM
mittee while he was in the Senate, and
acted as his private secretary. since MS
return to Kansas she has assisted him in
managing his paper
The college boys of Lawrence, Kan,
played a good joke on Governor Leedy
soon after his Inauguration. They got
up a travesty on the circus in order to
raise money for a local church, and in
vited the Governor to grace the entertain
ulelU Will MS INtStuCc. Liz hlldI was
held in tents and as soon as Mr.. Leedy
arrived the barker outside began to
call out in a singsong voice: ''Step in
side, ladies and gentlemen, and see the
Governor Of Kansas, imported from the
wilds of Cofey County at the great ex-
pense of Mr.. E. N. Morrill,, of Hiawatha,
by whom he was tanned effectually. This is
a rare and handsome specimen, and the
only Governor of Kansas now in captivity.
All others have been let loose as not being
the real thing The Governor knows
college boys and enjoys joke, so he re-
manned inside, and was the biggest at
traction of the show.
Monsignor Martinelli will join the
Franciscans at Butler, n. J., on May 30,
in celebrating the anniversary of the
Popes becoming member of the Third
Order of st. Francis.
Milton Cushing Phillips, the new
United States District Attorney for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, is the son
of Maine lumberman, and was at one
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

Serious political complications are likely
to arise in South Carolina over the choice
of a successor to the late Senator Earle.
Already the lines Of political cleavage
between the Tillman faction and its OPP
ponents are becoming distinctly marked
Until the next meeting of the legisla-
ture, a senator lad interim will be ap-
pointed by the Governor and no little I'M
easiness is felt by the two factions as to
which one will be specially favored in the
first round of what is likely to be bit
ter and long drawn out political battle.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

The colored people of the Empire State
are to be congratulated upon the very
creditable showing they have made at the
Tennessee exposition. The Mail and
Express says the exhibit includes oil
paintings and water colors of high order
fancy work produced by the women. The
exhibit is also accompanied by hand
some State banner from the Executive
office at Albany loaned by Gov. Black to
the colored commissioners. Altogether
New York has reason to regard with
much pride its section in the Negro build
ing at Nashville.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

Senator Platt has apparently selected
the Hon. Lemuel Ely Quigg to take the
place at tn e head of the county Republi-
can committee made vacant by the deser-
ton of Mr.. Lauterbach. Mr.. Quigg does
not conceal his hope that Mr.. Platt would
have selected him for Mayor of New
York, but he yields meekly and says he
will do everything for his benefactor, or,
more properly, perhaps, his creator, for
whatever of fame and distinction Quigg
has got i'll this world he owes solely to
Platt. But for Platt he would never
have been known except perhaps on ac-
count of his caricature of name.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

As soon as they heard of the action of
the Senate of the United States, Cuban
sympathizers in Venezuela endeavored to
secure the adoption of a similar resolution
in the Congress of that country, but a
majority of the chamber of deputies de-
cided that Congress was incompetent to
act upon such a matter, because being a
strictly diplomatic affair it was entirely
within the jurisdiction of the executive.
1t is altogether likely that President Nc
Kinley entertains like views as to this
question, and in the end, will, if neces-
sary, take strong grounds in defence of
his own prerogatives.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

The executive committee of the Nation
al Sound Money league held two sessions
recently at the headquarters in Chicago
and laid plans for the dissemination of
sound money literature throughout the
country. Representatives of all sections
of the country were present and the flnan-
cial standing of the league for the next
four years was guaranteed. Plans were
discussed for conducting a campaign of
education for the next year and half
preparatory to the next Congressional
election, and vice presidents for the vari-
GUS states were named. Among them
is Hon. Charles f. Libby for the state Of
Maine. Action along the lines suggested
is greatly needed, for, just now, eternal
vigilance would seem to BIS the price of
sound financial national integrity.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

There is renewed talk Of appointing the
Hon. Chauncey M. Depew special am
bassador to England to represent the
United States during the jubilee next
month Should the appointment be made
there is every reason to believe that Mr..
D pew would be persona grata' to the
English people.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

The deficiency under the Wilson-Gor-
man tariff law to date for the fiscal year
beginning July /, 1896, as shown by the
official records is .s33, 755, 1856. These fig
ures afford proof, more convincing than
any words which might be uttered, of the
necessity of the immediate enactment of
new tariff laws that will adjust receipts
to the proper expenditures Of the govern
ment.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

The London CORRESPONDENT of the New
York Sun reviewing the Graeco- Turkish
war; alleges that Thessaly was lost to the
Greeks not by fighting, but by cowardice
especially on the part of the Greek COM
manders.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
CITY OF DEERgNc.

SEALED Proposals will be received by the
undersigned until the 25th inst, at IL
o'clock noon, for supplying the several schools
buildings of the City OF Deering with coal for
the school year of 1878. Amount required /:
800 tons (of 1900 lbs.) more or less. Sizes ;
thoroughly screened
the right IS reserved to reject any or all bids
not deemed for the interest Of the city.
S. A. PACKARD,
Chairman Committee on Fuel,
zZo Mlddle street. my21dtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
NOTICE.

Ladies, clean your kid gloves with
Miller's gloyerine, for sale only by Wat
son, Miller 90 Co., Boston store, head
quarters for dressed and uEdressed kid
gloves. All the most desirable shades.
Gloves fitted to the hand and warranted
mch1S I'll
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

Debs announces that he will march into
Utah at the head of IAN industrial army"
of 100, 0o0 men. If he will stay there, stop
haranguing and transform the energies of
his tongue into good honest work by the
hands, much will yet be forgiven him
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

If the weather bureau would predict the
hottest summer ever known it might have
a good effect on the United States Senate
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

It is pretty evident that the Morgan
belligerency resolution is to make no pro-
gress in the House at present. Luckily
for the country the House has rules and
leaders with courage enough to enforce
Them
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, MAY 20.

Senator Aldrich says he ''has not the
least idea" when the tariff debate will
stop.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
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The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
STRAW MATTINCS

For this season embrace large and varied assert
ment of all the latest styles from both Japan and
China.
Years of experience enable us to select mattings
of the very BEST VALUES and DURABILITY.
The stock is immense and ranges i'm price from
the cheapest to the very finest imported
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

Correspondence solicited from Indfvid-
ualss corporations, Banks and others
desiring to open accounts, as well as for
those wishing to transact Banking bust
ness of any description through this
Bank.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25
DRAPERY DEPT.

Our imported French and English Couch Covers
cannot be surpassed for rich designs and coorings.
Our Drapery stock is very complete with fine
line of novelties in MILAN, RUSSIAN, RENAIS-
SANCE, ARABIAN, LOUIS XIV and BRUSSELS
LACES.
Along with a complete line OF yard goods i'm DU-
CHESSE, SWISS, IRISH POINT and BRUSSELS for
glass and sash curtains
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-25

to Craig, and how cured:
:: :: =;
M%2zaEHM 81 Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Com
tits
the world. that thought
D@~J could live
WSSSI IN leucorrhea
aIy ~ - consumption faint thought
lwould die had dragging back, burn
~
sensation downto feet miserable
VGW&E feelings People said that looked like dead
MXMA&HSl - woman. o me failed
YxM&$ySA medicine
NJ - thought would try it, a OF
wish could did what
could do"MRs CRAIG Bakers Landing
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07

Bschrach & Co., proprietors Of large
department store in Toronto. Ont.
failed for 100000.
More than 5000 soldiers were killed
in a battle with fanatics near Canudos.
Brazil
Many buildings were wrecked and
a large number Of persons injured by
an earthquake shock in the Arno val
ley in England.
The steamer Scandinavian in dense
fog of Newfoundland cut in twain the
barkentine Florence of st. Johns, and
four seamen Of the latter and the cap
tain's wife were drowned.
A dispatch from Athens says that the
sultan has instructed Tewfik Pasha to
sign the peace preliminaries.
A treaty has been signed by the re-
publics of Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nica-
ragua, Honduras and Salvador to 60
into effect September IS. The union IL
named the Republic Of Central Amer
ica," and the countries forming 1t will
take the name Of states.
Havana's outposts were attacked by
a large body of rebels, who, before the
Spanish troops could be gathered to re-
sist, swept through the suburbs. carry
ing all before them.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
Buttercups Are Poi.onou.

1t is not generally known that the
buttercup, which is such favorite
flower with children, has poisonous
qualities, yet such is the case, and an in
quest has recently been held on a boy
who, after eating some buttercups, died
within few hours with all the symp-
toms of irritant poisoning. The but
tercup belongs to the ranunculaceae,
and nearly all the members of this
group possess poisonous qualities, chief
ly OF an irritant nature, though few
narcotic principles are to be found.
The virulence Of the poisonous varies
very much. but there are very few in
dividuals of this order which are inert.
The various species of buttercups have
all irritant properties, and in the alb
sence OF better drugs they have occa-
sionally been used as vesicatories. Cows
avoid buttercups, but hogs and some
other animals can eat them with i'm
punity. The active principle is volatile,
SO that when the buttercups are dried
with hay or exposed to the air they be-
come inert. Luckily the buttcrcup,
though pretty to look at, does not usual
ly tempt children to eat it wholesale,
otherwise cases of poinsoning might be
less rare than they fortunately are at
present.-Jondon Lancet.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
HUMOROUS.

An editor, observing that the CEN
sus embraces 100000 women, asks
rapturously: "Who wouldn't be GEN.
sus ?''-Tit-Bits.
A Remarkable Woman.-Mrs. No
Corkle-"My wife has better mem
DRY than any other woman know"
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures" Mr.. Nc
Corkle-"Yes; she always remembers
what's trumps."
Herbert Watts is a clever fellow.
He couldn't find an umbwellah that
would roll tight enough to suit him.
What do you suppose he did?" u
cawn't imagine" "He had an UNI
bwellah covah made for his cane
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Prison visitor1"Why are you here,
my poor MANI" The Poor Man-"Fer
takin' q loaf o. bread and ham-bone,
mum" "How sad!" "You bet your
life it was sad. Wy, lady, right along
side O. that bread an meat was dozen
bottles o. beer, and didn't know
nothin' about it!"-Indianapolis Jour
nal
Thinking Aloud.-Mrs. Phillips
George, why were you swearing so
terribly in the back yard just now?"
Mr.. Phillips-"Swearing, my dear? Did
1 swear? Well, bless me, was so busy
getting this piece of wire disentangled
from the lawn mower that l didn't
know had time to do anything else"
Cleveland Leader.
what is an average?" asked the
teacher. The class seemed to be poeed,
but "a little girl held out her hand
eagerly. please, it's what hen lays
her eggs on" Bewilderment followed,
but the mite was justified by the les
son book, in which was written: The
hen lays 200 eggs ayear on an average
Household Words
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-08-07
DINNER FOR A SNAKE.
Gradual Absorption OF . Frog ~ 9
water MOccasin.


water Moccasin.
It is not often that one has an oppor-
tunity of watching a snake swallowing
his live prey when the snake is free
and on his native soil. A summer idler
near the Newman Springs bridge, on
the Shrewsbury river, the other day
stopped for rest at the site of an old
rustic summer-house. A spring there
was damned up years ago and the
summer-house built over the pond SO
that wanderers could sit and refresh
themselves there. The summer-house
rotted and fell, and the pond filled with
many seasons fall of leaves from the
surrounding oak and chestnut trees.
AS the idler sat on a remnant Of the
old dam a frog about four inches in
length was suddenly projected from
under the leaves. At first the idler
was puzzled to know how it managed
to stand In the air in such manner,
but soon he saw that 1t was held in the
jaws of snake. The snake was less
than two feet long and was what was
known locally as water moccasin.
His head was about half an inch broad
and his neck smaller in size than an
ordinary lead pencil. The frog in the
thickest part was about two inches
across. The snakes jaws were closed
just over the end of one of the frogs
hind legs, and even that was such
mouthful that it seemed as If the jaws
were stretched to their utmost.
In and out among the leaves the
snake slowly twisted and turned, work
ing his jaws all the time till he had
worked the smaller end Of the frogs
leg down his throat. Then he became
more quiet. Now he began a slow.
monotonous task. His jaws worked
continuously, but with motion hardly
perceptible, aided by an occasional
strained contortion of the snakes neck.
Soon the frog was but mere lump
in the snakes throat, and finally it
passed downward. Then the snake
raised his head and neck in a graceful
curve and his little nervous, forked
tongue shot out at regular intervals.
Then, spying his observer for the first
time, he slid quickly under the leaves
just in time to escape blow with a
light stick. 1t took the snake about IS
minutes to swallow that frog, and no
doubt he had swallowed many larger
ones-N. Y. Sun.