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The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

An eocentricity on tbs part of any
public official which takes such practi-
cal form for the heneft CT his fellow
man, as that recently shown by Mayor
Pennoyer. Of Portland, Oregon, is GER
tainly worthy Of notice. When he en-
tered upon his duties as chief executive
of his municipality, in July last, he ex-
pressed q resolution to accept only
half Of the salary allowed him by law,
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07
perisbes while Trying to Save Others.

Robertyille, Que January 64-The
convent burned this morning was that of
Our Lady Of Lake ST John, in charge OF
the Ursurline sisters, a cloister order and
one OF the Oldest sisterhoods in Canada.
Most of the students were away for the
holidays. In undertaking to resoue those
in their charge seven Of the sisters
persisted themselves, being overcome Dy
the s3noke. So lar Us known none Of the
scholars who were in the building arc
m Using
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

which is $1,000, as he considered it ex-
orbitant. He subsequently proved his
sincerity by officially turning into the
city treasury enc half of his salary,
ground that the duties Of his Office were
not worth it, aud directed the Auditor
to draw warrant for the other half. to
the order of the secretary of the city
board of charities, to be expended for
the nsedy.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

Nothing but speculation is possible
about what 1897 will do with the East
EN- question. 1t is the favoFite belief ct
She moment that Russia will take the
mstter in her own hands in the early
spriug, but this is no more supported ny
visible facts than the theory that the
existing situation will drag itself along
through this year as through last.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

The controversy over the verdict in the
Bran case still RACES in the Boston
papers, carried on ichiefy by correspon-
dents. Instead Of composing the quarrel
Mr.. Moorfiela Storey's article seems to
have made it fercer.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

The New Years list CT British honors
Is noticeable only because it, for the frs5
time. lifts physician to tie peerage
This rrofession got into the way Of accu'
INITIATING baromstcies much earlier than
either art or letters, but it never be-
fore attained patents Of nobility. slr
.!cssph Lister, though strictly seien-
tisf, is also distinctively surgeon, and
as such makes the precedent.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07
NOTICE OF LEGISLATION.

NOTICES hereby given that the United In
N durated Fibre Company OF New Jersey
will apply to the next Legislature for authority
70 transmit compressed air or electrical power
by proper underground condults or overhead
appliances, from its point Of generation at its
yya1er privilege at Great Falls, or the Presump
scot river. in the county Of Cumberland through
Gorham, Westbrook and Deering, to and into
the City OF Portland, with the right TO generate
sell. distribute and supply such power in the
territory aforesaid, for manufacturing and Other
"a UNITED INDURATED FIBRE CO.
of New Jersey.
BY Jesse Peterson. President. dec25d2w
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

The New York Mail and Express says
Switzerland has just elected new presl-
dent without even thinking it worth
while Tn ask hin, whether he believed in
honest money or not. The people over
there do net try to make political issue
of d simple question of moral honesty.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY, JANUARY z.

The nomination of Mr.. Penrose for
Senator from the state Of Pennsylvania
shows that Senator Qusy's grip is not
looseped in the least.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

The strong probability that If the
Delaware legislature had been controlled
BIZ the Republican ''Gas' Addioks would
have got into the United States Senate
reconcilss one very much to the capture
hv the Democrats.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

Captain Cores Courtship. His Nara
tive of the Affair Of the Clipper Gone
.naugh'' and Loss Of the Countess of
Warwick as set down by his Friend
and Counsel T. jenkins Hams. Illus
trated, is one of the pretty little LoUos
Library volumes and has clever company
in lis predecessors. In this insurance If
you like sailors yarn, dealing with
higher life socially than most "clippers
''boast but trimming over with fights
and floods and dangers and convict crews
az the SIDE shows say hero you have it"'
IT'S lively narrative, very uncomprom-
ising MS to the language Of the fo'castle
and crowded sufficiently with incident
and accident to suit the most jaded
taste. For example, O'Toole is address
lug his sailors ''Ef yer do yer duty III
be as finder az aisy with ye as yer swate
hearts, but eff ye don't, ty tn howly
iimpin' Jezshel, I'll bear doun on yer
an thin stand from under There is
more or less rough wit in the recital
with here and there good story or an
adapted joke and the reckless ritieaway
fashion Of "Capt Gore" will please the
masses. philadelphia: j. B. Lippin-
colt Company; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon. Price rs cents)
Master Ardiclc Buccaneer by T. Il
Costello, is a well told tale full of snaI
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07
gucklen's Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALVE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheuim, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped
Hands, Chilblains Cornssand all Skin
Eruptions and positively cures Piles. or
no pay required. It is guaranteed to givs
perfect satisfaction or money refun lied.
Price Is cents por box. For sale by Ii. p.
S. Goold, 577 Congress St., under Con-
greEs Square Hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07
Marvellous Res uEts.

From a letter written by Rev J. Gun
derman, of Himondale, Mich, we are
no hesitation in recommending DR..
Kings New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvellous in the case of my
wife. While was pastor Of the Baptist
church at Riyes junction she was
brought down with Pneumonia succeed
ing La Grippe. Terrible paroxysms of
coughing would last hours with little
interruption, and it seemed as if she
could not survive them. A friend recon-
mended DIR. Kings New Discovery; it
was quick in its work and highly salts
factory in results. Trial bottles free
at H. p. S. Goold's Drug Store Regu-
lar size SOC. and $1.00. 51 Congress
straet rpdep Congress Square Hotel
The Portland daily press., 1897-01-07

Master Ardick Buccaneer by T. f..
Costello, is a we'll told tale full of snap
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
Black ROCKS.
ssOry of the Early Days of the Con.
neIlsVille Coal Region.

A SAOry of the EARLY Days of the Con-
neIIsVille Coal Region.
A writer in Forest and Stream says
chat Lli&s Blank, Cit of the early set
tlors of what is now the great Connells-
Vile coal region, i'll western Pennsylva-
MIA, was among the first Americans to
burn soft coal. How the thing came
about is thus described:
One night Mr.. Blank was aroused by
rapping at his door. Opening it, he
admitted famous Indian fighter, Lewis
Whetzell, and companion. Jonathan
Gates, commonly known as "Long
Arms.
Friend Lewis,' said Blank, where
have thee and our friend Teen and
where bound?''
81 want to get out of here at once, -
said Whetzell, land LcIg AIMS is of
the same opinion This country's be-
witched, and Long Arms and l are
nearly scared to Death. -
Friend Lewis, thee must not tell
such stories to me- said old Elias.
''Thee knows l am thy friend and
have saved thee when price was on
thy head. / know thou art a man of
courage, and friend Jonathan Gates,
whom some call Long Arms, fears
nothing on earth, and I'm fearful moth
ing anywhere else, and yet thou tellest
me that he and thee are scared even al
most unto death Shame on thee so to
declare before thy friend, who loves ye
both as he were thy fatherP'
"No, no, Elias, y said Whetzell, drop
Y0iY R, A6o lznrn col
thee no lie We are scared Yesterday
afternoon we we're in hiding about
mile from Dunkard creek, and in the
evening we built fire under the bank
very carefully, and we got some black
rocks to prop up little kettle and put
them beside the fire rather than in it,
and the black rocks took fire and burned
fercely, with a filthy smoke and
bright light, and Long Arms said the
devil would come if we staid, and we
grabbed our kettle and poured out the
water and made our way here, leaving
the black rocks to burn
Elias Blank was much interested. He
did not tell Whetzell what the black
rocks were, but he found out exactly
where the men had made their fire, and
when they went away he gave them
each new Ezra Engle rife, knife
and tomahawk, with four pounds of
powder and supply of lead.
Then he hunted up their camping
ground, found the 'black rocks" and
opened coal bank into one of the river
hills, and this coal bank is still in ex-
istence in IL foot vein of coal that is
absolutely free from slate and burns
like pitch
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
ANGELS uNAwAREs. !"


A figure by my Preside staid.
Plain was her garb and yelled her face
A presenIe mystical she made
Nor changed her attitude nor place
Did neglect my household ways
For pleasure wrought of pen or boQk9
She sighed murInur of dispraise, q
AT which anethought the rafters shook.
Me young Delight did often win
Ny patient limits to outgo
Thereafter, when entered in,
That shrouded guest did threatening
show.
The SHOWS of life to chill me fell
Where many a gracious mate lay dead
And moved my heart to break the spell
By that ungracious phantom laid.
Now, who art thou that didst not smile
When l my maddest jest devisedp
Who art thou, stark and grim the while
That men my tune and measure prizedP
Without her pilgrim staff she rose,
Her weeds of darkness casteaside,
More dazzling than lympian SHOWS
The beauty that those weeds did hide.
Most like solemn symphony
That lifts the heart from lowry thinRa
The voice with which she spoke to me
Did loose Contrition at its springs
o Duty visitor divine.
Take all the wealth my house afforda
But make thy holy methods minel
Speak to me thy surprising words.
Neglected once and undiscerned
pour my homage at thy feet.
Till thy sacred law have learned
Nor joy nor life can be complete
Julia Ward Howe in independent
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
Shakespeare and Coli.

It is said that Shakespeare works
abound in the most direct and explicit
references to the game of golf, several
of which have been collected in Miss
Woods recent volume of Quotations
For Occasions -
In Much Ado About Nothing il an
unmistakable allusion to characteristic
st. Andrews gesture in the words, II
know you by the waRgling of your
head, " while in Titus Andronicus'' is
encountered the pertinent query, "What
subtle hole is this?'' In Richard III, I"
again, one meets the line, Put in their
hands the bruising irons of wrath, and
in Henry W. tpart y the statement
I'm call for clubs "
Falstati ruling passion was evident
ly golf, for on his deathbed he "babbled
of green fields, " and there were certain
~ links on Prospero's island, else why
the question Why hath the queen sum.
moned me hither to this short grass d
greene? Some commentators prefer the
reading, To tee or not to tee. that is
the question " Bur apart from this dis
puted passage in Hamlet" there is
reference to the fault Ct Striking too
short. - iii.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
THE CRATER OF RAINIER.

Experiences of a Night ON the Summit OF
the Weird Mountain.
Throwing off the lifo line, which had
become almost an intoIerable burden.
scaled the pile of bare rocks and gained
the rim of the crater. The great bowl
within was deeply filed with snow, but
the black circle forming its rim could
be distinctly traced. Descending the in
ner slope for about 100 feet, | found
place where steam was issuing from
crevice in the rocks and warmed my
benumbed fingers Soon my companions
joined me, and we took refuge in one
Of the many caverns that the heat of
the rocks and of the escaping steam
had melted i'll the lower portion of the
snow and ice partially filling the crater
In these weird caverns one may descend
far beyond the light of day The hite
vapors drifting silently through the
dimly lighted passages assume grotesque
shapes and suggest TO the imaginative
visitor that spirits of the time when
Pluto's reign was supreme there make
their homes
By melting snow in our tin cups over
the cracks from which steam as issu
ing we soon had water enough with
which to prepare tea. IN the absence of
sugar and cream a little, alcohol from
the supply brought for fuel was added
to each cup and proved a welcome
stimulant. Making ourselves as com
Portable as possible under the circum
stances. we passed the night i'll the cav
ern of ice There were no leGges bread
enough to lie down on, and We we're
forced to stand or crouch against the
hot rocks all night The floor of our
cavern sloped steeply and led down to
an ugly opening of unknown depth be-
tween the descending roof of ice and
the rocks. To guard against accidents,
the life line as stretched across the
cavern and made fast to crags. This
proved wise precaution, as we were
able during the night to walk up aud
down with the rope in our hands and
avoid the stiffness and discomfort that
come from remaining long in one posi-
ton. Israel q. Russell in SGTibuer's.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
The win and the method.

A game called poker is charged by
an official Of the American Surety com
pany with responsibility for mG jority
of the entertainments that take place in
the United States 1t does not require
any familiarity with the sport mention
ed, which is, we believe, much like
golf, except that the object is to get
your opponent instead of ball into the
holes, to justify the belief that the
Surety man confounds effect with cause
The embezzlers stake stolen money be-
cause they are dishonest, and the par
ticular medium of their operations can
hardly be charged even with compiled
ty.-New York Times.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
1t is commonly said that the gift of
huInor is rare among musicians.
TUE CoN1xo woy.Nuho coaa

THE COMING WOMAN who goes to the
club while her husband tends the baby.
as we'll as the good old-fashioned woman
who looks after her home, will both at
times get run down in health. They will
be troubled with loss of appetite, head
aches, sleeplessness, fainttng or dizzy
spells. The most wonderful remedy for
these women is Electric Bitters. Thou
sands of sufferers from Lame Back and
Weak Kidneys rise up and call it blessed.
1t is the medicine for women Female
complaints and Nervous troubles OF all
kinds are soon relieved by the use OF
Electric Bitters. Delicate women should
keep this remedy on hand to build up the
system. Only SOC. per bottle. E. K.
Taft's.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is
the sure reliance in this hour of trial.
Thousands have found it the never-fail-
ing power to correct all irregularities
and start the woman on the sea of life
with that physical health all should
have.
Womb difficulties, displacements and
the horrors cannot exist in company
with Lydia z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

After using 10 cent trial size of Ely's
Cream Balm you will be sure to buy the
so cent size. Cream Balm has no equal
in curing catarrh and cold in head. Ask
your druggist for 1t or send 10 cents to us.
ELY BROS, SO warren ST., N Y. city.
/ suffered from Catarrh three years; II
got 80 bad / could not work | used
two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm and am
entirely well; could not be without it,
A. G. Clarke, 34l Shawmut Ave, Boston.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies. Halls CataIrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on
the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not quack medicine. Itwas prescribed
years, and is a regular prescription. It is COM
posed OF the best ConicS known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces such won
derful results in curing Catarrh Send for testi-
mon1als, free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo o.
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Eating between meals, says a wise
doctor, is bad habit for one to acquire.
1t will certainly injure the digestive
process and soon upsets a natural,
healthy appetite for regular meals. 1t
is very easy habit to get into and is
rather difficult to break up If any eat
ing is INDUCED in between meals, per-
fectly ripe, fresh fruit is the leas harm
full kind of refreshment.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
Tobacco smoke and rlousr..

A remarkable effect of tobacco smoke
on the color of flowers may be seen in
the case of the field scabia named
botanically Knavtia arvensis, so fire.
quently on the hills and commons from
August till October. If its purplish blue
blossoms, which form nearly globose
heads, are held IN the smoke of tobacco,
their color will soon turn to bright
green, about the same color as the
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Singers. actors and public speakers
since the introduction of the electric
light have less trouble with their voices
and are less likely to catch cold, their
throats are not SO parched and they feel
better This is due to the air being less
Vitiated and the Temperature more even
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

AS family medicine, Bacon's Celery
King for the Nerves passes from sire to
son as legacy. If you Kidney, Liver or
Blood disorder, Constipation, Headache,
Rheumatism, this specific will cure you.
E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs; w. p. Full
Ter, Somers Odell & Jones, Staffordville,
are sole agents, and are distributing sam
pies free. Large packages soc and 25c.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
UNNECESSARY HERolsM.
A Connecticut Mans Experience With
Substitute Bathtub

Connecticut Mans Experience With q
Substitute Bathtub.
One of the most ridiculous situations
sweat out Oh mans brow and ever
after remain with him as constant
source of mirth occurred to a Shelton
merchant. He thought lie would take
bath, and as his fiat is n mus one of the
chief requisites for the job-a bathtub
he extemporized one out of a small
washtub and enjoyed a cooling abIu-
ton.
He had just concluded and stepped
from the tub for the towel, when sud-
denly the top hoop of the tub burst with
a sharp report, and the man saw to his
horror that the whole contents of the
tub would soon be flooding the floor. At
the same moment he thought of the
store beneath and the amount of dam
age the water would do as it ran down
through the ceiling. He is a man of
quick thought, and in a moment he did
the only thing possible-threw himself
down beside the tub and, elasping his
arms around it, held the already fast
swelling slaves together He was sue
cessful in keeping the water in-but
what situation! He dared not yell, for
be was hardly in condition to receive
callers, especially as he knew that all
in the block at the time were of the
gentler sex, and he realized at once that
the only thing left for him W as to stay
in that position until the re turn of his
wife, who was out on a shopping expe-
dition.
Like the boy who saved Holland, he
manfully remained in his most uncom-
Portable position until relief in the
shape of his wife appeared Then, to cap
the climax, when he asked her to get a
rope or any old thing to tie about the
tub, she, after long fit of uncontrolla-
BILE laughter, asked him why he didn't
carry tub and contents out to the sink
room and pour out the water With a
look that froze the smile on her face he
did as she said and without word don
ned his clothing and wandered out into
the cold, unfeeling world, crushed
and Inundated man.-Ansonia Senti
neil
NILS III A4Sbb6TH
From Constantinople, gives this record
of visit paid to cemetery and the Gu
rious superstition in regard to burial
'The Turkish women are fond OF
spending whole days sitting on their
carpet in the cemeteries. not from any
deep affection for the dead, for the
Turks care little for the body when once
buried The soul, the true being they
loved, is safe in paradise, though only
from the moment that the body is laid
in the ground For this reason the fu-
nerals take place as soon as possible after
death, and if you meet Turkish funeral
the procession is hurrying along in what
appears to us the most indecorous haste,
SO that the soul may more quickly at
tain to it's final bliss A devout Turk
passing coffin will give his aid to the
bearers, exhausted by the speed at which
they go This aid. if only given for 40
PAGES, secures the pardon of a heavy
crime "
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
The "Dopper."

1t is not uncommon to find the epithet
"dopper' applied to Boer, as if the
terms were Synonymous. The name
"dopper" is really derived from the
Dutch word for an extinguisher, and it
is properly applied only to the members
OF religious sect which is DESTROYS of
extlnguishing all theological opinions
OF a later date than the famous synod
Of Dort
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Mrs. Mary Bird, Harrisburg, Pa, says,
my child is worth millions to me; yet l
would have lost her by Group had not
invested twenty-five cents in bottle of
One Minute Cough Cure" 1t cures
coughs, colds and all throat and lung
troubles. w. d. Head.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

1t Is easy to catch a cold and just as
easy to get rid Of it If you commence early
to use One Minute Cough Cure. 1t cures
coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia and
all throat and lung troubles. 1t is pleas
ant to take, safe to use and sure to cure
w. ID. Heald
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23
bic Dimerenco.

"WhatP' said the Judge. lyon expect
me TO send your husband to prison when
you acknow ledge that you threw five
fatirons Ut him and he only threw one
at your
Eyes; that's all right Judge, - said
the lrate Irish woman, but then the
one he threw hit ne - Harper Bazaar
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Don't give them tea or Gomez. Have you tried
the new food drink called GRAIN-O7 IL is
delicious and nouTtshing and takes the place 70
co1ee. The more GFain-O you give the children
the more health you distribute through their
systems. Grain-O Is made OF pure grains, and
when properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades OF conee, bUteosts about u as much. All
grOcers sell It, IS ana 35 cents.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

j. A. Perkins; of Antiquity, O., was
for thirty years needlessly tortured by
physicians for the cure of eczema. He
was quickly cured by using Dewitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, the famous healing
salve for piles and skin diseases. w. d.
Head
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Beethoven almost went crazy about
the Countess Giulietta Guicciardi. He
calls her "my immortal beloved" and
concludes his letters: Ever yours Ey-
er minel Ever each other'sl Amen"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Mrs. stark, Pleasant Ridge, o., says,
after two doctors gave up my boy to
die, saved him from Group by using One
Minute Cough Cure" 1t is the quickest
and most certain remedy for coughs,
colds, and all throat and lung troubles.
w. ID, Heald
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Mrs. NJ. B. Ford, Ruddell's, ILL.,, suf-
fered for eight years from dyspepsia and
chronic constipation, and was finally cured
by using DeWitt's Little Early Risers,
the famous little pills for all stomach and
liver troubles. w. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Pneumatic shoes for cycling are being
talked of for racing, the idea being that
by their use vibration and consequent
numbness would be much reduced.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1897-12-23

Prosperity comes quickest to the man
whose liver is in good condition. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are famous little pills
for constipation, biliousness, indigestion
and all stomach and liver troubles. w.
d. Heald