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The Portland daily press., 1897-12-25
RAILROADS.
PORTLAND & WORCESTER.
PORTLAND & ROCHESTER, R. R.
Station Foot nf pres,ge 81.


On and after Monday, Oct. 4, 1897, Passenger
trains will Leave Portland:
For Worcester, Clinton, Aver Junction, Nashua,
Windham and Epping at 7.3O o. m. and 1880
p.
For Manchester, Concord and points North at
7.30 a. m. and 1890 p m
For Rochester, Springvale. Alfred, Water
boro and saco Rive. at 7.3o a. NJ, 1890 and
For Gorham at 7.so and s45 a. M, $780, 800,
535 and $40 p. m.
For Westbrook, Cumberland Mills. Westbrook
Junction and Woodfords at 7SO s45 a. m.
1890, 800, 5.35 and $40 p. N.
The 1890 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aver Junction with 'Hoosac Tunnel Route"
for the West and at Union Station, Worcester,
for Providence and New York, via 'sProyidence
Line" for Norwich and New York, via "Nor-
witch Line with Boston and Albany r. r. for
the West, and with the New York all rail via
Springfield"
Trains arrive in Portland from Worcester
at 1.3O p. M; from Rochester at $50 a. M. 80
and $50 p. M; from Gorham at 64O $50 and
1850 a, m. 130, 4.15, $50 p m.
For tickets Tor all points West and South an
ply to I. T. McGILLICUDDY, Ticket Agent,
P0rtlond Me.
ie25dtf Nv. PETERS. supt
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Retail 3rocers sugar Gar~~.
Portland market-cut loaf Z; confetion a
tc pulVCrsed 6cs powered, g.; graduated
o1a eofee crushed SC yellow a.,
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my husband had two cancers taken
from his face, and another was coming
on his lip. He took two bottles of Bur
dock Blood Bitters and it disappeared
He is completely we'll" Mrs. VIM.
Kirby, Akron, Erie Co., N. Y.
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MAINE CENTRAL Il. r..
II effect Nov. IA, 1897.
Trains leave Portland as follows:


700 a. m. For Brunswick. Bath Rockland,
Augusta. Waterville. Skowhegan, Lisbon Falls,
Lewiston via Brunswick, Belfast, Bangor and
$50 a. m. For Danville Jc poland springs)
Mechanic Falls. Rumford Falls. Lew
iston, Winthrop, Oakland. Readfield. Water
lilo a. IN. for Gray. New Gloucester, Dan
Vile June. Auburn and Lewiston.
11.2Oa. M Express for Brunswick, Bath, An
gust9; Waterville I1g5sfield Bangor; BqcksporI
Bar Harbor, lGreenville and Aroostook County
via B. 81 A r. r. for Houlton. Woodstock.
St Stephen. and st. Andrews, via Vaneeboro
ITO p. m. Mechanic Falls, Rumford Falls.
ssem Danville JG hyermore Falls
and Rangeley, Winthrop, Oakland. Bingham
Waterville and Skowhegan.
sHst sa Bath BO0thqss g kOokand and and
Lincoln 1 division WaterViie, shoWhegan Be I
fast Hartland. Dover and Foxcroft, Green
90 p m For Brunswick Bath. Lisbon
Falls, Richmond, Gardiner, Augusta and
SIS p m For New Gloucester, Danville
Junction, poland Springs), Mechanic Falls,
Auburn and Lewiston.
11oop m Night Express. every night for
county via Old Town, Bar Hafbor, Bueksport.
St. Stephen; ST. Andrews, St. John and
the Provinces The Saturday night train does
not run to Belfast. Dexter, Dover and Foxcroft
or beyond Bangor. Sleeping cars to ST. John.
White Mountain Division.
s.45 q. m. For Bridgton, Fabyans. Burlington
Lancaster. Quebec st. JohnsbuFy, Sherbrooke
Montreal, Chicago, st. Paul and Minneapolis
and all points west.
$50 p. m. For Sebago Lake. Cornish, Fryeburg.
Bridgton, North Conway, Fabyans, Lancaster.
ColeDrook. sLunenburg, St. Johnsbry, New
port, Sherbrook. Montreal and Toronto.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
100 a. m. Paper train for Brunswick, Au-
gusta, Waterville and Bangor.
1880 p m. Train for Brunswick. Lewiston,
Bath. Augusta. Waterville, and Bangor.
HOO p. M. Night Express with sleeping cars
Tor all points.
ARRIVALS IN PORTLAND.
From Montreal Quebec, Fabyans. Bridgton.
S.25 a. IN. !; Lewiston and Mechanic Falls $50
a. m: Waterville and Augusta. S.35 a. M.
Bangor, and Augusta daily and week days from
Rockland. 49, y. m; King1ield. Phillips. Farm
ngton, Bemis. Rumford Falls. Lewiston 1870
D. m; Lewiston and way stations 1926 p. m. St
John. Bar Harbor. Aroostook County MOOsehead
Lake and Bangor. 545 p. IN. Rangeley, Farming
ton RumfordFalls, Lewiston, 800 p. m. Chicago
and Montreal and all White Mountain points
$40 p M; daily from Bar Harbor, Bangor
Bath and Lewiston, 14O a. IN. daily; Halifax.
st. John. BarRarbor, Wateryille and Angus
ta $50 a. M, except Mondays.
GEO f. EVANS. General Manager.
+. E. BOOTHBY, G. 2. s. L. A.
Portland Nov. IA. 1897 nov12du
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BY telegraph.

LONDON. Dec. 81, 1s97.-Consois closed at
liz 5-l6 for money and 1l21a for account.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. %, 1897-Cotton market
firm; American middling Sat 3 7-16d; sales
l2.uu0 bales including 5000 bales for specula-
ton and export
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CHICAGO, Dec Cd. 1ss7.-Hoes-recelpts
so. 0ou; left over 5000; rather slow, &c lower;
light 800 AHA mixed : 20GS 421h; heavy
2O03 4215 rough 2O93 IS.
Cattle-ret elDts $500 strong to shade higher;
Christmas cattle =; beeves 5 65@5 80, cows
and heifers 9OG4 40: Texas steers at 3 log
A 20; stockers ana feeders 1514 %.
Sheep--reseipts 5000: steady Equality poor.
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Hides.

The following quotations represent the pay
ing prices in this market:
Cow and OK hides ...o..............7c ~ ID
Bulls and st gs... ..................6
do untrimmed ..... Sc
Lamb skins. ................5 90 to a0c each
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New York&New Fngland pfd.


BOSTON. Dec. "a. iS97-The following are
to-day's quotations Of Provisions. etc..
FLOUR
Spring patents. 8 25ab rs.
Spring clear ana straight. 4 3oa5 %.
Winter patents. s 10a5 55.
Winter, clear and straight, A 40@5 25
Extra and Seconds 90
Fine and Supers-.
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Portland & RuntOrd Falls nv.
I'm Effect Nov. rs, 1897.

En- Effect Nov. rs, sS95.
DEPARTURES.
$50 A. NJ and ITO P. NJ. From Union Station
for Poland, Mechanic Falls. Buckfeld. Can
ton, Dixiield, Rumford Falls
$50 a. m., ITO and 515 D. m. From Union
Station fol-. Mechanic Falls and intermediate
stations.
10 train makes close connections at Rum
ford Falls for Bemis and all stations on Il. +.
& r. l.. r. r.
Through Tickets ON Sale.
+. G. BRADFORD, Traffic Manager,
Portland. Maine.
f. L. I.OYEJOY, superintendent,
je1S diff Runford Falls Maine.
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RAILROADS.
llIfliI!


On and after MONDAY. October 4tn 1897
trains viii run as follows.
LEAVE.
For Auburn ana Lewiston 7.O5, 500 a. m;
1.3O. 400, COOP. N.
For Gorham, Berlin and Island Pond 500 a.
NJ; 100 and GOO p ID.
For Montreal and Chicago 800 a. NJ; and
600 p. n.
For Quebec 500 a. m. and.6 90 p. IN.
ARRIVALS.
From Lewiston and Auburn $50, las
a. H., 3.15, 600 and $40 p. IN.
From Island Pond. Berlin and Gorham $50
and II rs y. M, and 90 p. m.
From Chicago and Montreal $50 a. u. and
600 q. m.
From Quebec $50 a. M. and 6. 90 p. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
For Montreal, Quebec. Toronto and Chicago,
GOO p. III.
For Lewiston and Auburn, 7.3o a. M, 600
p. nj,
For Gorham and Berlin. $50 a. III, and goo
p. III.
ARRIVALS.
From Island Fond, Berlin. Gorham. Montreal
and West, $50 a. m.
From Lewiston and Auburn $50 a. 10.
Pullman Palace sleeping Cars on Night
trains and parlor cars on day trains
TICKET OFFICE GEPOT At FOOT OF
INDIA STREET.
CHAs. Nj. HAYS. Gen Manager.
Portland. October Attn 1897. oet4tf
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BUENOS AYRES. Schr Galatla-l ,1O3. TAT
it lumber.
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ALLAN LINE
ROYAL MAIL STEAMERS.
Liverpool and Portland, Calling at
LONDONDERRY.

The Saloons and .Staterooms are in the cen
tricity Is usee for lighting the ships through
out, the lights being at tho command of The
passengers 1t any hour of the night. Music
deck. The Saloons and Statsrooms are heated
by steam.
Rates OF passage $50. so to.s7o. GO. A re.
Second Cabin--To Liverpool, London and
Londonderry, $1,000 and S36.25; return,
$6675 and $4,000.
Bss os psndia
Quisite for the voyage $3.50 and $3.50.
:. For tickets or fnrther information apply to
I. 7. MCGOWAN. 418 Congress ST.. ]. B.
KEATING, 51as Exchange st.. II. & A. AL
Lam. Montreal 90 StateSt. Boston and Port
land jly31du
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RAILROAD EeoeIurs.

PORTLAND, Dec. "a.
Beceipts by Maine Central Il. R.-For PORT
and l29 cars misee Ianeous merchandise; for
connecting roads So ears.
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International Steamship Go.

Easporf, Lubec Calais, ST. IoNn. NIB, HALIFAX MS.
and all parts of New Bruins wick, Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton, The
tayorite route to Campobello and st. Andrews
n. Is.
Winter Arrangement.
On and after Monday. Dec Goth steamer viii
leave Portland on Mondays at p. m,
Returning leave stJohn and Eastport Thurs
Through tickets issued and baggage checked
to destination. Us Freight received up to 400
p. H.
For Tickets and Staterocms apply at the
Pine Tree Ticket Office, Monument Square Or
Tor other information, at Company's Offlee,
railroad Wharf, foot of State street.
j. B. COYLE, Gen. Man
sep2adH u. PC. HERSEY Agent
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Foreign Ports.


Dec II, lat 81 80. lon ga so, sch Jennie Hall,
from Baltimore for Porto Rico.
Dec Is. off Eewey Rock EIGHT, sch Jessie
Lena, from Laguna for New York.
Oct 20, lat 81 20. lon "a 20. sch Phineas w
Spraguc, from Newport News for Havana.
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Domeetic Portg.


NEW YORK-Cld 23d. schs Gen Adelbert
Ames. Small. Fernandina; Geo Keeae, Bos
ton; Evie B Hall, Jacksonville.
Sid 23d. ship Roanoke. for san FRANCISCO
Sid esd, SENS John Beacham, for Virginia
Eugene Hall, Surinam; Clifford l White. Balti
more; NJ b Millen, Virginia
Passed He'll Gate 23d, schs George Bird, from
New Work Tor Roekland; jennie q Pillsbury
do for do; VIM Todd. Raritssn for Lynn; Mary
S Wonson, do for New Haven.
BOSTON---Ar Esd, steamer John Wise. Geyer
Newport News; Charity, Magee. Bangor fol
C0hasSet; Sarah, Cole, Portland.
Below. sch Cactus, from Jacksonville:
Sid 23d, schs Laura l. Sprague. for jackson.
vile; Vim III Davenport, Bath.
All Gath, sch Geo e Prescott. Jonesboro and
Ninalhaven.
cid oath. barque Kremlin for Buenos Ayres.
BALT!MORE-Ar 3d. sch Chas G Endcott.
Cid $50. sch Harry Messer. Boston.
BRIDGEPORT-Sld ed, sch Geo Dudley,
Wilson, Norfolk.
CHATHAM Passed 23d, tug Kate Jones.
towing barge Bridgeport and Burden.fm Amboy
for Boston or Portland
FERNANDINA--Ar 23d, sch Florence Le-
FALL RIVER-Ar ESD. sch William Snow.
Ellis, Philadelphia.
GLOUCESTER-Ar Gath. sch Ida L Ray, I'm
Boston for Deer Isle; Sunbeam. Boston for
HYANNIS-Ar 23d, schs Ella f Crowell FIN
EdgeWater for Thomastou; Charley Woolsey,
Fort Reading for PORTLAND; ot Leon, NeW ork
for Bluehill; Annie Ii Lewis, new YORK lor an
eastern port
Returned 23d, sens Samos, and GoodnoW:.
Pasged 23d. sen Sarah hopes, I'm Boston tor
Phlladelphla:
JACkSONNlLLE ga 23d, sens Jonn
Deering woodland, Baltlmore; III A Achorn,
MoBILE-Cld 21st. brig Motley, Dill, New
Yofk.
NTrII ps+, ~ 49, eS-' 40
NEW pnfsT WEws A. oad sob aopas
RIarsotn Rnbhar = poston W. 41sN0' =
Sid 3ad snh MaTT = Worse Nawburv New
pe 3iH 5'u' '0i -"' L Ni0i0o' w"
Sill sitTt - ,nFrpuyA A. oad cob c Mt pird
NIar - I Jo, ~ v V, " 7'-
Hleti ~, 4'eM .onh. zy,,,,4 1,1o;. 1,o..o,,
ia sen sen bsa Tuo eIa BdbSson for
IN 20. Son SnaS "a oalnpoe4i' l'opilison' ioi
S,S asd to Unconventional with harqe 1,nco1n
for Porttspd ari q harna for Nawhurvnort
pEPFtJ aAG ,1Is ODD con MAJ Phodas
Dn,l Nv a. I<1t @oo' '0n 4A0i
SiS osd I's sah ISaIan n Uiro yor,o posto,
Iats9 SSu y pnt1nro 5o 10
Ethai So - NJ ~ w nt GOV" 0"iquo
~ - miil ~ Pe, i'i oS ,r
$500 r,r- n-Ar lou sch Aol Hioo1e'
R0tt2I NT 9th sch Fn,n,ess rorn.
$500 D-Ar Z4tii, scl1 rEupIess, JOHN
Son saem d Lena W9ite o "inteFpor cata
MS q y IN, n n s4mt, " iscasse1
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Al at Port Spain prior to Dec "a, sch Henry
P Mason, Wynan. Portland.
sid FIN Shields 23d, steamer Verona, Mason,
Portland
SD i'm Vera Cruz Dee 18th, sch D H Rivers,
Colcord, Pascagoula.
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Waters:
The undersigned respectfully ask the permits
sion OF your board to improve the property
known as State street wharf.
The dock on the east side of the wharf is very
narrow and reaches almost to the street, and is
useless as a dock or as a tie up for vessels
We would like from your board the privilege
OF ming In this narrow part which is (40) forty
feet wide and 900 one hundred and ninety feet
long, and thus make it uniform with the filling
extended from tho opposite side of the dock.
JOHN i. DALOT. Prop
45G Commercial street
nthe foregoing petition it is ordered that a
hearing be appointed for Monday, Dec. 27,next,
az O'Clock p. m. at the office of the Harbor
commissioners 4 Exchange street, when all
parties interested may be heard. And it is fur
ther ordered that the above petition together
With thus our order thereon, be give by publca-
uon IN me Portland Press Argus, Express and
ing.
C. H. FARLEY,
S. B. KELSEY
HENRY FOX,
Harbor Commissioners.
Portland, Dec. II. 1897. dec2Od7t
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STEAMERS.
HARPSWFLL STEAMBOAT co.

Beginning October 1st. 1897 steamer Aucocs-
co will leave Portland Pier, Portland, daily, Sun
days excepted, as follows:
For Long and Chebeague Islands, Harpswen
Baileyis and Orr's Island, 200 p, IN.
For Chm Island Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, 200 p. IN.
Return for Portland Leave Orrs Island by
way OF above landings, 100 L. N. Arrive Porf
land, $50 a. m.
ISAIAH DANIELS. Genl Mgr
sep11 d.I
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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
BOOTHBAY HARBOR. Dec 24-Ar schs La
dy Antrim, Boston; Carlton Bell. do; Sarah G
Smith, coastWise.
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Portland and 8oOthbay Slaampoal Co
CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT GO

Custom House Wharf, Portland, Me.
Week day time table, commencing Sunday,
Nov. 2S, 1897.
For Forest City landing. Peaks island.
$50, GAO 800. q. M, 2.15, 420 6.15 D. III.
For Ponce's Landing, Long Island, 500,
a. m.,215 D, m.
For Irefethen's Landing, Little and Great
Diamond Islands .0G. a. M. ID, 400 p. m
All Sunday trips on Casco Bay Steamboas Co.
line discontinued for the season.
sept24dtt q. w. T. COOLING. Gen. Man.
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PORTLAND, Dec. "a
The following are to-days wholesale prices of
Provisions. Groceries: etc
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AOF AclOIlSs GEOSSL 1857
EIOurs
SUI crime S
low Erades.4 0o04 25
Spring Wheat baB-
ers.ci ana STA 4b1sO5
1 atent AnP
WneaE... 5 1896 30
Ileh. str gil.
roller b 2cAb 40
clear dc. IS logs b
tLouls BTg
roller 8 35G5 so
clear co. % 2og5 30
nt'r wh9ai
pater5s.. 6 65G5 T5
fish.
lBuying& selling prlce)
Cool & T ga
Shore ....A 75n5oO
small de. q 00G3 So
Pollock ....2 25.@5 80
Paddock. 7od2 90
Ilske......2 00I2 20
Herring, beg
Scaled 9&14c
Mp6kerai. 81
Shore Is s22 00GS2e
Shore rs SIS 0OQS2O
Large IS $12@@14
produce.
Cpe CanrrcaJe CON
9 do Dbl 725@&7 so
Maine. D 90
Pea Beans.1 30@l 40
Yellow kyee.l 55Nl So
Cal Pea. 55@1 90
ir1shPotaFs. nusu00S
90, bDI o 90 az 30
SweersJersey575@4 90
co Norfolk 2 75tG
do Vineland. A 26@s4N
onions. EgpSO Oo@0 90
do NATIVES 2 1898 20
Chickens 120I3
Turkevs. Yves. 16@i7e
Northern 90. S@I0
EoWlssss l0&11I
apples.
Eating appl'S3 5004 90
do common S2M3 OOi
Baldw1ns 3 1904 25
EVap % ID 3@I0e
Lem 0nss
MesgIna j b0@4 00l
Oranges.
Florida 3 5O@4 25
Jamaica 3 5Ot03
California, 3 5U.@4 70
Eggs. |
Nearpv.... 2S13Oi
eastern extra. 25U26I
Fresh W estern .23G24
Held...... 1919
EutteHs
Creamery Dcyss2l@22l
Gtl5EuGe trmu.18G20
Choice. 491el
Cheese. /
n. \. fctryl0lRR1l
Vermont ...1O12 oil
sage .....l2 @12La |
Bread
Pilot sup.... az u
do SQ...... 90 II
Crackers.... 00
Cooperaee.
Hbhd shocks 6 lids
Mol. city. l 6O@1 rs
Sug.count'y 30 81 oOI
Country Mol
hid SHOCKS
hid hdg mi
SO NJ. eA@26
Gug hd35ln 21@x3
Hoops "A it. 2b93o
12fr. 2sG25
Ii 8 t. 8 @9
C0rTago.
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Hosron rrocu a1arKa.
Sswyork STOCK ana money Market.

The following are to-day's closing quotation
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-05
WISE WORDS.

Every noble activity makes room for
itself. Emerson.
Be charitable before wealth makes
thee covetous. Sir Il. Brown.
1t is safe bet that you will lose
where you have to do all the guessing.
1t is not by the gray of the hair that
one knows the age of the heart.-Bul-
wer.
Loving kindnessis greater than laws;
and the charities of life are more than
all ceremonies
Who does the best his circumstance
allows, does we'll, acts nobly, angels
could do no more.-Young.
The inheritance of distinguished
and noble name is proud inheritance to
him who lives worthily of it.-Colton.
Never shrink from doing anything
your business calls you to do. The man
who is above his business may one day
find his business above him.-Drew.
There is maxim of unfailing truth,
that nobody ever prizes into another
mans concerns, but with a design to
do, or to be able to do him mischief.
-SOuth
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-05
A Trumpeter's Courage.

During French campaign in Africa
many brave deeds were done, but none
Drawer, perhaps, than Trumpeter Es-
cofiiers rescue of his captain.
The Arabs were pressing the cavalry
of Captain De Cott, and everything was
in confusion. when De Colts horse was
killed under him and the capture of the
officer and the whole company seemed
inevitable.
At that moment the trumpeter OF the
company leaped from his horse and
gave it to De Colt, saying, "Take him.
Your life is necessary; mine is useless.
You can rally the men. 1t does not
matter about my neck!"
De Cott mounted the horse, rallied
the company and continued the fight.
Trumpeter Escoffier was taken pris-
oner, but the Arabs, who adore cour-
age, had witnessed the scene, and mp
preciating the nobility of the man,
treated him with generosity. His
trumpet was a source of great enter
tainment to his captors, who used often
to make him give the signals of the
various military movements. One day
Escoffier gave the whole repertoire with
great gusto, finishing up by blowing
the summons for charge with an ex-
tended flourish.
"What was that?" asked the Arab
chief.
"Ah!" said Escoffier, "you will hear
that soon, l hope. That is a signal for
q charge!"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-05
A Turkish PRAYER.

What better index of nations
character can be furnished than the
one presented in its supplications?
The instinct of worship is divinely
implanted in every human breast, and
there is no race of people, how
ever savage or brutal, that does not
recognize this inherent principle, and
that does not instinctively worship
something Even the murderous
Turks are intensely religious, as the
following prayer offered up by these
remorseless prosecutors Of the Chris
tians plainly evinces:
OLord of all creatures! O Allah! destroy
thine enemies: the enemies OF religion; y
Allah! make their children orphans and de-
file their bodies; cause their feet to slip;
give them and their families, their house
hold and their women, their children and
their relations by marriage, their brethren
and their friends. their possessions and
their race. their wealth and their lands, at
booty to the Moslems-O Lord OF all crea'
lures!
This prayer is not only sanctioned
by the Moslem Government, but every
Turkish soldier is required to pros
trnte himself in the dust at least five
times day with this outrageous peti'
ton upon his lips. Is it surprising,
then, in view of the religious frenzy by
which the Turks are actuated, that
scores and hundreds of Christians
should fall under the brutal knife ot
the Sultan, and that Crete should re
fuse longer to endure the yoke o
bondage which such a nation puts
upon her?-Atlanta Constitution.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-05

advances cautiously to see if there is
anything suspicious in the horizon.
After making about three or four PAGES
he receives bullet which sends him
bounding into the air with an almost
human cry. Then the rest appear, and
the hunters blaze away. Few of the
enemy escape. The hunters then adj
vance, butinstead of taking scalps they
cut off tails, which furnish the evil
dence of their prowess and entitle
them to the reward fixed by the Gov
ernment. Each tail is worth about
seventy-tive cents.
An old Boer, on being asked if he
was satisfied with II recent hunt, re-
piled:
Perfectly. We had splendid sport.
We killed forty monkeys and two
men."
That gives one an idea of the dan
gers incurred in the pastime. These
unfortunate accidents cannot be at
tributed to any want of skill i'll the use
of the rifle. A true Afrikander, as
each colonist of the the Cape, of the
Orange State and of the Transvaal
calls himself, never misses a shot, but,
before firing, he does not always take
time to reflect. If one of the crack
shots in ambush on the high ground
makes the slightest movement, he
runs the risk of receiving bullet in
his head, But it is among the natives
that the bullets of the hunters make
the most victims. In the gray light
which precedes the dawn it is not al
ways easy to distinguish baboon
from Basuto. Figaro.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-05
Charged by n Ehinoccros.

''What is the most dangerous kin |
Of big game?'" said al old hunter
well, to my mind, nothing is more
awkw ard to tackle than II rhinoceros
rem ember l had rather lively time
with one in Africa some years ago"
1t was evident that yarn was ut
the back of this remark. and but little
persuasion on the part of his audi
ence was needed to induce him to mar
rate his adventure.
Il was in the ivory trade at the
time" he began, that is, I was en-
gagged in killing elephants for the sake
of their tusks, an occupation as prof
table as it is dangerous.
Zone day, while we were travelling
slowly along under the hot sun, the
men called my attention to little
bird that was flying about, which
soon saw was Il honey guide, or indi
Gator, one of the most intelligent of nj
African birds. 1t would fly up il
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1897-06-05
Bicyclists Daring Rescue.

Lawrence Long, of Perth Amboy,
N. j., was out for ride on his bicycle
and, while approaching the tracks of
the Central Railroad, saw little child
between the rails, and at the same time
heard the onrush of the train. In an
instance Long calculated the distance
between himself and the child and be-
tween the child and the train. Bend
ing low over the handle-bar he started
on his erraud of life-saving The en-
gineer saw the little one and blew his
whistle TO alarm her. 1t looked as il
the engine would win, but, put
ting on an extra squirt, Long dashed
over the crossing just a few yards ahead
of the pilot OF the engine. The train
hands were hanging over the cars with
blanched faces. When Long passed
in front of the engine he caught the
child in his arms. The trainmen burst
into yell of delight. The momentum
of the bicycle was so great that Long
could not manage it, and it dashed In
to gutter-man, child and bicycle in
a mix-up. The child was little fright
eued and ran OFF home. The bicycle
also came out of the affair without
scratch, but Long was painfully injured
about the legs.