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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-18
SIXTY cENTS

he Daily Register, by mail only,
c-. the session of the Legislature.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-01-18
UNDERTAKING
GENERAL NOTICES.

STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.
The annual meeting Of the stockholders
Of the Standard Fire Insurance Company
VIII be held al the Office of the company
on Tuesday January 18th. 1897 between
the election of directors and 10 attend to
such other business as may come before
them E. -. low r. 80
Wheeling, W. Va, Dec. 80. 1896 deayedsa
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BOSS RULE GROWING IN EXTENT.
Boston Herald

The system is spreading as never oeIore'
and those who are concerned IN TINS COZ
spiracv against the foundations OF me
government are -Shibiting an audacl,y D1-
vond anything be- re deemed posi- ole.
The call for independence or party atlons
Ut this juncture.
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8DEa 0F PUgLIGATl0N.

Tho state of West Virginia, Ohio County
r, the Circuit Court of Ohio county.
U-sst Vfrrirfa January Rules 1897.
sarah T.. Adams. plainli
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CAUSE OF PLAII"S AoCLNDt-NOI'
Providence Journal
How does Boss Platt win his victories IN
New York? Some light is thrown on ~ M
I.Cos m sibaUv that If he should vote tor
Sir C,ho1te for Senator his county couldn
ssr The appropriation it wants for a new
armOry.
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DbeeIin9 3e9ister
caARLss 4. fancy, General aaalg..

pc REGISTER. embracing It's several
81. ''oi-s IS entered 40 tho PostoMcc in
i7 w. Va. as secou5-cllss matter.
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ITO TIE CREDITORS OF THE
= -. ~ IL. Ia -Afr.-, y VII NOON

TTWI II j. I" IlIIJI IOIlD VI III
4 ESTATE or JAMES s. &ULDOON.
Won are hereby notified that at the re-
c,+.ef of James Mckinley. administrator
OF tho estate of James ). Muldoon, have
appointed
TUESDAY. JANUARY 18TH. 1896
,+ 10 o'clock "a. IN. ana my ONCE, No. llll
Cbaulire street. Wheeling, w. Va. as the
limo aud place for receiving proof OF
debts or demands against the said dece-
dent or his estate. and 40 which time ana
place YOU 'are required 90 attend.
Given under nay hand a7 commissioner
Of rocOuuts Of the County Court OF OHIO
county. W. Va. this 5.h day of December,
1S.f GEO. =. BOY -. commissioner.
& Pillow Atty for Admir-. 7Oawv
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FOR SAL5-M sCELLANEOUS.
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FEE-sunday. January 1Ith. 1897. at lO ,
O'Clock. Harvey d.. son of tne late JCuh
Fec. i'm the 34th year of his age.
Funeral notice hereafter
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-18

to Liverpool. via New York, zoe; Bremen.
via New York, SSc; Amsterdam, via New
York, 43c: Hamburg, via New York, 40c;
Genoa Acc; Reval 53c; st. Petersburg, Sc
Lumber-By Sail-Freights are steady
at ruling rates. Foreign business is more
or less nominal. The rates from this and
nearby Georgia ports are quoted at 800
d4.50 for a range-including Baltimore
and Portland Me. Railroad ties, base "A
feet, Ice. Timber rates 50c4$100 higher
than lumber rates. To the West Indies
and Windward, nominal; to Rosario, $l2OO
@13.0O; to Buenos Ayres and Montevideo
s1O0Oq11.OO; to Rio Janeiro, $14.OO; TO Span
ish and Mediterranean ports, 81 .30911. so;
to United Kingdom for orders, nominal
for lumber. 4-pounds IS standard.
By Steam-To New York, 500; to Phil
adelphia, 800: to Boston, $500; to Balti-
more, $500.
Naval Stores-By Sail-The market IS
firm. Large-sized, Cork for orders, are as
follows: Rosin, 2s Cd; for barrels Of $40
pounds and per cent. primage spirits, IS
Cd; Genoa, rosin, IS 3dQ3s Cd; Adrlatic, Is
6d62s Cd; South American, rosin, CSC per
barrel of 296 pounds. Coastwise-Steam--
To Boston, lie per 100 pounds on rosin, 9Oc
on spirits to New York. rosin. SIC per 100
pounds.
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MEMORANDA.

Charleston. S. c., May H.-Arrlved
steamer Seminole. Bearse. New YORK, pro
ceeded Jacksonville; schrs Mary ;. Brad
shaw. Doughty, Philadelphia; warner
NToore crockett Norfolk; Anna l.. Null
ford. Corsen Newport News.
cleared schrs Fannie Reiche, Buckaloo
RaItmore: Napoleon Boughton, Stles'New
York. 60, -.
ers Fife Obj. --, Stettln; Falka (br',
pensacola. FLA, May n.-Arrived at
quarantine. steamship kerriemore (br)i
-, Bruhn, St. Lucia.
Sailed. steamship Pensacola, simmons
Galveston; bark Elda (Nor)' Andreasen'
rio Janeiro; barkentiue Albert schultz,
Hubbard, Baltimore -,.- M m
cleared. banks Amphitrite utus), Him
anka, Lisbon; Gratia tNor) baElasohi
Cardiff: Christine (Nor, Sunoersen'
Greenock d. ca,
sehrs Eliza Scribner. Dodge. stamford,
Conn; Edward G. Hight foWler' fof'
au Spain. Trinidad.
Kew West, Fla. May i7.-Arrived. steam
or I.ampasas. Xix. New York, and sailed
for Galveston: City OF Key West. Bravo
Miami: schrs Iiily White, Grifen, Punta
Rassa: Hialmar, Axleson, Bonacco; Hes
ter. Albine. Pensacola.
New York, May 15-Arrived.schrs Hilda,
Rlnes. New York; Sylvia G. Hail, Lowe,
satiila: Luiie L. Pollard Powell, Jackson
Vile: John IS. Deering, Woodland, Jack
sonville.
Boston. May i5.-Cieared, schr Jennie $.
Hall. Watts, Savannah.
Cronstadt, May l0-Arrved, bark kra.
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PASSENGERS.

Per steamship Nacoochee from New
York;. V. Van Dyke, Mrs Isabelle c.
Davis, Mrs f Elkins. w G Austin, Mrs
Griswald, G NJ Griswald, Mr. Bidden, Mrs
r NJ Rodgers, Louise Rodgers, R M Rod
gers, Jr., ] w Cabaniff, Jr., Mrs Capt Nc
Kensie, w X Stark, Fl p Collins, VIM NJ
Thomas. w r Pugh, c Starn, f w Haines,
Harry Smith, NJ Fried and wife, w E Rod
erick, ] Rounkel, Mrs S A Ray w S
Sims, S Siven. S Ottenheimer.
Per steamship Itasca from Baltimore
William Mash, ii @ Mash, George Pass
field, Mrs Passfield, Mrs NJ P Riley, Miss
V Riley. Mrs c w Austen, G w Ham
mond, G Haslam, Mr. Morris.
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EXPORTS.

Per Norwegian bark Tikoma for Riga
4,761 bbls rosin, valued at $l2.925.-Pater-
son, Downing & Co.
Per schooner Ida Lawrence, for Balti-
more-S7O,OOO feet p. p. lumber-E. b. Hunt
ing & co.
Per schooner Raymond T. Maui for
New York-Ss3, 544 feet p. p. lumber-south-
ern Pine Company.
Per schooner John G. Schmidt for Phil
ade.phia-S72.02O feet p. p. lumber-Georgia
Lumber Company.
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Engineer Lawless Of the Beach and Mil
Ter line of steamers, left yesterday for Bal
timore. to assist in getting the steamer
Clifton ready to depart for savannah. The
crew and Mr.. George schwarz will leave
tomorrow, and Capt. strobhar and Capt.
Boulieneau will leave here Saturday. The
boat will start early next week.
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CLEARED YESTERDAY.

Steamship City of Birmingham, burg,
New York.-Ocean steamship Company.
Park NEPTUNE CNor) Backer, Brunswick
Paterson Downing & Co.
Bark Tikoman (NoO, Nelson, Rga-Pa-
terson. Downing & Co.
schooner Raymond T. Maui, smith,
New York-C. w. Howard & Co.
schooner John G. Schmidt, Norbury,
Philadelphia--C. w. Howard a Co.
Schooner Ida Lawrence, Campbell BAL
timore-E. b. Hunting & Co.
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIYED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Gate City, Googins Philadel-
phia-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Itasca, James, BaIumore-J.
j. Carolan, Agent.
Bark Eidern (SwdD, Soransson, Bruins
wick-Southern Pine Company.
Schooner Emily F. Northam, Jonhsoh'
Philadelphia, with coal for Conner Hun q
Co.-Vessel to c. w. Howard q Co.
Steamer Star, Finney, Beaufort-George
IL Beach. Manager.
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PORT PARAGRAPHS.

Maritime Matters of Local and Gem
eraI Interest.
The schooner John G. Schmidt cleared
and sailed yesterday for Philadelphia,
with S72.o2O feet OF pitch pine lumber. The
cargo was shipped by the Georgia Lum-
Der Company. She anchored at Tybee to
await a fair wind.
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zero Nor), Monsen, Savannah for Gutu-
jewski.
Rotterdam, May 11.-Arrived, barks Ben
gueia (Nor), Andreasen, Savannah; 18th,
Emilia (Nor), Eilertsen, Savannah.
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SAILED YESTERDAY.

Bark Hera CNor), Harburg.
Schooner Ida Lawrence. Baltimore.
Schooner John G. Schmidt, Philadelphia
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OCEAN FnEIGHTs.

Cotton-Market firm. rates quoted are
per 100 pounds; Boston, per bale. G25:
New York. per bale. Si0O: Philadelphia
per bale, $780, Baltimore, per bale, N.0O;
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wAYCROss' BUDGET.
A Church Built by n Negro wOmah
Preacher.

Church Built by N Negro Woman
Preacher.
Waycross, Ca, May 16.-Waycross hasa
colored church just few hundred yaEa'
south Of Gilmore street that was built
negro woman. who is the regular pastor
thereof. II is said the woman has been
preaching for thirty years. She lives 10
Waycross and her husband Is a thirty
negro. The church probably cost sever"
hundred dollars.
A white man Is languishing In ware
county jail for selling liquor without .
license.
The Waycross Rifles sharp shooters wiz
leave tomorrow for Savannah.
-Disorderly conduct was the charge
which confronted John Mahoney when ~
was arraigned at the Desplaines s''''
station.
Where do you live?" asked the court "a
ION Fifteenth street." Responded wv
prisoner. .,3
"Well, make II SIS and costs, then az
the Justice, as he wrote the amount % W.
fine opposite the prisoners name 49,. "A
Gosh, I'm lucky that ! do not i've t ~ N.
Fiftieth street." Mahoney said as ~
ficer led him from the prisoners uo'N
Chicago Daily News.
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DEPARTED YESTERDAY.

Steamer Louisa, Hadden, Stoney BLUM
nd waylandings-R. A. lvey, Manager.
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New York May 15.-The lighthouse board
gives notice that on May 10 a spar buoy,
painted black, without number, was es-
tablished in New York lower bay, in &c
feet, low water, to mark the wreck of a
sunken coal barge. The wreck lies i'm an
+. and w. direction on the west side of
the channel, above Swinburne Island
about 400 yards, NE. by N. from black
buoy No. H. and has II feet of water over
her at low water The buoy is moored
close to the east end of the wreck Bear
ings-Fort Tompkins lighthouse NAV /;
Coney Island lighthouse, E9sN; Old Or
chard Shoal lighthouse. SW.
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lists ........... T5i4
St. Paul consols
rs ........"......1S4
do c. & p. w.
IS ...............1l6
St. l.. & l, Nj.
gen. IS ......... SO
St. l.. & S. f.
gen 6s .......1l1
Tex. Pacific LIST. SO
L. p. lists, SO. 1925
do 2nds ..,.... 201z
est Shore As. LOSS
r. & d. ST.. 81
r. q d. IS. .1221s
Savannah & w.
LIST mort .... G5
New Jersey Cen.
con reg 1882
Chi. North. Pa.
IS, t. r mann. 41l2
Northw. gen. 6s.l20
Northw. gen. 100
guar. 5s ....... 6Sls
Phila. & Read.
gen. mort. As. SOS
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Tenn,new set 6s 81
IN

Tenn.new set 6s 81
do do js......lO5
do old 6s ...... 90
Va. centuries .. 6i3s
do deferred =. 4
Atchison As .... 500
do 2nd A...... 4i$i
Can. So. ends 1861
L. & ". uni. As. 1888
So. Ry. 5s .... 1914
Cen. Z. lists, '95.lJ2l
Den. & r. G. 7s.110iz
do do As ..... So.
Pacific 6s, '9S. .l04ii
Pacific 6s, 80. 1914
District IS, IS. 1894
$. c. 4i2s .......105
Virginia IS go. y
Ches. & 0. As 1898
NJ. & O. As. 900. 81
B.& @. Southw.
LIST con. 4las.. 100
B.& o. Southw.
in. series "A. is
B.& O. Southw.
in. series Il :. II
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The schooner Ida Lawrence cleared yes.
terday for Baltimore, with $4,000 feet OF
pitch pine lumber The cargo was shipped
by e. b. Hunting & Co. She was towed to
Tybee. where she anchored to await fair
wind.
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nearby, 4Oa4O1kc; No western, 4O19d41c.
Hay quiet and steady; choice timothy,
S14.OO1l14. So Grain freights very dull; rates
still easy; steam to Liverpool per bushel,
I'D May corn for orders per quarter. Is
412d, May.
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NOTICE TO MANNERS.

Pilot charts and all photographic nfor-
nation will be furnished masters of YES
sells free of charge in United States hy-
geographic Office in custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-18
RECEIPTS.

Per Central OF Georgia railway, May II
2S5 bales cotton, cars hay ] car fresh
meat, / car brick, 80 cars lumber 275 pkgs
mdse. 17s bills spirits. 500 bbls rosin. 200
bbls ore, 437 pkgs vegetables, 143 bills do
nestle.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular rail-
road, May 17-9 bales cotton, PSI bbls rosin,
liS casks spirits car mdse. cars lumber.
/ car clay, ! car honey. / car hay. car
poles, car mdse ] car brick. / car tins
4 car wood ] car empty barrels, SO cars
vegetables cars sheeting. 1 car tobacco,
4 cars stone, / car fertilizers.
Per Georgia and Alabama railway Nav
17-60 bales cotton, 97S bbls rosin, 25S casks
spirits, p cars lumber, cars wood, / car
meal, ? cars domestics p cars oats / car
grits, car hay, 8 cars mdse. cars corn.
-
The Reason for Her Goodness. lyon
are cold" he said passionately.
She shivered.
Tell me why?"
N-cannotr
Then / leave you forever"
'Stop! she cried. you shall not mis-.
judge met
She led him down the cellar stairs and
stopped him IN front Of the coal bin.
IL was then he knew the reason for her
GOODNESS.
Casping her In his arms he cursed the
empty coal bin.-New York World.
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Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
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The schooner Raymond r. Maui cleared
yesterday for New York with Ss2.54l feet o.
pitch pine lumber. The cargo was shippeC
by the Southern Pine Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-18

The schooner Emily r. Northam. from
Philadelphia, arrived yesterday with Z
cargo of coal consigned to Conner. HUI q
Co.
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Going North Read u,
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Plant System.
TINE CARD

trains operated by Doth Meridian hour sIo,
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The Norwegian bark Tlkoma cleared
yesterday for Rigas with 476 barrels OF
rosin. The cargo was shipped bv Pater-
son, Downing & Co.
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ISIS ..t........it7
do do 2nds ... 527s
Northwest con. i4iii
! do T. T. deb.
o. ...t......a.lI3
Il. Grande West
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14
CITY OF PORTLAND.
To the Electors of the
City of Portland.

Notice is hereby given that the Board Of
Registration OF Voters of said City. will be in
open session at Room Number Eleven 11)
City Building. upon each of the nine Secular Days
prior to The Meeting OF the Electors of the City
of Portland. to be held on the Seventeenth day
of May next; being May 3rd TO May 18th, in
elusive, from nine in the forenoon, to one
O'Clock in the afternoon, and from three till
five O'Clock in the afternoon. and from seven
till nine in the evening, excepting on the last
day of said session, "wednesday May I2th,)
when it will not be in session after 5 O'Clock in
the afternoon, to receive evidence touching on
the qualification of voters in said city, and to
revise and correct the voting lists. There will
also be sessions on May 18th. 18th and 18th, to
enable the Board to verify the correctness OF
said Lists and for closing up the records OF said
sessions.
All Registered Voters who changed their
residence from one Ward to another previous
to APE. 1, 1897, and have not had their resi-
dence properly corrected on the Voting List of
the Ward where they reside on said first Gay of
April, should make application for the above
purpose to the Board of Registration, Room
No. l City Building on each of the nine secular
days, May 3rd to May 18th, inclusive, set apart
as above indicated, for the revision and cor
rection of the Voting Lists.
AUGUSTUS f. GERRISH, Board of
MONROE A. BLANCHARD, Registration
MICHAEL G. MCCAIN. of Voters.
Portland, May B. 1897. may3dtd
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

Mrs. Langtry possesses a dressing bag
1t is adorned with gold and jewel fit
things and cost 81 800.
Miss Edie Ramage, the young English
woman whose marriage to Spaniard,
Don Francisco de Paulo Ossorio, was re-
Gently celebrated, posed as child for
Millais and was the original of his fam
Gus CHERRY Ripe which has met with
such universal admiration.
Garibaldi's widow, who is still living
at Caprera, where the patriot was buried
in 1882, has been granted pension by
the Italian government, the corte de CONT
at Rome having, after much discussion,
fixed the amount at 300 lire $500 a year.
Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Gibson the two
widowed sisters of Cambridge, England,
who discovered the Biblical manuscript
on Mount Sinai, are devout Presbyterians
and have just given to the Presbyterian
college located at Bloomsbury, London,
the sum of $3.50, 900 for the purpose of
moving the institution to Cambridge.
Ouida has more fads and fancies than
even fin de steele college girl. The
scent she uses is made specially for her
Dy d CeleDIdtSu v SuCtIdQ DtIlulllCI dlltl
costs $40 an ounce. She cannot bear
starched muslin, the touch of velvet
makes her feel creepy, and she faints at
the smell of honey.
The popularity of Darwin is steadily
growing in Russia, fact which is in
dictated by the new editions of his works
that are coming out.
French paupers are provided for by the
funds arising from 10 per cent tax on
theatre tickets This tax averages $40, 0OO-
600 year.
Water power seems to have taken an
extraordinary development in France.
Out of total of 1865 separate work
shops, SO per cent generate their power
by water.
There is evidence of demand in
Geneva, Switzerland, for American tin
plate-that is to say for the raw material
packed in boxes; also for block sheets
packed in bundles.
The statue of Stephen Girard, in Phila-
delphia, is to be unveiled on May 20.
The Rev. DR.. Loriner has just cele-
brated the sixth anniversary of his COM
ing to fremont temple, Boston, as pastor.
Sixty years ago Joseph elliott was a
working jeweler in Birmingham, Eng
land One day he accidentally split one
of his fine steel tools, and being suddenly
called on to sign a receipt, and not find
ing "a pen handy, he used the split tool as
a substitute. This led to making pens of
metal.
Sir George Grey, the Australian explor-
er and administrator, recently celebrated
the s4th anniversary of his birth. Fifty
eight years ago he was iven up for dead
while exploring the west coast of Aus
tralia. He lived to be governor of South
Australia, Cape Colony and of New Zeal
and, which he administered during the
Maori rebellion. He is a strong home
ruler.
W. c. P. Breckenridge of Kentucky
writes hand that does the soul of the
printer good.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14
STATE OF MAINE.

IL. ..
County of Cumberland. IS.
Supreme Judicial Court,
April Term, 1897
ORDER OF NOTICE.
The foregoing petition having been duly
filed in said Court it is ordered that hear
ing thereon shall be had at the Court room
in the Supreme Judicial Court at Portland
Maine, on the first Tuesday OF July, to wit,
the sixth day of July, A. ID. 1897, at ten
the time and place of said hearing shall be
given 10 all persons interested by publica-
zion of an attested copy of said petition and
this order of II office thereon, without incud-
ing in said publication copy of the mort
gag deed of trust annexed to said petition,
Daily PRESS, daily newspaper published
in said Portland twice week for two sue
cessive weeks, the first of said publications
to be at least thirty days before the day
fixed for said hearing.
1t is further ordered that the same notice
of said petition and hearing thereon shall
be given by the same publication in said
newspaper to the heirs at law and personal
representatives of said George s. Hunt and
Joseph E. Gilman, trustees under said mort
gage deed of trust, now deceased; and said
heirs at law and personal representa- tiyes of
said deceased trustees and each of them and
all persons interested in said trust and
mortgage may appear at the time and place
herein fixed for the hearing upon said petiti-
ton and be heard thereon, and in relation
to the matters therein contained.
May 7, A. ID. 1897.
G. W. WALTON.
Justice of said Court
true copy of petition and order of Court
thereon.
Attest, Is. Z. STONE,
may11 ;2aw2w
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14
500 Reward, $500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased to
ilearn that there is at least one dreaded diseas
that science has been able to cure in all it
stages and that IS Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease requires constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving the pa
tient strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work. The
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send for list
of testimonials.
nE-SIod druggists, 75c.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14

The late S. S. Cox used to write in a.
wretched running hand, with many half
formed letters and his interlineations
were frequent and pulling
Secretary Sherman writes plain hand
The handwriting of former Ambassador
Bayard is very legible.
The government of the United States
has an interesting machine used for
counting and tying postal cards into
small bundles. There are two of the au-
tomato, capable of counting 100000 cards
in ten hours and wrapping and tying the
same in packages of twenty-five each. In
this operation the paper is pulled off the
drum of two long fingers which come
from below, and another finger dips in a
vat of mucilage and applies itself to the
wrapping paper in exactly the right place.
Other parts of the machine Irvine the pa
per around the pack of cards. and then
thumb presses the spot where the mu-
cllage is, and the package is then thrown
upon the rry-belt ready for delivery
A Polish chemist is said to have in
vented an anaesthetic which volatilizes
rapidly upon exposure to the air, render
ing the persons near unconscious for
long time. 1t is calculated that in war
fare a bomb exploded in the midst OF the
enemy would have the effect of putting
the entire body to sleep. A pellet of the
substance broken under mans nose
put him to sleep for four hours.
The latest in the electrical world is the
to harness the Nile cataracts.
The Egyptian Council of Ministers has
recently eaDproyed tho arnoint1napt of
Professor Forbes, the eminent electrician,
to make report with this end in view,
and he will commence his studies in the
autumn. 1t is expected that the results
will be of high importance to Upper
Egypt and the Soudan
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-14

Great Britain shows no disposition
whatever to cooperate with the United
Sta es in providing further measures for
protecting the vanishing seal herds of
Boring sea, and such has been her neglect
and almost trickery, that our govern
ment has about decided upon another
programme which contemplates combi-
nation with Russia and Japan, or both,
for the purpose of giving practical effect
to system which will establish some
safeguards under which unrestricted seal
zng in the waters of the Pacific shall be
prohibited. Should practical effect be
given to this plan, it will matter but
little what England's sins of omission
may be in this very important matter.