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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Snatch. scratch. scratch; unable - ma a.,
tend to business dnring che day q ssS ~
during the night. Itching piles-hoMIla,nuasuo
plague, Doan's Ointment cures. Ae'oi
fails, At any drug store, 80 Genus
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
GOSSIP.
Matters About Which Legislators Are
Busying Themselves.

Washington, January 13.-The follow
Ing senators have been chosen as the SEN
atorial membe of the congressional
campaign committees: Faulkner, Jones
of Arkansas, Cookyell, White, Murphy
Smith, Rawlins, Pasco.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
FRUIT TREES SUFFERED.

Van Buren,, Ark, January 3.-Tues-
days tornado played havoc among the
fruit and berry growers a few miles east
of this city. Three were killed and thres
fatally injured.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The Secretary of State submitted to
Congress today the report of the Mica
raguan canal committee on the progress
of it's work with request for an addit-
ional appropriation of 100000.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

The Interstate commerce committee of
the Senate continued it's hearing on the
scalping bill today with Geo. W. Boyd of
the Pennsylvania railroad as the princi-
pal witness.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
GOING TO PORTO RICO.

p Madrid, January l3.-Gen Augusta
will succeed the late Gen. Munoz as
CAPTAIN general OF Porto Rico.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
BIDDEFoRD WILL ACCEPT.

Biddeford, j apuary 13.-The mule spin.
ners in the Pepperel and Laconia mills
held meeting this evening to discuss
the cut down ordered by the two corpora
lions and committee was appointed to
wait upon Agent Macarthur with re-
quest that the wages be allowed TO re-
main. favorable answer Is, however
Lot expected. and the operatives aro pre-
pairing for the reduction. The loom fxers
slso held meeting tonight and appoint
ed similar committee to see Mr.. Nc,
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Mrs. Mary Cowden Clarke, author OF
1.-THE Complete Concordance TO Shakes
peare." Gied Wednesday at Genoa. She
was born in 1869.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Representative Bland of Missouri in
troduced a free coinage bill in the House
today.
The House committee of Indian affairs
by vote of 6 to today restored the item
for tho maintenance of the board of In
dian commissioners to the Indian ap-
preparation bill.
Senator Morgan today introduced a
bill providing for DEMONSTRATION of four
coast defence monitors of the class Of
the Terror. Four hundred thousand is
appropriated 10 commence the construc-
tion of the vessels.
The pension appropriation bill reported
to the Senate today is precisely In the
same form it was when it passed the
House, except that it carries an amend
ment appropriating $4,000 for clerks at
pension agencies.
The ways and means committee held a
special session to-day and rs a result
Chairman Dingley favorably reported to
the House from the committee his bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury
~ TGuS6iH TIC OubStHuUluB 1IlkeESsO " ut
ing refunding certificates under the act OF
February 90, 1879, amounting on Janu-
airy TO, $44, 29n, with accrued interest
amounting to about $32, O45. About forty
millions OF these certificates In denoml.
nations Of $40 vera issued in exchange
for lawful money under the act during
the process of the refunding of the ma
tionnl debt and were made nvertible at
any time into 4 per cent 1907 bonds. The
bill is to secure the closing up of the &C.
counts of these certificates issued near
ly 10 years ago.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Representative Bland of Missouri in
troduced free coinage bill in the House
today.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
Electric Motor
E70hs SALE!

A FIVE horse power electric motor in first
class condition, can be seen running any day in
ineht TO zee motor, address, Up. y. BOX 49,,
Portland, Me, jan1=dlm
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14

Rear Admiral Beardslee Is to be retired
February l.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
OLD FREE SEED FIGHT.
An Ancient Issue Warred Over
Again In House.
FARMERS WILL GET THEIR PACK
AGES AS USUAL.

Horse Flesh As Food Acquires a Legal
Standing and VIII BE Inspected-Mr.
DeArmond Discusses Mark Hanna's
Famous Telegram To the President.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-14
PRESIDENT DOLE COMING.

Honolulu, January 6, via San Fran
cisco, January 13.-President Dole leaves
for Washington on the eighth instant for
the purpose Of consulting with the au-
ministration on the subject of annexation
of these islands to the greater republic
During the Presidents absence Minister
of Foreign Affairs Cooper will act as the
Chief Executive. The departure of Mr..
Dolls was unanimously decided upon yes
terday at special meeting Of the council
Of state. After the meeting President
Dole said: sit has been considered best
that should go to Washington and meet
the administration upon the matter Of
pending annexation negotiations. Imme-
diately upon arrival in Washington l
shall consult with the members of the
Hawaiian legation"
a PREMIER of the council of state said !:
"We decided by unanimous vote that it
was wise for Mr.. Dole to proceed to Wash
ington at this time and meet Mr.. Mckin-
ley and his immediate advisers and per-
haps some of the United States Senators
and foremost advocates Of annexation 1T
is proper and dignified and patriotic thas
the head of the nationalists hore and the
head of the we'll established permanent
government Of this country should appear
fl Washington at time when the treaty
Is before Congress and when the citizens
OF the republic are interested in the an
nexation question. We believe that this
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-02
EFFECTS OF COLD ON LIFE.

James Weir, Jr, NJ d.. In the Scientific American.
CONDENSED for Public Opnion)
That certain animalcules, worms, In
sects and other animals can and do ex-
perienCe no appreciable harm when sub
jected to extremely low degrees Of tenn
perature, the following experiments and
observations would, unQuestionably, in
dicate. In 1889 / subjected various Cul-
tivations of the specific germs Of tuber-
culosis, typhoid fever, cholera and an
thrax, by artificial means, to degrees Of
temperature far below any degree Of
cold that occurs naturally. These colo
MES were in bouillon, agar agar and other
culture media, and were, therefore, easily
studied. When the media containing
germ colonies were gradually thawed out
and then submitted to microscopic ex-
animation, no appreciable change in the
various microbes was to be observed.
Il is claimed that the germs Of yellow
fever and kindred diseases are destroyed
by cold. II this is true (and / have no
reason to think that 1t Is mott, this fact
goes far toward demonstrating the truth
GulnesS OF proposition which I have
4SAAcs UNNVNeSbSN1 lhttN lAOG6 hI0
two kinds of microbes--the animal and
the vegetable. 1t has long been known
that intense cold is fatal to many or
Eanisms known to be vegetable, while,
on the other hand, none Of the micro
sc0plc animalcules are killed by the proc
eSs OF freezing alone. Infusorians ap-
pear to be uninjured by great cold, even
when it lasts for weeks at a time. An
experiment, and one easily performed,
will demonstrate to any one the truthful
ness Of this assertion. am certain that
several days freezing is not fatal to the
inGRsorians which had under observa-
tiOn. have also found live infusOrians
In the sidiment of Ice water, the Ice from
which 1t was derived having been har-
vested several months previous to the
time Of examination. These forms were
not adventittous, but were true fresh
water inflsorians (Paramoecium). The
contractile vesicle (the infusory heart) of
this little animal gradually shows its
s'pulGe" as the temperature is lowered,
ard finally ceases all motion. Yet the
creature is not dead, for, II judlciously
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-02

perature was S.40." Thus It will be seen
that in this animal we have the wonder
full phenomenon Of Warm-blOoded crea-
ture changing to a cold-blOOded creature
in winter, "since its temperature cor
responds with that Of the surrounding
atmosphere" Most of the -blooded
alternating animals, however, keep up
their internal heat by the oxidation Of
their fat; thus, the bear, the Opposum
and the raccoOn, which on entering the
winter sleep are remarkably fat, but
which, when they awake in the spring,
are thin and lean. Some rodents, how
ever, show, comparatively speaking, very
low temperature; for instance, the
ground ground hog, in which on several
occasions l have detected temperature
as low as 600 Fahrenheit.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-02

and caring for the poor, the sick and the
suffering within its limits, occasionally
defraying the entire attendant expense
and always adding from their own fund
TO the sum allowed by the central Office.
In order to accomplish its work in a
practical manner, house is hired within
the district, fitted out as inexpensively
as Is consistent with its needs, and con-
Quoted upon settlement" lines, save for
the important feature Of resident work.
ers. The SisterhOOd subdiVides itself
into as many sections as it's means and
the number Of It's active workers will
permit. Under an efficient guide each
section assumes a certain share of the
work, and is named accordingly. Thus
there are the sewing" boys clubs"
working girls friendly" 'relief of the
sick and needy" and employment bu-
reau" sections. The house offers meeting
rooms to the different classes, clubs and
social gatherings Of its benefciaries, and,
although the center of the communal
activity, Is by moo means an Office for the
dispensatiOn of aims. Money is not given
without previous investigation, save in
special circumstances, and the records of
the United Hebrew Charities facilitate
the ready detection of impostors, profess
siOnal beggars and willy 'repeaters."
Each Sisterhood sends it's delegates to
the monthly meetings of the Federation
of SisterhoOds. Here methods OF work
are compared, reports of failures as well
as of successes frankly submitted, and
difficulties and perplexities that may have
Drngnntnd fhamsnlVae Offarad fO. oOuoid
GRAFTON. The discussion thus elected
always develops good and practical sug-
gestions, often adopted with profit. AL
though the federation is still in it's in
fancy, it has already shown its power for
good, and has enabled the individual
to exert wider influence in
the community, to make their work bet
ter known and understood, and to enlist
into their ranks numbers Of willing and
recruits.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-02
Making Coffee.
From the New York Ledger.

From the New York Ledger.
Almost everybody makes coffee, or at
least they think they do, but the con-
noisseur is scarcely willing to admit that
the beverage which passes under the
name Of coffee has any right to such a
title. The world is full of poor coffee
exceedingly pOor-and while there is un-
questiOnably great deal of trash which
is called coffee upon the market, the cook
is largely responsible for it, because, as
everybody knows, the very finest grade
OF this article may be spoiled in the max
ing.
Expert coffee makers sometimes roast
their own coffee. This is easily done
with the regular Toaster, which works
very much on the same principle as the
peanut Toaster one sees on the vender's
stand. 1t is extremely easy to manage,
and the wonder is why hOusekeepers do
not make use of it. 1t may be placed on
the kitchen range Immediately over the
Goals, the coffee put in and slowly and
steadily turned until it smokes. A few
times trying will teach the operator just
the proper point to which the roasting
should be carried.
UnrOasted coffee keeps longer than that
which is cooked, and when it is desirable
to purchase in large quantities the
rOaster has manifest advantage. A
pound or so of coffee may be done at one
time, and if, as many people think, the
coffee Is better when freshly roasted, the
gain Is apparent.
To -, ~ l.
make coffee with an egg. This process
is somewhat more troublesome than the
drip, but it has the advantage that it
can be made in any ordinary vessel, while
the drip must have a special pot for this
purpose One of the very best of coffee
makers, however, prepares what she calls
drip coffee by putting the ground coffee
into small bag Of cheesecloth, tying it
closely and hanging 1t from string held
in place by the cover of the coffee pot.
The bag Is let down into the water sew
eral times, then raised and held up by
the string as described.
Whatever may be the process Of coffee
making, a few things are absolutely nee
essary. The vessel must be thoroughly
clean and free from all flavor of any
other article; the water must be boiling,
and the coffee must be ground very finely.
Few housekeepers realize that they waste
half their coffee by coarse grinding. The
particles must be as fine as the best gran
ulated corn meal. 1t will make at least
one-third difference in the strength Of
drip coTee whether the particles are fine
or coarse The flavor also OF the pull
verized berry is much better than when
it is merely cracked into large pieces.
1t seems strange, with as much discus
sion as there is in public and private on
the subject of coffee making, that the
Of families should place such an
inferior beverage on their tables.
The Advocate and news., 1898-03-02
IN THE FALL.


When tho rain comes patt'rin down
On the leaves, all dead an brown
L@yin thick upon the grouu,
In tho fall,
An the trees, all stripped an bare,
AtfG their arms up In the air,
Az * heaven In mute despair
They would call,
Then / love to kinder git
ON one side alone an sit,
With my corncob pipe a-lit.
In the door,
Way from hired men an wife,
An reflect on human life,
With its hustlin roun an strife
Evermore,
An II somehow seems To me
That we all some day will b0
Like an old deserted tree
Al 1t grieves,
Reachin up our arms on high,
Meath life's gray an wintry sky,
While aroun us thick will lie
Our dead leaves.
Leaves Of hope that time has killed
An Of plans all unfulhlled,
Schemes for gain we loved to build
These will lie
Just about as thick aroun
As them dead leaves on the groun
When hfe's cold fall rain comes down
BY and by.
Makes no difference, as / see,
Whether rich or poor we be,
Each will be leaaes tree
In the fall,
For the frost Of worldly car
Falls, guess, bout ev'Tywhar.
Age an sorrer turns the bar
OF uH all.
Az ! think these matters o'oE,
Bittin In my old barn door,
Then my mind goes on before
On swift wing.
An l think that by an by
We shall, though our leaves here die,
Put out new ones In tho airy
In the spring.
An / Ray II this Is 80,
Though life's winter storms may blOWS
Bprinklin now our head with snow,
Never mind.
N's sign that spring is near,
An o pleasant inward cheer
In the fall days Of the year
Thus find.
w, q. Penney.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-22
SOLID VESTl8ULE EXPRESS TRAlaS

II you feel weak
@aAa all worn out take
%naWN' S IRON BITTERS
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-22

THE Sultan took one Of his er-
ratio birthdays on Monday, the
roth. As a matter Of fact, the
Commander of the Faithful came
into the world on September al,
rS4s, being the sixteenth daV OF
the lunar month Cheban. The
Mussulman months roam -about
the calendar in sweet confusion,
and last year the nativity OF the
Shadow fell upon January 40,
while in 1896 February was the
date.
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-22
State of Ohio. City Of Toledo, !

Otate OF OnlO, lily Oh AOlSuOB &C
Lucas County,
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior partner OF the firm oi F. J..
Cheney & Co, doing business in the
City OF Toledo, County and State afore-
said, and that said firm will paw the sum
Of One Hundred Dollars tor each and
every case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use oi Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence. this 9Th day OF December,
A ID. 1886, A, w. GLEASON,
TSealI Notary Public
Halps Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces OF the system, Send
for testimonials, tree.
Address, F. J. CHENEY & Co.,
Sold by Druggists, 7sc
Halls Family Pills are the best
Washington sentinel., 1898-01-22
IN MAN

JsAcauGlNTEp WITH TIE eEooF,PrY OF TIE couErR: NJ
oerAN MUCH INFORMATION FROM sruoS OF THIS NAP or II
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

d,scnisinr his character rs n "plcnk' or Euro
pcan in the most careless manner lie h'p'
neither his nationality nor his intentions rea''y
secret from the Thibetan authorities. Naturaiy'
he failed in his attempt. The result Is t"d' H''
volumes give us only limited amount vi seo
graphical and chronological information "hlcn
we have not possessed before; they constitute
simply a narrative Of picturesque travel a'oo"
panied by some novel and dramatic experiences
Almost the oldest circumstance noted III thiS
work relates to the authors encounter WIN l"
member of the jungle tribe Of Raots, whlch he
visited just as he approached the Hlmaiayas'
His intrusion was violently resented ana one
old savage said TO him: you have seen the
home OF the RaOts. You are the hrSt stranger
who has done So and you will suffer much. me
gods are very angry with YOU TINS prophecy
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27
A TORTTRED TRAVELLER.
MR. LANDORS TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE
IN TiIBET.

IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND An Account ~ a
Journey Into Thihet, Captured by the Thiactan
Lamas and Soldiers. Imprisonment, Torture
md Ultimate Release Drought About by Dr.
Wilson and the Political i'cShkar karak Sing
Pal BY a. Henry Savage Lanior Win the
Government Inquiry ana Report and other on
clal Documents by j. Iarkin. Esq. Dcputed by
the Government OF India with phoiogrnVure
Colored Plates. 80 Full-page and about 80
Text Illustrations. and Map from Surveys by
tho Author. In Two Volumes Royal Octave
PIP XVI SV: xii, go. Harper & Bros.
1t is now nearly fifty years since Richard Bur
ton made his famous pilgrimage to Mecca. and
we have recently been reminded by reprint Of
his record OF the exploit that he prepared him
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

self for It by course Of training unique in the
annals Of adventure. He disguised himself as
a fakir Darwaysh. and under the name or
Mira Abdullah speaking the language Of the
country. practising it's customs with the author
ity of a native. threading his way through the
labyrinthine ritual Of the genuine pilgrim
entered the Sacred city as who had gained
the privilege by birth. Mr.. \. III. Savage Ian
dor. having had. as an explorer, no more expert
ence than falls to the lot Of many an enter
prising young Englishman today. essayed to
reach Lhassa. the Sacred City of Thibct. only
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

was exactly fulfilled and when several months
later the bafled explorer returned. II told you"
exclaimed the old savage. that whoever visits
the home Of the Raots will have misfortune"
Mr. Landor seems. however. to have been unde-
TERED by either superstition or concrete OBJ
stacles and pushed into the mountains in
spite Of his inability to secure proper carriers
until he reached Garbyang. on the frontier. the
seat Of the Shokas.
These people were Unexpectedly hospiable and
helpful They entertained the traveller while
he recOnnoitred his route into neighboring
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27
We Netn'21otk Qribu,1e.
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT.
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER u, 1898.

Mr.. Henry Arthur Jones makes the interest
been in great peace about the future OF his
soul, and adds: 81 am in equal peace about the
quite minor question OF my future place In the
English drama" This touching confession
springs from the critical consideration which
Mr. Jones has been giving to 'the immense
debt which our renascent English drama owes
to modern English men Of letters and poets"
The latter he says, have shown playwrightS
exactly how not to do it. '"rhe so-called liter
AIRY plays Of the last forty years are really
animated by one sovereign aim and impulse
to show English playwrlghts what TO avoid"
Over the exquisite taste displayed in these
luminous remarks we need not pause. But
one may be permitted to smile over the
wounded vanity, the complacency and the
bland oDliquity of vision which Mr.. Jones re-
veals. He will not be confused with the men
Of letters and poets: not he. He owes them no
debt. But he misses the point Of those who
maintain that your professional dramatst can
gain much from the study of literary plays
He may not get from them the secret Of tho
"well-made play" that ark and inspiration re-
Gently discovered by so many Of Mr. Jones's
contemporaries but he may get a notion OF
characterization, and poetry, and Ideas, and
style. Mr.. Jones may prefer to achieve these
things off his own bat" as the English say,
but that should not incite him to such lordly
scorn Of what some people think literature may
do for thc stage.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

1t is pleasant to note the excellent adjust
ment Of subjects IN the holiday periodicals.
There is, Of course, in each Of them at least
one "apprOpriate' story or poem, and some
times the occasional verse Is very much to the
fore Nevertheless, the proportion Of Thanks
giving or Christmas fiction or poetry is more
reasonable than it has often been before. We
welcome this editorial development. The truth
Is that there is something rather childish in
the assumption that at Christmas time, say,
one does not care to read anything but tales
measured out for the occasion like sugar pums
or tracts. The holiday cheer" in them is apt
to get a little wearisOme, and the holiday
pathos is worse. We do not know how much
truth there is In the story Of the man who, five
or six years ago, made heap of all the Christ
mas magazines and ignOmlniousy burned them,
turning gleefully from his task to read blood
curdlng tale of vlany and woe, but we can
understand his emotions. To-day nc would
take most of the "Christmas numbers" to his
bosom. They contain all sorts Of stories and
articles and they are, on the whole, uncom-
mon good.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27
A BIRTHDAY SONG.
BY ALFRED AUSTIN.

BY ALFRED AUSTIN.
Say what to please you. you would have me
be"
Then listen, dear!
fain would have you very fair TO see
And sweet to hear.
You should have Aphrodtes form and face,
With Dian's tread:
And something Of Minerva's lofty grace
Should crown your head.
You should be close TO us as earth and sea,
And yet far
As Heaven itself. In sooth, I'd have you DO
Just what you are.
New-York tribune., 1898-11-27

The log-roller never dies Hence as we
pointed out the other day, books like "Aylwin"
get themselves acclaimed AS masterpieces with
out any difficulty. But common-Sense is long
lived, too, and it is encouraging 10 behold two
recent manifestations of it Mr.. Mercdiths
prcpOsterous "OdeS in Contribution TO the Song
of French History" are getting their deserts
among his usually patient countrymen. The
Saturday Review does not hesitate to say Of
one awful passage that lit fails TO produce any
one Of the effects upon which poetry bases it's
claim to human attention" and concludes with
the opinion that this ambitious cycle Of odes
had better have been left uninterrupted" Then
the students Of Edinburgh University have
declined to form a committee for the purpose
Of raising subscriptions among themselves for
the erection Of a memorial TO Stevenson. They
are promptly described in print mean,
and it is said that some inedited comments on
their behavior are really not fit for publication.
A stigma" is hencefOrth supposedly good
Stcvensonians- to rest upon their IDOLS Alma
Mater But the recacitrant students need not
worry, nor need any Of those other m;serly
souls through whose malignant Indifference the
Stevenson memorial is very far from being
the success which was expected" At least
they have the courage 70 stand out against a
fad which is presented 10 them with the urgency
of a loaded pistol and that is healthy sign.
1t is abominablc that one should hot be able TO
decline to subscribe for II without being voted
q sordid wretch.