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The Portland daily press., 1898-09-20

EXCHANGE DISPATCHES.
Ar at Brow Head Sept 10, steamer jersey
| moor. Bangor
AR at Glasgow Sept 10. steamer Concordia,
Montreal.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-20

FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.
BOOTHBAY HARBOR. Sept l9-Sld. sens j
II G Perkins, Portland for Rockporb; oregon.
Rockport for Boston; Cambridge, bangor ior
Portland; Pemaquid, Boston for RocKport; An
teope. Rockland for Boston.
ROCKPORT, Sept 1s-Ar, schs Leona, Lane,
Boston for Camden; Uranus. Mclean. st John,
Carrie A Buckmar. Stubbs, Bucksport to load
ice for st Thomas, WI.
Sid 18TH sch Ethel Merriam, Newman. Boston;
Chas Mcdonald, Decrow, do; Lecna, Lane,
Camden.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-20
Boston sroeB markes.

New York s,uotanoas STOCKS and Ben de,
by Telegraph
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-20

The follolag ware ro-day's closing quorarions
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Parsnip Complexion.

Il does not require ~ expert Ia detect
The sufferer iron, kii,n. lronldr iir
hollow checks, the sunkef eyes. the .iurk
putty circles n,itier ihe evc-. the sallow
parsnip-colored complexion indicates i,
physiciai would ask il YOU had fhea.
matisni. dull pain OF ache in the back
or over the hips. stomach trouble. desire
to nrinate often, or q burning or scaldinn
in passing it; il after passing there is IN
unsatisfied feeling rs il il must be II, once
repeated or ifthe urine has II brick dust
deposit or strong odor.
When these symptoms are present, no
time should be losei IN removing lhe
cause.
Delay may lead to gravcl, eaiarrah OF
the bladder inflammation, causing stop
page, and sometimes requiring The draw
ing of the urine with instruments, or may
run into Bright's Disease, the most dan
gerous stace OF Kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's swamp Root. the great;
discovery of the eminent kidney and blad.
der specialist, is q positive remedy for
such diseases. It's reputation ia world
wdeiand il is so easy TO get at any drug
store that no one need suffer any iength
of time for want OF il.
However, il you prefer 10 first test its
wonderful merits, mention the Republican
News Item and write TO DR.. kilmer &Co,
Binghamton, y. y, for a sample bottle
and book teling.all abopf il. ho'h sent
absolutely free by mail.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Workmen Chased Out of a Warehouse
by Flood of Grain.


Six thousand bushels of unsacked
wheat got loose and went on a tear. 1t
happened in the warehouse of the Il.
c. Ayers Mercantile Company at Den
yer. The scenes that followed were
something similar to those described by
Victor Hugo when a cannon got loose
from its fastenings on board ship and
rolled and reared from one end of the
gun deck to another until the ship was
disabled and a number of the crew
killed. Only, nobody was killed by the
wheat
In the rear of the Ayres warehouse
are four great bins, built up from the
ground floor and capable of holding
twenty-five carloads of wheat at a time.
The company's bookkeeper, sitting in
his office at the front of the building,
100 feet or more from the bins, heard
a terrific ripping, tearing, splintering
sound, as If the whole end of the ware
house was being torn out by monster
hand. He rushed from the little box
of an office out onto the main floor of
the warehouse. He paused, gasped for
breath and threw UP his hands.
What he saw was a giant wave of
wheat flowing toward him, licking at
the very heels of a dozen laborers who
had been at work near the bins and
who were now fleeing for their lives.
The ocean of wheat moved onward
for score of feet or more and then
calmed down as suddenly as if barrel
of oil had been spread on it's troubled
waves. The bookkeeper yelled to the
laboring men to stop running, pulled
his hands down TO their accustomed
pockets, took a deep breath and
whistled
By and by the cloud of dust that had
arisen drifted away and the bookkeeper
and the laboring men could see what
had happened. 1t didn't take long.
weak from the burden on its back and
snapped in two. A hundred other stout
beams had followed suit. There was
nothing left for the imprisoned wheat
to do but make rush for less con-
fined resting place. There were 5000
bushels of it in the bin, and it was no
wonder that its moving caused conster-
nation.
After the dozen laboring men had re-
covered their wits and gone to work
again the little bookkeeper in the front
office said the damage done would not
exceed $50. All that was necessary to
do to save the wheat was to sweep it
Up off the floor and pack it in sacks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Insurance Meeting.

The twenty-first annual meeting
of the Farmers and Mechanics
Home Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany of Sullivan county will be held
at the Office of the company in the
Borough of Forksville on Saturday,
January Z, 1899, at 10 O'Clock a. m,
for the purpos of electing a board OF
directors and other officers for the
ensuing year and the transaction OF
such other business rs may properly
come before the meeting. Survey
ors and auditors will meet ut the
Secretary's Office for the settlement
of accounts on January 6, 1899.
NJ. II. BLACK, Pres.
r. ID. LANCASTER, Sec.
ForksviIle, Dec. l, 1898.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Chinese Etiquette.

You may thank your stars that you
are not the Emperor of China. He
is a most unhappy individual. He is
surrounded by wall of etiquette as old
as his great Chinese Wall and even
more unchanging.
Here are some of the rules he must
follow unfiinchingly and with the
greatest care. They are imperative
and are never known to be broken:
He must rise every morning at 2
O'Clock.
The dishes served at breakfast are
the same day after day, and have been
fixed from time immemorial.
Every dish is served in couples; two
ducks, two chickens, two soups, two
cups of tea, etc., each following the
other in time-honored succession.
He must eat just so much of each
dish, and show no partiality. If he
appears to like any food particularly,
and eat heartily of it, the State ply
sician, who stands behind him all the
time, Immediately orders it to be taken
away.
The Emperor must never turn cor
ner when out for drive. If he Is
seized with fancy to drive out, which,
fortunately, does not occur often, as It
means enormous expenses, all the
streets must be made straight; if any
houses interfere they are promptly
swept away, while even a dried-up wa
tercourse must be spanned with a
bridge
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
The Monkey Bread Tree.

Cape de Verde, that is, the Green
Cape, is said to owe its name in part
to the foliage of the Adamsonia digi-
tata which adorns the whole of Sene-
gamble and Guinea with its green clip
tic arches; full-grown tree presenting
at distance almost the appearance Of
a forest. According to Adamson, trees
are met with having diameter of
thirty feet, although the height of the
tree is moderate, varying from fifty to
sixty feet.
The lower branches, however, shoot
out to an incredible length, at first in
a horizontal direction. These are COW
cred with an immense foliage, which
from its weight causes them to bend
toward the ground and thus there is
presented a huge hemispherical mass
of verdure, 120, 140 or even $50 feet in
diameter and perhaps GO feet in height.
The fruit is an oblong, dull green,
downy body, eight or nine inches long,
containing several cells, in which there
Is number of hard shining seeds, i'm
mersed in a soft pulp, which is scarce
ly juicy. From this pulp the native
negroes prepare an acidulous drink,
much used in the fevers of the coun-
try.
The bruised leaves in dry state
form a substance called halo, which
they mix with their food, and imagine
it useful in checking or counteracting
the effects of profuse perspiration. All
the soft parts OF the tree are emollient
or mucilaginous.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

Some cast iron cannon balls were re-
Gently recovered from the sea near
Brest. They had been under the wa
ter for over a hundred years. They
could be cut with knife, great part
Of the iron having disappeared. Ex-
posed to the air, the interior became
quite hot, of course losing the heat in a
short time, after the oxygen of the air
had ceased to act upon It.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

did you hear about the woman in
Dunkirk?" asked the lid as lie rolled a
cigarette
mo; what abopc hero
why, she sons 4 half do..a. 20 a
firm in Boston who promised for that
sum to send recipe on how to get fat.
Two days afterward she received a
postal card which read, Buy it of the
butcher
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
National Impeachment.

Hitherto it has been supposed that
the record of national impoverishment
was furnished by the Transvaal, in the
treasury of which, when Great Britain
took it over, was the magnificent sum
Of about So. But Sir George Bowen,
when he went as the first governor to
Queensland, found in the public chest
no more than II cents.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

I3I pounds of pure Lard for Sl.00
Baking molasses, 25 to soc.
s pounds Rolled Oats for 25c.
I pounds of Corn Starch for 25c.
pounds of Laundry Starch for 25c.
. pounds of Rio Coffee for 25c.
s bars OF Lenoy Soap for 25c.
No. mackerel per pound Sc.
Best Sugar Coated Hams C9llc per lb.
Buckwheat Flour % pound sack SOC.
Buckwheat Flour 100 pounds, $l.9O.
Yellow Corn per 100 pounds l5c.
Corn Meal or Cracked Corn soc.
Corn, Oats and Barley Chop S5c.
Wheat Bran 200 pounds $l.5O.
Flour middlings, l40 pound sack Sl.4o.
Fine middlngs 200 pounds $l.6o
Flour per sack $l.2O.
Winter Roller per sack SLID.
Good Flour 90c.
Rye Flour 25 pounds, SOC.
Graham Flour l2l pounds 30c.
Common Fine Salt per barrel sl.2O.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

Did you ever have any convictions,
my good mani" asked he kindly-faced
)ld gentleman.
"Bet yer life did! I've served tree
.erms," answered the tough-looking
specimen.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that having this
day purchased of Philip D. Rider, one
cook stove, pipe and fixtures, one room
stove and pipe, three bedsteads and bed
ding, 9 stands, bureau, / set OF chairs
and rockers. sewing machine, hog,
lot of canned fruits, potatoes, and all the
personal property of the said Philip d.
Rider, and have left the said property
with him and all persons are hereby
cautione, not TO NEEDLE with said proper
ty in any way.
L. II. Buck.
Sonestown, Oct. l2th, 1898.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
what, Indeeds

The King of AMMAN has an original
idea in the way of strong box. He
has the trunks OF trees followed out,
filed with gold or silver and flung into
his private lake, where large staff OF
crocodiles wards off intruders. What
will he do when he wants his treas.
ures?
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

Among the many mysteries OF bird
migration is the fact that over-sea
Journeys are generally conducted in
the darkness and invariably against a
head wind
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
English Pickles.

About 10000 pounds of pickles and
sauces are export ed yearly from Eng
and to other countries.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Subterrun can City.

A subterranean G : exists in Galicia.
Austrian Poland which contains
population of over 1000 men, women
md children. many Of whom have
never seen tho light of day.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
Indian Crabs.

Grabs two feet in length are often
seen in India. ~,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

20 Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets CnnGy Catiartic. l0c or e5c.
I. G. C. C.. fan 10 cure druggists refund money.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08
No-To-Isac tor Sly Ce

For batter crooks go to } W. Buck )
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

Educate Your I;OwsIs With CsssCarets.
Canuy Catlnrtic, cure constipation forever.
10c csc. if G. g. G. fail, druggists refund money.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-08

j. W Buck has nice line OF horse
blankets
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21

Now IN New Quarters .Thirty-sig hit Cases
Last Month.

-
Now In New Quarters .Thirty-sig hit Cases
Last Month.
Ths Society for tho Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children held it's regular
monthly meeting at its accustomed
time. Several REASONS combined to make
a new location for the society's work
desirable and, hereafter, inquiries may
he made in tho office on the second
floor OF the Smith & Painter Building,
on the northwest corner Of Seventh and
Market streets.
Change of location created desire
to have the meeting room more at.
tractive than formerly and visitors will
find the society now established in
rooms which have been rendered slightly
through ths agency OF covered floor
and of freshly papered and picturs-
hung walls.
The efforts OF the society's egent
to investigate and SECURE Batisfac-
tion for all crimes committed against
children are never relaxed. The report
for the month Of March shows thut 80
cases of complaints were inquired into
and wisely adjusted. Among these
cases was one, the hideous cruelty OF
which is scarcely conceivable in a
Christianized country. The father, now
under arrest for the suspicious death of
one child. has 10 cruelty treated another,
as to render him totally blind. Injuries
Of a serious nature have also been 10.
fiicted upon the child'a back. The
cees is une to make even the stones
cry out for pity Fortunately, our
law CONSTITUTES the child to be more than
tho mere chattel of his parents and will
not permit such practices to go un-
punished.
Interest in the good work of the
society is evidenced by the addition.
since its last regular meeting. 10 ita
membership OF four new members. Tho
"cry OF the children of this State
will not fall upun deaf uars, go long as
the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children continues its
present excslent methods Hereafter.
justices of the peace throughout tho
State will lie provided with placards
upon which will be found extracts from
our criminal code which apply to the
efforts OF the society and by which they
will he guided in their administration
Of justice ia offenders. ......
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21

spaninrds at Valparaiso Tried Unsucoess-
fully to Destroy tho Marietta.


fully to Destroy tho Marietta.
New York, April 15.-.Thc Horald's
correspondent at Valparaiso sends tho
GLOWING via Galveston:
Il am informed. on authority which
cannot he disputed, but which am not
at liberty to give, that there was a plot
here to injure the United States gun
boat Marietta while she was in this
port.
Just prior to the arrival of the MARI
eta the United States consulate in VAL
psraiso was Informed by trustwof thy
persons that an attempt against tho
gunboat was contemplated by Spanish
subjects in Chile. Immediately upon
receipt OF this information the United
States minister, Mr. Henry J.. Wilson,
Consul John f. Caples and Vice Con-
sui August Moller, Jr., called Upon the
governor of the province and laid the
matter SeSore HIN. This explains the
unexpected trip of the United States
minister from Santiago to Valparaiso.
Once acquainted with the fears Of
the American representatives and tho
facts in the case, the governor imme-
diately gave assurance that the city
and maritime authorities would take
precautions to protect the Marietta and
extend, through the minister, cordial
welcome to the officers and seamen.
During the stay OF the Marietta no
greater vigilance could have been exer-
cised by the Chilean authorities had
the safety Of one OF her own warshps
depended upon them.
Before the Eunboat sailed the Ameri-
can minister. consul and vice consul.
accompanied by Captain symonds Of
the Marietta, called ulon tEe governor
and on behalf Of the United States gov
eminent thanked the Chilean authori-.
ties for what had been done to protect
the warship"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21
1904 Walnut street, April lit
Virtue Has Its Own Reward.

A pour young man fell in love with
the daughter of a rich lady, who kept
candy shop. Tho poor young man
could not MARI! tie rich candy lady's
daughter because he had not enough
money to buy any furniture
A wicked man offered to give the
young man s25 IL hs would become a
drunkard. The young man wanted the
money very much, 80 he could marry
tho rich candy iRdy's daughter. hut
when be got to the saloon no turned IN
the wicked man and said: ~ will not
become a drunkard. even for great
riches. Get thee behind Q, Satun. I"
On his way home he found pocket.
book containing a million dollars in
gold; then the young lady consented to
marry him. They had beautiful
wedding and the next day they bad
twins. Thus, you SEQ that "virtue has
its own reward"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21
BRILLIAsT WEBBING.


Marriage of MiHs SOPHIA Rodney to Prof.
II. Fl. hay.
Special Correspondence of Gazette and Journal
New Castle. April l5.--A handsome
wedding touk place last evening, shortly
after 6 o'clock, at the home OF the
Missea Rodney on North Third street.
The contracting parties were Miss
Sophia Rodney, daughter of the late
George Ii. Rodney and Prof. Henry Ii.
bay, u professor in the Girard College,
Philadelphia, and a former resident of
this city. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. F. NJ. Munson. LII d.,
rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
This bride was attended by her
brother, John II. Rodney, who gave
her away. The groom was attended by
Elias White, Esq, Of Philadelphia.
The bride is member of Emmanuel
P. T.. Church and prominent in society,
being member of several local organi-
cations and OF the Colonial Danes and
the New Century Club of Wilmington.
Her husband ia writer Of note and
has reputation as lecturer. a mum
Der of persons from Philadelphia at
tended the wedding, A special trolley
car brought the visitors over from Will
mington.
Tbs couple received the conRfatula-
tions of their friends, after which a
supper was served. Later they left for
an extended wedding trip and upon
their return will reside in Philadelphia.
The dress Of tine bride was hand
some brocade in blue, With pearl trim
mings. The interior Of the house was
profusion of flowers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21

Princess Anne, Md. April 10. The
case of Adial Il. Barnes. a member of
the Worcester bar. for criminal libel
upon John z. Moore, mayor of SNOW
Hill, was tried before the Circuit
Court yesterday. Several exceptions
by counsel for Mr.. Barnes were noted
during the trial, and il is said the
caue will be taken to the Court of
Appeals. At the conclusion of the
evidence the case was submitted to the
court, who found the defendant guilty,
anu imposed fine Of $50 and costa.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21
AGAIN Ashs ron DIpoRcE.
Mrs. j. Edward Addicks Makes Another
Move for Legnl Separation.

Mrs. j. Edward AddIcks Makes Another
Move for Legal Separation.
Mrs, Rosalie b. Addicks will again
make an effort to secure a divorce from
her husband, j. Edward Addicks. On
Friday. through hor attorney, William
I. Smithers of Dover, she brought suit
to tho May term of Superior Court for
New CASTLE county for divorce. Pro-
thonotary Victor B. WoolIey when
asked the grounds upon which the
application is based declined to diyulge
thsm.
In hor petition, Mrs. Addicks alleges
that her husband has deserted her for
the statutory period Of three years.
Mrs. Atldicks resides at Claymont, but
has been travelling recently.
1t was about this year 1895 when
Mrs. Addicks made her first effort to
secure divorce, the ground at that
time being alleged marital infideity.
Alexander E. Cooper was tbs com
missioner. After taking voluminous
testimony the commissioner made his
report to the court, and on January
18th, 1896, the petition was dismissed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21
Death of Mrs. Margaretta Il. du Punt.

Mrs. Margaretta Elizabeth du Pont,
widow of Alfred Victor du Font, died
last night week at her residence near
this city, in her 9lst year. Her maiden
name was Lammott. Her husband
was son Of Eleuthure IFenee du Pont,
the founder OF the great powder works,
and Mt his death, in 1884, succesded
him as the head of the powder firm.
lie continued in that position until
1850, when he was succesded by mis-
brother, Gen. Henry du Pont. Alfred
Victor died at Nemours, on the Brandy
wine, October 4th, 1856 lie had two
sons, Lammott and Ircneo, hoth now
deceased. The former was instantly
killed on March Goth, 1884, at the
RepRuuo chemical works in New Jersey.
lie was one of the founders OF tho
Repauno Chemical Go.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21

Cambridge, Md, April 1i.-Mrs.
Frank Snow, who lives near Cambridge,
while hooking for turkey most in the
woods near her hums, discovered d .ad
horse with a rope around its neck ard
tied securely to small tree. On her
return she informed james lIassstt, Who
lives on William r, Shows farm, OF
the fact, and the latter went to tho
sput to make an investigation aud found
from all the evidence that be could dis,
cover that home one had tied the animal
to tree and left it there to starye.
Every particle of pins straw, leaves
and buus had been eaten az far as the
rope would allow the horse to 20.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21

A new song, composed by John d.
Kurtz, Jr.. TO the words of 1.-THE
Lorelei" was sung for the first tins on
Tuesday night week hy the Harmonic
Mannnrchor at a concert in it hall in
Philadelphia. Tho leader of the organi-
cation, O. A. Hartmann. 10 also the di-
rector OF the Delaware Ssengerbund.
The rendition OF the song was received
with much enthusiasm, and Mr.. Kurtz
was called to the platform. In recog-
milton Of his ability the society elected
him an honorary member.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21

Philadelphia, April is. 50 William
Steele, formerly cashier of the collapsed
Chestnut Street National bank, had a
final hearing before United States Com.
missioner Edmunds yesterday after.
noon and was held in $4,000 bail tc
answer at the May term of the United
States district court upon the charge
OF making false returns of the banks
condition to the comptroller of the cur.
rency.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-04-21
DEATH or JENNY LEGes.
A Native OF Delaware Who Lived to the A q
of 100 Years.


of 1Oa Years.
Philadelphia Record.
Jimmy" Leggs, who hai reached
the remarkable age of 104 years, died
on Wednesday, at the Home for Aged
and Infirm Coloreu Persons. in West
Philadelphia. He was unusually active
up to within few months ago,
although throughout his life he had
been afflicted with deformity of the
legs. 1t is believed that his surname
was simply given to him on account Of
this malfOrmation of his legs. His real
name il unknown. He had always been
callod Jimmy Leggs at the home. lie
was born in Delaware, but early in life
came TO Philadelphia and lived for
many years as slave in the Dan
villiers family. He was of religious
nature, it is said, and seldom let an
opportunity to say Christian word
pass unheeded. In class meetings at
the homs he was active in speaking to
his brethren. Tho centenarian had
been for % years an inmate of the
colored home, having come there to
some extent infrm when he attained
his fourscore years. He was familiar
character to persons living in the
vicinity Of the home, Rs on clear days
he invariably took his constitutional
about West Philadelphia streets. The
last years of tho aged man's life were
not especially happy ones. His blind
ness. deformity and frequent attacks OF
epilepsy made death blessed relief
from his long lifo.