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The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
DR.. NANsEN GOING HOME.

New York, January 29.-Dr. Fritidjoi
Nansen, the Arctic explorer, sailed on
the Cunard liner Campania today for
Liverpool. Before leaving, DR.. Manson
said: am going direct to London where
shall deliver 10 lectures. Then | leave
for Christiana, where l intend to pre-.
pare scientific report of my expedition.
DR.. hansen denied tina he had any in
tention of accompanying Lieut.. Peary
on his polar expedition.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
WIT AND WISDOM.
Books For All Purposes.

"What a beautiful library you have!''
exclaimed the visitor. "You can never be
lonely with so many beautiful and expen-
sive books about you"
"Oh, replied Mrs. Cumrox complacent.
Iy, "you don't see all that we have!''
s'Indeed"
eyes. We have any number Of books
with paper backs that we read. Wash
ington Star.
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REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

These transfers of real estate are re.
ported:
Tosepb ". Greene and wife of Chelsea.
Mass to Winslow of Deering, land in
Rassie Tick of Portland to Mark A..
s,,iSowitch, land in Portland on the
northwesterly side of Vine street.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night, itching piles.
Doan's Ointment cures, quickly and per-
manently. At any drug store, so cents
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31


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LIST
s-THE SALE OF A SOUL. BY C. NJ. S Mcclellan.
1.-THE COUSIN OF THE KING. By A. S. VanWestrum.
s-sIX MONTHS IN HADEs. By cfariee ]. clingham.
.eASTT3Sy ys KENT "a, By Charles Stokes wsyHs
,s-4N HNS 1p sIREN By John GiIst w..
1s-wHY, SAYS GLADYS. By David Christie Murray.
"a wERY RE ~ Girl By L IL J BGEiord
Is-ouT OF THE SULPHUR. BY T. c. De Leon.
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"N'TVR TO LOVE BY Joanna E. Wood.
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Cook, Everett g. Psnnel|
have just received a full line
of the famous
ED. PENAUD
Partisan Preparations,

and present for your consider
alton the following quatotions
of Staple Goods:
Ed. PInauds Eau de Qulnlne Hair Tonic.
Ed. pinau S Rhum and Qulnlns.
Ed. pnaud S vioIeite de Parme Toilet Water
Ed pnauds Roman Violet Toilet Water.
We have pleasure in present
ing in addition to the above
very attractive line of Ed.
PImaufi's Perfumes and
TOfEet Preparations in
unusually attractive packages.
If you can call, we will be glad to
see you; il not, we will cheerfullv
answer all correspondence.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
uvuu TIMES HAVE COME.

You can afford to indulge yourself or your
family in the luxury of good weekly news.
paper and a quarterly magazine of fiction.
You can get both of these publications with
almost library of good novels for SIS per year.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

VVANTED-Party to take active interest in
w construction business that will pay
S25O0 90 yearly, where int gritty and business
ability viii take the place of capital. Ii other
wise satisfactory party willrequlre only 500 90
to start, balance pal out of profits. CHARLES
G. SMITH, 40 Brown street. 31-1
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

More Than He Could Bear.
"Here's brilliant newspaper man gone
crazy"
"What caused itf"
ssThe trouble dates back to the Japan
Chinese war. He got through the awful
mess of proper names in that, but then
came the Greco Turkish war, and now the
eastern affair, with all the big powers
mixed up, and he's become jabbering
idiot Philadelphia North American.
Bull Cazf-"Oh, Lord! Sir, am diseased
man."
Falsta6-"V hat disease hast thou?"
Bull Calf "a cold, sir 2 cough, SIR
Henry ~. oct III, Scene l.
Use Ponds Extract as directed and be cured.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

FAC SMILE signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER
is on the wrapper of every bottle of cAsroRIA.
When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria
When she ha1 Children, she gave them Castoria
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

EOUND-Picked up off House Island 80
E foot caulker's raft. Is af1oat and
can be easily secured. Inquire of HENRY
ORR, House Island. Isl
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

4 OST.-On the evening of January 26th,
st. on Congress, small black card case con-
tanning sum of money Finder will be hber-
ally rewarded by communicating with Mr..
ELLIOT, Manager of New England Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., Exchange street
Portland, Maine. ISL
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

EOR SALE-At Old Orchard Beach summer
boarding house, Winona house. beautifully
situated on Hotel street. 10 rods from depot, Is
rooms. house in first class repair and will be
sold cheap if sold at once. Inquire at SMITH
& ROBES STORE. Old Orchard Me. "a
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
Electric Motor
FOR SALE!

A five horse power electric motor in first
class condition. can be seen running any day in
the week Fo further particulars and appoint
Ihent to see motor, address, Up. .. BOX 452,
Portland. Me. lan12d1m
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

EOR SALE-House. stable and five acres of
IL land near Lunts corner. This property is
cheap. Price 81 400. Terms easy W. F.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

EOR SALE-In Deering, three miles from
on high land. IL story house and stable in
good repair. Price reasonable, terms easy. W.
+. DRESSER, No. so Exchange St., Portland,
Me. PSI
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

Tor SALE---A Curran & Wolf modern dry
kiln. capacity 10000 feet, all in perfect Or
der; price very low. Can be seen at No 50
York street. Enquire of, RUFUS DEERING
CO., 800 Commercial St. 21-2
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

of furs, rob and blankets less than any
housein Maine. BRADLEY & SMALL, SO and
35 Preble street. Dol
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
WANTED.

gents WANTED-Local man In every
"A city. Staple goods, continuous demand.
sales from $l.00 to hundreds; Small capital re,
ST., New York City. 1t
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

- OOMS WANTED-About April LIST three or
u four unfurnished rooms suitable for house
keeping. Address, with terms, RENT" Press
Office. 29-1
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go LET, WITH POWER.

Building Nos. 9-15 Union st. Suitable
for any manufacturing business. Three
floors and basement 65xS0 it., or over
20. 900 fit. of floor space. Ample boiler
and engine capacity.
Apply to
F. O. CONANT, No. 229 Commercial st.
j29 dow
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

yVANTED-Ladies to demonstrate and can
w yass for an article of merit. Pleasant in
teresting work in the grocery lii e. Salary. Adj
dress A B. c., this office. gel
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

yVANTED-Best dessert Burnhams Jellycon.
w Beef, Wine and Iron is good Clam
Bouilion no equal Beef Extract as good as
any Clam Chowder all right. ASK your grocer
for Rurnhams. For sale by trade generally.
Try it and will use no other. POI
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

VIZ ANTED i'll every town in Maine
w tive agent to anvass for "Alaska and
Kondi16e Gold Fields,'' by A. G. Harris the
well known author and traveller. For par
ticulars address Box $50, Portland, Me. PSI
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

FUyO LET-Two furnished rooms situated
IL corner Cumberland and Franklin streets,
steam heat, nice and sunny, price reason
able. Call at POI Cum berland street, left
hand bell. 2S-l
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

Mooney to loan on real estate, and t
lyl cent per annum; also money to loan
on life insurance policies, notes, bonds,
household goods and any good collateral
security, W. P. CARR, Ro m 5, SOxford
Building, 1856 Middle street. 8-4
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
MISCELLANEOUS.

sAF vital interest to property owners. Now is
" the time to have your cutters made water
tight to save spelling your plastering and car
petIand we are the parties to.do it. VIM. H
s OFT co, SO Union st. 26-1
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

WANTED-AIl persons in want of trunks
" and bags to call on E. D. REYNOLDS,
563 Congress street, one door above Shaws
grocery store, as we manufacture our goods
and can therefore give bottom prices.
Trunks repaired. Open evenings. We frame
pictures 232
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

WANTED-Situa as cook and waitress.
w Please call in the afternoon at 10 BRIGGS
ST. Good references. PSI
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31
WANTED-FEH ALE HELP.

WANTED-A woman as working house.
w keeper in a widower's family; one aceus
toned to children preferred. Apply to HARRY
Me. 251
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

MONEY to loan son real estate mortgages at
Vu 5 to per cent. Also real estate bought
and sold and rented and rents collected and
property cared for. % years in the business.
n, 3. GARDINER, 1856 Middle street, Room 4.
jap21-2
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

NY one in want OF one OF the best trades in a
~ farm of over sixty acres, within short
distance of Portland, should enquire of Box 261.
WestbrOok. Maine. pol
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

WANTED--To buy for spot cash. from 10 to
w % acres of vacant land on line of cleo
trio cars or near depot Answer by letter. M.
HENDERSON, 50 Court street, Boston Mass.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

FENO LET-Furnished rooms, steam heat bath
l. room on same floor, at No. II MYRTLE ST.,
near City Hall. pol
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

EfoR SALE-Cigar store, newspapers, etc.
q GAL CONGRESS ST. 26-1
EORSALE-Or lease. a LOT of land at the West
End, corner Forest and Congress streets
G cH1S about 4224 feet Apply to E. HAIR
LOW, 9l9 congress ST. jan25dt
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

MrANTED-Boys and girls to call at II Elk
w change ST., THE WESTON REMEDY
CO. For days work you can earn a watch,
fine gold ring, a fieetw cd clock, set of engraved
silverware etc. We can also give men and
women profitable employment. PSI
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

saONEY TO LOAN-On first and second
VA mortgages on real estate. stocks. bonds,
life insurance policies q, notes or any good
securities. l. P. BUTLER, As IL Exchange
street. 2O4
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wAN7ED-~tTUAriox,

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents. cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

ITO LET-One large unfinished room at
] No. 1870 Free street, very near Congress
square. ISL
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

N ONEY TO LOAN on gilt edge city mort
VI cages at and s per cent. Also on first
discounted at reasonable rates w. F. DRESS
Err. No. 80 Exchange ST., Portland, Me. ISL
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

V,OR RENT-Rooms on second floor over
Haskell & Jones' clothing store. Inquire
at HASKELL g. JONES. Monument Sqr. 1874
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

ITO LET-A pleasant lower rent of six rooms,
Il large stable, large yard. cemented cellar,
and modern conyeniences at 1925 Congress st.
AMY TO TRUE BROS. S94 Fore ST., or De @.
TRUE, No. II Hemlock st. 2o1
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Fer SALE.
Forty words inserted under this head
one weak for rs cents. cash in advance.

EOR SALE-We have on our books day b.
It actual count 68 different tenement houses,
arranged for two families or more VIII II will
pay from to is per cent on the investment: 10
Gated on the Following streets sherman, Spring
Brown, Smith, Spruce. Dow, Lafayette, State,
North Oxford, Danforth. Wilmot Mayo, Cedar
Roberts, Vesper, Washington, salem;
Green, Hancock Portland, Merrill
and many other streets. For prices and other
particulars apply to Real Estate Offire, First
National Bank Building. FREDERICK 5.
The Portland daily press., 1898-01-31

F9OR RENT-Two family house, eightrooms
L each and bath, open fire places, hot water water
new %. SUNNY slightly and fconvenent,in one O the
best locations in city. corner Grove and Cum
berland. near the three electric lines street
cars and Union station. CHAS. 3. sNOk-
ROSS. zo-t
Evening star., 1898-12-02

man not allowed to dwell within the village
precincts for fear of polluting them, had
lived with his wife and infant. He was
blind, and one night, being awakened by
strange noise, began to crawl and 3rope
about the hut. He put his hand suddenly
on the man-eater, which had pushed the
door open. killed the woman and child. and
was drinking their blood when the man
hand was laid upon him. Doubtless sus-
pecting a trap, he bounded out of the hut
without touching the man. What picture
for a LandSeer!
But among the multitude of such stories
venture to think that the following bears
away the palm for gruesome horror and its
truth has been confirmed from many
sources. had II from a relative the own
er of the tea estate in Assam where it oc-
CURED. s. B. was, not many years ago
and for all know still is-the manager 3f
a tea garden in Assam, where man-eater
was in the habit of carrying off the estate
coolies for his dinner, probably finding
them much less trouble than deer or a
pig. At last emboldened, no doubt by un-
hindered success in obtaining victims, he
took to carrying off coolies who were
sleeping in the verandas of the managers
bungalow Many traps had been laid for
him, the bodies of his victims poisoned,
watchers with guns on the lookout over
the killed men, but great was his cum
ming that he had escaped them all. Every
thing having failed, things had become des-
perate, and B. and some of his planter
friends determined to sit up for the tiger
on the veranda, with native blankets dis
guising them-an exceedingly exciting busi-
ness, for, be it remembered, no lights were
allowed, and the brute cared nothing for
numbers SO that his appearance might be
too sudden for unsteady nerves. One of
the planters, after they had sat a long time
in breathless suspense, entered the house
for something that he wanted and while
looking for it was startled by sudden ter
ribe uproar in the yeranda, which he had
just left. Selling his rife, he rushed out
to find all the party gone, but from the
dark tea garden he heard the voice of S.
B. calling out in agony: Help! for Gods
sake! Help: The tigers got me! Helpi
help!
Fixing his bayonet. he ran toward the
spot and in the dim gloom made out the
outline of the tiger dragging b., who was
walking by its side. his hand in the brutes
mouth! Without a moments hesitation he
rushed uD to the tiger, plunged the bayo-
net into its side and at the same time
pulled the trigger. The tiger fell, releasing
B., and both rushed back to the house, but
Evening star., 1898-12-02
STREET FAIRS.
Ne"' or Rather an Old Fad. Re
vived in the West
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
The enterprising merchants of ,tstt,o,
H. established fashion this year. They
set up IN the streets booths filled with their
most attractive wares, disp aged in a WAY
TO catch the attention and open the mrs.
OF the passerby. Then they ISSUED invita-
tons TO street fair"
People came and the fair prospered The
idea was taken up by other towns ana
cities. A street fair was in progress at
Ierre Haute, for instance, when the Pres
ident recently visited that place. II does
not detract from the credit due the original
promoters 10 point out that this new fash
ION Is really revival and locaIizatinn of a
very oid fashion-one Older than Christian
civilization itself
Ihe street fair originated I'm the RELIGIONS
festival as long ago, at least as me da1-s
When strangers resorted to Babvlon ana
uneven to take part in the feasfs of Tba
gods. Thence came also tha sbarD-a,.iiS
traders OF the caravans, and by the side or
thelr booths the city merchants set I'M tbeir
stalIs ana business became almost a mic
ture poem under the eastern skv.
essentially today European fairs are
Street 1alfs-from the great gathering at
MIMI Novgorod in Russia TO the nejp-hhor
hood assemblages of the Latin countries
But they displace no other institution and
we do not anticipate that the street fair
IN America Will do away with the agricul-
tural fair, which serves a special purpose
and has proved its usefulness
The effect of the street fair-an interest
ing, easily accessible display i'm The very
center of trade, where the exhibitor pavs
no extra rent and the visitor no admission
fee-should be to benefit buyer and seller
alike. And it practically adds new holi-
day to the overcrowded lives of busy
people.
Evening star., 1898-12-02
LED BY A TIGER,
Mans Hand in the Beasts Mouth and
He Had to Follow

From the Wide World Magazine
The most strictly accurate and graphic
accounts of man-eating tigers in India fail
TO convey an adequate sense of the awful
terror which these terrible brutes inspire in
the breasts of the unfortunate villagers
whom they haunt like evil demons In or
binary cases the tiger or leopard attacks
the village herds more or less openly. and
the herdsmen, finding that the enemy will.
as a rule, retreat OR being shouted at with
vigor, are not in bodily fear all the time
although 1 have known instances of fha
herdsman being killed by tiger that he
had presumed to interrupt while enjoyiDe
Il meal from one of his cattle.
They become more dangerous when thew
have tasted the blood OF their victim and
are not usually dispdsedsto give IT I'D with
out a fight l remember the case of a sur
vey officer in Indias whe, being told of a
'kilf' near his work, went to inspect it un-
armed The tiger, ;distqrbed at his meal
rushed out suddenly at the party, and in
his headlong flight the officer most fortu-
nately for himself, tripped and fell into
some long grass and bushes. The tigers
attention being drawn ID the natives who
ry, he made for them, allowing the officer
to crawl away as qfietiy~as he could.
But in the case of the man-eate- ayerv-
thing is different. Having discovered his
power to kill the genus homo ni,re easily
than big ape, he takes every possible ad-
vantage of it at every turn. Neither Inv
night nor by day are they safe aud ifa ne
comes one long terror. for whether the ma
tves are working in the fields or fetching
firewood from the forest or water from tha
we'll they know not at what surn they NAV
be seized
know of one man-eater IL. Mysore that
was credited with over SEQ victims :n6 the
government offered rewafs. of. 500 supees
for his skin. He was 81 bold as ta +hinl
nothing of bounding into n crowd of tray-
elers on the high r2ad in daylight and of
carrying off either a pedestrian or The
driver of bullock cart from his seat He
was not content with the usual tactics of
seiZing his prey OUTSIDE. but used TO break
into huts to get at them Two English Off
GERS, friends of mine. who went after this
scOurge were shown hut outside village
inciosure where poor Dher. a low-casts
Evening star., 1898-12-02

before they could reach the steps the tiger
was upon them and again seized poor B.,
biting and clawing his back and shoulders
in terrible manner. 1t was, mercifully.
an expiring effort, for the brute fell dead
before it could kill B. 1t then transpired
that the tiger had stolen in upon the
watchers like q shadow, without the slight
est warning, and had seized the nearest
one, who happened to be B.. by the hand,
which he raised to defend himself, and had
commenced to drag him off. In his agony
he rose to his feet and after descending the
steps of the bungalow was actually walk
ing off with his hand in the tigers mouth
to be devoured, when his friend, by his
courage and presence of mind, rescued him
from an awful death. The other watchers,
utterly panic stricken, had made for the
nearest door, and had 1t not been for the
coolness of his brave rescuer B. would
have been added to the long list of the man
eaters victims. After being i'll for many
months b. recovered, to tell the awful tale
of how he had been led away to be eaten"
Evening star., 1898-12-02
THE COLLECTING FAD.
The Latest Hnnin il for Gir.i,eS 81,
ANY Sort.
Fr.m the chieseo Chronicle.

fr'm the chicse, Chronicle
The woman collector is a person to be
afraid 'f One never knows what turn her
fancy Will take next and she is lust as ant
To- develop fancy for ncckties and old
seals and gentIemen's fne handkerchiefs
a for war souvenirs or gaudy knickknacks
The only one she never wears out is the
liking FOR belts
Not long ago The belts seen in the shops
were or metal. woven and twisted 20 re-
semhie those worn by the ancients and
a~hed in either silver or gold. Some
times they were made Of the genuine artf-
Gle and were unusually expensive Then
cam" tAs-" OF silk in stripes running either
lti'sthWlSe or crosswIse and called
Roman With metal pieces going around
the waist NJ intervals. held i'm place by small
sl'tluS. These were superseded hv the rib
rpE heii In fr"nt by an oNidIzed silver
Gssp and were called oriental And an
these IN less than six months Now comes
a return OF the narrow leather belt that
locks 50 inexpensive and is not It is worn
IN an coiors and has elaborate fastenlncs
times
Il is this buckle worn conspicuouslv large
aud nat that makes the belt So exnensive
They are carved ana studded accordine 10
the price the woman desires to uav an1 ~
she - a belt faddist she pays a large sum
ana buys several OF them Rut ;bo n,oSt
urbecOIning fad the women have adopted in
some time is the wearing Of chean and
gaudy beads worn on a string wound MANY
times around their neckS. Tire l0ngesr strarI
hanging far below their waists.
They are put on outside the coats and
are of various cOlors. large. CLASSY ana say
age looking. with q barbarous glisten that
offends the eye They are the latest fad
and undoubtedly what no woman but the
faddist Will care 10 wear.
Evening star., 1898-12-02

was in Arkansas and we saw many aban-
doned farms. Al Tilton we stopped at the
home of DR.. Bryant. an educated gentleman
from the east, who was then in perfect con-
tentment apparently, although in "a prac-
teal wilderness.
"At Arkadelphia stopped at the house
of a man who was known the praying
deacon. He was known throughout that
section for his long prayers. l paid Tor
corn for my horse and accidentally my
wife saw the deacon take three of the ears
he had put before the horse and throw
them back into his bin. l threatened TO eX-
nose. his conduct to the whole neighborhood
and the deacon was extremely Inundated.
excusing himself by declaring he thought
the horse would be foundered If it ate too
much.
I'VE then passed through the deserted
village of Old Boston. where there were
one hundred houses, but not living soul.
There was a general report that the place
was haunted. A couple of years before that
IL had been a prosperous town, but a rail-
road was built some eight miles away and
a new town was built on it.
Entering Texas we got into the convict
camps in Brazos county, and the men IN
charge of the convicts fearing ior our hVes
If we remained there over night gave as
guard to conduct US to a place where we
could get lodging in safe quarters
Arrival nj GaIvestoD.
Owe arrived in Galveston and stayed there
aieht months We then visited Houston,
San Antonio, Corpus Christi, Rio Grande
Laredo, Austin and Dallas, where L sold
my horse and dayton and started for
home on the railroad. At Cuevitas, Tex,
a Mexican tried to steal my horse and i
put some cold lead into him, for watch
eyery one commended me. They haven't
much use for horse thief down there"
Throughout their roughing experience Mr..
and Mrs Bell were in perfect health, al
though when they started on their journey
Mr. Bell was not in good health. They both
enjoyed the trip immensely and lesk fer
wari to another similar experience with
pleasure.