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The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08

The main water pipe was tappad yester-
day and service pipe laid which carries
watersinto 1.-The. bicycle room of MoCul.
lum's theatre. &C.
A monkey house has been placed near
the aviary not far from the casino.
The members Of the Church of Messiah
took special cars yesterday for the Cape
Cottage and enjoyed their annual picnic
at the Casino and adjacent spots of in
terest.
The cellar has been completed for a new
house at No. 1888 Main street, Willard.
Mrs. Clara A. Chase has purchased q
house lot on Meeting house hill of Edwin
Il. Heckbert, Esq.
Irving Soule of the Bowdoin Medical
school is spending the summer vacation
with his mother, Mrs. d. S. Soule of
Knightyille. He will resume his position
at John W. Perkins & Co. wholesale
drug store, Portland, during vacation.
Rapid progress is being made on the
residence of MIR. Seavey, Clemmons ave-
nue., near Marsh Williams's house.
Five of the road commissioners on a
special car went over the road of the
Portland g. Cape Elizabeth railway yes
terday morning on tour of inspection.
. Mrs. Winslow of sBath has been the
guest of Captain n. E. Davis for the past
week.
Mr.. Fl. K. Grant, Mr.. Everett Mason,
George Adjutant, Edward Webber and
Miss Maude Weber, were the guests of
Mrs. Charles NJ. Littlefeld, Monday.
Mr.. F. S. Morse and family who have
been the guests Of Mr.. and Mrs G. Fl.
Dodge. have returned to their home in
Dorchester, Mass.
Miss Lydia CONNER was the GUEST Of
Miss Hattie Bracket, Monday.
Master Clifton Brackett, who has been
quite i'll is improving very rapidly.
Mr.. Stephen j. Murphy of Ligonia fell
from the landing at the house of Thomas
Brice, distance of ten feet, breaking his
leg in two places. The accident occurred
at la O'Clock Monday night, and Mr..
Murphy was taken to the Eye and Ear
Inflrmary Tuesday morning, where the
bone was set.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08

~ WHAT IS CaII6U NJ gus
prostration. Several physicians failed to
do me good. had given up in despair
when | heard of Pe-ru-na. 1t gave me
immediate relief. want to recommend
it to all who suffer as I did,
Pe-ru-na is sold by all druggists ~
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
BELL BOY DROWNED.

Kennebunkport, July 7.-George Dean
Of Saco, IS years of age. hotel bell boy,
was drowned while bathing today.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
WIT AND WISDOM.
Where They We're.

Sandy MaoSwat-Hoot, monl Ha' ye
summat for freckles?
Clerk-Oertainly. Rub this lotion on
your face at night.
MaoSwat-It's lang wac fra my face
to my legs.-New York journal
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
CASTORIA

Bears the signature of CHAs. H. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind You Haze Ala0ays Bought.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
Pe-rI-Eaa For The Nerves.

Catarrh is responsible
for most cases of nervous
prostration. Pe-ru-n a
always ures catarrh.
Mrs. c. c. Filler, of
Columbus, Ohio, writes
us as follows: For fif-
teen years I suffered from
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
North Conway. july z.

dress by Prof. DoIbsar of Tufts. on
What We Know About Ether" He
said it must be all pervading, illimita.
BILE. not composed of ultimate particles
hence not matter; not causing friction.
hence not matter; without gravity, hence
not matter; infinite. AS to extent; form
of energy. On the whole the professors
was interesting, but one could not help
thinking of the Scotchman's definition
of metaphysics, "When the one man
dinna ken what he's palavering about,
and the tither man dinna ken what the
one man says. That is metaphysic.
DR.. Winship of the New England Jour-
nal followed. His subject was the
Effect of kindergarten Training in the
Grammer and High Schools
Symposium of the superintendent of
schools, from each Of the New England
States, on the subject, "Present Status
OF Education. Each superintendent
| reported an advance in trend.
Moro and better supervision.
2-Better houses more appliances, more
| careful examination of teachers.
| 3-More rational ideas of education, as
character forming, instead of mere in
| struction.
| 4-Raising standard of admission to
| normal schools.
Embarrassing the opportunities for high
SCHOOLS instruction by state aid to poorer
| towns.
o-Distinctive effort to make the school
IN Its buildings, its@appliances. it's sur
roundlngs, its decorations. it's instruc-
ton, tend directly to the aesthetic culture
of the pupils.
| more liberal appropriations from
state, town and district for school pur-
poses.
| How to manage troublesome children
and truants. Hon. G. A. Walton of
| Massachusetts,.
| 1.-The extent Of the evil.
4 2-Reasons for failure of the truant
laws; failure to enforce the law. Rea.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
CASTORIA

Bears the signature of cHAs. H. FLETcHER-
In use for more than thirty years, and
Tie Kind You Haze -4lzOaIs Bought.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
VAR and THE SEASIDE RETREATS.
FOR The WHIST PLAYERS.

All the lovers of the game popular for gener-
atoms will want to read what Howell has to say on
the probable doings of the whist congress soon to
be held in Boston.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-08
CAS- TORIA

Bears the signature of cHAs. H. FLETCHER.
Tile Kind You Haze Azways Bought.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-17
Stoned Out of Town.

n telegram from Halifax, n S., dated
Dec. 2, says: The Rev. Justin ID. Fulton
of Boston, Mass. the anti-Catholic agi
tator, has been Iccturing in the mining
regions of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton
Island on what he described as the evil
influences of the Catholic church in Cuba
and the Philippines. He was stoned by
angry miners near Sydney, Cape Breton
Island last night for some of his state
mcnts.
A majority of the people arc Catholics
and threats Of vengeance had been heard
although the priests told their people
not to modest Fulton. He lccturcd at
Glacc Bay, a mining village near Sydney
last night. Nearly every coal miner
there is Il Catholic He made several
statements to which the Catholics took
offcnsc and was warned not to repeat
them. He persisted riot was immi-
ncnt and the authorities ended the lee
turc abruptly.
AS Fulton left the hall knot of
miners began to pclt him with Jumps of
coal. lie fed and was hOtly pursued. lie
was struck in the back and on the head
by pieces of coal, knocked down and
painfully bruised Some Orangcmen who
tried to protect him were scattered by
the mob. He finally managed to escape
to his hotel, where his hurts were dress
cd by physician. He leaves Sydney
at once.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-17
That's No Evidence.

The 1rishman was talkative witness,
but he did not come down to essential
facts and finally the court became pro-
voked. Look here" he exclaimed, 81
want to know If you saw this yourself
or simply heard it." II heard It,"
THAT no evidence. Step down." The
Irishman was surprised and puzzled. He
hesitated for moment. and then as he
left the witness chair, he glanced over
at a group of his friends and laughed
aloud. Come back here!" shouted the
court ..Do You know that you are liable
to a fine for contempt of court? How
dare you laugh in that manner?" did
laugh, your honor?" You did" "Did
you see me laugh or did you hear me
laugh?" Il heard you laugh" "Thats
no evidence" Even the court Joined in
the laugh.
A Chicago man got a corner on turkeys
for Thanksgiving day. Another Chi
cagoan is reported to have organized a
milk trust to regulate the price of the
lacteal fluid at the expense of the con-
sumers. What shall a. Chicago sharper
do next?
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-17

The private secretary of the prince Of
Wales has cablcd to the New York World
saying that there is no truth whatever in
the reported visit of his royal hghness
to this country next spring.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-12-17

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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-30

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The Press., 1898-01-20
A New Source of Rubber.

The discovery of new source of La EOS rubber, from tree known to the natives as the "ire," or 'ireh," has given a great impetus to the trade of the west coast of Africa in a rubber of extremely good quality. The Kicksia africana forms tree 50 to 60 feet high, with trunk averaging l2 to 14 inches in diameter. It is said to be one of the most beautiful trees of the forest and is capable of producing in good season as much as from 10 to 15 pounds of rubber per tree. For the purpose of ex- tracting the rubber a deep vertical cut is made through the bark and several oblique cuts on each side running into the main channel, at the base of which vessel is placed to receive the exuding milk, which is coagulated by allowing quantity to stand for some days in a cavity made in the trunk of a tree, so that the watery portion evaporates or soaks into the wood, leaving the solid portion behind, which is kneaded and pressed together into solid mass, or the milk is placed in a vessel and boil ed, the rubber beginning to coagulate almost immediately heat is applied Nature
The Press., 1898-01-20
Iodine as a Detective

Another use has been found for the vapor of iodine. This is the discovery of alterations in manuscripts. Professor Bruylats of Louvain, the discoverer of the process, noticed that when d sheet of paper which had been sized and fin- ished was moistened and, after being thoroughly dried, exposed to the vapor of iodine the part which had been noistened became violet, while the un. moistened portion became brownish vel low.
 It appears that when a manuscript has been altered both the nature and extent of the alteration can be deter mined by the use of iodine vapor Those parts which have been rubbed become brownish on exposure, and when the rubbed part is subsequently, moistened it becomes blue, the depth of the color depending on the length of time that the exposure had been allowed to pro- ceed.
 The process is believed to be due en- tirely to the we'll known fact that when iodine is put on starch the starch be- comes blue, and the difference in tho tint is dependent on the fact that a DOT tion of the starch which is contained in the size has been removed in the process of the alteration of the manuscript
 Oddly enough, the same process will reveal the extent of pencil marks which have been erased by rubbing. The iodine vapor brings out the lines which have been traced by the pencil point disturb ing the surface of paper, even though the rubbing has been so carefully done that 1t has not removed any of the sur- face of the paper itself.-Pearson's s
The Press., 1898-01-20
STUBBS WAS TOUCHED.
And He Gave Up His Fare to the Ms
 Who TnnChad Him,

And He Gave Up His Fare to the Man
 Who Touched Him.
 Stubbs is really not very absent minded, but when he is riding on a street car he makes it a point not to look at the conductor. It often saves car fare, for there is something about Stubbs that makes him lucky enough to be overlooked two cases in ten when he boards loaded car.
 One morning he was absorbed in his paper, and when he felt touch on his arm he mechanically passed out his Later the conductor stood beside him and murmured, Flare, please" but received no attention. Stubbs had paid his fare. Then the abominable nuisance of a conductor seized him by the shoul- der and held out his hand. say ing stern ly, Flare. please. :"
 "I paid you before,' said Stubbs as affably as he could.
 "No, you did not. Come, pass out car fare''
 "Man, paid my fare when you were around before. And Stubbs thought foI an adjective be might use when there were ladies about. "You-you-infer- nal-idiot, you are drunk or asleep, for when you touched me on the arm passed out nickel, and you must have taken it, for it was the only one had, '' fumbling in his change pocket. With red face the conductor rang the bell to stop the car, roaring, "Yo ou will have to pay your fare or get of the car, " in tone that startled every one. "I did not get your nickel, and you know it.
 At that minute the man who had nudged Stubbs to move over in the seat he had occupied with him dropped of the car and walked tho other block to his office.
 The next time Stubbs rode in 2 crowded car he gently touched the arm of an acquaintance and got even for the cents he had lost and for the chagriI he had suffered. Chicago News.
The Press., 1898-01-20
Clothes and the Man.

It is not true that "the tailor makes the gentleman" but it is true that a gentleman cannot safely neglect the tailor's services if he wishes people in general to take him for what he is. A gentleman prominent in Canadian po- litical life was somewhat too careless in this respect. This statesman was once on his way to call upon friend in Quebec and stopped an Irishman in the street to inquire the way.
 "Can you tell me where MT. Hunter lives?' he asked.
 Its no use your going there," was the unexpected reply.
 "But do you know where he lives?"
 "Faith and do, but it's no use go- Ing there.
 The inquirer began to get angry.
 "I didn't ask your advice. I simply want to know where MT. Hunter lives. |"
 "Oh, well, he lives down that street yonder, the first house round the cor ner, but l tell you it's no use your go- ing there, for I've just been there my self, and he's already got man."
 MT. Hunter had advertised for serv- ant the day before. The statesman, so the story goes, went at once and bought a new hat.-Nuggets.
The Press., 1898-01-20
WHAT HE MADE.
The Nsan Told, and Yet the Professor Was
 Not Satisfied.

Not Satisfied.
 Professor B., who conducts the clinic of nervous diseases at - Med ical college of Chicago, is himself a very nervous and easily irritated man. Recently at the close of a long clinic, when teacher and students were we'll tired out, the assistant rushed in and asked to have exhibited a very interest ing case which had just arrived.
 "Well, be quick about it, " said the doctor, and he proceeded to emphasize some previous remarks concerning the influence of occupation upon nervous conditions, which point he proposed to illustrate in the case to be presented.
 The patient, an awkward Swede, having been hustled into chair. was now confronted by Professor B., with the admonirion to be brief and &C., curate in his replies, as time was Him. ited.
 "Now. sir. what do you do?" he com menced
 ''Aw am not vera we'll"
 ''No, say. what do you do?'
 "Oh, yasl Aw verk.''
 "Yes, know, but what kind of work?''
 "Oh, eet es hard verk."
 "Yes, but do you shovel" (illustrat- ing with gesture) Cor drive a car or work at machine, or do''-
 "Oh, yasl Aw verk at a masheen.
 "Ahi What kind of machine?''
 "Oh, ct ees big masheen"
 By this time the students were grin ming broadly and whispering pleasan- tries, all of which caused the professor to redden and break into a volley at the poor Swede.
 "N look here, siri want no more of this. You answer the questions ask you or go home. What do you make on this machine?''
 A ray of intelligence lit up the face of the Swede and. with confident smile, he said: "Oh, now aw understan yo'i Yo' want to know vat aw mak' on the masheen, eesn't etf''
 "Yes. sir, that is it. What do you make?''
 "Aw mak' IF cents an hour" And he and the class were dismissed. liar per's Magazine
The Press., 1898-01-20
CUBE ROOT MADE EASY.
Hsw Any Bright Scholar May Learn ts
 Tell It Ofhand.


 To find the cube root of any given number of figures offhand seems an al- most impossible feat, but yet it is sim pie enough when enc knows how to do it-so simple, indeed, that any bright boy can learn to do it in few weeks.
 First he must know exactly what a cube is-nameIy, that it is the result of multiplying one number by itself and then multiplying the product by the original number. Thus, multiplied by equals 9, and multiplied by 8, the original mum Der. produces 27, which consequently is the cube of 8. The cube root of 27 is the original number, 8. and to find the cube root is the reverse of finding the cube. The would be adept at this art should first study carefully the following figures:
 o<4xs=es s<s<5=l2S sxsxs-2ls gIy A close study of these figures shows that multiplied in this manner by it. self results in s, that multiplied by itself has as final figure, that 3 null tiplied by itself has as final figure, that multiplied by itself has 3 as a l final figure, and that 4, 5, 6 and null tiplied by themselves have their origi- nal figures as finals Hence the "artist" | knows that any sum given to him the | final figure Of which is must have as cube root; that if the final figure be g, the cube root must be g, and SO on.
 For example, give him the figures "A, 0S8, and he can at once tell that 42 is the cube root, for the reason that "A has as cube root, as the cube of 4 is GA, while the cube of is 125, much more than "A, and O88 has as 8 cube root.
 Or give him a more difficult problem, as, for example, the figures 324, 369. Then he will see at glance that 324 is more than 216, which is the cube of 6, but is less than 943, the cube of q Therefore the cube root of these three figures is G. In like manner the final figure of 369 being g, it follows that the cube root of these three figures is g, and thus the cube root of the six figures has been shown to be 69.
 Any one can test this method fo, himself, and little practice is all that is needed to make one as delft in such jugglery of figures as the best flight. ming calculator. '
 Of course a skilled arithmeticiar could easily frame problems that could not be solved in this offhand fashion, but such difficult tests are seldom offered by public audiences. and, as rule, the artists are easily able to answer al the questions asked of them. New | York Herald
The Press., 1898-01-20
WHY WOMEN LOOK OLD.
SOule Women Look Fresh and
 Young at Fifty.
Others Appear Old and Dragged
 ~ Out at Twenty-Five.
Did C Ever Strike You That There Must
 Be Reason for This2

Howsold I look!' is what women say 10 their mirror.
 The passing years are not what make the average woman grow old in looks, but the condition of nerve weakness, poor blood and low vitality. Some women of fifty preserve the youthful appearance of twenty-five. The average woman of to- day, however, appears old at thirty, with dull, hollow-ringed eyes, thin, pinched, pale cheeks, sallow complexion, dark or Llood!ess lips, the face lined, and the eX- pression the opposite of vivacious.
 With good digestion, strong nerves and good blood any woman can keep herself young, fresh and youthful appearing, and she can attain this much desired condition by using that greatest nerve and blood in- vfgorator known to modern science, Dr. Greene's Nervura. It is positively aston ishing what this remarkable remedy will do for women. It is almost q Fountain of Youth, for 1t renews and maintains youth by creating perfect and complete health. Just sec what it's use did for Mrs. Ormiston Frain, of s Park Place, Passaici N. |. She says:
The Press., 1898-01-20
Matched.

"Here are few letters I wish you would mail for me, dear." said Mrs. Tenspot to her husband, who was pre- pairing to go out.
 AS MT. Tenspot took them he glanced at the stamps and asked:
 My dear, why did you put l. cent stamps on these letters? Two cent stamps would have carried them.
 II know it,, replied Mrs. Tenspot, "but how would red stamp look on envelopes of that lovely violet shade? This new stationery is of an exquisite color, and I could not think of spelling its effect with stamps which did not harmonize These purple 5 cent stamps are the nearest match the postoifice keeps '-Harper's Razar
The Press., 1898-01-20

The man was a wealthy and still young northern squire, selfish and self indulgent, childless, which was fortu- nate, for he was unfit to play father's 8 part, and suddenly widowed. It was to the funeral of the wife that my friend was professionally invited. It had not been happy marriage. The man was gloomy, not because of the bereavement, but because of the solemnity and seri- ousness it entailed.
 He would have gone away if he had dared and left her relatives to bury her. He did not like them and swore he would not be shut up ill carriage with any one of them-he would ride alone "No," said my friend, who had great influence over him Gas indeed he had over most people with whom he was brought into contact). You must not do that" There were good reasons why he should not have gone alone. ''If you will not go with your relatives, you must go with the clergyman. "The clergyman Well. if l must, must, but it will quite spoil my day. ''-James Payn i'll Ninetet nth Century.
The Press., 1898-01-20
Milton's Wives and Daughters.

Of Milton's three wives and his rela. tions with them enough has been writ ten. It was hard thing to be Milton 8 wife or Milton's daughter. He was stern, he was austere. he was self cen- tered; his impeccable strength was pur chased by a sublime and monotonous egoism, which is the name they give to selishness in poets. Very chill must have been the life of his girls in that Puritan house, reading to the inwrapped Puritan father from languages they did not understand and taking down from his lips poetry they understood still less. Milton found them undutiful. Poor lit tie "undutiful" daughters! Fathers had terrible conceptions of duty in those days. Did any one ever want to know Milton? Did any one ever not want to know Shakespeare? Doubtless there are readers of the Exeter Hall class who would have yearned for the godly com pany of the great Christian poet. |" But, on the whole, how thankful one should be that Shakespeare was not a Christian poeti"-Academy.
The Press., 1898-01-20
SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Many of the Books an Insult to the In-
 tellIgence of Young People.

Many of the Books Insult to the In- telligence of Young People.
 Edward W. Box has been making a careful and comprehensive examination of Sunday school libraries, and in The LadIts' Home Journal he confesses him. self disgusted with the literature thus placed in the hands of our boys and girls. A less complete investigation, MT. Box says, would not have made it possible for him to believe that the li- braries of our Sunday schools were stocked with such piles of rubbish "wishy washy literature, " as he terms it. He quotes the titles and gives the themes of number of books he obtained from Sunday school libraries, and these seem to completely warrant his conclu- sions. "Such books, " he contends, ''are an insult to the intelligence of the young people and have a pernicious in- fluence. Instead of being healthy books they are decidedly unhealthy in tone and teaching. Surely we are cultivating a dangerous taste for reading in the young when we feed them on such rub bish.
 MT. Box unhesitatingly lays part of the blame upon the publication boards and societies, which are influenced by a denominational spirit that narrows their choice of books. Then, again, it is shown that the most mediocre sort of talent" is employed to write these books, and that beggarly prices-less than $S0 per book-are paid. A share of responsibility, Mir Box asserts, rests upon the men who purchase Sunday school libarries, who, as is most ire quently the case, are not qualified for the task and whose object is to secure a library as cheap as possible. Mir. Box warmly urges that the selection of Sun day school books be left to women, who instinctively know and feel the kind of book which boy CT girl will read and enjoy" He insists that women should be given carte blanche to make the selections so far as the prescribed amount of money will go, "A hundred good books, Mr Box concludes, "are far better than 800 books of indifferent 1 interest, :" which are bought simply be- cause they are cheap. "A Sunday school library cannot be created ill a day, and no Encouragement should Ee felt if the financial means of the church are con- tracted and necessitate the purchase of only few books at a time.