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The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

Ioyable figures In American literature.
These early letters how his Independence,
his love of humanity, his courage In
maintaining his own consloUions, MS
ohivalrous and romantic spirit, his lltera'
tary skill and charm, his profound spir-
itual convictions, that would not be lin
tied by any sectarian bounds, and in ad'
dition they constitute the record OF one
of the most interesting periods OF an un-
usually interesting life. Mir. Curtis was
forming friendships with Rallh waldo
Emerson, George P. Bradford, John ..
Dwight. Charles A. Dana, @. +. Crancn'
Mar garet Fuller, Thomas Wentworth
Higginson, George Ripley, Henry Tho
reau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and many
others-frie ndships which were destined
to ripen and develop later on; and his
impressions and experience are duly re-
corded In this series of letters.
Mr. Cooke, who edits the letters, gives
in the first third of the book an interest
ing account OF the early life at Brook
Farm and Concord, with "reminiscences
OF the men Curtis met. George William
Curtis went to Brook Farm in 1s42, when
he was eighteen years old, and the two
years he spent there formed an important
episode in his life, for although he did
not surrender himself to the association
ist idea, but remains rather an indiv1du-
alist, yet he loved the men and women
who were at the head of the community,
and it is safe to say that without BROOK
Farm and Transcendentalism his life
would have been less worthy of our ad-
miration The winter of 1S43 "A he spent
at his fathers house in New York. and
in the spring of 1874 went to live in Con-
cord for purposes of study and recreation.
Then come the early letters to John S.
Dwight, forty-one in all, dated ls4B to
1s47 inclusive, and in conclusion twenty
one letters of later date written at various
times from 1850 to 1856.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06
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ends, What will come of it depends upon
how sincere are the nations that take
part In it. If they have accepted the in
yitation merely out of courtesy to the
Gear. the chances are that the conference
will meet and adjourn without any
material progress toward an agreement
that will ensure a lasting peace to the
world. But if they are all as really
anxious to accomplish that end as the
Gear appears to be there ought to be NO
great difficulty in arriving at some under
standing.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

1t is alleged by SO good an authority as
the Philadelphia Press that as soon as
Col Roosevelt ceases to be connected with
the army, which will be before long. he
will take occasion to pay his respects to
the war department and its secretary.
The colonel is pretty hard hitter, and
we have no doubt he will even up matters
with the secretary for the publication OF
his private despatch toxthe war depart.
manf.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| The Moral Imbeciles. By Sarah P.
Basins, Stuart and Bamboo, etc. New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland:
| Loring, Short g. Hamon.) The Moral
Imbeciles is a psychological romance,
| which shows a wonderful insight into
human nature. The heroine, Martha
Scheder, poor girl from Vermont, who.
by working as nurse in country in
sane aylum, has saved enough money to
prepare for the study of medicine, forms
friendship, rather against her will, with
the rich and light-headed moral imbecile,
Katharine Eleanor Arundel. the daGght-
er of New York family of prominence
Through the friendship Martha meets
first Forester Arundel, Eleanor's BROTH
er, another moral imbeciie, who was sent
away from his home 'to be redeemed, +"
and later she visits the rich girls home,
where she meets the rest Of the moral i'm
beetles. She soon becomes the controlling
spirit of their household-so depended
upon by all, that when her step-mother is
taken i'll and send for her, she is forced
to sends in her stead Miss Arundell's
French maid, who is an adept in curing
rheumatism. With the maid goes cook
and Eleanor, who decides she wants to
meet Martha's brother Daniel, a matter
of.faot young farmer, who is wrapped up
in his mechanical inventions. In the
mean time Forester falls in love with
Martha and at her instance stops gamb-
ling and seeks employment. He becomes
street-car conductor, and is injured II
saving the life Of a poor child. Martha
goes to nurse him, and finds that she
reciprocates his love.
In Vermont Eleanor 10 lost in snow
storm. and is rescued by Daniel who, Ia
ter, proposes and Is accepted by Eleanor
because, of course, I should marry some
time, and you are not at all disagree
able. Daniels invention proves to be a
success, and he is given an interest in o
New York house. They all return tc
New York, and Martha and Forester are
married at the bedside of dying Forester
Arundel, senior, Eleanor and Daniel,
later.
Early Letters OF George William Curtis
to John S. Dwight Brook Farm and
Concord. Edited by George Willis Cooke.
| New York: Harper s. Brothers; Port.
lad: Loring, Short g. Harmony George
William Curtis remains. and must al.
why's remein, one of -bhe most worthy and
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

1t seems to be practically certain that
Dreyfus will get new trial. but wheth'
er it will be conducted more fairly than
the first one remains to be seen. The
authorities have acted all along as if they
thought an admission of the possibility
of Dreyfus being innocent would place
an indelible stain upon the army, and
with that feeling they are not likely to
give cordial welcome to any proof that
will establish his innocence.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

Col. Henry Watterson nominated Col.
John p Albgeld for governor of Hawaii
and Joe Blackburn for governor of Cuba.
Now if the Colonel will nominate Mr..
Bryan for governor of the Philippines and
George Fred Williams for Governor of
Porto Rico, he will have devised an
effective scheme for Kidding the Demo-
cratic party Of its most conspicuous
GatapS.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

The Spanish authorities at Havana de-
manded $50, 600 in duties as the price OF
the admission Of Clara Barton's shipload
of provisions for the starving people OF
the city. That sort of treatment Is likely
TO ensure for Blaneo very cordial good
riddanoe when he departs.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

The Wisconsin Democrats have refused
to fuse with the Populists. Every propo-
sition looking in that direction was
voted down at their recent state conven-
ton. But as they accepted practically all
the Populist doctrines it Is a little difficult
to see why they objected to associating
with the proprietors of them.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener has prob
sbily permanently broken the power OF
the Mahdi in Central Africa. The fall
of Chairman must be followed speedily
by the fall of Khartoum and the estab.
nshment of Anglo Egyptian authority in
that region. This will be distinct
gain for the people there, as we'll as
for the Egyptians.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

Gen. Miles has left $1,000 soldiers in
Porto Rico to do garrison duty. and it
will probably be necessary to keep pretty
near that number there permanently to
preserve order.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

The naval veterans at Cincinnati threat
en- to withdraw from the events In con-
neotion with the g. A. r. encarnpment
lat they aon&t haye dlarsess sia A boat.
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06

1t is said the Cars peace conference
will meet a month after the conference of
the Amegiean4and Spanish commissioners
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06
MAINE MUSIC FESTIVAL,

The Peace Jubilee In Maine.
Bangor. Oct els; rOrt nasano Oct io-l1-ia.
E,va GRAND concerts In each city with great
solnists grand orchestra and chorus of 1900
voices in each city.
List closes September 18th.
Homer N. Chase, Auburn. Me-. Business Man
anor sepid!w
The Portland daily press., 1898-09-06
new ENGlAND'S
GREATEST
a iR J!
The 37th Annual Fair and Cattle Show Of
The NAL e State Agricultural Society
WILL Be HELD at LEWISTON, ME.
Sept. S, 6, 2, s, 1898.

The Exhibition of Noted Horse Stock will be
the finest ever seen In the East. 1t VIII include
the French Coach Stations and their get from
the .Elmwood", the famous STOCK farm owned
by j. $. sanborn OF Boston e me royalty PRED
ts,,npyside Farm" at Waterville. and the wide
ly known exhibition from Is. +. s. +. y. Briggs
asMaple Grove Farm, the home OF Messenger
Wilkes, the sire OF speed ana OF superb gentle
mems driving horses
The special program will include Freman's
Muster; Great Special Horse Parade; Conlin-
nous Performance in the open airsbefore the
grand stand; Great facing events, the latter
being well filled, and with very fast horses.
They are as following:
Monday, Sept. 8.
Trotting Foals OF 1894 and under, $500
2.29 class. pacing, zoo
Tuesday, Sept. G.
% stake, pace. 500
Facing foal f Of 1894 and under, 400
$50 class, stake, pacing, 40
2.3o stake. trotting, aoo
Wednesday. Sept. 7.
Trotting foals 1895 and under 500
2.29 class, trot, 4oo
2.45 class, stake, trot, ~ ~
2.20 class, trot 'oo
Thursday, Sept. 8.
minute class, trot 10y o,
225 stake pace, 10
215 class, trot, S ~
2.25 class. stake trot ~"
Friday, Sept. 9.
2.1e class. pace, .,,, S7V
but not winning money IN classes
slower than 240
Excursion rates on all railroads. For All par
i'u'aFs RE ESoSsaaaGsH p eIAh iG sss lewiston
seu2dfW
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FOR COUNTY TREASURER.
James NJ. Thompson, New Gloucester.

FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
Charles C. Wiggin, Freeport.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
A PECULIAR REMEDY,
Something About the New Discovery
for Curing Dyspepsia.

The Rev. +. I. Bell. a highly esteemed
minister residing In Weedsport' Cayuga
CO.. y. Y, in a recent letter writes as
follow g. There has never been anything
that ! have taken that has relieved the
Dyspepsia from which ! have suffered
for ten years except the now remedy
called Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets. Since
taking them / have had no distress at
all after eating and again after long
years can sleep well. Rev. J.. /. Bell
WeedspOrt, y. Y. formerly llalia, colo
Suarts Dyspepsia Tablets Is re-
markable remedy not only because n IS
"A certain cure for all forms OF lndiges-
ton but because it seems TO act as thor
oughly in old chronic cases OF dyspepsia
as well as I'm mild attacks of indiges-
ton Of biiiousnCss. 4 person has dys-
pepsia simply because the stomach IS
overworked. all IL wants j. harmless
vegetable remedy 10 digest the food and
thus give IT the much needed rest.
This IS the secret Of the success Of this
peculiar remedy. No matter how weak
or how much disordered the digestion
may be. Suarts Dyspepsia Tablets will
digest the food whether the stomach
works or not. New life and energy IS
given not only to the stomach but 10
every organ and nerve in the body. \
trial OF this splendid medicine VIII con-
vince the most skepical that Dyspepsia
and stomach troubles can be cured The
tablets are prepared by the +. A. Stuart
Co. Of Marshall Mich. but 50 popular
has the remedy become that Stuarts
Dysncpsia Tablets can now be obtained
al any drug store at 20 cents per pack
age. Send for book on stomach diseases
free.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
AIMING AGAINST
YELLOW FEVER.
The Government Preparing to Keep
Out the Cuban Scourge.
FLOATING DISlNFECTING PLANT.
One VIII be in Operation at Each Gu
ban Port and No Vessel Allowed To
Leave Till All Chances of Car
ryins the Germ are Removed.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE yellow
fever problem has been receiving earnest
attention of late from the authorities
here particularly from the Marine Hos
pital service and the War Department.
owing to the important new relations
established with cuba and other fever
localities to the South Of Us. and also
because of the re-occurrence Of the dis
Ease within this country during the last
summer.
The purpose Is 20 prepare during the
coming winter months for such an eff
cieut Gordon OK protection around the
country that the chances OF re-intrOduc-
ton OF the disease Will be reduced to a
minimum, while al the same time the
points OF infection In cuba and elsewhere
Will be 50 improved by sanitation and
guarded by quarantine that the main
sources Of danger will be removed.
FLOATING DISTINCTION.
Already the Marine Hospital service has
begun its work OF establishing u Gordon
Of quarantine around Cuba. \ large
floating dsnfecting plant Is in operation
In Havana harDor. and a similar floating
disiufecting plant IS al Santiago, although
not yet I'm operation. These are 70 take
charge Of the shipping coming 10 Ameri-
can ports and put It through such thor
Ough disinfectiOn that all fever germs
will be removed. Similar floating plants
will be established at all other large COM
morclal points and such rigid rules put
Tn force that the shipping will be free
from danger before IL is out Of Cuban
waters, although the most rigid quaran-
tine at American ports will be continued.
INADEQUATE LAWS
Surgeon General Wyman is going ahead
with this floating disinfection. although
the present laws are not all that is de-
sired 10 give officials the right to establish
quarantine outside Of the country. Owing
10 this weakness OF the law strong efforts
will be made 70 have Congress pass what
IS known as the Caffrey bin. granting ad-
ditional quarantine powers
Beside the quarantine, 10 provide
against the escape OF diseases from the
island the authorities are now consider
ing plans for the internal sanitation OF the
island on an extensive scale.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
AFFAIRS IN ETTRICKS.
North Carolina Operatives To Return
To tho Pine Tree state,

ETTRICKs. VA. Nov. l7.-specisl-A
number Of North Carolina cotton mill
hands who were induced to como hero
from Wilson and other towns 10 work In
the cotton mill here. have after a short
stay. returned 20 North Carolina. Prob
ably others will follow suit as soon az
things are perfectly quiet in North Caro-
lima. They say that while We can boast
OF short hours We can also boast Of
short pay bad water and many other
drawbacks which make Virginia more
undesirable than North Carolina.
The Swift Creek cotton mill which was
expected 10 draw a number Of families
from here. has not yet begun operations.
4 day or so ago. two little boys. Har-
vev Andrews and Gibson Vaughn. were
playing leap frog. while the Andrews boy
carclessly held an open knife in his hand.
In "leaping" over Vaughn. he accidental
~ cut his Jaw open.
Mr. Sam Butler while engaged as car
penter on large building IN Petersburg
a day or two since. had his right arm
crushed by the falling of a heavy timber
upon H.
Mrs. G.. Wells. an elderly lady fol- upon
the streets Saturday evening and broke
her right arm above the wrist.
Mr.. Early Turner. recently mustered
out of the army. and Miss Fannie Bad
ger. Of New Town. were married last
week.
Mr.. Archer Turner and Miss Laura
Westmoreland. both Of Ettrcks eloped
10 Weldon last Sunday and were married.
They attempted 10 marry some weeks ago
but were frustrat d by the 'old folks"
the objection being their tender ages.
The Times is the most popular. newsy.
and widelyread paper that comes 10 this
mart Of the country.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
ACC0MAC LAND GRADERS.
Injustice and Hardship by Reason of
the Delinquent Law.

CAPE CHARLES. VA. Nov. 17.-spe-
cial--About forty applications for delin-
quent tax land has been filed with the
clerk of the court I'm this county by the
syndicate of Land Grabbers" who have
been operating in other parts Of the
state frequent visits are made TO this
county by their representatives, and the
people are becoming aroused by the I'M
business and hardships Of the law As
an illustration your correspondent was
Informed to-day of two gentlemen. one OF
which has already paid 10 the treasurer
$50 and the other ti3 back taxes on their
farms which were delinquent several
years before the property came in their
possession and of which they had no
knowledge until they received the notice
from the clerk and there are many 9th
ors i'm the county IN the same unfortunate
position and the payment of so much
money which should have been paid by
the former owners of the property entails
considerable hardship on property hold
crs
The large flower and grass lawns sur
rounding the offices on the railroad prop
erty here are beautiful now with the
great beds of chrysanthemums in fun
bloom.
Mr.. r. III. Townsend. Jr., OF Washing
ton. d. c.. one OF the owners OF Hollyt
wood Farm ana party Of friends arrived
here to-day 10 spend several days shoot
ing The bird season opens to-day and It
is reported they are quite plentiful n this
county.
Mr.. $. p. Travis. the owner Of the
Chesapeake Hotel property in this town.
is adding the third story 10 the main
building and re-arranging the interior OF
the entire building and otherwise improv-
ing the property which VIII make a very
comfortable and commodious hotel when
completed.
Captain Charles s. Morgan and vito,
who we're quite badly injured some time
ago by being thrown from carriage are
rapidly recovering They were driving
a four-in-hand team. when the horses be-
came Interchangeable by being frightened
at passing train and began 10 run when
n sudden turn was made around a bend
I'm the county road and the occupants
were thrown heavily 30 the ground sus-
tanning several very severe and painful
bruises Captain Morgan Is one Of the
foremost and most wealthy citizens Of
Northampton county.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
HIS BRAIN AFFECTED.
MIR. \. w. Ward to he Operated on To
Relieve Trouble from an old Wound

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, November
-Speclal-Mr. \. W. Ward. of the
Chesapeake ami Ohio railway. was taken
10 Johns Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore,
yesterday 10 have an operation per
formed on his brain.
About seventeen years ago he was
struck by an overhead bridge on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road. from the ef-
fects OF which he has never recovered.
On Friday last he was taken with con-
vulsions. due 10 this old wound.
At a meeting OF the Executive Com
mitteo appointed by tho Young Peoples
Union Of the Charlottesville Baptist
church. the heads Of the various COM
mittees were appointed 10 arrange for
the meeting or the State Baptist Young
Peoples Union Convention which IS 10
be held in this city on the 2lst and 22d
OF February next Heads Of committees
are: Finance. Thomas 1. Williams: Re
cention. j. Preston Carter; Entertain
ment. Colonel c. G. Wertenhaker; Print
ing. W b. Carter Press. Professor w
J. Perkins: Transportation. Warren T.
Cloude. Decoration. r. W. Covington
Music. Miss Eva Cleveland.
Already great interest is being mani
tested I'm the coming convention. The
entire state will be largely represented.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
RICHMOND, FREDERICKSBURG 81
POTOMAC RAILROAD-CHAN GE
OF SCHEDULE NOVEMBER 20,

Sunday, November goth. at noon, tho
winter schedule Of the Richmond, Fred
ericksburg and Potomac railroad will
become effective. with the exception OF
the famous New York and Florida sDe-
cial." which vii be put In service Jan
uary IS, 1899. The arrangement Of trains
will be as follows-northbound:
Leave Richmond at 1913 a. NJ daily
instead OF 40 A. NJ. $50 a. ~, Sunday
only, as now. S:4j A. VI. daily, except
Sunday. as now. u NOON daily except
Sunday. as now; arrangement OF coaches
and Pullman cars same as now; $40 Il.
NJ. daily. instead Of 7l2 p. NJ. Pullman
sleeping cars from Richmond to New
York and from Washington TO Philadel-
phia.
southbound: Arrive az $40 A. VI daily.
as now Pullman sleeping car from New
York 10 Richmond: $3.50 p. NJ daily eN-
cept Sunday. instead OF 2A5 =. Mo
change In arrangement of coaches and
Pullman parlor car; 7:lO p NJ. daily. as
now: arrangement Of cars as now; $40
Z NJ. daily instead Of 1895 p. NJ. ar
rangement Of coaches and Pullman cars
same.
There will he no changes in time Of
arrival and departure Of Ashland and
Fredericksburg accommodation trains.
The train arriving Richmond al $50 p.
VI daily except Sunday instead Of 2ij
=. NJ. makes additional ana later con-
nections from Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington.
The train arriving Richmand AZ 7io r.
NJ. daily also makes better and later
connections N Washington from New
York. Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The train arriving Richmond a. $40
p. NJ Gnstea1 OF s.36 p M makes
a.,,rftfro from, U~aehfupfon LAWNS
there at r p NJ instead Of $40 p NJ
Under this schedule convenient con-
nections can be made 10 and from Pitts
burg. Buffalo Boston and other north
ern and eastern cities. See full schedule
In another column.
w p. TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-18
GLOUCESTER'S GOOD VOTE.
The People Aroused to the Necessity of
Railroad.

GLOUCESTER COURTHOUSE. VA,
November -special.-There is almost
universal rejoicing over the favorable
vote for subscription for the proposed
Richmond Tidewater railroad. The Glou-
cester people owe this result 10 the splen-
diI energy and f0rcibe speeches OF Mr.
G. l.. Catlett and Judge T. l.. Taylor
who In season and out Of season, urged
the people to come to the polls
Cunning is now the order OF the day
and a number Of gentlemen from dis
lance have been enjoying the sport
Messrs William Kemp. william Brimm
and Richard Corbn Byrd all OF Nor
folk. were the guests Of Captain Richard
Byrd.
Colonel william T. Robins and Mr..
Lightfoot Brooks, Of Richmond. were
the guests Of Hon. j. y. Tahb.
Messrs. Sussex D. Davies and B.
holland. OF Baltimore. and Arthur Ira
vers. OF New York. were AZ Sherwood,
tie guests Of Mrs. r. G, Selden.
Messrs. Russell Jones and II. Beau
camp, OF Baltimore. were at Mr.. William
Cars.
Captain and Mrs. John Perrin, Of Bal
timore. are staying AT Goshen, the guests
Of Major and Mrs Perrin.
Mrs Marietta Smith, Of Baltimore. II
az Riverside. the guest OF Mrs. BALDWIN.
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Donovan. OF Ma
thews. were in Gloucester on Thursday.
Mrs Isaac Vanderpool Of Albany ana
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Yanderpool, or New
York are at White Marsh. the guests
OF Hon and Mrs J. n. Tabb.
Miss Kate Whittle. OF Richmond. spent
several days at the Rectory
Mrs @. r. Gary. Miss II. Thurston
and Mrs. William F. Jones returned TO
Gloucester on Saturday. having spent
part OF the week in Richmond.
Miss Lou Seawell left on wednesday
for Ashland which place she Will make
her home FOR the present Gloucester
people think Ashland Is 20 be congratu-
lated upon this addition 10 its social cir
Gle.
Misses Nena Tallaferro and Evelyn
DabneY left for Norfolk on Saturday.