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Catarrh Cannot He Cured

with Local Applications, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a to cure 1t you must take internal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur. faces. Halls Catarrh Cure IS not quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and is 9 regular prescription. It is com; with the best blood purifiers, acting direct ly on the mucous surfaces The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free.
 F. !. CHENEY X CO, Props, Toledo, O.
 Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
 Halls Family Pills are the best.
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lie then proceeds to squeeze the bears;" they are forced to settle at the price he dictates. The danger to the bull" lies in his underestimatinv the wheat supply and the amount of cash necessary to pay for the margins on the immense amount of wheat con tracts. If he refuses to accept con tracts that the bears offer the mar ket ''breaks," and he makes an as signment; and another victim falls into the wheat pit.
 It sometimes happens that when 'sbears" are .'eorreredn they do not settle by paying the difference between the market price and the selling price named in their contracts, but they actually deliver the wheat. In this case the ''bull' speculator finds that he owns storehouses full of wheat that must be disposed of before his '.deal' will show any cash returns. If the rise in the market price was due chiefly to manipulation, and not to short wheat supply, this wheat, which costs a large sum for one days storage, may break the market when he tries to dispose of it; and all the profits may vanish like handful of liquid air The 'sbears" who were not put hors de combat by the corner will then recuperate. This happened to Hutchinson the celebrated "Old Hutch who succeeded in corner ing wheat, but parted with most of his profits in marketing his holdings.
 There must be a short crop if wheat is to be successfully cornered. The world is secured by wheat spectators for information concerning the proba- ble size of future crops. The number of considerations affecting a monthly crop of 16oo0o,oo0 of bushels is infinite and here the superiority of brain over brain is man. ested.
 It has been said that MT. Letter was led into purchasing wheat through the reliable information that he received concerning the condition of the 1897 wheat crop in Europe and India The shortage abroad was so great that it offset the effects of large crop in the United States. But the precedence of a prophet will not avail a speculator in his efforts to corner the market, un-
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U'uer Tor large stakes. Comparatively "'ue wheat actually changes hands; una 1t is possible to buy and sell thou sanos Of bushels without actually own ing grain. Contracts, not wheat, are aealt In, A speculator who thinks that 'ne price of wheat will advance agrees puy, say 1000 bushels of wheat at a Soidf bushel on or before q certain aa'e. lie exchanges contracts with a Oeaf' who expects a fall in prices and asfeeS on his part to sell the wheat at sne appointed time. Each man puts up
 margin of from three to fen cents d susnei' If speculator agrees to sell ~ @neat at one dollar, and it advances to V''V~' he will evidently lose two cents . oushel when he carries out his con 'aee. This margin" is merely guar snsee that the spectators will meet s.neir losses. When the loss is equal to sue margin, additional margin has to be put up. No money is used in these a'ansaetions except the cash for the fgln. Of course, a speculator who 4as glvena contract to buy may hedge" oF similar contract from some one FiSe. When the day for delivering the wheat comes, the man who has lost tiles by paying the difference pe-
 en the market price and the price
 d in his contract.
 weorner'' is formed when specu-
 puys contracts for more wheat
 S shorts are able to deliver 70
 s<.the day of delisSry comes
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A SCHOOL GIRLS BATTLE.
From the Msil. Milford. Ind.

Miss Emma Rybolt, prepossessing school girl of Milford, Ind, is of more than usual intelligence. and IS ambitious to rise in the literary world.
 .'In the fall of 1s96," said Mrs. Rybolt, Emma was taken i'll. She was close stu. dent and her work began to tell on her She grew weak, pale and nervous, and com plained of pains in her back, chest and limbs A few weeks passed and she grew worse The doctor said she was a victim of ner. vous prostration, and should have been taken from school weeks earlier. She gradu. ally grew worse, her nerves were so tense that the least noise irritated her and she had a fever and a continual twitching in her muscles. The symptoms were much like St. Nitus' dance
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} or Bels the effects; but when the price of ofhq heat changes permanently, it is due the causes beyond the control of any nhab Deculator, though corner may be clock redited with the result. But so inti-
 ateis the relation between the worlds
 arkets and such nice balance of
 nees is maintained that spectators
 bg selling or buying large quantities of lA XWheat cause fluctuations in the price; z End for a short time may control the M Mwheat supply of q nation. The move ga Znent of a finger of a cable operator in # cheago produces a flash in London; B he tinkle of a great wheat oper- @A Xsor's bell summoning the office boy %ll shocks the delicate equilibrium of busi- S# ness forces, and the Italian peasant \ across the ocean goes to bed supperless, because wheat has reached a prohibit M i've figure and the bakers have closed N their shops. It tielles the imagination N 10 fancy a speculator in Chicago dou-
 bing the price of every loaf of bread
 in the world with Croesus-like results.
 But man aseends a dangerous path Xiodizzy heights when he tries to control
 wheat. misstep means ruin.
 The transactions in wheat, as we'll as
 in other products dealt in atthe great I'd exchanges of the world, consist. chiefly | of buying and selling for future deliv- 6 cry. May wheat" is to be delievered
 the 31st of the coming May; July wheat on July 3l, and so on. Before the time Tor delivery comes a hundred things
 may have happened to affect its value.
 A COW may kick over lamp, or
 Spaniard touch button and blow up a
 Warship; there may be famine in
 Russia, plague in India, session of
 congress, or flood on the Mississippi.
 Wheat is bought by the professional
 aeaiers, not to use, but to gamble with.
 ln many respects the exchanges are
 great clubs where people play with each
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nllls of Fare in Fashionable Ressau-

The question has been mooted over and over again whether the engrafting of French and German dishes upon the bill of fare ot the better class of American restaurants IS or Is not an improvement Many pretend that before their introduction our cooking was coarse, barbaric This is an open ques- tion, but no bill of fare presents attractions to the dyspeptic, but they, like the bilious,
 malarions and persons with weak kidneys, can be cured by Hostetters Stomaeh Bitters.
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.aMasNgN sAgs sas Ss Ngj js Ns Ssag3sM E

4 . ooo.0oo,oo0 bushels of
 r n,s laas out of the earth every
 GSa co"s government estimate of the lpi ln ? inc United States was 69o' |crop .p als These bushels of wheat
 gp .a cents to two dollars each are |0' alss of the great wheat gamblers. Fo,p, wheat is only a game be- Per'us s.oulators. The public is not F fa no man can permanently psu' tbe price of universal prod ssss as, is harvested in every month 'us. soar and in every country. As E ,9s is played with one of the ss,+iss ss of fife. the public sometimes
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shake Into Your shoes

It cures painful, swollen, nervous, smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Aliens Foot Ease makes tight or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure for sweating, eallous and hot tired ach- ing feet 1f-p it to-ddy. Soldby all druggists and shoe stores, a5c Trial pacfnage FREE.
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A Better Demonstration.-"N Newton dis covered the law of gravitation by noticing an apple fall from tree, didn't he?" Yes If he hadn't been so previous somebody might have discovered it by seeing begin her fall from his bicycle. .o-Chieago News.
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How wlTheYS Shon.

Harry" said Mrs Tredway to her hus, band at the breakfast table, T am quite out of money, and 1 want to spend the day shop ping. Let me have 50 cents."
 What do you want 60 cents for2o
 NTen cents for car fare and 50 cents for luncheon '-Harper's Bazar.
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His Claim to Distinction.-"T There goes the Whats remarkable about him?" He's the only successful merchant we have who doesn't claim to be a self-made man. He says he got rich through the faithfulness oi the men that work for him. Chicago Trib- une.
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Had outgrovvn the Habit.

She-Do you believe microbes are got from kissing?
 He-I really have no way of knowing; you know, I'm married.-Yonkers Statesman.
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In Love and War.-she-"C Congress was dreadfully slow about this Cuban war, don t you think? But that's the way with most folks" He-"How sop She-"It takes them for ever to come to declaration "-- Chicago Tribune.
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Their Permanent Abode-"Where are those political rogues we hear so much about, papa?o They are always in the opposing party, my son.'-Detroit Free Press.
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The Correct Thing to Do-Keedick- "Young Browne added 'e' to his name after he inherited his uncle's big fortune" Eos diclz-"That's quite right. Rich people are entitled to more ease than poor people, Harlem Life.
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His Idea.-T wonder why" said Mrs. Du. kane, Admiral Dewey is to give Manila just 38 minutes to surrender That is such an odd number" .He probably marked the attractiye," replied MT. Dukane.-Pitts burgh Chronicle Telegraph.
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Fits stopped free and permanently cured. No fits after first day use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Free S2 trial bottle & treatise. Dr. Kline, 933 Arch st, Phila, Pa
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For Whooping Cough, Pso's Cure successful remedy.-M. P. Dieter, 67 Tn Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y., Nov. l4, '04.
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Dr. Mofett's TEETHINA (Tcethfng Polu. ders) cures Cholera Infantum, Darrhoea Dysentery, Cholera Morbus, Colic, Thrush, Hives, Eruptions and sores upon the skin; Removes and Prevents the formation oi Worms in Children; Allays Irritation and makes Teething Easy and not period oi suffering and dread
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A Better Offer.-@I see that a clergyman in Dawson City gar-n up salary of $l000O a year. How do you account for thav?" His parishioners agreed to board him. Detroit Free Press.
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The. surest way for man to found an aris. tocratie family in America is to heavily in. sure his life, and then work himself to death.-Atchison Globe.
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"I was surprised to see that Zola's con viction was reversed" "That was not so strange. In nearly all French farces mat ters, are strengthened out in the last act. - Puck.
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Most men think they would have be well off if they hadn't been so liberal.-S Washington (Ia.) Democrat.
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Puglists and babies are put to sleen different manncr.Eh Chicago Daily Ne
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A loafer doesn't seem to care for anybody except those who are busy. Washington Qa.l Democrat.
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A little tombstone may cast very long EhadoW-Ram's Horn
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decided to try them.
 Emma had no faith in proprietary medi- cines, but tried the pills, and after talk ing dozen doses, she began to improve. It and by the middle of May, after taking about eight boxes, she was entirely cured.
 "While i'll, she lost twenty-eight pounds, but now weighs more than ever before. Her nerves are strong and she is in perfect health. We are all confident that Dr. Williams cheerfully recommend them in all similar cases. MRS. D. A. RYB0lT."
 Subscribed and sworn to before me, this third day of September, lS97
 CALEB BAKER, Notary Public.
 Or. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People watery condition of the blood, will build up a rundown system and are a specific for paralysis, loeomotor ataxia and other dis eases long regarded as incurabe
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Exnerfs.

Lamb--I suppose you enjoy gams of poker with an expert player!
 Wolff, enjoy. playing with man who script.
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To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinne Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c.
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"Ayear passed, and, Il n q e r a h a II e of physieia n s Emma b e : came some what better but soon was as b a q a 8 ever. o II e day read of a case sirni- llar to hers which " a s cured byDr.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13

Hersey heirs, Mr. Samuel Jersey
Auburn had to be communicated with.
1t is thought that the building was well
protected by insurance.
Mr.. Parks residing in the house near
the stable had a small policy with H. A.
Harmon. His loss was small, damage
being confined to smoke and water
Mr.. Trask was not at home yesterday,
but it is understood that the loss on his
artesian well property was quite large as
he only had small insurance.
The funeral services of the late Mrs.
Ada Morrill, will be held this afternoon
at $50 from tire residence on Pleasant
street.
The ladies' circle of the Woodfords
Congregational church held tho last
supper and social OF tho season last eve
ming at their church vestry. The church
was handsomely decorated with flags
and patriotic entertainment was en-
joved. Ice cream and cake was served
during the evening.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Deeriug city government will be held
this evening at $50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
DOWNING HUNG HIMSELF.
Spanish Spy Commits Suicide In
His Cell.

Washington, May la.-George Downing
alias Rawlins, the man arrested last Sun
day under suspicion of being spy in the
service of Spain, hanged himself In the
Washington barracks shortly after TO-
day. A towel and silk handkerchief
were used as the instruments Of death.
The guard who paced back and forth
through the corridor had seen Downing
a few minutes before sitting on his cot
reading a magazine When he returned
the alleged spy was found hanging from
bar across the top of his cell
Yesterday he gave evidence of breaking
down and after speaking of his coming
trial, the certainty of conviction, his
lack OF friends, he collapsed completely
and wept. The officer in command Of
the barracks talked with him and acced-
ed to his request that he be permitted to
write to his mother in England. The
letter he was promised should be senC II
it contained no improper informaClon.
After the talk with the officer ne became
calm and even cheerful. he dld hou act
in an unusual manner during the night
and this morning behaved as usual up to
the time of his death.
The corpse was removed TO the mofgue
at 3 o,clock and in the absence of rela-
ti1es in This country it is not yet known
what disnosition will be made of the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
HAWAIIAN RESOLUTION REPORTED
House Committee on Foreign Affairs In
Favor of Annexation.

Washington, May 12.-The House CON-
mittee on foreign affairs, by vote Of 1G
to today agreed on the Newlands resolu-
ton for the immediate annexation of the
Hawaiian islands. An. order was adopted
limiting the time within which the views
of both the majority and minority are
to be submitted to the House next, Tues.
day. Until then the question will not be
brought up in the House, though after
the expiration of that period it will be
pressed.
The committee was in session almost
two hours. There was a struggle with
the Democratic minority against act
ion.
Mr.. Williams of Mississippi offered a
substitute guaranteeing the indepen-
dence of the islands which was voted
down. After a continued discussion the
vote was taken as follows:
For annexation-Hitt of Illinois, Adams
of Pennsylvania, Heatwole of Minnesota,
Cousins of Iowa, William Alden Smith
of Michigan. Gillette of Massachusetts.
Quigg of New York, all Republicans;
Berry OF Kentucky, Democrat; and New
lands, Silver, of Nevada.
Against Observation-Disclosures of Ar
kansas, Clark of Missouri, Howard Of
Georgia, Williams Of Mississippi.
Mr.. Henry of Indiana, who was for an.
nexation, was absent.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13

the fire alarm system at that section of
the city. There are at the present time
only two small tappers, one at the hose
house and the other at the residence of
Assistant Engineer Leighton, both on
Main street. 1t is thought that the bell
owned by the city of Portland and
formerly on the town at the foot of
Pearl street conld be purchased st Il
small expense and the striker would
cost about $500.
The petitioners would like to have the
bell located on tower to be built on
Illsley ball, Main street. It is thought
that if placed there that the Methodist
church which holds services in this hall
would perhaps contribu 9 toward the
purchase of the bell for the privilege of
using it for church purposes.
A bell Of this sort would probably cost
about $500 and is greatly needed in that
community.
The street committee have been in
structed to sell the old stone crusher at
Brighton as the new portable crusher is
much more convenient and can work up
the necessary material for use on the
streets.
The Deering high school base ball
team will play return game this week
with Gorham high school at Gorham.
Chief Engineer MOODY has been IN
able as yet to get at the insurance on the
loss of the barn on He/sey street.
Wednesday night as the agent for the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
DEERING.

Shortly after Z o'clock Wednesday
evening we'll dressed gentleman, a
stranger, entered the grocery store OF C.
Fl. Thompson & Co., of Woodfords, just
as Mr.. Clarence Thompson, a clerk in
charge, was about to close upj for the
night. The stranger asked for can of
corn, selling for IS cents. In payment
he landed Mr.. Thompson a ten dollar
bill. Mr.. Thompson gave him for
change a five dollar bill, two two dollar
bills and 81 cents in change.
The stranger started to 60 out but
turned around and inquired how large a
bill he had rendered. He was informed
that it was a ten dollar bill. The
stranger then desired to have another
five dollar bill in exchange for the small
bills. and some change which he had in
his possession. Mr.. Thompson took a
five dollar bill from the drawer and laid
it on the counter while the stranger
counted out five dollars in small bills
and change. Before completing his
count he picks up the five dollar bill
which Mr.. Thompson laid down and
decides that he would rather have his
ten dollar bill back, at the same time
pushing the five dollars in small bills to-
ward MI Thompson. Mr.. Thompson
informed him that he guessed there
mnst be more due him before the
change would be correct Tho stranger
saw that Mr.. Thompson had discovered
his trick and at once laid down the five
dollar bill which Mr.. Thompson was to
give him in change, and taking his small
bills Immediately made for the door.
Mr.. Thompson says that the stranger
left taking the can Of corn and the cor
rect change.
The stranger is described as man of
forty years, well dressed and wearing a
sandy mustache, a pinkish colored neck
tie and a colored shirt. The stranger
when last seen was starting in tho direc-
ton of Portland.
Mr.. Charles Nutter of Woodfords was
the victim of a hold up early Tuesday
evening on Forest avenue while walking
home from Portland. When near tl.e
base ball grounds he was accosted bv a
man evidently tramp. The tramp de-
manded if he had any money. Mr.. Nut
ter replied that he had not. Having
thrown the man off his guard he renlied
yes, and at the same time accompanying
his reply with a blow, striking the man
in the face. He then made good his
escape without further molestation.
Petitions are in circulation at East
Dcering asking of tho city council to
provide a large bell to be connected with
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS
SAFE AND CERTAIN,

Over SO, 400 Boxes sold in Concord
in 1897.
Fer Saeepiessmess, Nervous
Headache, Neuralgia, Sciat-
Ic "a and ~ fine Stomach
sonic. Buy it and be cGna
WINGED.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
GRANITE STATE PROWDENT.
Petition for Distribution Filed With
Clerk Of Courts.

This petition for distribution has been
filed with the Clerk of Courts, and made
returnable at the June rules; the first
Tuesday:
Supreme Judicial Court in Equity
Cumberland ss.-Fremont e. Timber
lake, bank examiner, VS.. Granite State
Provident Association.
And now comes Fremont E. Timber
| lake, bank examiner, plaintiff aforesaid,
and alleges: That on the oath day of
April, 1886, Henry B. Cleaves, Of Port
| land, in the County Of Cumberland, was
appointed by said Court receiver of said
defendant to take possession of all the as
sets Of said defendant located and depos-
| tied within the State of Maine, except a
certain deposit in the State Treasury;
That said Henry B. Cleaves on the first
day OF May, 1896, accepted said trust and
| qualified and entered upon the discharge
| OF his duties as such receiver;
Upon Information and belief that said
defendant was, on said first day of May,
1886, and still is, owing and indebted to
| residents Of this State in large sums of
money, to wit: four hundred and fifty
thousand dollars;
Upon INFORMATION and belief that said
residents Of this State have provsd their
claims against said defendant before
Henry W.. Swasey of said Portland, the
master heretofore appointed to take proof
Of debts of residents Of this State against
said defendant;
Upon information and belief that the
said Henry B. Cleaves as receiver afores
said has reduced to, and still holds in
his possession, a large amount Of the said
assets Of said defendant. located and de.
posted within this State, to wit, the sum
of sixty tive Thousand dollars.
Wherefore your petitioner prays that
the said Henry B. .Cleaves, receiver as
aforesaid, be ordered and directed to make
such partial distribution OF tho said assets
of said defendant in his hands and pos
session to the residents Of this State, who
have proved their claims against said de-
PENDANT as may to the Court seem meet
FREMONT e. TIMBERLAKE,
Bank Examiner.
By Drummond & Drummond,
His Attorneys.
Drummond & Drummond,
Solicitors for Complainant.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
MISCELLANEOUS.
Eureka Headache Cure

took place Wednesday at the Maine GEN
eral hospital, where she had been for
treatment.
The adjusters Of the insurance com.
panies were yesterday examining 1.-THE
burned residence of Mr.. Moore and esti.
mating the loss to building and its con-
tents.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-05-13
SPY COMMITTED SUICIDE.

Washington, May 12.-George Down
ing the Spanish spy arrested here sew
eral days ago, committed suicide this
morning by hanging himself at tho b2-s
racks where he was confined.