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The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
WIT AND WISDOM.

The character that is positive has
no difficulty in speaking negative
Rams Horn.
Cultivate sunny disposition if you
would grow crop of pleasant
thoughts.--L. \. w. Bulletin.
When people curse doctors you may
bet that they have doctored to no
effect.-Washington Qa.) Democrat.
An Exact Fit.-Bigge-'sHallo.
Jigge! l hear you've taken a small
fiat in Harlem" Jigge-"3malll Great
Seottl We daren't scrub it, for fear
it might shrink. N. Y. Journal.
A witty doctor, who was one of
corps of physicians appointed to vac
cinate policemen, remarked: What
is the use of vaceinating these fellows?
They never catch anything!"-Tit-
Bits.
lnfidelity.-"I have never loved you
SO much as now!" he cried. "Oh,
Harry!" she exclaimed reproachfully.
And only last week you told me you
never could love me any more than
you did!"-Philadelphia Nerth Amer
lean.
Mixing Things Up. = Captain
"What's that rumpus down in the
company street," Lieutenant-"Noth-
ing serious. Some Georgia troops are
trying to sing Yankee Doodle, and
party of New York men are replying
with Dixie. Puck.
Willing to Compromise.-Quick Drop
Dan-"Sorry, ma'am, but the boys has
lynchedyer husband by mistake. How
ever, they re all willing ter do the fair
thing by you.' Widow--"Well, one of
them will have to marry me-" Quick
S'posin we lynches one nd calls ii
squar."-N. Y. journal.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
JUMpTN3 A CLAIM.
Or the Suitors and the Widow and
the Man Who Didn't
Get Left.


"While I was out west last winter"
remarked the man who travels around
IA good deal, and who always manages
to find the funny side of life, Il
chaneed to pass "A party who was en-
gagged in running prospect hole in a
hill near the road. Curious to know
what his prospects were, lrode over to
where he was. lie had taken out a con-
siderable quantity of white quartz,
but | could not discover any signs of
color.
"The party was an old man who
didn't seem to take kindly to my pres
ence. / asked him what his prospects
were but he made no reply. So after
looking around for a few minutes
rode on.
81 had not gone far when l was
hailed by party lying concealed in
the long grass.
Say, stranger he whispered, how
is the old man getting along"
Il don't know answered, I could
get nothing out of him.
"The party in the grass ehuclded.
"'He thinks you're after the widder,
too
What widow? I asked.
"'Why, the widder Spriggans. You
see that thar claim belongs ter the
widder. She lives down thar, an
everybody round yere is keepin' an
eye on thet thar claim. If hit pans out
they want ter marry her, but il hit
don't pan out they don't want ter
marry her, cause the wilder without
a gold mine amt a payin' investment.
Ole man Bungs, thet's him down yam
der worlSin' the claim, thought thet
he would play smart and git the in
side track by offerin' ter work the
claim fer nothin'. But I'm goin' ter
fule him. The minute he yells an
throws up his hat I'm goin' ter scoot
fer the widder's, an I've hit figgered
out thet kin git thar five minutes be-
fore he does. You'd better move on
now, stranger, the ole man may smell
rat an not throw up his hat when he
strikes hit rich
81 rode on, anil a sl>.ft distance fur
ther on I was hailed by another party.
Stranger said he, chow does the
land lay down thar?'
care you after the widow also?"
asked.
"'You bet he answered, slapping his
leg. I'm keepin' an eye on Jim Pig
gans, who's hidin' down thar in the
grass. Jes' the minute thet see him
cinch up his belt I'm goin ter make
tracks fer the widder's.'
81 rode on without meeting anyone
else until | reached the house where
the widow lived. Here discovered an
old man sitting upon a fence, and who
Immediately inquired how them thar
critters were gettin' on down below!
81 explained the situation 10 him, and
as he shifted his position on the fence,
he said:
"'Wul, hit won't do 'em any good.
I've jumped the claim. Me an the wild
der wuz married three hours ago. Hit
may pan out an hit may not. Hits
jes' a speculation. But hang hit all,
a man has got ter take some chances il
he gifts along in this world!'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
FORT MARION'S DUNGEONS.
The Old Structure in Florida Where
spanfards Used to Torture
Their victims.

The most interesting sight in st.
Augustine is Fort Marion, as the old
structure was rechristened after the
French purchase, in honor of our rev.
olutionary general, Marion, Its grim,
weather-beaten bastions and parapets
are all built of coquina-that strange,
calcaerous deposit of decayed sea
shells, making a kind of natural and
durable mortar that solidifies upon eX-
posure to the air. Even new struc-
ture of this material takes on instant
ly a gray and venerable appearance.
One might wander for hours or sit for
days near one of the sentry boxes or
in the antique watch tower of this for
tifcation and dream of the successive
scenes of conquest, of Spanish cruelty,
of French revenge, of British conquest,
of Spanish reoccupation and of final
acquisition by the United States.
Sergt. Brown, of the regular army,
is in charge of this historic pile, He
will show you through the old case
mates, each of them curious enough,
and will reach his elimination of hor-
TOR in the dungeons beneath the north
west bastion. Here, opening by a
narrow passage from the central place
of arms, is the place of punishment for
prisoners. The walls still show the re-
cesses into which were let six crosses
Before one of the crosses the hapless
prisoner was hung in chains, so ar
runnp1 that ba anDI1 nait bpr- cit
stand, while every moment was an ag-
ony, and while the cross, emblem Of
peace and love, hung over him until he
was ready to confess or die. It must
have been a sacrilegious traycsty- of
the crucifixion.
Until the year 1885 this large prison
chamber of comparatively public i'm
prisonment and torture was supposed
to be the most thrilling relic of Span
ish medieval barbarity. But in that
year the moving of heavy cannon on
the outside parapet above broke
through a roof. and then were revealed
two inner chambers. Investigation
showed that these two inner dungeons
were connected with the larger prison
chamber by low. narrow tunnel. run
ming through walls four feet thick.
This tunnel. before the transfer of the
old fort, had been blocked with ma
sonry-perhaps to conceal from the
new owners the testimony of afro
cious cruelty; or perhaps the tunnel
was blocked at a far earlier period
= The first of these dungeons, which
you examine by lantern light, is about
7x20 feet and Is feet high. Its length
fitted it for the use of the rack and its
yeclusion prevented the groans and
shrieks of the tortured from being
beard, except, perhaps, as they might
taintly reach through the tunnel the
chained prisoners in the outer cham
Der, to strike further terror to their
fainting souls.
1t is with a shuddering realization of
the possibilities of Spanish ferocity
when in unbridled power that one
energies from these dark, stone-walled
dungeons and greets the outer sun
shine with a gasp of relief.-N. Y. Mail
ard Express.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Burton Harrison 5 new novel is
entitled Two Men and a Girl" and
deals with English society life.
A new daily newspaper in Arabic is
one of the evidences of the cosmopoli.
tan character of the city of New York,
Associate Justice White is said to be
the only member of the United States
He goes out for spin every afternoon
after the adjournment of court.
Richard lie Gallienne, the creator OF
the Golden Girl" and the much-dis.
cussed interpreter of Omar Kayyam,"
has accepted the chair of English lit
erature III the Cosmopolitan uniyer-
sity.
Joseph W. Warburton, British con-
sui general for California and the
western states and territories, mas re-
signed his position after serving un-
der the British government Al years.
Mr.. Warburton is a native of Dublin
and had been stationed at San Fran
cisco since 1895.
THE Play of Animals" by Karl
Gross, professor of philosophy in the
University of Basel, translated by
Elizabeth J.. Baldwin, has been pub
lished. 1t is a work which should APP
peal to the pedagogue as well as the
naturalist, the sociologist may also
find in it much to set him thinking.
Gen. King, better known to readers
generally us Capt King, the writer of
the popular stories of army life, has
been an interesting figure of the Span
ish war in his appointment to the
higher rank of brigadier general in the
volunteer army, for which he left
professorship in Wisconsin university.
Like Cato, who in his sOth year be-
gan to learn Greek, Lord Dufferin, who
has passed the limits of threescore
years and ten, thinks it is really time
he knew something about Persian. He
has accordingly set himself the task
of adding that poetic and figuratiye
language to his already large store of
linguistic accomplishments.
One Of the last works on which the
late Mr.. Burne-Jones was engaged
was the designing of a memorial win
dow in Hawarden church to Mr.. Glad
stone. This, 1t had been hoped, would
have been erected in the lifetime of the
Grand Old Man, and as the gift of his
sons and daughters, he himself was
keenly interested in the proposals.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
Two Kinds of Luck.

The man who owns the farm next
to mine is the luckiest fellow l ever
saw"
What are you talking about ?
There's no such thing as luck"
There isn't, hey? Then will you
kindly tell me how it happened that
he bored for water and struck oil.
while / bored for oil and struck wa
terT-Detroit Free Press.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
Surprised.

Sweet Sixteen-Any fresh war news,
papa, dear?
Pater-Ies. Two men killed on one
of our battleships. Shot while at the
wheel
Gracious, l didn't know that bi-
cycles were allowed on battleships.-
Pittsburgh Bulletin.
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
An Able FInnncIer.

do you think Skinner can make q
living out there?"
make a living! Why, he'd make a
living on a rock in the middle of the
ocean if there was another man on the
rock. .r=Tit-Bits
The Van Buren press., 1898-09-03
Mistaken Identity.

"Can YOU oblige me with some bate"
"Could you lend me few hooks?"
These questions were addressed to a
western angler who was fishing at the
pier. "They seem to take me for the
loan fisherman" remarked the angler
to his friend.-Judge.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
ABYSSINIAN CHURCH.

There will be a Sunday school concert
at the Abyssinian church, Newbury
street, Sunday evening, when the follow
ing programme. will be rendred:
Professional, Mr.. Cranes Orchestra
Song-Ring the Tuneful Bells, School
Invocation, Pastor
Hymn-Crown Him with Many
Crowns, Congregation
Responsive Reading,
Instrumental, Orchestra
Song-In the Highest, School
Recitation-One Day the Song of
Triumph. Edward Trimmingham
Song-Bluebells and LiIysBells, School
Recitation-The Kings Prayer.
Ethel Harris
Dialogue-The Crown of Thorns,
Four Boys
Watching by the Cross, School
Dialogue-The Risen King, Ten Girls
Duet-Not My Will,
Song-Sing with the Warblers, School
Diaogue-Forest, Field and Garden,
Nellie Palmer Florence Palmer, Alice
Eastman.
Song-All the World Resounds, School
Reciatiton-Crowns for Jesus,
Six Children
Address-Crowns of Jesus, Pastor
Offertory
Benediction,
Postlude.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
MAINE PHARMACEUTICAL ASSO
CATION.

The ninth annual meeting will be held
at Portland, July 7th and Sth. A new
code of bylaws will be presented for
adoption, and matters of vital Importance
to the Association as we'll as to the drug
trade of Maine will be considered.
The sum of $50 will be awarded for the
lest original papers read. to be divided as
follows, $50 to the first, SIS to the second,
$40 to the third and s5 to the fourth.
Mr. w. A. Robinson of Auburn is chair
man of committee on papers, and all
matters relating to the above should be
addressed to him. In addition to above
cash prizes the following prizes are
offered, viz.-for the best paper on:
1st. Best modes of advertising durg
store. Prize, One gross "Ten. .centab bles''
given by Hance Bros. & White.
2nd My opinion of the National
FormuIary Prize, Merck's chemicals.
s25, selected by winner. given by Merck
q Co.
3rd. To what extent should druggists
do their own manufacturing. Prize, an
nounced later, given by Gilpin. Langdon
& Co.
4th Should tinctures be made from
Fluid Extracts? Prize, A Hypdodremic
Portfolio. value SIS, given by Parke
Davis & Co.
A competent committee will be selected
at the time of the meeting to award the
prizes.
The committee on entertainment and
transportation is composed of the follow.
ing well known men: D. ". Heseltine,
chairman; Walters.L. Drew, G. G. Files,
Seth F. Clark and c. NJ. Hay, secretary,
all of Portland.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16


these discussions of the ailments peculiar
to women took place twenty years earlier
Ill life. If little of the prudery of mod
ern society were banished, SO that young
women talked these subjects over among
among women in middle life
GOOD health is the best endowment that
human being can have Good general
health among women is largely dependent
upon good local health in woinanly way
Through ignorance and neglect 1t has be-
come such an ordinary, common place
thing for women to suffer from weakness
and disease of the delicate and important
feminine organism, that many women nave
come to look upon these troubles as an
unavoidable inheritance. This is mis-
take. All troubles of this nature may be
cured in the privacy of the home, without
undergoing the obnoxious examinations
and "1ocal treatment" insisted upon BY
the average physician. DR.. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription gives health, elastic
strength and vitality to the sensitive organs
concerned. 1t allays inflammation, heals
liberation and frees from pain. 1t tones
the nerves and builds up the nerve certers.
It makes a woman healthy and strong, and
thus prepares her for healthy wifehood,
capable motherhood and safe transition
at the change of life. .
"I want to testify to the great benefit derived
from using Dr.. Pierces Favorite Prescription
writes Mrs a Mason, of Strykersville, Wyo-
three months before confinement With my
former confinement suffered greatly, while TINS
one was comparatively easy, owing to the use
OF the Favorlte Prescrintion-
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
The Sure la Grippe Cure.

There no use suffering from this dread
full malady if you win only get the right
remedy. You are having pain all through
your body. your liver is. out of order,
have no appetite. no life or ambition,
have bad cold, in fact are completely
used up. Electric Bittsrs are the only
remedy that will give you prompt and
sure relief. They act directly on your
Liver, Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the
whole system and make you feel like a
new being. They are guaranteed to cure
or price refunded. For sale at Fl. P. S.
Goold's drug store. Only SOC per bottle.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
M. c. M. A.
Special Meeting of the Government of the
Society.


A special meeting of the government Of
the Mechanics Association was held
Thursday evening. These omcers were
elected
Superintendent of Hall and Librarian
Mr.. Charles II. French.
Harmon.
These committees were appointed:
Library-G. B. RAYMOND, +. M. Law
renee, VI. H. Stevens;
Schooi-Geo. E. Woodman, Fred A.
Tompson. G. A. Harmon, A. w. Lowell.
government Hall-W. N.
Marks, ]. N. Read, A, W. Lowell.
Receipts and Expenditqres-A; F; Ger
rish. Sylvanus Browne. J. W. ID. Carter.
Investigating Committee-J. n. Read,
e r.. Woodman, L. 6. Paine.
Auditing-L. G. Paine, j. W. d. Car
ter, r. B. Swett.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16

one of gang which has broken into
many stores there this winter.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16

Fred v. Chase, ESQ.,, testified to seeing
the note written by Mr.. csln prlnce at Inc me
boi1eo 70 he the paper whi,h was afterwards
10 lost - He stated it's contents substantially
as aos'i Mr.. 10 Clark slas had done. Mr.. MattocEs
renewed re, l, his objection to the admission
of the contents Of the paper.
Henry ". Ilsley, the policeman, sil, VINO
was present when Prince was arrested,
corroborated the testimony OF Mr. ClarK
as toiwhat occurred in the pollce statlon.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
RAILROAD MEN STRIKE

Bangor, April 15.-A special to the
Wing from Eastport says: crew of men
employed by the Washington county rail
road contractors struck today for an ad-
vance of wages They received $1.15 a
day and wanted twenty cents more. The
contractors say it it is necessary to meet
the advance they will employ town peo-
pie.
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
YOUNG BURGLAR ARRESTED.

Bangor, April 15.-A special to the Whig
says: Albert White, young Frenchman
was arrested Mt Presque Isle yesterday for
humorous burglaries and stolen goods
We're found at his boarding place. He
pleaded guilty and was committed to jail
in default of bail for appearance at the
next term OF court. 1t is believed he is
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
DEERlNG.

The twelfth anniversary OF FRATERNITY
lodge, I. o. o. E., will be observed fas5
day evening at Red Mems hall, Morrpfs
Corner, when the successful play
Esmerelda will be given by well known
Portland amateurs. A dance will also be
indulged in, at the close Of the evening.
The monthly business meeting OF the
Woodfords Congregational church, I. +.
). q. E., was held last evening at the
church parlors.
Chairman J.~EC. Colesworthy, OF the
board OF oyerseers of the poor, reports
that from February Is to March "a, 4lS
tramps were quartered at the city farm.
Since that date City Marshal Brown has
taken charge of the lodging Of the tramps
at the police station. At the farm there
have been 26 taken care of, including two
women.
Mr. Waterman of Deering Centre, has
begun the erection of a house on the east
erly side of Stevens Plains avenue, near
Higgins Corner.
Mr.. Pierson of Summit street, North
Deering, whose house was burned recent
ly, has commenced to rebuild. His son
will erect house on the same street,
near Stevens Plains avenue. The cellar
for the house is now being dug.
The funeral services OF the late Mrs.
Fred PetUenglll will be held this after
noon at O'Clock from the late residence,
16 Florence street, Woodfords.
Conductor AL Knight OF the North
Decring line contemplates the erection of
a dwelling house at North Deering at an
early date.
The social circle connected with the
Woodfords Universalist society held fair
and sale yesterday afternoon and evening
at Lewis hall, Woodfords. Despite ihe
rain the attendance was very good. A
supper was served from to 7.30.
The society will doubtless realize
handsome sum as a result OF their
efforts.
Rev. J. r. Clifford is rapidly recover
ing from his recent illness and is now able
to get out of doors.
Mr.. John K. Hooper, the son of Mr.
Chas Hooper of Woodfords, who ntly
departed for Washington to accept posi-
tion in the kite observers office, has been
given orders to locate with the staff at
Sault Ste Marie, Mich.
Harold Eastman, son of Mr.. and Mrs
B. NJ. Eastman, % student at Kents' Hill
seminary, arrived home yesterday and
will spend brief vacation with his par
ents on Pleasant strest, Woodfords.
The following is the programme of the
Easter concert, to be given at Clark Me-
mortal M. e. church on April 18th at z
O'Clock n m
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
This is the Motto Of : Professor
Munyon..,

Never deceive the sick. A man who
would commit such a moral crime would
deserve the severest punishment" So
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
Taking it Over.

When a party of
middle aged wom-
en- get tog e t h e r
alone~ a common
theme of conversa-
ton is their phys
ical ailments. It
would ba ba+fa~ &c
The Portland daily press., 1898-04-16
CHILLY" BARRY DEAD.

DILL y BA MN Y DLAD.
New York, April William J. Barry,
the well known comedian died ut his
home in Brooklyn today.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-28

Very light colored and white fell
hats are not suitable for street wear,
but a great many are brought over,
evidently intended for carriage wear,
or for wear in the country during the
season. A very smart one of white
felt is trimmed with two tones OF
brown, and the coloring is exquisite.
The hat itself is really somewhat on
the sailor shape, and is worn back
from the face to show the hair arranged
in, what may be the style eventually,
soft bang. On the top of the hat is
long brown plume, and around thu
crown a fold of light golden-b brown
velvet. Under the brim is another
brown feather, put in in the most
graceful fashion so that it droops
down over the hair at the back. This
same style of hat will be copied later
in the dark felts, and also in velvet.
Velvet toques are to be extremely
fashionable again this season. They
are rather different in shape from
those worn last year. not quite so
large, but, like them, are very soft in
effect. They are made in different
colored velvets. One--an especially
attractive one-from la maison
Reboux. is of shade of sapphire
blue velvet, and has a small crown Of
shirred chiffon of lighter shade.
The hat is trimmed with two ostrich
feather tips of deeper blue, and the
stiff bows of velvet ribbon are of very
much lighter blue. To wear with
this hat is stiff collarette, very high
in the throat, and trimmed around
the edge with ostrich tips. --Harper's
Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-28
Epidemics of Suicide.

That suicide may be epidemic is
now recognized historic truth. Not
only suicide clubs have been founded,
but veritable plaques of suicide, such
as Moreau described after the French
Revolution, have occurred. This ap-
plies not only to the ACT itself, but
also to the means for its accomplish
ment. When the body of a man was
recently found floating in one Of Phila-
delphia's reservoirs city official pre-
dicted that another body would prob
ably soon be found because OF the
publicity given the subject by the
newspapers-and this prediction came
true. In ancient times one of the
Greek cities, NIiletus, was the scene
OF an epidemic of suicide among
young women, until the magistrate
proclaimed that the body of the next
victim would be exposed nude in the
market-place. This harsh decree, Sc
contrary to the instincts of our modern
civilization, promptly put an end to
the appalling craze.-Philadelphia
Medical Journal.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-28
He Goes TO School.

"Our boy was absolutely helpless. His
lower limbs wers paralyzed, and when we
used electricity he could not feel 1t below
his hips. Finally we let the doctor go as
he did not seem to help our son and we
nearly gave up hope. Finally my mother
who lives in Canada wrote advising the use
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
Pile and 1 bought some.
"This was when our boy had been on the
stretcher for an entire year and helpless for
nine months. In six weeks after taking
the pills we noted signs Of vitality in
his legs, and In four months he was able to
go to school.
at is two years since he took the first OF
the pills and he is at school now just as
happy and we'll a3 any OF the other chill
dren. 1t was nothing else In the world
that saved the boy than DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People,"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1898-11-28
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
Overcome Them.

Mrs. MARY BoLLINeER, 1101 Marianne
St., Chicago, ILL.,, to Mrs. Pinkham:
81 have been troubled for the past
two years with falling of the womb,
leucorrhma, pains over my body, sick
headaches, bachache, nervousness and
weakness. l tried doctors and various
remedies without relief. After taking
two bottles of your Vegetable Com
pound, the relief obtained was truly
wonderful / have now taken several
more bottles of your famous medicine,
and can say that am entirely cured"
Mrs. HENRY DoRR, No. sO6 Findley St.