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The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
LABOR DAy,MOAOAY, sept. s
Al Sebago Lake.
GRAND CELEBRATION
Under the Auspices of the Portland Long
shoremen's Benevolent society.
1s80-1698

Boat Races.-Open to members q the P. L.
8. B. s. only. Single SOUL, one nrsle and re-
turn lst prize $So End SIC; entrances t Zee e
one mile and return. lst prize, $2s. and Sl5;
81 per man entrance fee
Base BALI Prize $40. Clubs to pay umpire
and all other necessary expenseS including
Foot Race--1oo yards straight away; 1st
prize S., End 81, entrance fee 26c.
8 Quick Jumps-1st prize So, End ea; Csc en-
trance
sass prss g. n END s &c s sn 80
yards ' ist prize IS, End 81, SO entrance.
Tug of War-Open to bona-fde members Of
the p. l. s. B. g.. men to con .ttuta teams, SIS
10 winning team; no entrance fee.
Bicycle Race-one mile; LIST prize. silver
fee.
Ladies' jig Dance-1st prize, gold ring s.;
no end prize. NO entrance Zee.
aentfemen's Jig Dance-ist prize. silk UNI
Tub Race-ist prize 90; I'd So; 25c entrance
fee.
Putting Heavy stone-tst prize 81, End 50;
26c entrance fee
Running Hop. Step and Jump-1sa prize So,
End S2 &c entrance fee.
Bids for privileges TO be sent to G. d. Gala
CHER, 65 Waterville street. Entrance Tor boat
and as e to BE 5sn r G R j.
to be sent In not later than 2eth of August. The
highest bid not necessarily accepted.
Train Time-8.45 regular from UNION Station;
10 3: n; 2; from = Union Station, l.25 P: M to
Sebaeo As0 p. m. and 500 p. m.
Garrity's Orchestra to furnish E,usic with
TIcKETs-Aduits Doc Children ui,d der 9. 2sc.
aua22 dist
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
AUCTION SALES.
F. 0. BAILEY & CO., AuctiOneers.
Executors Sale of Real Estate

PURSUANT to license from the Hon. Judge
shall sell at public auction on the premises on
FRIDAY, Sept. 3D. at $50 o'clock p. M. the
real estate situated at 46 and As Merrill street.
on which are two two and one-half story wooden
houses finished in two tenements each. They
are in good condition, have Sebago water.
water closets, good cellar,etc This IS desirable
property for an Investment. For particulars
inquire Of the Aucuoneers. As Exchange street,
or of SETH L. LARkABEE, Executor. 4
aug27dtd
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27

:. $50, 900 ).
BRIDGTON AND SAOO
RIVER RAILROAD Co.
First Mortgage,
4PER CENT GOLD BONDS.

/
Due June /, 1928. Interest jane and Dec. !
1ru.tse, Union Safe Deposit and Trust
Company. Portland.
The Bridgton and Saco River Railroad g. 9
Junction, near Hiram. on the White Mountein
ton snd S e shs BrdHson 70 miles
The road was built to Bridgton Ia 1882 and has
been In successful! operation ever since. the
tits road.bed and track are 10 excslens COZ
dition In ali respects. Its bridges are carefqAv
| looked after and have been reduced 10 number.
by filling until there are only few 81 them saa and
| The rolling stock is in list GLASS condition IN
all respects, and the station buildings are main
5sned In GOOD rspas els.nly Az a. S sr
| row gauge railroads Of tbs State"
The extension from Bridgton to Harrison was
built In tho spring and early sunh1ner Of 1854 81
ture. $4,000 Of Che capital stock Of the com
pany was sold at par and bonds issued for the
| balance.
thought best to provide. o. the same time, Tor
witch Ss viii i mature in 1902 and 1901. The nav
M,s Sc rs ed I' s. Is Trustees
and can be issued only for the p1rpose men
Toned above Of the remaining sas.bo such
as are not required on accoun ny s Io.ns
The new bonds form hrst Hen on inc sxten-
sion from Bridgton to Harrison and viii De-
come a first lien on tho entire properly Wnen
the outstanding bonds mentioned above are re-
It win BE- noticed that the total mortgage In
debtedness of the company. including this Is.
Of the property has exceeded e240.000. leaving
an equity above the entire bonded indebtedness
OF over $4,000.
For the fiscal year ending June 80.
- avsn Af Antst
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
LADIES, YOUR ATTENTION

IS called to having your Upholstering done o.
your nome oy First Class Upholstcrer &C.
VINO mas large line of Select Upholstery
Stuffs at Moderate Prices. Reference given
Z years experience. Temperate habits
EsumateS gwen Tree. Drop Postal. A. Z
VINING, ID Brown street, Portland, Me.
augs1 d2ws
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
Old ORCHARD PIER.
The Magnificent Water Trip.
The CASCO Gay STEAMBOAT co.
....... WILL MAKE .......

Two Excursions to Old Orchard
Pier, Sunday, Aug. 2Sth.
The Steamer Pilgrim win leave Custom House
Wharf at $50 q. m and Up. nj. for Old Orchard
Pier. ..e ---
q. M, and $50 p. m. rs
Fare for round trip from Portland or Old
Orchard including admission TO Pier,
SO CENTS.
Band Concerts will be given on the Pier
during the day.
A sailing trip will be made in the afternoon
leaving end Of pier at 400 and returning at 8. 30
Faro 26 cents.
This excursion will be one of the most de-
Ightful trips that the sight seer can find on the
New England coast. the new pier Is the longest
steel structure IN the world, and the best view
Of 1t can be obtained from the ocean.
c. w. T. COOLING, Gen. Man. c. B. 8. Boo.
aEg26 DIT
The Portland daily press., 1898-08-27
AMUsEaGENnA.

A company of trained musicians IN two
daily concerts OF popular AMI classical
music.
Concerts at 2.I5, 4.3O anG 7.30 daily.
1T HEAD OF PREBLE ST.
, 1898-10-28

of many nations realize the perils which
beset this crowded thoroughfare of the
big waters.
The Lizard is a bold, bleak headland
which juts out into the channel from
the Cornwall coast, 90 miles east of
Lands End. UP on ~therugged bluff, 200
feet above the snarling waves, are two
white lighthouses bearing fixed lights.
The first officers, who keep the bridge
from the moment their steamers enter
the channel until the harbor pilots come
aboard when they make out these lights
tell the.heimsmen to "put her off point
to the south-southeast." They give the
Cornish rocks as wide a berth as pos
sible-
From some unexplained reason the
Mohegan's officers did not see the warn
ing fingers of light thrown out on the
darkness by the twin lamps burning on
the Lizard. How they could miss them
is a problem. Had there been a light
on the Manacles the disaster might
have been averted. but there is no light
on this dreaded spot. AT intervals for
many years the British authorities,
stirred by some channel tragedy, have
talked about putting a lighthouse there,
but they have never done it. Now that
another wreck has been buried in this
great ocean graveyard, perhaps the long
needed light will be put in position.
One of the greatest disasters which
have occurred in the English channel
during the last quarter of q century was
the loss of the Schiller. The Eagle line
steamship Schiller vas lost on the Re-
t~arriere ledge, near Bishops rock, Soilly
islands, off the southwest coast of Corn
wall, at 10 O'Clock on the night of May
z, 1875 Three hundred and eleven
lives were lost and A persons were
saved. of whom only ii were passen-
gers. Only IL woman wal saved. John
G. Thomas, the captain, a brave sailor,
was swept from the bridge and drowned
after -four days and nights of continuous
duty. His crew acted like o lot of cow
ardly murderers.
The Schiller was bound for Hamburg
from New York and had been proceed
ing cautiously through fog for three days
before the disaster. During all that time
Captain Thomas remained on the
bridge. The ship was half a mile out OF
her course and running at half speed IN
, 1898-10-28

MAKING OUT Il CHANNEL LIGHTS.
board at 8 o'clock in the morning, and
Henry Stern, a New York produce
merchant, was the only one Of 30 be-
numbed men on it who was able to
swim away.
Twenty years previous in almost the
same spot the emigrant bark ran ashore
and nearly 200 lives were lost many of
the u~nfortunates being women and chill
dren. The officers of the John, like
those of the Mohegan, claimed that they
could not make out the light on the
Lizard. The vessel was bound from
Plymouth to Quebec.
Many Of the channel tragedies have
been caused by collisions, as thick fogs
frequently add to the terrors of this
crowded ocean lane. The steamer Elbe,
which went down in 1894 with'over 300
souls, had not entered the channel when
she was struck that fatal blow by the
Craithie, but she was just approaching
its eastern end.
emigrant ship EofThIiebE, which
sailed from London with 412 passengers
on board, exclusive of her crew, was
run into at midnight on Jan. 23, 1878,
in the channel, and 325 persons were
lost. The Spanish vessel which caused
the collision did not attempt to save
any passengers.
The neutrality-suspicious. Packet COM
pany's steamship Pommerania, from
New York for Hamburg, was sunk in
the English channel off Dover, Eng
land, at midnight of Nov. %, 1878, by
the British bark Noel Eilian. The Pom
merania's lookout, it was reported,
sighted the bark six minutes before the
collision. The night was dark and
misty, but there was no fog worth
speaking of. The steamships officers
denied that the bark had been sighted.
She ran bow on into the steamship
amidships and cut such a broad and deep
hole that the Pommerania sank within
80 minutes.
Captain Fl. f. Schwensen remained
on the bridge and gave the necessary
orders for lowering away the boats. But
his orders were not needed. Many of
the sailors drew their knives, rushed
for the boats and drove away the pas
sengers. Captain Schwensen refused to
leave the ship in any of the boats. He
sank with her, but was brought to the
surface by a life belt. He was picked up
by the crew of the steamer City of Am
sterdam.
Forty-seven lives were lost, and 26
bodies of drowned passengers were re-
, 1898-10-28

a dense fog at 10 O'Clock on Friday
evening, May 7, when khe struck the
reef. She pounded onvthe rocks four
times and then settled. The fog bells OF
Bishops light could not be- heard, nor
could the light be seen owing to the
dense fog, although the lighthouse was
only half mile away.
A violent sea was running and the
tide was rising. The waves began to
break over the vessel. Everybody made
a rush for the boats. A great many pas
sengers and some Of the crew were In
~toxicated, having drunk too much at q
birthday feast. Captain Thomas at first
fred his revolver over the heads Of his
cowardly crew to drive them out of two
boats they had seized. Then, finding
this in vain, he fred point blank at
them. He could not dislodge them. All
discipline was gone.
The falling of the funnel killed Cap
tain Thomas and many others on the
bridge. The iron mainmast went by the
, 1898-10-28
OCEAN HIGHWAY.
English Channel Has Long Been
a Watery Lane Of Death.
DANGER LURKs OFF THE LIZARD.

A Crowded Gateway of the Atlantic
Where Fog and sunlken Rocks Have
Claimed Many victims-The Dark
and Dreaded ManacIes.
No ocean highway is more travelled
and few of much Importance are more
dangerous than the English channel.
Lying as it does between the north
coast of France and the southern shore
of England, it is a sort of gateway to
all the more important European ports.
Into this gateway the greater part Of
the Atlantic traffic converges. South
ampton, the home port of q vast feet of
steamers and sailing ships. is only
reached through the channel. Through
it go the Bremen boats and those for
Hamburg, The Hague and Havre. 1t is
the door through which the Atlantic
opens upon the North sea and the pop
ulous BALTIC on beyond.
Although the channel is $50 miles
wide In Its broadcast part and 90 miles
where 1t Is narrowest, there is seldom
an hour Of the day when the passenger
cannot count q dozen bulls or trailing
plumes of smoke and by night the bin
nacle lamps twinkle like f~irefiies OF the
horizon. The french call it La Manche,
meaning 1.-THE. sleeve. " from its peculiar
shape.
Entering the English channel from
the west, the first bit Of England to be
seen is Lands End Then there comes a
deep, indentation of the coast until Liz
ard head is made out. Beyond Kennock
cove are Penolwer point and Black head,
both we'll known to sailors. Next comes
Manaole point. and off this, lying just
awash at low tide, are the dreaded rocks
called the ,Manacles. Between the
Manaoles and the Lizard is probably
the most dangerous spot on the whole
Cornish coast There are sunksn rocks,
reefs, currents and never ceasing waves
to make it go.
In this vicinity, where the ill fated
Mohegan was recently lost, have CO.
CURED innumerable ocean tragedies.
Most of them we hear nothing about.
The shipping ulen read the monthly
record and shrug their shoulders. The
loss Of a tramp steamer now and then
Is not worth q cable item, especially If
the crew escape, which they often do.
1t is only When a big liner, with hun
dreds of pa ssengers aboard. comes to
grief on th3se rocks that the landsmen
, 1898-10-28

women expend on fancy needlework she
gives to these friends who never weary,
betray or forsake u.s.. They are we'll
chosen, however, and eyince the critical
taste and high mental culture of their
advocate, among whose worthy init
mates are the productions of both Sir
John Lubbock and John Fiske.
Mrs. Day is a bright talker. Her con-
versation sparkles with apt quotations
that attest both the versatility of her
reading and the excellence of her mem
Dry. Her face beams with quick intelli-.
gence and her keen sense of humor,keeps
her wonderfully in touch with all that
Is brightest and best III life. The assist
ant secretary and his wife have a pref
ty home in Washington within a stones
throw of those Of the postmaster gen.
sral and the secretary OF agriculture.
They also have a home in Canton, 0.
, 1898-10-28
Java's Fire Island.

One of the greatest wonders OF java,
"the fire island" a large lake of boil
ing mud, Is nearly two miles In eircum-
ference, and In the center immense COL
umns of soft, hot mud may be seen con-
sinually rising and falling, like great
black timbers thrust forth and then
suddenly withdrawn by a giants hand.
Besides the phenomena of the columns,
there are two gigantic bubbles near the
western edge, which fill up like huge
balloons and explode on an average
three times per minute.
, 1898-10-28

oLoNE BUTr-CUNNINGHAM.
promise which he had given Miss Butt
during the heat of the campaign for q
political service which she rendered
him.
Now the members of governors stats
are usually fierce, mustaohed gentlemen,
who are chosen mainly for their political
prestige and secondly for the appear
anoe which they make in military
clothes. But he had promised Miss Butt
to make her a colonel, and he kept his
word. She was presented with a jeweled
sword by the male members of the staff
and rode in several parades, wearing
the warlike weapon. She also proved
useful on several occasions by helping
the governor entertain: She was called
Colonel Butt by everybody who knew
her and took much pride in the title.
A few weeks ago., however, the fair
colonel married. Her husband is George
M. Cunningham, a cotton dealer and
one of the wealthiest men in the state.
Then came the complications. Right in
the midst of the honeymoon came per-
picking questions which ran something
like this:
"Are you Colonel Butt still, or are
you Colonel Cunningham? Does your
marriage change your title to Colonel
Cunningham? AS Mrs. Cunningham
are you still a ~colonel?"
The fair colonel was bewildered. She
was sure she did not know anything
about it. She had never thought that
her marrive would endanger her title.
She would ask the governor. Some
people in Georgia think that Mrs. Cum
ningham cannot be a wife and a colonel
at one and the same time, and they
want to know what she would do in
case Of wal and she were called upon to
command troops in the field. But Gov
ernor Atkinson has had a long expert
ence as a politician, and he will doubt
less be equal to the task of solving the
/ problem.
, 1898-10-28
JUDGE DAYS HELPMATE.
Wife of the Assistant Secretary of State
an Accomplished Woman.

An CCO1iPAlSACu Ah
Mrs. William r. Day, wife of the en-
ergetio assistant secretary Of state, is a
pleasant looking, matronly appearing
woman, who is the mother of four
bright boys, the eldest Of whom is now
in college.
Mrs. Day was Miss Mary Elizabeth
Sohaefer. Her father was a Frenchman,
from whom she early acquired q knowl-
edge of the tongue, which, together
with her German, she now finds so USE
full. Her mother was a native of Savan-
nah, and her material ancestors fought
with General Francis Marion in the
Revolutionary war. She was educated at
the Piedmont institute at Charlottes-
Vile. Va, where she had the advantage
of an excellent musical training, which
is now a source of much pleasure to her
husband and Sons.
Books stand in the first rank of her
affections. The time that many other
, 1898-10-28
Wildwood.

Contractor Smith Bacon, with Mrs
Bacon, of Bridgeton, arrived i'm Wild
wood on Tuesday and are occupying
the Seeley cottage. The lumber is OIL
the ground for Mr.. Browns house, and
Mr.. Bacon has begun framing it.
The Council meeting which was to
have been held last night was adjourn
ed until Saturday evening Of this week.
John Newcomb was elected chair
man of the Democratic primary last
Saturday night. Mr.. Simmerman was
elected delegate to attend the county
convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Newcomb, Miss
Minnie Newcomb and Bernard from
mem were in the city yesterday and
witnessed the Military and Naval ia
rade feature of the Peace Jubilee
Mr.. Simmerman and John Newcomb
attended the Democratic county con.
vention held at Court House on Tues
day. Vincent o. Miller, Of Dennis
township, was nominated for tie As
sembly; aud Stillwell H.. Townsend, of
Court House, was made the candidate
for Sheriff. Candidate for Governor
Elvin w. Crane, and Congressional
candidate Samuel Iredell addressed the
convention.
New line Mems work or Dre.r Shoes.
Sl,25 at Wildwood Bazaar, y
Mrs. Severn is entertaining al Marina
Hall Virginia Woodward Cloud. ard
Miss Duvall, of Baltimore. Md. Miss
Cloud is q contributor to the Ladies',
Home Journal, and is the author Of
IA Girl of Salem,u q tale of Witchraft
days, which vas illustrated and printed
OF b first page of the August humber
OF that magazine. Miss 'Duyall il .
writer on scientific subjects.
Horace Simmerman is visitin~ his
parents in Wildwood. He has bee in
the west for several years and has trav-
eled from Mexico to- British Col, ,mh;a
coming here direct from the K Iondike
region. He left a party in . barge of
claims i'll the gold fields, am will re-
turn himself next spring.
Miss Charlotte l.. Hutxo ~ ph;la-
delphia, is spending afoap light at Ma
rine Hall. en' AVG"
MRS. DR.. BnrnfigaAn I'M s returned to
her home in PhiladelpMj a after a long
so)ourn at Marine ,Ha1A.
Councilmaa Ryan no tx tbe child e,
10 the city yesterday u see the parade
and tQ,get a glimpse o + Hobson and The
notables,
, 1898-10-28

The Phillss me tells of meeting q
woman al literary reception in Lon
don Wh9S i'd che had, heard the Amerf-
can no Ter poet'' read at Exeter hall.
How curious that a hosier,should be-
come your poet laureate In Amerioar"
she said.
The Philistine did not know-what
she meant, but followed the trail of her
chat until she said that her ftSvorite
among the "hosier poets" poems was
when the Frost Is on the, Pumpkin, "
and then he exclaimed thatsit Was Fri
10y, the Hoosier poet"
"Oh, you Americans have-.spch q
queer way of ~pronounoing things said
the woman.
Eyes, but Mr.. Riley IS not aAbosier,
he isl began the Philisine-
But she cut the explanations short
with, "Oh, I seei It Is a joke, then.
You Americans are 30 funny. I suppose
you think Mr.. Riley is a bfuessocking,
and SO you call him a hosier."
, 1898-10-28

sn".ato Your i'ows Is Viii. Cascar.,s.
lQs1Ie.' n I'LL cur -feseses-
Mug yists refund money.
, 1898-10-28
There Are other~

Barber FISHING for a compiment)-
Did Mr.. Stubbies say anything about
his visit to my place?
sViotim-I think he did. He said
there was something unique about your
shaving.
Barber tdelighted)-Dd he, now
Victim-Yes; he said that while In
the chair 1t was borne in upon you In
the strongest manner that you were be-
ing shaved. After you left 1t was i'm
possible to realize that you bad been
shaved. -Boston Transcripts.
, 1898-10-28
Five Mile Beach Journal.

Devoted to the development OF Holly
Beach, Wildwood and Anglesea.
Published weekly at Wildwood by
JED DUBOIS, Editor and Proprietor.
Entered at the Post Office at Wildwood, N. j.,
as Second-class Matter.
Subscription price 81. 90 per year.
Advertising rates on application.
Correspondence regarding matters of local
interest solicited. Communications must
be signed by the writer for the private in
formation of the editor.
Friday October o2 I2oQ
, 1898-10-28
A FAIR COLONEL.

Does She Lose Fer Title Because OF Her
Marriage?
Governor Atkinson Of Georgia is call
ed upon to decide a very delicate ques-
ton. As it is in relation to q very hand
ome young woman he may be trusted
to do nothing ungallant. One of his
first appointments upon reelection was
that of Miss Lewis Butt of Augusta as
a member of his staff, with the rank of
colonel. This was in accordance with q
, 1898-10-28

STEAMSHIP OFFICE AFTER A DISASTER.
covered. 1t is a significant fact that all
If those drowned were passengers, every
member of the crew having <aved his
iwn life.
These are only some of the post nota-
he Of the channel disasters. he list is
long one, and the wreck 81 the Mo-
legan adds another tragic chi pter.
CYRUS SYLVESTER.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-09-13
Useful Siwash Dogs.

If you are going to prospect in Alaska
and expect to travel much, pair of
good "Siwash" dogs are very essential
almost indispensable. These dogs
greatly differ from our domesticated
dogs, taking to the harness like duck
to water They do not bark at stran-
gers. They are kind and affectionate,
showing the wolf in them only among
their kind. 1t seems to be against their
principles to get off the trail to let an
other team pass.
This means fight, an exciting cpl
sode if the teams number five or six
dogs each. In an instant the widest
confusion takes place. Dogs, harness
and each driver with club in his hand
form one grand tumble from which Or
der can only be restored by some of the
dogs being knocked senseless. The dogs
are trained to "gee" and ''haw," like
an OK and stop at the word "whoa -
"Mush" is the word used generally by
the whites to indicate go ahead, per-
version of the Indian word "husch.
The dogs prefer their master, but il
lent for use they work as faithfully as
for their master. San Francisco Chron-
iclo
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-09-13
Damaging.

A Chicago politician-a veteran in
the ranks-was recently accused by "a
former henchman of having offered him
a bride of $500 to do a job for him.
The willy "second fiddle" kept the $500
and afterward brought it in evidence
against his former chief. While the
scandal was being blown about town an
acquaintance of the accused met him
one day and slapping him good natured-
ly on the back said chafingly:
well, John, so you were going to
drop $500 in Bills way, were your"
The politician oolored, or, to speak ac-
curately. his already ford complexion
took Oh purple tinge, as he said by
way of explaining his agitation (his
original language is revised):
Nov, l don't give hang for the
talk about bribinR him. That ain t
nothing. But it hurts my reputation to
have my friends think was such q
clam as to give that heller $500 when
l could have bought him with a ham"
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1898-09-13
CARLISLE.
News Culled From Nicholas County
Precincts.

News Culled From Nicholas County
Precincts.
From the Mercury.
MARRIED.-At Rev. Milton Mann's
last Thursday. MIR. Dora Richie and
Miss Lizzie Bishop.
Joseph Blair and daughter, of Conn
Gil Bluff, Kansas, are here visiting John
It. Blair and other kinsfolk.
DiED.-At her home near Upper Licks,
on Wednesday, the 7th, Mrs. jackson
Robertson. Burial at Bethel.
Thos. Davis has sold his livery stable
building occupied by n. G. Lee on East
Side to w Nj. Mathers for 50, $50,
DR.. Harry Yaneey, w. 81. Harris,
Roger Neal, James Spencer, r. w.
Sterling. CHRIS Frey, Harry Kennedy
and Frank Kennedy have formed a gun
club and sent for the necessary material
to have trap-shooting and target
praStice.