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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14
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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14

OF Providence. Man has not usually
made much by trying to interpose his
will against these laws 1t Is true that
the legislature Of Maine has for many
years made itself the Peter the Hermit OF
a crusade against the bears But bruln
still continues to enjoy juicy mutton I'M
der the shadows Of the northern hills;
and will do 80 as long as tho maple
woods of Maine furnish to him the place
Of hahitation which the laws OF nature
prescribe for him. When the woods are
cut down and the cities are burned down,
the bears and the sparrows will go. and
probably not before them.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14

Senator Frye differs with Chairman
Cannon as to whether or net the ooncess-
ions we would have obtained as part of
the Senate's Nicaragua project would
have been worthless or valuable. Mr.
Cannon thinks we should have paid five
million dollars for nothing, and Mr.
Frye declares that there was nothing to
cause us to pay cent unless the value
was received. The controversy is imma-
terial, however. The satisfying fact is
that the United States has been saved
from tumbling heels over head into an
enterprise that is still too much in the
domain of dreamland. Tho Congress
made provision for further investigation
of both the Nicaragua and Panama
routes. and Mr.. Frye thinks that the
President will increase the size of the
present Nicaragua commission and direct
it to investigate the Panama route at
once, so that reports on both that and
the Nicaragua route may be published
before very long. The Panama canal is
said to be two-tlfths completed, and the
report on that work may make consider
able change in present views on the sub
ject of canals.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14

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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, MARCH IA.

Although the line Spanish cruiser Girls
tobal Colon is total wreck and cannot
be added to our navy we have gained
several useful If not powerful vessels as "a
result of the war. They are the Reina
Mercedes, Alvarado Sandoval Manila,
Callao, Leyte, Mindanao, Barcelona, lsla
lie Cuba. Isla de Luzon and Don Juan of
Austria These vessels will probably be
kept under their present names as memen-
toes of the victories of Manila and Santi-
ago
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14

The Republican majority in the next
Senate is safe beyond any chances, al
though there is prospect TINT the Rpub-
lioan Legislatures of California. Delaware
and Pennsylvania. may fail to elect be.
cause of dead-locks. But Utah. which
was expected to return Democrat has
also failed to elect, so the Republicans in
the Senate will have majority of twenty
over all. This will be safe on any ques.
ton, aud the Senate will be sound
money body for the first time in many
years. In the House which has for the
last four years been the Republican bull
wark the majority in the next Congress
will be only thirtsen in body of S57
members. 1t is barely working major
ity, and If not handled carefully great
difficulties may be experienced
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-14

1t would be we'll for the Legislature be-
fore passing the compulsory temperance
education act to give 1t some critical
study. Its purpose to instruct the ris-
Ing generation In the evils OF alcohol and
narcotics is comInendable. IL is ques-
tionable IL three lessons week to chill
drsn from four to six years Of age on the
physiological effects OF these drugs will
do them any more good or illuminate
evils of the drink habit than the same
number of lessons in the problems Of
Euclid. There may be opportunities for
teacher to give five-year-old pupils an
impressive temperance lesson, one that
they will understand and will not foyyet,
but it will never, if the teach er is rally
tactful, take the form of a disquisition
on the physiological effects OF alcohol, no
more than a lesson on the dangers of
skating on thin ice would take the form
OF scientific explanation OF the way in
which submergence in water causes
death. Then too the provision in regard
to the teaching CT older scholars needs
something in the way of more exact
definition. They are to be taught from
Suitable books" Who is to deter mine
what text books are suitable? Scientific
men differ considerably as to the physi-
illogical effects of alcohol, and the teach
ings of text books are likely to differ.
Where is the power to determine which
are suitable to be lodged? II the legisls
ture is wise, before 1t puts this law on
the statute book in its present form 1t
will take pains TO ascertain the opinion
of educators in regard to it. A similar
Lii is pending In the Massachusetts, leg
islature and at meeting of promi men
educators of the state recently 1t was
voted to oppose it. and Superintendent
Dutton of Brookline was selected to voice
their opposition before the committee.
President Capen of Tufts college, has al
ready been before the committee and con
demned IL.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
THE Y. p. S. C. e.
Addison County Union to Hold its Annual
Convention at Bristol Eeh Oh

Ncrgcnncs, Feb. II The annual convcn-
non OF the Addison County Union OF the
J Dung Peoples Society of Christian en-
dcav"r will be held in the Baptist church
IN bristol on Saturday Feb. %.
The officers of the society are Charles II.
strong OF NcrgcnnCs, vice. president. Miss
Mary T.. Wlmarth of Addison. scctctary;
MISS Myrtle Russell Of Bridpurt, treas
urcr; Mrs. Benjamin Swift of Orwch. SUI
perintcndcnt of Junior work
tach society may be represented by the
president. corresponding secretary and
four delegates. The Rutland railroad
gives reduced rates Bring your Christian
EndoaNor gospel hymns Sacred Songs"
Following is the programme:
Mornng-lO. song and devotional service.
Rev. w. A. Kinz" Bristol; l0:15 reports
If officers md appointment Of committees;
lV:3n reports of societies with one minute
tax from each society on the --latest sue
c,SSiul method used in our society,"" 11:l5.
song, selected. Mrs. benjamin Swift: 1880
address, personal Work for Christ" Rev.
j. H. Hoffman, New Haven.
Dinner
Aftcrnoon-1:3o praise service, Rev. Zen
lamin Swift IF orwell; 1:i5. junior cXerc So.
Mrs. benjamin Swift. Orwell: 2:15. award
ing banner $50 the Tenth Legion" Mr..
Harry f. Lake, Middlebury; 2:@. for
Christ and the church, Rev. S. II. Ear
mum, Cornwall; 3. paper Comrades of the
Quiet Hour by an "EndeaVorer;" 3:1j.
reports Of committees, election Of officers
3.9l, conservation service; adjournment.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
A Runr way MOtnr Cnr.

There are many situations I'm which
man may be placed and his self comp,
sure put to u severe test but to feel H.
kccncst edge of fatc's vindictivcness on
must have charge of AN unmanagcnhl
motor car in a busy London thoroughfar
gentleman found himself in this Dr.
dicamcnt on saturday in Piccadilly. II.
motor car, containing himself and Tvs
ladies, became Interchangeable opposit
Park lane and, after running an cccentr.
course through the traffic, finished up h
trying to ovcrturn the Wellington statu,
This effort failed.
Now the full ignominy Of the situatioi
was experienced. Horses were obtain
from a neighborinR stable and harness
to the derelict motor, and the crrnr m;.
chine was dragged to the scclusion of
news. Oh, the Ribrs of the busmcn nm,
tho jcers of the cabbicsl The only thin
that saved the melancholy procession froi
absolute detection Of spirit was the tr
umphant curl of pride That marked H.
lips of the saving horses -Wcstininst,
GaZpttp.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
4 Pen Picture of Damascus.

Compared with Jerusalem, Damascus
is Partisan. The Jerusalem air presso:
heavily with its melancholy past Hall
=. score Of sects make it rendezvous fci
pillago or FOX mummery, and it's memorial,
of imperishablc events have to be looked
at through the dust Of persisted dynastios
1t Is mystic, solemn, arcane.
Damascus is practical, positive and
even merry. The wall Of Israel sound.
along the arid valleys of Zion, but Damas-
Gus sings voluptuous carol by means Of
its ice cool, tabled river. The tinkle OF
its bells Iningles forever with the gurglo
of its waters, and above all you hear the
silycry laughter of the Syrian girls and
catch the dancing humor of their dark
eyes through their little wells Jerusalem
has it's austerc character to sustain. Its
temples are tombs. Its weight of poign-
ant history keeps it grave.
But i'll Damascus you are under no OBJ
legations to the past that the present can
not make You forget, Its innumerabe
shuttlcs and armores call you back to the
bustling exigencies of life. The coffee
bazaars defy melancholy. So this stranded
city on the shores of time--the gold on
whose mosques never corrodes-ba SKIS in
the sun and eats figs merrily just as it
did when saul Of Tarsus iourneyed that
way.-,A. c. Wheeler in Harpcr's Maya
zine
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
Relic Mines OF Wisconsin.

Quite number Of tho boys of this city
Ire putting In their spare time gathering
Indian relics. There is good money in
them, and also lots Of hard work. The
relics mos: sought for are copper spears
md arrows, pottery, axes and almost any
thing that has become very scarce Nearly
everything that is copper commands u
high price, all the way from g. to $50.
The firms for which the collections arc
bought up are New York companies,
which furnish the boys limited amount
If funds with which to establish them
selves. In order to get possession of tho
relics the boys have to take long trips in
thc country and make inquiries at the
different farInhousCs
1t is not difficult matter to find the
relics, but it is almost impossible to buy
them. Tho moment the owner has sus-
picion that they arc worth anything that
moment he refuses TO part with them un-
der any consideration. The boys fire.
qucntly locate q dozen or more relics n
day, but often return empty handed
Some very fine specimens are in possession
of farmers in different parts of the county
who have plOwcd them mp in years gone
by. Some of them were borrowed from them
during the year of the Worlds fair by
swindlers who loaned them for the cxposi-
ton, leaving ms security sum of money
less than n fourth of their value They
have never shown up since, and it looks
as If they never will.-Appleton Owls }
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
MONTPEllER'S CITY TICKET.
Mayor senter RenominNed-B Few
Coptasts Por Office,

Montpelier, Feb. 1G-At 1880 this evening
the general caucus of the citizens party
OF this city was held in Armory hail for
the purpose of placing in nomination can
didates for the various city Offices. who
Will he voted for at the annual March
meeting. There were about 800 voters
present and the meeting was particularly
harmonious. 1t was called to order by /.
=. Adams, chairman Of the city commit
tee, who after the election of A. j. Sihlev.
as chairman OF the caucus was chosen II :
secretary
Tho following nominations were made
unanimously
Mayor, John RI. Scnter: city clerk and
treasurer II. r. Merrill; city sheriff.
Charles DE +. Bancroft; second constabie.
&. 5. Whittier; lister for three years. f..
X. l1awley: city auditors, NJ. II. Smile,
a. w. Ferrn and L. r. Bixby; city
grand jurors, +. II. Carleton +. A. Bailey
and II. G. Shurtleff; commissioner of
Green Mount Cemetery for five years. G.
II Perkins. The names of T. j. Keegan
and NJ. +. Chase were balloted upon for
the nomination for first constable and re-
suited in a victory for the former by a
vote Of Sc to 6S. The nomination for Of
flee of oversecr of thu poor also brought
out two candidates. George Wheeler and
Hiram b. Wedge and the former won by
4 vote of 1i3 TO ~. The meeting closed
ny electing j. =. Adams. +. A. Rowland
and j. J. Bergen as city committee.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
New Anecdote of Paderewski.

Padercwski while in this country be-
came such an idol of the matinee girls
and of women generally that he was over
whelmed with requests by mail for his
autograph and photograph. One day
when on his western tour u messenger
entered his private car and handed him n
letter from appointment society woman of
large western city Those who saw it
say 1t was excessively lavish in adjcctves
expressing admiration for tho great plan
list and his art and wound up by request
ing "a lock of hair, and incloscd Stang
for return postage.
When the laughter of the Paderewski
party had subsidized, his secretary proceed
ed to indtc reply, which ran as follows;
Dear Madame, NJ. Paderewski directs
me to say that it affords him much pleas
urc to comply with your request. You
fail to specify whose hair you desire, and
to avoid error he has secured sample
from each of the staff en- voyagc--to wit
his manager, his secretary, his valet, his
two cooks and his waiter, together with %
small portion from cat and "A mattress
belonging to NJ. Pullman. proprietaire of
the coach de luxe which we occupy |
have the honor to be your obedient serv
ant. New York journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
Irrigation on n Great Scale.

England is preparing TO spend $500 600
year for 30 years for a great lake for irri-
eating purposes to be made by damming
the Nile. OF the results of this dam build
ing Mr. f. G. Pcnfeld speaks thus in Tho
Century:
The Egypt Of the map shows more than
400, 600 square miles, an cxpanse nearly
seven times as great as New England but
the practical Egypt-that which produces
crops and sustains lifc--is barely as large
as the states of Vermont and Rhode
Island taken together. This is the rib
bonlike strip Of nlluvial land bordering
tho Nile, "A few miles wide on each side. and
measuring not more than 10, 500 square
miles. Tho extension planned and TO DO
completed in the next six or eight years,
wholly by irrigation, is no less magnifl-
cent in conception than the rescuing from
the Libyan and Arabian deserts of $500
square miles, or twice the area of Rhode
Island. This will be exploitation in its
truost sense, and its accomplishment will
be n veriflcation of the ancient saying
that Egypt is the Nile, and the Nile is
Egypt
AS an object lesson this Egyptian enter
prise should have no moro interested OBJ
servers than in America especially in
Colorado, Nevada, California and other
states of the west where the irrigation ex-
pert is succeeding the railway builder as a
deycloDer
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
JOHN POW ERS,
On Trial For Implication in Richfort
Savings Bank Robbery

Richford, Fen. 1.-THE preliminary trial
OF John l." Powers known as Jack Pow
erS' or Joe Murphy" who was extradit-
ed from the State of New York last Tues
day and brought to-day from Plattsburgh
here to he tried for implication in the
burglary of the Richford Savings Bank
and Trust company. November 6, 1898, was
held before Hon. j. 6, Powell to-day.
The witnesses examined were James
Taylor and ". Nj, Greene. both Of whom
identified Powers as an accomplice in the
burglary. They are the men who were
bound, gagged and left by the robbers on
tho night ;he crime was committed.
Powers Is an old offender and was ar
rested and jailed in Flattsburgh on an
other charge previous to being brought
here. His alleged wife is here with him.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23

Philistine writes us rs follows; ~ have
Just come from the private view at the
New gallery, very much impressed by the
pictures, more so by the people. There
were the usual celebrities, small smooth
bores who get their names in the papers, a
Q. G. or so, something slight in the way
of deans, several X. A. IS and several re
marka BILE hats covering the heads of chic
girls, pretty and ladylikc. All this is as
it should he and as it usually is, but what
am writing to record is tho appearance,
or rather temperance, of the Grosvenor
gallery type. There could be no mistake
about it-thc dresses were green and vel
low, olive and citron l suppose l should
,ay, The figures were sinuous and cater
Hilary, the eyes were lsnguishing or in.
nse, and they were young girls too a
w brood just ncdgcd. am not going
make any generallzations or prophecies;
.ly to record what can vouch for as a
.ct. london News.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
SUNOAY-SCHCOL CONVENTION.
The Franklin County Association Meets
st. Albans-New Officers.


81 Alnahs, req. 1.-THE annual meeting
Tor 1879 of the Franklin County Sunday
rchooi association was hcId at tn" FIRST
Congregations chufch to-Cdy. The con-
Neh'Iun opened with an address of wei
come ny KEY. Or. {. >. Nuttcr, and this
was loiIo"ed ny the regular business win
MI H. T. behtly IN the chair. The secrc-
t'rN report Tor the meeting at Swanton
III ls'' Which was written by w. Il. OVitt
was IF"u by arthur 1. =. Beemdn ana ne
alSo READ the treasurers report which
showed sIlght deficit yesterday. The
present secretary MI Bcoman mad no 10
port TO make owing to there being no
meeting htId curing the year lSN. The
reports submitted were accepted and
ADOPTED ny the convention.
Inc following committees were then APP
. pointed by the chair: Time ANA place of
! next meeting, Key. {. j. Peterson and A.
A. Astltlne. nominating committee, Rev.
w. L. barnard, j. W. Pomeroy, Dr. c. 5.
Nutter II. W. Beals, and 5. II. Cross;
resolutions, +. A. Irish. Jas. Chynoweth.
W. II. Munsell, ana Mrs. {. j. Peterson
ana MISS Sponord.
me KEY. |. j. Peterson of East Berk-
shlre then read most exhaustive adj
dress on the subject, importance of
sunday school Work, ana after singing
remarks on the subject just considered
We're made ny II. T.. Bently, Rev. Mr..
barnard, Rev. Mr. Clark and others. Din
ner was then served in the chapel by the
ltulcs.
The afternoon session opened with song
service after which the several commit
tees made their reports. The nominating
committee brought in the following re-
port: President, Rodney SturdeVant OF
Swanton: viCe-presde IT. f.. +. Smith of
Enoshurgh; secretary and treasurer, c. a.
Jones of MONTGOMERY; executive commit
tee. Mrs. {. j. Peterson of East Berk-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
HindOo widows Hard Lot.

Action is being taken by certain ci.
lightcned natives to ameliorate the shocL
ing condition of the average Hind
widow. To begin WITH the Indian wido,
is shaved bald, and can only hide h.
badness with her cloth. She Is deprive
Of all jewclry, wears coarscr clothes THAI
the rest OF womankind, must fast on Ger
tain days, and every day has fewer meal
than are taken as n rule by the rest of til
family. The scheme of relief afoot 7
that no widow shall be shaved until she /
81 the age at which it may be suppose,
that she will DC able To show n will of he
own in case she objects. Bombay Advo
cate of India
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23

'Oh, grandma what big eyes YOU We


oh, grandma, what big eyes you v,
got"
Tho better TO see you, my dcar"
Obscrvant Little Red Riding Hood
would see stranger eyes than those q
her supposed grandmother II she took note
OF the i'll fitting, unbecoming eycglasse
worn by the majority Of persons. Men
and women with hig, broad faces persist
In wearing small round glasses, set in un
becoming frames, that look lost in the
breadth OF their faces; school children
with delicate features and tiny noses arc
Obliged to wear great goRgling glasses
better fitted to big eyes and big heads
People who buy bargain glasses and have
their eyes tested at a counter scarcely can
expect TO secure both u becoming shape
and scientifically accurate glasses, but O
little prccautiOn and the exercise of a very
moderate amount Of good Judgment would
prevent many of the homogeneous effects
which are produced by wearing misfltting,
unbccoming eyeglasses and specs. New
York Press
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-02-23
RUSSELL II. DAVIS ESTATE.

We. the subscribers. having been ap.
pointed by the honorable the Probate
Court for the district of Chlttenden, COM
mssioners to receive. examine and adjust
the claims and demands OF all persons
against the estate of Russell II. Davis,
and also all claims and demands exhibited
IN Offset thereto. and six months from the
day of the date hereof being allowed by
fore hereby give notice that we will attend
to the business of our appointment at the
dwelling house of Wilbur Newton in Es-
sex, in said district, on the first Wednes-
days of March and August next, at lC
O'Clock a. m, on each of said days.
Dated this Sd day of February. 1899
WILBUR G.. NEWTON.
NORMAN A. BELL. OWS
33,3w Commissioners.