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The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
MAINE TOWNS.
Items of Interest Gathered by Our Local
Correspondents,
BRIDG TON.

Bridgton. Oct. 27.-Bryant Libby, for
many years in the employ of Luke and
II. II. brown. at North Bridgton, has
secure situation at kennAbunk, and he
and his wife have moved there.
Samuel Allen and Mrs Loten Brown
were CALLED to Portland by the critical ILL.,
ness of their sister, Miss Thena S. Allen.
j. VIM. Dickens and family after a
long stay here, move back to Boston
this week. The health of Mr.. Dickens
hal become much Impaired by too Gloss
attention to business, and SO he came
hers and took long rest In his cottage
at..Ingall's Grove, greatly to his physical
benefit. His wife, nee Nellie Gibbs.
daughter of the late Hon. Charles k.
Gibbs, Is fiue vocalist and before her
marriage appeared en- many occasions as
such In behalf OF local interest Both che
and her husband were leading spirits in
local amateur dramatics.
The w..s of ID II. Perkins died instan-
tAneously Saturday night. She had
been for some time In poor health.
Benjamin Dodge has gone to PIevi-
aence, X. L, to visit his daughter, Mrs.
Mary Mann, and other kinsfoiks.
About forty years ago Q family named
Holden lived while In this village.
Among TIL Dir children was q son. Emery,
who taught soohol here at the time, and
who was young man of hraina push
and brilliant possibilities. He after
wards studied law, went west, where he
practiced his profession, as a prominent
educa IT, nalist. went into mining opera
lions, and grew r!ch. he Is now reputed
to be MILL nAire. The other day he
re-appeared in the town of his youthful
pedagoRic experiences, and called on O
relative OF his, Grin Plummer. His pres
ence here was scarcely known, but many
of our elderly people who knew him In
the Icing ago would have been pleased to
see him ers he depar cd.
9reen), formerly OF this village, altar a
stay of many years In another Part of
this State and Massachusetts, have come
back here tn permanently reside.
RICHMOND
Richmond, Oct. 26.-Mrs. jackson
Reed, who WAS probably fatally injured,
Tuesday evening. by fail ing or jumping
from tie evening traia, still lies in the
unconscious state In which she has been
since the saccident. 1he operation of
trepanning was performed by DIR. G. w.
Price Of this place. and DIR. Holt of Port
land, yesterday morning, and. while sue
cessful In itself, Mrs Reed has shown but
little change though once or twiee, to-
day, she has moved hsr arm and leg,
showing that there Is q sill yht return OF
sentrol Of che muscles
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28

Chlcopse, Got. ea--Mr. Marx Hopkin-
con, who has bean under the doctor's care
since about the middle OF August IL
gradually growing weaker, ana very lit
sic hope Il entertained fer his recovery.
Mrs. Nathan Flood has get out Of doors
after very severe attack OF tonsilitis.
Mr.. Geo. Anderson has been building
q dwelling house. for himself this fall
Tue oarpsnter WORK 10 about all done
that can be before the plastsrsrs do their
work, hut we undsrsta that the work
will now rest until warm weather. next
spring.
Mas Tatitha Watson has greatly i'm
proved her property this summer, nice
stone well icing built In front Of the
house with a nns sss Of cenent steps.
The work Of filling In ana grading has
teen going on this week, and IL now
about completed, and the work as . Whole
reflects great credit upon all who have
hal any part In making the Improve
ments. She has also had her we'll drilled
about forty feet deeper, giving her about
forty eight feet of water ut present, which
comes up 10 within about twelve Feet OF
the top.
Mr. Nd Pennell and wffs OF Westbrook
wtrs ire guests OF ARA Sarah Psnnell
las Tuesday. kd lrJught his gun. but
partridges were vary scarce In the neigh
boring woods. and he had TO 60 home
without any. Hops he may have better
lupg next time.
Rev. n H. Baker OF buxton Lower
Corner and our pastor, Rev. Vim. Bragg,
expect to exchange pulpits on Sunday,
Oct 18th, but both pastors expect 20 CO
copy their osn pulpits for the evening
service.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
gHE POLICE BA LII.

The sixth annual ball of the Polios he
lief association, will be held in City hall,
October S1st. Chambers band will give
a concert and furnish music for the dane
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
Clint

Soore-Aanohestsr, 3; Clinton.
Rnshss-Tarrant. 5; MoGowan, Aaade
sops-Bannon, 20; O'Malley, 80. Fouls
|-Manchester, Clinton Referee-Jack
Leighton. 1imer-Harris Young. At
tanlanea-bO0
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggist refund th- money II II fails 10 cure.
e. w. Groves signature Is on each box. 25c.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
RAYMOND.


East Raymond. Oct. 26. Harvest Sun
day was observed Mt the Free Baptist
church Dot. %. O. ito a numb brought
fruit and grain, makinga very pretty
appearance. The sermon was q very able
discourse by MIR. K 5. Parker, p student
In this Divinity School and 10 the college
at Lewiston. In the evening harvest
concert W 9 carried out with the follow
Ing prog ramms:
Singing-The Fullness Of the Year.
The Portland daily press., 1899-10-28
REGISTRATION OF CLERK CREAM
Err

wisoassst, Got. 27.-Frank A. Dreamer
Clerk of Courts for Lincoln county, ha
resi- nsd, said resignation TO take effect
Nov. 50th.
There are some four or i've candidate
already announeed for the vacancy, ant
a hot contest 10 expected.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

stars forever. The final aim of the uni
verse is character.
We human beings are composites
Biologically we are animals, but in us
is the possibility of the angel. There
is in every one a possible larger man.
a dormant hero. And the whole ques-
ton of destiny is for us simply, will we
live like animals or rise to the stature
of spiritual manhood? Will we bend tc
the world, or defy it? Shall death find
us worthy only to sink back to the dust
whence we came, or to ascend toward
the Divine? The situation involves con-
trast, and the struggle is sublime, ii
tanic, fateful.
But what kind of a man is the Daniel
of these times and of our civilization ?
Let me, if can, sketch him in a few
strokes.
First, he is man who can not be
bought. Let thy gifts be to thyselt
and give thy rewards to another" You
will not confuse him with the miscreant
citizen who sells his vote, with the re-
creant public official who offers for
purchase his political power, with any
man base enough to put into the mar
ket his reputation, influence or virtue.
1t may be true of many that they have
their price. He is not for sale.
Then, he interprets handwritings on
the walls of worldliness. He has ethical
intuition. Morally considered he is a
seer. He discerns moral tendencies, he
foreSees ethical results. Prejudice will
not blind him, nor can casuistry mis-
lead. Other men may shut their eyes,
or with eyes wide open perceive no
warning. He sees Gods message and
interprets. He. too, is Daniel, God s
judge! He is forced by his nature to
sentence and denounce. Intensely he
believes in the moral order of the uni
verse and the final disaster of wicked
ness. When he says, Numbered, mum
bered, weighed, found wanting" he
knows himself in this to be Gods en-
bassador
OF course such an attitude results in
certain isolation. The Daniel-like man
is always, to degree. alone. Well said
Mark Twain, BE good and you will be
lonesome" A Daniels motives are bet
ter, his aims higher and his vision
more far reaching, and all this carries
him beyond his fellows. He himself
does not know it perhaps. Moses twist
not that his face shone," when he came
down from the mount. Daniel of
Babylon doubtless had no idea that he
was posing for coming ages. Twenty
five miles off the coast of Mt. Desert,
Maine, is tiny outlying island on
which one family tends a lighthouse.
Often for whole weeks the terrible
storms Of the Atlantic seaboard sweep
over that rock and isolate the little
group, but the light ever shines, bright
and brave, to warn and guide the
mariner. Some men are like that light
house-far away at sea, set by them
selves, far out, sometimes lonesome.
but bright and brave to warn and
guide.
Of course such a man is fearless. The
worlds wrath and the worlds favor
are alike to him, when righteousness is
imperilled or the truth questioned. His
supreme fear is lest he break God S
laws, lest he believe a lie, or lest he do
a wrong. He may not be a hermit. he
may delight in art and science. and
The record-union., 1899-10-15

even seem what the world calls a good
| fellow; but he stands up for justice and
purity. Dens of lions and fiery fur
naces may terrify him, but still to deny
God or to side with the wicked seem
far more dreadful. He would find 1t
pleasant enough to revel with the
| thousand lords, but he sees Cyrus and
his spearmen creeping into the city,
and he dare not! He dare not because
he dare not! But he fears God only!
You have observed that in this pic
ture of a Daniel-like man I have used
the masculine pronoun. 1 know that
it has been held that women should be
virtuous and gentle, but that they need
not be fearless and truthful, and that
they must never lead, except by craft
1 believe, however that the lesson of
Daniel is for both sexes. You see that
1 am not giving you an argument to-
night at all. Nor am preaching-I am
only pointing you to an ancient picture.
l am letting Daniel preach
Once, when 1 was in the old italian
city of Bologna, 1 sat during two days
for hours before\a painting of Raphael,
his famous St Cecilia, and all my life
since that sublime conception Of su-
premest art has been to me an impulse
toward spirituality.
l am simply saying, Look at that
vivid picture of Belshazzar's Feast, a"
and in hope that some one of you will
catch the spirit of the scene and hence
forth refuse to be bought, refuse to be
blinded, refuse to lie, and so will be-
come like Daniel picturesque in right
eouSnesS.
And by and by. before you are forgot
ten. while your life to your survivors
is still a fresh memory, may men pause
to muse ON your career, and let this be,
the verdict concerning you: Then
was Daniel brought in before the
King"
The record-union., 1899-10-15

by the countless saloons of elegant
vice; by the Niagara flow of gold, gold,
gold, the tribute of vast populations;
it's night more brilliant than it's day.
Not Babylon could show the like-not
even BelshaZZar's feast could have
been as magnificent! But after a week
or two of dazzled astonishment you be-
gin to hear a moaning. By and by
you perceive that while this Babylon
is reveling, Cyrus and his barbarians
are creeping in at the water gate. The
glitter now fails to prevent your eyes
from beholding the poverty, ignorance,
brutality and viciousness of these dense
multitudes. Through the roar Of rev.
elry comes a bitter, maddening cry
of want, rage and remorse. You con-
clude that civilization exacts a fearful
penalty for it's gift of splendor. You
begin to grow wrathful. You find your
finger pointing toward a legible hand
writing on the wall. You know that
all this civic vice, misery and injustice
are hateful to the Almighty. You want
to denounce it. This is the Daniel in
you. And at last it appears plain that
one Daniel will be worth all the pal
. aces, equippages and millions.
And not only in the great metropolis
New York, London, Paris-that Is,
modern civilization, is everywhere.
There is the glitter of gold over all our
culture. The revelry and suffering are
in all cities, and Gods condemnation
abides upon it. Daniel is in demand
everywhere to warn against worldll-
ness, to rebuke the proclamation of spir-
itual things, to stand for the unseen
and eternal.
And in this age the need is peculiar
ly urgent, because the old time illu-
sions of chivalry-the stainless King,
the gentle DANES, the courtly knights,
who for the common folk once symbol
lied nobility of soul-have dissolved.
We believe in them no more, and
Kings, danes and gentry are like 9TH
er people to us. And in republican
countries not even the surviving shad-
ows of that pictorial greatness exist
to impress our imaginations-we have
no nobility, even in name. The more
need of ethical heroes, with nobility OF
personal worth and splendor Of per-
sonal conduct.
The piety of our times is common
place and vulgar. The churches ana
the ministers demand of us only gen
erous natures and clean lives. They
describe the gate as easy of entrance,
and the way broad and pleasant. and
believers are soothed. They cry,
Peace! Peace!" when there is no
peace.
My friends, l have lived in this world
many years, and all my life have unused
on human destiny. I am ashamed that
| have learned so little but this one
truth has been burned into me-what-
ever we men and women are, whence
soever we came, so where we shall, one
fact at least stands forth unmistak-
able-life is for character Wealth,
power, honor, fame, count for nothing.
They are incidents. Character only
gives success. You may win the world
but fail of worth, and your destiny is
naught! You may suffer and die in
righteousness, and shall shine as the
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Manager Ficks has secured for the
Clunie Opera-house the fine artist
Nance O'Neil for a five nights engage
ment in all the best dramas in which
she appears. The engagement begins
November 18th.
The Elleford Company comes to the
Clunie Opera-house for week, begin
ming October 22d. They will produce
"A Flag of Truce" The Ensign, "A
Nutmeg Match" THE Great Metropo-
lis" "TJncle Dudley and THE Bank
er's Daughter"
Friday and Saturday nights next and
Saturday matinee at the Clunie Opera
house the Browns in Town company
will appear. The play is the latest far
cical effusion, which has a theme en-
tirely different from anything yet seen
The record-union., 1899-10-15

here on that order. 1t was written for
the sole purpose to amuse, and the
amusement is created in logical and
reasonable manner. The company is a
large one and is represented as espe-
cially strong in specialists and new
arts
The record-union., 1899-10-15
The Best Prescription for malaria

and Fever is bottle of Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic. 1t is simply iron and quinine
in a tasteless form. No .cure-no pay.
Price, so cents.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

An exact translation of Heyerman's
play, The Ghetto is to be presented
in England This is in consequence
of the somewhat acrid dispute which
has arisen between c. B. Fernald, the
adapter of the play, and the managers
who undertook it's representation in
London
The record-union., 1899-10-15

John Drew achieved another success
in The Tyranny of Tears" by Had
don Chambers. 1t is described as a
quiet comedy Of actual life, without
especially dramatic features, and plac-
ing it's whole reliance on its charac-
ter work and bright dialogue The
plot is slight, revolving about the ieal-
ousy of a young wife, much given to
weeping, and the husbands slavery to
matrimonial eye freshets.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

A newly formed organized organiza-
tion entitled the Anti-Stage League,
has opened headquarters in New York.
for the purpose of rescuing chorus
girls and purifying the stage. The
league sent circulars to all the chorus
girls in current productions, and when
a few responded out of curiosity, found
they were to be offered positions in
stores and the like The representa- =
tives of the league claim to have solid
financial support, but the chorus girls
are not wholly enthusiastic over the
project.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Wilfred Clarke, a nephew of Edwin
Booth, and son of John Sleeper
Clarke, has been engaged to Imperson-
ate the parson in THE Choir Invisible" !"
which Henry Jewett produces this sea-
son. Mr.. Clarke's latest work has
been with the now disbanded Augustin
DAILY Company, in which he succeeded
James Lewis as principal comedian.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Forbes Robertson and Mrs. Patrick
Campbell will be seen in London be-
fore long in a new comedy by Miss
Constance Fletcher called THE Ca
nary" Mrs. Campbell also has a Sc
rious drama by Turgenieff.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Robert B. Mantell will present a
number of romantic plays the present
season, and has ready for production
a new piece entitled THE Dagger and
the Cross" The play is a dramatiza-
ton by w. A. Tremayne of Joseph
Hatten's novel by that name.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

acter was trained upon many jour-
ney in hardware or whatever useful
commodity he earnestly pressed upon
his clients; and 1 know that your pow
erful corporation has supplied the
stage with some admirable comedians
whose talents were first appreciated in
the commercial coffee-room. SO you
see we have tasks and ambitions IN
common, and it is a keen pleasure tc
me to come here and testify our III
terest in the institution for which you
are working"
The record-union., 1899-10-15

To judge from the numerous an
nouncements, the dramatiZed novel is
TO have and hold the stage III sway
almost undisputed this season. Even
DOoley, it is said, has yielded to
Charles Frohmans persuasive elo-
quence ana his sketches are to be put
in form of stage story. And that is
not impossible when you recall that
the Fadden skits were regarded ut
terly unsuited to the foorlights.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Pietro Sosso, the talented young lead
ing man. is touring the South with the
Manhattan stock company and meeting
with great success. The Atlanta (Ga.)
Constitution" devotes a half column
TO praising the young actors work.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

There is an actress in New York who
is very fortunate. A box was sent her
containing a snake, which jumped out
when she opened the box, Kissed and
bit her, and she was able to sub
stantiate the story by doctor who at
tended her. With the utmost ingrati-
tude, the snake was dispatched.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Nance O'Neirs engagement at Cor
dray's Theater, Portland was one of
the most successful ever played by any
company in that city. Manager Cor
dray and Mckee Rankin, Miss O'Neils
manager, are about S20O better OF
in consequence, the Portland Ore
gonian" saws
The record-union., 1899-10-15

David Belasco receives over $4,000
a year in royalties from plays tina
have had their New York runs and arr
now in the hands of stock organiza
tionS.
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Edward Freiburger, in a recent dis
cussion of the Plague Of Plagiarists," "
said: Malone was authority for the
statement that out of 6,043 Shakespear-
can verses, LII We're taken bodily
from older writer's; 2,313 were varia-
tions of other poets, while but 1899, or
barely a third, were wholly original
with Shakespeare. But Shakespeare
was not the only writer who borrowed
ideas. Some of the best and most eff
fective scenes from Goethe's "Clavigo"
are translations from the memoirs Of
Beaumarchais. A noted quotation from
Schiller's "Wallenstein" is taken from
Les Femmes Savantes," by Moliere,
while lines spoken by Mephistopheles s
in the Walpurgisnacht, in Faust" are
a translation of Arnolph's lines in THE
School for Wives" AS was we'll known
by Augustin Daily and others, the best
English and German farces find their
original in the repertoire of the Palais
Royal Theater in Paris. THE Ele-
phant," by C. Won Moser and G.. Won
Putlitz, was previously used in lie
The record-union., 1899-10-15

Mrs. Augustin DAILY has gone to Eu-
rope to dispose of some London prop
erty. 1t is denied by her family that
there is any ill-feeling between her
self and Ada Rehan. They assert that
Miss Rehan will get all that is due
her, and that Mrs. Daily will be glad
to pay it.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-27
BEEF WAS HANDLED BADLY.
Proper Effort Not Made to supply
Troops-Reim bursement OF
SWIFT Il CO..

WASHISGToNy April a.-The board
convened by a special order TO examine
and report on the responsibility for the
loss OF at.i,so pounds OF refrigerated beef
shipped TO Porto Rico on the Manitoba lasr
summer has Submitted It's findings.
The beef Was from Swift. Il Co., Chicago
and Kansas City. The report goes into
details about handling the beef, says up
To and including August is. due and proper
effort was not made To issue this beef TO
accessible troops between thar day and
August q. 1888. TIRE date of the departure
Of the Manitoba from Mayaguez. The re
port says:
That both at Mayaguez, August - to 81
and at Ponce. betwes the date of the re-
turn OF the Manitoba. August 81 AMI her
departure for New York, proper effort was
not made to Issue this beef and the meat
was III the opinion Of the board. still 1T
for use
That the loss 81 the beef was due. pos
sibly. ~ deterioration while refrigerator
plants were interrupted exposure 10 aign
temperature In uniaaGtng improper hand
hing az faulty protection after issue.
''That the United States Is responsible
for the loss, and thai Swift q Co. be re-
imbursed for the beef
Secretary Alger has approved the ind
ings Of the hoard and dirested payment 10
be made To Swift & Co. in accordance with
the report.
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-27
TAKING THE NEXT CENSUS.
WASHINGTON WILL BE DIVIDED
INTO TWO DISTRICTS.
Alaska VIII Also Have Two Dis-
trlcts, One Of which VIII Extend
From Arctic Ocean TO Mouth Of

Special Dispatch TO the Post-Intelligenesr.
WASHINGTON, April 26.~-Director Mer-
Ram has issued his first census bulletin
IL gives the territory under each super
visor. Washington as divided into two dis
tricfs, the First district consisting of the
counties Of Cnehalis, ciaiiam, Clarke. Cow
litz, Island. Jefferson King. kitsaa. Lew
Is. Mason, Pacific, Pierce, San juan, Ska
gi., Skauiania, Sn9hosnisn, Thurston, Wah-
kiaaum and Whatccrn All the other eoun-
ties are In the Second district These dis
tEicts VIII be subiiv.ae<i 10 suit the emu
merators work
Alaska is divided into TWO districts, the
First from the Arctic ocean south 10 Kus-
kohsim river including kiondike conn
try. the Second all south Of the kuskoawim
river. including southeastern Alaska and
The coast To and including the Aieaiian ISL
ands. The enameraior for Northern Alas
ka viii take the census in winter, as he
cannot get around 10 all the places during
the short summer season. He Wall use
dogs and sleis.
Hawaii will he under one supervisor.
The census Of cuba. Porto Rico and the
Philippines viii not be taken, unless the
director Is required by the next congress
10 do the work