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The Portland daily press., 1899-08-31
MAINE TOWNS.
Items OF Interest Gathered by. Our Local
Correspondents.
NoBLEBoRo.


Nobleboro, Aug. ss.-Mrs. Ida Cotton.
Grace Cotton and Mrs. Ethel Blanchard
of Bath, have been In town visiting
friends.
Judson Hall and daughter of Gardiner,
were in town for a week calling on
friends.
There was lawn party at J. A. Per-
kins's, Friday evening. Aug. 18th.
urdson f1rsa,,a,. ana ,riso ~ wsst
S-~,,,.
0oiuervihe' are IN GOWN.
Mass ,s,n town
Mrs. Arthur Knowlton and children OF
Cambridge, Mass, was calling on friends
last veek
~. ~ 49,. :. 49, a.
nar. anu Mrs. COOK OF Boston, are WIS.,
iting their son, the Rev. W. @. Cook.
w. N. Barstow of West So merville.
u... =, to,,,. ,..4 -
a', - ts.sV
Herbert Sanford. who has been visiting
his uncle. Rev. W. @. Cook. has returned
Il, his home Milton. Mass.
81,
Iena Sioeinger mas gone 10 new red
ford, Mass.
VIM. Maxwell from East Boston. is at
-, ~. r,a-. IL,
mas "uns p M.A pf@ haA'
Colon y. chapman OF Auburn, was In
Benjamin Waltz citizen of this town
died Aug. 10th, aged SO years.
VIM. plummer. aged "a died In "A Naw
va,h hosn,,a, -es bro,,h. hon,.
1ork hsspitai' was pr"ushe hone
Wednesday and buried Thursday last.
Another aba ndoned farm sold. Il. O.
NAV. a man of wealth. of Counecticut.
has bought the farm belonging to the late
David Genthner and will nut IL in orisr
for a summer home.
NORTH YARMOUTH.
East North Yarmouth, Aug. ss.-Mr.
Charles i. Marston and family from Var
mou tn, Mr.. Henry Sidford, MIR. Henry
Lunt and Miss Mary X. Lunt from New
York, Rwere guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
'Iuiss Msssss 1WIeIv. Ethsl and Susan Kimban who
have been spending the summer at Mac
wahoo, have returned.
Mr.. James E. Freeman from Wood
fords, accompanied by his friend, Mr..
Harring from Portland. were guests of
Miss Mary A. Lawrence last week. A
scarcity of fish In Royal river has been
reported since the return of the above
named gentlemen.
School in district No. began today,
with Miss Rankin, q graduate from DOR
ham Normal school, as teacher.
HARPSWELL.
West Harpsweii, Aug. s5.-Miss EPratt,
nurse from tneMaine General hospital,
IN Fort!ano is sisiung at Mr. Arthur
Faimers:
mrs. Eiieh nanuaA rom Druns"ick m Is
naslng her puliuinks neIe painSsu. Ohes-
ter ooorer - uoins .ne Moth.
a , num1or " oui T'ap HTv1ns psopie wSns On
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-31
A Frightful alunder

VIII often cause a horrible Burn. Soald.
Cut or Bruise. Rucklen's Arnica Salve.
the bsst In the world, will kill the pain
and promptly heal it. Cures Old Sores,
Fever Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Felons.
Corns, all Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on earth. Only 25cts. box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by Ii. p. s. Goold,
f77 Congress street, and II. G. Etarr,
Cumberland Mills druggist.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30

Mr.. T. D. Kingsbury, who is executor
Of the S. G. Burd estate, will attend the
meeting of the COUNTY fathers next week.
The residence of E. D. Jones rear
Pom era has been r%eiuvenated inside
with painting and papering; the latter
work being done by Mr.. Rivers of this
place. The c%olors, designs, and figures
as selected by Mr.. Jones, show artistic
taste of a high order.
Thanksgiving day passed quietly at
Dupuyer, there being no attempt at the
usual horse racing or other sporting
events. The various tables of our citi-
zens were loaded with the usual edibles
and the visible supply of turkeys, ducks
and chickens, with the inevitable Gran
berry sauce, has been materially di-
minished.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the Interior,
United States land Oifice, at Helena, Mont,
November Is. 1899.
A sufficient contest affidavit having been
filed in this Office by Henry Weimer, of Dupuy-
or, Montana, contestant, against homestead
entry NO. $3.50, mad May III. 1892. for Sw4 se4.
So SW4, sec. 4, and nW4 nW4, sec. 8, township 20
n. range 5 W. by John Hardness. now deceased,
cOnteStee. in which it is alleged that: the
heirs Of said John Hardness. deceased, have
wholly abandoned said tract ald changed
their residence thercfrOm for more than six
months since making said entry. and next
prior TO the date herein. and that said tract
is not settled upon or cultivated by said
parties rs required by law. The said ahldavits
of contest were filed in this Office April 10Th,
1897, and this second notice is issued by order
of the Hon. Commissioner, of the General
Land Office.
Said parties are hereby notified to appear.
respond and offer evidence touching said al
legation at 10 O'Clock d. N. on December %,
1889, before George w. Magee, a notary public,
at his office at Dupuyer, Montana, and that
final hearing will be held at 10 O'Clock a. m. on
at the United States Land Office in Helena,
Montana.
The said contestant having, in a proper
affidavit, fled April Goth, 1897, and November
18th, 1899, set forth facts which show that after
due diligence, personal service of this notice
can not be made. it is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given by due and
proper publication.
GEORGE. Q. GREENE,
Register.
First published Nov. %. 1899.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
OFFICERS:
DIRECTORS:

This bank transacts a general BANGING
business, pays interest on time deposits,
buys and sells exchange, and loans mon
ey at lowest rates Of interest, Inv ties
correspondence and offers its services to
responsible parties, and will extend the
accommodation and courtesy usually Of
fered by q conservative banking house.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
Proposal for Medicines and Medical At

Sealed proposals. to he Endorsed proposals
for medicines and medical ATTENDANCE will
be received by the undersigned until 5 p. ~.
OF medicines and medical attendance to the
sick, poor and infirm of the county under
county charge, and to the inmates of the
county Jail for the year 1850. Amount of bid
to include all autopsies and insanity exami-
nations.
The right is reserved TO reject any or all
BY order of the Board of County Commits
SionerS. A.. g. WARNER,
got Clerk of the Board.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Helena, Montana.

IItNhIAt OIIIO tV IINIOAItNy ItIVIIttIIIL,
November Is. 1SS9.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Geo.
W. Mage u. ). Commissioner at Dupu yer
Montana. on January s. 1900, v4z:
WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN,
Of DupuYer, Montana. for HE. No. N2S for
the 81 sw4, sw4 SCI, sec %, and sci sea, sec p,
tip 20 n, r 5W.
He names the following witnesses to I1Gve
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of, said land. viz:
Joseph G. McCuaig. Charles E.. Davis, M. n.
Gordon and Samuel L. Potter. all OF Dupuyer,
Montana.
GEORGE d.. GREENE,
Register.
First published Nov. 3. 1899.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Helena, Montana.

Land Of1Ice at Helena, Montana.
November II, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
TO make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before James
M. Wilcox, u. 5. Com'ra at Shelby, Mont, on
January 4. 1900. viz:
THOMAS NJ. GARLAND.
OF Shelby, Montana for III. L. No. 1904 for the
sw4 SEA sec, Il, nwl ne4 and e2 nw4 sec. ID, tip 81
n, r4w.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF. said land, viz; =
Daniel Sullivan, William Dawes. Jno. J.
Miller, William Rice. All of Shelby, Mont
GEORGE D. GREENE. Register.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
THE FOUNDER.

If the rounder had a new suit of clothes
he would organize a literary society.
He has some great ideas that could find
realization there. lie he had the running
of that circle it would grow and thrive
until in its luminous halo it would EN-
brace the Beers and Philippines In the
first place he would have a bic. husky
chap stationed at the door to examine
all the lady mem@ers for stray works OF
lola that they might have cached about
them and confiscate the same. Police
Gazettes would be confined strictly to
the art gallery and that kept locked with
the key in the hands of old maids only.
No person should be admitted to mem
bership unless he could read the consei-
tuition in United States and has resided
, year in the state and 30 days in the
precinct, or swears he has, which is all
the same. He should be Of good moral
character, not addicted to drinking gin,
or tight lacing, in fact every member of
the circle should be square. When all
the members are in session assembled,
the doors should be locked and the door
keeper armed with a poker to keep the
readers from chewing gum, splitting on
the floor Or sitting cros5-legged. Il
should be his duty also to exact the pay
ment Of fines. These fines should be im-
posed for various offenses The letting
off of puns should be a serious offence.
For instance, il anyone mentioned Bacon
or Chaucer coincident with eating he
should be sent out to sit for an hour on
a Coldridge without an overcoat and il
he should ask what the Dickens was
meant he should be told to Stowe his CAB
and be thankful that he was not sent
out on a lonely Moore. If any Long
fellow made fun of a Little member he
should be made to write an original re-
ceipt for Burns or he Maylew a score or
so Of senseless puns out OF Wood.
Anyone found with original poetry
concealed about his person should be be
headed, unless he swears never to be
NUM- SuiIy again ana
sends his poem to be published in the
Montanian. When a member begins to
know more about poetry than Milton, of
constitutional history than Langmeade,
of law than Blackstone, of art than Rus
kin or of free silver than Harvey he
should be relegated to the primary class
and kept there.
When it is concluded to read some
book, let some simple soul buy a copy
and then the others can borrow it until
some married woman gives it to the
children to play with. Those who have
not had a chance at it before that can
sit and look wise when the subject is
under discussion. now and then distort-
ing 1heir faces into a sneering smile,
that will give them the appearance of
knowing all about it and the others will
be afraid to say much before them.
When a member gets among a crowd
of benightrd fools that do not belong to
the circle he must air his knowledge.
Let him have a big list of writer's and the
names of their works committed to
memory so he can string them off gltbly
He shonld be sure to do all the talking,
for if anyone else gets in a word he will
likely be given away. Should he be thus
caught he can say "Humph!" and walk
off.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
DESERT LAND. FINAL PROOF.-NOTICE
Q PUBLICATION.
U. S. Land Office at Helena, Mont,
Nnua1phnp ~ 1904

Us LAND Uf1ce at HeIena, Mont,
November IS, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that Elizabeth Bole,
of Great !. ais, Montana, has filed notice of her
intention to make proof on her desert-land
claim, No. 1915, for the neM, Ee4 nwM, 81 nw4,
RS W, before NJ. $. Darling, q. $. Commissioner
at Pondera, Montana, on Friday, the Goth
day of December. 1899.
Montana, has fled nouice of intention to make
proof on his desert-land claim No. 1915, for
the 81 ne4. SCI nw4, NJ Sw4, Sw4 sw4. sec IA
SEA SCI, sec Is; mel mel. sec p, tip % II, r g ",
before the same officer, at the same time
and place.
They narne the following witnesses to prove
the, complete irrigation and reclamation Of
said land:
Kyle Price, of Dupuyer, Montana. Thomas
Perry, Of Great Fails. Montana, Walter Math-
tana.
GEORGE D. GREENE. Register.
Tirst Published Nov. %, 1899.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
Proposals for Care and Maintenance Of
Oountv Poor

Sealed proposals, to be endorsed proposals
for the care and maintenance of the county
poor" will be received by the undersigned up
to- p. m. of Saturday, December =, 1899, for
the care and maintenance of the poor of Teton
county for the year 1900. Said proposals must
specify the amount per capita per week, and
include the entire cost of lodging, feeding,
clothing and nursing OF such sick, poor and
1nfirm persons as are or may become charges
of the cOunty.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
BY order of the Board of County Commits
siOnerS. A. g. WARNER
S-0t Clerk of the Board.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Land Office at Helena. Mon lama.

LIuu ODICg dJ H1IGlI. MON Uana.
November II. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make ina! proof in support Of his claim,
ana that said proof will be made before Geo.
". Magee, y. 5. Com'r. at Dupuyer, Mont, on
Dec. 81, 1899, viz:
ERNEST V. HOOPER,.
OF Pondera, Montana for II. E. No. 9048 for the
lot sec. 5 and los 1 sec. g., tip 28 H.. r 2w.
lie names the following witnesses to prove
continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land. viz:
Charles Il. Pearson, Edward z. Hughes.
Herbert L.. Pearson, of Pondera. Mont.
Samuel L.. Potter. of Dupuyer.
GEORGE D.GREENE, REGISTER.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1899-11-30
TIMBER CULTURE, FINAL PROOF
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
u. S. Land Office. at Helena, Mont,
NOYRmhpr 1R 1900

November IS, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that JOIN III. Fair
field, of Great Falls, Montana, has fled notice
of intention to make final proof before Geo..
". Magee, U.S;Com'r, at his Office in Dupuyer,
on Saturday, the 9th day of Ian
uary. 1900, on timber culture application No.
2096, for the 50 sw4 and 81 SCI, sec p; tip rs n. r
6W.
He names as. witnesses: George E. McGill,
Ernest Asa worry, Charles E. Davis, OF Dupu-
yer and William Zimmerman of Pondera.
George ID. Greene. Register.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

man heads with bodies as Of birds origi-
mated as a truce to conscience on some Of
these fasting expeditions-the indian faxed
the totem when he really ought to have
starved TO death.
1t is also asserted that the Indian tried to
write n history of his family feuds and of his
individual triumphs.
A story Is told that an Indian carved a
whale on his totem to record the fact that
when he was out in the open sea in his canoe
a p~orpoise (weight $50 pounds) become en-
ragged at some offensive condition in his ma
rine environment and jumped out of the
water, landing in the canoe. The
canoe never wabbled or thought of be-
coming swamped, and the porpoise was
still until the Indian secured a weapon,
hit him a killing blow on the head and fin
ished him, hence the Indian recorded him
self a brave Indian. Thus was glory a gift
Of the sea.
The desire OF mankind to tell often ex-
ceeds his ability to know. Unworthy objects
are sometimes rescued from oblivion.
Condemned Az IdoIntrous.
II the carved pole had a definite object or
a story, the jealous student OF the sole re-
naming works of the Hydah Aztecs cannot
prove 1t. Speculation on the subject becomes
all the more fascinating as 1t admits Of I'M
told resource and variety OF opinion, colored
by the mental tendency OF the individual.
The pole In question has already been con-
demned by the Christian women OF the Wo-
mems Christian Temperance union as the
means OF rank indulgence in idoiatry, on the
part of its patrons. They were oyer-esnsi-
tive on religion-it has been a grand and ex-
quisite work OF art and a noble monument
to sOme-they were hyPpOtlzed by the pole
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
Omaha Commercial College,
Rohrbough Bros. Props" Over Boston Store. 9Th n Douglas Stree

of awful freaks of imagination and of mon
strosities.
No one will ever know whether the Indian
that carved the pole was a bad artist or
the victim Of an awful hallucination. The
pole reasonably proves both unless it is a
freak Of savage humor.
Consider the figure at the base. The face
is red. 1t is not excitement, not the
"hootch" mania and not the blush of mod
esty. 1t is just a shiny, sticky. dull red,
and not like the color of any living thing.
1t is the color OF Georgia red clay mud knee
deep in springtime-all right as a COM
plexion for a totem but useless in a beauty
parlor.
The mouth is a wide square-curnered
aperture in the face-not a cupid's mouth,
nor a mouth for strawberries and ice cream.
1t is more like the sidewalk entrance to a
coal bin.
The cornea of the eyes, which are rolled
up in a lovesick expression, is a lurid
greenish yellow, like the congratulations Of
an old maid at a wedding; but there is no
such reality about this totem-he is simply
trying to endure his nose, which is the beak
of an immense bird. Poor totem! He is
undergoing metamorphosis-his arms al
ready hang in heavy, useless, shield-like
'''S ~S'hS -" yNiio" = win
black lines down the centers for feathers and
he has big talons below.
lie was standing still and saying over and
over again: 1.-THE birds can fly and why
can't II" for an age before Darius ever built
his flying machine, and in a far more
aggravated sense, for Darius was a man
with machinery attachment, and the totem
is a man that is a bird.
The next figure above is a black face with
no mouth, but what he cannot say he is
looking cross-eyed to convey, If some one
can determine the language of a cross-eyed
expression the secret of the totems may be
solved.
The next figure is a human head with an
eXaggeration of mouth-it is one of the
large, round, continuously open mouths that
forever say nothing. This figure is benefited
Continued on Sixteenth Page.)
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
IL ON
Totem Pole as a New
Element in Civilization

The transporting Of two totem poles from
their places In a deserted Indian village in
southern Alaska by the Hartman party on
It's princely cruise to the Alaskan, Tn
alaskan, Siberian and Arctic coasts, and
afterwards placing the poles in eastern
museums as curios; also the securing Of a
totem pole by a party of excursionists that
sailed via the inland route along the Alaskan
shore as far as Sitka, and the subsequent ac-
ceptance of the pole by the city of Seattle, as
a monument in Pioneer square in the heart
OF the city, has installed the totem pole as a
new element in civilization. A general in
terest as to the appearance, history and pos
sible meaning of these unique objects may
be conceded.
The Seattle totem pole is ifty-three feet
high and is four feet in diameter at it's base.
One side of the pole is carved in grotesuue
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

figures and the figures are stained red, vel.
low, green, black and white.
The poles are the property of ancient
Alaskan Indians, or OF their descendants.
Here 1t may be said that writer's on the
subject of totems or Indian institutions, or
OF any other unknown relic or conditions,
can write but few facts, hence it becomes
his art to disguise his suggestions to make
them convincing. The first supposition is
that the present Alaskan Indians, the
Hydahs, who own the poles, II they happen
to be around where the poles stand, are
either the progenitors or the descendants of
the Aztecs-it is not certain which. There
is a mystic something about the poles that
grants this CLEAN OF intelligence,
The carving was done by means of a
curved chisel point held between two sticks
and used as a gouge, by use Of shells and
by burning. The poles bear marks of these
implements over their entire surface.
GrOtesque Figures.
Many houses had totems and some had
more than one, Each totem pole is unlike
every other. Grotesque human faces, with
bodies as OF a bird, bears, frogs, fishes,
and birds are common to the poles, so that
1t is hardly possible that the figures have a
special meaning or that the poles were
objects OF worship.
1t is asserted by one authority that
"totemism" is a belief In the affinity of
man to the animal creation. The Indian
traced his pedigree back to some parti ,ular
animal and that animal became his totem.
Their method Of procedure was reasonable
II crowned with an illogical conclusion. The
father sat with his family about him upln
the ground before a fire OF blazing fagots.
The smoke meandered about In the dark
ness to find the hole In the roof by which to
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

escape. The old Indian watched his children
and studied their characteristics, and when
he discovered traits In his child common to
animals of a certain kind he at once decided
as TO the identity of his totem. The boy
of hugging propensities became his little
bear" and at maturity he was the man Of
the bear totem. 1t is to be regretted that
the Indians knowledge OF animals was so
limited, but he evidently made allowance
for that in bending conditions so as to in
clude frogs, ravens, whales and some others.
II a child was allowed to reach maturity
without a totem he adopted heroic measures
on his own behalf, in retiring to the forest
to fast until the totem was revealed. There
was no uncertainty as to the result when
an Indian went out on the warpath after
a totem. 1t vas starvation or the totem.
1t is an original suppositinn that the hu-
Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24

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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-29
Why he did Not Rise.

A street preacher was having sort
Of test meeting by asking the congre-
CATION questions on their conduct.
"Now brethren" he said, "all Of
you who pay your debts will please
stand up
In response to this there was an ap-
parently unanimous uprising.
"Now," said the preacher, asking
the others to sit down, call those who
do not pay will please stand up.
One man alone arose.
"Ah, BROTHER" said the preacher,
''why is it that you, Of all this congre-
CATION, should be so different?'
II don't know, parson, he replied,
slowly, as he looked around over his
friends and acquaintancesin in the meet
ing, ''unless it is that I'm not liar,
and cause I can't get what the peo-
pie round me owe.me. ."-Ldcon Jour
nal.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-11-29
Taken at His Word.

''Thar's one er them agents what
sells clocks on credit wants to see you
right off, said the new farm hand.
"Hang the agent!' exclaimed the
farmer. II don't want to see him or
his clocks.
The new farm hand disappeared and
did not return for an hour.
When he put in an appearance he
asked:
"Whar bouts roun' here does the
coroner live?"
"What in thunder does you want
with the coroner?"
WELL. said the new farm hand,
taking seat on the stump and wiping
the perspiration from his brow with
his shirtsleeve, 81 hanged him!'-
atlanta Constitution.