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The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18
ANOTHER STEAMSHIP HERE.

The Thomson line steamship Cumeria
arrived here Saturday from Shields
England, which she left August end. She
had good passage and her only cargo
was 200 tons Of coal.
Two five iaasted schooners are now In
port. They are the Nat Palmer aud the
NJ. d. Cresssy, the latter arriving here
on Saturday.
The schooner Andrew Adams which ar
rived hare Saturday has ON board boom
and gaff from the wrecked schooner Au.
gustus Palmer.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18
Hyomei Dyspepsia Cure Is I'm.
like Any Other.

1t treats each phase of the disease sep
arately, and contains the only germicide
known, which can be taken internally
and without danger and yet destroy the
bacilli which cause intestinal Indigestion
(the most dangerous form of dyspepsia.
Hyomei Dyspepsia Cure is the only one
ever guaranteed. Your money is re-
funded if it fails to cure. Price 50c.
All druggists. One days treatment
sent free to any address on receipt of
stamp.
THE r. T. BOOTH COMPANY,
New York.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18
PEAKS ISLAND.

On Thursday last Mr.. John +. Brack-
ett Of this island saw IRE bursting from
the Blake cottage near Trefethen's land
ing. The cottage was empty. Mr..
Brackett. with lad. gave the alarm, and
with the as sistancs summoned, sxtin-
guished the fire. The damage Ia estimate
ed as slight.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18
STATE OF MAINE.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

Aukuslh, august rs, 1899.
Pardon OF Leslie A. Kenison a Convict in the
State Prison under sentence for the crime Of
Assault Is now pending before the Governor
and CounciL and hearing thereon wall be
granted in the Council Chamber at Augusta. er,
Monday, the 25th day of Sept. next, at 4o,eiock
r. M. BYRON BOYD, Secretary 81 State,
sep2 d3w
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18
COMMANDED BY BUCKspoRr MAN

The schooner Newton of Boston, CON-
manded by Captain Heath Of Bucksport.
was recently abandoned at sea, having
been wrecked In the big hurricane. The
captain and crew were landed at st.
Thomas Friday. The schooner was valued
at $40, 900 and was owned by J. s. Emery
s. Co. Of Boston, Captain Heath and
Others. She was formerly the bark White
Cloud.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18
NOTICE.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree
to refund the money on two 25 cent bot
ties or boxes of Baxter's Mandrake Bit
ters. If 1t fails to cure constipation. bill
iousness, sick headache, jaundice, loss OF
appetite, sour stomach, dyspepsia, liver
complaint, or any of the diseases for
which it is recommended. It is highly
recommended as tonic and blood puri-
fer. Sold liquid in bottles, and tablets
in boxes. Price 25 cents for either. One
package of either guaranteed to give sat.
isfaction or money refunded.
G. II. GUPPY & CO.,
Monument So, Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18

funeral services for the late Mrs. Mary
True were held from No. 81 Deering
street at two o'clock Saturday afternoon,
Rev. MIR. Hack officiating. A large mum.
ber of friends were present. The pail
bearers were Deacons winslow and Steele
of the Second Parish church. A. B. Mer-
rill and Frank Haskell Several selections
were rendered by the choir Of the Second
Parish church. Interment was at Ever
green.
The Portland daily press., 1899-09-18

Impossibls to foreses an accident. Not
impossible to be prepared s~r 1t. DR.,
Tnomas's Eclectrio Oil .rch over
pain.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
SPEND roo MUCH FOR DRESS
Englishmen Find Fault with American

Englishmen Find Fault with American
Women's Extravaganza.
II the opinion OF the average Eng
lishman is worthy of credence-and the
opinion, indeed, OF all men throughout
Europe-American women spend too
much money on their personal adorn-
ment. 1t is, one fault of the women of
America that they consider themselves
obliged to buy perishable dresses to
meet the exigencies of fashion, while
in England princess, a duchess, will
do with one handsome silk as her only
elegant costume. The tyranny of dress
makers and the frequent changes OF
fashion make dress very serious bust
ness to fashionable women in America
II they chance to be poor And in Civ
ing good material into the hands of in
experienced dressmakers women often
suffer a dreadful loss. 1t Is the old
story Of the Irish cook trying to make
a vol-au-vent de volatile. To make
French dress one needs a French artist.
The French dress is elegant and 1t fits.
IL 10 easy anu COnlpdi ALVEY lneXpen-
siye to dress a woman favored with a
good figure, but not one in a hundred
has good figure any more than she
has good walk. Dress is made. there
fore, to conceal defects. and to heighten
beauties, as moonlight is said to do.
The stout people must not be cos
TUNED like thin ones. 1t is a conces-
sion to defects which has brought
about extraordinary fashions. The
high collars worn by the princess OF
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Woman Runs a Single Min.

Miss Clara Stimson is young woman
OF Maine who has shown that young
woman can run single mill with
pront and satisfaction to her employ
ers. She Is now assisted in her work
Dy another woman, who is lecturer
and reformer, cultured and Travelled,
out able to put into her work real bust
ness effort and ability. Miss Stimson's
tather was the owner of a single mill.
and when he died ten years ago the
daughter determined to keep on with
the mill. She has succeeded beyond
her expectations, and now has custom
ers all over the country. Her mill
Is at Masardis, in the heart of the lum-
Der district. The machinery that went
into the building Miss Stimson herself
oargained for, making better arrange
ments, it is said. than any man had
done in that country before. She is
successful at the markets in Boston
snd New York, and visits them regu-
larry, and she says that contractors and
iaborers are always equally courteous
TO her.-Boston Advertiser.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
CITY MAKES THE PROFIT.
How Ownership of Street Railway
Operates In Glasgow.

How Ownership of Street Railways
Operates In Glasgow.
From the beginning Glasgow owned
its own street railway lines. 1t was
too careful of its streets to allow any
company to control them. Though the
conditions under which a company
leased the lines for 81 years were high
ly favorable to the city, at the expir-
alton of the lease 1t was decided not
to renew Ii. An offer was made to take
over the company's rolling stock, sta
bles, etc., on an arbitrator's valuation,
on condition that the company should
not put on a rival line of buses. As
this was declined the council started
car shops and equipped the line with
new material entirely. On the day OF
the transfer the competing omnibuses
appeared, but the citizens had long ex-
perienced the advantages of loyal sup
port OF their own government All
the Establishments OF the omnibus con-
ductors were unavailing; the omni-
buses ran empty, while the street cars
were crowded, and soon the chagrined
rivals withdrew from the uneven con-
test. Scotch shrewdness has been JUS
titled OF her children. For short dis
tances system OF 1-cent fares has
been introduced; the cars have been
made more elegant and comfortable;
electric traction is being installed. In
one year the number of passengers was
doubled; and after paying interest on
the capital and providing an adequate
reserve fund. surplus of 5000, 900 is
left to pay for open spaces. baths and
wash houses. river ferries. art exhibit
tons, music and improved sanitation.
-Harper's Magazine.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

hoping against hope that one day there
will be great windfall that may place
their charity above want.
Meanwhile the royal couple have re-
duced their stable and have curtailed
their social expenses in every way pos
sible. Carl Theodore, his wife and
their children, live like private people.
refusing to indulge in such Injuries
as court marshals, ladies and gentle
men of the court, etc. The money
saved goes to bring life and happiness
to thousands of people in the course of
year, for the Duke has often as many
as thirty callers a day.
When he is engaged on cataract
operations he can't see all the patients
himself, so his daughters, Elizabeth
and Marie, take preliminary charge Of
new arrivals. Both princesses are
studying medicine and are schooled in
giving first aid to sufferers
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
A PARIS HOLIDAY.
All the French Capital Turns Out fcs
the Grand Prix.

All the French Capital Turns Out fer
the Grand Prix.
The Grand Prix de Paris is, inciden-
tally, a horse-race. 1t is really, how
ever, great joyous social festival. All
Paris turns out, and makes mad ex-
hilarating holiday of 1t. To reach
Longchamps you go through the Bots
de Bonlogne. Go on foot, and you
emerge uron the famous course
through the green, cool woods. Thou
sands of lighI-hearted, bantering, Pari-
slams go thus. The other thousands
go on coaches and in cabs-seemingly
every cab in Paris is hired for the oc
casion-and all are gay, excited. Rib
bons are fluttering from the seats, the
driver cracks his whip with an osten-
tation of great spirit, madame is smil
ing and bowling. mademoiselle is laugh
ing with joyous abandon, monsieur is
shouting, crying to his friends and
bandying sallies with the other way
farers. You would never think that
the republic was on the verge of a
revolution; at the height of a nation
shaking political crisis. A short, rapid
drive, and you are there Then follows
a brief interview with the suave dis
penser of "billets,' which preliminary
being successfully over, you enter the
"Paysage." You are in charming
park. Luxuriant trees shade you from
the suns rays. You revel in the de-
lightful sense of GOODNESS. There are
seats everywhere; you need nothing
for your comfort. Gorgeously gowned
women, mTzteIies of millinery CON
fections," big summary hats, laces.
then diaphanous material, everything
light and floating; you begin to Won
der was the race organized by the mil
liners. A gong rings. A mild commo-
ton seizes the crowd. With the others
you go down to the front of the grand
stand, there to climb on chairs and
other points of vantage looking down
the course. Presently over the smooth
shaver, immaculate green of the course
comes bunch of brilliant-colored
jockeys on rushing horses that look
like polished copper in the sun. There
Is buzz of talk, little shouting and
gesticulating, and the radiantly gown
ed ladies and their escorts saunter back
to the shade of the trees. Every type
OF the military is on the course Their
purpose is to suppress any royalist dis
play, and their numbers would over
awe the biggest rabble. One carries
away a very vivid impression of the
race of the Grand Prix. Altogether it
is very pretty function, huge, in
formal garden party. The horses do
not unnecessarily obtrude themselves
upon you; and, were it not for the
ominous columns of soldiery, you
might conceivably, in an absent-mind-
ed moment, look around for your hos
tess and ask for introductions to the
guests.-A. b. Wenzell in Golfers
Weekly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Cuban Notarles Get Enormou. Fees.


One drawback to investment In Cuba
is the uncertainty of titles and the alb
solute authority exercised by the ma
tive notaries. According to the old
Spanish laws. which to a great extent
are yet in vogue, the notaries keep all
records of land titles, and from their
decisions there is no appeal. The Of
fee has descended from father to son
through many generations, and, hay
ing had things so long their own way,
the incumbents have grown exceeding
ly arrogant, and demand outrageous
fees. For the copy of deed $500 is
not considered exorbitant Not long
ago $4,000 actually was paid in Ha-
vana for recording a deed. One thou
sand five hundred dollars or 81 900 is
the common charge for recording a
will.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
BABY CARRIED IN A vALIsE.
Odd Experience Related by an Old
Time Conductor.

Odd Experience Relateh ny AN o'u
Time Conductor.
Carrying a baby in grip is new
wrinkle on me-" remarked an old-time
palace car conductor at downtown
hotel the other night. 1T was away
out in western Iowa." he continued,
that the incident l am about to re-
late happened. | had two porters In
my car. One was the regular porter,
who is familiar with the travelling pub
lie, and the other darkey was just
being broken in. He was on the first
run and wanted to catch on to the bust
ness. Well, somewhere west of Mar
shalltown an elderly man climbed on
the sleeper. He had two grips, one fat
one, the other a mere hand grip. He
remarked to the porter to handle the
bags very carefully and to keep them
upright. The man went into the smok-
ing apartment and ordered his grips
placed in his berth. 1t so happened
that the new porter got hold of him,
and | can never understand how it
happened that there wasn't tragedy
Oh Tue Car, lOT H6 lOOh tAS Lat sip nhu
gave 1t big toss, handing 1t up on the
top berth. There wasn't sound.
Pretty soon the man came out the
smoker and proceeded to retire. He
made considerable fuss about the
rough way in which his grips had been
handled and the finding of the large
one upstairs. In the night some time
a baby's voice was heard. The little
one cried several times, but always
quoted down. The sound was traced
to the berth of the man who had been
fussy about his grips. Next morning
he did not get up and remained in the
berth until the train reached Chicago
When he left the car the big grip was
as heavy as ever and the porter receiv-
ed the same precautions about careful
handling. / managed to get around In
front of him and asked if the baby was
all right. He looked a little puzzled
and then answered in the most indif-
ferent way that it was all right, but
had spent rather restless night He
said he always carried it in the grin to
avoid appearance. taking along several
bottles of milk when on long trip
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
THAN THE PROFESSOR.
Old Colored Woman Who Knows Some
thing About Fossils.

Old Colored Woman who Knows Some-
thing About Fossils.
A scientific gentleman Of Washing
ton, who is greatly interested in fos-
sill remains, recently received a very
fine specimen, purporting to be of the
Devonian or some other old period.
He was delighted, and he called in all
his friends to decide on what manner
Of thing the animal was during its
lifetime. They were not able to de-
eide. and they were on the point of
appealing to some of the government
biologists. The great trouble was that
the specimen had no head. and the
absence OF that member combined to
make a mystery of the missing link
variety. Meanwhile the skeleton was
kept carefully guarded In a cabinet es-
pecially made for 1t. One day. after
short absence from the city, the sci
enlist opened the cabinet and found
that the fossil had been provided with
head. He was delighted. When he
made inquiries his son told him that
the friend who had sent him the trunk
had found the head and forwarded it
to him while he was away. The pro-
fessor called In his friends, and they
decided that the head fitted perfectly,
and that 1t belonged to the fossil.
When thus equipped 1t looked for all
the world like one of the dogs one
would imagine the cave men to have
kept as their pets. The professor felt
that he ought to write treatise on
the CANNES OF the paleozoic ages. An
old colored woman who takes care of
the Office came in one day and saw
the fossil, with its recent addition. She
went up to it and deliberately knocked
the head off with her buster. Fob de
Lawds sake, puffessah!" she exclaim-
ed, what yo' doin' wild OF chicken
carcass on yo' skellington?" On min
ute investigation the professor found
that the old woman was correct: but
he does not speak to his son now
Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

The picture made for the New York
Press from photograph taken at the
royal villa In Tegernsee, represents
Duke Carl Theodore of Bavaria and his
wife attending to patient.
Removing cataracts is the Dukes
speciality. He has taken out more than
5000 since he began practicing twenty
years ago, and the majority of these
operations turned out successfully. In
deed, so great has been Carl Theo-
dore's success in this special line that
the Medical Chambers of Germany Pc
titioned him to charge the usual fee
for his work, "as he was drawing the
best part of the custom from regular
physicians.
To this the Duke agreed-in meas
ure. He promised to hand to his we'll
TODD patients stiff bills thereafter. and
then. like the true Samaritan he is,
went to work to spend the money he
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

amples the following may be cited: In
1915 there was an eruption of Tomboro,
volcano on the island of Sumbawa;
the elected ashes and cinders were cal
culated at thirty-seven cubic miles,
and the fall was so heavy that at a
distance of forty miles houses were
crushed by the load, while 800 miles
away the darkness due to the volcanic
dust was like that of the deepest night.
The noise of the eruption was heard
at distance of nearly 1000 miles.
Vesuvius in 1887 elected nearly 12,000,-
600 yards of rock matter, and in 1894
the mountain emitted over 100000
yards. In 1860 Aetna disgorged guam
tity of material equal to twenty times
the volume OF the mountain. Kilauea
in 1910 sent forth lava which. accord
ing to the estimates of Prof. Dana,
was sufficient to cover a square mile
to the depth Of 800 feet.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
National Debts.

France leads with debt OF fl .OSS.-
1858. Russia is not very
good second. owing f643. zoe, 600, but
she has advanced during the last ten
years from the fourth place to the seq
ond. England has sunk TO the third
place, owing f634,435. 900, the differ
snce between her and Russia not being
very great. The positive magnitudes.
however, are less important than the
rates Of increase and decrease-Eng-
land having paid off Ell 900 ,O0O during
the last ten years, while Russia has in
creased her Indebtedness by f245, O0O,-
600.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

The Tegernsee hospital occupies an
entire wing OF the castle, and poor pa
tients are treated to meal and bath
Immediately upon arrival. Then the
Dukes daughters make first exami-
nation and report to their father about
the urgency of the case. If treatment
can be put of couple of days 1t is
done, to give the patient chance to
gather strength. So the Duke Is not
only keeping free hospital. but also
a free restaurant and clearinghouse.
Duke Carl was 60 years old on Aug.
8, but looks younger His wife,
Princess De Bragance, is his junior by
eighteen years. Her chief attraction
is her eyes, full of tenderness and in
telligence. She is her husbands faith
full assistant, and medical science is
indebted to her for the Invention OF
several surgical instruments.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

expected to take In by setting up three
eye hospitals for the poor-one in
Munich, the other in Meran and the
third in Tegernsee. 1t costs more than
$4,000 year to keep up these institu-
tions-a bagatelle compared with the
income Carl Theodore should have
from his rich customers. But, as
things go, he pays three-fourths of the
sum out of his own pocket, for, know
ing that their Doctors claim will not
be pressed against them, most of the
rich patients sneak away with a
thank you, ever so much" and an in
significant poor-box contribution.
Such ingratitude would disgust nine
out of ten philanthropists with their
self-imposed duties.
Not so the Duke and Duchess. Poor
as they are-for people in their station
in life-they cheerfully continue to
bear the expense of their hospitals,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

doubt that the system will be grad
ually extended throughout the fifty
governments of European Russia.
There are already 835 schools, accom-
modating 10000 children, in the city
an1 suburbs of the capital, and these
are to be Immediately increased by
the addition OF 528 others. Each
school will serve an area of two and
half miles IN circumference. For
young children living at a distance
ia night asylums are to be provid-
ed in the various districts. This pro-
vision will deprive negligent parents
of all excuse for keeping their chill
dren from school,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

But II Is to the forests OF the Phil
ippines that we are wholly unable to
do justice. Timber exists in great va
riety, and OF most excellent quality.
There are to be found kinds of wood
suitable to every purpose. Many are
of dense and tough fiber, susceptible to
the highest polish. Four different
kinds are so heavy that water will not
float them. nor can they be cut with
ordinary saws. One variety is OF a
bright emerald green, and another rich
yellow, and they retain those colors
when polished. Another nara" per-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
A Knightly Postman.

London Globe: A certain illustrious
signor in Italy was gazetted as a
Knight of the Crown" but no sooner
was the distinction conferred than the
government discovered that the new
knight was a person of dubious char
acter. With the native skill of an Ital-
ian diplomat, seeing that the distinc-
ton could not be recalled, the govern
ment at once sought for some one of
the same name as the signor. The
only person who qualified was young
postman, and he is now elevated to
the rank of knight of the Crown.
What a magnificent and high imperial
rat-a-tat-tat he will deliver.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12

In the Rakaia, New Zealand, rail-
way smash drink was the direct means
Of saving the lives of about sixty ex-
cursionists. who, as the night was cold
and wet and the train was waiting, left
the rear carriages and trooped into the
railway hotel few yards off While
they were drinking the smash took
place. The carriages which sixty OF the
beer-thirsty crowd had quilted were
reduced to matchwood.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
what British Hoilday-s.ekers sn.na


In the course of last year no fewer
than 443,1 02 passengers embarked or
disembarked at Dover alone, and as
the number of continental travellers
embarking at Hull, Harwich, Queen
borough, Folkestone. Newhaven and
Southampton is likewise immense. at
the very lowest estimate 1900, 600
Britons must annually seek relaxation
on foreign shores at the cost of about
f1S,00O,OO0-a sum sufficient to provide
enough sovereigns to allow a ribbon of
these coins to be laid down the Great
North Road from the Mansion House
to Woodham, which lies half way be-
tween Darlington and Durham OF
this 100000, the majority visit Bel
GUM. the Rhine, Switzerland and
Paris, and the money they leave be-
hind Is fairly equally divided among
the popular holiday resorts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Literary Criticisms.

Bertha-But isn't there a good deal
Of Emerson's writings that you do not
understand, Uncle Charles? Uncle
Charles-Of course there is. The
great pleasure in reading Emerson is
the opportunity it gives man with
fertile Imagination to think out mean
ings for profound passages. Boston
Transcript.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
just Like a Man.

Mrs. Hix--You shouldn't complain
about your clothes, John. What would
you do If You had no wife to mend
them?" Mrs. Hix-"0h. in that case
would soon be able to save m
enough money to buy a new outfit. To-
Chicago Record.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-10-12
Compulsory Education for Rn....

Russia is at last on the eve of the
Introduction of the greatest reform
since the Emancipation of the Serfs in
lS61-the compulsory education of the
people. The first experiment is to
be made in the city and government of
st. Petersburg. but there can be no