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nfFICE SPACE To LET, with use of vault
" typewriter aud private office. ROOM 26,
tlR>T NATIONAL BANK BLDG. GIL
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NoTICR-How does your winter oyercoat
IN look? let US thoroughly cleanse and
press IL. aud put on new velvet collar. No
matter how badly II looks. better let us see It..
We maks n specially OF this Kind OF work.
GEO. ID. DUFFEY. ;ai or, 5T0la Congress
street, opposite Congress So. hotel. 23-I
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A YOUNG woman with long experience 10
n Offices OF wholesale anu Importing houses,
would Ike position, hest OF references. Adj
dress CLERK. Box 1851. eel
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HOUSE-Is there anyone who win buy n
new 2-hlt up to date house? All modern
good for residence or invest
meat; ~ per cent pays well for new. well To-
Gated pro- etty: this property will pay thai, l..
NJ. LEIGHTON, IS Exchange street 24-i
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nor SALE-Bargs:ns In our made strong
trousers" We sell fer sI0o, l.25. i.50. 2O0
and $50 per pair. Best value for the money
sold anywhere. II not satisfactory on examln-
alton money will be refunded by returning TO
us before having been worn. HASKELL &
JONES, Lancaster Building, Monument Square,
Portland, Maine. BID
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WANTED IMMEDIATELY-By an Ameri-
w can woman situation as working house
feeper for widower; select help furnished Tor
hotels and private famlie., men and women
cocks chamber table ana kitchen girls. frst.
second and general work girls. Gail 3el IL
Congress street. MRS. fALMERS OFFICE.
E.. o5-l
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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one week for 10 cents, cash In advance.
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NOTICE ladies jackets and skirts thor
~ oughly cleansed ana pressed. GEO. d.
DUFFEY, tailor. 570ls Congress street. oppo-
tite Congress "a. hotel. 2J2
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WATCHES ON INSTALL MtnTS.

waltham and E1gin Watches. A large stock
of new model Watches will be sold on easy pay
ments Mt reasonable prices. All Styles All
Prices MCKINNEY tho Jewolar, Monument
Square. uarisdu
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ITO LEr-Suit OF very nice rooms for one or
II two gentlemen ON Carlton street. near
Congress street, lighted and heated. bath room.
Inquire OF EZRA HAWKES. g. CO., SC Ex-
change street ISL
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VANTED--By respectable man steady POI
w sition In ofice or store, first class pen
man. four years as assistant school master,
Knowledge OF typewriter and Shorthand, best
OF testimonials. DICKINSON, II warren
street 25-1
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E0R SALE-Will exchange for farm or village
Il property, de sirable property short distance
IRON Portland coinmodious house, ample out
buildings, four acres of land, 80 fruit trees. ex
eellent water, near depot. store. postofllce,
sehoolhouse and church. Agent. JOHN
WELLS, % Exchange ST. oct2e-tf
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MONTY TO LOAN-On first and second
vi MORTGAGES on Real Estate at as low rate
o, iBterest as can be obtained In Portland; also
loans made on stocks. bonds, personal property
or any other gooi security. Inquire OF A. Z.
LIBBY & CO, IL t1ch ange St 81
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VoU can buy guns aud fishing tackle, knives
Il scissors, gem and star safety razors,
dumb-bells Indian clubs, striking bags, fo5t
balls, oIing gloves foils. skates, skats straps,
snow shoes, dog collars aud dog medicines, at
low pr. ces. OF g. l.. BAILEY, 263 Middle ST.
24-i
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WANTED-Experienc stitehers on muslin
w underwear. continuous emI loyment and
good wages. Apply at tue CHENkRY MFG.
90 23s Middle street. Isl
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CLOCK REPAIRING.

I'VE have maze a speciality Of clock repairing
w for years and are perfectly familiar wltH
II In all OF It's branches Our prices are reason
able. Drop US postal and we will call tor your
clock and return 1t when done without extra
charge. MCKINNEY. the Jeweler. Monument
Square. Portland jani2dtf
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HOUSE. 10 Pine street; one of the finest To-
II cations in the city; In nice repair inside
newly ylufabed new TWO story ell ten rooms,
laundry and bath; will sell at a sacrifice as /
am about 10 leave the city; shades aud screens
thrown in. 81
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JEWElRY REPAIRING.

WE are familiar with all kinds of Jewclr
w repairing and have made II q specially
for years. We are now ready to maks 10 order
anything In rings or pins of any special design
you may wish at very short notice. MckEN-
NEY, tae Jeweier, Monument Square, Portland.
iani2du
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MARRY NE, NELLIE.

And will buy you such a pretty Ril, a
4 thousand solid gold Kings
OpalPearls Rubies, kmeralds and
AL other IreciouS stones. Engagement and
Wedding Rings speciality. Largest stock In
city. MCKINNEY, The Jeweler, Monumsnt
Square mar22du
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no ETA large pleasant sunny front room.
i With alcoye next to bath. ste m heat, een-
trail location, near e'eclrics; also two square
SkILLINGS. 3 congress Park. 23-l
no LET-Good upstairs rent mt knlghiyille.
1 price $3.50 per mouth. Apply to GEO. T.
EDWARDS. al Williams Mfg. Co., 19i and 207
Keunebec street. 23-i
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nor SALE-Here's anoiherl Elegant, new
II nine room house on Eastern Promenade
for 5000. Corner lot sewer. Sebago, heated,
gas. bath, hard wood floor, very slightly, bay
windows, and piazza. Only $1,000 down balance
TO suit you. c. Il. DALTON. 81 Exchange St
June9 II
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EOR SALE Latest improved Remington type
writer. No. I. cost sl02.5J. will sell for sIs
very little used, Just as 200 as new. Address
RtMISGTOs Press Once. al
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SPOT CASH.-.0LO GOLD.

We give you the highest price for Old Gold as
We u3e II for making rings. MCKINNEY the
Jeweier Monument Square. oct21du
CITUATIoN WANTED In small family OF
- adults, general work or working house
keeper by reliable Protestant woman. Ad-
dress l.. NJ, 100 Free ST. 25i
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TOR SALE-House lots at WoodfordS East
j. Deering and Deering Center, Tor &c and Sc
per foot; land IS rapidly advancing and now Is
The time TO secure a lot at Old prices. Easy
payments. Call afternoons. DALTON, 50 Ex-
change street. 25u
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nor SALE-in Deering. on Glenwood Ave,
(nothlng be ter.l a new room no so and
56si feet oil land, electric car line, sewer, cleo
iric lights and bells. open fireplace, hardwood
iul home and the price Is only s2so0. Small
cash payment down. balance 10 suit. Cali
afternoons. DALTON, IS Exchange street.
25.tf
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EoUND-on Congress street, a bunch OF keys,
II r., S. PENDEXTER, jeweler and opiielan.
No. 56l Congress street, PORTLAND, Me-, mas
them. 2S-i
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HOUSE Here Is a first class house that the
II party who owns 1t wants TO sci it Is
st ietly up to date. well located; 2 years old
can be bough at two-thrds the presep. cost to
build; no reasonable on will Q refused. l..
NJ lie CLIFTON, So Exchange street. al
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FOR SALE-Standard cash register for re-
4 cOrding sa,es and keeping cash accounts.
The neatest. strongest. III ndies II Aad pest regis
tar on tue market. Saves ! II of trouble aud
Keeps yonr business STRAIGHT pii e $50 g. l..
BAILEY, Selling Agent. 2GJ Middle 81. 27-t
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FOR SALE-The only drug store in thriving
manufacturing village vi Il large Surround.
ing country TO draw irem, good fixtures. small,
clean stock, low ice. address DRUG STORE,
Box 1867. noy27-tf
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WEDDING RINGS.

On, hundred o; them TO seec. from. An
styles all weights. all prices in 10. IA and Is
kt Gold. Largest and BEST stock CT rings
IN the city. thousand OF them MCKINNEY.
the Jeweler. Monument Square iuneIdtf
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FOR SALE-Iuternstioual encyclopaedia. IS
volumes, hound In leather, edition OF 1895,
nsed very Hills. cost new SOS, best offer over
ESQ t,kes II " so Il at oncc. Address " r.
PEACOCK, Rents Hill Ne. 201
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AW LIBRARY FOR SALE-e5 vols Mains
~ reports, Maine laws and statutes, miseel-
hn.ou, teNt books Apply TO EVERETT l.
SMITH, i05 State st, Portland, Me. 81
EOR SALE-Air tight weather strips for VIM
dows and doors ar. the best on the market.
They are tougued and grooved, no rubber to
pull on. They keep out cold and dust All
orders sent 10 No. II Cross street VIII receive
prompt attentioi. l.. c. BLAISDELL.
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EOR SALE-Maenncent double house. every
thing entirely sepsTate,) on Brown street.
NOV Norwood street,) Deering, open fire.
Places steam heat. piazzas, bays. very suanv.
near two lines OF eleetTics, a modern house In
every respect, architects plans aud built by tho
day you can live In one rent and let the other
for $500 per year look II over; call afternoons.
DALTON. SO Exchange strees, 25-f
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WORK as stenographer AMI typewrller
w would work all or half Of each day, or
evenings good references; could furnish ype-
writer. call or address STENOGRAPHER
AND TYPEWRITER. 6s Market street 23-i
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$3.50 WAlTHAM WATCH,

Sliyerine case. waltham or Elrin moyemsu
q coed hmekeeper, warranted. MCKINNEY
tho Jeweler. Monument square. 100
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WANTED Boys and Girls TO earn money by
W working Tor US ont OF school houis. send
stamped envelope TO EXCELSIOR SPECIALITY
CO.. IS Maniey St, Auburn, Maine. and get llli
particniars. lO-2
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r OST-on Cumberland ST., between High and
IL MeIlsn. small PRAYER book valuable 10
owner AS keepsake. viii finder kindly Ieu m
10 Az CUMBERLAND ST. Right hand bell.
27i
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CITUATIoN wANTRD-By exper enced
- cook; also experienced general house
Can afternoons No. 0 SCHOOL ST. Good
reference. 4-l
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LOST AND FOUND.

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WANTED-Hous by respectable will
w over of 80 Years painter by trade; good
home and light work at TAR pay to the right
party. all c0rresp ,odence strictly confidential
Ladies' write. Address HORACE BROWN,
East Parse lsfeld, Me-, Box 81. PSI
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Situation as nurse or companion
w to invalid or hous-keeper in small family.
EXPERIENCED an can furnish best referenees.
viii go ut OF town. Call or address NURSE,
No. 5 Wimot street. 2Ji
, 1899-12-28
JUDGE IS

The supreme court OF Idaho has re-
versed the judgment Of the district
court in the action brought by the Ore
gon Short Line Railroad company to
restrain the assessor of Lincoln coun-
ty from selling Its shop property at
Shoshone for taxes Of 1897. The low
er court held for the company, but the
supreme court finds that the assess
ment of the property was legal. The
assessor listed the property in add.
ton to the mileage of the company in
the county. 1t vas %contended by the
company that the property was includ-
ed in the assessment made by the State
board. In deciding the case, the court
says:
The term right Of way can only be
understood as embracing the land u.s.
ed as a way for the road and not such
additional grounds as may be used for
the convenience Of the railroad, but
not a part OF It's way. The contention
of the respondent seems to us to in
clude in the term right Of way the
entire earth, or at least SO much there
of as the convenience of the railroad
may seem to require or the modesty OF
the company will permit them to as
sert."-Salt Lake Tribune.
, 1899-12-28
NOT IN HIS LINE.
Henry Ward Beecher Could Not Drive
a Four-in-Hand.

Henry Ward Beecher Could Not Drive
a Four-in-Hand.
Henry Ward Beecher once told me
this good enc on himself" continued
the doctor. He was going up among
the White Mountains on a stage coach
drawn by four. horses. After awhile
1t stopped before IN inn. The driver.
Mr.. Beecher and asked him to hold the
horses while he went into the inn for
a few moments. Mr.. Beecher felt very
proud when he held the four-in-hand.
1t is a dangerous thing, you know, for
q minister to take the reins in his
hands. He is liable then to want to
have everything his W way. Mr..
Beecher was no exception to the rule.
He drew the reins very tight. What
a bright idea he thought, to take =
spin around the inn in the absence of
the driver and show his friends on the
piazza what he could do with a four
in-hand!' He popped the whip and the
horses started. He pulled on the reins
wrong, Of course-and the horses
ven zigzag, the leaders trying to turn
around and come back, while the wheel
horses forged forward. In some I'M
accountable way the horses managed
to fall over against each other and
wigG.ed around the building. The
wheels of the coach barked a big tree.
The horses whirled right on, turning
in all the time; the hind wheel cut of
a slice Of the back yard fence, the
coach went right up on the side wheels,
but fortunately settled back as the
horses pranced gayly in mixed-up fash
ion to the front Of the inn, and the
front wheel tore away the post Of the
veranda, and at last the team drew up
In the front yard with the heads Of the
wheel horses facing the south and
those Of the leaders poked into the par
Tor window. Reef In the sail of the off
horse!' shouted the driver from the at
tic window, but Mr.. Beecher sat In that
box as ignorant Of what to do next az
an Egyptian mummy. Things were not
Strengthened out until the driver rush
ed down, mounted the seat and took
hold Of the reins. That driver was the
king. He did in a trice what Mr..
Beecher could not do with all his
learning. wisdom and %eloquence. The
driver had noticed how to manage
horses, but Mr.. Beecher knew no more
about them than an unborn babe. 1t
was not his line, you see."-Atlanta
Journal.
, 1899-12-28
EMPLOYEES TO OWN STOCK.

St. Paul, Mimi, Dec. 26.-Several
employees of the Great Northwestern
railroad, including conductors, engin-
GERS and other trainmen, will become
stockholders in that system of rail-
roads in February. The fact is not
generally known, but 1t is understood
that the management Of the company
has decided to recommend to the stock.
holders a plan for the distribution o.
a large block of the company's shares
among the men who have been in the
service of the company for a certain
number Of years. The sum will ag.
gregate several hundred thousand dol.
lars.
It is said that the plan will be to In.
crease the company's capital stock II
per cent, and to allow the men to sub
scribe for a round amount at par. The
announcement of the allotment will
not be made until some time In Feb
ruary.
, 1899-12-28
WILL GRANT REQUEST.

Washington, Dec. 27.-The Inter-
state Commerce commission decided
today to comply with the request of
the shippers of freight to transmit to
the attorney general of the United
States a transcript of evidence taken
before the comission last week on the
increase in the classification of freight
by the official classification commission
The shippers in their petition urged
that the testimony taken showed a vi
olation of the Sherman antitrust act.
Their desire is that the attorney gen.
eral shall take action by injunction or
otherwise to restrain the roads from
putting the classification into effect on
Jan. /.
, 1899-12-28

The height of the human figure is
six times the length of the feet.
Whether the form is slender or plump,
the rule holds good; any deviation
from 1T is a departure from the high
est beauty in proportion. The Greeks
make all their statues according to
this rule. The face from the highest
point of the forehead, where the hair
begins, to the chin, is one-tenth of the
whole stature. The hand. from the
wrist to the end of the middle finger, is
the same. From the top of the chest
to the highest point of the forehead is
the seventh. If the face, from the
roots of the hair to the chin, be divid-
ed into three equal parts, the first di-
vision determines the place where the
eyebrows meet. and the second the
nostrils. The height from the feet to
the top of the head is the distance be-
tween the eXtremities of the fingers
when the arms are extended.
, 1899-12-28
SNOW BL0CKADEs
UNION PACIFIC HAS HAD NO
TROUBLE so FAR THIS
WINTER.
Worst Part of Dangerous Season Near
ly Over-Cuts On New Line From
Howell to Hutton Giving No
Trouble-The Overland" Always
Goes Through.

But little trouble is feared by the Of
ficials of the Union Pacific this winter
from snow blockades because the road
is in the best of shape to buck the
snow king
Many miles of additional snow fence
have been put up in places that seemed
to be at all exposed and liable to be
drifted over by the snow.
The new cuts IN the cutoff line be-
tween Howell and Hutton are clearing
themselves readily and giving no trou-
BILE at all and thus far fully verifying
the idea of the engineering department
that If a cut is made with straight walls
and deep enough to give direction to
the wind that it will clear itself Of now
except possibly at the ends, where the
side walls are low, but this matter is
remedied by putting two or three lines
of snow fence on the west side of the
track and the snow is blown clear
through and out of the cut over the
embankment entirely and out Of the
way.
Said n prominent Union Pacific
civil engineer who has worked in all
departments of railroad location and
construction work. in all civil en-
cheering work we are guided entirely
by the physical laws and our endeavor
is to constantly keep close to these
facts and to see where We can take ad-
vantage OF these natural laws and use
them ITO best advantage. OF curse
much mathematics is involved, but the
above is the thing in a nutshell"
The snow drifts some in the cuts on
the Lookout line which is not yet COM
pleted and not In use, but the snow
was cleared out so that the work Of
laying the new line could go on with
out Interruption.
"Yank" Robinson is one Of the
knights Of the throttle" who will prob
ably be assigned TO the rotary" this
winter, If 1t should be needed.
One of the worst winter periods for
snow blockades is nearly past and al
though the road is equipped for an
emergency it is quite likely that it will
be many years before the Union Pacific
will have such another siege with snow
blockades as the winter of '98 and so,
and yet the Union Pacific maintained
the best transcontinental service Of any
line. They ran trains through nearly
regular, while other roads were tied up
for weeks and months, especially in
Colorado.
The reports sent out concerning the
blockade on the Cheyenne and North
ern road last winter did i~ncalculable
damage to the west, because 1t gave
many eastern people an entirely wrong
idea of western billiards and railroads.
II this road had had the use Of one Of
the big "rotaries" for a few days the
blockade would have been only an in
cident instead Of a yellow journal"
story.
, 1899-12-28
WILL BOOM.

Cheyenne. Wyo., Dec. 27.-"Chey-
enne will witness a very healthy boom
in the spring." said an official of the
Union Pacific today. THE plans of
the Union Pacific, while they have not
matured as yet, contemplate extensive
improvements and changes in this sec
ton during the year 1900. The Sher-
mar hill cutoff, neccessitating the con-
struction of about thirty-nve miles Of
new track and the building Of an i'm
mense tunnel in the crest Of the moun>
tain, will call for a large force of men.
The cutoff will probably not be COM
pleted before the close Of the year. as
it is the intention now to make it a
double track road.
1.-The balance of the Cheyenne-Lara-
mic line, Cheyenne to Buford will re-
main as 1t Is, with the exception Of a
few minor changes, and will also be
supplied with an additional track. The
tunnel and the extensive wark neces-
sary to effect a safe crossing over Dale
creek will require no less than eigh-
teen months work to complete, and 1t
is doubtful II the project is finished In
that length Of time. Until 1t is COM
pleted however, the present line over
Sherman hill and the high bridge at
Dale creek will be used. Meantime the
gravel pits at Sherman will be work
ed as never before, so as to get the en-
tire Union Pacific road, including the
lines Of the new cut-ofs, ballasted with
this decomposed granite before the
line over the top of the hill Is abandon
, 1899-12-28
RAILROAD NOTES.

The second section OF No. 8 did not
arrive till $40 this afternoon.
A few freight crews running between
Cheyenne and Laramie have laid of.
j. w. Hay and Alex. Stewart, divis.
ion foreman, returned last night from
the west. They were out on the Look
out cutoff line.
Superintendent Hay left on the moor
train for Fairfield, Illinois, to see his
son and will bring him home in a spe-
cial car II he has recovered sufficiently
to stand the journey.
C. A. Boies, chife train dispatcher, re-
Gently received a fine desk for use in
his work. 1t was not exactly a Christ
mas present, but nevertheless is an i'm
provement in the comfortable Office of
the train dispatchers.
, 1899-12-28
A SURE CURE FOR GROUP,
Twenty-Five Years Constant Use With.
out a Failure.

The first indication of Group is
hoarseness, and In a child subject to
that disease It may be taken as a sure
sign Of the approach Of an attack
Following this hoarseness is a pecul-
lar rough cough. II Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy is given as soon as the
child becomes hoarse. or even after
the croupy cough appears, 1t will pre-
vent the attack. It Is used in many
thousands of homes In this broad land
and never d%isappoints the anxious
mothers. We have yet to learn Of a
single instance In which it las not
ton can show such a record-twenty-
i've years constant use without a fail
ure. For sale by Frank Eggleston. the
druggist