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The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
THE GRAY FAIR.

The 18th annual fair Of the Gray Park
association, occurs Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, August Goth, Both and
31st.
The managers realizing that this is to
be their last exhibition of the 10th GEN.
tury, decided to make It one that will bs
long remembers
The extensive repairs to the buildings.
the printing up of the surroundings, the
time and labor expended In keeping the
track in condition for racing and many
other things onerous and expensive to
the management of an up-to-date show,
demonstrates that the association has not
been penurious this year. There is an
unprecedented desire this year among the
farmers Of this and adjoining towns to
exhibit their stock, which guarantees to
| those interested In this line, "A fine dis.
play. The ladies are unusually active to
make the hall exhibition far beyond any
preceding year. There are to be many at
fractions that are novel, marvellous and
meritorious. That which will especially
please the patrons of the grand stand is
by the BOSTON Theatrical company. Some
OF the features of interest are the cele-
DRAFTED performances of the Mcbride
Brothers on the revolving ladders, and
the side-splitting sayings and performs
ances Of that famous clown juggler. Al
van; the La Dells, Harry and Annie, in
their amazing aorobatio and hand bal
lanoing acts. The exhibition by the
only and great Marvelle is alone worth
the price OF admission to the fair. Haver-
~ and Roberts, comedians, singers and
dancers are interesting as well as anus
ing. There are many other features as
ISOLATED with this troupe that are worth
mentioning, but space forbids. It is
proper to mention that this show Is free
to all patrons of the fair. and that the
expense the association mas been to, to
secure this company is several hundred
dollars. 1t Is well-known fact that
the races over this track have yearly
been of the most exciting and hotly con-
tested kind. With field of almost 100
horses, which are entered for this years
races the reputation Of the track probab-
ly will net be lowered on this occasion.
The facilities for obtaining food and
shelter are better than ever before. We
only want fair weather and your atteu.
dance to permit this association to close
up shop and pass out of the 18th century
with ooiors firing.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
NEW AND NOT NEW.

Unless you have visited Lake Sunapse
In New Hampshire. you cannot realize
what a picturesque and lovely place 1T is.
The lake Is more than eleven hundred
feet above the sea level, insuring a
climate cool and delightful. while for
scenic surroundings there is no place In
the land which has so diversified land
scape. This inland sea lies at the foot of
several mountains and its waters are as
clear and sparkling as crystal Its
shores are heavily wooded, and at every
turn one finds summer residences, camp
ana outing-places. and every one with an
outlook pleasing in the extreme. New
Workers long since discovered the beau
ties OF Lake Sunapee as vacation resort,
and among those who have summer
homes on the shores OF Lake Sunapee is
the Secretary Of State, the Hon. John
Hay, while the late Col. r. G. Ingerson
and Austin Corbin were Sunapee enthu-
siasts. The drives that lead from Burke
haven. Sunapee. Georges, BIcdgetts.
which are but a few of the resorts bor-
dering on the lake, are every one or them
delightful, and the trip over the lake on
board one OF the steamboats, which ply
from Lake Sunapee Station to the numer.
Gus landings is replete in attractions of
most pleasing character. The lake is a
popular camping-ground for the angler,
for thsre.is greet variety ami quantity
of fish to be found there. Lake Sunapee,
like the White Mountains and all of the
popular summer resorts, is reached by the
Boston u Maine r. R., and the. General
Passenger Dept. Of the Road at Boston
has issued descriptive handbook of Lake
Sunapee which is we'll worth perusing,
for it tells all about the lake In an reasy
and interesting way. Send for It; 1t
takes only two-oent stamp enclosed to
above address to get 1t.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
RAILWAY MATTERS.

The earnings of the Grand Trunk road
for the second week in August were $3.50, :
SEA; an increase of $40. 745 over last year.
The earnings from January to August
Il were sl5. l66. 9o3, an increase of 1,0o9,-
oil over last year.
During July the receipts of the WASH
inRton County r. r. are authoritatively
stated to have exceeded $500 from the
PASSPORT agency. an increase of more than
$1,000 over the previous month .of June;
nearly %, oOo Of which were freight re-
ceipts. To say that this branch Of the
road Is doing its proportionate part is
putting 1t mildly; on, has E3nly to visit
the station upon arrival and departure of
trains for season to know the vast
amount of travel to and from Passport.
On saturday evening last the number Of
passengers was so great. tickets could
not be procured by all before the depart
ure Of the train, many having to purchase
them while en- route.
The first shipment of Aroostook potatoes
over the Maine Central for this season
was made Saturday. This Is the earliest
for good many years. In former years
Fit Aas not customary to begin the ship
ments until September. Even then the
shipments were very srall. Saturdays
shipment was contained In five cars, and
as each car contains something like 500
bushels, an idea of the Size can be gained.
Another peculiar fact is that 1t was
only few weeks ago that the last ship
ments of the old potatoes were made. 1t
is believed that In two or three weeks the
season will be In full swing for the reason
that one OF two carloads have been sent
every day since Saturday. The potatoes
were consigned to Boston parties.
A well known expert engineer of the
Maine Central told the Waterville Mail
that he believed 1t possible for train Of
six cars TO be hauled from Watervllle to
Augusta with one hringsof coke, but on
the heavy Pullmans and through freights
which haveslong runs without stopping,
coke is not yet the thing. He further
stated in his opinion some Improvement
in the draught arrangement of engines
must he made before coke would be
available for all trains. Coke can be
used all right on shifting engines and on
light trains having short runs The
tender box, built to contain 2.O0o pounds
of coal, Will hold but 1900 pounds of
coke The water CRATE invented for use
In burning coke, consists of several two
Inch pipes running from front to rear OF
the fire box and through which water Is
continually flowing. This suggestion
presents itself. If all railroads ado. coke
as fuel, what effect will 1t have on the
price of coal, and will tar and gas, which
are extracted from coal in the process of
preparing coke, be any cheaper.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
MOSQUITOES AND MALARIA,
Learned Professors Studying
Their Relation.
Researches show that the Insects Have
Monopoly OF the seed--Each yarie-
ty of Mosquito Pebbles It's own Kind
ofshakes-Johns Hopkins Hospital.
(From the BaltImore SIM !,

To prove that mosquitoes convey malaria
Is the delicate and palnstakiDg task
which number of investigators have set
themselves In the Johns Hopkins Hospital
laboratories. The scientific investigators
avoids experimental on upon human
beings for various reasons. One Of these
reasons, as expressed by doctor, is that
such experiments are avoided. just as the
practice of cooking with dynamite, for
Tear OF imperfect control Of the head and
energy. However, 1t has been found that
birds "chill" Without emotion and are
subject to type OF malarial fever closely
resembling that in human beings. except
that the germ is slightly different. Con-
fsequently birds are used as the objects
the mosquitoes innocuIatlon with germs
of "shakes.''
A Frenchman in Algiers discovered the
germ of malaria Ia the SOS. To this
chill-producing microscopic object was
give the name of plasmcdium malariae.
Subsequent study has been along the lines
OF the life history and characteris-
tics of the germ. Manson and Ross,
English Investigators In India, and
Grassi, an Italian, advanced the theory
OF incubation OF the disease by insects,
usually mosquitoes, as being the most
abundant and widely spread pest. 1t is
the work OF these experimenters which is
being followed up and confirmed In Bal
timore by Drs. John b MacCalluin and
Eugene L. opie, at the Johns Hopkins
Hospital.
First catch your mosquito" Is the
precept of these investigators. This Ia
accomplished by the doctors themselves.
Armed with lot of small glass test
tubes and raw cotton for shoppers, they
go down to the marshes of some river.
Their only bait is human hide, each one
exposing portion Of his body which is
easiest TO see and reach with his right
hand. When mosquito gets his bill well
settled into this tempting bait, test
tube Is clapped over 1t and the surprised
insect springs to the top OF its crystal
Gage. The sportsman quickly places a
nit OF raw cotton In the open end of the
TUBE. which holds the mosquito In It's
pris9n. linen the hpQter is ready for
pertinent.
Ihs other live part OF the experiment.
ers. Quilt Is a number of GROWS, which
~ THIS region have been found the most
suitable birds for experimental purposes.
sne mosquitoes will survive for several
oays IN their glass cages. but the doctors
90 not tarry long before kbeginning their
experiments. In the frat place the mos
9uaeoes must be inceulated With the
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
CONCERNING BO0KS---
Continued from Fourth Page.

are important works. Among these are
John Fisks's Dutch and Quaker Colonies
IN America. in two volumes; Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe's "Reminiscences; Prince
kropotkin's Memoirs; DIR. Munger's
Life OF Horace Bushnell, and three VOL
umes In the American Statesmen Series.
on Chase, summer aud Charles Francis
Adams. In fiction are promised new
novel by Miss Johnston, author Of Pris.
oners of Hope. and other stories by #.
Hopkinson Smith. Mrs. Whitney. Miss
Jewett and Bret Harte. The poets repre-
sented in new editions are Keats. Mrs.
Browning and Scott. in the Cambria &c
edition, and Tennyson, Longfellow. Low.
ell. Holmes and Whittier in new Cabi.
net edition. This is only the beginning
of the good things announced by thi.
firm.
1t Is curious. but true, that critics a!
well as doctors. disagree to such an ex
tent that 1t is confusing to the lay mind. A
writer in the August Atlantic quotes tbs
following from "a letter written by one
who is certainly expert in all literary
NAoAASs hhpsC uEo VIC uuGSs 4Uo DOCK
reviewer (whereby mean the critic of
new books) Is not worthy of the slightest
consideration. do not believe that any
single piece of contemporary criticism
was ever worth the paper 1t was written
on. There is such thing as reporting a
books contents, which will be a gui de to
a man trying to decide whether he wan Is
tha h,,& e.
new book, that this can De of any value
is one of the persistent supsrstitions of a
vain and barren and analytic rather than
constructive era
On the other hand, MIR. Elbert Hubbard.
or the Roycroft Press, sends the following
note to the Editor Of the New York Times's
Saturday Reviow:
Dear Mr.. -; Il may interest you to
know that your mention of Irving
Brownies Ballads of Bookworm, has
brought us l67 separate orders mp TO last
night. Sincerely Yours,
Elbert Hubbard.
And the editor prefaces this by saying
that READERS of the Review scarcely need
TO be told that reviews of books are not
printed in these columns for the purpose
Of making books SELL They are printed
because the Saturday Review believes
these notices to be Of genuine interest to
its readers"
wish somebody would.tell me whether
MIR. Ernest Hasksll's drawing of Whistler
which is the frontisp.ece Of The Booknan
for August, is intended as a bona flde
likeness or portrait of the artist, or o
carirature. I should have at once sup
posed 1t to be the latter but so many
specimens of modern art-so called-are
things of shreds and patches, and their
creators are so utterly unamenable to all
rules and regulations that nowadays one
never knows what anything means until
one Is told,
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25

are not affected by the. malaria germs
which they breed.
Study Of the carrying of malarial in
fection by mosquitoes has led to the
conclusion that in this way alone Is ma
iaria communicated to human beings. 1t
ia said that demonstrations have nroved
conclusiveIy that malaria cannot be
acquired by drinking impure water or by
inhalation. Only one way remains then.
u Is said for the germ to get beneath the
skin OF human being and that is by an
insects bite. As the mosquito is the
most common insect in InalarIous
regions, at It's door is laid the charge of
injecting human beings BY its nita'
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
GoRHAM FAIR GROUNDS.

The catalogues for the annual fair Of
the Cumberland County Agricult ural
and horticultural society ara out and are
being distributed. During the past few
months two large barns have been built
on the fair grounds for the aocommoda-
ton OF about $50 head of cattle. The
grove near the fair grounds has also been
beautiied and greatly improved in season
for the fair (which is to be held early In
September.
The Portland daily press., 1899-08-25
SUICIDE OF A THoMAsrON MAN.

ThomAston, August 24.-Edward A.
knights Of Pythias committed suicide
here today by shooting. He fired bull
let through his heart. Ill health Is
thought to- have prompted the deed. He
leaves > family
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
DEBATE IN THE CoRTEs.
Conduct of Spanish Government Dur
ing the War Criticized Amin.

MADRID, Feb. 21.-In the Chamber of
Deputies to-day the opposition continued to
bait the government. Senor Canalejas put
long string of questions to the minister of
finance, Senor Puigcerver who declined to
reveal the contents of the projected bills.
The minister, however, said he hoped in due
time to introduce measures to settle the ar
rears of pay of the soldiers returned from
Cuba and to deal with the payment of the
Cuban and Philippine debts
To this Senor Canalejas replied Moth
ing could be conceived more lamentable
than the words of the minister Of finance.
1t is evident that he has prepared no bills
at all, despite the gravity of the situation"
Senor Canalejas then proceeded to censure
the government caustically attributing it's
careless glibness of explanation" to the
fact that it was aware that in a few days
it would no longer be in office. He said he
thought Senior Puigcerver would have done
better to acknowledge frankly that this was
the reason why no bills had been prepared.
In the Senate to-day Count d'Almenas re-
sumed the attacks begun by him yesterday
on the generals who were engaged in the
war in Cuba He complained that chests of
gold sent out to pay troops in Cuba had
been returned to Spain intact and unopened,
just as they h0d been sent out In terms
OF special severity he criticised Captain
Aunon, the minister of marine. Twice he
was called upon by the president to with
draw his remarks and his speech was at
tended throughout with great uproar.
Marshal Martinez de Campos defended
General Linares, who was in command of
the Spanish troops at Santiago at the capit-
ulation, against the charge of treason
the latter would not dare repeat his charges
outside the Cortes.
Count d'Almenas essayed reply, but the
president refused to hear him.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, who spoke
amid increasing tumult, deplored the atti-
tude Of Count d'Almenas and defended the
governments conduct He concluded by
calling for the closure The debate was ad-
journed
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
BY HEAVY MAJORITIES
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ALL
ELECTED IN THE QUAKER CITY.
Ashbridge's Plurality for Mayor Of
PhiIadeIphia over 100, O,OOO-Munfc-
ipaI Elections in other Cities.

PHILADELPHIA Feb. 21.-Coroner Sam
uel H. Ashbridge (Rep.) was to-day elected
mayor of Philadelphia, to succeed Charles
F. Warwick, by plurality of at least lOO,-
GOO over DR. w. Horace Hoskins (Dem)
and the Prohibition, Peoples and Single Tax
candidates John L. Kinsey (Rep) was
elected to succeed himself as city solicitor
and Harry Fletcher and John D. Lukens
(Reps) and John A. Thornton Dem) were
elected police magistrates the minority
party being entitled by law to one of these
offices. Select and common councilmen,
school directors and other minor ward and
division officers were also elected. Mayor
elect .Ashbridge's plurality will be about 5O-
600 in excess of that received by Mayor
Warwick in 1895. when total of 2l4,743
votes were cast for him and his Democratic
opponent, Ex-Governor Pattison. To-day's
election was the quetest in years and little
interest was manifested.
Throughout the State candidates for city,
town and borough offices were chosen but
the elections were generally quiet. In Pitts
burg and Allegheny there was an appar-
emily unprecedented victory scored by the
Republican tickets. In Pittsburg figures are
given out at Republican headquarters at
IL o'clock indicating the election of w. j.
Diehl (Rep.) for mayor over ex-Postmaster
J. c. O'Donnell (Dem), by a majority Of
10000. and possibly more. Allegheny has
probably elected James G. Wyman (Rep)
for mayor over Edward G. Lang Dem.} by
at least 5000 majority. In Lebanon DR..
Samuel Weise an anuQuay Republican,
was elected state senator to succeed Gen.
]. P. S. Goblin. lieutenant governor Of the
State by an estimated majority of between
1900 and 1900 over Alfred
In Cumberland county, Edgard S. Manning
(Denn) was elected to the State Legislature
to succeed his father, who recently died.
Democratic mayors were chosen in Harris
burg and Altoona. In a number of coun-
ties there were interesting contests for
school directors where women were candi-
dates and in Snyder Town, Northumberland
county, one of these candidates, running on
the Democratic ticket, was defeated by her
husband a Republican
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
VI. Faure'S Successor Makes 1t Clear
He Intends to Be President ana
to Maintain Peace.
APPEAL TO ALL FACTIONS
TO UNITE AND END THE CHICKERING'S
NOW MENACING THE REPUBLIC.
Another Noisy Session of the Spanish
Cortes-SDeeches by Senior Canal
ejas and Count D'AImenas.

ROME, f. b. 21-The Osservator Romano
publishes tonight a letter from the Pope
to Cardinal Gibbons saying that IF the
term Americanism signifies qualities peculiar
to Americans and usages adapted to their
customs, then we have nothing to say
against it, but if it denotes the opinions ex-
pressed in the Life of Father Hecker, we
are convinced that the American bishops
will be the first to reject them" The Pope's
letter especially reproves opinions concern
ing relaxation of discipline and nonobserv-
ance of doctrinal points as a preteXt for at
tracing dissenters to Catholicism; the direc-
ton of souls by inspiration of the Holy
Ghost Independent of priestly control; the
diversion of virtue into active or passive
criticisms of the old religious orders, and
concerning unusual methods of preaching
Catholicism to dissenters.
The letter, which occupies five columns in
the Osservatore Romano, begins by lauding
Cardinal Gibbons and the American Cath
oics. Alluding to the many proofs of good
will he has given them in the past, the Pope
wishes them to see in the present document
another proof of his affection for America
While he makes it clear that the letter is
one of warning and correction with refer
ence to the life of Father Hecker," his
Holiness carefully distinguishes between the
doctrinal aspects of the new theories and
questions of practical discipline and strong
ly urges the impossbility of any change in
the former. While admitting that the
church has always recognized and acted on
the necessity of adapting certain points of
discipline to modern requirements, it rests
with the church. the Pope points out and
not with individuals, to determine how and
when such adaptations can be made. "All
virtues says his Holiness, must neces-
sarily be active. The contempt shown by
innovators for what they are pleased to call
passive virtues has naturally led to a con-
tempt of religious life as suited only to the
weak and as an impediment to Christian
perfection and to the good of the commun-
ity. This error the Pope energetically con-
demns, declaring it Injurious to the re-
ligious orders and in contradiction to his
tory" He reminds the Americans of their
Indebtedness to the religious orders, both
active and contemplative. The letter
arouses deep interest in Rome
The Liberal papers declare that it consti-
tutes a solemn manifestation of the in
transigeant spirit of Catholicism" and pre-
diets that it will produce an immense effect
in America
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-02-22
CITED FOR CONTEMPT.
Newspaper Man Threatened with
Prison for Refusing to Testify.

COLUMBUS. o.. Feb. 21-During the TAX
ing of testimony before a notary this after
noon in the suits against the Standard Oil
Company and Buckeye Pipe Line Company.
Malcom Jennings. a well-known newspaper
man, was cited for contempt in refusing 70
give list Of newspapers with whom it was
alleged Jennings had, as the head of a news
bureau, made contracts to publish matter
favorable only TO the Standard Oil Com
pany's interests. The attorney for the
Standard OIL Company protested that such
testimony could only be taken by the master
commissioner appointed by the Supreme
Court. A writ of habeas corpus was imme-
dately applied for in behalf of Jennings to
prevent his Incarceration in jail AS a ma
jority Of the Common Pleas judges could not
be found the court decided the writ could be
presented Thursday and in the meantime
Jennings was allowed 10 go at liberty.
Jennings IS also secretary Of the State sink
ing fund commission.