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tended victim does not seem 10 have been over
weighted with confidence in her former friends
intention, else she had double dose II Ewes
curiosity At any rate she only took Of
these oaehets. then opened the others. and found
them full 0t the tinleSt hsh-hcOkS instead Of
anti-fat. A. these little baTbed affairs had al
ready began to make trouble in the victims in
ner organization she had Nile. Regime Martial,
the actress in question, arrested. Probably Mile.
Regime had grown accustomed To the idea 0f
crime the stage. for she was formerly at
tached to that home OF glory melCdrama. the
Ambign- What i particularly cheering is her
remark when arrested that she did not want
TO kill her rival. but simply to punish her with
a mild disposition
DR.. Lauder BruRton draws broad distinction
between exercise which is beneficial and over-
exercise which IS peruicous. says the Chicago
Record" Exercise should be carried only to the
point Of nutrition, not 70 that Of exhaustion
The limit j. set by three factors: Cd the capac-
ity Of the digestive organs to keep up the quail
ity Of the blood; (2l the capacity OF the cxcre-
tory organs get rid Of the waste products
which result from muscular action and (S) the
power of the heart 10 drive a constant stream
Of blood through every corner of the organism.
Interference with digestion is by no means an
uncommon effect Of excessive exercise, and
far training ia concerned il Is enc oi the most
destructive. Moderate exercise tends to produce
appetite. but Il long and eShaustinS exertiOn de-
stroys it, or even produces actual sickness.
in mountain climbing. In m9By eases excessive
exercise leads TO diminished cNcrction. This may
be very dangerous. the system may Oe ahso-
lutely poisoned by the products OF muscular waste
which cannot escape from it. Thus. Interference
with digestion so lowers nutrition, while aecu-
mutations OF waste products vitiate the sys-
tenn that in either further exertioE be-
comes impossible-the very viii to make il pass
es away. But it is different with regard 10 the
heart. This organ he driven en- long after
it has reached the danger poiRt CT excrtion,
but the stretched muscle may not quite come
back, the dilated cavity RAY not qiiife close
at each contraction. ard permanent mischief Is
set up. DR.. RrlIntoE shows very plainly that
exercise driven to the limit imposed by the
heart is over-exercise in the most serious sense
Of the word II it is the heart that stops il, the
chances are that it nls already gone 100 far.
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GERsTRNDORFER BROS. Dep, 1. - Park Pr. NJ
50 and 50 Exchange Street.

Scribner's MagaziIe for December is q
striking novelties in illustration. In ths
humorous vein W. Glaoksn has illus
tratsd farcioai story By Arthur Cotton
A picture story by q. ID. Gibson, called
The Seven A ges Of American Woman, hss
resn printed on delicate tint bsck'
Ground, after the manner of old enRray-
ings There Is also the fourth of Max
fad Parish's covers which have been
such feature OF the Magazine for this
year. Other al fists represented In the
black and white alterations OF the
number are f. q. Yohn, Albert Steiner,
E G. Psixotto, and Howard Chandler
Christy.
McCiure's Magazine for December ID
"a very notable artistic achievement. But
it Is no less notable from liz rAry stand.
point. In the Introduction and Prologue
Of DIR. John Matson's Ian Maciareu So
Life OF the MFsssr, thsrs Ia a more than
satisfactory opening OF what promises to
be u unique and valuable feature through
out the year. There are two ChIi tnas
stor!es-one Of the South and tramp life;
ono OF the West aud railroad hfe-both
original In Incidents aud genisl In spirit
and outcome. There Is n sweet and ex-
al:rd Christmas poem, and there IL a
characteristic poem hy the author OF Inc
Man with the ftoe. Ex-Ssoretary Bout
we'll gives the inside history Of fhs I'm
parchment Of Andrew johnson. Of which
be was one of tse Congressional manag-
ers; and there are mum Der OF other con
tributions Of notable quality and inter-
est.
The New England Magazine for De-
cembsr comes In dainty holiday covar.
and IL full Of interesting material The
opening pages ara devoted to Old Boston,
England, the motaer city OF or New
England metropolis, about which cluster
such interesting historical associations.
The author, Mrs. 5. Octavia Holden,
describes In delightful way ner own
impressions of the fpot when she there
rs-lved the scenes Il IT. eIlJ histor ;
which she recalls; Prof. Marshall S.
Srow describes Canterbury Cathedral;
Mr.. Edmond J. Carpenter describes the
Old Province HOUSE in Boston; Mr.. En-
nest II. Baldwin tsils When New Eng
Land Was kebeEious. and upon the elee-
tiop of Jefferson &c the Presidenoy CON-
templs ted withdrawal from the Union;
Mr.. Arlo Bates contributes unique pa
per on Boston street Cries; there Il u
good story entitls5 A Prince In Disguise,
BY Henry A Olapp; while the poetry
includes n sonnet on Senator Hoar, BY
Frank Roo Bat,helder and verses by
Aloe D'AlohO. Y. Whitmore and others.
The December numter of The National
Magazine. has stroue literarY havor
and q uervat ling spirit Of Christmas
cheer. 10 A Dsy With tho Author of
Richard Carvel. tina editor. ice Mitchell
cbar pl', tells in hts peculiarly fel citons
way OF the home life and surroundings OF
tbs famous author, sn1 why Riohard
Cersel came into being.
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of the Law TO be so clsssed; but was
meant to 90 into the third class. Had 10
bcsu reckoned In this last class Il would
bave paid the governments the past year
ever sa1. 900. 600 instead Of the million and
a halt which IL did pay. Ths psrversion
OF the law has not been for she gen.
erai benefit, but for the pecuniary
ad, antage Of certain concerns.
In sther words the American
public IL being taxed many millions each
year In order that certain publishers may
acoumulsts millions and roll In wealth.
Sometimes there Is the sxsenua.ion for
unequal taxation that the public gets
some beneut Indirectly. But there is
no such sxtenpation In this case.
II many of the publications tia.
get the ten eft Of second Glass rates were
not issued ut all not only would tie public
not be injured, but positively bensntei.
There are doubtless some exceptions, but
the great mass of the so called literature
which 10 improperly getting the benefit
Of the second elias, rates is either not
beneficial or positively harmful.
Postmaster smith enumsrates the prin-
oipal abuses as foliows:
The first 10 the paper covered books, put
out under preteucs of being serial pub
locations. They are In no proper sense
anything OF the kind.
Tbs second IL connsct I'd with the nd :
vertising house organ and the so csllsd
trade journal. Mr.. Smith says with
exact truth that they are only collection
Of q advertisements, with q little ssissored
reading matter to give them the guiss of
u publication. he might have added
that many Of the advertisements are Of a
kind that do much more harm In the
community than good.
The third grows out OF TIE privilege Of
sample copies. BY means of this device
thousants and tens of thousands Of papers
are sent out by publications that are mere
advertising circulars, and have only
enough bona fide circulation to enable
their managers to swear that they have
some.
These abuses were all shown up In the
last Congress when no Loud bill that was
drawn to correct them YVES under dis
oussion, but the bill failed to become
law, NOT, We venture to say, because
congressman a,d not believe the abuses
existed and ought to be rsmedisd, but
because u great many OF them did not
want to antagon'zs the powerful interests
In their districts that were ro1tin; by
these ABUSES. Possibly the vigorous recon-
incubation of Postmaster General Smith
may have enough etfe1t to lead Congress
TO apply a remedy, but we doubt Il.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05
THE MAGAZINES.

Among the topics treated In the Com
ing Age for December are Puritanism
and Play House of Boston. by Rev. j.
Henry Wisgin; American Art by j. J.
Enneking; Life and Work of +. Edwin
Eiwell, Sculptor, illustrated, by b. o.
Flower; The Social Situation In Canada
by Rev. Charles Aubrey Baton; Utopia,
by frof. A. u Dolbsar, of Tufts Col
lege; The Republic of Man, BY Prof.
NEthsn MEL Schmidt, of Cornell Univer-
sity; Is our Universe rimarily Spiritualf
by ID. L, NJ Babbitt. LII D.; The Poems
Of Emerson, by Mr.. Charles NAL 10y, several
excellent Christmas poems and an origi-
nal and striking story by Mrs {. n.
Reifsnidtr.
In the Review of Reviews for Deem
Der Gustav kobbe, the Wagnsrian student
and critic, gives many curious and IN
stIuctlve fac Is relative to Wagnsr's views
Of Amerios. This information Is espec-
tally interesting In view Of the prefent
remarkable popularity CT Magnerian
orera In this country. A supple mental
articls in the Review outlines The
Seasons Promise of Grand Opera, in
which Wagner again has a very large
with portraits Of the oreratie stars Of
S. Barring Gould, Ella Mscmahon and
Tom Gallon are the fiction contributors
to the Christmas ifsue of The American
Queen; Arthur julie Goodman, Tom
Brown and Charles Ward are among the
illustrators.
The fret place In Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly for December Ia given
to carefully written article on Exact
Methods In Sociology. by Franklin II.
GiddinRs. In Vinlsnd end Its Ruins,
Miss Cornelia Horsford presents. with
several illustrations, the proofs, from
geographical. typographical. and srchas-
illogical data, that lend support to the
theory of the late Professor Horsford that
o ne Of the principal settlsments Of the
MOI tbmsn oolonists Of North America
was on Charles River, Mess. President
David Starr Jordan. who likes nothing
better than to show up windy nonsense
exploiting Itself In the name of sciente,
presents In The Education of the Nsmin-
LIST an admirable and very amusing satire
upon the pretsnsions of the Christian
Soisntists. A history Of the peysls pm emit
Of the American Newspaper during the
past one hundred years Is contr ibutsd.
with numerous Illustrations, by Walter
l.. Bawlsy. an exparisnced journalist,
of the New York Sur.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

TERMS
DAILY PRESS
BY the year. 80 In advance or 81 al the end oil
the year.
by the month. so cents.
The DAILY PRESS Is delivered at these rates
every morning to subscribers in all parts OF
Portland, and In westbrook and South Fort
land.
MAINE STATE PRESS (weekiyl-
By the year, 81 IN advance. or sl.2b AZ the
end OF the year.
For six months. so cents; for three months,
2b cents
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

The rumor that Russia has asked of US
assurances that tbe open door will be
maintlined In the Philippines may not
bo true, but 1t is insvitabls that a quss-
ton Of that kind will be asked sooner or
alter by s>me European power
il We insist that assurances shall be given
that the door shall be kept opsn for US
in China. We can hardly expect to shut
ethsr nations out of the Philippines or
Discriminate against them and
receive equal treatment in the ;'sphsres
of influence" that they may acquire In
China. or course In a sense our owner.
ship Of the Philippines will be more legal
than theirs in China, Spain having trans
ferred her title to us; and hence we may
hare a superior legal right to fix the con-
aitions on which other nations may
trade there. But after all the two cases
will not be essentially different We
compelled Spain by threat of force to
transfer her title to as and by the actual
use Of forcs compelled their Inhabitants
to concur In the transfer. At the bottom
of our ownership will be force, and force
will be at tn, bottom of the control Of
China by European powers. Both owner
ships or controls will be against the
wishes OF the people. The light Of Euro
pean powers to shut US out of China
will, therefore, not BE- inferior to ours to
shut them out Of the Philippines, and
we can hardly sxpsct free trade In the
former unless Wa offer free trade in the
latter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

The truth about the battle of Moider
River has finally got by the censor } 1t
seems that the Beers were not driven
from their positions By the British as the
hrst dispatches indicated, but that the
British were repeatedly repulsed. After
night fell, however. the Beers reiterated
In Ierfeot order and the next morning
the British occupied their entertainments.
1t Ia admitted that the British suffered
great losses, and 1t is claimed that the
b ,ers also suffered heavily, though the
latter claim must be largely surmiss.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

The Roberts case did not procesd very
far ye.te d W but 1t proceed d fnr enough
to shsw that effort is to be made TO pre-
veat Roberts from taking the oath. The
advantage OF this plan Ia that he can le
kept out by majority vote, while two
thirds will be required to sxpel him
after h. has taken his seat 1be disadvan-
age is that 1t may establish very
troublesome and dangerous president and
Is not s, Impressive az would lie his ex-
pulsion,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05
SECOND CLASS NAIL MATTE

SECOND CLASS NAIL MATTE II
Postmaster General Smith vigorously
attacks the abuses OF the second class
mail matter privileges and urges Con-
Rress to put o stop to them. Congress,
however, has heen repeatedly urged TO dc
that. but the abuses continue aud grow
greater every year. The interests that
are behind these abuses are rich and
powerful, and their influence has several
timfs proved superior to the weighty
Arguments on the other side.
The Postmaster General styles thsse
abuses enormous wrongs" and he
does not use too strong term. But for
them Instead Of a postal deficit of
100000 there would he a surplus Of
many millions. Mr.. Smith believes that
fully one quarter Of the sso5nd class mail
matter was never intended by the makers
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

MIR. Bryan processes to End plenty OF
encoura cement in tbs fall elections. L.
deed they EN- to him to make his CALI
ing and election sure. MIR. jryan's tenn
permanent must be an exceedingly san
auine one
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

Patrons OF the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses OF their
papers changed as often as they may desire by
notifying the Office
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the office OF
the DAILY PRESS. No. % Exchange street.
Portland Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

Whatever company does the lighting in
this city should be compelled to SO CON-
struct Its lines that they shall not cor sti-
tuts q menace 10 life and property. Mi.
Brophy's report. which was submitted to
the city council shows that some of the
wires rs now strung are unsafe and are
liable to destroy property and perhaps
life. This imperfect construction should
be replaced Immediately. No excuses
should be received. While the delay In
iightipg the city may tie pardonable
under the circumstances, and, We think,
is pardonable, the putting NJ of wires In
adequately secured or Improperly located
admits of no extsnuation. We understand
that there are severe penalties attaching
- unsafe or improper construction which
oan easily be enforced. Unless the un-
safe wires and poles are speedily made
safe they should be enforced. This Ia a
matter the city council can afford TO take
no chances on.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-12-05

The widespread sympathy with the
Beers among the Dutch OF Cape Colony
and the enlistment OF many OF them
under thu Beer standard are full Of Ill
omen to the British. Cape Colony is
more Dutch than British, and a general
uprising Of the former would Il AXE very
fe.ious situation for Great Britain, mas.
m lch as the Transvaal and the Orange
Fee Sta:e are giving her about all the
trouble that she can take care Of The
reports OF Afrikander ressiveness and
sympathy with the Beers may be exnR-
gerated, but as most of the news from
South Africa is filtered through British
representatives the chances are that they
are understated rather than oyerstated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-03
STORY OF SUFFERING
List Of Arrivals on the Relief Mute
Evidence Of Dangers in Phil.
ippine Campaign.
Number Of Wounded From the Fifty.
first Iowa--.Some Are Badly
Riddled.
One Member Of Company D Paral.
ized...something About the
Severely Injured.

San Francisco, Aug. 3.-Among the
men brought back on the Relief several
are seriously wounded. E. F. Larver,
Company D, Fifty-first Iowa, paralyzed
from the waist down. He was shot at
Calumpit in the left shoulder, the bull
let passing through the left lung and
striking the spine.
Egidius I. Fehr, Company M, Thir-
teenth Minnesota, wounded Feb. 23 in
an attack on Manila, shot in the right
leg, in the left arm and three bullets en-
tered the chest.
Lieut.. Olive c. Lapp, Company C.,
First South Dakota, perforated by Fill
ipino bullets on Bag Bag river during
the advance on Calumpit He received
two bullets in the left leg and ball
passed through the right thigh near the
groin. Another bullet grazed his right
ankle.
e. w. Heald. South Dakota, shot at
knee.
wounded soldiers who returned from
NAdulld On lIlc uOSplldl SLIP
FIFTY FIRST IOWA.
j. L. Eakin, w. j. Merrill, Harry w.
Price, William G. schier. E. F. lib
belts, Company A.
III. H. Rohde. Company B.
Elmer F. Narver, Company D.
William K. Parks. Company f.
NJ. G. Hutchinson, Company F.
II. j. Innis, Company II.
Charles ]. Kinney, A. e. Wharf,.
Company II.
c. E. Sheets. G. II. Gardner. Com
pany K. $50
sergt. Edwin Rose, Corp. William NJ.
Jeffers, Charles w. Lee,. Joseph /.
Markey. Company NJ.
FIRST SOUTH DAKOTA.
Corp. j., w. Wilson, w. E. Hoover.
Company A.
Martin Bahnson, Company B.
F. H. Goebel, Company H.
Corp. D. Martindale, wagner, Joseph
Waugh, Earl C. Baker, Eugene Mari,
Company G.
Homer "A. Baker. Edwin F. Heald:
Lester A. Lines John Murphy, Com
pany d.
Henry Anderson. c. c. swaffod, Com
pany L.
Arthur e. Spawn, Company G..
w. r. Bartlett, B. F. Strobel, Com
pany F.
sergt. II. j. Schulz, Company H.
Charles Garfield, j. II. Stockmeyer,
Company T.
Marion Bokin, H. F. Lake. Company
K.
w. L. walleck. w. E. Weller, Com
pany l..
j. j. Tompkins. Company NJ
w. r. Bartlett. a private of Company
F, First South Dakota, died at sea July
% of acute dysentery. The remains
We're embalmed and brought to port.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-03
LONDON FEARS WATER FAMINE.
Experts Declare the Thames Is Dry-
ing UP and the City in Danger.

L4pcTt0 Oec1aTe inc IO6meS 10 Dry
ing UP and the City in Danger.
London, Aug. 3.-London is within
sight of a serious water famine, ac-
cording to the testimony of unbiased
experts. 1t is already rumored that the
supply of the East End, which is de-
rived from the River Lea, is about to
be cut off during the greater part of
the day and night, with what conse-
quences to the teeming population Of
the East End may be easily imagined.
The major portion of L0ndon's water
supply, however. comes from the
Thames which, according to latest re-
ports, Is practically drying up.
Last week-so it was stated at the
London county council meeting-the
flow at Teddington point, just above
London. dropped to 940,00O,o00 gallons a
day. The parliamentary commission
appointed to investigate counted on an
average daily flow of 1,350.000,000 gall
Ions, leaving, after the water compa-
MES We're supplied surplus OF 1000,-
00O0.00O gallons-none too much to keep
the long, wide estuary clear OF shoals
and mudbanks and to carry impurities
out to sea.
II august anu oeptemuDer are as ory
as last year the water companies may
have to take the whole flow of the
Thames in September or put customers
on the shortest rations. With the Lea
exhausted and the Thames depleted the
question Of the hour is: Where is Lon
don to turn for water supply? 1t will
take years to bring water from the
Welsh hills, as has been suggested; yet
the government is taking no steps seri-
ously to grapple with question which
clearly must soon be solved if the
health Of cthe city Is to be regarded.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-03
WAR ON AMERICAN MEAT.
Increased Activity Manifested b,
the German Agitntors.

Washington. Aug. 3.-The agents of
the agricultural department In Ger
many report increased activity on the
part of the agitators exerting influence
to curtaiI to the minimum the importa-
tion Of food products. These reports
represent that a greater effort than
ever has been made to secure the pas
sage in the reichstag Of a statute pro-
viding for inspection by agents of the
German government of all American
products which shall be so strict as to
entirely ignore the certificates of Amer
lean inspection. The agitation is con-
Quoted principally by the agrarians, and
1T is stated that the press is being used
to an unwonted extent to create public
sentiment adverse to all American food
articles. Especial attention is given to
beef, and use is made of the testimony
before the war investigation committee,
and the beef court of inquiry. the agi-
tation, in itself. has had the effect of re-
ducing German consumption of our
meat products. but the officials here are
not especially apprehensive of any leg
iSlatiOn,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-03
THE GRAssHoPPER PLAGUE.
Colorado, Nebras six a and Kansas snf-
fering from the Pest.

Denver, Aug. S,-Eastern Colorado,
western Nebraska and Kansas are just
now in the tnroes Of a grasshopper
plague, the worst on record for fifteen
years. Crops are being devastated and
the farmers are driven to distraction by
the inroads of the pest. according TO re-
ports received at the state horticultural
In fact. the grasshoppers are doing so
much damage that the entomolosists of
the three states have decided TO hold a
meeting to devise a plan TO combat
them. Prof l.. Bruner, state entomolo-
gist of Nebraska, arrived in Denver at
noon from the affected district. and af-
ter a consulta ton with Mrs. Shute, sec
retary of the horticultural board, left
for Fort Collins. where he VIII consult
with Prof c. p. Gillette. the Colorado
entomologist. and S. y. Hunter, the
Kansas authority on bugs. on some
method OF getting rid of the pest that
is now making life a burden in the rain
belt country.
II have seen the grasshoppers thicker
in that section, but not often re-
marked Professor Bruner.
They are as numerous now as the
farmers can stand. and unless some
thing is done at once TO check them the
loss to crops will be tremendous
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-03
The Y. NJ. c. A. Convention

session of the Young Peoples Christian
Union convention over 5000 delegates
We're in their seats and several thou
sand visitors were packed in the aisles
and entrances of Duauesne Garden
After devotional exercises Rev. S. F..
Scovel. of Wooster University, ad-
dressed the assembly on Civil Right
eousness.''
The following officers We're elected:
President. S. w. Livingston, Chicago;
secretary, Miss Daisy stinson. Chicago;
press secretary, Hugh r. Moffitt. Mon
mouth, ILL.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-03
Famine Feared in India.

Bombay, Aug. 2.-The monsoon rains
having failed in the western and south
ern portion of central India, famine is
feared. Crops are whitening in the in
tense. untempered heat; one-fourth
part Is already ruined. and il no rain
falls within the next ten days disas-
trous scarcity is inevitable. The utmost
anxiety prevails.
AS the probability grows that the
government will not be able to main
tain exchange at its present level, the
currency proposals are endangered. The
natives have a ready explanation. They
say simply that Lord Curzon's luck has
failed