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The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
EXCELLENT MUSIC AT HIGH ST.
CHURCH.

The music at the High Street church
last evening was of high order of ex-
cellence. There was chorus of sixteen
voices taken from the various church
choruses of the city and their concerted
numbers are worthy of special note.
Gounod's "Praise Ye the Father, !"
Deuza's Saviour again to they Dear
Name" and "Hark What Mean Those
Holy Voices " were rendered with energy
and in tuneful style The duet by Miss
Cobb and Miss Foster was very artistioai-
ly executed while Professor Balm presided
at the organ with his accustomed skill.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
MEMBER OF DOM PEDRO s STAFF

Count and Countess NJ. de MOreira
arrived in Portland Saturday morning.
The count was member of Dom
Pedro's staff for 1889 to 1891. and took
an active part in the revolution of '93.
He was serving in the navy at that time
and had many thrilling adventures, but
he was too modest to give recital of
any of them, saying they were not worth
mentioning He has been in this country
for several years and no has formed many
pleasant associations here. The count
and countess were at the Falmouth,
and went away yesterday afternoon.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
DAUGHTERS OF PORTLAND GIVE A
PARTY.

The Daughters of Portland, held their
S oond annual "gentlemen's night" at
Young's hotel, Boston, Saturday evening.
This club is composed of Portland la
dies now residing in Boston. After the
dinner the president, Mrs George @.
Clapp, made short address. The other
speakers were Mrs. Edward q. Wood,
Miss Ella Morgan, Charles A. Perry. Miss
Corielia 6. Fessenden, guest of the
club from Portland, furnished the music
for the affair. An original poem. writ
ten by Mrs. Emma Durham, was read by
Miss Mary Murch. Miss Ella Morgan oni
Miss Katherine Kicker rendered vocal
sci sctions
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
EASTMAN BROTHERS & BANCROFT.
MARRIAGES.

In Wiscasset, March !. r. W. Drake and Miss
Nellie Clark.
In Buckiield, March 2. L. Burton Curtis and
Miss George A. shaw, both of Paris.
In Lewiston, March !. James ii. Canweli OF
Auhuru and Miss Susie L. French OF Lewiston.
In bangor, Feb. "a Robert +. Campbell and
Cassie II, Wallace. :,
In salisbury. March 4, John a, Burpee Oh
Rockland and Julia P. Allen OF Salisbury.
In Pennington, March o. Everett Z. Gould OF
New Whey ard and Mrs. Emma Horton OF Farm
ingiou. rs c,...
and Hattie Carton.
In Penobscot. Henry A. Davis and Miss An
ME G, Wardwell.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
BowDoIN MEN IN BOSTON.

The Boston Association of the Bowdoin
College Alumni held its regular m nth-
ly meeting at the Copley..Square hotel
last evening. A multiplicity of other en-
gagements made compulsory the absence
of many members. so that only twenty
OF the old college men sat down to dinner.
The score of Bowdoinites, nevertheless
thoroughly enjoyed themselves as they
ag ain recouuted the days in Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
GRAIN EXPORTS.

The grain exports from this port the
mast week included ~, 42y bushels of oats,
and 10, BIG bushels of wheat for Bristol,
81, 500 bushels of oats and 81, SGD bushels OF
corn for London, 81, 0i0 bushels of whsat
for Liverpool. and II, 1856 bushels of " heat
ana Iii, 0Bb bushels of corn for Hamburg.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
Frank B. Clark,
BOOKSELLER AND STATI0NER. :.
FORTY HOURS OF DEVOTION.

The forty hours of devotion began at
the Cathedral of the Immaculase Con-
ception yesterday. morning at high mass
which Was celebrated at a. m, and will
continue until high mass tomorrow
morning at q. m.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
BOWLING AVERAGES.

The bowling tournament at Pines
alleys closed last Friday. The Shutters
won the trst prize; the Tontines, second,
and the Waverleys third.
The Portland boys will bowl the Bos'
tons at the Boylston allsy, Boston, about
April |.
ARRANGEMENTS are in progress for a
series of games between Portland and
Willard.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
NEW ENGLAND ORDER OF PRO
TECTION.

MI. Vernon lodge. No. 1859, N. X. o. p,
will give reception to the Grand Warden
and the Grand Officers of the Grand
Lodge this evening, who will be
present to present Mt Vernon lodge the
Silver mounted gavel. won last term.
Mann bers of the order are invited TO be
present. Ladies of the lodge are requested
IN bring cnke,
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13

Years of suffering relieved in a night.
Itching piles yield at once to the curative
properties of Doan's Ointment. Never
fails. At any drug store, 80 cents.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13

find beauties CT sound Of which the re-
hearsals heretofore have given NO hint.
The sale OF seats went on with . rush
Saturday and those who have not secured
tickets should attend to IL at once.
NOTE.
Several of the Handel and Haydn soci-
ties of the country have arranged to
commemorate the Tooth anniversary OF
the first performance of Haydn's oratorio
"The Creation next Sunday.
Miss Helen Robertson, who was MEM
her of BARLEY McuClium's company at
Peaks Island Is thus spoken OF by the
Nj II and Express In recent issue: Miss
Helen Robertson, whose picture We pub
lis this week, Is handsome woman, as
you can see for yourself; and beauty is
q very strong factor In theatrical success,
especially in feminine cases. Miss Rob.
ertson, however, sacrificed her good looks
for the time being few weeks ago and
made an unmistskable hit in the laohry-
NOSE play, The Rev. Griffith Davenport.
through her vivid impersonation of q
slave Girl who was faithful to the family
of Davenport even in Its bitterest trials.
she has been on the stage only few
years. The FIRST time / saw her was as
the heroine of Deacon Brodie. out of
town, and she gave such winsome and
t. nder performances of that pathetic role
that she made 1t perfectly clear that she
has every right to advance rapidly.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
PAIR OF HORSES FOR SALE.

Weigh fifteen hundred each; six years old !;
worker every day on q farm the past year
they are quick Walkers; good pulers honest
every tune Il. II. CHANDLER
marlSdlw New Gloucester, Ne.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
ONLY PART Way OUT

Thanks for SO kindly assisting me Saturday
on my way out Of the Book business.
But you didn't go far enough. Pm only part
way out.
Sold lots of books, but had lots of Books to
sell, got lots of Books now.
Don't intend to have SO many tomorrow
Mean to get out of Books just as fast as can.
II a book wanter comes in here, he'll go out
with his wants supplied.
Low prices are going TO rid me of every Book
in stock. Like as not the Book you want will go
today.
Better look after 1t, anyway.
The Portland daily press., 1899-03-13
WASH
SILK

to the fact that Silk Grenadine will be
a favorite. In order to make the
gown a success a silk lining is nee
essity. We have beautiful Silks for
this purpose.
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the pedals with his hands or feet. and
reeled off to his boarding house singing
at the top of his voice.
F, Now" continued the Hon. H. c.
Pidgkine. after a slight pause, "by a
singular coincidence the professor wan
dered in the direction of the Smile Of
Fortune mine. and, not seeing the hole,
tumbled head over heels into it. 1t
being daylight, some people saw him
fail and ran to his assistance, and a
man was lowered down the shaft and
the professor was soon brought up,
none the worse for his tumble. and
nearly sobered UP. His left hand was
tightly clasped, and, upon opening It,
they found a one and three-ouarter-
ounce nugget of virgin gold, which he
must have seized in his downward
flight"
"A prosperous fall is better than an
early spring" said the man with the
unlit cigar.
Wen, gentlemen resumed the Hon.
Mr.. Pidgkins. not needing the inter-
ruption. you can imagine that this
created the most intense excitement.
and within a week the professor sold
his one-half interest to a syndicate for
100000 cash. which amply demonstrates
that America is and will always remain
in the lead. Yes, gentlemen, the waiter
may bring me the same
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Nepalese Letters.

The author of I'm Northern India" tells
of his experience at Bhagwanpur where
he wished to post four letters.
They were addressed to friends in Eng
land, who are stamp collectors. and only
contained few lines to say l had sent
The postmaster refused refused to accept
them Foreigners. he said, We're not per-
mitted to post letters in Nepal. the postal
service being only for the use Of the
We sat on our elephant and reasoned.
but he was firm, and the police and other
officials all supported him. After long
discussion, we at last persuaded him to
post the letters and leave it to the gov
eminent at katmandu to decide whether
they might be forwarded
Then we went into his Office mud hut
and sat on low stools, nearly the whole
population watching In a crowd in front
from the large open space.
The postmaster redirected each letter in
Nepalese characters. and taking a large
his government, the police inspector
reading our description, and so forth,
from the permit We were particularly
required 10 declare that the letters did
not contain any political matter.
Then came the very serious business of
wooden box for the stamps, and another
for the date stamp. There are stamps of
three values equal to one PENNY. two
pence and sixpence. He assured us we
could not pay beyond Nepal, so We de-
cided TO put one-penny stamp on each
and leave the excess to be collected on
delivery if ever they reached England
Fortunately they arrived after some de-
lay, and strangely enough. no excess was
charged. and thus / had the pleasure of
likely to be extended to Nepal for many
wears to come.
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His Only Blind Pool.

New Orleans Times-Democrat)
Il never went into but one blind pool
In my life,'' said a New Orleans broker.
'.and that was under rather peculiar cir
cumstances One afternoon some years
ago a gentleman who was at that time
very prominent figure in affairs and noted
for his eccentricity-he is now dead,
peace to him.-walked into my office and
said. abruptly: Give me $500. What
for?' l asked. surprised. None of your
business, he replied. Just why ! did it l
opened up my check book. filed out a
blank for the amount and handed it over.
AT that he took off his hat and / saw
with establishment that the crown was
full of other checks and currency. Add
ing mine to the lot he clapped the hat
back on his head and walked out. That
was absolutely everything that occurred
at the interview. and my methodical old
bookkeeper. who was sitting within ear
shot, was so durlfounded he nearly fell
off his stool. won't claim that | forgot
was not exactly in a position to allow
$3.50 to escape my mind. and to tell the
truth l worried about the transaction
until / was half sick. | knew couldn't
afford any such rash speculative venture.
and the more | thought about it the more
firmly l became convinced that l would
never lay eyes on the money again. You
may therefore imagine my relief when.
friend sauntered in and handed me a
check eor $500. I reckon that's about
your share, he remarked, as he passed
it over. Where did it come from?' 1
asked incautiously. None of your busi-
ness he chuckied, and walked away
without another word. That is the whole
story of my first. last and only blind pool
experience. and / am free TO say that /
have no i,ankering after another, have
always calculated that my $500 profit
cast me ut least $500 in wear and tear Of
the nerves. Did i ever. find out how the
money had been invested? Well. l have
suspicion, but 1 never verified II. In
fact, i rather made it point not to do
So
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FELINE CURIOSITIES.
A Cut That Retrieved and Family
of Swimming Cats.

Il want to preface this story by adj
hitting frankly that it sounds fishy,"
said one of a group in the custom house
corridor yesterday. In fact, I'll go
little further and say that 1 couldn't
have believed it myself without visual
proof, so l won't be offended if you
look incredulous. A few days ago /
was visiting a friend who has a beauti-
ful home on Metairie ridge, and while
we We're chatting on his porch he hap
pened to remark that he had a retriev-
ing house cat that could beat any set
ter in the parish. / thought he was
joking, of course, and seeing that /
didn't intend to take him seriously he
jumped up and seized a small sporting
rifle from a rack in the hall. Toni
Tom he called and started for the
woods, and then followed a very re-
markable scene. A big, handsome cat
came bounding around the house. and
in moment was by his side, it's head
up, its eyes blazing, its tail waving to
and fro, and every muscle quivering
with excitement The animal acted ex-
actly like high spirited, thorough
bred setter or pointer, and / was so
astonished / could scarcely credit my
eyes The woods are only a stones
throw from the house, and before We
got fairly into them my host knocked
over a dove. The bird fluttered along
between the tree trunks, and might
have escaped, but the cat was after ii
like a streak of lightning, sprang into
tho air and caught it in his mouth.
Then, without making the least effort
to bite or MAIN, he brought it back
and laid it at my friends feet. After
that / was prepared to believe all was
told about Toms exploits in the field.
My host said that retrieving seemed
to come natural to him, and that he
just picked it up
While the case of the retrieving
cat said a planter from the south
coast. was certainly remarkable, it is
completely eclipsed, in my opinion, by
family of swimming cats owned by
Captain Bosco of Tarpon island. Cap
tain Bosco is well known in New Or
leans, where he occasionally comes to
do some trading. and is immensely pop
ular with the crowd that goes to the
Tarpon club for periodical outings. He
is the kingpin fisherman of Bay Adams,
and as quaint and original a character
as you could find on the whole coast
His swimming cats, about which L
started to tell you, belong to a fe-
/ inc tribe that has lived at the cap
tain's place from time out of mind.
There are at present, perhaps. dozen
all told, and they have apparently lost
every veStige of the natural antipathy
of their species for water. They will
wade unhesitatingly through the shall
lows on the beach. hunting for fish. and
three or four viii actually swim out
to nearby luggers to bet oysters. Like
all cats. they are very fond of that kind
of food. and when the captains lug
ger comes in from a visit to the beds
several of them are certain to jump off
the landing and swim to where it lies
at anchor. 1t is very strange to see
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SPORTS
BIG NOMINATION LIST.
Colts to the Number of 843 In Ken
lucky Futuritv.

Lexington, KY, Dec. 24-Secretary
Horace Wilson of the Kentucky Breed
ers' association announced that second
payments in the $40, 900 Kentucky Flu
turity for foals of 1899 have been made
on S43 colts and FLIES out of a possible
1,0SS, which is the largest number since
1888. This is the tenth futurity, and it
has become the leading colt trotting
stake of the world. The entries come
from twenty-eight states and Canada,
and represent the cream of the Ameri-
can breeding farms Kentucky names
344; New York. 101; Massachusetts. 40;
Illinois, A; Pennsylvania, 3S; Ohio, 80;
California, 80; Montana, 81; Wisconsin,
Il; Michigan, II; Iowa, IA: Tennessee,
IL; Texas. ID; New Jersey, Kansas and
Georgia. 10 each: Missouri. 8; Canada,
8; West Virginia, s; Nebraska and
Alaska, 8; New Hampshire. s. Della
ware, 3; Rhode Island. 3; Maine, 8;
Connecticut, 10; Virginia and Utah,
each.
The largest nominators are Brook
Curry, Kentucky. 43; Patchen Wilkes
farm. 81; Walnut Hall farm, 81; Bitter
Root farm. 26; Allen farm, 20; Palo
Alto, 20; H. Lasher. IS; Elmhurst farm,
II; Suburban farm, Is; Empire City
Stud, "A; j. w. Bailey, James Butler
company, Chran Bros, Malvern farm,
IL each; j. l.. Drulen, j. H. Warren, IL
each; Bowerman Bros, j. F. Galloway,
w. w. Evans. W. r. Janvier and Look
out farm, 10 each. The remaining 500
were nominated in lots of from one to
nine each.
There are 226 Dent stations repre-
sented, % of which have records of
2:10 or better: forty-nine others of 2:15
or better. and fifty-four others of 2:30
or better, making &c per cent of the
stations that are developed sires.
OF the mares 143 have records from
2:061s to 2:30, and ia others are the
dams of from one to six winners: near
ly 10 per cent of the dams are thus pos
SCISSORS or producers of standard speed.
The nominated colts include brothers
and sisters of Joe Patchen, 2:01A; Di-
rectum. 2:05A; Planet. 2:04A Jupe,
2:0fA; Caid. 2:071a; Nico. 2:0S; John
Nolan. 2:0S; Brattan Boy, 2:0S; Direct
UNI Kelly. 2:0S1A; Sunol, 2:0SA: Charlie
Herr. 2:10; Serpol, 2:19; Extasy, 2:10A;
Idolita, PIP; Boralma, 2:13, etc.
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them come scrambling or board. new
ing and shaking themselves, and seem
ingly as Indifferent to the wetting as
so many setter puppies How they de-
veloped such an extraordinary trait
don't pretend to say, but it has prob
ably been matter of gradual evo-
luton Captain Eosco doesn't remem-
Der when his cats began to go into the
water, but it was many years ago. and
with each generation the natural aver
sio must have become fainter and faint
er. 1t wouldn't surprise me If they
developed web feet in the course OF
time"
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Diplomatic.


II am sorry you asked me for that small
loan just now" exclaimed the friend. 1T
is a coincidence that has developed an
noyance freGuence
I'm sorry that L have troubled you,"
said Mr.. Fucash-
mo trouble. except a sense of disap-
pointment You see. my uncle is always
writing me letters of advice He Is con-
tinually telling me to learn to say no.
and your little requests always seem to
come just when / am practicing-"
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Chess Games Finished.

Vienna, Dec. 24.-All the adjourned
games from previous rounds of the Ma
tional Masters chess tournament were
finished today. Maroczy disposed of
both Kortie and Alapin, Brody beat Al
bin, and Popiel and Zinkle drew Ow-
ing to Christmas day there will be no
round played tomorrow, but the con-
tests will be resumed Tuesday
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Old Time Dexterity.
CThe Jewellers weekly

(The Jewellers WeeklyO
Joe Ker-The earlier watches were much
cleverer timepieces than those of the pres
emit
Jacques Low-How so?
Joe Ker-They marked the time with
only one hand
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Tie Football Game.

st. Louis. No, Dec. PA tie game
of association football was played at
Athletic cark this afternoon between
the West Ends of this city and the
crack All-Chicago team. Each side
scored two goals.
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Severe Criticism.

philadelphia Builetin.)
Don't you think she sings with rare ex-
pression?"
well, it certainly isn't any too well
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Requirements for public school teachers
in Alabama are very simple Applicants
for third-grade certificates. which allow
the holder TO teach for two years. are
Obliged TO be examined in arithmetic only
through fractions. and in geography only
through the primary grade.
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The German war department has some
thing like 100000 pigeons trained for war
purposes, and France has go, 600. Russia
and Italy also have homing pigeon outfits
in their war departments
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is divided equally between the family of
the late Eugene Field and the Fund for
the building of a monument to the mem
ory of the beloved poet of childhood. Adj
dress
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Mention this Journal, as Adv. is inserted
as our Contribution.
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12o South Main is the number of the
big shoe sale.
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The German military experts who are
experimenting the construction of the
Southwest African railway from Swakop-
mund to Windhoek-about 400 klometers
estimate that it will cost only 5000. goo.
More than a quarter Of the line is already
completed. 1917 80
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EUGENE
FIELD
POEMS
A $500
BOOK.

THE Book of the
century Hand
somely illustrat-
ed by thirty-two
of the World 5
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Knutsford-H. Schifiin, Chicago; Abe
Newburger, New York; John A; Shelton,
c. A. McGievey Kansas City; n. H. We
Der, Chicago; L. A. Schrieman. Fort
WAYNE: c. A. Hoffheimer. Cincinnati; n.
E. n. Candel and wife, Chicago; b. +.
Brown and wife, New York; w. II. Thorn
as. New York; George j. Burnham. Ana
conda; ]. Z. Jennings. Denver.
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Danforth's Revolver Talks.

".All right Hollis. You are on / think
that it is time for me to CO. and before I
realized what was happening. the boy
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Cullen.-E X Campbell. Denver; Clar-
ence B. Chadwick. Chicago; S. r. Thur
man. Provo; S. W. Laney and wife, Free
dom, Ills; Leon Kusel New York; ]. ~
Whitney. wyoming; Samuel Hart. Mar
ket Lake; Allen P. Corr, ]. Corr. Chris
Jensen, A. =. Ackerson, Gold Mountain;
Osmon Justesen, Spring City; ]. Il. Hick-
ey. Aspen Wyo.: William Bagnell and
wife. Coaiville: Miss Hpffman. Coalviiie;
F. w Nelson. Bingham Junction; David
Jackson, Randolph.
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more. Nei w. 5. Page and W fe, Ha ley.
Ida; James r. Edmondson. Vancouver.
b. c.; F. a. Montgomery, Denver: H.
vile. Ky: A. E. GLADDEN.. Chicago. ]. B.
F'lemming Park City; Miss Cara Tropp,
Miss Gracia De Foy. Robert G.. Folsom
and wife. ]. d. Hardebeck New York;
Samuel DiRsmore. Missoula. Mont; c. c.
Sloan. Milwaukee,: 3. b. Kelliher. Poca-
tello: A. NJ Gibson. NJ. A Roby. Idaho
Falls; l.. Robinson, Denver; H. S.
johnson Nebraska.