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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
ORDERED 10 GET
READY.

Washington, January 20.-The navy de-
partments orders to the Philadelphia
did not 20 out to Admiral h . ltz until
today They were in the shape OF in
struotions to take on full supply OF coal
and make ready for a cruise TO Samoa.
There was not an explicit order to start,
tut simply to make ready. II the ad-
miral, a. reported in the press dispatches
inds that his ships bottom is 50 fori
through her cruise in the southern wat
ers as TO be unfit for the voyage to
samoa. he probably will be authorized
10 use divers to clean the hull, fer the
department. has decided that the ship
should be sent to the Mare Island navy
ward to be fitted. There will be about
five days available in all probability be-
fore the Philadelphia can clear and the
department will be able to oruer Chief
Engineer Boates from the Texas to take
the place of Engineer McAllister OF the
Pniiadelphia. Engineer Bates was or
dered TO leave Havana last night for New
Orleans, whence he will proceed by rail
across to san Diego.
BRITISH SHIP STARTS FOR SAMOA
Wellinoton n H. January 20.-The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
LEGIsLATIvE NOTICE.

The Committee on Judiciary VIII give puonc
hearings In its room at the State House In Au-
gusta, as follows: ,,,
Tuesday, Jan. "a. 1899, at :. 80 o'clock I. NJ.
No. "a. In regard TO the expedlency Oh estao-
fishing the office OF state Auditor.
Wednesday Jan. "a. 1899, at 80 O'Clock L. M
No S. On an Act to prevent the wearing OF
spiked boots or shoes in Hotels or other puohc
places.
Thursday, Jan. 26. 1899, AT $50 O'Clock T. nj.
No. 81. on Petition of J. 5 Williamson and
others for suitable Homeopathic treatment al
the Eastern Maine Insane Hospital.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
PORTLAND, MAINE SATURDAY MORNING,

proper reorganization OF the army and
navy giving satisfaction to tho legitimate
aspirations OF both, besides being inspired
by such democratic principles as would
win support of moderate republicans
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
LEGIsLATIyE NOTICE. xsz

The committee on Financial Affairs VIII give
public hearings in their room at Augusta as fol-
lows:
Thursday, Jan. 26.
On resolve In favor of the Temporary Home
for Women and Children at Deering.
Thursday, Jan. 26.
On petition in favor of the Home for Friend
less Boys at Deering.
Thursday, Feb.a.
On petition In favor of st. Elzabeths Roman
CATHOLIC Orphan Asylum of Portland.
HI HIN, Sec'y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
COMMITTEES ON SHORE FISH.
ERlEs.

Notice is hereby given that the Committee on
Shore Fisheries will awe public hearing
Thursday, Jan. 26th, at o'clock 4. NJ: on the
petition OF Geo. L. Skolheld and 223 others that
the laws OF 1897 be so ammended that II shall be
unlawful TO use any purse or drag seines for the
taking of smelts an thai part of Casco Bay north
of a line easterly from the end of Flying Point
in Freeport TO the end of Lookout Point in
HarpswelL
Per order,
CHASE. WOOD, sec'y.
Augusta Ian II 1Sqg
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Judiciary will give public
hearing in Its room at the state House In
Augusta as follows
Wednesday, Feb. s. 1899 at 2.3o O'Clock ?. NJ.
No. 60 On an act 10 preveat tile use of Trading
Stamps and similar devices.
No. 10. On an ac; relating to the sale OF Paris
Green and other poisonous preparations.
Tuesday Feb. IA, 1899 at go o'clock z. NJ.
No. H. On an act 10 regulate the practice of
Veterinary Surgery, Medicine and Dentistry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
SPECIAL NOTICES.
IEGIsIATIXE NOTICE.

The Committee on Judiciary WI gfe puotlc n,
hearings in its room AZ tho ota'o iiou'' ."
Augusta. as follows: -,.,., n ~
tuesday, Feb I, 1899 at 2.3o o'clock Z. NJ.
No. es On several proposed Aets 10 remeuy
defects in the Australian Ballot Law =.
Thurs day. Fec. ?, 1899 al go O'Clock 4. M:
No. n. on a proposed amendment 70 an Act
relating to the appointment VI disclosure com
missioners. and also ON an order as to the
expediency OF abolishlng the office OF Dlsclos-
ure Commissioners and making Probate Courts
courts of Disclosure. and abolishihg imprison-
ment for debt
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-01-21
LEGISLATIVE NOTICE.

The Committee on Towns will give public
hearing in the Senate Chamber Wednesday.
jar 25th at 2 o o'clock Z. NJ. Oua bill Tor the an
nexation OF Deering to Portland.
L. X. WILSON. Sec'y.
Augusta Jan. II, 1899. jani2eodt24
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BRITISH SHIP STARTS FOR SAMOA

wellington, n. H., January a0.-The
British third-class cruiser Iauranga
has started for Samoa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
FASHION NOTES.
OF Information Upon the New
est Things in Ladies' Co.'S
tunes.

yellow in its deeper tones continues
10 Pc a favorite color among elegant
evening toilets. Many satin duchess
anei satin matelasse gowns made really
Iol1 the New Year festivities are of these
glowing shades, and lace of the richest
description, jewel-studded nets, also
narrow fur in many instances, form the
garnitures. To select satisfactorily
either yellow or mauve, one should in
variable choose it under artificial light.
Tldsis again suggested, asat the import
JHng houses very recently several costly
materials in these shades, purchased
thoughtlessly by daylight, have event
ually proved most disappointing. Ger
tain shades of yellow, looking exactly
the color of primrose or datfodil, turn
TO an unbecoming salmon color under
electric light.
Narrow dark fur trimming on rich
evening gowns certainly proves eX-
tremely becoming to most women, and
it never looks better than when in con-
junction with white or yellow satin or
brocade. Pansies or French violets in
termingled with creamy lace still sup
lply very effective addition. All even
ling gowns are made with graceful
ssSsasss but on the latest Paris and Lon
don-made models for dancing the front
of the skirt is decidedly shorter than
any we have seen in several seasons.
They just touch the instep, and are de-
signed, it is said. to reproduce the fa7
,miliar Vatican effects, and at the same
time afford opportunity for the display
of the luxurious lace-trimmed hosiery
and the iewel-bucl1led French shoes
and slippers.
The airiest of gowns in black are
worn by girls in their teens and early
twenties." The fufier the many
plated frills and Rounces the greater
the vogue of the sable gown. Soft silky
black Russian net is very much used to
drape and freshen princesse slips of
black satin, and if the half-low bodice
is finished with falling ruffle of the
net, trimmed with narrow rows Of
black satin ribbon, and the waist made
round and full, with the finish of a
handsome sash either of black satin or
of net bordered with the ribbon and
rounded at the long ends, it will look
sufficiently girlish and pretty, notwith-
standing its somber hue.
Black is never really so stylish as
when left entirely alone. Even natural
colored flowers worn with it seem to
lower its rich quality, though one sees
occasionally black gown worn with
good effect by a woman of artistic taste
IA trained toilet, for example, of black
satin or MORE draped with silk net, or
chenille-dotted and trimmed black
tulle with just touch of vivid royal
red placed somewhere on the bodice,
and an answering CLEAN set in the
eoitfure.-N. Y. Post.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
MONARCHS OUT OF A JOB.
No Less Than Forty Rulers Find No
Opening in the King
business.

/ There are at present nc less than 40
monarchs wandering about the world
out of regal employment.
The chief cause is the annexation of
their kingdoms by more powerful
peighbors. Thus, Sardinia has swal-
lowed IL of its weaker brethren
Genoa, Lombardy, Tuscany, Messina
and Carrara, Modena, Parma, Piom bino
Venice, the two Sicilies, and the papal
states-and then in trying to swallow
Italy got swallowed itself, and is now
merely province of the Kingdom of
Italy"
Prussia comes next with regard
to European subjects, having deprived
five rulers of their Kingdoms. But all
save one-Leo NIII.-of these deposed
monarchs have abdicated their rights
and settled down quietly in other coun-
tries, and having married the younger
daughters of the Ieigning sovereigns
procured lucrative sinecures in their
father-in-laws' governments or house
hold retinues.
If the French republic ever tires of
republic it will have to choose between
five royal claimants, each of whose IL
ties is as valid as the others.
The five uncrowned rulers are, in this
case, Louis and Philip Bonaparte, lie
due d'Orleans, Empress Eugene and
Don Carlos, of Spanish renown.
Don Carlos, however, is at present d.
recting all his attention to Spanish af-
fairs. His cause in Spain is, in fact,
winning new adherents every hour, and
it may not be long before he leaves the
great army of the unemployed.
On the other hand, Princess Mary
Theresa, of Bavaria, who is the Stuart
claimant to the English crown, has
practically abdicated her right to the
same, and is living quietly with her hus-
band, the prince regent of Bavaria, at
Munich.
And the same applies to Queen Caro-
line of Sweden, who has found plenty
of work to do as queen of Saxony.
England has only deposed one SOW
ereign in Europe with view to an
nexing his kingdom-namely, Jean
Baptiste Ceschi, of Malta-though she
has swallowed the Kingdoms of some
80 Indian potentates.
Russia has swallowed three countries
Poland, Georgia and Mingrelia-and
the rulers are always plotting against
her-always at distance.
The United States has taken Hawaii,
thus depriving a queen of her means OF
livelihood.
And France has Savoy and Madagas-
car in her pocket.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
MEXICO'S MONEY.
What 1t Was Many Years Ago and
How 1t Is Manufactured
Mt Present.

Before Mexico was invaded by the
SPaniards coins were unknown in this
country, the natives using in the place
of money the smallest cacoa beans, re-
ceiving those of larger size and better
quality for the manufacture of liquor,
to which they are much addicted.
About IA years after the conquest
that is to say, about the year 1885, Cas-
lillian coin commenced to make its APP
pearance in Mexico. AS it arrived. how
ever, only in very small quantities, it
proved itself insufficient for the needs
of trade, even though the latter was
still of very insignificant proportions.
1t was then that the ruling viceroy, I'M
der authority of royal decree, ordered
the manufacture in the City of Mexico
of small pieces of silver of certain
weight. These pieces were not stamped
with any coinage whatsoever, and
their value was determined entirely by
their weight and size. From this Was
derived the name peso" which has
Outlived the first attempt at making
money in Mexico up to the present.
These pieces of silver remained in cir
culation number of years, and pieces
of gold and of copper were also added
in time. Soon, however, it was found
that this sort of circulating medium
made fraud and abuse extremely easy,
and the Spanish government, taking
cogniZance of this fact, established by
royal decree three minis, granting
them perpetual existence for Amer
lea. These minis were located in San
Luis, Santa Fe and the City of Mexico.
The same decree also provided that
in San Domingo, on the Spanish island
known to-day as Porto Rico, only cop
per money should be made, according
to the regulations governing the mint
of CASTLE in the year 1859. The coin
age of Mexico was actually begun DUR
ing the reign of Viceroy Antonio de
Mendoza, who established a mint in
buildings belonging to Marquis del
Vale. Here it remained only a short
time, being transferred first to the
council buildings and later to the Vice
royal palace. During all this time the
coinage was of considerable amount.
and the facilities of the establishment
were not sufficient to meet the demands
made upon it for coins, for which rea-
son frequent demands for minting APP.
paratus are found in the ancient rec.
ords. In the year 177S the mint was
established in the Apartado building,
and has continued since then in the
street of that name. From the dec
laration of independence until the year
1s47 the mint was rented out to pri.
vate parties, who supplied with coin
all the states of the republic that had
no mints of their own.-El Nacional, 4
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

HOLLY CUNNINGHAM lived in
quiet country neighborhood and
nourished on Wafer Scott's stories
from the time she could read, had al
ways longed for excitement and adven-
lures; now she had great deal more
of them than she wanted. Her home in
Culpeper county, Va, was near the very
center of the battle-ground between the
union and confederate armies; so near
Brandy Station that the roar of the can
non echoed through the house and the
smoke of the battle was plainly to be
seen.
Her father and her brothers were in
the southern army. But she and her
mother remained in the old homestead.
A few of their old slaves still chung to
them, notably Polly's nanny" and
her husband, who, trusted and confiden-
tial house servants, had never felt the
yoke of slavery as calling. What they
could have done without nanny Polly
never dared to think.
She came into the dining-room,
where Polly was washing the dishes
after the frugal dinner, a meal which
her mother, suffering with an acute at
tack of neuralgia, was too i'll to share.
"Well, honey" she said, "yo' ma
pears to be easy now. l gave her
hot foot bath an mustard plarster,
an she went to sleep, so put the bell
whar she could tech it an crep' out.
reckon l mout as well take my ole man
his dinner" Nanny went to the win
dow and looked out, craning her neck
TO catch a glimpse of the drive lead
ing to the front of the house. Great
Marster," said she, "here's Yankee Of
ficer ridin' up to the do. Yo' keep STILL
chile, while l go an sees what he
wants"
In moment she was back, smiling
followed by a young man in the uni
form of United States lieutenant
whose Hello, Polly" startled her so
that she dropped the cup she was wip-
ing on the floor. She looked at it rue
fully, then her face lit up.
"Why, Frank" she exclaimed, where
did you come frum?"
''Stuart's headquarters, of course; l
want to find out what Sheridan is do
ing. I've letter for your mother from
IT,. major. Can you get me a mouthful
to eat?"
at won't be much more" said Polly,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
IA TALK WITH MRS. p1NKHAM.1

A woman with the blues is very un,
comfortable person. She is illogical,
unhappy and frequently hysterical.
The condition of the mind known as
1.-THE blues" nearly always, with wo-
men, results from diseased organs of
generation.
1t is source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
force of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv-
BUSINESS in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under.
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass, to Mrs. Pinkham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough COM
mon sense, and is the counsel of a
learned woman of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. F. S. BENNETT.
Westphalia, Kansas, as told in the fol-
lowing letter:
DEAR Mrs. PINKHAM:-I have suf.
fered for over two years with falling.
enlargement and liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
a weakened condition, caused me t.
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for a short time,
that terrible flow stopped.
81 am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than
have had for the past ten years. L
wish to say to all distressed, suffer-
ing women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one so kind and willing to
aid you"
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is woman's remedy for wo-
mans ills. More than a million wo-
men have been benefited by it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
TIDES IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
Heads of Great britain are AnxiOfs
to Reduce Its Dangers to
Minimum.

The prince of Wales is greatly eter-
cised over the recent accident in the
English channel. AS peer expressed
it, "his royal highness does not like
to feel that he is living upon an sland
defended and barricaded like the eudaE
barons of old, by high seas that lash,
to pieces friend and foe alike"
The crown, it is asserted upon the,
best authority, will shortly offer prize.
to be tried for by competition which
will be opened to all civil engineers
of the world. The prize offered will be
no less than fortune sterling for a,
plan by which the English channel cars
be reduced from a rolling torrent 10 a,
calm, peaceful sea.
Crossing the channel for gears has.
been the dread of the transatlantic
journey. Tourists wLo travel as far
as London in safety are unable to cross.
the channel to rance without suffer
ing untold tortures of seasickness.
Traffic across the channel at certain
periods of the year is absolutely dan
SNhO'aSs anu at NtlltS NpllllllClC 10 cat
ly delayed by the uncertainty of the
voyage. The journey, which, under
ordinary circumstances, ought to be
taken in little over night, is some
times prolonged 30 hours, and then
upon the very best steamers. Upon
sIow-going freight steamers it is almost
indefinite. The highest type of machin-
cry is required to make the journey on
time.
At times various schemes have been
proposed for stemming the current or
undertOw from the North sea and the
North Atlantic ocean around the Brit
ish isles. The isles act as a dam to the
water, which, sweeping southwark by
a mighty undertow, is caught by them
only to break and sweep through the
channel with incredible rapidity.
Many of the schemes have been al
most unique, notably one advanced by
a Danish civil engineer for building
hreakwater north of Wales. This,
which was to extend for many hun
dred feet into the water, was to be
constructed south from Denmark and
north from Wales, leaving small open
space through which boats could sail.
This, the engineer claimed, would have
a tendency to allow less water to sweep
through the channel, and would thus
calm the tide. Other schemes of break
water have been proposed, the most
extravagant of which was the filling in
of the channel by means of mud scows,
so that, instead of being a deep pas
sage, it would be in places very shall
low.
Modern engineering has become such
highly developed science that moth
ing seems impossible to it, and it is
thought that some engineering genius
will have remedy by which the Eng
lish channel can be made calm.
Prominent engineers in this country
shake their heads at the suggestion and
say "impossible!" but English engi-
ineers are more sanguine.
AT present one of the features of the
channel is the life-saving service, which
lis the strongest in Europe.-Philadel-
IDhia Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

as she set out the remains of the din
ner as quickly as possible. Mamma
has one of her bad streaks of neuralgia
oh, Frank, how are papa and brother
Ned, and Jack?"
"All well and fourishing two days
ago; why, this does famously, Polly"
and he set to work at bread and butter.
beef and potatoes with the hearty relish
of q hungry traveller.
Nanny had taken the letter upstairs.
sure that no other medicine would do
Mrs. Cunningham so much good. Now
she rushed back, ashy with fright. For
de Lawd's sake, Mars Frank. run oud
de back do! Here comes a whole troop
of Yankees"
''No, Frank" said Polly, who had
flown to the back window as he started
up, and, Selling hat and overcoat, made
for the door. "They are coming that
way, too. Quick! here! upstairs! can
hide you'll"
The rear of the house was one and
half stories high, with sloping roof;
and where the newer two-storiec front
Joined it on either side were closets
in the wall. They had been wainscoted,
instead of plastered, and one of them
had been given to Polly in her baby
hood for a doll house. After reaching
Woodstock Polly had begged her father
for a sliding panel in this closet, open
ing into the cuddy under the caves of
the old house.
Mrs. Cunningham had protested, say
ing it would only be a rat hole and do
Polly no good, but the husband had
laughed and yielded. ut was as good
as any other top" he said, and under
Polly's supervision country carpen-
ter had done the job so cleverly that NO
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
IN ANDALUSIA.

Beneath the brilliant Spanish sky a tower,
Lofty and lovely, rears its graceful height
Near the fair palace where by royal right
The noble ARGOS ruled in feudal power;
Here Ponce de Leon, of his race the flower,
Set forth upon his quest in all mems sight
To seek but never find - oh, happy
knight
A more than kingly, more than mortal
DOVER
Above the vegas still the palace stands;
Vast olive orchards sweep about, and
fields
OF waving grain where peoples bloom
in flame.
Here pilgrims come from distant western
lands,
And of the vital joy that beauty yields
Quaff youth renewed in Ponce de Icons
name.
-Minna Caroline Smith. in The Puritan.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16
A KUSTLING HOST.
He Had Little Scheme for Making
His Guests Pay for Their
Dinners.

1t was an apparently innocent little din
ner invitation which drew a number of
California street heavyweights to the
handsome home of a capitalist on Pacific
avenue, who is no longer popular in the
Pacific Union club. After the dinner,
which was deliberately planned, perfectly
served and thoroughly appreciated, the
host led the way to the billiard room, where
he produced for the inspection of his friends
new roulette wheel which he had just pur-
chased.
After it had been examined and duly ad.
mlred monsieur proposed that his friends
tempt fortune with it, announcing that he
would be banker, and smlingly invited
them to break him" The guests scarcely
expected this sort of diversion, but they
hardly could decline the Entertainment"
which had been provided for them. Hav-
ing carelessly undertaken to call the turn
on the black or the red, they expected to
lose tritle to their host, but they did not
anticipate any such financial catastrophe
as overlook each of the players.
The bank won steadily. Soon all the
player, guests were broke" but the host
offered, in an off-hand way, to stake ons
and ali, guarding against a loss Of the
frequent loans, however, by taking the
checks of his friends For the purpose. with
admirable forethought, he had provided
himself with blank checks on every bank ia
town.
There was no escape for his victims. They
were all thoroughly trapped and well
scorched before they were released. The
guests caught the first car home in the morn
ing, the urbane host, with unparalleled gem
crosby, presenting each guest with a nickel
TO pay his tare.-San Francisco NeWs-L letter
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-02-16

There is more Catarrh in this section of
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
years doctors pronounced it local disease,
and prescribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local treatment,
pronounced it incurable. Science has proven
catarrh to be constitutional disease, and
therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F. j.
Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to a
teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and testi-
monials. Address F. j. Cheney & Co., To-
ledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.