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The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

mayor and city council TO be elected on
the first Monday OF March, A. d.. 1890,
as hereinbefore provided, the present
municipal officers, public officials, school
committee and police officers of Deering.
shall continue in Office for the purpose of
performing the duties required Of them
by law, and by the terms OF this act; but
upon said Inauguration the terms Of all
of them shall end.
Sect o. All persons upon whom taxes
have been legally assessed by the city of
Deering, and who have not paid the
same. shall be required to make payment
thereof to the several collectors to whom
warrants for the collection of said taxes
have been issued, and said collectors shall
pay ovsr the same to the treasurer of the
city of Portland. Unpaid sidewalk drain
and sewer assessments legally assessed by
the city of Deering shall be- collected in
the manner provided by the DeerinR
charter and ordinances, and the city of
Portland shall have the same rights to en-
force payment of said taxes, and side
walk, sewer and drain assessments as the
city OF Deering would have had but for
the passage of this act.
Sect. 10. All rights, contracts, claims.
immunities, privileges ana franchises
which might be exercised by the city of
Deering may be exercised and enforced
by the city Of Portland as its SUCCESSOR;
munities granted by the city of Deerine
shall remain binding upon the city of
Port.and
Sect IL. Upon the day of the inaugu-
ration of the mayor and city council to
be elected on the first Monday OF March.
A. D.. 1899. as here ina before provided.
the control and superintendence OF the
present public schools of Deeripg shall he
vested in the school committee of Port
land to the same extent and in the same
manner as are other public schools of
Portland ana the school facilities now
furni shed by the city of Deering shall not
be hereafter curtailed or abridged and the
high school in Deering shall be continued
ON at least an equality as 10 privileges
and standards with said school as at
present maintained, and as branch of
the present Portland high school.
Sect. ls. All official records aud doou.
ments in the city of Deering shall be
transferred from the several departments
to which they respectively belong to the
corresponding departments in the city of
Portland, and the production, attestation
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
BRIEF JoTTINos.

According to the old saw as Candlemas
Day was fair and bright this year, win
ter will take another flight.
The W. C. I. u. will have the next
course of Civic Talks this afternoon at
p. m. at No. So Oak street; this talk
will be or our schools.
This evening at the Seamen's Reading
room the officers and men of the steam
ship Lycia will give an entertainment of
music and readings.
The liquor deputies made seizure yes
terday at No. 81 Center street
The Portland Relief committee hsld a
meeting yesterday afternoon.
(. Manager James II. Mcdonald of the
Portland & Small Point Steamboat COM
pany, has returned from business trip
to New York. He is negotiating for a
new steamer for his line for the coming
summer and within few weeks will
make q definite arrangement to this end.
The Little Women will meet at ~ Free
street, Saturday at 80. Quotations from
Longfellow.
The hand organ man thinks spring has
come He was about the streets yester
day playing 1.-The wearin o. the Green. u
Members of the Bar will remember ths
memorial services for the late Hon. K
Eudley Freeman and Hon. Byron ID
Verrill, to be held In the Supreme Couri
room Saturday.
The harbo, Notifications on Great Dia
mond island will be augmented next sea
son by the erection of two six-inch rapic
| tire Rnns several sites for the location
of this new battery are under considera
ton by the government engineer II
charge, and plans and estimates will soor
go forward TO Washington for early ap
proval, in order that work may be com
,uenoed with the opening of spring.
There was small fire in Mr.. Johr
| Adams stable In lane leading from
Mountfort street yesterday, caused BY
rubbish In the basement taking fire. III,
flames were put out by the chemical.
The annual meeting OF the Home 70
Fsieniless Boys will be held this after
noon at o'clock with Mrs NJ. L. Mac
Gregor, POS Spring street.
Mrs. W. A. Chenery gave matlne
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PERSONAL.

The funeral services of the late Frank
Edgar Orr, who was killed by an accident
in San Francisco the past month, will
take place at the residences OF his parents
los Emery street at 9. 80 O'Clock today.
Mr.. Chas. X. wyer, who has been so
successful In leading chorus choirs, has
made an arrangement to lead the choir at
the Free Str set Baptist church. and will
assume lis new duties next sunday.
The arrivals at Hotel Temple yesterday
were: j. Cassidy, Lewiston; George KEEL
Ter, New York; j. Q. Handery, j. K.
Ross, Walter 5. Fairfield, and wife, Bos'
ton; Il. p. Mayo, Waterville; Geo. c. Ed
wards, Providence. K. l.; Geo. Langley,
Bath; W. J. Morse, Gorham, N. Il.
Miss Margaret j. Worcester of this city.
has been elected an assistant teacher in
the New York institution for the Improved
Education Of Deaf Mutes on Lexington
avenae, New York city. Miss Worcester
has for the past two years been teaching
q private deaf pupil IN Caribou.
Superintendent Herbert Of the Grand
Trunk left for Montreal yesterday and
Inspector Hanna of the same line arrived.
Hon. Charles A. Curran OF Calais, W.
Wallace Waugh and wife, together with
several Boston hotel men. DIR. and Mrs.
O'Neil of Biddeford and Mrand Mrs. A.
f. Morrison of Rumford Falls are at the
Falmouth hotel.
these were registered at the Preble
house yesterday: Chas. Heidelberger,
Ii. +. Maben, II. Bernstein, Frank
Church, j. W. Owen, +. A. Russ, Geo.
l.. Burnside, New York; b. b. Moore and
wife. Bangor; AS. Ellsworth, Mechanic
Falls f. A Barrows, Newton, Mass. !;
Chas II. Adams, Limerick; Geo. 4.
Hughes, Bath.
Mr.. Walter Camp returned yesterday
after very enjoyable visit to Lakewood.
The following were registered at the
Windsor yesterday; A. M. Green. Z. III.
Berry, Boston, Vim. q. Brown, Auburn.
n. H.; James Moore and wife, San Fran
cisco; l.. Bronson, Bangor; James Smith,
Bangor; j. j. Nick inley, Biddeford.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

whist party Wednesday afternoon, the
proceeds to go towards buying a picture
for the primary department of the Nc
Clellap school. Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Chenery gave another rarty, the
proceeds to go towards a picture for the
Butler school The attendance at the
party was large.
AT the last quarterly meeting OF the
board of police examiners, Joseph A
Mcintosh took and passed examinations
rs AN applicant for appointment as "a
patrolman,
. The artesian well on the government
reservatio Cushing's island, has reached
depth of about go feee. without strik
ing water. Mr.. Trask says that it may
be necessary to go down about 800 feet
to secure supply adequate to the de-
mands.
Wednesday morning lady in this city
lost fine coon cat in most shocking
way. During the night the cat orawled
into the oven of the cook stove, evident
bic place. In the morning the lady
made fire In the stove. She heard the
cat cry but couldn't make out where
she was. Later when she opened the
stove door the cat was found burned to
death.
The board of registration will com
mence its sessions on February 20
The bundle party given by Pine Cone
| lodge, u. o. of l o. l.. Wednesday eve
ming was complete success, both iinsn
cially and socially, good sum being
realized for the treasury. Cake anc
punch were served during the evening
The next meeting will be an importan
one. as it is degree night and arrange
ments are to be completed for the enter
tainment of visitors on March 10.
The Christian Endeavor society of th'
West Congregational church viii observe
Christian Endeavor Day" by specia
service this evening. The address vii
be delivered by Rev. Mr.. K. r. Purdy
pastor of the Friends church and presi
dent of the State Christian Endeavo
Union. The public is most cordially in
vited to attend this service.
AT the meeting of the Portland Relic
committee held yesterday the amour
contributed was given at Ss, TOO
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
DOUBLE ART SALE AT LIBBY's.

It's MIR. Clarence Upwards twenty
years experience in Boston wholessling
previous to becoming vice president Of the
j. K. Libby Company that let's him into
many golden opportunity, that an ordi-
nary buyer would never discover. He
knows just where the.pookets of nerchan-
dise-ore are richest. and the easiest pro-
cess of mining for it. He has just brought
TO light nine hundred beautiful pieces of
Art-Cut- Work, and four hundred colored
photos which are offered at tri6e above
half price See the j. r. Libby ad. in
another column.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
US. CONSUL.
CURED OF
ECZE MA
CuTi'CURA {

had an attack of Eczema, and ordered
box of oxide of zinc ointment. The iirst
application changed the Eczema TO hell-hre.
which seemed unquenchable. The druggist
had used a rancid cerate and was poisoned.
A local physician did not help matters, and
everything either failed TO help, or made it
worse, l was becoming desperate, when
thought of CUTICURA REMEDIES, and dis-
patched my servant for a cake of CUrIcuRA
soar and a box of CUTIcuRA (ointmentl.
The Grst application reliered and in three
doas i sCds fceH. 4
PTLASKIF +. HYATT, United States Consul. !
Dec. 10, 1897. Santiago de Cuba.
Sold throughout the world. PorrgR d. G. Corr, Sole
Rrops Boston. How 10 Cure the Worst Eczema, hes.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
MONTREAL HARBoR COMMISSION
ERS.

The Harbor Commissioners are in r.
ceipt of letter from the Montreal Hnr-
Dor mmissioners, expressing their
thanks for the attention shown them at
the time of their visit to Portland last
month.
They also have another from Canada
inquiring the extent of exports from this
port, and the facilities for shipping pro-
ducts to Europe together with such facts
as can be furnished regarding terminals.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

At meeting of the Portland Naval
Reserve association held last evening 1t
was voted to hold the banquet at SWEETS s
hotel on the evening of February l4th.
Tickets for this affair may be had of
the chairman of the dinner committee,
George r. Stevens at Lovell's Arms COM
DaDy
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

Mis-. Kearns is charged with stealing
the money Of Wormwell and will be ar
raigned on that charge today in the mu
niclpal court
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
BATH. Z: RoCkLANp. ,.

Bath, February s.-Despite Curtis's
illness, though playing, Rookland was
no match for Bath tonight. The work
of the home players was very good.
score, bath, q; Rockland. 2. Stops.
Cashman. 81; Mallory. 20. Fouls, Tier
ney. Referee. Connolly Attendance 400.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
DEATH OF A PORTLAND DENTIST.

Newport News. Va, February 2.-Wil
liam 5. Jewett, II dentist of Portland,
Me. who came South accompanied by his
wife, for the benefit of his health, died
to-day at st. Vincent's hospital. The
remains were taken to Portland tonight
for interment.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

Coughs and colds. down to the very
borderland of consumption, yield to the
soothing healing influences OF DIR. Wood s
Norway Pine syrup.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
VIRGIL CLAVIER SCHOOL RE
CITAL.


CITAL.
Those whose privilege it was to listen
to the fine plano recital, which was given
by Miss Bertha Frost of Deering at the
handsome rooms of Prof. Rankin. enjoy ed
rare treat Miss Frost has a remarkably
fine touch, broad and firm, and beautiful
" delicate when required. The following
is the programme:
Chopin, Preludes Nos. 4 and Z. Mazura,
Op. IS, No.
Jensen, Bacarolle
Liszt, The Nightingale
Schytte, Berceukse
Mills, Etude-Fairy Fingers
Lack, valse
kiruH, Spring Song
Schutt, Romanza
Saar, Valse
Liszt, Ri kocz March
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

~n,r.. vi.siows soothing ryroP.
Has been used over Fifty Years oy millions Oh
mothers for their children while Ieetning
with perfect success. II soothes the enha,
softens the gums. sllays Pain. cures ~ino
Cole, regulates the bowels. and the bes'
remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising iro"
teethinK or other causes. For sale by Drue
sists in every part Of the world. Be sure ana
ask for Mrs winslow's Soothing syrup 70 ns
q bottle.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
KIPLING ARRIVES.

New York, February 2.-Rudyard Kip
ling was among those who arrived on the
steamer Majestic from Liverpool this
morning
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03

cASToRIA
Bears the signature Of cHAs. II FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind Yos Hare alSaJs BosghL
cASToRIA
Bears the signature Of cHas. II. FtErcHrR.
In use for more than thirty years and
TIE Kind YoE Hare dis0aJS BoEgAL
cASToRIA
Bears the signature Of cHAs. II. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
The Kind YoH Hase Arrays BoNgkf.
The Portland daily press., 1899-02-03
NEW ApvERTIsEMENTs TO-DAY.

Rines Bros. Co.
j. X Libby Co.
Palmer shoe Co.
Congress square Fish Market
Frank NJ liscomb.
Legislative Notices..
New Wants, To Let For Sale, Lost. Found
and similar Advertisements viii be found unuef
their sppr Jpriate heads on page 9.
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orange in small doses is quite the
proper thing. It's strange, by the way,
that very few people have thought of
using canary yellow with their gray
goWns-that combination is SO emil
nently French. Green, you see, hello
trope and lavender and blue and pink
turquoise and cerise, but never a bit of
yellow. That's partly the effect of last
years sentiment, doubtless; but yellow
and gray and black make a striking en-
semble that it is hard to excel
l heard a good story the other day
about certain Well-known woman in
West Philadelphia. She is famed far
and near for her aerial calm. She is
absolutely the most self possessed
woman | have ever met. and | have
for years been yearning to hear of at
least one instance where, to use a vul-
garism. she became ratified. Now, /
shall watch and wait no longer She
entertained Whitcomb Riley during the
week that he was here, and after din
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ner as. they sat in the drawing room in
the midst of one of Riley's drollest
stories. the butler came rushing in with
face like a sheet and hair-on- end
expression, eXclaiming:
Mrs R-ts, the portiere in the
library's on fire! What snail I do??'
Without so much as lifting an eye
brow, so the story came to me from an
eye witness, the lady glanced at her
frightened Dobbins and remarked
calmly but in icy tones:
Get the fire extinguisher! You were
saying, Mr. Riley--the funny part Of
the story is that
Not to be behind their hostess in
sangfroid, not one of the party moved.
After a little facial twitch, Mr.. Riley
continued his tale, and nobody burned
up It was certainly amusing for a
while though, because the odor of burn
ing wool came distinctly down the
stairway and several of the ladies
nearly had Mysteries between their de-
sire to vie with their hostess and their
natural inclination to scream.
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asked to and on others because every
hard or give a great deal, she figured
in so many concerns of this kind. AS a
matter of fact she does not do half as
much as the humblest woman on the
boards. She does not do thing in real
ity. When we suggest for her to under
take any particular phase of work she is
always occupied with the Society for I'm
proving the Accents of French Maids and
is too much absorbed in that at the time
to think of taking up anything else. If
that society happens to want her to dc
anything. she is head over heels in work
for the Association to Improve the Condl-
ton of Confirmed Gum Chewers. She al
WAYS plays one society against the other.
and in this way escapes without doing the
least bit of work. She Is a perfect type
of the professional patroness. The only
satisfaction | suppose she gets out of all
of it is to see herself in the newspapers.
Not only do women like this refuse to
come to meetings to do any work or in
any way justify themselves for joining
right but they become naughty as well,
and think they ought not be asked to do
anything. They seem to resent it as ask
ing them to undertake too much work
when they are really only able to keep in
so many organizations because they never
do anything at all. And there are mighty
few women in New York prominent
enough in society to make the mere use
of their names valuable when they Meth
er do anything nor give anything
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Written for the Sunday Standard.

WrBtten for the Sunday Standard.
There is a consolation in store, and a
very graceful and elegant consolation.
too, for those whose figures prohibit the
successful wearing of coat which is
cut short few inches only below the
waist. This consolation will take the
form of a fichu or shoulder scarf made
preferably in lace, but admissible also
In many kinds of soft silk, and draped
round the shoulders a la Marie An
noinette, finishing in front with two
log ends, reaching to the hem of the
skirt in front. There will be many
opportunities for varying this scheme
as the season advances, and we may
very probably see revival of the long
straight shoulder scarves in silk gauze.
printed with flowers, and in Powered
muslin, which We're in vogue at the
time of the Crimean war.
The revival of the lace Marie An
Noinette fichu or silk gauZe shoulder
scarf would be quite in harmony with
the craze of fashion in favor of incroy-
able hats and directoire bonnets, and
the mode is one which admits of many
charming varieties. 1t is adaptable, too,
to various figures and almost all occa-
sions For morning dress, even with an
Drdlnary summary zephyr OF ca1Ipilc, d
1ichu in fine batiste, in white muslin, or
even in white point d'esprit net. would
not be out of place by any means, and
would give an air of daintiess to the
most severely simple gown. For after
moon wear, in fine black lace, they will
come as a boon and a blessing to the
1niddle-aged matrons, who find coats
impossible and capes too hot and heavy,
and who at the same time strongly OBJ
ject to venturing out into the street
without some sort of light wrap round
their shoulders.
In this way the Marie Antoinette
fichu will be of great advantage. as it
will add immensely to the comfort of
the wearer, while it will not take away
at all from the smartness of her APP
pearance. On the contrary, it will add
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PATRoNESsEs UNPOPULAR.
Revolts Against Them Here and II
England.

Revolts Against Them Here and i'll
England.
From the New York Sun.
Even in London somebody has indig-
nantly arisen and called the patroness
nuisance The cause of this outbreak was
the matinees organized in London by wo-
men of title who seek only to advertise
themselves by this means, according to
the testimony of one of the best-known
music publishers in the world.
''Those wro are first of all responsible
for this evil he says. ARE titled and So
cety ladies' who see in charity concert
an excellent means of acknowledgements,
and in addition, an advertisement that
costs them nothing But the moment art
lists are so foolish as to lend themselves
to these gratuitous entertainments those
artists cease to be of value to managers
who pay and support them. Some years
ago I had to abandon a series OF concerns
given in the London season because
could not compete with charity concerns
at which many Of my artistes nau NOT lug
moral courage to refuse TO appear a.
though without remuneration, -
they were solicited by people OF 'itie' pnt
in the minority of instances ti'e al ''7's
themselves receive no fecosiii'io, VI
thanks for their SpTNiCf9- az 20
IL tho lady of title who, at no expense 10
herself. hands a check obtained d. ..le
artists expense to this or that charltS'
The Datroness in New YORK hgureS III
quite another light. There is some COM
nIaint against her as peddler OF uckets
Vet there is likely to be just as much Cd
lection made to her on quite diHefeh'
Ground Abused on one side because she
triee too hard to sell tickets, she Is
harmed on the other because she does not
discussion of the matter came up shor'
lime ago at the meeting of committee
of women in charge of an entertainment
tn be given for charity
How many tickets did Mrs. y. take!
asked one of these women.
None" was the answer. 'She said thai
she was not well and that holy week was
no time for asking women to buy tickets
for theater.
Consideration of Mrs. KS case IN the
committee was then and there discontln'
ned. But she came up later in a less for
NAL conversation.
THAT woman" said a member of the
committee whose earneStneSs showed hen
interest in the matter ''is on the manag'
| ing board of l don't know how many
| charities. She got on some because she
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sign, either at the top or at the base. but
the favorite trimming for millinery Is
the artificial rose, and the manufac-
turers have brought these to such per-
lection that they cost tand they are
well worth the price, S. each blossom.
A hat of tuscan trimmed with couple
of such roses and a twist of pale blue
chiffon is ideal wear for the young girl
with the muslin gown. And, talking OF
muslin gowns, reminds ME that the pat
terms of the muslins are more attractive
than ever, the little rosebud appearing
in simple elegance with much distinc-
ton on foundations striped with blue
and white lines and spotted with white.
Other pretty patterns there are, ana
for young girl there is no prettler
gown than one made of muslin, with
lace trimmings outlined with bebe rib
bons to match the predominatinS unts
of the pattern on the muslin.
The Gibson Form.
Every up-to-date woman now asplres
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TRICK OF WELL-DRESSED GIRL:
Manners With the True Repose of We've
de We've,

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
It's getting to be great trick among
well-dressed girls to have petticoat,
silk waist and hat trimmings stunning.
At recent concert a girl sat directly
in front of me-and l couldn't help no
ticing her when she was absolutely
under my nose--who wore cerise
waist of the most perfect and usually
unwearable tint, with a rough sailor
hat of a deeper hue, trimmed with
tulle. trifle lighter than the waist.
gathered over great loops of wire which
alternated with punches of leaves with
pinllsh surfaces Al the left front was
a blackbird. and cherry -colored roses
nestled under the brim. Her gown was
gray and under the tiounce where it
swept out into the aisle was the cerise
ruff1e of her petticoat. She was unde-
niably effective, because she had jet
black hair and a good clear complexion
Generally it is hard to forgive people
for wearing cerise or that brilliant dark
blue You so wish they wouldn't, and
wonder If they haven't any good, KIND
friends to break it to them gently. The
lavender scheme is very pretty and
easily worked, if you don't mind join
ing the mob. Scarlet is not bad, and
not half as conspicuous this spring IN
this day of bright colors as formerly.
Green, too, is good, but don't try
orange. It's just over the border,
though, of course, you know that