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The Craze.

{From the indianapolis Press.)
''ET-yOu remember that county fair premium
list | got out when not living we'll as
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YES, dear" answered his wife ''What Of itg'
81 want to know II you have a copy Of 1t
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offer. with good bit Of money ia it, ioF the
dramatic rights.i'
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4 Wasted Moral Lesson.
(From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

lFrom the eveIand Flain DeaIeFl
Don't forget my dear boy said the fond
father. vino saw an opening for little useful ad-
vice don't forget that rich gifts wax poor
when givers prove unlSind
Tbe boy seemed to struggle TO catch his par
ent's meaning. Then he smiled
That's right, dad" he cried; ''rieh gifts wax
ncnr nnas out OF sight!'
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Keeping up with The Procession.
From Puck)

The Farmer-Wal. what's new in town. any
The Postmasier-0h! amt much doin in teown
Hear bout Lem Saifes gittn' telegram last
weekY
The Farmer-Not Lcmi
The Pos.masler-Yes, Lem.
The FaIner-I want 10 know. Beats all how
tae young iellsra is iorgin TO the front, de
clare
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Her Yiexx of Lii.

Frofn the Detroit Free Presa)
Kate-I wouldn't marry him If he were the last
man On earth.
Jane-I would.
Eate-what for, I'd Ike to know?
Jans-Oh. just TO spite all the other women
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Going Through.

tFrum the indianapolis Press.l
Bill the Bitc-Evcr go through q railroad col
lision?
Jake the Jonh-Naw. Best ever done was to
60 through the passengers after the collision
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
Personal.

Mr.. A. b. Cole OF Avon street. hes
been suffering the past we with an at
tsok Of bronchitis combined with gFip.
lie is now recovering and hopes to be
out again before long.
The recent pastoral OF the Rt. Rev.
Jas. Aug, Hsaly ID. D., asking for con-
tributious to aid the negro ana Indian
missions of this couLtry, has met with
a generous response.
Mr.. L. p. MoGowan has received an
interesting pamphlet containing the Rd-
dress of the Rev. f. Ii. Burque Of Fort
Kent, in memory OF the late Senator
William Diokey.
Frank K. Cummings of this city who
has bean sick In Manila lie now at Con
valescsnt hospital, Preside, Cal.
Mr.. and NrA r. /. Hull OF wisoasseti
are que is of their niece, Mrs. L. ID
Huntress, Concord street. WoodfOEds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
DIR. JENKINs's sERMoN.

Rev. DIR. Jenkins preached very able
sermon yesterday morning ct State street
Congregational church and pointed oct
that there are GLASS OF people who are
willing to work, but want to work &C.
cording to their own way and do not
went to work in unity.
/: Such people not only Ietard progress.
but are often tie means OF causing al
NEST disastrous results. Such individ-
nails were compared TO generals In an
army, who do not agree as to the method
Of conducting q campaign aud some
times an important hattie is lost simply
because Of their disagreement,
We oan find those WHO, when We are
in trouble, instead Of giving Us sympa-
thy want to add q weight to our bur den.
DIR. Jenkins thought that the clergy
were men who underGtood what sympa-
thy meant because like Paul they ar
concerned with great things. He said
that he did not regret that he was n
minister OF Jesus Christ and though he
had no reason to complain that his min
istry had not been pleasant, yet he, like
all men wanted sympathy. At this
point the preacher made very touching
sllusion to tho late Mr.. Rufus Hinckiey,
aud said he had given him sympathy
and 1t was his hope that men might he
raised up In the church like unto him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
TAX ON 1ruBERLANDs.

The state hoard Of assessors has its
work all marked out for the coming year.
Muoh time will be devoted 10 getting
at the real value Of the timber lands.
which are practically all In eight ooun-
ties Of the state. 10 is the Intention Of
the assessors 10 make such n study OF
this matter as to get at valuation
which Will be satisfactory to all parties
who are concerned. That the valuation
OF the timber lands will be
increased Is certain, for the rsa
son that timbsFlAnds have had
big boom within the past year. The
great demand for all kinds of lumber,
the addition Of pulp mills to those al
ready running in Maine, and the call for
lumber for export have all been impor.
tant factors In causing an advance In
timber lands property.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
BRIEF JOTTINGS.

A committee from Portland CommaD-
derry, K. T., was present at the special
meeting Of Trinity commandery Of Au-
gusta Friday evening, and talked up the
Louisville proposition. Triuity agreed
to accept the Portland proposition al
the Augusta sir knights will go under
the banner of Portland.
The alumni of Bowdoin College who
reside In Auburn and Lewiston, are
planning To form an association, and to
hold a reunion and dinner before long.
Come 80 or more graduates of Bowdoin
live in the two cities, and 1t is believed
that an association to meet occasionally
would be a great pleasure to all con-
cerDed.
Dr.. W. h. Elwell, chief surgeon at the
Soldiers Home at ToGus. has been grant
cd leave Of absence, and with his wife
will take q voyage TO the Bermuda ISL
ands. DIR. Ridon, first assistant surgeon
will head the hospital staff during DR..
Elwell's absence.
Falmouth enoampment, l.. o. o. f., will
celebrate Its anniversary st Odd Fellows
Hall Wednesday. There will be an enter
tainment from TO ., followed by sup
per and dance. 1t goes without the say
ing that tie occasion will be an enjoyable
one.
The pulp 1t of the West End Cougrega-
tional church was supplied yettsEdsy
morning and evening by Rev. I. NJ
Davies Of Deerlng Centre.
The regular meeting of ths Elizabeth
WAdsworth chapter, ID. A. r., Will he
held athis afternoon at 3 O'Clock In the
Falmouth hotel parlors.
There win be clam supper In the
gymnasium of the Portland Athletic
club this evening at $50 O'Clock. The
supper will be free to members CT the
club.
Munjoy lodge, No. Q. K. Of p, viii con.
fer the third rank in the long form Mon.
day evening.
The frat hurdy guRdy Of the season
appeared on the streets Saturday evening
and those who heard the lively music
commented on the favorable signs OF
spring.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
THEY MUST SETTLE.
Out Going Aldermen Have Presented
Their Bills 60 the Corporations.


During the past year the Mayor and
Boasd Of Aldermen have been In session
60 times, averaging over one nesting
week for tho entIra year. OF this num-
Der Of meetings over four-1fths have
been called TO give hearings on pole or
task petitioners, presented By the ssV-
sral corporations in this city. The Mayor
Il paid salary, very small one to bo
sure, fer his services, but the aldermen
receive nothing, and have bssn forced
to cit hour after hour transaoting bust
Eefs for corporations which have been
lighting one another. This is the alder
mems duty, but the statutes have fixed
q oompsnsation for his time and services.
Each alderman and the Mayor Is en-
titled to S2 for each hearing called by
petitioning corporations The Mayor OF
course has not presented 9 bill to thesS
corporations, but the aldermen have
The bills amount to from $40 to $40 for
each alderman, and the sum which each
one will receive amounts to about SICO.
The Portland Electric Light company
which has averaged nearly petition a
weak for the entire year, has the biggest
bill to pay, while the railroad companies
get OF easily.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
HARB0R NEWS.
The steamship Season Has Been Rec
ord Breaker.

The steamer Peruvian Of the Allen
Mpe arrived at a few minutes before two
O'Clock Saturday afternoon and three
hours later locked. She came direct from
Glasgow from which port she sailed Feb
ruary Goth. The trip was reported TO be
fair one. The steamer brought eco tons
OF cargo but no passengers.
The Allandale OF Tho Thomson line ar
rived shortly before noon. She Is direct
from Shields where she departed Februsry
26tb, coming direct to this pert, The only
cargo was 100 tons OF ballast.
1t Is expected that the Albanian OF the
Leyland line and the Sardinia OF the
Hamburg American line will get away
this morning. Clearance papers for both
were Issued at the custom house yesser-
day. The Alhanisn will go to Antwerp
while the Sardinia will proceed to Ham
burg. Both will take full csrgoes.
The steamer Aucooisoo Of the Harpsweil
line Will at eight O'Clock this morning
make trip to the scene OF the wreck OF
the California Another trip win also be
male at ten O'Clock providing that the
big liner has not been nORted BY that
time.
All Of the wind bound fleet went out 10
the afternoon and there we're no fish erri-
walls during the day.
The tug Mercury which arrived at this
port Friday night towing the schooner
General n. S. MerTIn, had her flag Hoat-
ing at half mast all day Saturday as she
lay at the end Of Custom House wharf.
Thls was out of respect to the memory oil
one OF the young men in the office Of the
Boston Towtoat company, wto died
few days ago.
thus far this season there have been
Al steamers which have arri yed at this
port. This Is seTen or eight more than
arIiJe1 at this time year ago and as the
season will not close for six weeks it Is
probable that there will have bean loo
steamers which have come to Portland
this season. This will break all records
From the fret day of the present year up
to Saturday the inspectors found by ex-
amlnlng acc cunts that there had been
963 more cars of imports this year than
last year. 1t has cen great seAson
for the ocean steamers In Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
COMMANDER SNIPE'S APPOINT
MENTS,

Department Commander seth 4. Snipe
Of the Maine G. A. r., has made the
following appointments; JaIoes l.. Msr-
rick, Waterville, A. A. O.; Roswell Q.
Harris, Bath. A. O. NJ g.; Charles 5.
CIowsII, Lewiston, inspector; John b.
Foster, Bangor, judge advocate; IA. 4
Webster, Damariscotta Mills. q. NJ. q.
Hiram A. Huse, Bath. chief of staff
L. L. Carleton of Winthrop, George M.
Soldiers of Portland, John ID. Anderson
of Gray. Stanley PIummer Of Dexter, A.
D. Russell OF Augusta, pension commit
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
BLAZE IN BAKE SHOP.

There was a slight blaze in Stevens 3
bake shop at 1875 Congress street, yester-
day afternoon, ten minutes OF one
O'Clock. The combination wagon from
Engine 2's house was called and quickly
extinguished the blaze before 1t had
done much damage, Toe fire caught
about the oven which was oVsrheated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
THE ELECTRIC RAILROAD.
This was the Issue I'm the Freeport cau-
euses Saturday.

The Republicans Of Frseport held n
very enthusiastic caucus Saturday after
noon, the electric railroad question be-
Ing the prominent feature. j. q. Ken
dell, the present chairman of the board
Of seleotmen, and VINO opposed the South
Breeport route, was defeated for reuomi-
nation, receiving 80 votes, as against 10
for ]. A. brewster. MIR. KsDdeIi was
also defeated in the Citizens caucus.
The candidates for selectmen are j. A.
Brewster, Horace Roers, Geo. y. Coffin.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
TEMPORARY home.

AT the directors nesting OF the Tenn
porary home DR.. Stanley p. Warren and
DIR. Seth o. Gordon presented to the
board an outline plan for Maternity
hospital for Portland which shall lie so
arranged as to meet the needs Of every
condition In life.
A citizens meeting Will soon be called
at which 1t is hoped sufficient interest
may be aroused to warrant uniert aking
the work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12

Rss been used over Fifty Years oy millions o.
mothers for their children while Teething.
with perfect success. IL soothes The child,
soitens the gums, allays Pain. cures Wind
Collie. regulates tse bowels, and Is the best
remedy for Diarrhoea whether arising from
teethlng a other causes. For sale by Drug
gists in every part of the world. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. winslow's Soothing syrup 20 ct
o bcttls.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
A BOXING EXHIBITIONS.

The Casoo Athletic club has arranged
for a 12-round boxing exhibition on
March goth between Maurice Rosenberg
and Billy Fraser. 1t will be one Of the
best scientific bouts seen here in many
months as both Of these men are past
masters Of the manly science.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
THE WARD FOUR VOTE.

In order to satisfy many who thought
that there might have been some mistake
about counting the ward four voter,
they were reoouutsd Saturday by City
Clerk Dyer, In the presence OF Chairman
Allan and others OF both parties. II took
nearly two hours to make the count Of the
votes for ALDERMAN, and the result was
not startling.
This rsoount has no legal barring ON
the result, as returned by the election
officers, but it might decide whether the
courts should be asked to interfere.
The result as returned by the els elton
officers was:
Moore. 353
Connolly, 395
Norton, "a
The result from the recount Saturday
morning was:
Moore, 5oi
Connolly, S53
Norton, "a
1t 10 evident that the election officers
made simple mistake In giving Moore
two votes less than belonged to him. But
the result is practically the same, no elsc-
ton.
The VOTES for oounoilmen were not re-
counted and will not be.
There were "a ballots which were not
marked at all. There were only two de-
feotlve ballots In the vote for alderman.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
SPRING OYERCOATS.

The spring days remind one Of lighter
clothing, and spring overcoats are one of
the first of the lighter garments needed.
Frank III. Low & Co., have line OF fine
goods In this department and theif
prices are way down where few dollars
will get neat, stylish and ssrvioeabls
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
cAsroK1A

Bears the signature of cHAs. IT, FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
7zs H5nd FoY Hare .dlsgays BoEghL.
cASToRrA
Bears the signature of cHAs. II. FLETCHER.
In use for more than thirty years, and
Tie Kind IoH Have .dIsUaJ5 B6sghL
cASToRIA
Bears TIE signature Of cHAs. II. FLfreHER.
In use ior more than thirty years, and
Tie Kind loa Hare AlsgdJS Boagh-.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
WILL ORGANIZE TODAY.
The city Government Meets This
MOI ming 10 Perfect Its Organization.

Tbs city government will meet thls
morning a. 10 o'clock to perfect Its orga-
nization and to listen to Mayor Robin
sons inaugural address, which Is expect
sd to b. most interesting document.
by the Republican members Of the COM
mon council not to make any opposition
to the seating Of Msssrs. Roberts and
Thomas from Ward 1, the Democratic
councilman, who pulled through the
election by very small majority. 1t is
probable that thess gentlemen will TO
seated without any contest being made.
although 1t was az first believed that
some effort would be made not to allow
them TO take their seats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12

More probably than have any two other carpet stores Maine Almost
Enough
your rOom your personal purse.
SELL this
thes sbusines Monday,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TOD Az

NEW ADvERTIsEMENTs TOD Az
Frank NJ. Low & Co.
=. II. Libbv Co.
Owen. Moore s. Co.
Eas man Bros q Blnsroft
=. q. Bailey & Co.
Ilewellyn Lei hton s Co.
Fosters Dye House.
Ralph >. Norton.
L. II. sch 'osbtrg.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
UNIQUE Entertainment-First Parish House
Equal Suffrage CluD-Second Advent Church.
New Wants. To Let ror sale Lost, Found
and similar advertisements will be found under
heir appropriate heads on page
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12

stock possible decided
price December Importance opportunity
avo money overlooked
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-12
ONE DAY ONLY,

Opening Sale of Carpets Rugs Matngs etc. prices below the usual
NEW PERFECT MOST DESIRABLE We adopt
this method aequaint with Carpet stock Terms sale
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

plete understanding Of his work and to an easy
command of it, he wakes the Hveliest interest
and maintains it to the end ''Mammon and Co"
is an exceptionally clever book. The bright talk
IN it is deftly woven into the plot, the plot
itself is sklfully designed and the very types
which promised to disgust the reader become
intensely interesting because the author ana
lyzes them with so much insight and sympathy,
bringing out the genuine human traits that lie
beneath the cheap veneer Of their environment
Perhaps Mr.. Benson meant that Lord Cony-
beare and his wife, the Hasemeres and all the
others. should at the outset convey an impress
sion of INSCRIPTIONS and shallow character,
That, doubt, would be the impression received
from such people in actual life, where, by the
way, the observer would have small chance of
ever modifying il. Mr.. Benson takes US behind
the scenes, exhibits the gradual and not IN
natural steps by which his figures go from bad
TO worse. and shows US moreover, those steps
by which some Of them at least rise to better
things. Toby Draws the Moral" is the title of
the last chapter, and Toby, honest, delight
ful fellow, who with his wife brings an air of
sweetness into the morbid life of his fashionable
relations may be taken, suppose as the
mOuthpiece Of the author Nj Benson knows
that his characters are mostly shocking, but he
can see their potentiaIities for repentance and
reform, and the end he leaves his reader in
a charitable frame of mind. The moral drawn
is the less effective because the book is
throughout free from cant and preaching The
sinners are painted not for the sake of their
sins, but for the sake of their human nature
1t is an amusing book and il is a thoughtful
one. Where many a novelist would have made
a mere tale of folly and stock jobbing out Of
the Conybeares' social divagations and their in
tercourse with Mr.. Abingdon, the wealthy and
wicked financier, Mr.. Benson has given his work
a wider significance
brates the fortunes of literary gentleman who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

completion OF the Assouan dam in 1000 ,bo,,
are going to be infinitely greater Co++o- ..
king already, Sugar comes next and has b-;u
liant future before 1T. But the native sbrinlr
from taxing iohs views ahead He will wait for
fate to settle the matter. apparently obIivious
Of the fact that the European is IN tho -,oo,
time quietly taking possession of the fold pc
ferring to MS VISIT TO the Delta for study of
the cotton industry. Mr.. Worsfold speaLss of thu
tall chimneys that break the level of the land
scape. mute indications that the wealth Of
Egypt is being garnered by European skill and
European energy. Mohammed Ali introduced
the cultivation of cotton as far bark az 1901
and native proprietors no doubt shared In the
prosperity incident TO the slackening Of COM
petition when the Civil War cut off from, the
English mills their usual American sources of
supply But the English owners of one great
Egyptian mill that Mr.. Worsfold visited ar
CURED the plant fully thirty years ago and il ts
the European who holds the future Of the cot
ton industry in his hand.
American cotton has TODAY of coures .
weighty effect upon the Egyptian market h,,+
despite the lowering OF prices caused by our
competition the industry is constantly growing
II Will receive added impetus not only from, the
extension of the system of irrigation but from,
Improvements in the railways. These suffer
sorely from the political complications which az
feet the expenditures OF the national treasury
but here again Mr.. Worsfold is expectant of
better things time goes on And while the
share Of the native in the development of the
country Will always be necessarily limited by his
racial traits it is probable that education will
in Egypt as everywhere else in the world, ac-
complish much. The very men who have OBJ
tanned some education with nothing more than
a Government post in view cannot help but
spread among their relations and friends a GER
tain desire for the acquisition of Western
knowledge" The Educational Department
hampered by lack Of funds and confronted by
the apathy of thousands among the people. is
nevertheless gaining ground and while the pro-
portion of pupils TO the whole population Is
small there is gain every year 1t
is an interesting point that latterly, while the
percentage Of boys learning French has de-
creased, that OF the boys learning English has
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

begins life on Samoan island and ends it in
the South Seas, but contrives to do all sorts
OF wonderful things in the interval. In his
island boyhood he had decided to marry the
companion OF his play hours when she grew
up In London he marries, instead a woman
who revolts in horror against the destructive
tendencies OF the novels he writes. She leaves
him, and after a while he elopes with Loie, the
friend Of his youth, leaving that lady's hus-
band to get along as best he can. In the Pacific
the lovers resume their early romance and
then take to nursing lepers Thus it would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

I Up against that selfshness and backwardness
Y which We have alluded. The school has not
'5e pupils simply because its diplomas lead TO
. direct employment under the Government
- employment seems 70 be the sole ideal of
-1pi's9-ne number Of natives, q fact which
--3 me lack Of ideas and Of initiative
'le mem The opportunities for the agri-
'N-'ui-st II Egypt are great nov, and with the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-04

the sharpening Of intelligence, may mould the
native into the factor in the national wellbeing
that he ought to be. In the mean time there is
something endlessly fascinating in the spectacle
OF Egypt in tutelage. RegrettabIe as some Of
the results of the peculiar governmental scheme
may be, Great Britain is the predominating
partner, and her services to the country become
ever more benefcent and impressive