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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-16
SOME OPINIONS OF VALUE.
FRANCIS WILSON.
Rennert's Hotel. Baltic. Nd, Jan,

Rennert's Hotel, Baltic. Nd, jan, 1899.
The Arnold Co., Gentlemen:
Let me. unsolicited, say that I went to the
theater tonight In a very condition. suffer
ing from bad headache caused by loss Of sleep.
Certainly In no condition to do justice to my
play my auditors Your agent had sent a bot
tie OF .'KafrikO." Something In the shape and
style Of b tile caught my fancy-tres often decide
hig events in oces Me-and l decided to take a
dose Of kafriko, for reasoned that it could not
possibly make me feel worse than l did. The eff
feet was almost momentary. In half hour 1
tried again. and Let say that, at once my
headache vanished. and with it THAT tired feel
ing" and hav" never done greater justice to any
part have played.
DAVID BELASCO.
New York, March Is. 1899.
The Arnold Co, Gentlemen:
My experience with Kafriko has been most
happy 1t is IN excellent tonic, refreshing In
vigoratng for those Iaboring under mental strain.
am believer in 'Kafrko'
MRS. LESLIE CARTER.
New York. March 20, 1899.
The Arnold Co.. Gentlemen:
L want to say that when I am fatigued by my
evenings work I find a draught of ..Kafriko'' in
valuable II brings soothing and restful relief to
the nerves and buoys one up to renewed exertion.
LILLIAN RUSSELL.
The Stafford, March 30, 1899.
The Arnold Co.. Gentlemen:
want to thank you for the bottle of Kafriko
i tried 1t carefully and have found great benefit
from 1t. 1t is splendid for Singers and 1 shall
continue to use it.
SELINGER.
SIC F St. Washington. d. c.. Feb 25 1892
The Arnold Co.. Gentlemen:
had occasion recently to procure a bottle Of
kafriko. which took with very beneficial re.
suits. had been suffering with nervous headache
produced by overwOrk, and was generally run
down / consider 1t a most excellent remedy and
shall always have it about the house.
mh12-m&f-2t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-16

FREDERICK. In loving but sad remembrance of
my beloved husband and devoted father.
THOMAS ID. FREDERICK, who departed this
life one year ago today. March 10. 1899. An
niversary at st. Dominics Church.
Loved in life, In death remembered
BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-16

Every form of Lung or Throat Disease can ba "a.
Eerea and the great majority cured by the use on
JAfNE'S EXPECTORANT cures sudden Colds
JAiNE'S EXPECToRANT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-16

boGAN On "Wednesday March Ia 1900 at 30
pm, NAOMI ROXANNE, daughter Of Charlotte
t a IND the late Or N V. B, Began, aged
Funeral SATURDAY, March IL al nm fr,n A.
sembly Presbyterian Church. 9Th and / streets
Ho!luWest %
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-10
THE BURLINGTON ROUTE

New Through Trains to Port land, Puget Sound. "The Rur- IfngtOnNOrthern Pacific Ex- press,' No. Al, from St. Louis, at 300 a, m, for Cansas City, St. Joseph, Northwestern Nebraska, Black Hills, Wyoming, Montana, Washington, ssTa- eoma.ss Seattle, Puget Sound, and port land, Oregon, via Billings, Montana the short line and time saver to the Upper Northwest. To the Puget Sound in - Hours. Through coaches, chair cars (seats free), stand ard sleepers and dining cars with through tourist sleepers from kansas City. This is the main travelled route St. Louis to the Northwest.
 Numhea 5 "Nebraska Colorado Ex- press" mid dday train from St. Louis for Nebraska, Colorado Utah, Pacific Coast; one night to Denver. Also for St. Paul. Mnnea polls andibeyond.
 No. 15. at s 45 P. m. st. Louis 10 Kansas City, Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas, Nebraska Colorado. Utah, ! acIGe Geast. via enser also to u e Northwest Montana, Wasbin g- ton, Oregon. via Lincoln and Billings
 Write,
 F FUGG, L " WARELY
 St Louis, Mo. St Louis, Mo-.
 tHoWARD ELLIOTT, Gen1 Manager
 St. Louis, Mo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-10
SILLY VOWS WELL KEPT.
Artist Whose Masterpiece Was Due V
 an Oath He Tnnk.

Artist Whose Masterpiece Was Due N
 Oath He Took.
 The French artist Gericauld, was determined to allow no distraction to interfere with the painting of his great picture, "The Wreck If the Medusa. ]" He had his head shaved and vowed that he would never allow his hair to grow unl1l his work was done. This VOW he religiousiv kept, in sp1te of strong temptation to break it, and the reward of his heroism was the most perfect painting of his life. A story is told of young man in F sland, a great chess enthusiast, who was su annoyed at his failure to solve an ap- parently simple problem that he vowed be would neither sleep nor eat until the solution was found He shut him. self up in a disused room and was found four days later by his relatives terribly emaciateo and out of his mind. He spent a year in the 1unatic as, iam as the result of his rash VOW; and the problem remains unsolved. It was for a very curious reason that an
 
 old lady, who died few years ago, condemned herself to more than thirty years confinement to her house She had married widower, as miserly as he was nnromantic, and he insisted that his second wife should wear the clothes left behind her by his first wife. The wife was as mutinous as the husband was resolute, and she de- termined that until she could have her own clothes she would never leave tho house-a VOW she kept until her death. Woman appears to be at the root of many eccentric vows, for it was ha- tired of the sex that once impelled a well-known lawyer to swear that he would never speak to woman again as long as he lived. Nothing would induce him to see a lady client, and he would never conduct a case in which } woman appeared ,.s witness. He neyer employed female servant, and deliberately .cut'' all his lady acquain- tances The inevitable result was that the men deserted him, his practice dwindled and he died, less than a year ago. alone in a squalid room.-Pitts- burg Dispatch.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-10
Farming In Colorado and New Mexico.

The Denver & Rio Grande Raii- road, .sThe Scenic Line of the World. 7 has prepared an illustrated book up- ou the above subject. W hich will be sant free to farmers desiring to change tn air location. This publica- ton gives valuable information in turai and live stock interests of this section, and should he in the hands ofevers one who desires to become acquainted with the methods of of farming by irr. ation. Write $. K. Hooker. 6. r. x. T. A., Denver, Celo.' If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-10
sure-Tooted Beer Horses.

The horses which the Boers ride are very much like the Welsh or Scotch ponies, being very sure-footed, and with power Of leaping from rock to rock that is phenomenal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-12-10
AMUSED DlSRAEI.f
And Then Became His Secretary sns
 Close Friend for Life.


 Close Friend for Life.
 Lord Rowton, a very thin, pale mar with the quietest manner imaginable. is not ones ideal of a flashing Irish man, but at the same time he is . de- lightfu1 talker, with a witty tongue, and has a charming manner, says writer His old nickname, was Monty Corry," aid when young fellow he was brim full of fun and frolic. AS may be supposed, he was much de- sired guest at country houses, where he invariably proved "the life of the party" It was under these circum- stances that he first attracted the at tention of the late Lord Beaeonsfield. Disfaeli was never happy when one of house party in the country. His wife used to declare that, feeling bored and not "in touch" with the rest of the party, he used to sulk and eat too much instead of talkin at dinner. This made him inclined to be bilious, and she would be under the necessity of taking him home to Hughenden to re- cover. One evening, when tn one of these low-spirited moods, he heard shouts and peals of delighted laughte- proceeding from room near that in which he was sitting, and on investi- gating found that this state of liveli. nass-so unlike what he himself was feeling--was produced by the singing, dancing and infectious good spirits of the good-humored young Irishman. Monty Corry." Lord Beaconsfield crept into the room and hung on the fringe of the circle of laughing guests, and very soon an unwilling smile was seen to creep around his mouth, tht said smile ending in hear.y burst of laughter, which effectually scattered the last shadow of the weight of de- pression which had been smothering him. Soon after this pleasant intro duction he made Monty Corry" his secretary, and they worked well to- l gether for the remainder of Disraelis fife.
 Could MaRe Iron and stee,.
 It has been reported to the Britisr government that the making Of Iron and steel in India is entirely practice able owing to the large deposits of l iron ore which are found in Madras and Bengal, a plentiful supply of na-- tive coal, and limestone to be procured st small expense from Burmah. The cheap labor of India is also an irn- portant consideration, and if the plant were sufficiently large and located near Calcutta it Is believed that the works would prove successful.
 l 4 Tale of a Turkey.
 From the Swea City (Iowa) Herald: Along Tn the night a large turkey climbed from the ridge nf the roof on Ole Pe,erson's house to the top of the chimney and sat down, so as to get the benefit of the heat from the fire ! below. Early in the morning Mrs. Peterson and two children sleeping in the room where the hard coal stove was located were discovered to be aeathly sick and the room was full of gas. The turkey was soon discov- cred and driven off, but 1t took quite . while for the sick to recover.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

The bulk of the nsws that comes from
South Africa comes through English
channels, and the most OF It undoubtedly
is sorutinized by Lord Kitchener before
1t Is sent out. 1t Is safe to assume,
therefore, that the situation is as favor
ably stated for the British as possible.
Yet even SO stated 1t can hardly fail to
make John Bulls Christmas a rather
gloomy one. There seems to be no dou BIT
that considerable force of Beers has sue
ceeded In crossing the Orange river into
Cape Colony, and thatit Is getting scces-
sions from the Dutch settlers. Kitchener
thinks he has checked the movement, but
he furnishes no very clear proof that his
belief is we'll founded. Meanwhile DE
Wet seems to be as far from being cor
nered"as ever, and is kseping number
OF British armies we'll occupied, while
scattered commandos are cutting railroad
and telegraph wires and harsssing the
British In all sorts of WAYS. That the
situation Is regarded as serious LIS shown
clearly enough by the strenuous efforts
England is making to hurry reinforce
msnts to the Cape
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

OF thess demands certainly impair ths
sovereignty OF the chinese government.
That which forbids the importation OF
firearms and exclusively war material h
one OF that kind. So. also IL the one that
compels China to dismantle such forts
az lie between Pekin and the sea and
forbids their rebuilding, and secures to
the powers the right to station troops or
guards along that route. IL n difiicult
to see, however, how the foreign embas-
sies can be protected In the future from
the danger which threatened them last
summer unless these precautions are
taken. They may he impairments Of
Chinese sovereignty. but only 10 such ex-
tent as the necessities of the situation
compel. IL would seem, however, In or
der to enable the Chinese government to
keep order in the empire and perform the
work. the powers demand 10 shall stipu-
late to do, such rs the suppression OF
ansi-foreign societies, that the interdic-
tion OF the importation of arms must be
90 construed as not to deprive the govern
ment Of the means to supply its regular
troops with arms and ammunition. The
amount OF indemnity that China Is to
pay is not fixed In the note. It Is stipu-
late merely that equitabls indemnities
shall be paid to all that suffered from TIE
recent outbreak, and that the Chimes
government shall adopt means for raising
the same that shall be approved by the
powers. The parliament OF the chief In
stigators Of the uprising Is left to the
Chinese government, 1t being stipulated
merely that the governments 'sseverest"
punishment shall BE- inflicted, and that
the powers may designate some OF the
persons on which 1t is to be inflicted.
There lie llttls doubt that the Chinese
government Will promptly accept the
terms laid down In the note
Indeed there Is nothing else for 1t to
do II it wouli save Its sovereignty,
for the note winds mp with language,
which, though guarded, clearly enough
implies that refusal to accept would
mean the permanent occupation Of the
country by the powers, and that would
eventually mean the partition OF the en-
pire. 80 .-..-- sstf -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

The agitation for this abolition of the
fee system was In the beginning undoubt-
eddy to a very large extent an agitation
TOR the abolition of the fee system SO far
as 1t applied to the liquor sellers. 1t
has broadened out sincs, until 1t has
resulted in a demand for the abolition
OF all fees The Hon. Josiah H. Drum
mond, in letter published elsewhere,
shows that the wholssals abolition of fees
woul1 cause a good deal OF trouble, and
prove more instead of less expensive to
the county in the end. There are I'M
questIouably some officers who can be
much more economically and fairly COM
pensated by fees than In any other way.
The deputy shsriff engaged in the SER
vice OF civil processes is an instance OF
this kind. He may not be employed but
a few days In the year, and then not on
public business and the only practical
way to COMPENSATE him Is by fees. His
employment is so irregular that IL would
be impossible to fix yearly salary which
would be fair to him and to the county.
When the officers employment Is regular
from day to day, as Is that Of the liquor
sellers. there win be no difficulty in tx
ing fair salary. 80 that in these cases,
at least, the fees can either be abolished
altogether or made payable to the
rountv
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

The removal Of District Attorney Gar
diner Of New York city by Governor
Roosevelt, marks the end Of an official
caresr that ought to have terminated
long ago. He has been usgiectful in the
performances Of tho duties CT his ofiice
that is hardly explainabie, EXCEPT upon the
assumption that he preferred that male
factors should escape rather than be
punished.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
We Own and Offer
sURJECT no sALE:-

SUBJECT TO SALE
City of Portland as, due 1902-19i2.
Town of Cape Elizabeth As, due 1901.
Town of Yarmouth 1-2's. duo 1902.
Town of Gorham AS, due 1901.
County of Lawrence (Ohio) SIS. due 1912.
City of Portsmouth (ohio) SIS, due 1923.
City of GAINESVILLE (Ohio) AS, due 1915.
City of Urbana (ohio) 1-2's. due 1906.
City of Saltwater (Minn.) 5's. due 1921.
County of Daviess Qnd. 6's, due 1908.
Maine Central II. r. As, due 1912.
Maine Central r. r. rs, due 1912.
Portland Railroad Co. First Mortgage
41-2's, due 1913
Portland & Cape Elizabeth Railway Co.
First Mortgage SIS. due 1915.
Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Ry. First
Mortgage As. due 1916.
Cleveland City Ry. First Mortgage SIS,
due 1909
Duluth Street Ry. First Mortgage SIS,
due 1890.
Denver City Tramway Co. First Mort
gage SIS, due 1919.
Omaha Street Ry. First Mortgage SIS,
due 1914.
Grand Rapids Ry. Co. First Mortgage
5's, due 1916.
Medfield & Midway fMass.) Street Ry.
First Mortgage SIS, due 1920.
Portland Water Co. Gold As, due 1927.
Calais Water Co. First Mortgage SIS, due
1905.
st. Croix E. l.. & w. Co. First Mortgage
IS, due 1906.
Framingham (Mass.) Water Co. First
Morth.l , 4 12's, due 1925.
Fond du Lac (Wis) Water Co. First
Mortgage SIS. due 1915.
Erie Telegraph q Telephone Co. Cola
teral Trust SIS, due 1926.
Niagara Falls Power Co. First Mortgage
SIS, due 1882.
Particulars upon application; CORES
pondence solicited.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
Saws He Was Tortured.

ST suffered suoh pain from corns !
could hardly walk" writes II. Robinson,
Hillsborough, Ills, "but Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve completely cured Them" Acts
sores, scaIds, burns. boils, ulcers. Psr-
sect healer of skin diseases and piles
Curs guaranteed by IL. p. i. Goold, b77
Congress st. $50.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
THE CHINESE NOTE.

The powers have at last agreed upon
joint note to the Chinese government.
in which are contained their irreyoca-
bile demands. Refusal on the part Of
China msans an indefinite oocunation OF
the country, and In all probability ulti-
matsly the partition OF the empire. some
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
SUIT AGAINST ICE TRUST.

Boston, December "a I'm the Supreme
Court today Judge Morton heard the mo-
sion of Lawyer Frank A. Nay counsel
for Eugene John Kaufman Of Giouces-
ter, who seeks to restrain Frank W.
Homans and Bryon Names from selling
the capital stock of the Independent Ice
Co., Maine corporation, TO the Ameri-
can Ice company, better known as the
Ice Trust
Justice Morton issued an order Of no.
tice rsturnaple next Friday.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

. If MIR. Rene Dupont succeeds in getting
e00,tOO French Canadians to go hack
20 Quebec next spring he win show
himself to be an exceedingly smooth
tonRued and uasive person.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

The next Legislature is to be asked for
5000 for the establishments of dairy
bureau. The State Grange is said 60
be behind the movement which goes to
show that farmers ara good deal like
other people-anxious that the other fell
lows shall do the eoonomizlng but re-
luctant TO do any themselves.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

The Senate Is making an army bill OF
its own and Secretary Root urges 1t to
huIry up. There il unquestionably mead
for haste. After the Senate passes the
bill, and thai may ret he for weeks, for
the Senate is a deliberative and deliberate
body, 1t must go back to the House
Meanwhile the return OF the volunteers
from Manila viii have begun, and
unless there is authority 60 enlist more
troops thers is danger that our military
force in Luzon will be seriously depleted.
The situation is one that calls for prompt
action, aud Secretary Roots urgency ia
fully justified. That it Will do any good
is by no means certain. The Senate hates
to be- hurried 1t hates to be given adj
vice. 1t likes to have 1t assumed that 1t
knows It all.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

Patrons of the PRESS who are leaving town
temporarily may have the addresses Of their
papers changed as often as they may desire BY
notifying the office.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

General Fitzhugh Lee explains now that
all he intended his remark az St.
Louis TO mean was that the United
states nag would remain in Cuta I'M
oil a stable government was established
there. 1t Is safe t. say that II his intend
ed meaning had been clearly expressed
nobody would have thought OF telegraph
ing his words over the country. Every
body expects this flag TO remain there
until stable government is established.
1t is quite evident that General Lee did
not esy what he meant very clearly. 1t
is gratifying to know, however, that
what he meant to say was all right. even
II what he actually said was all wrong.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
JANUARY WEATHER.
what 1t Has Been In the Last Twenty-eight
Years.


The following data covering a period
of % years have been compiled
from the Weather Bureau records at
Portland, and furnished by the courtesy
of Mr.. f. P. Jones. They show the
record of the month of January for
% years:
Mean or normal temperature. .............-.20s
The warmest month was that OF 1880,
The coolest month was that of 1888,
with an average OF. ii
The highest temperature was So on LIST
1876. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .--....--...-
The lowest temperature was -l5' on 10Th
lSS1-... ......---. ..-.-.... ...'...''
PRECIPITATION rain and melted snow.
Average for the month. for 20 years.
Average number of days with .o1 of an
inch or more, ....-.... ......-...-... IA
The greatest monthly precipitation was In
The least monthly precipitation was in
1896 tinchesl, ..-...-......-. ............. zoo
The greatest amount of precipitation re-
corded in any "a consecutive hours was
233 Inches on 9th-and 10th, 1881.
The greatest amount OF snowfall recorded
in any "A consecutive hours record ex-
tending to winter OF 1884 rs only was
81 inches ON the 25th and 10th, 1888.
CLOUDS AND WEATHER.
Average number of clear days, ........... 8
Average number of partly cloudy days, ~
Average number of cloudy days, ............ IL
WIND.
Che prevailing winds have been from the
northwest.
The highest velocity OF the wind was
sc miles from the southeast on the 9th,
1884.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

Subscribers whose papers are not delivered
promptly are requested to notify the Office of
the DAILY PRESS. No. 81 Exchange street.
Portland, Me.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25

Apparently there Is not one French
Canadian that wants TO go back,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
REMOVAL

OF Paul Caster, s. r. s..
Specialist in all chronic diseases from 622 Oen-
rTess st.. 10 the Mt. Hope Health Bazaar, No.
"a Redford ST. between Forest Avenue aud
Grove ST. where no Is mora fully prepared to
treat ali chronic diseases of whatsoever nature
known to medical jurisprudehes. having more
eonl.nodlous office room and operating room,
ana ALL be open day and night 70 sl who de-
sire consultation. Grove Sc. and Forest Ave-.
ears pasS the street. Remember The number.
e. Bedford ST.. Portland. Telephone connect
ton. ocuut
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
MAINE POSTMASTER.

Washington. December 24.-The follow
Ing fourth-ciass postmssters were sp-
pointed today:
ner, j.. j. Mason.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-25
CURRENT COMMENT.
CUBA AND SUCH THINGS.
Boston Herald. }

Gen. Fitzhugh Lees confidential
declaration In st. Louis, which he does
not deny making, although he says he
intended to say something different, was
ecnoe1 by Senator Bsveridge at the
NEE ting OF the New England Society In
New York. Indeed, the substantial
point, that il Ii not intended to give In
dependence TO Caba, is virtually conced-
ed in administration circles. In these
days national promises seem to be MAIDS
in order to be broken. OF course there
is always an excuse. 1t is found ID be
inconvenient to keap them. Senator
Beveri fe asked his hearers to look at the
map and observe that the Gulf OF Next
90 was but an American lake, the mean
ing of which remark, In relation TO
what he was saying, plainly was that
the surrounding shores should become
United States territory. IL the heady
counseis OF the young Indiana senator
were taken, IL would hardly surprise
us If before this Congress ends Secre-
terry Root should ask for 10000 men In
the army, and Secretary Long want a
few more battleEhips for the navy.
EXCESSIVE SEVERITY IN CON
QUEST