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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
A UENsUs OF FLoRICULTURE.

Washington, January is Owing to the
unusual intelligence, Of florists as u class,
and the fact that the statistios OF their
business which the census ofiios requires,
relate almost entirely TO the year 1899, u
plan has been formed for taking an early
census of Horticulture by mail, on special
schedules, and to tabulate and publish
the returns thereof early, while other
branches of the great work of enumera-
ton are In progress.
There arc approximately 10. 500 florists
in the United States. The names and ad
dresses OF majority OF them have been
secured and classified by the division of
agriculture ia the census office, and each
known proprietor win soon receive a copy
Of the special schedule devoted to this In
terest. 1t will be accompanied by list
$50 far as Ascertained) of all the florists
In his section, to be BY him corrected,
added to and returned to the department
for use 10 making the record complete
and reliable.
This special schedule 10 not elaborate or
complicated. 1t may be Tiled out easily
and quickly by any florist rho keeps u
reasonably accurate run Of his business.
1t asks for the 1899 acreage devoted to
Horticulture and OF each crop or variety of
plants and flowers. the total area in
80 uars feet under glass and the area of
each crop or variety raised hereunder
the number Of persons employed and the
total wages paid TO them; the amount sx-
pended for oatalog uss, postage, and fsrti-
lizers respectively, and the gross receipts
from the sales In each sui division of the
business.
No private individuals win be per-
mittsd to have access to the schedules af-
ter they have been filed out and returned,
nor will the names Of persons or firms
giving Information be published In the
census report. Figures only will be used
and published, and the entire process and
record Of gathering information viii be
confidential.
As the law requires the regular spum-
orators to obtain certain information as
to tenure, value. etc., during their visits
in June. the next census: of Horticulture.
II the florists themselves shall be prompt
ana conscientious in fillirg out and re-
turning the special schedules soon to be
sent to them, will be the most perfect in
history.
They will be nut to no expense. as the
nsoessary stationsry. with envelopes
properly franksd, will be provided for
their use.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
Deaf rs

IN this city Jan. 10. Minnie, daughter Of Pc
ter ana [ iciy Coody. aged ~ years months
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
In bath. Jan. IA. Lillian A.. daughter OF Etw.
NJ. and Lizzie NJ. Robbins. aged year and 9
months
In Weolwich. Jan. IS. Martha r.. wife OF
Worrall Reed, aged o. years months.
In Bath Jan. Is. Sarah A. Tyler. aged 76
years: Mrs. Susan Lemont. ayed 81 yesrs.
In Byron, Jan. 4, Mrs. Addie V. Taylor. aged
81 years. n,..
Ii sullivan. Jan. Z. Moses Henry Prebls, aged
Ii, Biuehil. Jan. 6, Mrs. Georglanna NJ. Perry
aged ~ years. a-,,-
aged 80 years.
aged 20 years.
In Dorchester, Jan. 8, Maj Aaron A. Hall.
aged 81 years,-fcrmerly OF Gardiner.
In West Brownfieid. Jan. 3. Horace 4. Cham
berlain. aged 4S years.
THE funeral service of tho late Margaret
Iiitlejobn will take place "Wednesday after
noon at 2 O'Clock, at her late residence. Pine
street South Portland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
p. 81 .. X. X.

The annual meeting Of tho stOckho ders
of the Portland and ORdensburg railroad
was held at the ofloe of the mayor, City
hall. yesterday morning, when the fol-
lowing board OF directors was elected for
the ensuing year; Samuel j. Anderson,
Charles Ii. Am sden, James r. Hawkes.,
Thomas p. Shaw, John w. Deering.
Theodore A. Josselyn. Edward B. Win
slow, elias Thomas, Charles Ii. Randall
and Frank W. Robinson. At a meeting
of the directors, Samuel J. Anderson was
elected president and John W.Dans clerk
and treasurer
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
CUMBERLAND TEACHERS.
Annual Convention To BE Held Here
Next Friday.

The annual convention OF the Cumber
land County Teachers association VIII p'
held in this city next Friday, In AS
semply hall, Portland High school puiid
ing. The following programme Is an
nouncei:
8. 80 a. m. Opening exercises; address
of welcome, superintendent w. ~ ~
reading records.
10 a. m.-Language, Mary Il. DaVis'
Springfield, Mass. discussion.
10 10 a. m.-Tne Advantages of the
Rational Method of Reading, Helen Il.
Vnrney, brunswick.
Recess; appointment OF committees
IL a. m.-Class exercises. iliusrratine
the Rational Method, Portianu Ae"0he'
and Pupils.
II % a. m.-Elementary reading with
class EXERCISES. Nellie Nj. Cloudman, dor'
ham Normal school.
Cd. m.-Business nesting.
o Ib.-Do the Schools Meet the Reason
ahls Demands Of the Peoples Hon.
LIeveIlyn barton. Discussion.
j. 40 D. m.-Reading for Teachers, Hon:
W. W. Stetson, state superintepaehs o'
3. 10 D. m.-Rsading for the Grammar
Grades, Elizabeth Hiscook, Yarmouth
40 q. m.-Sciencs In the Elementary
Schools. w. h. Russell, Gorham Normal
sohool. nal.
$50 p. autobiography, Mary Il. Davis
springfield, Mass.
4 aOp. m.-Testing the Sight OF Sohoo
Children, DIR. James A. Spalding. Fort
land.
Through school Work, President william
Dewitt Hyde, Bowdoin college.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
FUNERAL SERVICES.

Funeral services for the late Henry A.
Harding were held from his late home al
two O'Clock yesterday afternoon, Rev.
Mr.. Hack officiating. Many friends OF
the deceHs' " .n' lddirR -i.rst'on fiom
the Anciens Landmarks k, Aasonic lodge,
which assumed charge Of the services al
the grave. were In attendance. There
were numerous floral tributes Of rare
beauty. The choir Of the Second Parish
church rendered several selections every
effectively. Intsrrnent was at Ever
green.
The funeral OF Miss Ltszis II. ThomI.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17

son Of No. So Thomas street, Was held at
her late home yesterday afternoon. Hev.
Mr.. kimmell officiating. The services
were private. only few friends being
ten etaFy
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
MARRIAGES.

In Bath, Jan. IS. Scion c. Savage and Nellie
G.. Clough. 49,
In Oxbow, Jan, Z. w. L. Willard and Miss
May Belle Andersen.
Ia Westnort j u. 4. Charles Lewis and Miss
Reatrice NJ McFadden both of Georgetown.
In Trenton, Jan. 8, Edwin L Hopkins and
Miss Winnie L. Mcfarland
in Gouldsboro. Geo l.. Rice of Cranberry Isles
and Miss Grace l.. Tracy OF Gouldbor".
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

At the session of the society to be held
in their library Thursday afternoon the
Rev. Edward @. Portsr Of Lexington,
Mas 'achusett will be present and make
u shoIt address which oanpct fail to be of
great int srett to all, and it In hoped that
q considerable audience will be present
to listsn to the distinguished gentleman
and scholar.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
CHESTNUT STREET SERVICES.

There was a very interesting service ut
the Chestnut street church last evening.
1t was young peoples meeting, and n
great many young people were present.
good congregation 10 present at each
service Rev. Smith Baker, ID. D., will
preach this evening. There win be good
lively congregational singing also solos
and iuets. The service will begin at Z. 80. .
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-17
WHAT CAPT. FAHEY SAYS.

Major I. k. Hartnett. ex-dsputy mar
shall. eaid last evening, that Capt.
Tahey of the Bangor police told him that
the ourfsw law In Bangor has been m
unqualified success and ia moral effect
10 as good a. six extra policemen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
4 Mile a Minute.

Sixty miles an hour is the merest commonplace to the mind of the up-to- date railroa man, but it means other things besides those described that are wonderful to the outsider. It means a steam pressure of twenty tons on each piston head every tenth of a second. It means that up in the cab the fire man is throwing into the furnace two- thirds of ton of coal every hour; one engine burns coal faster than ten men can mine it. It means two quarts of oil every hour to keep her journal box creased and everything running smoothly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
THE LIFE INSURANCE CURE.
4 Dying Bachelor Who Became Inter-

I Dying Bachelor Who Became Inter-
 ested In Plan for Novel Funeral.
 q don't know that life insurance is a cure for disease" said the retired life insurance solicitor, but know of an instance which makes it look that way. In the town where I first began busl- ness was a bachelor of about 50 years, who was quite alone in the world, and had some years before taken out i've thousand dollar policy on himself for the benefit of maiden sister, who had died a year before the events of thls story He kept his policy going, how ever. because it was a good way to save money, and one day he was taken down with some kind of fever. He grew worse day after day, until one day the doctor told him that he would in all likelihood be dead within the next twenty-fouf hours. This suggested his life insur- anee money, all he had to leave, and ne immediately began to talk with the doctor on the subject of a proper dis posal of it. He concluded after some thought that the best thing to do with it was to blow it in on a tremendous big funeral for himself, including a banquet for all the people he knew. This was an entirely new idea for funeral, and when the doctor left him that night to the care of his nurse his mind was entirely occupied with hls funeral. He talked to the nurse about it and when the nurse made him stop he lay and thought about it. In fact, he became so much interested in the details of his funeral that he quite for got about having to die to make it pos sible. In the morning when the doctor came he found his patient in wild precipitation and his pulse beating in much better fashion than it had been doing for some days. He also found tho general condition of the patient much improved He was greatly astcntshed, and at once began to ask questions. The patient told him with eager inter- est of a lot of new things he had thought of for the funeral and some that bothered him a good deal and said he had been thinking of it all night Then the doctor laughed and told him he guessed the funeral would have te be postponed, for he wasn't going to die. just then anyhow. Nor did he, and he isn't dead yet, but he is married an6 has his policy paid up for his wife'i benefit
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THE KING OF PAIL.
Surrounded by His Followers, Truly Medieval Picture Was Presented.

Surrounded by His Followers, Truly
 Medieval Picture Was Presented.
 My first sight of the king of Pa1i was most imposing, says the Geographical Journal. Having heard of the approach of my party. he came out to meet Us. We had stopped the night before at the small village of Jepiroh, beautifully situated on high ground and chiefly re- markable for the numbers of small green and red parrots that sWarmed in the guinea eornields all round it. It was the only place where l saw them in any quantities. We started off about 6:30, while the heavy dew was still sparkling on the grass, and soon met the head of the Pali contingent. First came 150 bowmen carrying nothing but their weapons and wearing only the smallest of loin cloths. At regular iTl- teryals among them were mounted of ficers. Next came a bodyguard of twenty picked men dressed in red gowns with white plaits down the back and armed with every imaginable kind of gun, the locks of which were incased in leather After passing these men l came on a really beautiful sight. The king had drawn up under tie trees on one side of the path, and some forty or fifty mounted followers had arranged themselves all around and behind him They were dressed for the most part in white gowns, but generally with either a colored lining or another colored gown underneath Voluminous white or blue turbans covered their heads and some of them wore very handsome riding boots, though the majority were barefooted The high=peaked saddles were covered with brightly eolorea saddle cloths and the horses heads were almost hidden by enormous bri- dies, covered with tin ornaments, which kept up a perpetual jingling as they tossed their heads about to keep off tht flies On my approach they wayee their spears over their heads with the butt to the front in token of friendship This, with the king in the center wear ing a cap of chain mail under his tuf
 ban, and lowing with eoartiy grace made q truly medieval picture.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
THE sIRDAR,s CAMEL CORPS.
A Complete and self-contained Little
 Fighting Force.

A Complete and Seff=NontaAnel 8-3st tao
 Fighting Force.
 The saddle was of wood throughout, with broad fans. the splay of which could be altered to suit camel's' back without much trouble by the native saddler attached to each company, says the CornhilI The pad was removable leather outside. soft felt inside, the stuffing being of hair, and, by system of pockets, this hair stuffing could be removed and shifted at will, so as to alter the pressure and prevent it hard ening and forming into Jumps, the men being taught to constantly remove and pull the stufing of their saddles. Each saddle was fitted with one large leather .khorg,2 or bag, containing six days forage, and with two smaller ones con- taining the riders food and spare cloth ing, besides which each man was pro- yided with two water skins, to be filleu according to requirements. Thus equipped. a seven days desert trip could be undertaken, if there were wells containing sufficient to water the eamels about every third day. The men were armed with a Martini rife and bayonet, and carried 3d0 rounds of ammunition, ninety in bandolier and pouches, the remainder on their sad dies. sewn in a roughly made saddle cloth. so as to distribute the weight equally. They were clothed in a brown woolen jersey, cord pantaloons and leather gaiters. The total weight car ried when loaded up for a seven days trip, with filled waterskins, would be good 400 pounds, which, of course. reduced itself daily as forage and water were consumed. Thus we have a com plete and self-contained fighting force, which in its own element, the desert. asks nothing from any one, which dis appears and is swallowed up in the trackless waste. to reappear again, after an interval of six days, having accomplished its task.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
Strange Story of Watch.

A strange experience recently befell George Dietz, formerly a resident of Chester, Pa, but at the present time in the jewelry business in Honolulu. Mr Dietz has recovered a watch which he lost over thirty years ago at Gettys- burg. He was fighting for the north on that bloody battlefield when he dropped it. The watch was recently brought into the jewellers shop by Harry Ellis of the Kansas volunteers. The soldier who was bound to Manila, wanted to sell it. On being asked where he got it he said his father, who had found it on the battlefield of Get tysburg, had given it to him. The jew eler opened it and saw his name scratched on it. He lost no time in making a trade with the soldier.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
Hnm a Baby Prince conanered.

The birth of a son to the duchess of Aosta5 it is said. was great shock to the princess Of Naples, which has in creased her very natural grief at her own childlessness. Prince Amadeo (who by yf ue of this ehildlessness is now in succession to the throne) is a small, faif-haired baby of about year, with more than the ordinary amount of babyish winning ways One day the princess met the little chap in a corri- dor in his nurses arms. She would have avoided him, as usual, but as she passed with ayerted head he suddenly held out his fat, dimpled arms, and on the impulse of the moment she took him from the nurse, while her eyes filled with tears. The little fellow laid his lips on each of her lids, stroking her cheeks with beth hands. She gave sob, and has ever since been his most devoted slave
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
Human Sacrifices in India.

From the records of the Madras high court it appears that the practice of offering human sacrifices to idols Is Increasing in southern India.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
Ifehfine the Red Sea.

The lighting of the Red sea seems at first to be a too practical infringement upon an ancient fairyland. But Sir Thomas Sutherland and other members of parnament interested in shipping are naturally anxious about the prog ress of the lighthouses with which the porte promised to bejewel the southern waters Of the red sea.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
It is impossible
 to Get Away

from the fact that in 1900 Whiie other butchers changed their shops, And the name If other meat firms
 fops Peddier1 haul their stuff thro' mud
 and slen. Sti9l tie peo{ l. know That to the old reliable They ve always got To go, Fo get the meat that is desirable.
 CITY MEAT MARKET
 2l0 West Second, R. P Holmes. Prop.
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King Hnmbert's Smoking.

King Humbert of Italy has but few qualities in common with his father, King Victor Emmanuel, one of the few being his intense love of smoking. Temperate to the verge of aseetieism, in all his other enjoyments. the king had developed his propensity for strong cigars to such a pitch that his nervous system was completely shattered, he began to be affected with asthma, and his general health was undermined. There was nothing for it but to abstain from the use of tobacco, and a few years ago the court physician advised the monarch to this effect. but without any very great hopes that his royal pa tient would act upon his advice. But King Hambert at once deelared From this day I will not smoke another cigar!' And he has kept his promise to the letter. The state of his health has greatly improved in consequence.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
The Ch1nese YisitIns. Gard

The Chinese visiting card consists of a large sheet of bright scarlet paper bearing the name of the owner in very large letters. the larger the better. The paper is folded ten times. and the name is written on the right-hand lever corner, pretxed thus: Your unworthy friend who bows his head and pays his respects. Your very stupid brother, or something to that effect. In place of Yours truly"
 Your stupid. is written on the Chin ese card. The return of these cards to the visitor is considered etiquette. They are too costly for general dis trlbution. So it is necessary that each card should do duty several times.
 Houses in Holland.
 There are many smaE houses in Ho1- land, and to economize space many of the tables are made to close or to turn up against the side of the wall. The rlght side or top of the table is turned to the wall and bde under side being out, is inlaid and ornamented as well as the other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
wedding Supper in Cairo.

After a Mohammedan wedding the bridegroom sees the face of his un- known bride for the first time in her apartment. As he enters the bride sa- lutes him by kissing his hand. Her head is covered by veil, which he re- moves at the same time presenting jewels to her which are termed the nriee of the uncoYering of the face. He then spreads the veil on the floor and kneels on it while he says a pray CT the bride in the meantime stand ing on its edge behind him. At the close of the prayer they seat them selves on divan, and an old attend ant shows them in a mirror the re- fection of their united faces. Supper is eaten by the happy pair alone, but moi until the bride, after every de- vice known to the bridegroom is used, can he induced to speak. Once she ut ters word he claps his hands and sup ner is brought to them. Meat is not nsed at this meal because of 8 belief that it would lead to future bieker- ines between them. Eggs, sweets and fruits are served.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-04-03
PET SUPERSTITIONS.
Some That Influence All Sorts of IpnnIe

Some That Influence All Sorts of
 People.
 Dr. Samuel Johnson would never en- ter room left foot foremost; the brave Marshal saxe screamed in terror at the sight of a cat; Peter the Great was not equal to crossing a bridge when he came to it, unless to do so was absolutely necessary; Byron shared with less famous people than he the dislike to having the salt at table spilled between him and his nefghbor. A sneeze is with half the nations of the world nothing to be sneezed at. To exelaim God bless you!" when any one sneezes in your presence is a relic of what what the Roman did before us, and before him the Greek. Moham- med gives directions of the same kind to his followers, and the Hindu of to- -1ssEffy utters his pious ejaculation after the sneeze by way of prayer or good wish on behalf of the victim. Many people will avoid going under a ladder if=they can get around 1t. The belief that if you put on your stocking the wrong side out it is lucky is very gen. eral. or was until the seheolmaster re- turned from abroad, and l myself re- member an old woman who was con Vineed that turning her stocking inside out saved her from being lost when the fairies, one pitch=dark night, had misled her on traekless English moor. What is to take the place of lucky horseshoe when we all ride in auto mobiles? There is no room for the imagination in them. Some new mas cot will have to be discovered. Charms of one kind or another are carried by people that have a pious contempt for heathen superstitions; small potato. for example, to avert rheumatism or chestnut. The late journalist George Augustus Sala, never trayeled without carrying with him, as lucky card, an ace of spades. Somehow it failed to save him from his creditors. But cred- itors are notoriously deficient in imag- nation. If Shyloek had remembered this when he drew up his bond. The Merchant of Venice would never have been written Rochester Post-Express.
 Cautionary.
 A Georgia coIored preacher has more than one way of making sure that none of his parishioners let the con- tribution plate pass unnotieed We have a collection for foreign ana de- nestle missions dis morning, bredren and sisters" he announced one Sun day, and for de glory of heaben, whieheber one ob you stole Widow Johnson's sheep. don't put cent on de platel"
 1onaers the Locomotives.
 The story of the locomotive sounds simple in the recital. The wonder of the thing comes into view only when one reflects on the speed and nieety with which cumbrous parts are made to do their duty. The piston and con meeting bar of modern locomotive weigh some 600 pounds. When the speed is sixty miles an hour these parts travel back and forth five times in second.
 Human Sacrifices in India.
 From the records of the Madras high court it appears that the practice of offering human sacrifices to idols Is Increasing in southern India.