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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-10
FESSENDEM PARK
LA MD.
DALTON g. CO.,
53 Exchange st.

NOR SALE-We shall sell during the month
Il OF December the following houses, now
ready for occupancy, at great discount rather
than have them go throughout the winter WITH
ont a tenant; Ten room uOl house at 81 Glen
wood Ave- every modern convenience, pain,
electric lights. fireplace, heat, hardwood floors,
set tubs. etc Worth $500; viii sell for $1,000
New house Stevens Plain Ave, near Racklefl
ST. eight (s) rooms and bath. never occupied,
Thoroughly plumbed and heat I'd. electric lights,
fireplace, cemented cellar. etc. directly on car
line Worth $500; will be sold for $500 II taken
now. House 81 Concord St, new house, sepa-
rate steam heaters. eight (sl rooms IN each
rent. very sunny 1000 feet OF land, two (2l bath
rooms separate entrances, fine investment
property Cost over 5000; will be sold Tor
S456O IL taken now. New house at 644 Washing
ton Ave- East Deeriug, only ~ minutes nom
CITY hall, six (6) large rooms and path, furnace
heat large piazza 5000 feet of land sewer, Sc
bago water, electric lights. three (Sl lines OF
street cars, chance to finish two (21 more rooms
in the attic. Cheap at $500, but VIII sell fof
5000 II taken this month, House Eastern from,
enade corner OF Turner ST.. nine t9l rooms and
bath furnace heat, everything modern, line To-
cation Cannot be built for S450o, including lot
will sell II taken now for s3500. We have many
other houses and lots on our books when we
will sell at the some sweeping reduction II taken
this month. Remember our houses are new,
have all modern eonyenienees, are on elecu.e
car lines, Our terms are very easy, DALbOsN
s. CO.. IS Exchange Sc. aec'uu
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FOR SALE,

EoR SALE-Elegant pianos mandolns,
Il violins, guitars, banjos, harmonicas,
superior violin and banjo strings, elarionets
comets, drums instruction books and every
thing in the music line. for sale by HALVES,
ala Congress street. 233
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AGENTS WANTED.

WE DO NOT WANT boys OF loafers 10 write
w us, men Of ability only. $500 10 $500 per
month. statesmen and general agents, salary
or commission special Inducements. RACINE
FIRE kNGINE = MOTOR CO., Racine, Wis
81
A GENTS WANTED to sell the latest inyen-
n ton for producing LIGHT beats electrici-
ty; cheaper than Kerosene; agents coming
THE BEST LIGHT CO.. Canton, o. 81
WANTED-General agent in Maine for arti-
w Gle used In every household. Office and
store perfected after 10 years experimenting
fortune made quickly life position; both whole
sale and retail stores must have the goods. al
ready In great demand when you once get over
your territory. orders win come to You without
much labor; cut this out and send IL 10 us at
once for further particulars; samples &c
one taking this agency must have $1,000 caslll TO
TORS PROMOTING co. 200 Washington
street, Boston, Mass. oil
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All Hemorrhages, Female Complaints.
&C., are quickly controlled by that Household
Remedy, Ponds Extract.
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RIO LIFETIME furnished tenement Of rooms,
IL bath. large reception hall, hot and cold
water. gas and furnace heat; also next floor,
rooms unfurnished all modern improvements,
to small family will be let low 70 the right par
ties Inquire of EZRA HAWKES. or q. =.
DHLONG, No. se Exchange St Telephone
1872. @Gt
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In Use For Over so Years.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Rather One sided.

Rather One sided.
Dixmyth-Hcw do you like your new
boarding house?
Hojax-By reversing the order OF
things 1t could be made an ideal home.
Dixmyth-How sol
Hojax-What 1t requires is less hair
in the butter and more in the mattress.
Chicago News.
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Important TO Mothers.

Examine carefully every bottle of CASToRIA.
a safe and sure remedy for infants and children.
and sec that 1t
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ToLET

Forty words Inserted under this head
one week fs= 50 cents, cash in advance.
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xVANTED-A man of good habits would like
w position as coaehman in private fam
fly. Can furnish references. Address 100 Wal
ton St, Woodfords. Me. i01
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gUtO LET-Rent Of six rooms, on Merrill St,
III good location, all modern conyehlences,
price $40 per month. Inquire at q Merrill ST.
up stairs bell. iel
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EOR sALF-A black mare, weight 1000 lbs.
+. EAGEN. % India street. III
FOR sALE--Thoroughbred barred Plymouth
rock pullets, prolific laying. brown egg
strain. Win be sold very low. Address
EDGAR VI. MERRILL, Yarmouihville Me- or
call az farm IN Pownal Hodsdon district. ~
For SALE-.On Cumberland St. between
Mayo aud Franklin, first class house OF II
rooms and bath In perfect repair; ample heat
hot and cold water and set bowls on three floors
corner lot. VIII be sold at a great bargain,
w. II. WALDR0N 4 CO., $50 Middle st. III
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VIVA NTED-Men TO organize library stations,
w men with US years. amling $3.50 monthly.
Installment plan. Permanent. PARMELEE
library Chicago 10-1
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WANTED sITUArIoSs.

CITUATIoN wANTED--Young man five
. years experience at assistant bookkeeping
and general clerical work, would like a position
In that line good references Address Il. H.,
Box 81 Gorham Me. 81
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ITO LET-Pleasant and convenient rent, Z
a rooms and bath. steam heat 10 SiER-
MAN ST., or enquire Of G. b. DOTEN, i76
Commercial street.
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WANTED--Before February ist. house with
w five or more sleeping rooms, $500 to $500
rent N. s.. Box 1857. City. 81
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wANTED-MALE HELP.

xVANTED-Youn man who is mechanical
w and understands use of tools. Apply at
office of the E. T. BURRoWES CO., 20 Free ST.,
Portland. l0-l
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EOR SALE--WiIl be sold at auction, house
with GAS feet of land, No. % Fore St size
OF lot 42x1s0 feet; must be sold TO close an es-
tate. Sale Thursday Dee 49, at II a. M GEO.
T0DMAN, Auctioneer. III
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NOR RENT-Furnished. several desirable
IL houses and fats, among them Is one OF @
rooms, comfortably furnished near spring and
High SITS, having very sunny outlook. rent only
5000; house No. l19 Winter special terms for
winter months, for permits and other partlcu-
lars, apply to FREDERICK s. VAIL, Real
Estate. 1st Natl Bank Bldg. 81
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WANTED.

Forty words Inserted under tf.is head
one week for rs censs, cash I'm advance
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rOR RENT-0n ST. John street, pleasant
II lower tenement OF six rooms sunny aud
sired. BENJAMIN SHAW & CO.. 81 i-2 Ex-
change street. 81
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ITO leftover fiat at q Smith street, be
IL tween Congress and Cumberland, seven
rooms and bath room. Inquire Of W. II. SAR-
GENT, 237 Congress street.
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ron SALE

Forty words Inserted under this head
one week for 20 cents, cash IN advance
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nor SALE-Two mill yard wagons, four sets
II two horse sleds. two sets enc horse
sleds, sets double work harnesses. three
sets two horse wheels and carts. G. EUGENE
WESCOTT. North Gorham, Me. "a
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tVANTED-A first class man of experience
w to run a board saw on hard wood. steady
place 10 right man, references. Address
SAW, Box 1851. G2
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
THE LATEST R
Close Mt the Hips. u In the Back
and Very Wide About
the Foot.

The latest news from Paris is rather
startling as regards skirts. After hav.
ing been told that the close-fitting
habit skirts were to be fashionable nc
longer. and that only skirts with
back breadths gathered or laid in
single. double or triple box plaits
were 10 be worn. some of the smartest
gowns that have lately been e have
had plain backs, and many of the
rev costumes shown for summer are
also so provided, we + informed in
Harper's Bazaar. Where the entire
back is not plain and the skirt has a
deep apron yoke in front. the yoke at
the back will be narrow, and the ef-
fec: will be quite plain, with no full
ness at all directly in the back or
over the hips.
The habit skirts of last season were
not. however. cut quite as are these
skirts, the latter having more fullness,
which begins. too. nearer the belt at
the back. The truth of the matter is
that the more successful dressmakers
do not now follow lavishly any very
marked fashion, but take some pretty
design. and modify it or improve upon
it, to suit the wearer. and in this way
the gown is not simply a reproduce
ton to the exact line of n style that
fashion has dictated as correct. At a
recent entertainment at which a num-
Der of new gowns were worn no less
than five distinct styles of skirts were
seen. alike only in that they all fitted
close around the hips. were full at
the back and very wide around the
foot. with ruf1es and iounces and
p~laitings put inside as well as out,
giving Il finished look to the bottom
of the skirt. Machine stitching is still
a favorite trimming for cloth and
heavier weight of materials, while
lace, embroidery and open work che
mile net are used On the lighter fab
RIGS like silk and mousseline de sole.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
BACKBONELESS HUMANITY.
Over Indulgence Of Mothers Often
Responsible for
of Character.

1t is the home indulgence of early
life that is responsible for so many
specimens of b~ackboneleSs humanity.
There are many mothers of the indul-
gent kind. who have it not in their
hearts to make their children do any
thing that is unpleasant to them.
The frequent school headaches"
are accepted seriously, and the les
sons are shunted for that coveted run
in the garden, or that jolly play in
the house. If music be unpleasant for
little miss, still in the grinding
d%rudgery of scales and lingering, mu-
sic is dropped because she has no taste
for it, and it is cruel to force her in
clinations. So with the brothers
Latin and arithmetic, geography and
history.
The mother maintains the abnor-
mality of her children all through,
and makes hat childish petulance
and childish dislike of initial drudgery
the measure of their mature require
ments. Nor can she correct them
when they do wrong. She makes
kindly excuse to them and for them.
and puts into their own
mouths to save them the pain of a
frank confession and herself the an
guish of inflicting n deserved punish
ment.
She wishes, poor soul, to be all that
is sweet and good and loving to her
children. but she has not strength of
mind nor force of will enough to
make them feel that everlasting truth
of consequences and responsibilities.
She wants them to be good without
the need of training. and to be happy
without the drawbacks of sorrow for
wrongdoing and the bitterness of suf-
fering in punishment.
She thinks if she makes them
strong and healthy and happy. they
will necessarily be good. and she does
not see that all the while she is weak
ening their moral fiber and making
them self-indulgent, unable to resist
the pains and misfortunes of life, and
sure TO become in the end a member
of that purposeless species known
b~ackboneless bumanity.-Ledger
Monthly.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
A HOBO PHILOSOPHER.
The Whole Earth Was Not Absolute
~ Necessary to His Ex-
istence

1 Said the trainman the other day, &C,
cording to the Lewiston Journal:
"a dusty chap crawled from under
one of the cars in the freight yard
close to where l was eating my din
ner. He hadn't expected to see any
one there and for n moment was a bit
abashed. But the next instant he took
if We are throwing away any of that
gump there in the pail, just remember
dat l used to be the champion catcher
of the Phillies.
81 gave him a piece of bread. He
had been all over the country. that
fellow had. And he had seen the
country, too. He could tell me more
about the people and the customs and
the cities of the United States than
any lecturer I ever heard.
THE man was educated and shrewd
and capable-one could see that. But
he was a hobo. He couldn't recover
from the disease Here, lean give you
his character in n few words.
"He was as ragged a chap as ever
saw.
"'Why don't you beg some clothes?'
1 asked.
"'Dey don't have dudes in my BUSH
ness he replied. Can you see me get
tin grub if 1 promenadeG up to a door
on the main drag of the town. and took
off 4 tail hat to the lady of the house?
Not much We can't. Have to wear old
clothes if We are goin' to be a hobo.
And if they warn't old a hundred-mile
trip on the rods of your old train would
make EN- So
But don't you ever need money!
/ asked.
always carry a quarter said he.
'Dey can't pinch me for a vag under
dose circumstances when 1 flash my
coin at EN-
"'But wouldn't you like to find a ten
dollar bill?' 1 asked.
Nav he answered. If 1 should it
would be jest my luck to be pulled up
and searched to see if l knew anything
of some store robbery. Ten dollars
would send me to state prison. Den,
again. I've known the gang to kill a
man for less dan ten.'
"'But don't you want money for any
thingT l persisted.
He meditated a moment. Wal. now
that We mention it, boss he said. y do
believe 1 could use a quarter. I want
another pair of suspenders. But I can't
think of another thing on earth that
need"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
MOtherly SOHcItude.

A oma employed at a Yorkshire
factory took her ~five-year-old boy to
the hospital and asked the surgeon
to look at his hand. BY some freak
of nature his finger and thumb had
i~nterlocked. causing him great pain
at times. why didn't You come here
earlier, my good woman?" said the
surgeon. in a tone of sharp reprimand.
"The little chap has evidently been
suffering from this extraordinary de-
feet since the day of his birth. If you
had brought him soon after he was
born ] might have lone something for
him. but l very much fear l cannot
now" The woman. aware that she
was sadly to blame. bet 10th to take
the full responsibility. Immediately
turned upon her unfortunate of
spring. "Dost ia hear what the gen.
tleman says. Tommy" she cried.
''Tha ought to ave mentioned it five
years sim. Olive no patience Wi folk
at suffer an say nowt." London
Spare Moments.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
Two Stories of Boys.

A lawyer took in a new boy the
other day and, as he had suffered to
some extent from the depredations Of
the former one, he determined to try
the new boys honesty at once. He
therefore placed afive-dollar note under
a weight on his desk and walked out
without a word. Upon his return half
an hour later the note was gone and
half a dollar in silver had taken it's
place. boy. when 1 went out 1 left
five dollars under this weight" "Yes,
sir; but you hadn't been gone five
minutes when a man came in with a
bill against you for $3.50. 1 guess the
change is correct?" You paid the
bill?" Yes. sir: there it is all re-
ceipted. The man said it had slipped
your mind for the past four years
and So" He did not get any farther
before he made q rush for the door.
That boy is not in the law business
any more.-Chicago News.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
The Mermaid,
us DUVf'
Monthly

This was the name of a famous Lon
don tavern frequented by noted lit
erary men and actors during the
reign of Queen Elizabeth. All the wit
and talent of the time assembled
there for convivial enjoyment. Au-
thors have made it the scene of great
mind combats between such men as
Shakespeare. Ben Jonson. Beaumont.
Fletcher. Selden, Carew. Dome and
others of ~reveTential memory. 1t was
the gathering place of the celebrated
Mermaid club. the origin of which is
ascribed to Sir Walter Raleigh. The
Mermaid tavern was located in Bread
street. and was handily reached from
three thoroughfares. so that it has
been often referred to in various ways.
The Mermaid in Bread street. the
Mermaid in Friday street and the
Mermaid in Cheap street we're. how
ever, all one and the same. 1t was
the nearest to Bread street. The Mer-
maid vas destroyed in the great Lon
don fire. There were other Mer-
maid taverns. one in Cheapside and
another in Cornhill. but they had no
such associations as clunc to that Of
Bread street.-Detroit Free Tress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
SCHOOL N CHURCH.

The University of Berlin will 5000
have three chairs of anthropology and
ethnoiogy.
A training college for Sunday school
teachers-the first of its kind in Eng
land-has been opened at Handsworth,
Birmingham.
In 1906 James Watt built an organ for
St. Andrews church, Glasgow, which
he attended. There was considerable
opposition to its use, and many carics-
lures were published concerning it.
Women students are in future to be
admitted to such courses in the med
ical department of Owens college.
Manchester, England, as will enable
them to qualify for a medical degree.
Rev. T. H. James, who has been
preaching in Oakley, Kan. on a $500
salary, recently inherited a fortune
from relatives in England, and intends
to devote 100000 TO the endowment of
. college and hospital in Oklahoma.
A school for employees has been start
ed in one of the shops of the United
States Cast-Iron Pipe & Foundry COM
pany, in Cincinnati. The company has
fitted up a room with drawing appa-
ratus. and instruction will be given in
the company's time.
The total number of lockers in use in
the mems gymnasium of the University
of Michigan last year was 1,192. With
the present year the number has in
creased to 1880. These figures Indicate
the minimum number of students who
use the gymnasium at least as often as
once a week.
The Volta school, in Naples. has 400
scholars. They provide their w tools
and go through courses in electricity,
chemistry and mechanics. The pupils
pay a nominal fee. and the institution
is assisted by the government and by
the city. 1t is said that it is easy to OBJ
tain employment on leaving the
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
HUMOROUS.
"This newspaper praise of her acting

"This newspaper praise of her acting
is rather extravagant. don't you
Think" Decidedly. 1t must have
cost her half her saiary."-Detroit
Journal.
Well, 1 wouldn't call that a PEERLESS
combination" remarked Northside.
WHAT" demanded Shadyside. THE
bridge trust."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Telegraph.
Wife-"How long must we wait with
our Mary? She is already Is years old"
Husband-"Till the right person
comes" Wife-"I didn't wait so long"
-Fliegende Blaetter.
just Her Makeup.-''The bearded
woman has lost all her money" That's
too bad. But. then. I'm sure she will be
able to face misfortune like a man.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Brown-'That is a beautiful medal
Smith has" Jones-"Yes; that's for
beating the bicycle record" Brown
What is his record?' Jones-"Ran
over II men in a week."-Harlem Life.
Football Enthusiast during heavy
rain last Saturday)-"This is a grand
day for the fitba'. Tam" Tam-"Hoo
dae We max that DOT, Wuil?" Wull
(moving Off)-'Because it'll no. get a
kickin'."-Glasgow Evening Times.
Old Saying Revamped.-"Tve pre-
pared an 'ad,'" said the junior partner.
lin which l say the bed we manufacture
to sell at S9.9S is as good as those sold
elsewhere for $25." Good" exclaimed
the older man. "As We expect the adj
vertisement to make our bed, let us lie
in it."-Philadelphia Press.
"Yes. l caught a beautiful string"
said the sun-blistered banker. MANY
of 'em weighed four pounds" There
was a brief silence. The voice of the in
surance agent broke it. About how
many did it take to weigh ito" he mild
ly asked. Not over ten" replied the
unabashed banker.-Clereland Plain
Dealer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16
SONG OF UNKNOWN HEROES.

lie: me sing a son for the hero
WHO fell unnamed. unknown
The common soldier, lying
Beneath no costly stone
w no fought where the foe was strongest
And, after the day was done,
Was merely among 1.-THE missing
Nine hundred and s~ixty-one."
Let me sing a song for the hero
VINO knelt at the rail to pray
While the boats with the weeping women
And children Were rowed away
Who. being a man and gifted
with the strength God gives to men,
Was one of the hundred sailors"
Who will ne'er tread decks again.
LIT me sing a song for the hero
VINO weary, wasted, wan
With disease n the world against him
Toiled hopefully, bravely on
Who, robbed of earth's choicest pleasures
Could smile as he wrought away,
And lies with the unnamed millions
Awaiting the Judgment Day.
Let me sing the long of the heroes
Who died unknown, unnamed,
And my song shall be of the bravest
That Death and the grave e'er claimed
And my song shall live the longest
OF all the songs e'er sung,
And still be the song of heroes
When the last sad knell is rung,
S. E. kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1900-06-16

1t I've yet seen. He was such a sensi-
bic. fine-looking man. too-a giant
from the west. with u bronzed face and
that fine prairie way of talking. like
he knew he wasn't in church and didn't
have 10 whisper or humble his words
Sc many New York men do that dread
fuIly nowadays, don't they?-and big,
strong hands. and that sombrero style
OF dress that makes you think of the
Harry Castlemon and Ned Buntline
stories that you read when you were
little.
We'll. he walked up to the counter
like a mau does when he goes into a
cigar store. and his eye caught sight of
the bunch of bride roses that | was
swaddling up with white ribbon.
How much are those? he asked me.
"'Fifteen dollars a Dozen told him.
slow many dozen just like that
have you got in the shack" he inquired.
about ten Dozen l replied.
"..All right-I1l take EN- he said.
and then he began to look at the other
flowers. When he saw a vase of Amer
lean Beauty roses as big as double
chrysanthemums he asked me: What
is the figure for these"
Two dollars apiece told him.
"'Put about so of 'em with the 9TH
ers.' he said.
Then he came to the tray of vio-
lets.
How much" he inquired.
".Dollar 4 hundred said I.
"'Got plenty of them?'
"'Thousands.'
".Ill take about 1000 of en- he said.
"'Anything else"I asked him.
".Well. l don't know he said, rub
bling his chin like a man in a ~quandary.
what do you think"
We'll 1 said, you've already
bought quite a few flowers, you know.