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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20
TAKES FIRST PLACE.
Mr.. Littleheld's Signature Wonder and
Admiration Of the Heuses


Washington. March lo-Ths Law gives
to every Congressman the privilege Of
sending letters relating to official mat
tiers and packages Of public documents
through the mails free. The Congress
man writes his name on the upper right
hand corner of the envelope or package,
ana under the law 1t goes free. Letters
are restricted to two ounces in weight.
For his letters the member can we'll
spare the time to write his name; but
when it comes to sending out public doc-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20
JOB FOR THE PRESIDENT.

Minville, N. j.. March 19.-Bishop
Hurst in his sermon at the opening Of
today's session OF the New Jersey Metho-
dist conference, In speaking Of the Anne
rioan University at Washington. said that
President Mckinley would at the CON-
clusion of his service as public officer
accept the position of professor Of inter-
ma tional law at the university.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20

Congressman Russell, Of Connecticut,
and Senator Patt, of the same state, have
introduced simultaneously, In House and
Senat,, bill providing:
"That the failure of the Secretary Of
the Treasury to prescribe regulations fer
the use Of alcohol In the arts and In med
ioinal and other like compounds, as re-
quired by Section 81 of the Revenue Act
of August 2s, 1894, shall not operate as
a defense on the part Of the United
States to any suit of a man ufaoturer I'M
der said act brought in any court OF the
United States"
The section of the statutes referred to
10 that allowing rebate OF the tax on
alcoho oil used in the arts by manufactur-
ers.
Those fsvoring the bill say that the
manufacturers have never been able to
get the rebate because tine Secretary OF
the Treasury has never made any regula-
lions prescribing the manner Of ascer-
tanning and rsfunding the rebate. There
fore it is urged that the manufacturers
should not suffer to the tune Of several
millions because Of this omission due to
the neglect Of the government.
On the other hand 1t appears that to
carry out such regulations as would be
necessary in order to ascertain this ro-
bate, nm appropriation of two million
dollars or more for deputies. clerical
force, etc., would be required. No such
appropriation has ever been made.
The manufacturers, in the case of Rob
ert Dunlap, carried the matter to the
courts, where decision was rendered
that the right to rebate granted by the
statute was granted for use OF alcohol
under regulations to be prescribed by ths
Secretary of the Treasury, and as regula-
tons had never besn prescribed a condi-
tion precedent to the rebate was lacking
and the question of responsibility for this
lack was not pertinent. The Supreme
court affirmed the judgment of the lower
court.
1t is urged against the proposed legis.
lation that the manufacturers have not
reduced their prices on account of the
propose rebate.
Claims amounting to about four mill
lion dollars have been filed, and If the
Russell PIatt bill should pass there would
probably be m any more.
The grip Is very prevalent In Washing
ton at the present time, and many men,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20
DEATH OF EX-CONGRESSAIAN
BINGHAM.

steubsnville, Ohio. March 19.-John
A. Bingham, ey-mirister to Japan. ami
ex-congressman from this district, died
at Cadiz today. Mr.. Bingham was an
attorney for the prosecution In the trial
Of President Lincoln's afsassIns.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20
AN AaREEMENT PROBABLE.

Bath. March 1.-the ship carpenters
strike 10 still unsettled. but 1t Looks as
II an agreement win be signed early this
week.
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NEW ApvERrIerMHxTs-
STATE OF MAINE---CITY OF PORTLAND.

Is a
candidate,
ballot be
80 used
Il. ity Clerk
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20
MAINE PENSIONS.

Washingto.., Marek 15.-The following
pension changes resulting from the Is
sue of March 3, are announced for
Maine:
ORIGINAL
Charles Lincoln, Jr., Harrington, 81.
INCREASE.
Sylvester Gray, Wells, So to S. orrin
p. Chaffin, Westbrook, IS to IS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20

The above dispatch cAms not as sur
prise in view OF the stories which have
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20
SHIPPING COMMISSIONER.

Col. John ID. Printable Given Lucia
tive Government Position.
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ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

IsFECIAL TO THE PItEs5.I
Washington. ID. c., March 10.-Col.
John ID. Printable has been appointed
shipping commissioner al Portland,
vice Tolman, removed.
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PRIVATE CLAIMS.
Congress Hasn't Much
Time for Them.
This Usually the Case In Sessions
Before Elections.
Not So Many Now as
Formerly.
Bill Relating to Rebate on Al
cOhOl.
sTcIAL TO TIE PRKas.l

wasn ~ ston, March l9.-On Friday last
the House devoted the first day OF the
session to the consideration Of private
claims. The session Immediately proceed
ing an election is never very favorable
for the passage Of claim bills. and this
session is SO far no exception. The House
leaders are anxious for two things: to
keep the expenditures as low as possible,
and to get the session adjourned at an
early date. So appropriation bills are
pressed into the time usually devoted to
claims; and ths latter class of Legislation
suffers. III this Congress a new rule has
given two OF the Fridays Of each month
to pension bills. This leaves two Fridays
for clai.ns each month, or three Fridays
In an occasional Icing month. The Com
mittee on Claims and the Committee on
War Claims divide this time between
them. There is not SO much pressure for
the consideration of claim bills this Con-
grsss as formerly, because so large
number were cleared away In the Fifty
fifth Congress. Among other bills passed
then was a great omnibus bill paying in
the aggregate about three millions Of dol.
lors. This removed from the calendar
many bills that had hesn appearing there
for years; and removed from the corri-
doris of the capitol many patient walters,
come of whom had pursued their discour.
aging guests for life time. While sever
al days will probably be devoted to claim
bills this session, the number passed will
probably not be large, and the total
amount required to pay them win be
small.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-20

The grip is very prevalent In Washing
ton at the present time, and many men,
ters Of Congress have been sufferers from
n
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
Rural Mails and Roads.

The popularity Of the bicycle rs an
instrument OF transit and as affording
opportunity for healthful exercise has
done much to promote the cause Of
good roads. The automobile promises
to do as much, or more. Education Of
rural communities as to the real econ
omy Of good roads is recognized how
ever, as the chief purpose to be kept
in mind by the National Good Roads
Association, which met in Chicago re-
Gently. This association will ask Con-
gress TO create bureau of road in
quiry at Washington. The function
Of such a bureau would be TO collect
and to disseminate Information. The
farmer cannot be told too often, for
example, that the most expensive part
Of the transportation Of his produce to
market is the journey from his farm
to the nearest railway station.
But there has come into existence a
new influence that ought to make pow
erfully toward promoting the cause Of
good roads. This is the rural mail de-
livery, which has grown with n rapid
ity only to be explained by its popu-
larlty. This free service now includes
routes aggtegating nearly 5000 miles,
reaching more than a quarter Of mil
lion people and handling last year
nearly 10,0000O0 pieces Of mail. Con-
gress viii be asked to provide for the
extension Of this service. If such ex-
tension were made conditional upon
reasonable local care of the highways,
the betterment Of roads in rural COM
munltles would be stimulated, and
there would be a demand from coun-
ties that State Legislatures enact laws
favorable to their improvement and
maintenance. - New York Mail and
Expire.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
G66d Roads R0tss
4 3 81
Good Highways.


TN URING the past few years,
particularly during the last
twelve months, the good
roads movement has gained
greatly in strength. The wheelmen
who gave it its first impetus, have
been effectively REINFORCED by the au.
tomobilists. who are Increasing in
numbers and whose tremendous posi-.
bllites Of speed makes them even
more cnmorous for smooth, hard road
beds.
1t was learned last week from the
President Of the Good Roads Depart.
ment Of the National Good Roads and
Irrigation Congress, who as the head
OF committee, has recently returned
from his mission to Washington, that
steps taken by the congress to secure
an appropriation and legislation in
furtherance of its cause promise high
success. President Mckinley assured
the committee that its recommenda-
tions had his approval, and Secretary
Wilson, of the Department of Agricul.
ture, indorsed the project without hes
itation. Moreover, it is reported that
fully 2OO Senators and Congressman
have momised to aid in securing the
appropriation asked for namely, $780,
coo for the use Of the Office of Public
Roads Inquiries, recently instituted by
the Department Of Agriculture.
The proposition OF the Good Roads
Congress is that one mile of model
highway be built by the Federal Gov
ernment in every State of the Union.
one-qIuter Of a mile to be construct
ed in four parts of each State. III ad-
dition, the State Legislatures which
convene next year will be asked indi-
vidually to enact laws for road i'm
provement The president of the con-
gress intends that it shall have a rep
resentatiye in every county of the
United States, whose function will be
to stimulate the sentiment for good
roads throughout his territory.
During the past year several organ
lied forces have been engaged in this
W OAh many VI WulCn nave u uNhAOudl
reputation. Besides the organlza-
tions referred to there are the League
of American Wh elmen, the Automo-
bile Club Of America the National
League for Good Roads, and scores
Of smalle organizations with similar
purposes Through the instrumental
ity of one or more Of these bodies sam.
pie roads have been built in various
parts of the country, and much perti-
nent literature has been circulated.
All of the organizations have been un-
tiringly energetic.
1t has been shown here and abroad
that the country which has good roads
provides itself with an admirable
equipment for commercial superiority;
that the United States should possess
the poorest public roads system Of any
Of the large nations has long been de-
plOrcd.-New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
King of the CnmeIots.

Napoleon Hayard among his COM
rades enjoys the proud title Of EN-.
peror Of the Camelots' hawk.
ers. Napoleon has got himself into
trouble, and has had to appear before
correctional tribunal. NJ. Joseph
Menard, in the course of his speech
for the defense, informed the court
that his client was no ordinary NOR
tal-that he actually ruled Oyer--or at
least was recognized as head by
$4,000 street hawkers. SO the collec-
tors Of statistics may insert In their
notebooks that there are $4,000 came
lots, selling in the streets Of Paris al
most everything from an exhibition
ticket to a mechanical plg!-Paris Mes
senger.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
The Technical Educntlon .

IT had been clearly recognized IN
England, France, and Germany, and 1t
was coming to be clearly recognized
in America, that the technically edu-
Gated man must be familiar as a mat
ter Of course not only with practical
drafting, but with the processes of
construction and with the materials to
be used. 1t was also seen that the
typical tools and the correct theory Of
their use, as well as the rudlments OF
drawing, involved only simple ele
ments which were suited to the sec
ondary school A great deal Of time
could be saved to the student engaged
upon the study Of civil, mechanical
mining, or electrical engineering, oI
upon the '-dy of architecture, II he
could learn his elementary drawing
and get systematic practice in tool
work during the period Of secondary
education.
1t was also evident that in many Of
of the ordinary arts of life exact draw
ing and systematic tool-work enter IL
such way as to form the basis fo'
all the attainments of the skilled me
chanic. 1t was thus felt that the boy
who expected to be mechanic II
some one Of the many trades would
greatly profit by a systematic cours,
Of instruction and practice in draft
ing and manual training in a second
ary school-C. NJ. Woodward in Harp
er's Weekly.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
searehing For Byron,s Hsart.

The Church Of st. spiridlon, In Mis-.
solonghl, in which was deposited tho
urn containing the heart OF Lord By
ron, is about to be rebuilt, says an
Athens correspondent Of the London
Express.
When the town of Missolongh was
taken by the Turks in 1923 this church
was destroyed and the Urn buried IN.
der the ruins. Every effort is now
being made to discover the priceless
relic, IN order to place Il in a promi-
nent postio.- in the new building.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
working the Head of Tho Family.

1t Is n wise boy who knows how TO
work his father, and in this precious
age most boys are wise. Louis father
works in Omaha, but Louis himself
lives with his grandma in Western Ne
braska. Like most boys do, Louis
writes to his fond father only when
he wants money or something new in
wearing apparel. Last week he wrote,
enumerarlng a number Of articles he
needed. Among other things he wrote:
PLEASE send me some stockings.
You better send bicycle stockings, be-
cause they last longer than the other
kind. Are you going to send me a BIZ
cycle on my birthday to wear with my
bicycle stockings%-Omaha World
Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
TIE pERELlcT.
Ihe sorereirn of the sens.

Oh, am the sovereign of the seas,
The despot of the deep;
From pole to pole, where the breakers roll
My tossing realm doth sweep.
My creaking hulk lies logged, and low
wallow in the wave;
When the tempest rails my tattered sails
Flap forth requiem stave.
Yet the clipper, feet on snowy wing,
The liner, swift and strong,
The war-dog gray on its sullen way,
Yield place when l lurch along.
The captain and his cringing crew
Go white beneath the red,
As l rob near; they know the fear
Of Davy Jones's bed.
The flagship of the graveyard fleet
That haunts the salt highway,
ask no fee; right merrily
bring death and dismay.
M. w. Pool, in the New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
PRIMACURA.

Primacura not only RELIEVES bu
PERMANENTLY ERADICATEs prickly heat AZ
ONCE, and cures all skin diseases. 1t il
an IMMEDIATE and PERMANENT nIlayer Of
inflammation. 1t is new and economical
remedy which affects permanent cure.
For sale by Evans, 924 F ST. Simms,
l4th St. and New York Ave-; ogram,
18th and Pennsylvania Ave. and BY
druggists generally.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

Water in a shallow pan, in a shell
tered place, win freeze even when the
thermometer is above the freezing
point; this is due to the rapid loss OF
heat Of the earth after nightfall In
some hot countries Ice is obtained In
commercial quantities by setting shall
low earthenware rans Of water on the
ground protected from the wind.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

One Of the most striking spectncles
revealed by telescopes Is that of the
Great Nebula in Orion. In the COM
plexlty of it's glowing streams spirnls
and strangely shaped masses, inter-
cepted by yawning black gaps and
sprinkled over with stars arranged in
suggestive groups and lines, 1t has few
rivals in the heavens, The impression
OF astonlshment made by the sight of
this nebula is heightened by knowl-
edge Of it's enormous size. The entire
solar system would appear as a tiny
speck beside II. Yet this tremendous
aggregation of nebulOus clouds and
starry swarms has been proved by the
researches of the late Professor Keel
er, Of the Lick Observatory, to be fly
ing away from the earth and the sun
at the rate Of eleven miles in every sec
ond! But so vast is its distance that
100 years reveal no visual effects Of
the great nebula's swift retreat If It
were near by 1t would seem to become
rapidly smaller.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
To whom it may concern:

To whom it may concern:
advise all persons who have any idea
Of attending business college to take a
59urse at Woods Commercial College,
on accCdnt Of its quick and easy systems
in shorthand and type-wrting and also
its experienced teachers. was pupil
Of this College for five months in the
Shorthand Department, when l was
offered situation as Court Reporter in
West Virginia, and it was through this
College that | was successful in my
work. think that any student ought to
complete a course at this College in five
or six months, and with a great deal OF
study and effort in much less time. The
Professor is very successful in obtaining
positions for his students and often gets
the best places a stenographer can hold
l also consider it the best business col
lege in Washington and one Of the best
in the United States, if not the best.
JOHN WALKER FENToN.
June /, 1899.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
Features of siberian Farm Life.

The most characteristic feature Of
Siberian farm life Is that the farmers
live not scattered all over the country.
remote from neighbors, but in villages
as near rs possible to the land they
are cultVntlng.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
Proposition No. 1.

| E@OpOSAAAOh W. -
Complete Course in Shorthand Type
writing $50. (This will entitle a per-
son to instruction, day or evening, until
proficient and position is securely
Proposition No. 2.
Complete Course in Book. keeping and
English, $50. CThis will entitle a per.
son to instruction, day or evening, until
prohcient and position is securely
Proposition No. 3.
Complete Course in Shorthand Type
writing, Bookkeeping, and any Other
subject the pupil may select, 800. (This
will entitle person to instruction, day
or evening, until proficient and position
is securely
Proposition No. 4.
Complete Course of instruction in
Typewriting, $40. (This will entitle
person to instruction, day or evening,
until profcient.)
Proposition No. S.
Complete Course for Government Posi-.
ton, Civil Service or Census, $40. (rhis
will entite person tn instruction, day
or evening, until prepared to pnss the
examination.)
Proposition No. 6.
Complete Course in English Branches,
90. This will entitle person to in.
struction, day or evening until prof.
clent.
Proposition No. 7.
Preparation for College, including
Latin, Greek, English and Mathematics.
Private lessons or class instructions.
Apply for rates.
Proposition No. 8.
Private and class instructions to coach
public school pupils so they can enter
next grade; three months, $40; one
month S4.
The rates given are for cash, but salts
factory arrangements may be made to
pay in installments.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
Quaint Hor.e-Thior. Capturing Society.

The Society in Dedham for Appre.
hending Horse Thieves held its nine
tieth annual meeting a few days ago.
The organization is the oldest, and, It
Is now thought, the only one Of its
kind in the United States. It had its
origin in the early part of the century,
when horse thieves were more com
mon tina. at the present time, and
when the only means Of catching the
purloiners Of horsefesh was personal
effort and when the owners had no
telegraph or telephone to scatter the
alarm and set all a-watch for them.
The society embraced the first citizens
Of the town, which then included much
territory that has been carved into
new towns, and each man stood ready
at a moments notice to ride after
horse and cattle thieves.
The society Is grounded on the solid
rock financially, having a cash bal
ance on hand of S1O3S5G It's member
ship runs up into the hundreds, and
is contantly increasing. Boston Her.
aid.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

An ostrich in the Cincinnati Zoologi-
cal Gardens is undergoing treatment
by electricity for paralysis. Under
this treatment the bird has been able
to swing first one leg and then the
other.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

During the progress of the last solar
eclipse Mr. c. Martin made a syste-
matte series of temperature observa-
tions, the results Of which are pub
lished in the scientific proceedings Of
the Royal Dublin Society. Two ther-
mometers were exposed to the direct
rays of the sun, the bulb of one Of
which was blackened, while that Of
the other was white. There was a
very close agreement between the
readings of the two thermometers.
Each showed that the temperature
was at its lowest about eight minutes
after the middle of the eclipse. The
fall, as indicated by the black-bulb
thermometer, was % degrees-from
G3.7 degrees before the eclipse to 35.7
degrees after the totality was over.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
List of Officers Together With
Time and Place of rIeeting.
IN THE ALTER or THESE ASSOCIATIONS
THE FIRES ARE BURNING FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE OF THE SUBURBS.
Citizens Northwest Suburban
Association.
RTeetinEH arc Held the First Friday
Evening In Each Month ia the Town
Hall, TenleytOwn, ID. g.
OFFICERS,

President, Charles O. Lancasterj
LIST Vice President, Col. RObt. l.
Fleming; 2nd Vice President, Hon.
John B. Henderson; 3rd Vice-Presi'
dent, John Sherman; 4th Vice-Presi-
dent, Rev. Joseph q. Mallon; 9th Vice
President, Rev. j. Mcbride Sterretti
Secretary. DR.. ]. w. Chappell; Treas.
nrer, Charles r. Morgan; Chairman
Executive Committee, Louis 2. Shoe
maker.
B1~ Total Membership about 15O.
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29
POPULAR SCIENCE.

The ants in one nest are not all the
same size. A Swiss professor has
found them as different as so many hu-
man beings, with dwarfs, giants, Grip
pies, etc
The suburban citizen., 1900-12-29

Professor Harrington, curator of the
Field Museum, and professor Of geo.
logy at the university, has lately re-
turned from tour Of the Indiana
caves with 300 specimens of stalac-
tltes. His most interesting find was a
stalactite broken Off and marked by a
party of scientists in 1850, which has
grown three-hfths Of an inch since
that date. He brought home with him
a column six feet high and one foot
in diameter, which is the largest speci-
men ever obtained for a museum.
Figuring from the basis Of the one
which was measured 1t required about
54OO years for 1t to grow to its present
size. On the same basis, the professor
thinks, he will be able to figure out
how long 1t has taken for the ST. Louis
limestone to form.