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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
BOWLING.

At Pines alleys last night the Olym-
pias and Waverleys bowlsd and the Olym-
pias trimmed the Wavsrleys four straight
Anderson bowled fine game, as his
total Of 81 will show. Manning won the
third game In the eighth box BY getting
a strike and nine on same.
The SCORE will show some fine bowling:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
Plainly Too Large.

'Susan. I've been looking at those
shoes, and I'm sure they're too big"
But yesterday madam said they hurt
her dreadfully; they pinched SO much"
"Yes, but they ought to have pinched
More. "-PickM e-Up.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
A Vocal Proxy,

eve have delightful evenings at our
house now"
What's up2"
ave have bought graphophone which
sings the baby to sleep."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
Generally speakinx.

Little Willie-Pa, is a financier a man
who can make lots of money?
Pa-No; fnancier is a man who can
owe lots of money.-Chicago Post.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
TUTORING

In grammar and high school
grades. Special terms 10 classes
In shakespeare.
Address KATE MAY ESTEY.
22 WOOdf0rds Sc.
jan2d2w W0Odfords, NE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
An "Uncle Tom. Cabin" Town.

"lt's one night stand"
'"There are 100000 people In the
place"
II know. but the most OF them are
still pronouncins drama with the long a."
Detroit Journal.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
A WOMAN'S FRIEND.

blessing LONG LOOKED FOR.
SAFE AND RELIABLE.
Throw on all fear and anxiety, from any
cause whatever, by using one box only. BY
mail So go. All business strictly confidential
THE GERMAN MEDICAL. CO, Berlin, Ger
MANY. Address, PORTLAND AGENCY, Box
1885, Portland, Me. lan9aims
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
Olympias.
Sb3 975 9aS 353 I'm
SOUTH PORTLAND WON.

ESPECIAL TO THE PkEss.l
Biddeford, january 12.-Ths Biddeford
polo team was defeated tonight In its
game with South Portland. The score
WAS IL to 4.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13

valuable medicine peasu'
aTempeP
diseases ha remeH a
aens ecnndeut and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13
SOUTH PORTLAND.

HOSE COMPANY ANNUAL MEET
ING.
The Knightvills Hose company chose
the following officers for the ensuing year
Captain-Warren p. Brown.
Treasurer-John h. Mountf0rt.
Cl.rk-Otis Dyer.
DEATH OF WILLIAM A. WENT
WORTH.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-01-13

Poor woman, delicate body and unsfrung Il
world heavy and drags her rs rough roads
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
The Extinct Copper Toe.
From Ainslee's Magazine.

children kick out the toes of their
boots now just much as they ever did.
but the copper toe has gone out of date
too long ago TO talk about. 1t was fine,
though in its day. How the copper did
wink ard I'll tier in the firelght! Away up
In the Maine wo DIS a farmer that could
not bear the thought of giving the shoe
maker all he earned, took an old copper
washhoi'er ard cut II up into strips,
which e taste ed IN the toes of the boots
Of Elbridge and Elmer Ellsworth and Ed
die. There, nowr said he Less see you
git through them in a hurry. Laws l
never see 10 so hard on shoe leather 1t
was a bright idea. and the more he
thought about it the more 1t was borne
in on him that II was bright idea He
got a ratent on it. Elbridge and Elmer
FllSwor h and Eddie were kind of asham-
ed to be seen in their copper toes at first,
but when the other boys all crowded
around them at the district school. and
said, Gosh Woosht my pa would fix my
boots that way they felt more comfort
able end rather happy From that 1t went
on, til, for the sake of peace and quiet
ness in the house, If for no other reason,
fathers had to buy copper-toed boots for
their boys. The Maine farmer got rich.
and had pie three times day, and moved
to town, and had haircloth sofa in the
front room and a marble-topped center
taNle, with wax flowers in a glass case on
1t, and everything that heart could wish.
But fcoishness is bound up in the heart
of child, and 1t is part of it's nature to
he hard on shoes. You may beat the laws
of the universe for a little while, when
they are not looking, but not for long.
The day came when the child woke up
and called that it was being robbed OF
its rights guaranteed under the constitu-
ton. Sonnet hing Ike this, Ell? We, the
children Of the United States in conven-
lion assembled. do hold these truths to
be self-evident?' Not at all, not at all.
They seid: Hee! Coppertoes! Coppertoes!
And the coon came down.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
RYsDI KS HAMBLETONIAN.
Dexter Made His Fame which En-.
dures TO the Present.
From the New York Press.

The recent horse sale at the Garden
brought noted breeders, traders. swappers
drivers and stealers from al parts OF the
country, none of whom are likely TO go to
heaven. Mike Bowerman OF Lexington,
Ky, had a good deal to say about blue
grass as the only place on earth that is TT
Tor anything, or fifteen to get htten. He
seemed to forget that New York once
owned such a horse as Rysdyks Hamble-
ton.an. the acknow edged founder of the
greatest rottng family the word ever
knew. Ken ucky has produced some great
thoroughbrods, and, in recent years, few
good trotters; but the hand of Chnn and
Goebel never dreamed of giving to the
world any piece OF hoTsefesh that could be
mentioned in the class of Hambletonian.
Rysdyk was common, hard-up Orange
county farmer. who made both ends meet
by working by the day for his neighbors.
He had an old mare and a colt that he
took along wherever he went, and part OF
has wage was diverted to pay his employer
for letting mother and foid Craze while ne
labored In the field. THIS foal was born IN
1S49. He grew TO be as long as street
with tremendous quarters, but nobody
cared much for him. In 1864 a son of his
of the name of Dexter caused some
excitement among the dairymen, and when
three years later he lowered the time OIL
Fora Temple there was a regular hurran'
Shortly afterward he trotted against tllne
at Buffalo, and went mile In 2;II1a. Ut
anee county went unanimously mad
Alix's record of 2:03% caused the gentiest
summer zephyr In comparison with the
fierce tornado of enthusiasm that swept
over the country when Dexter's time was
hung up. To-day over 100 horses can trot
in better than 2l0; in Dexter's day ne was
the only one in the world that could beat
2l8. y
Dexter made Hambtetonian's fame as a
sire. Rysdyk's communicating cot OF
1919 lived until 1876. and became the rather
of /, 500 foa.s. As Col Chester correctly re-
marks, horses Of standard speed that do
not trace 10 him are the exception. can
Kentucky produce a match for Hamoie-
tonian, living or dead2 The impression
that Kentucky horses are brought UP OF
Kentucky whisky is said to be erroneous
but there is much virtue In the limestone
water OF the East and the freestone OF the
West. So much whisky has been made IN
Kentucky that the earth is saturated win
II and II has an effect on the grass. But
1t doesn't produce Hambetonians.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
Inventions worth Millions.
From Ainslee's Magazine.

Here are a few cases where inventors
have been struck by llghtning 1t is either
money or glory for the successful inventor.
Never both. Who knows what his name
was that invented the can opener? His
family only, and yet no household ~
without a can opener. He made about a
million dollars out of It. ESTIMATED.
Maybe he didn't make 80 much.) Who
was It that invented the return ball2
While the patent lasted he drew about
$50 900 a year from IT, and that is as good
as being President Of these United Sta;es
better, for he, didn't have TO look out
for fourth-class postmasterships or worry
about a denomination. Why children
should want a return ball Is a deep. I'M
fathomable mystery. but they do. The
rubber string fastened to the ball Is for
ever breaking and the child doesn't live
that can tie Il so that II viii stay tied, but
they will not consent to live without It..
The Dancing Jim Crow" top paid it's I'M
famous author $4,000 year before IL got
to be an old story. "Pharaoh's Serpents'
made 10000 a year during It's brief career,
and John Gllpin'' Melted something Ike
half a million for its devlser. Most people
do not even know what these toys are
let alone the inventors names.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
LEARY ABOLIsHEs SLAVERY.
Issues His Proclamation 10 BE Effec-
tive on Washington's Birthday.

Washington, March IA proclamation
has been issued by the Governor of the
island of Guam, which says in part:
ITO the Inhabitants of Guam: Honest
labor with just compensation, dignifed
by faithful consideration of the mutual
interests and welfare of all concerned,
should insure prosperity in this commun-
lty, whereas the existing labor degrading
system of human bondage and unjust,
indefinite servitude or peonage, permitted
during the late Spanish control in this
Island is, in fact, a system of slavery. and
as such is subversiVe to good government,
IS an obstacle to progressive civilization,
a menace TO popular liberty and a viola
ton of the sacred privileges guaranteed
by the constitution of the United States
Now, therefore, by virtue of the au-
thority vested in me by His EXcellency,
the President of the United States, /,
richard p Leary, captain, United States
navy, Governor of the Isle of Guam. do
hereby announce and proclaim absolute
prohibition and total abolition of human
slavery or peonage in the Isle of Guam
on or after the 22nd day of February, a.
D., 1900, and all persons are hereby COM
manded TO comply with the requirements
of this proclamation.
Richard P. Leary, United States Navy,
Governor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
MRS. BLAND's STRUGGLE.
Has "A Hard Time TO Make a Living
for Her Children

From the New York Mail and Express.
A letter received yesterday by a South
ern Democrat brings foreibly to mind
the words of Joseph Jefferson in the char
acter of Rip Van Wrinkle, How soon we
are forgotten when We are gone" 1t is
from the widow of Uncle Dick" Bland
Silver Dick" the congressman from Mis-
souri-who. not many months ago was an
honored leader of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Bland was elected to this Congress-
but died before he took his seat, and his
widow writes to an old friend that she is
having hard time trying to provide
means to support and educate her lal ge
family of children. All the silver leader
LETT his family when he died was farm
of about seventy-five acres in a barren
part of the country near Lebanon Mo.
Before Uncle Dick" died he planted his
entire farm with apple trees, but 1t viii
be several years before they bear fruit.
and the farm as a producer is now prac-
tically worthless
Mrs. Bland writes, however. that she
has great expectations that the biography
of her husband soon to be published, will
bring in a revenue large enough to edu-
cate the children, and in her letter she re-
quests that If any of her husbands old
friends have my anecdotes or stories
about her husband or his life in Washing
ton. they send them to her FOR publica-
ton in the book. But If the Democrats
show as little interest in that book as they
do to his memory ii does not look as If
Mr.. BANDS income will be very large.
They seem to have forgotten the old silver
leader altogether No one has offered the
customary resolution in the House set
ding aside a day for euloeies to his MEM
DRY, nor has any one of them even Of
fered the resolution which is always done
at the death of member authorizing the
payment of one wears salary to his wild
ow. Congress always appropriates one
years salary to members family If
member dies during his term, and If these
Missouri Democrats who declared such
love and respect for "Uncle D!ck' when
he was alive had remembered him or his
family and presented this resolution after
death, his widow would not now lie strug-
CLING for money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
"SaIamanders" and "SaIamander''
Cats.
From the Popular Science Monthly.

From the Popular Science Monthly.
In many places In the extreme Southern
states, especially in what is locally known
as the "piney woods" one of the most
notable features is the constantly recurr-
ing mounds of yellow sand which every
where dot and II must be confessed dis
figure the monotonous landscape. These
piles of earth are usually nearly circular
in form, fairly symmetrical in contour,
from six inches to two feet In diameter,
and save where they have been beaten
down by rain or winds or the tramplng
of cattle, about half as high as they are
broad. Often tn Sc sand h aps are pretty
evenly distributed. sometimes so thckly
as to cover at least enc fourth Of the soil
surface. If you ask a native the cause Of
this singular phenomenon, which you will
perhaps at first be disposed to consider
a kind Of ar naceous eruption which has
somehow broken out on the face of ma
ture, your informant will sententiously
reply, "Salamanders!'
All this Disagreement is indeed the work
of a curious little rodent popularity so
named and about the size and color of an
ordinary rat. He is never seen above
ground If he can possibly hep it, He digs
innumeI able branching underground tun-
nels at depths varying from one to six
feet, and these mounds Il sand are m
ply the dump heaps" which, in his en-
cheering operations, he finds it necessary
to make.
After carrying the excavated earth to
the surfac his cautious little miner takes
the grf atest pains to cover up his tracks.
No opening into his burrow is left. How
he manages to so carefully smooth over
his little sand mound and then literally
"pu the mole in after him" is as yet UNI
explained
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

From the Chicago Record.
The world and flesh, till forty days go by.
must renounce; l shall myself deny
All luxury and pomp and vanity,
For this is Lent.
For me no more ten-cent cigars shall
burn
All such extravagances shall spurn;
A humble corncob pipe shall serve my
This present Lent
shall give up my daily streetcar ride
And walk instead to mortify my pride,
Ten cents a day thus saved I'll lay aside
Right straight through Lent.
My last springs suit 1 quite intend to
wear,
But worse infections stlll I'll have 10 bear.
So that for that I do not really care
One copper cent.
No little suppers following the show,
With toothsome Holsters and le fizz C1ic-
quot
You bet I've got to go a little slow.
Fore this Is Lent
For this Is Lent and / know shortly that
My wife will strike me for an Easter hat.
It's either strict retrenchment or a spat
That's evident.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

''77" meets the exigency of the prevailing
epidemic of Grippe, with all its symptoms
of Influenza Catarrh. Pains and Soreness
in the Head and Chest, Cough, Sore
Throat, General Prostration and Fever.
Taken early it cuts It short promptly.
Taken during its prevalence 1t preoccu-
pies the system and prevents its Invasion;
taken while suffering from 1t, a relief is
speedily realized which may be continued
up to an entire cure.
For sale by all druggists, or sent on re-
ceipt of price. 25c and $l.00. Humphreys
Homeopathic Medicine Co. cor William
and John streets New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
ROWAN HOME RETURNED.
In Spite of Threat of Its Owner TO
Have 1t Made Saloon.


Have 1t Made II Saloon.
Melville, N. j., March H-To-days ses-
sion Of the New Jersey Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church was taxi
en- up largely with a discussion Of the re-
port of the committee in favor of return
ing the Andrew K. Rowan Home for
Aged Women located at Trenton, TO its
owner, and the severance of any further
connection by the conference with the EN-
terprise
The conference by an almost unanimous
vote Endorsed the comm tees report Rev
j. w. Marshall, chairman of the com
mittee, in concluding his argument favor
ing the above action, said that the own
er, Mr.. Rowan, in order to force the com
mittee 10 report in favor of retaining the
home, made the following threat:
IF you don't take it 1 will sell it, and
in the spring it Will become a saloon, with
the sign Methodist Saloon, Incorporated
over the door, and under that the names
of Rev j. w. Marshall, Rev. George L.
Dobbins, Rev. j. B. Wight, Rev. j. B.
Craw and Rev. w w. Moffet."
Although several ministers opposed the
surrendering of the home, not a word
could be heard from them, except the
cries of Vote" and accordingly the home
was returned to its donor.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

so 100000 to the cubic inch. Let every one
of us keep his microbes to himself Avoid
shaking hands. Here is man whose paw
Is greasy with the ooze from his carcass.
Don't trust him. Here is another whose
hipper is cold. moist, habby Have moth
ing to do with him. Here is a third whose
duke" seems made of dried fiber Avoid
him. One gives you his whole hand at a
shake, another the tips of his fingers an
other one finger. One shakes with both
hands and shakes with two friends ut
once. Look out for him. Another shows
his affection by gripping you vise-llke.
Keep out of his way. Another prepares
his hand, with fingers half closed and
thumb hooked up, wrist locked and every
ligament taut, as II he feared that you
might in some manner get the best OF
him. Stand aloof from him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
NO PLANS FOR THE ELECTION.
No Announced Candidates for the
MayoraIty of Havana.

Havana, March 1.-THE committee that
was appointed 90 decide upon plan for
municipal elections as yet has been unable
to agree upon any plan. Gov Gen. Wood
therefore has decided to have the first
election take place after the manner of
American elections, feeling that it Is
necessary to have no delay, owing to the
fact that the elections must occur on
May I.
AS vet no one has absolutely announced
himself as candidate for mayor of Ha-
vana. Fernando de Castro, the last Span
ish civil governor has been prominently
mentioned by the Spanish element. Juan
Gualberto Gomez is the popular candidate
of the colored race. Perfecto Lacoste, the
present Mayor; Elise Giberga, formerly
representative in the Spanish Congress,
and Salvador Cisneros the last president,
have also been named as probable candi-
dates.
Secretary Elhu Root and party sailed
to-day on the transport Sedgwick for
Charleston.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
Twelve Hours and Thirty Minutes
at Dinner.
From the New York World.

They dined well. If not wisely, in the
old days described by Sir Algernon West
in his "Recollections." He says:
Thanks to the. Introduction by the
Prince OF Wales of smoking after dinner,
wine -drinking is now over. What IL was
in old days appears almost incredible.
The late Lord Clanwlliam told me of one
occasion when he had dined at friend 5
villa near Putney. The dinner was ex-
traordnarily late for those days at S
clock.
when they at last rose from the table
and went up 10 their rooms Lord Cianwll-
lam flung open his window and saw the
haymakers coming into the field.
~ wonder he thought, what hour
they begin work And on consulting his
watch he found Il was s30-the haymak-
ers were returning to work from their
breakfasts"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18

From the Charleston Post
The Savannah Morning News suggests,
in view of the recent agitation in New
York against Miss Olga Nethersole's
play, that the good ship Sappho Of the
Consolidated Company's fleet, be renamed
the Mary Ann The Morning News for
gets that the sappho of Charleston harbor
has never pretended to be other than fast,
and her name therefore, is not i'll chosen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
BAILEY SHOT DOWN in JAIL.
AssaiIant of Miss SneIIgrove Fatally
wounded by Mob.

Atlanta, March 1S.-A special from Ma
iietta, Ca, at 2 o'clock this morning says:
Shortly after 1 O'Clock this morning
mob of 125 men went TO the Jail here and
demanded the keys of the jailer. Being
refused they battered down the door, and
going to the cell where John Bailey, ne
gro, was confined, fired about 800 shots at
him. Bailey dropped to the floor at first
fire and only three or four balls struck
him.
The negro is conscious at a. m, but
his wounds will prove fatal.
On Thursday afternoon, about mile
and a half from here, Bailey met Miss
Amanda Snellgrove, a young white Wo-
man, and in an attempt to outrage her,
beat her severely on the head making
several painful wounds. She screamed for
help and the negro fled.
He was arrested Thursday evening and
carried before the young woman, where
he was identified and was put in Jail TO
await trial.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
TRUSTS CREATE NO TALK.
They Are Formed i'm England with
out Objection.

Washington, March lin a report to
the state department Consul Halstead at
Birmingham, Eng, says that trusts are
created there without attracting public
attention or causing alarm, and although
no trouble is taken to keep the fact from
the public, it Is extremely rare that
voice is raised against combinations
These remarks are based on the recent
formation of a wall paper trust with
capital of nearly O,OO0 600, Dealers are re-
qui ed 10 buy all their stock from this
combination and to sell no other for pc
rlod of about ten years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
MACHINIsTs WILL STRIKE.
No Agreement Reached at the Con-
ference in Chicago.

Chicago March 1S.-President James
O'Connell of the International Machinists
Union, declares that 100000 machinists in
all parts of the United States will be or
dered on strike within the coming month
as the result of a disagreement be< tween
the manufa cturers and machinists, who
closed a joint conference in Chicago at
O'Clock this Sunday morning.
All the members of the National Machin-
lists Committee, and manufacturers from
all parts of the United States were pres
ent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
LOOKING AFTER THE CANAL.
Minister Merry on an OmciaI visit to
Nicaragua.


Washington, March 17.-United States
Minister Merry, by direction of the State
Department. is now on his way from Cos
"a Rica to Managua, the capital of Me
aragua. His mission is not, as has been
surmised, connected with the reported is
sue between Nicaragua and Costa Rica,
but relates entirely to canal matters.
Up TO this time there has been no sat
isfactory outcome of the controversy be-
tween Nicaragua and the Maritime Canal
Company respecting the status of the lat
ter's concession. The .Nicaraguan govern
ment claims that the concession has eX-
PRED by the failure of the Maritime COM
pany to perform the amount of work re-
quired by the concession.
Arbitration has been attempted, but
matters have become so involved that
Minister Merry has been ordered to Ma
nagua TO make a personal investigation,
and do what is proper 60 protect the in
terests of the Maritime Canal Company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-18
SEVERAL FIGHTS IN CHICAGO.
But They Were with Gloves and
Proved Interesting.

Chicago, March 1.-THE bouts at the
Chicago Athletic Association resulted as
follows: Jack Bonner champion heavy
weight of Pennsylvania, and Frank Chds
fought slow six rounds to a draw.
Buddy Ryan won from Clarence Forbes
in one round on "A foul. Louis Mayfield de-
feated Jack Robinson in six rounds. owen
Zeigler of Philadelphia defeated Charlie
Burns in six rounds at catch weights.
The contest between Zegler and Burns
was one of the fastest ever seen at the
Chicago Athletic Association.