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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-04-05
MONTHLY SCHOOL REPORT.

The following is the report of the
Mountain Home Public Schools for
the month ending Friday, March
80, 1900:
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-04-05

during the month: ldg
huth hyde, Florence Johnson,
Clarence Manion, Katie Brady,
Nora Llnohon, RUBY Mellen
Gcrte Mellen, Edward Mason
The State Superintendent has prepared a uniform
course of study for hH high schools OF the state so
that pupils can 20 from school to another and
find the same work and grades. 1t is utterly
impossible for us to follow this course with variable
term Ct from seven to eight months. We sorry
for this condition OF affairs; the remedy lies with the
patrons.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
RACING AT READYILLF.

Boston, August 23.-Three good races
track in the grand circuit meeting and
they were full of exciting brushes and
several whipping finishes. The big event
for speed was the 2 O6 pace which the
Medford, Mass, black gelding Royal
Sheldon won in easy fashion in 2.O7 and
2.O524, the latter figure clipping his rec
ord half a second.
2.06 Pace-Royal Sheldon, 1; Ace, p;
Eyer t, 3. Time, 2O59l.
PA Trot-GeOrgena, 1; Day Star, 2;
Niger Jack, 3. Best time, 2.O914.
PA Pace ohm T., 1; Sydney Pointer,
?; Winola 3. Best time, 2 O91.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
BAR HARBOR HORSE SHOW
1t wound Up in Blaze of Glory
Yesterday.

Bar Harbor, August 28.-The horse
show and fair wound up in burst OF
glory this afternoon with 5000 people IN
attendance and good racing. The
Judging OF entries was completed and the
winners had parade. In class ~, for
ponies, not exceeding IA hands. Rico ex-
hibited by Alice and d. Whiting, won
first Glass 5, for horses, in harness,
suitable for park use, was won by Royal
King, exhibited by Miss M. A. Van Nest.
Glass Is, for saddle horses 10 10 hands
and over, was won by King George, ex-
hibited by Miss Z. Barnes. Glass 8,
horses in harness over Is 3-4 hands, was
won by Bean Hash, exhibited by Miss
M. S. Van Nest. Class ID, Tandem, the
wheeler to be 10 hands or under, was won
by Coquette and My Lady, exhibited by
Gen. Edward Morrill,. Glass z, pair OF
horses over Is hands and not exceeding
10 5-4 hands, went to Tom and Jerry, ex-
hibited by W. H. Draper In class %,
for jumpers, open to all, performances
over fences only to count, American
Beauty, exhibited by Ralph Pulitzer,
captured first.
The event on the track was the 2.19
trotting race in which number Of good
horses were entered. Clayson, b g, owned
and driven by W. E. Blanchard Of East
port, won in straight heats. Best time,
1921. Keno L., s, owned by r. W.
Sawyer, was second, in all three heats.
The three-minute race for local trot-
ters was very exciting, the contest be-
tween Twister and Fauntleroy being so
close that one dead heat was the result.
Twister wgs9 but Fauntleroy made the
best time in the 1rst heat, 2 81 IA.
Four horses started in the mile and
half dash. The horses were punched
from start 60 finish. Bardella was first
in $50 1-2; Talebearer, second. The show
has been a great success and already
plans are being made for a greater show
next year
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
WHITE PAPER PLANT.
Plan OF Thomas B. WanamaIKer of Phil
adeIPhia.

Philadelphia, Pa, August 22.-It is
understood that Thomas B. Wanamaker,
proprietor of the Philadelphia North
American, Is organizing one OF the larg-
est Industrial enterprises ever contem-
plated by any Individual, growing out of
his newspaper undertaking and the
oornering of the paper market by the In
ternat1onoI Paper Company. The North
American has become a very successful
publication, under Mr.. Wanamaker's
ownership. and its present needs ana
those in prospect have convinced Mr.
Wanamaker of the necessity of going into
the manufacture of white paper He
has interested several OF the largest New
York newspapers in his plan and also
two OF the leading magazines, and con-
templates the construction of plant
that Will produce not less than 800 tons
OF magazine and newspaper per day. The
large means at Mr. Wanamaker's com
mand make it possible for him to employ
the very latest devices for the economical
production of white paper and at the
same time produce a very considerable
pront. Estimates have been made and
plans undertaken and sites passed upon.
OpBlonS on large timber tracts and gov
ernment concessions in Canada have
been secured through third parties.
The capital invested in the new enter
prise will be in the neighborhOood or -, =
500, 600.
noU connected in any way with the North
American newspaper, it is very large
purchaser of paper on the industrial side
Of its affairs,
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
CADETS SLEEP our OF DOORS

Paris, August GAS the result OF in
attention or a blunder over 100 cadets
from the United States training ship
Monongahela were obliged to sleep in the
parks and streets of Paris last night.
The vessel is at Havre and the boys came
here to spend two days at the exposition
and arrangements were made to house
them at a boys college in Paris. The
party was in charge of a lieutenant, but
when night arrived, the lieutenant was
not on hand to pilot them to their shell
ter They were unacQuainted with the
language or the location of the house and.
unable to seek assistance, they walked
about Paris until tired. They took pos
session of benches In the parks and on the
poulevards. Some of them met hospitable
Americans who took them to hotels but
only few were so lucky.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
EQUIPMENT FOR HOLLAND BOATS

Washington, August 23.-At a meeting
of the construction board of the navy
department, it was decided that the cleo
ical equipment of the four Holland sub
marine torpedo boats will be required to
conform to the standards of the bureau
of equipment. An Ordsr was issued by
acting Secretary Hackett to this effect.
After the conditions laid down have
been complied with by the Holland COM
pany, contracts for these four boats will
be signed
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
nBUsINEssn REASONS.

New York. August 23.-Richard Croker,
asked today concerning the report that
ne had sold all his shares in the Stock of
the American Ice company, said that it
was true that he had sold his stock but
denied that he had done it for any but
purely business reasons.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE.
Death of Frenchman Who Fought in
Many Wars.

Toulon, August 9S.-M. Gustave Paul
Cluseret, the famous member of the COM
mune and one OF the deputies from lou
Ion, died today Of pneumonia. AS a lieu
tenant in the army, during the rising in
Paris in 184S, he made himself notorious
by his zeal in the repression OF the social
lists and radicals. Afterwards he en-
barked in an unsuccessful financial VEN
ture in New York, where. later he raised
an American legion to aid Garibaldi in
the conquest OF the SiciIies and became
a colonel. He subsequently returned to
America and fought on the side of the
North in the civil war during which he
won the rank of general. He returned
to Europe in 1867 to take part in the
Fenian agitation of that year and was
accused by the newspapers of leading
under an assumed name, the attack on
Chester. He next went to France and
Joined the revolutionary movement. He
became minister OF war under the COM
mune and for time was at the head of
It's military operations. He was sentenced
to death for his participation in the up
rising and fled from the country. He de-
voted. himself to journalism abroad and
returned to Paris after the declaration
of amnesty but was again obliged to leave
France on account of his anarchist writ
ings. Once more he returned to this
country and supported the late General
BOulanger. He was made a deputy from
Toulon in 1888 and has been constantly
re-ele cted.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
MOTIVE WAS NOT ROBBERY.

Springfield, Mass August pa spec
ial to theUnion from Pittsfeld says muir
der rather than robbery appears to have
been the motive of the Fosburg burglars.
In an interview today Mrs. Fosburg
enumerated thousands of dollars worth OF
jewelry passed by the burglars in the va
can't room before they entered Mr.. Eos
burg's room, they even brushing aside
valuable gems in taking the revolver
from the bureau drawer.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24

1t was grand thing for this COM
munity that such an enterprising firm as
III. +. ;. Goold, 577 Congress street, Sc
CURED the Agency for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, the wonder
full remedy that has startled the world by
Its marvellous cures, The Juror OF enthu-
siasm over it has doomed their business.
as the demand for it is immense. They
give free trial bottles to sufferers, and
positively guarantee 1T to cure Coughs.
Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Group and
all Throat and Lung troubles A trial
proves It's merit. Price 800. aud 81 90
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24

pressed in every land VIII see in our flag
the hope of their own deIiverance and
whether they are bleeding upon the bat
tlefield OF groaning beneath a tyrant s
lash, will raise their eyes toward heaven
and breathe fervent prayer for the safe
ty of our republic"
At eight O'Clock this evening Mr.. Bry-
an left for Manhattan, Kas., where he
is announced to speak tomorrow.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
MAINE.s coAL1Na STANTON.

Washington, August 93.-Bids were
opened by Rear Admiral Bradford, Tues
day, for the erection of a coaling station
to accommodate 10, 900 tons of coal and a
pier at Frenchman' IS Bay, on the coast OF
Maine. Four bids were received, the
lowest being submitted by Augustus
SmitL, civil engineer of New York. who
offered to build the station within 70
months for $149,3 3.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24

Lewiston, August 23.-The Democrats
held large and enthusiastic rally at
Lisbon Falls tonight, Citizens hall bs-
ing crowded. Hon. Gamaliel Bradford of
Massachusetts, spoke on Imperialism and
ex-Gov. GarceIon, DIR. A. M. Garcelon,
Joel Bean, Jr., and F. "A Morey, ESQ all
of Lewiston, spoke on state issues
George w. Beal presided.
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24

Popham Beach, August 23.-Hotel
Rookledge, situated here, was sold to-
day at auction to M. G. Shaw of Bath
for $40, OOO
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
1904 HEBRON ACADEMY 1900

Coeducational. quiet, healthful location;
special ntting school for Colby College right Of
certihcati0n ut Brown, Wellesley and mh;
splendid academy building and gymnasium
bath, steam heated and up TO date Ia every 70
spect; Sturtevant Home the finest girls DORM
tory ID New England steam heat baths on
every floor. electric lights, etc; board rooms
heat ana lights in this d0rmitory $3.50 per
week, catalogue free. Address
w. T.. SARGENT. Prln,
Hebron, No,
Fall Term Opena Tuesday, septembu
II, 1900. jyltd2m
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
NEGRO sHOT no DEATH BY MOE

New Orleans, La, August s3.-Sam
Fields, a young negro, was shot to death
by mob OF white men last night near
whitehall, Livingstone parish Fields
attempted to assault white woman.
de was taken from the officers by mob
and put to death
The Portland daily press., 1900-08-24
CITY OF PORTLAND.


Notice is hereby given that the Board OF Reg
istratjon of Voters will be In session at room
numbered eleven I'D. City Building, nine days
for the purpose of receiving evidences OF tie
Quaifc stion of vofers. beginning Monday Au
gust 9th, and closing Wednesday, Sepfenba
9TH 1902. HOURS sessions daily:
9 o'clock a. m. TO I O'Clock p. m.
3 o'clock p. IN. TO O'Clock D. IN.
O'Clock until O'Clock in the evening
excepting on the last day of saida session
Wednesday. the ffrh) when it VIII not be n
session after O'Clock in the afternoon.
During said Inc. said Board VIII revise sr
correct the Voting Lists; and the Wardens Of
I'D city shall be governed by said revised lad
corrected Lists. aud no name shall be added r.
or stricken from said Lists, on said day0i cleo
ton and no pers on shall Vote at any eecii N
whose name is not on said Lists; bnt the
Board of Registration VIII be ia session Sep
TENDER the 10Th. the day of election for tie cor.
rectiOn OF errors that may have occurred dun.
ing said revision.
AUG USTUS r. GERRISH, Board Of
JAMES n READ. Registration
ROBERT +. AHERN, of Voters
Portland, August p, 1900.
aug21dtsep6
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-28

Mrs. M. K1iner, 1873 Croton street, Cleve-
land, Ohio, writes: 81 had suffered for
fhe last fifteen years with my head
and must say that your medicine has
done me all the good you have said If
would. Ny health was never better
than since taking your Peruna. do
not know what headache or neu-
ralgfa is. I canmost assuredlys say that
anybody afflicted with catarrh in any
form can be cured by taking Peruna and
be as grateful in the end as am. I will
always recommend Peruna."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-28

humanity, and gladly took our way to
the Care ST. Lazare. We understood now
in degree, as never before, how intensely
artists must delight in the wonderful
coloring Of French landscapes. "Was
ever such gorgeous scarlet?' we cried as
we passed fields, filled with flaming pop
pies whose color was enhanced by con-
trast with the vivid green OF verdure. 10
the left were great patches of golden
mustard flower, and flowing through field
and meadow the ever-winding Seine.
And this is the only remaining por-
tion OF the abbey, we repeated, touching
almost reverentially the wall and ancient
archway through which we passed. ut
was used for centuries, explained Miss
S., 'as a royal abbey, the mother supe r.
Tor always being u princess of the blood.
During the Reign of Terror 1t was de-
stroyed and the ruins came into the pos
session OF the family of Madame b. But
shall we not see Poissy and Saint Ger
maine before meeting the present own
ersY Shady walks, narrow streets, old
buildings combine to give Poissy charm
all it's own. A life size statue of the
great artist AIeissonier stands IN the pub
lie square which bears his name. We
looked at it with added interest, remem-
bering that later we were to meet his
family. Look hard and long, and Tx
the old cathedral well in mind, admon
ished our friend, ''for there is but one
which holds the baptismal font of ST.
Louis, and it stands before you -
Entering the nave we passed to the
sacred shrine, rough hewn stone, an
opening barely large enough to hold
ones hand, were all we saw, and yet the
influence of noble life still spreads from
thence, while kingly greatness IS almost
forgotten. Was there once a time when
we foolishly thought one forest was like
another? Our meeting with so many has
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-28

copper, gold and silver mines were each
shown, the implements and machinery
used, all giving most thorough oil ieot
lesson. Surely, there can be no more
opportune moment for visiting the Corn
Kitchen" we both agreed, as we emerged
from the depths. 1t is not difficult to
find this upstairs counter in the Champs
de Mars, where for the wonder and deIec-
tation of the world, corn is served in all
it's delicious variety. Pale golden squares
of corn cake, hulled corn and milk, snowy
piles of popped corn in every conceiva-
BILE way is this most American OF pro-
ducts exhibited, After we had partaken
freely and without price, with true west
ern hospitality one and all urged us ito
come again, to come often" OF GER
tainty, from no representative of any
land save that of the stars and stripes
could such bounty be obtained. AS we
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pursued our way seeking other novelties,
we certainly found surprise in the con-
ditioh of one OF the smaller colonial
buiIdings-minus any foundation, -roped
about. stayed and supported, the I'M
stable structure was covered with men,
busy at work repairing. 1t is by no
means unusual to find huge pieces OF the
fiimsy stuff dug out at corners and sides
of the buildings. Broken windows and
temporary braces are not an uncommon
sight. If two months wear is so evil
four months, is a proposition not difficult
of solution. One of our country-men re-
marked, ''There won t be many of these
affairs leto to pun down; a strong high
wind will do the business speedily" The
view OF the exposition buildings from the
bridge d Alma is exceptionally fine. The
EitfeI tower dominates naturally, and the
long line of picturesque buildings on
either side make memorable sight
Many complain that France is too much
in evidence, and walk through the
Palace of National Manufactures makes
one exclaim, what can be left for other
nations to exhibit" Such graceful,
charming designs in furniture, wonderful
po rcelaine, fascinating bric-a-brac all
beggar description.
We have met number of unhappy
tourists who are trying to see the Exposi-
tion and Paris together for the first time
They mournfully acknowledge that the
tremendous effort involved destroys all
pleasure. Many consecutive days in the
Exposition alone, however, are intolera-
bly, wearisome, so as a change of ground
at least, we spent some hours in the Car
navalet Museum, particularly interesting
as being for twenty years the home of
Madame Gle Sevigne, and where many of
her famous letters are kept. We have
acquired considerable dexterity in beco1n-
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visit to it viii be interesting and instruc-
tive, not common combination, cried
". briskly, with renewed enthusiasm,
and that is ths subterranean mines. The
instant we left the entrance behind, we
began the sharp descent down, down into
the bowels of the earth, the
darkness being relieved by many electric
lights. Coal was ingeniously packed
overhead, and at the sides, giving the
impression of a veritable coal mine.
Figures of miners so nfelike as to make
questioning them a matter of course,
drilled and picked the coal, which was
packed in baskets and then emptied into
cars and propelled out of sight by electric
engines. The workings of the salt, Lead
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admirably depicted, as we'll as his heart
breaking grief when he at last realizes
his inferiority physically and mentally,
yet 1t is always Sarah Bernhardt that
speaks, and not the hero of ''L'Aiglon.'
We were conscientiously making ready
for another of our innumerable trips to
the Exposition when presto every plan
was changed The note, postmarked
Poissy, which we received from an Ameri-
can girl, read substantially, my friends
desire greatly to welcome you to their
home; please come and let me introduce
you into an ideal country house and to
the most delightful of people,. Think
ye there was any struggle in our minds
to make a decision between L'Exposition
and quaint old Poissy? Nay, without
pang we left behind the painted palaces
gay with streaming banners, the moving
and stationary sidewalks dense with
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-28

changed all that. One never cOnfuses in
memory the faces of friends; so distinct
will be our remembrance of the trees and
broad walks that belongs to the forest of
St. German, the glorious view and time
honored chateau. Only the reiterated cry,
''Thsy viii be waiting for US was forci-
bic enough to draw Us away. Inc small
gate, almost unnoticsable in the long
stretch of wall, opened at our friend S
ring, land we were in an earthly para
disc. Away and away stretched the al
most Hmitless grounds. In the distance,
covered with grass and endless variety OF
trees, were undulatlng hills, on the sum
mits of which were arbors and lookouts
for rest and Enjoyment, but the glory of
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1t all was about us, near at hand Fill
ing the air with their sweetness, strewing
the ground with their ripened beauty,
covering bush after bush with their per-
feet 1oveliness, of every shade and variety
bloomed the queen of flowers. We were
in the rose garden in June. Our hands
were filed with the gorgeous beauties.
We almost despair of being believed
when we assert one mammoth pink rose
measured twenty -four inches round The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-07-28
TWENTIETH MAINE REGIMENT AS
ISOLATION.

BY invitation of Company B Associa-
ton the annual reunion of the Twenti-
eth Maine Regiment win be held at
Soldiers Reterat Garland Pond (three
miles from Foxcroft), Wednesday, Au-
gust 10th.
Comrades in Massachusetts can take
train leaving Boston at p. M, Eastern
Division; Portland at II. So q. M, arriv-
ing at Waterville at 4 a. IN leaving
Waterville at g. O5 a. M, arriving at Fox
croft at 905 a. IN. Those on line of K
g l.. Division can take train leaving
Rockland at 9.20 p. M, connecting at
Brunswick with Pullman from Portland
and Boston Or comrades can take day
trains of the 1t4h, If preferred.
Half rates viii be given by the Maine
Central railroad on, presentation of the
circular.
Hotels in Dover and Foxcroft will fur
nish supper, lodging and breakfast for
$3.50.
Comrades expecting to attend the Ma
tional Encampment, Chicago, are noti-
fled that the 44th New York has made
arrangements for a reunion at Handel
Hall building, No. 40 East Randolph
street, Wednesday, August Goth, to which
all members of the old Third Brigade are
cordially invited.
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large rambling house, where with most
gracious hospitality we were received by
Madame b was most interesting, with
its foreign furnishings, old portraits and
mementoes. Our walk through many
lovely paths brought us to NIeissonier
house, for the estate belongs to three
families connected by marriage. Here,
beneath the trees seated at little tables.
were the wife of Meissonier' s son, himself
an artist, and many friends Too quick
~ the time passed in delightful converse
ton (for all spoke English), in seeing
famous pictures by DetailIe and in
walking by the old pond, whose shore.
the entire way were shaded by thick
arching trees. Then came the most de
1ectable OF French dinners, the memory
of which will ever remain fresh and
green, befitting such luscious asparagus
and peas
We are permitted under strong protest to
barely mention the browning delight of
our afternoon, which was the singing of
Miss S. What moving tenderness in
Schumann's songsi what glowing
fervor in the impassioned closing aria
form L'Africaine. After three years. in
cessant study a wonderful voice has
trebled in volume, while losing none of
it's freshness and sweetness. We predict
that Maine, which has given to the world
Cary, Nordica and an Eames, has yet
another gifted child of song who will in
the near future bring added honor and
renoyvn to the dear old Pine Tree State
MRS. HERMANN KOTZSCHMAR.