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The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16
RAILROADS.


For East Deering, Falmouth and Yarmouth
645 a m. hourly till 12.45 p. M. hafhourV till Gas
.. M, hourly til l0.45 p. IN. Leave Yarmouth
Tor Portland $40 a m hourly till li2.40p. n, half
hourly till $40, 7.4O. $40, $40 p. m.
Sundays for Underwood at s.15 hourly till
Ills, Has a. m., I2.45. half nourly till SIS,
T45, s 45. s.45 p. m. For Yarmouth s-l5 s.15.
io.ib, Ills a. m i246 i45. 2.i6. sl5, half hourly
ill 5.15, 6.l5, 7.45, s.45, 9.45 p. m. Leave Var
mouth hour minutes earlier.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16

There are eight inches more rainfall an
nually on the south shore Of Lake supe'
RIor than on the north shore and three
inches more In the cases Of Erie and On
tario.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16

Card playing In England Is an almost
forgotten pastime. Ladies seldom play.
and gentlemen engage In it rarely hut to
gambia.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16

vNOuND-A ladies' watch The owner can
have the same by proving property. Ap-
ply to DIR DoNAHUE, u. S, Marine Hospital
Ofhce Custom House. l5-l
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CALESMEN-Fo all lines OF ofbusiness tSplen-
- did Side Linel TO sell our Advertising Fans,
10 different styles newest, latest patterns, Just
commissions. Many of our men give their en-
tire time TO our line and make from SO TO Sl25
every week; guaranteed best slde hhe ever
missions paid on acceptance OF orders Ameri-
can Novelty Co., Cincinnati. q. lan2o4
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Personnl-Your STARS TeIl.

Send i0c and self-addressed stamped envelope
sex date and hour of birth; II latter no
known send form and features; prompt reply
lull reading, 81. DR. DEROLLI, r. q. Boz
s5i. Boston. Mass. febg-lm
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FOR SAIE-II0nse No co Glenwood avenue
II eight fs) rooms, lot 90 ia. very finely
located. porcelain baths etc. A rare home
cosy and comfortable and only two (2l minutes
from the ears. VIII be sold for S310l II taken
now, worth $500 any day. Terms TO suit pur-
chaser. DALTON & CO.. - Exchange street
fehfgdff
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|. Rich mahogany furniture at the prices
of cheap goods, next week. +. p. lib
belts g. Co. 3 great clearance sale.
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| xYANTED-A good reliable man to take
| w charge OF our business in Cumberland Co.
Salary and expenses paid NORTH JERSEY
I NURSERIES,. Springfield, n. j. I5-1
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TO LET.

TENEMENT TO LET-One-half of house D
Il NeSper street. containing six rooms. no
connection with other half. Twelve dollar
per month Enquire OF &. A. PLUMMER %
Union street. i6-l
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Fcrty words inserted under this hesc
one week for IS cents. cash in advr ssce
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DALTON @ CO.,
So EXCHANGE ST.
Real Estate.
Exchanges Made Daily.
dec7dd

REAL ESTATE Houses, lots and farms,
~ bought, sold. exchanged and let Rents
collected and property cared for. Houses built
TO be paid for by instalments. Money hired and
loaned by mortgage security on real estate. Sea
shore and suburban properly a specially. WAT
SON, 10 Monument So. f3-t
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Personal.

~ ROWAN. Milwaukee, Wis. febis4
A GOOD looking young lady, 90 years OF age,
N American good education very musical
line soprano singer, desires 10 correspond with
some good young man who would appreciate
such companion. Send stamp for particulars.
NEW. ENGLAND AGENCY, $40 Congress
street, city i'll
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'pESIRABLE HUSBANDS AND WIYES'

may be obtained through the New England
Agency. LADIES' names received free. Send
stamp for particulars. Address t461 CONGRESS
ST, Portland, Me. febit-1m
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AGENTS WANTED.

Forty words inserted under this head
ogae week for 20 cents, cash In advance.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16
wANTEp-MALE HELr.

Forty words inserted under this head
ono week for 10 cents, cash Ina advance.
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I AIDES TAkE NoTICR-we are now show
ing our new line OF Shirt Waist Goods
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS.
Ferty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents, cash in advr s,ce.
I AIDES TAkE NoTICE-we are now show
= ing our new line of Shirt Waist Goods
HASKELL JONES Monument square. 16.i
nUsINFSS ANNOUNCEMENT Rare oppor-
~ tunlty 10 buy out an established business
az low price. To be disposed OF immediately
Corner store on Congress St. and the best loca-
ton IN Portland. Tan be leased for a term OF
years. Address a. b. Ia care of this Office
i3I
m oRTGAGES NEGOTIATED -Purcbas ers
IA OF Real Estate who desire loans 10 com
pie their purchase and owners having mort
cages due or maturing can obtain liberal loans
at low rate OF interest by applying at the real
estate Office OF FREDK S. VAIL First Ma
tional Bank Building. Iii
CPECIAL NoTICE-Smalrs special s1.O0
- dinner for 20 cents Wednesday Feb 18th
dts good one). fine turkey, meat. fish. &c,
&c., &c. Regular 90 cent meals any day IN the
year for 25 cents ts1.o0 dinner limitedl Can't
iced all Portland at this fgure-will feed a
goodly number as we want Portland people
to know they have a restaurant they viii APP
preciate. 2i2 Federal street q. L. SMALL,
Proprietor III
DESIRABLE HUSBANDS AND WIVES"
may be obtained through the New England
Agency. Ladies names received free. Send
stamp for particulars. Address t46s CONGRESS
ftstnI Fa1a
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OAKDALE LOTS.
Eessenden. Pit, William and
Dartmouth SITS.
Dalton &c CO..
SO EXcHANCE ST.
noVcOdtf

EoR SALE-At very low price. horizontal
L. boiler and engine Ii. p. puiiey-, Pipe
and fittings, steam pump, shaftng &c, W. r.
DRESSER, 30. 50 Exchange street. s.
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EOR SAIE--New house at East Deering.
II seven "a rooms and bath, twelve (i2) min.
utes from City Hail. furnace heat, large piazza,
sewer. Sebago, electric lights. win be sold at
a great bargain. Easy terms. DALTON &
co. IS Exchange street. 1i.u
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LOST AND FOUND.

oST-Lady's open face Gold Watch. chain
IL had heart charm; on one side the letter
"R - the other "'vG." Leave at i6 Exchange
street and get ten dollars. l6-l
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EOR SALE-r0 close an estate. an exceptions
part of city, having hard wood floors open
fireplace, etc, nearly - feet frontage on
street sunny exposure and good neghbO hood,
tRICK 5. VAIL, Heal Estate, First Na-
tional Bank Building. Ill
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N'ANTED-Man TO work on farm. a good
w mixer, good wages. AYRSHIRE MILK
FARM, Stroudwater, Me. IjI
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NANTED-Firs class sheet iron and metal
w worker, one used TO furnace work. Steady
& SONS. Lawrence, Mass. State age ability
and wages wanted. Nine hours per day 6-2
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EoR SALE
Forty words inserted ander this head
enc week for 20 eenis, cash IN advance

FOR SALE Boarding or lodging house CEN
II trally lOcnted and doing line business
good reasons for selling, will bear thorough in
yestigation price moderate. For fun particu-
lars apply to FREDERICK s. VAIL. First
National Bank Building. 1Gi
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WANTED FIRST class house painters for In
w side work. 5. ii. REDMOND SIGN co.
15l
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L,OR SALE-New house Stevens avenue
near Racklef street. directly on ear line,
eight lsl rooms and bath, thoroughly plumbed
and heated, electric lights, fire place, eemented
cellar, etc. No reasonable offer refused. DAL-
TON & CO, 50 Exchange St 1l-tf
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nor SALE-Ten uc) room house 52 Glen
wood avenue: every modern con-
venence. bath, electric lights, fireplace. hea {,
hard wood floors, set tubs, etc. lot ssxlfG: fine
location; will be sold very low II taken now.
DALTON & CO., So Exchange ST. il-u
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
Iroof That 1t Pays.

1t has been estimated that not less
than $200,000,00U is expended every
year in the United States for advertis-
ing, chiefly in the newspapers. 1t is
also estimated that 100 years ago not
as much as 100000 year was paid
for advertising. Then, and Tor many
years later, merchants and others ad-
vertised mainly to help support the
local newspapers, and not to promote
business. Now nobody advertises in
spirit of charity, but purely as busi-
ness proposition. Every advertiser
fully expects to get profitable returns
from his advertising investment. That
the business men of this country eX-
pend millions annually for newspaper
space is the best kind of proof that
newspaper advertising does pay.-Phil-
adelphia Record
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

his honey yield as did the old time
bee hive beekeeper. The latter OBJ
tanned much of his honey for the mar
ket by crushing the combs and strain
ing it out, leaving the crushed combs
to be melted up for their wax. Ere
Quent losses of bees in wintering and
through queenlessness also gave more
combs for melting, as without hive
frames, honey extractors, comb foun-
dation machines and the other new
modern devices the vacated combs
were seldom used a second time. The
wax from the pressed combs was all
marketed, since there could be but
little home use for it.-Scientific
American.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

England's loss of prestige has been
very great-just at present and with
the uninformed public. Her worst
fault, which neither time nor argu-
ment can justify, was her peculiarly
Anglo Saxon condition of unprepared-
ness. She does not stamp I'm God We
Trust" upon her coins and let it go at
that, as does one other country with
which we are well acquainted. But
the same motto hangs in dematerial-
lied, spiritual form in every English
home and every Office of that Govern
ment. Not "trust in God and keep
your powder dry" but trust to luck
and pull through all right, as we al
ways do pull through-this is the mot
to of the Anglo-Saxon whether he is
confronted by war with Spain on
one SIDE of the Atlantic OF a war with
the Beers on the other.-Julian Ralph.
in the Worlds Work.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

| This same clerk made thirteen examin-
ations in ten months. with an average
| correct distribution of 99.SS per cent.
In twenty examinations he came out
of nine of them with a clear 100 per
cent. each.
Think of such a task, taking into
consideration the puzzling similarity
of names that are used to designate
postofices. Then, too, must be consid-
cred the fact that there are hundreds
of cases where in each State is post
office of the same name. For instance,
in the States named above there are
five postoffices named Hamilton, six
Grants, four Garfields, four Genevas,
four Smithvilles, four Spartas and five
Jeffersons and so on. In some in
stances there is a postoffice of the
same name in each of the seven States.
AS one may imagine, this only tends
to confuse the average mind.
Periodically the clerks are examined
at railway mail headquarters. Packs
Of cards, each card bearing the name
Of postoffice, are furnished a candi-
sition in front of q case of pigeon
holes labeled with the names of differ
ent railway postoffices throughout the
country. He throws the cards, dis
tributing them to proper routes, just
as he would packages in a postal
car. After he finishes the examiner
goes over the cards and charges up the
errors the clerk has made and gives
him his percentage of correct distribu-
tion. The clerk is also examined on
general and Standpoint or station
schemes at different times.
1t is asserted at railway mail serv-
ice headquarters that there are clerks
who have reached the capacity Of their
minds in the matter of rememb bering
names. They now remember so many
that it would be absolutely impossible
to learn another State or part of
State. 1t would seem that of the mill
ions of cells in their brain machinery
none are left to fill, all having been
taken up in the prosecution of the ex-
acting duties imposed by their occu-
pation.-Chicago Record-Herald
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

Of bees in this country at the present
time. Prominent bee keepers who un-
dertook, year or two ago, to form
some idea of how much honey is pro-
duced in the country, came to the con-
clusion that at least $4,000 pounds is
stored in sections every year, while
they assumed that 100000 pounds of
extracted honey is produced-an aggre-
gate of 100000 pounds. The bee keep
ers, however, were probably too mod
est in their claims, for their salcula-
tions showed the annual honey crop
of the country to be worth $1O,00O000,
whereas the officials of the United
States Department of Agriculture, who
have made an especial study of the
subject, place the valuation at fully
double that figure.
This record of the great wealth
represented in a comparatively obscure
food product is all the more remark
able when it is remembered that the
apiarian industry in the United States
is practically development of the
last forty years, although isolated indi-
viduals were engaged in that work
long prior to that time. In the score
of years from 1869 to $50 the Amer
lean production of honey was quadru-
pied. increasing from less than 15.00O.-
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
RAILWAY GROWTH,
Transportation Next to the Largest Ameri-
can Industry.

can Industry.
When we consider that there are
over $11, 1000, 100000 invested in steam
railways in this country and that
transportation outside of agriculture is
the largest industry in this country,
it is with astonishment that some per-
sons will read that the first man who
ran a locomotive in this country is
just dead in the poor house. We are
willing to admit that there is a great
controversy as to the actual engineer
who performed this service, but the
man in question was certainly one OF
the pioneers.
Those who have reached only three
score and ten cannot look back to a
time when there was not a considera
BILE development of railways in this
country. So soon as they were seen
to be practical there was a rush of cap
1tal to these enterprises, most of which
were aided by the Nation, States OF
municipalities. In 1850 there were
about 10000 miles of railway either
built or under construction, while much
line was the Erie, which was complet
ed the next year, and was considered
a wonder, since it reached from the
port of New York to Lake Erie. For
twenty years more railways were built
much as suburban trolley roads are
now, and not until some years after
the Civil War did the genius of Com.
modore Vanderbilt exercise itself in
the ama1gamation of short lines into
trunk roads, the outgrowth of which
forms the big systems of to-day.
The railway is to-day the chief ar.
terry of commerce. We cannot suppose
a return to the old condition of af.
fairs, when the horse was the chief
motive power and the canal was a
wonder. To-day it is easier and quick.
er to go to Chicago than it formerly
was to go to Harrisburg. We buy any
thing we want at a low price simply
because distance has been practically
annihilated 1t is of interest at this
time to remember that one life spans
so large an amount of scientific devel
opment. Morally we may not be bet
ter than our fathers, though we trust
and believe that we are, but surely
in every other way We have progressed
to an extent that the widest dreams
of the imagination could not have con.
ceived when young gray-haired men
first saw the light.-Philadelphi In
quirer.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
Cement For Broken China.

The most dependable cement for
china is pure white lead, ground in lin
seed oil, so thick it will barely spread
smoothly with a knife. Given time
enough to harden, some three months,
it makes seam practically indestruc-
tible. The objection to it is that it
always shows in the staring white
line. A better cement for fine china
is white Of egg and plaster. Sift the
plaster three times, and tie a generous
pinch of it loosely in mosquito netting.
Then beat the egg until it will stick to
the platter. Have the broken edges
very clean, cover both with the beaten
egg, dust well with the plaster, fit to-
gether at once, tie, using rubber bands
if possible, wrap loosely in very soft
tissue paper and bury head and ears in
the sand box, taking care that the
break lies so that the sand will hold
it together. Leave in the box twenty
four hours. After a week the super
fuous plaster may be gently scraped
away.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
A Cozy Corner Decoration.

Cozy corners in Oriental or Indian
effects remain as popular as they have
been for years, the latest additions
to them being Indian grass baskets,
moccasins, boxes Of quaint design and
beads of all descriptions. These ac-
cessories are either suspended from
the drapery placed on a low taboret
or laid carelessly about upon the couch.
The couch and drapery are of the
highest materials possible, and highly
colored pillows nestle upon and about
the couch. The new sofa pillows are
made of solid colors with effective and
bright designs appliqued upon them,
the stitch used in the applique being
q close buttonhole. All sofa pillows
should be perfectly plain around the
edge; cords are uncomfortable to lay
ones head upon. Of course, all pill
lows upon the couch should not be
of plain colors-the more varied the
selection the better-but the plain ones
are very effective among those Of
brighter and more varied hues. Flags
also make excellent additions to the
effectiveness of a cOzy corner when
they are not too conspicuously dis
played.-American Queen.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Rectitude is a perpetual victory.
Self-trust is the essence of heroism.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Men are respectable only as they re.
spect.
Nature hates nonopolies and excep'
tions.
Nature loves analogies, but not rep.
etitions.
Obedience alone gives the right to
command.
Sincere and happy conversation
doubles our powers.
No man ever stated his griefs as
lightly as he might.
The beautiful rests on the founda'
tions of the necessary.
My creed is very simple-that good.
ness is the only reality.
Never mind the ridicule, never mind
the defeat; up again, old heart!
The condition which high friendship
demands is the ability to do without it
Omit the negative propositions;
nerve us with incessant atfirmations.
Prayer is the contemplation of the
facts of life from the highest point of
view.
Prosperity and pound cake are for
very young gentlemen, whom such
things content.
The essence of greatness is the per-
ception that virtue is enough; poverty
Is it's ornament.
The false prudence which dotes on
health and wealth is the butt and mer-
riment of heroism.
The great are not tender about being
obscure, despised, insulted. - Aphor-
iSmS From Emerson.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

The latest thing in fer ders is a high
shape that recalls the good old safe
nursery tenders Of yore. The fashion
able article, however, is very differ
ent thing, being highly ornate and ar
tistic. Neither is it as high as the
nursery fender. Indeed, it is whis-
pered that it's raison d'etre is to allow,
fair gossipers at the fireside a resting
place for their feet, and that dainty,
shoes and hose are indispensable for
this not exactly graceful position. A
handsome high fender, made to order
by Bond street house, was of copper,
the centre in fine netting, and with
tall branches of lilies up the middle
and at either side. A regular frieze
Of the flowers made an effective top,
and the fender rested on a dado in
very open floral design, so as to permit
ladies who do not care to elevate their
feet to the summit, to warm their toes
between the lower spaces.-London
Graphic.
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

900 pounds annually to nearly 64,000,.
900 pounds annually; and the closing
decade of the century witnessed a
growth proportionately greater, since
the estimated output of the closing
year Of the cycle, as given above, is
very much more than double that re.
corded ten years ago. The bee keep
ing industry, however, far from having
reached the acme of possible develop
ment, would appear to be only just
entering upon an era of even more re-
markable growth.
The progressive, present day apiarist
does not look for the production of wax
in so great a proportion compared with
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
Circulates Warm Air.

Most people put away their electric
fans in the fall, thinking they will have
no further use for them until the
warm weather arrives in the spring.
but we show here a simple arrange
ment which makes it possible to util-
ize the electric fan for blowing hot as
well as cold air. 1t is the invention
of Edwin f. Portor, and can be used
to heat rooms and offices wherever
there is gas jet handy. 1t also keeps
the air in circulation about the room
instead of allowing it to remain still
and dead all day. In this apparatus
the frame or guard which surrounds
the blades of the fan is of hollow tub
ing. and is connected with a gas Jet
by a rubber tube. The frame being
perforated at intervals the gas is ig-
nited as it flows from the openings
the resultant heat being driven about
the room by the action Of the fan
blades. The inventor designs this
heater especially for attachment to Z
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

have been established, and thousands
of persons in various parts of the
country are devoting their entire time
to the scientific fostering of honey pro-
duction. Something of the scope of
the operations now being carried on
may be imagined from the fact that
there are now in the United States
considerably over 100 aparian societies,
eight periodicals published solely in
the interests of the industry, and fif-
teen steam factories for the manufac-
tury of bee hives and apiarian imple-
ments.
1t is estimated that there are fully
100000 persons engaged in the culture
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21

1LLlONS VI peOple are GULL
II planning nowadays Of being
" taxed financially, but an
army of men in the employ
of Uncle Sam are burdened with a
mental practice unheard of, as re-
CARDS extent, in any other country Of
the world.
Things that railway postal clerk
must remember have increased in such
volume that one would think every cell
of his brain would be filled with the
name of a postoffice or railway connec-
tion, and the wonder is that the clerk S
mind does not falter under the press
ure. Despite these facts cases of in
sanity among this class of public serv-
ants are rare.
One Chicago postal clerk maintained
for several years record of 21,000
cards (Which take the place of letters
in examinations) with an average per
cent. of correct distribution of a frac.
tion over ninety-nine per cent. He
knew how to reach that many offices
in several States by the shortest,
quickest route, and he knew the cor
rect location of each Office in it's State.
A clerk on the New York and Chi
cago Railway postoffice must know the
correct location Of every postoffice in
a group of States made up of Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota,
South Dakota and Nebraska. In these
seven States there are 12,317 post
offices. Not only is the clerk required
to be ''up" on the general scheme
which means the correct location Of
the posto ffices in each State, but he
must know how to reach the whole
$1,000 postofices from one or more
stations.
A clerk running between Chicago
and Minneapolis underwent no fewer
than seventy eighth examinations in
fifteen years, learning 1906 offices in
fifteen different sections of the United
States. In some of these eXamina-
tions he was required to make Chi
cago city distribution, which means
that while running over the country at
the rate of a mile a minute he must
distribute letters to the carriers of the
Chicago delivery. He must keep not
only where every public building and
leading mercantile house is located
Passaic City record., 1901-12-21
A Power in Town Building.

A newspaper whose columns over
flow with ads. of business men, has
more influence in attracting attention
to, and building up, a city or town,
than any other agency that can be en-
ployed. People go where there is busi-
ness. Capital and labor will locate