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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-11

to bring Desmond up to court in the
morning. This was done, and the court
held Desmond on a nuisance charge He
was bailsd out, but later surrendered by
his bondsmen and taken to jail.
MIR. Comedian. In behalf Of Desmond,
brought two suits against the deputy
sheriff, each for $50 damages. One of
these suits was for assault and battery,
and the other an action to recover the
bottle of wniskey. These suits are yet
pending. MIR. Connellan claims that Des-
mond was Illegally arrested, and is ilie-
gally held, and that the Deputy Sheriff
exceeded his rights when he searched the
man without a warrant. On the other
hand, Mr.. PluInmer claims that Des-
mond practically offered to be searched.
To make this case still more interest
ing, 1t may be stated that yesterday the
deputy sherifrs again visited the O'Hare
place and found barrel OF Medford rum
In a shed and also caught the proprietor
and another man behind the bar.
O'Hare was arrested.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-11

wife Of Leander n. SWEET, aged "a years 10
months &c days.
from the residence OF IL. NJ. Sargent. Relatives
and friends are invited TO attend.
In Searboro, Jan. o. Lueretla. widow OF John
Iabby aged 81 years months and days.
Funeral Sunday afternoon at I o'clock. at
the home of her sister Beech Ridge. Friends
are Invited to attend without furthur notice.
burial at North Scarboro.
In ScarLoro. Jan. 8. Lucy t. widow OF John
& Iarrabee aged n years months days.
Funeral this Friday afternoon at 2 O'Clock,
from her late residence. North Scarboro.
Al Pine Point, Jan. o, Rachel Thayer, widow
OF the late John p Bryant. aged "a years and
months
from the Church.
OF the late NJ. II. Vaughn, aged 81 years IL
months and 20 days.
In Brldgton, Jan. 2. Mrs. Martha L. scribner,
In Vassaiboro. Dec. 81. Mrs. Viola Fields
HURLEY, formerly OF Bridgton.
In Bridgton. Jan. ! Col. Andrew J. Otis, aged
IL Windsor. Dec. 80. Nathanlsl Colby. aged
: ID wool~icb, Dec. 30. hrs. Arabeila Reed.
aged &c years.
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Claimed That Daniel J. Desmond Is
Illegally He'll.
Did the Deputy Have
Right to Arrest Him?
Hearing in This Case VIII Be
Before Judge Strout.

The question of whether or not the ar
rest of Daniel j. Desmond on the charge
OF maintaining nuisance by DEPUTY
Sheriff Charles A. Plummer will be set
led by Justice Strout in the Supreme
Judicial court this afternoon at four
O'Clock. Yesterday Mr.. James A. Con-
neilan counsel for Desmond, who 10 now
In Jail having been surrendered by his
bondsmen tiled a petition for a writ OF
habsas corpus to bring Desmond befo re
the court to inquire into the legality OF
his detention. The petition was granted
by Justice Strout, and the writ issued
yesterday afternoon, and the hearing set
for this afternoon at O'Clock.
1t Will be- remembered that Desmond
was in the place of Martin O'Hare on
Pleasant street, when he was arrested by
Deputy Sheriff Plummer. MIR. Plum
mer went to this place early In the morn
ing about the first of the week and got
the watcher at the door without being
recognized. He found Desmond behind
the door when he went in, 50 MIR. Plum
mer told a PRESS reporter yesterday.
The man started to run, but was headed
OFT by Mr.. PIummer and finally cornered
MIR. plummsr told him that he believed
he had been selling liquor, and had some
IN his pocket. Desmond said that he
had not, and threw up his arms and
said, 'Ses, haven't any Mr.. Plum
mer says that the man had on light
coat. and when he threw up his arms he
saw the bottle in his hip pocket Mr..
PInmmer says that he had just reached
around under Desmond coat, and
pulled out a square bottle Of whiskey
which was about empty.
Desmond said that he bought this
whiskey at drug store at midnight the
night before, but he would not tell Mr..
Plummer where he bought It, air. Plum
mer had no warrant, but told o'Hare
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-11
THE COURTS.

U. S. DISTRICT COURT.
Petitions In bankruptcy have been filed
by Mary Il. Larrabee OF Augusta, Robert
ID. Willis OF Lewiston, and Fred K. San
born OF Rumford.
SUPERIOR COURT.
Bernard j. Haley, on an old nuisance
Indictment, was sentenced to three
months in jail.
James Etter, in a nuisance case, paid a
fine Of S20o and costs.
Charles S. SWEET and Marcellus K.
Goodrich pleaded not guilty to nuisance
indictments.
Roger Nj. shaw, indicted for breaking,
entering and larceny, retractsd his plea
and pleaded guilty.
Silas E. Libby pleaded not guilty to
indictments for keeping gambling
house and liquor nuisance.
State VS. Robert IL. Smyth. The re-
spondent is charged with breaking into
the HOUSE. OF Margaret q. Bell, No. As
Greenlsaf street. ON the sist OF last Oeto :
Der, and stealing tharefrom various arti-
Giles OF personal property On Sunday.
the 2lst, when the family returned home,
they found a window broken ont and the
house ransacked. The respondent was
afterwards found a short distance away
with the stolen property upon his person.
The defendant offered no evidence, but
claimed there was not sufficient evidence
to convict him OF the breaking and en-
tering. Verdict guilty.
] A. Comedian for defendant, Robert
Il. Whitehouse for state.
State vs.. Frank Moses The respon-
dent In this case is charged with receiv-
ing stolen goods Knowing them to have
been stolen at the time. During last
September, man by the name OF Benja-
min II. Bixby of westbrook, stole an ex-
tension yalise belonging to DIR. Charles
Z. Harris and wife Of Fryeburg, which
had been left at the electric car station
at the head of Preble street. and also
another vAlise belonging to Mrs Eliza
beth H. Brown Of Baltimore, which had
been left in the corridor Of the PTsble
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-11
What Shall We Have for Dessert ?

This question arises In he family every
day. Let us answer it today. Try Jell-o,
delicious and healthful dessert. Pre-
pared in two minutes. No hoilingl no
bakingl simply add boiling water and
set to COOL Flayors:- Lemon, Orange,
Raspberry and Strawberry. Get pack.
age at your gr0cers today,l0 cts.
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DEATHS.

In this city, Jan, 10. Sarah, widow of HarrI-
sou Gould, aged So years months 2s DAYS.
PRAYERS Saturday morning at 7.30 o'clock.
at tile residence Of her son, L0uville Gould. No.
200 Spring street. Funeral services at ~ o'elk,
at Union Chapel, North Leeds.
In Falmouth foreslde. Jan. 10, Damietta NJ :.
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MARI AGES.

in Orrs Island. Dec. 20. Frank Given and
Miss Grace Doughty.
In North Haven, Dec. "a, James f. Raymond
of Vinaihayen and Eva Alice Maker OF North
Haven.
III Friendship Dee. 80. Leslie |. Morton and
Mile Z. Delano.
In Topsham, Jan. !. Fred William Jack and
Miss Mary Isabelle CUNT.
In South Berwick, Jan. 2. Francis Nj. Langley
OF Dover and Miss Lora " GetehelL
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500 Congress ST.
Y MORNING At O'CLOCK, JANUARY 7.

We believe preferable to sell at lowest figures all the stock
Many the BOOTS, SHOES RUBBERS offer this
This ANNUAL CLEARANCE SALE will include the choicest
the leading manufacturers
GRAND PRIZE winners their respective lines the PAR is
BARGAIN!
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CENTER 8 MCDOWELL,
FOR M EN-.

Lot Pat. BaIs, UauaD ~
SON make, regular prtre
$3.50, now DO. 10
Lot 2-Enamei Bals., former
price $500, now Sd. 10
Lot 3-Enamei Balls, former
price $500, now SZ.5U
Lot a-Cord Bats, plain toe,
former price, $500,
Lot 5ANlen's Calf Balls, heavy
soIes. former price $3.50,
now ST.. SO
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CENTER & MCDOWELL,
Lot 5-Onc small lot cloth top
button, hand seved, $500,
now S2.i9
Lot 6-DOng. pat. tip, button
and lace, $3.50,
Cut price 81. 90
Lot 7-Dong. button, pat. tip,
former price $500 and 400,
now SI.48
Lot 9 Box Calf Button, heavy
sole, $500, now So. 20
Lot 9-COmsnon Sense ButfOn
Roots, price $500 and $3.50,
now 90 GEMS
n
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CENTER & MCDOWELL,

GENtER 4 McUDWEll,
Lot IO-Men's kang. Cong,
plain toe, price $3.50 and
$500, now SO cts
Lot lI-Men's Pat. Congress,
Hanan n SON make, price
$500, now 81. 80
Boys and Youths Boots in
black and russell,
from 10 cts. to 81. so
400 pairs Mems and Boys
Arcstcs, price $50,
now II cts
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CENTER & MCDOWELL,

and lace, price $500,
now Sl.i3
4 lot Chiidren's Boots I'm but
ton and lace, price $I.25,
now 80 cts
l lot OF Indies house slippers,
hand turn, price from 81 90
10 $3.50, now So cts
lot of Ladies' Alaska Over
shoes, sizes . k-2 60 q, for
cold and stormy weather,
price SIPS, now SIC
1 lot Ladies' Three Buckle
Arches, sizes, = i-2 TO o, for
mer price $500, now CSC
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28

Clementine, is the widowed crown
princess of Austria. The mother of
these women, Queen Marie Henriette,
is the daughter of the late Archduke
Joseph of Austria.
Belgium's fair candidate for the
veil is one of the most charming of
royal girls. She is noted for her hui
name disposition and for her fond
ness for animals. Her favorite pet is
small and very white woolly dog,
which is the constant companion of
her drives and promenades. Visitors
to the royal household of Belgium
have been compelled, willy nilly, to
break bread with this dog, whose de-
voted mistress must have its COM
pany at table. The dogs seat is be-
TWEEN those of the queen and the
princess.
Clementine not long ago was be-
trothed, or was said to have been be-
trothed, to Prince Albert of Flanders,
who paid visit to America not long
since. She was also said to have
been engaged to Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, but all of these stories now
turn out to have been mere gossip.
1t is said that the young woman has
irrevocably made up her mind to be-
come a nun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
RINGS UNTIL SLEEPER ARISES.

meath the bed is a series of contact
points, one of which is shown in the
picture, the weight of the person fore
ing them together. A clock is used in
connection with the apparatus, and as
soon as the hour of rising is indicated
the remaining opening or break in the
wire is closed, the current passing
through the contact points underneath
the bed and causing the bell to ring
continuously until the sleeper, by
leaving the bed, breaks the circuit.
Should he lie down again the circuit is
again completed and the bell rings I'M
til the second rising.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
GERMS IN CLOTHING.
Diphtheria, Scarlet Fever and Some
Other Diseases Are Readily Com
yeyed in WOOIens.

One of the medical journals tells of
a recent funeral at East Baltimore. Md.
A child had died from diphtheria, and
the mother, having no mourning clothes
of her own, borrowed from a neighbor.
A few days after the garments were
returned diphtheria broke out in the
other family. Such cases are not I'M
usual. Too great pains cannot be taken
to avoid infection where there is a
case of this disease. The germs of
diphtheria. scarlet fever and some 9TH
er diseases are readily conveyed by
clothing.
Here is another illustration of the
fact: An infant of tender age died of
scarlet fever Some of its long clothes.
which were handsomely embroidered,
were laid aside. A year or two later an
other infant was born to the same par
ents, and was dressed in the same
clothes. This child. too, was stricken
with fever and died. To ;he parents
the event was a mystery, but many
other people understood the affair. In
all such cases, though, one cannot but
wish that the attending physician had
warned the families in which these ILL
nesses occurred against the danger of
infection
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
WOOD FOR ART LOVERS.
Mig Prices Paid by Americans for
Beds, Tables and Chairs Made
of Genuine Teak.

The eastern disturbance has been
productive i'll our peaceful American
cities of large sales of all sorts of en-
broideries, carvings, bronzes and fur
niture of Chinese manufacture. q.
Only small quantity of the black
and red carved Chinese wood has found
its way far into the United States, for
Americans have only recently begun
to appreciate its beauty and its espe-
cial adaptaDility to our country houses.
There is now demand for it, though it
fetches as handsome prices as the best
old mahogany-Chinese teak is what
the householder desires in preference
to what comes from BON bay. Bombay
teak is a softer wood and most elabo-
rately carved in rather meretricious
patterns, while the furniture makers
of Canton use only the rudy ironwood
of Tonquin, which, in its natural state,
as the color of our rosewood, and which
when dry is as hard as metal. From
time immemorial the cabinet makers
of Canton have fashioned this beauti-
full wood in the pure Chinese shapes,
carving it while the sap still ran in the
fiber and seasoning it afterward and
making beds, tables, chairs, tea
stands, sofas, etc, for the mandarins.
Sometimes the ironwood was left in
its natural red-brown color, highly
oiled and polished, and then inlaid
with mother-of-pearl or ivory, and al
ways, in place of any trifling uphel-
stery, for the seat and back of chair
or sofa and for tops of tables, hand
some mosaic disks of warm red stone
or rosily veined marbles were set in as
needed. To soften the stony seat loose
cushions stuffed with gorgeously EN-
broidered leather or silk were tossed
in the chairs. A mandarin household
furnished magnificently throughout
with teak was what gave the idea of
imitation to the English in Hong Kong
and to both English and Americans
when they settled in the coast cities of
China.
For years Canton has done a -four
ishing business in the manufacture
of this special type of furniture, and
with an eye to trade the Cantonese
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
~SEEss5Ec - sSS%SeM
SS(iEN!(,EE; 5SF!RfI ion ion
COMING MOTIVE POWER.
Prof. C. A. BObrick, University of St.
Petersburg. Declares 1t VIII
BE Liquid Air.

Most useful and certainly the most
promising aspirant for twentieth CEN
fury glory, is liquid air. Its POSSIBLE
tiles are so colossal that the dreamer
may speculate to his hearts content,
and yet not wander beyond the bounds
of reasonable probability. What has
been already proved with regard to
this new great force only forecasts
the wonders that will be accomplished
by its aid after a few decades.
For instance, l firmly believe that
liquid air will be the means of trans
hitting the power of Niagara Falls
to distant points.
Actual experiments prove that the
resistance of a copper wire to the
electric current at the temperature
of liquid air (312 degrees below zero F.
is less than one per cent. of its resist
ance at 212 degrees above zero F.
Part of the power of Niagara falls
will, | believe. be converted into cleo
tricity. and part into liquid air. The
liquid air under high pressure will be
used for cooling the electric conduit
AANdSNb III q NFll-ilisNlidhTu pa pc.
Automobiles propelled by liquid air
are already flying through the streets
of New York, and liquid air will solve
the problem of aerial and submarine
navigation, for not only can a greater
amount of power be carried in small
space and at less weight than any
other power known, but the exhaust
from the engines will furnish pure,
dry, highly oxygenated fresh air for
breathing.
Before the century is half gone ice
for household use will be a curiosity.
Liquid air will be delivered from
house TO house in cans, just as the
milkman delivers his wares every
morning for daily consumption.
In chemical science the possi0ili-
ties are illimitable; chemicals will ap-
proach absolute publication by the
crystillization process of separation,
reconciliation of the component
parts and the elimination of the i'm
pure ingredients.-Chicago Times
Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28

learned to copy the shapes of Euro
pean furniture, to upholster in tufted
silk and satin and thereby forget
their classic Chinese forms entirely.
This is to be lamented, for now that
teak is coming into fashion on this
side of the Pacific, the buyers clamor
for fine specimens of the pure old
Cantonese shapes.
The American purchaser prefers his
teak chair or table to be stained
black, its seat and top to be of mar
BILE, and he does not vince at pay
ing a good big price. A genuine man
darin's bed of red-brown wood, dec
grated not only with fanciful cary
ing but record in ivory figures
along the panels of the mandarin's
noble deeds in peace and war, readily
commands $3.50. A table from
princes palace library, its top mo-
sale of pebbles as bright and varied
as platter of jewels, fetches lit
tie short of $500, while a superb chair
of classic old Chinese shape, its seat
and circular center of back of warm
red marble, is worth no less than
$780,
These rather abnormal prices are
asked because now that the French
own Tonquin they levy heavy ex-
port duty on the ironwood taken
from their forests, and second lib
eral duty is paid at the American
ports before the eastern furniture can
be brought in. The situation, how
ever, is no damper on the enthusiasm
of the teak-furniture collectors in the
United States, who are decided upon
having the best and who buy the
richest embroideries they can lay
their hands upon to use in making
cushions for their costly chairs and
tables and for draping the wicker
mattressed beds where generations of
pig-tailed princes have slept the sleep
of the just Chinaman.-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
SLEEP AND BEAUTY,
Depend Largely on the Rest
Woman Takes,

Beauty has its foundation in physi-
cal wellbeing, which must be under
stood and obeyed, these laws being
clearly indicated in our physical and
mental constitutions. They demand:
Proper food and drink in such GUAM
titles as the system rs capable of read
lily assimilating; air and sunlight in
abundance; sufficient exercise, rest
and sleep; an agreeable temperature;
perfect cleanliness. The whole secret
of perfect form and rosy cheeks lies
in pure blood. produced by wholesome
food, by healthy and active vital or
gans, oxygenated and vitalized in
well-expanded lungs, and kissed by
the life-giving sunlight on the sur
face of the warm cheek. She who will
have the color she covets on any 9TH
er terms must buy it of the apothe.
cary and renew it every time she
makes her toilette. We cannot in
sist in this connection too strongly
upon the Importance of that essen
tial-sleep. 1t is perfectly hopeless
to expect rosy cheeks and the hue
of health if care be not taken to de.
vote a proper number of hours ia
sleep. The actual number depends
much upon the individually. Y.
Weekly
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
ELECTRIC TIME ALARM.
1t Is Attached to the Bed and Keeps
On Ringing Until the sleeper
tets Up to Stay.

When the bell of an ordinary alarm
clock begins to ring the sleeper is apt
to wake up sufficiently to think it will
stop soon and as he is not compelled to
arise and stop it the result is often an
other nap, with its consequent delays
throughout the day. This objection
has led to the designing of the continu-
Gus ringing alarm, of which several are
already in use. The electric alarm,
which we show in the accompanying
picture, has just been patented by
Simon Wolf, of Essen, Germany, and
has at least one novelty to recommend
it. 1t is directly connected to the bed
and it is impossible for the sleeper to
stop it until he gets up to stay. Under
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
A SIGNIFICANT FACT.
Successful Drummers and Especially
Whisky and Wine Statesmen
Are Total Abstainers.

A recent number of Barrels and Bot
ties, an Official organ of the retail
liquor dealers, contains the following
from a man who is on the road for a
big New York firm of liquor importers:
Travelling men have to be good fell
lows, of course, and this involves usu-
ally a liberal amount of drinking, but
you will probably be surprised when l
tell you that the travelling men who
drink the least are those who them
selves sell liquors. Many of the whisky
and wine drummers of the country are
total abstainers, and there are as many
others who make it rule never to
take a drink before five o'clock in the
evening. This is simply one of the ne
cessities of business. When I go to a
place like Kansas City. for instance, l
call during the day on dozen liquor
jobbers who import their wines and
WHISTLES through my house. Suppose
l made a practice of drinking with my
customers. At each place where | call
l would probably take four or five
drinks, and the result would be that be-
fore | had finished my days work I
would have to be dumped into a car
riage and hauled back to the hotel. At
every wholesale house where | call |
am sure to be invited to drink. The in
vitation comes with as much certainty
as Good morning" or How do you do?'
when l say that liquor statesmen are
not, as a rule, drinkers, | must make
one exception; that is the champagne
salesman. 1t is his business to drink
and drink hard; and the consequence is
that while good champagne statesmen
command good salaries they do not last
long. The champagne salesman must
introduce his brand of goods directly
to the drinkers. He must not only see
that it is for sale in the high grade sa-
looms, hotels and cafes, but he must
see that the drinkers who visit these
Places learn to call for his particular
brand. l never knew of champagne
drummer whose salary was smaller
than $4,000 year and expenses. The
expenses usually amount to as much
if not more than the salary. As a re-
suit, champagne statesmen are not old
men. They usually break down and
are forced to give up before they reach
middle ge. Rheumatism or govt strikes
them, and then younger men take their
places"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-02-28
AN AMERICAN PRODUCT.
Excelsior Is "a Commodity in Itself
and the Source of Profitable
National Industry.

Excelsior, an American invention
which is extensively used for packing
purposes and in the manufacture of
bedding and various other upholstery
uses, is not, as is generally believed,
made from shavings," said a whole
sale dealer in the material. III is an
article of regular manufacture, and
between $4,000 and 10000 tons of the
curling wood fiber are turned out by
the eastern and western lumber mills
annually.
Eastwood and poplar are the
woods used in the production. The
logs are sawed into lengths of IS
inches, which is the length of a fiber
of excelsior. These blocks are split
in halves and the wood is properly
seasoned. Excelsior is made of diff
ferent degrees of coarseness and fine.
ness of fiber. In the manufacture a
series of knife points run down in
parallel lines that are spaced accord
ing to the width of the fiber to be
made. A following knife slices off the
whole face of the block thus served
The fibers curl and commingle as the
knife sets them free. An excelsior
machine makes 200 to 300 strokes
minute. every stroke cutting off a
tier of fiber across the face of the
block. The usual commercial package
of excelsior is a bale weighing about
so pounds. At wholesale excelsior
sells at from SIG to $40 ton.
american excelsior is exported to
Central America. to the West Indies,
to England. and other foreign coun-
tries. where several thousand tons of
the fiber are shipped yearly" Wash
ington Star.