davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14

Ottoman salts with mtg Cargo .sd
the ssssshnevis Finally Arrives.

The staamer Ottoman OF the Dominion
line sailed yesterday afternoon for Liver
pool direct, taking besides a full cargo
which included 4Isi barrels Of apples, 7ls
cattle, 1876 sheep and "a horses. The
Dominion OF this line will also probably
sail for Liverpool with full cargo and a
number Of passengers. The Roman.
which sailed from this port January 80.
passed kinsals on tbs Irish coast yester-
day morning and e expected to reach
Liverpool this morning.
The Mexican OF the LeyIand line cleared
yesterday and will sail today for Ant
werp
The long expectsd StrAthnevis Of the
Elder Dempster line arrived yesterday
morning and after dropping anchor In
the lower harbor where she remained for
nearly three hours, docksd. Captain
Smith explained that the long passage
was due to one continuous string OF hur-
ricanes which the steamer encountered
almost from the time when she left bris-
tol twenty-eight days ago. 1t was ex-
pected that some breakdown had delayed
the steamer, but the machinery was In
good order. As there wers only ~ tons OF
cargo IL was almost impossible nt times
for the steamer 10 make any neadway at
all. Ten days ago she was within four
hundred miles OF Portland so some idea
can be had Of the ouRh experience against
the heavy seas. Some Of the cattle Mt
tlngs were carried away during the pas
sage but no serious damage was done to
the vessel. But the officers and crew were
exhausted with their long watches and
were more than pleased at finally arriving
in port.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
MAINE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

There Will be a meeting OF the society
at the Library tomorrow, Thursday after
noon beginning at 2. 30 with the follow
ing order OF exeroles:
A.-Report of the committee on the
celebration OF the l000th Anniversary of
Alfred the Great.
worn by Captain Rufus Mcintyre In the
war OF 1879. In the U. S Artillery, which
served on the frontier of New York 1t lte
CA tTibuts to the memory Of Col
Joseph W. Porter by Hon. Z. B. NeaIley
OF Bangor.
D.-A memorial OF Gen. Hiram g.
Berry by Judge Charles z. Mattocks.
There will be no evening session As
usual all ara cordially invited to attend.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
BRIEF JOrTINGS.

Stated convention OF Bramhail lodge,
No. 3, II. of p, this svsning at O'Clock.
All knights are cordially invited.
The trains over the Maine Central were
all lsts yesterday, because OF the heavy
Hnow storm OF Tuesday which drifted
badly at many points,
EOn Monday afternoon the Rev. A. w.
bailey gave an able review,of the book of
,'Pundits Ramabai," before the Agassiz
club. which met at the home Of Mrs. N.
5. Tolman of Spruce street, after which
refreshments were served and a social
time was enjoyed.
The Samaritan association will meet
with Mrs. W. 4. Kilborn, Braokett street.
Ihurs1ay afternoon.
Runaways are now in order. There
are dozen or more in the business part
OF the city every day.
lIEhe children are enjoying fine ooast-
Ing and narrow escapes from accidents
are common. The cold weather yester-
day prevented the usual large turn out
OF fast steppers on the Western Prone
made.
In the municipal court yesterday,
LuOmhh AtAlus was nuou 90 anu oosees
and John Connor IS and costs for intox-
ioAtion,
A somewhat unusual record In point
OF health has been established by Port
land for the first 13 days OF February
Not a case OF contagious disease has been
reported to the board OF health during
that period.
The street department was paid yes
tezday.
The jury in the Superior court comes
In today.
Yesterday street department crews were
cutting CUTTERS on Commercial street and
hauling gravel from the DeerinR pit.
There has been much ice In the streets
this winter and the department has al
ready used on them much mora gravel
than was required for the whole of last
winter. Much trouble has bsen expert
enced In keeping some OF the Deering
stresta on the outskirts clear OF snow
during the past few days.
The annual banquet OF thu Cumberland
Bar Will be held at the Falmouth hotsi
Friday evening. Frederick JerrIs, WIN.
NJ. Ingraham and Frederick Hale are
the committee on arrangements.
EBrindamour. the magician, now appear
ing at the jefferson theatre, dropped into
central police quarters yesterday morning
and amused the officers with number
OF clever tricks,
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14

NEW ADvERTIsEm ExTs TODAY.

Owen Moore a Co.
Frank NJ. Low n 90.
Legislative Noticc.-2
Frnnk L. Tfhbetts a Co.
Oren HOsperss sons.
neermg Stream Laundry.
SchlotteFberk q Foss Co.
Toring short 8 Harmon.
tleO. 4. Springer.
NJ Steinert 4 Sons.
sawyer & Moody.
H. M. Lowering.
Pennsylvania Railroad.
FINANCIAL.
-ROckland- RockpoTt Lime Co.
New Wants, For Saie. To Let Lost Found
and similar advertisements will be found on
Page 10 under appropriate heads.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
PERSONALS.

MIR. William Ii. Willard. 80 Pine street,
lie confined to the house with sickness.
The good news has been received here
this week by his wife that Capt. Jere
Baker, who has been critically sick In
the Philippines, is beyond danger and
Is a IVY re covering. He was still in the
hospital when he wrote and was hoping z
that he might take a trip to Japan or
some other place to recuperate. Since
from $50 to 1876 pounds.
Mis3 Repsooa Robinson, one Of the
Q erks in the cashiers department of the
post office, has been granted a six
months leave of absence.
Hon Charles Mccarthy ami Mrs. Nc
Carthy leaves today Tor Florida to remain
several weeks.
mason and builder, who has bean criti-
cally iii at his residence on Bracket
street, is reported as rapidly improving.
MIR. n. p. Day OF the school bnard of
Siratford, n. H., was In the city ysstsr-
day and visited the Emerson and other
schools
Chief Engineer Eldredge of the Port
land fire department., is confined to his
house with an attack of the grip.
W. s. McGinnis, assistant superinten-
dent OF the railway mail service with
headquarters at Washington, was in
Portland yesterday on business connected
with proposed repairs to the post office
building.
Esau Green OF Alfred was in this city
yesterday on his way to Florida on
business and pleasure trip.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
The Cumberland National Bank
OF PORTLAND, ME-.
Capital and Surplus, $3.50, 10000.
CHARTERED IN IsI2.

The oldest bank in Portland. We
offer special advantages in our Interest
Department. We are prepared to take
business accounts on the most favorable
terms. Interviews with those desirous
OF opening accounts solicited.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
The Nominees Standing in The
Party Discussed.
Civic League Also Sub
ject For Debate.
Complete Set Ward Nominations
Made.

A dczsn members of the Prohibition
party assembled in the old private Office
of Sheriff Pearson In the Gospel Mission
hall last evening and nominated Rev. e.
s. J. McAllister for ma Tor. The nesting
hat been advertfsed 10 take place at 7.y0
O'Clock, but It was nearly half en- hour
aft that time before 1t was called %
order by secretary u. z. Parker, In ths
sbsercs Of the chairman Of the city conn
mittee. James Perrigo was chosen prssi-
dent Of the meeting ana MIR. Parker as
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
CIVIC CLUB.

The last guest meeting" Of the Civic
club viii be held at 8 o'clock .his evening
OF the Falmouth and viii be addressed
by Hon. Charles 4. Libby, on tha ''City
Charter" Tns members of the club ard
their friends regret that this is the last
meeting Of the kind this year.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
CHANGES ON PREBLE STREET.

CHANGES ON PREBLE STREET.
Legrow Brothers of "a Prebla street are
pulling down the buildings located there.
Jordan and Nutter of Saoo own this
land and Lsgrow Brothers the buildings.
The land rent was recently raised and
this necessitated the moving of the firm
which has occupied this location for
many years. William McAleney & Co 1,
the harness makers, who have been In
one spot for thirty-four years are also 60
ing TO move on 90 Centre street.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14
MAINE SAVINGS BANK EELCTS
OFFICERS.

The annual meeting Of the Maine Saw
ings bank corporation was held at its
banking rooms yesterday afternoon at
thres O'Clock and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year;
President--Wm. q. Davis.
VIce Prssidsnt--Eben Corey.
Secretary and Treasurer--Alpheus q.
Rogers.
Assistant Treasurer-Frederio o. Cush'
ing.
Trusteas-Wm. Il. Davis, Eben Corey,
Charles o. Bancroft, Leander W. Fobes,
AIpheus q. Rogers.
The Portland daily press., 1901-02-14

SELL YOUR HOUSE or
LAND bv advertising In
the DAILY PR c SIS. Has
more real estate ads than
any other paper. Reach
es more probable buyers.
Is cents a week for 40
words.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
FALLING FROM A GREAT HEIGHT.
1t Has Its Pleasures as Well as Its
Drawbacks.


Would you hear beautiful music? Then
throw yourself from the roof of a sky
scraper. 4 cliff will do or a church stee-
pie or the basket of a balloon. The
point is that if you fall from a great
height you will experience very agreea-
bic sensations. The only drawback is
that you probably won't live to remember
them.
Several persons who have miraculously
lived to remember how they felt under
such circumstances have described their
sensations to Professor Helm of Zurich
who became interested in the subject
after sliding and falling a mile in the
Alps and hearing beautiful music all tbs
way until he landed ON his head.
All the testimony he has collected goes
to show that falling is real treat, about
million times nicer than tobogganing
and that, if it were not for the painful
and often fatal consequences, it eclipses
golf and automobiling as diversion.
Although unable to collect evidence
from persons who have been killed out
right by falling, Professor Heirn is sat,
isfed that they felt no more and no less
than his witnesses, most of whom were
dashed into Inconsistencies at the end
Oh their "Trip.
His conclusion is that the act of fall
ing brings no pain, no paralyzing terror
no anxiety, no despair-in a word, it is
far less disagreeable than almost any
other mode of death.
Ligrist, the Alpine climber, fell back
ward from a cliff and was nearly killed
in the valley below. He told Professor
Heirn afterward that he was conscious
from beginning to end of his fall and en-
joyed the sensation of being waited like
thistle down through the air.
He reviewed the causes leading up tt
the accident, saw himself dead man and
traced in imagination the fortunes of his
fatherIess family. There was no breath
lessness, no suffering from the shock, nc
pain even when Ligrist struck the snow
covered ground and lost consciousness
Not until he was brought to his senses
did his sufferings begin.-Pittsburg Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
Certain Dogs When In Pain.

A foxhound, as every sportsman knows,
If caught in trap or suffering pain from
m injury, is most dangerous to approach.
Even if you assist him out Of difficulty
say, from pit or hole where, but for
you, he would probably be drowned-he
will show his gratitude by biting you.
Pointers, settlers and spaniels, though not
quite so ready with their teeth, will, un-
der similar circumstances, bite not only
strangers, but their own masters without
scruple.
The fat coated retriever is totally dis
similar in this respect and can be han
died without the slightest risk. I have
got them out of all sorts of difficulties
and never once met with injury. In do
ing so you may fearlessly let their head
rest on your shoulder or lie against your
face. Quite recently valuable dog of
mine got hung up in wire fence, and a
dslocation- of the stifie or some serious
injury seemed imminent. Running up,
lifted him bodily, struggling and terrified
as he was, yet the idea of biting occurred
neither to the helper nor the helped
RlackWood
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
ROM Eide "American."

Eduard Remcnyi, the Hungarian VIC
liniSt. was very entertaining and so
full of fun that he would have made a
triton Irishmnn. He was at home in
the gyEsy music of his own country,
and this was the main characteristic
of his playing. He had also a fad for
playing Schubert melodies On the VIC
lin with the most attenuatcd pianissi-
mo effects. and occasionally his hear
ers would listen intently after the tone
had ceased, imagining that they still
heard a trace of it.
Not long before leaving Weimar l
had some fun with him by asking if
he had ever Erard ANY bona tide Amer
lean spoken" He replied that he did
not know there was such language.
well" said l, listen to this for a
specimen: 'Ching-a-ling-a-da rdee, Che
bung cum Susan" l did not meet him
again until 1878, "a years after leav-
ing Weimar. | was going up stairs to
my studio in the Steinway building
when some one told me that Remenyi
had arrived and was rehearsing for his
concerts in one of the rooms above.
So, going up, I followed the sounds Of
the violin. gave a quick knock, opened
the door and went in. Remenyi look
cd at me for Il moment. rushed for
ward and seized my hand and as he
wrung 1t cried out: "Ching-a-ling-a-
dardee. Chcbung cum Susan" He had
remembered it all those years. - DIR.
William Mason in Century.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
The EGls and lptelliespcer
BEL AIR. MD. JANUARY 1t,1eo1.
MAKING 1T UP.

Mandy an me fell out today;
Both Of us wuz to blame, guess
/ got ried. an ! said my say,
An she put a word in, moro or less
So, as | started for town, thinks l,
Shell come round an make up by noon;~
So tried To whistle put it by,
But somehow the music wuz out of tune
Some of the bitter things she said
BY an by to my memory come,
Till couldn't get em out Of my head
An hardened my heart as l started home.
took my time, so twas pretty late
When cleared the pasture an reached the st!ls,
An l missed her meetin ME at the gate,
As she did to please me, once in awhile.
Thinks l, "She's putin on airs" SO
told myself that didn't
An closed the gate with a bang to show
That WIZ the lord the master therei
I stamped right into her tidy
An stood there minute, too 'shamed to speak;
She sat alone in the twilight gloom,
An the tears wuZ wet on her careworn cheek.
An In her hands some little things
We had laid away bout year ago
When our baby changed EN- for angel wings
IAN our hearts nigh broke, cause we missed him
SOY.
knelt beside her, an in her lap
l laid my head, the child might do,
Who had worn the tidy, faded cap .
She held, an the little worn out shoe.
/ thought of all that us two had borne,
1 looked at the empty trundle bed,
An my kisses fell the garments worn
That were stained with the tears we both had
shed.
held her close, an tried to speak
OF love an comfort as best l could
! pressed my lips to her tear wet cheek,
An Mandy an me made uD for GOOD,
Ida Goldsmith Morris in Louisville Courier-Jour-
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
SIGHTING BIG GUNS.



"How in the world the gunners on our
big battleships ever manage to land a
shell within II mile of the thing they are
shooting at has been mystery to me ev-
er since | saw piece of heavy ordnance
actually turned loose" said n man from
California. II was on the Oregon during
some range tests off Mare Island shortly
after the ship was placed in commission, y
he continued, "and the executive officer,
who was an old schoolmate of mine, took
me into the after turrct TO show me how
the big guns were sighted.
1.-THE man who does the aiming stands
on a little platform at the rear of the
breech and looks through n telescope faS-
tened above the barrel. The wires cross
each other at right angles in the far end
of the glass, and the place where they
meet must be brought into line with the
lance shaped sight at the muzzle of the
gun and also with the object aimed at,
which, in the case to which refer, was a
canvas screen 16 feet square and 1,-4OO
yards distant.
"Now, that would be hard enough to do
on dry land, because every slight shift of
the telescope meant the simultaneous
shifting of several tons of cold steel by
means of complicated system or WheCiS
and levers, but on board a moving ship
rocking up and down on the waves the
difficulties are something appalling. l
squinted through the instrument, and all
could see was circular patch of ocean
whirling crisscross over the field of vi
sion like a magic lantern picture with a
bad case of st. Vitus' dance. Once
caught glimpse of something white that
shot across the circle as swiftly as a
swallow and was gone before l could say
boo. That was the target on which the
gunner was supposed to draw bead.
81 stepped back in awe, while good
looking young sailorman took my place
gave a couple of hand wheels Il few SHARP
turns right and left, and then all of a
sudden pressed something like telegraph
key. thought the whole universe had
broken loose at the foundations, but il
| was only the gun going off, and the shell
carried away one entire end of the white
canvas target. How the good looking
young sailorman got his aim l don't pre-,
tend to say. 1t seemed like a piece OF
pure necromancy. The men behind the
guns are, without n doubt, the greatest
sleight of hand performers in the world.
milwaukee, Wisconsin,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
The RIGHT THING TO PUT ON.
HanSon's Plaster Is Pains Master.)

From the natural impulse to "put some
thing on" painful spot all applications
for the relief of pain have arisen.
The most successful have ever been pouL
tees or plasters, and the best of these is
Benson's Porous Plaster.
No other has anything like the same
power as q curative agent; it is highly and
scientifically indicated, and its standard
is advanced year by year.
Use Benson's Plaster for coughs, colds,
chest diseases, rheumatism, grip, neural yia,
kidney trouble, lame back, and other all
ments that make Winter a season of suffer-
ing and danger. 1t relieves and cures
quicker than any other remedy.
Do not accept Capsicum, Strengthening
or Belladonna plasters III place of Benson's,
as they possess none of its curative power.
Insist on having the genuine.
The people of every civilized land have
testified for years to the superlative merit
of Benson's Plasters; and 5000 physicians
and druggists of this country have declared
them worthy of public confidence.
In official comparisons with others, Ben
sons Plasters have been honored with
.tJty,fr6 highest awards.
For sale by oil druggists, or we will pre-
pay postage on any member ordered in the
United States on the receipt of 25c. each.
Accept no imitation or substitute.
seabury g. Johnson, Mig. Chemists, ny.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11

stop TO the chase, and while the officer
was shaking his baton at the boys Ku
Yum ran pantinEly up hill ana sank
down exhausted outside a fenced gar
den, where she lay sobbing and SILVER
ing in the cold and dark. 1t was hard
Indeed to find little sister
Half an hour later gentleman stunt
blcd over a little heap outside his gar
den gate.
Hello" he exclaimed when the light
of a match revealed Ku Yum, its n
tiny Chinese girlT' Whercupon Ku
Yum. who had been sleeping just rs
soundly as though she were ut home,
rubbed her eyes, opened them and be-
gan to cry.
Have | hurt you, midget? asked
the gentleman in Chinese. He had liv-
| ed in China for number of years.
Ku Yum shook her head. but contin-
| ued crying, and the gentleman took her
| by the hand and led her into the house.
"Why, Edward, who is thisW asked
q lady, coming forward to meet them.
"That is for you to find out, my
dear" replied the gentleman.
Then the lady, who could also speak
Ku Yum's language, drew the little
| girl to her side and gave her a hot cup
| of cocoa. And Ku Yum ceased crying
and answered the kind questions that
were put to her, telling also of her big
| longing for a little sister.
| Tears filled the lady's eyes. Poor
little human" said she. she has be-
gun to seek a sister soul" And she
| took Ku Yum in her arms and comfort
ed and petted her as Ku Yum had not
been comforted and petted since her
| mother died two years before.
The next morning the lady took Ku
| Yum home. The little girl was very
quiet while her father talked with her
new friend. but when Woo Ma appear
| ed she ran to the old woman's side and,
pointing to the lady, cried jubilantly,
Behold my little sister!-Chicaso
| Evening Post.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
Tne Moon,

People are accustomed to look upon the
moon as merely a pleasing ornament of
the night sky, but she exercises 4 huge
influence on the world and its people.
If there were no moon there would be
no tides, and this country would lose half
her seaports. There would be hardly a
harbor that our battleships could enter
and altogether the most enlivening COM
merce of the nation-sea trade-would
fall 80 per cent.
This is assuming that there were no
moon. If the moon, on the other hand,
were to suddenly disappear some $780,
100000 worth of ships now in dock would
be worthless-they could never leave dock
again, for deep draft vessels can only en-
ter dock on the top of the tide.
Modern scientists have also proved that
the finest fruit is that which ripens about
the time Of full moon. There is an in
creased vitality about the atmosphere at
that time which is probably the cause,
for more oXygen-the life giving element
of the airs present at the height of the
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
When Tea Was Dear.

The use of tea is said to have been
introduced into China itself from Ko-
rea about the fourth century of the
Christian era and to have extended to
Japan about the ninth century. Tea
first became known to Europeans about
1910. The first reference to it by ma
tive of Britain is in letter dated June
81 1915, written by Mr.. Wicllham,
which is in the records of the East In
dia company. From this time it be-
came gradually known to the wealthy
inhabitants of London. fetching some
times as much as f10 the pound and
never less than Is. Samuel Pcpys re-
cords his first cup Of tea Sept y,
1860. Tea ut this period was imported
from Holland and generally sold for 60
shillings per pound till the East Iudia
company took up the trade.-London
Standard.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11
Short Nations.

Several ex-Confederates were talking
about the hardships they endured in the
sixties.
'I'll tell you a story that illustrates the
scantincss of our rations toward the close
of the war;" said a veteran who was with
Lee. I'VE were marching along one day,
tired and hungry. We passed some per.
simmOn trees. and, although the fruit was
uuripe. we gathered a lot and began tc
eat. You know how unripe persimmons
cause ones mouth TO pucker. Well, just
then an officer rode up and exclaimed
What on earth are you fellows eating
those green persimmons for?'
"'We're just trying to quicker up oul
stomachs to suit our rations,' was the an
swer of a lanky north Georgia man.
Atlanta Constitution.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1901-01-11

A worthless old vagabond had annoyed
the good people of western town fol
several years. lie had been arrested fol
drunkenness and vagrancy times without
number, but to no purpose. Moral sua
sion had been tried upon him without eff
feet. He steadily grew worse.
An impromptu vigilance committee wa:
formed one day by lot of citizens whose
patience had become exhausted and whit
they deprecated mob violence they agreed
in the opinion that it was time to shit
the burden of this particular vagabonG
upon some other place.
Accordingly they went to his lodgings
one night, lifted him up. put him on {
rail, rode him to the outskirts of The
town, dumped him into shallow creek
and left him there, with the injunction
that it would be safest for him to get ou
on the farther side and keep moving.
"By gum" he mumblad, as he crawle(
out on the bank, scraped the mud fro.I
his clothes and looked back at the vanish
ing Regulators" Il don't b'lieve they
want me to live in this town any longer'
Youths Companion.