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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-03
Bro. Christians Balloon.
Church Project-Scene at Colored
Harvest Home.
New York SUM-

New York Sum-
Even at Atlantic Highlands, where Chris
tisn enterprise has resulted in several re-
markedly successful ventures for attracting
cities full of city folk to the seaside, Domi-
ME Browns scheme was looked upon as
bold and big experiment. Dominic Brown
is the young and energetic head of the Nav
esink African Methodist Church at Riceville,
and his plan was to attract the seaside
boarders to his church in the woods by some
thing less hackneyed than campmeeting.
The Riceville colored people have long been
famous for their religious fervor. When
they hold their protracted meetings in the
winter their little chapel is always packed
Hike sardine box, and with all the doors
full blast, and all the impassioned elders
and spirited matrons on the front benches,
the most intense and gratifying excitement
prevails. No church bell is needed then to
notify the people far and near that the good
work is going on. The white churches as
far away as Long Branch suffer in conse-
quence of this superior attraction for the
many people on Sunday nights. In the sum-
mer very much the same results have al
ways attended the Riceville camp meetings,
but this summer Dominic Brown decided to
change the attraction and hold harvest
homo, such as the colored folks used to enjoy
in the oiden time.
'tThe way 1t waB," said an ebon deacon to
the Sun reporter last night, "the Hon. Prof
Christian, D. d. M. L. P. P., come down
heah and 'livered lecture. None of our
people 'zactly proved of de lecture, but
Brother Christian prevailed on the Dominic
TO let him give his resistance to get up what
YOU call Harvest Home. De church folks
dey didn't prove of der idea 'zactly, but Mr..
Christian he told de Dominic he'd git up a
big bill of fractions, draw big crowd, and
make q lot of money for de church."
Then, according to the deacon and several
others who freed their minds on the subject,
the Hon. Prof. Christian, D. D. N. L. PIP,
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MONDAY MORNING. SIP. s.

Ne do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all eases indispensable not necessarily for public
ton bat as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
nunieations that are not used
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-03

A gentleman writing from Augusta to the
editor of the Boston Journal says: 81
passed an hour yesterday with Mr.. Blaine.
He never was in the enjoyment of better
health, and seems as absorbed in his book as
/ ever saw him in campaign work. He de-
clares to me in the most emphatic manner
that he is not candidate for the nomina-
ton, has no desire for it, and wants it SO
understood
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CHAPTER II.

''Malden. Mass, Feb. 1, 1880. Gentlemen
suffered with attacks of sick headache"
Neuralgia, female trouble, for years in the most
terrible and excruciating manner.
No medicine Decor could give me relief or
cure until used Hop Bitters.
sThe first bottle
Nearly cured me;'
The second made me as well and strong as when
q child.
"And have been so to this day.
My husband was an invalid for twenty years with
a serious
"Kidney, liver and urinary complaint,
pronounced by Boston's best physicians
'Incurabler'
Seven bottles of your bitters cured him and 1
know of the
elves of eight persons"
In my neighborhood that have been saved by
your bitters,
And many more are using them with great
benefit.
"They almost
Do miricles? Mrs. E. d. Slack
How TO GET SIcK.-Expose yourself day and
night eat much without exercise; work too hard
without rest doctor all the time take all the vile
nostrums advertised, and then you viii want to
know hoar to get trell which is answered in three
words Take Hop Bittersl sep3AIWF&w4w36
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According TO the New York Sun Mr.. Sam
uel j. Tilden himself is authority for the
statement which it recently made that Mr..
Tilden would not be Presidential candi-
date. This will hardly extinguish the boom
for the old ticket. Mr.. Tilden always was
slv
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scandalous but Not Malicious

The distinguished English gentleman who
is at this time visiting our city will be in er-
ror II he imagines that the proceedings of
the City Council on Saturday last are indi-
cative of the feeling of any considerable
number of the people OF Portland towards
him,or towards the nation of which he is an
honorable and illustrious citizen. The plain
fact about the BUSINESS is that an accident
OF municipal politics has imposed on this
city Mayor who does not know what be
ought to do, or how to go about to do any
thing in legitimate and proper fashion.
This is humiliating to the great majority of
our citizens; but il is a humiliation we have
to endure for an allotted time.
While it is true that some of the Mayors
friends placed their opposition to his propo-
sition on grounds which, if they were sufic-
lent for their action, they might with better
grace have RETAINED from expressing, the
majority of those who voted against it did
SO for the reason that the method chosen by
the Mayor for obtaining authority to expend
public money in the entertainment of the
Lord Chief Justice of England as the
guest of the city was illegal and unsafe as a
precedent. 1t was business which could
not be done lawfully by joint convention
of the two branches of the City Council, and
themselves with a negative vote on the reso-
luton offered by the Mayor in the joint con-
ventton. Concerning the Mayors blunder-
ing incompetence nothing needs to be added
to the plain report of the proceedings of the
City Council. The rules of parliamentary
proceeding were violated with all the free
dom of ignorance. The incident on every
account is to be regretted, but there is no
help for the mistake of electing such an
official until by another election, his
power of doing mischief in office can be TAX
en- away.
Meantime it behooves our citizens who
care for the good name of Portland in point
Of hospitality and appreciation of eminent
accomplishments, to see to it that the i'm
preston which might be made by the affair
of Saturday is not made. We are confident
that this will be the case. Our distinguished
guest win have evidence before he goes
away that the unfortunate and annoying
contretemps has no significance as an illus
tration Of public sentiment towards him or
towards Great Britain. His achievements
are known and admired, he is respected for
his personal worth as well as for his high
Office, and all who have opportunity will be
glad to show him generous and cordial
courtesies suitable to the dignity of his
fame.
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London spectators seem to have plenti-
full supply of faith. They are now buying
the trade dollar in the expectation that Con-
sress will sometime make this dollar legal
tander
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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF REPAIRS,
U. S. MARINE HOSPITAL, Portland Me. I
August 81, 1888.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
- undersigned, at this Office, until IL O'Clock on
Tuesday, September 18th, 1888. for supplying the
labor and materials required In the Repairs etc.
the U. S. Marine Hospital buildings at this port,
consisting of carpenter, mason painting and plumb
ing work etc. Separate bids must be made for the
different classes of work required.
Specifications and all information relating to the
work can be obtained on application to Marine
Hospital Office at the Custom House in this city, or
at the building
The right to reject any or all bids is reserved.
sep1d3t r. l.. F0GG, Supt. OF Repairs.
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Loss and Gain.
CHAPTER l.,
"I was taken sick a year ago
With hillinna fauer. y

II was taken sick year ago
With bilious fever"
"My doctor pronounced me cured but got sick
again, with terrible pains in my back and sides
and / got so bad l
Could not novel
/ shrunk!
From 22S lbs. to 100! / had been doctoring for
my liver, but it did me good. did not expect to
live more than three months. / began to use Hop
Bitters. Directly my appetite returned, my pains
left me, my entire system seemed renewed as if by
magic. and after nsing several bottles 1 am not
only as sound as sovereign but weigh more than
did before. To Hop Bitters owe my life.'
Dublin, June 8. 81. R. FIrzPATRIcK.
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A TRrEassistant to nature in restoring
the system to perfect health, thus enabling
it to resist disease, is Browns Iron Bitterss
COCHRAN, GA.--Dr. A. J. Lamb saws: a
never met with remedy that gave more
satisfaction in cases of debility and pros,
tration than Browns Iron Bitters."
OwENToN, KY.-Rev. j. w. Waldrop
says. Browns Iron Bitters greatly re-
iieved me of general debility and indiges.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-03

DR.. Norvin Green's testimony shows that
the net income of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company is $4,000, 900 year. This
is interest at the rate of 10per cent. ON
principal of 100000 which is the
total amount of the Western Union stock.
About half of this represents money actu-
ally invested, while the other half represents
nothing but water. On the actual invest
ment, therefore, the business is paying 20
per cent. A business that can do this ought
not to deal niggsrdly with its employees.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-03

The comments of the San Francisco press
on the recent decision of Judge Lowell il.
the case of the Hong Kong Chinaman indi-
Gates that the Pacific Coast will demand of
Congress next winter a reconstruction of
the anti-Chinese act. The Record Union
insists that the present legislation must be
supplemented by amendments which will
respond completely to the popular desire,
namely, to shut out Chinese regardless of
their residence abroad. We are likely,
therefore, to see the Chinaman in politics
araia
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-03

The decision of Judge Potter of the New
York Supreme Court in the case of j. Fook,
the Chinese sailor, which has already been
referred to. ought to discourage Cinnamon
from shipping on board American vessels
bound for the United States, certainly on
vessels whose captains are given to the use
OF the Delaying pin; for one of the indirect
effects of the decision would seem to be that
an American captain can abuse a Chinese
sailor as much as seems to him good with
out the danger of mourning any punishment,
tor the Captain can keep him on shipboard
on the plea that to land him would be VIC
lation of the act of Congress, and thus pre-
vent his making complaint.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

rEyHE Fall Term of tho Public Schools will begin
n MONDAY Morning, Sept. 10. AS schools open
so late in the is desirable that pupils should
be as prompt as possible in uniting with their class
es. BY order of school Commit & co
THOMAS fash, Supt of Schools.
Portland, August 80, 1883. auQ3 it'd
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advertising Agent,
25O WASHE GTON ST., ROsTGN
:, contracts for Advertisements In Newspapers IN
arittsh Provinces.
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Dominic Brown was profuse in his apollo
gies to his friends for the non success of the
grand plans of the Hon. Prof. B. r. Chris
tian, d. D., M. l.. P. p. and said that he
could only add thst there would be no fail
ure about the grand rally at the church next
Sunday night
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ANCIENT CLASSICS FOR ENGLISH
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some OF theicinost striking passages
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binding. 'lIerodotus,' by George G..
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A. L. STOKES

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The Question Uas Often Been Ask.
ed. neutrality-suspicious. her
MAJ he cured? We must cmphaticaliv
say. YES. That this part OF the bo.
dy offers no exception TO those phv,
sloIogical laws which govern the
whole physical economy and i.makes
not particle of difference whether
the age OF the Rupture is one year or
hundred years. For proof of this
send tor Free Book on Rupture TO
The Excelsior Rupture Cure Mfg Co.
Ogdenburs, n. Y.-ly.
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Mr.. w. X Moore and bride started
from Petersburg Va. last Jan. on q
wedding trip aud have not since been
heard from. Their friends have made
dlhgent inquiry wherever they
thought Intelligence of them might
De obtained, but as yet have been en-.
aoled to procure no information. As
IL matter OF course they feel very
uneasy.
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Hold on 10 the truth, Tor it will serve
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The advertisement OF tie New Norl
Sun which, commences this week III
our columns will be continued for
three months. The Sun States tina.
circulation ut lis several editions last
year was $3.50, 030, against sc, 1886.
oi3 the year previous. The Sun,
while it furnishes live and general.
" acceptable newspaper at very low
rate, cxpends a great deal of money
TO advertise the fact. This IS one al
the secrets Of lis success. The Sun
believes that every man should sub
scribe for and liberalIy support his TO-
cal newspaper first and foremost
Having done this conacientiouslv
and filthfully,It advi-es all those who
may wish to supplement their town or
county, paper with metropolitan
journal, To give The Sun a trial.
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The School Law.-The last Legis-
lature amended the school law SD rs
to make the term of members Of the
Board; of Education four years in {.
steal OF two. The law as to teachers
certificates was also amended so rs to
allow the County Board OF examiners
to issue certificates to be good for tour
years, III the county in which they are
listed, to the following persons :
TO those who lave heretofore been
teachers in the. schools OF the county
IL which they apply for ut least three
years next preceding the date OF. their
application and have held during said
years. none other than number one
certificates, granted by tho Board of
Examiners for said comfy, aud have
taught successfully i'll said county, for
ut least one tenn in each OF said years
aud who shall, upon the examination
hereby authorized. obtain an average
OF not less than ninety per cent ON
the different branches OF study re-
1u'rcd By law to be taught in the
schools ct the State AMI Shall not fall
below scvcn,y-tivc per cent on any
one branch and shall obtain not less
thHi ninety per cent on the art OF
tca cling.
:, The County Superintendent slinIi
collect from every person who applies
Tor the certificate provided for ia this
act, II fee of one dollar. to be disposed
of us the law directs, and every
certificate may he revoked in the SAME
banner and for the same causes rs
other certificates are revoked.
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In Germany tie Moravian breth.
rem carry on two breweries TO helr
the Mission fund In England the
Friends are said to carry on immense
brewerles, and TO own thousands Of
beer shops IN London. Conscience
IS pretty MUCH the growth Of eluca
ton.
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South a.rantl. ilntelliaeaeer.
RoMNEY. FRIDAY. APRIL s. 1888.

uctcSVto'e p'ouuCco, abu IS yIciQing Il
handsome profit.
The convention TO nominate success =
sor TO the late Gov. STEPHENS, OF Geo.-
gia. will be held mex. Tuesday.
Com missioner pRicE says the indians
at the San Carlos agency are in no way
responsible for the outrages committed
in Arizona by renegade bands from
Mexico.
Judge J. IL. Baows. OF Kanawha
county, has been nominated by the Re-
publicans OF the third district TO sue
coed IL. Kenno.
On yesterday week two hundred per.
cons under the charge OF Elder Nor
gan. OF the Mormon Church, passed
through ST.. Louis en- route for Utah.
These converts all came from the South
ern States.
An English paper asserts that il
costs rs much 10 transport @ bushel Of
wheat twelve mics on turnpike road
IN England as from an American sea
port across 5000 miles Of ocean
The New England manufacturers OF
cotton domostics arc forced 10 ask tic
trunk lines for reduction or freight
ir order TO compe'e with Southern uiilIs
The South il on the tight track.
The Department of Agriculture has
purchased farm in the vicinity of
Washington, and viii establish a hos
pital for the experimental treotraent Of
domestic animals.
Father Walsh, il is stated, transmit
tea by cattle on Tuesday last 50 600
for the relief Of the distressed people in
ireland.
IL is said there WIS on hand III this
CO airy March the com Portable sup.
ply OF sS0,0O0,OO0 bushels OF corn, or
SO per cent OF last yeats crop, anil
no, 0J0 900 tushcls of whest. or % per
cent OF last years crop March !, 80,
there were on hand Alb. 900 900 bush.
els OF corn and abouti &c, 100000 bush
els Of wheat. twill require sood crops
this year to keep prices at pycsen,
figures.
Sergeant Boston Corbeti, tho man
who killed The assassin of President
Lincoln, is living in Kansas, engaged
IN tho cattle business
The Staunlon Valley yngtajan stalce
that Hon, j. Randolph Fucker will de-
liver The address before the students OF
Hoaver's High School, on ;hc Stat Of
Nay, Tie date fixed for the confluence
iGent OK rcises.
The prospects Tor a hig wheat crop
in tho west era very Gattering. 1t
seems according to the statement Of q
contemporary, tho heavy floods did not
injnre the wheat any, ard some Of the
iarmere in Indiana say that in the sub.
merged districts the whoa, even looks
better than that On high lands.
A FORMER FfRGISiAH MURngRED by
Observation-Disclosures from Fort Scott
announces the murder, in New ne xico
or Juace II. q McCou,s srJ vifs by
tho Ir5ioos d,1co u,con,oa
brother Of Hon. T.. W. McComfs, for.
merry acknowledgement Of Virginia
and nov ,,oo,,,o., i,z,.r er 9,
Ionis ao CON oft1.n W. a.,
Comos ro,,c,l, ,r.,,hor 90 &C..
from VIRGINIA ord yos horn :. roha,,
cunt. IN ,lo, s,o,o !, 1901 IL
.,ore5 ., =, to,is mon. 49,. ,oaSa
,.,,o r,o,;.,, -, -.
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be w,. .v,ar.i,s,,,,- -
veIormcn, bos;lc. .,,,pI;r
l,w r,,c,,ce Mr. McComos 80 90
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IHE Sun IV L + y I If, . y
IBS Sun 6rSt aim IL 10 be truthful ana
use'uI US second. 10 writs NJ enterisinin .
history q The times in ,xb;.h 80, 49, :,
piiun, on an average. moro th.n ma
copies week lis circulation is now Is,asr
lh'n ever beiorl S0bscripiion DA,iy. -
legtsL by mail, Ss.5c month. or - a.
Nv a Jear-SCSOAy (s page 81 20 ner
'e"'-" s'kLY q psges) 81 per year.
l. w. ENGLAND, Publisher.
New York City.
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James +. Gillian. OF Cnoi abershnry.
Pennsylvania, hung himself on Friday
night last. Temporary alteration OF
mind due 10 business trouble, was the
cause.
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4 p,nERflSERs By Addressing GEORGE p.
HONbLL 4 co, 10 Spree st, New
IN ves5n NC exsci cost Of say proposed
~. W W. bh ItSlNG iu American Nevspa.
pefs. @S~Ioo page Pamphlet, CSC. TAO n r
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New Advertisements.
z II T.
Pacific NorlAwest!
Oregon. Washington and Idaho.

Oiifrs the best Ged for Eminrants. viz
q mid, equhblc, and healthy climate chan
lHhcs % great fertility, producing nil varieties
oi hiMu, FFulti aud Grasses in wonder ful n
ouudhnce an inexhansiihls sappIy OF Timber
'as' 'o"i tleids, aut other min irsl deposits
'he"p snd quick irHnsp ortAiiOn by railroads
ana iiVrr navigation direct commerce win
Ail paris OF the world, owing TO its proxionitv
10 tie Poetic Ocean
NJ DROUTHS, NO INSECT PESTS.
NO HURRICANES. WHIRLW IYDS
OR OTHER DESTRUCTIVE PIE
NOMENh.
The Lands Of the Pacific Northwest show az
average yield Of wheat per acre largely 10 .x
cess OF that of any Other section OF he unitea
states
NO 'aiiurc Of crops has ever occurred
oregon Nbest commands n higher price
man '9at o. any other eoaniry in the Liver
pool market
An immense Arsa Of very fertile Railroad and
Government Lands, within easy roach =, ,ho
trunk lines OF the Northern nciic Railroad
'he oregon Railway % Navigation and The @.
iegon California Railroad Cos and their nm
merons branches In tie great Valleys of H..
S"'up'"iN SHd 'is Tributaries, are DOW offered
Tor sale at Low piices. ant on Ea,y Term. -,
open TO VIe ernption aud Homestead Entrv
TIE great movement OF population ~ tho
Ooi"m"ia region now in progress will DO rho, .
meosy Increased Nv The completion 81 The
nor'bern Pacific Railroad, and the OREGON
ha't"sy Navigation Cos systems. This
iehders certain a rapid increase In the vsIue of
hsnde now open 10 purchase or 10 entry .ndSr
Tue United states Land Laws
TOT F"nphleis. and Maps, descriptive nf The
tOeh"y 4, Us resources. climate, routes Of trsyef
rates and fall information address
- a. l.. STOKES.
"hN bHAL EASTERN AGENT.
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A.VOGELER s. CO..
BrfsimUre. Nd. z. s. 4

Contagious diseases, malarip. liver
complaint, arc all prevented by nsing
the gentle hut powerful ,cuic. Browns
Iron B.tters.