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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

Typhoid fever appears to be prevailing all
along the Atlantic coast to greater extent
than is usual even at this time of year which
is the season in which it most flourishes. A
good many Maine towns are afflicted with it.
Typhoid fever is regarded as preventable
disease, and its origin can frequently be
traced to polluted water. Several epidemics
in this State have been shown very conclu-
sively by the investigations Of the Board Of
Health to be due to this cause. Our State
Board has done much to arouse public opin-
ion especially in the rural districts where it
most needed rousing to the danger of bad
water, but there still exists good deal of
Indifference on the subject; and the result of
it is seen every fall in outbreaks of typhoid
faver
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27
mems Wages and women's wages.
bob Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle.l


Now, while we are discussing the labor
question let us look at it as it is. in one in
stance at least, and see if a reform is really
necessary. / am not the child of affiuence
which / am commonly believed to be. 1t
takes all my money to buy ink and all my
time to answer letters Of people who believe
in free trade in lectures. q am rabid high
O0nscqu0nssy airt .ti.ia- -isana- mvselfl
servants. The maid who reigns in the
kitchen and over the outlying provinces is
faithful, intelligent and painstaking. hear
her singing at her work at six in the MORN
ing; she seems to be busy all day. and she
knocks off work and goes to bed at 9, 10 or II
p. M, as he case may be. Out of doors, am
in bondage to man of all work. He comes
on between seven and eight, and he goes
away, so far as labor is concerned, at six.
He does somewhat more than half as much
work as the woman; he gets much more pay,
and the rainy days that increase her work
diminish his. Each laborer seems satisfied ;
they set their own pay; i had nothing to do
with establishing the rate; the man has no
family to support, the woman has. don't
know just what reform the labor reformers
are striving to accomplish, but it seems to
me haven't heard much talk of reform in
the direction indicated by the circumstances
above set forth. However, there is no vote
in that kind of reform.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

The Argus thinks, or processes to. that a
Democratic victory in New York is as GER
tain as anything in the future can be. The
Argus as prophet, however, was long ago
discredited. Did it not on the eleventh day
of October 1880 say that the electoral votes
of Indiana are sure for Hancock in any
event." and did not Indiana give its cleo
toral vote to Garfield? Did it not say on the
twenty-fifth of the same month of the same
year that it sis regarded as certain that
New York will give Democratic majority
of 100000" and did not New York give a
Republican majority?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

Mr.. Roswell Pettibone Flower has declined
to allow himself to be nominated for Mayor
of New York. AS Mr.. Flower was never
known to decline anything he had reason
able prospect of obtaining his withdrawal
shows that the outlook for him was very
ptanmy
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

1t is gratifying to see that the panic at the
South shows signs of subsiding. At best the
situation is bad enough, but the wild fright
Of the people can but greatly aggravate IL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27
BIC PAY
Goes a Very Little Way
fits Wasted.


It's right here where we come i'm.
The wage.earneTs OF this city and
vicinity know us from trying us.
We save them heaps OF money in
prices, and greater money in dur
ability of the clothing they buy
from us. If time is money, every
dollar saved represents the time
and labor il costs 10 earn il. Then
why not save il! Men, don't be
foolish, but patrOnize the Big
Clothing Store.
We are now exhibiting an eie-
giant assortment OF the newest,
neatest and nObbiesf designs and
conceptions which will be seen
anywhere this season, and III you
want "a stylish and fashionable
suit of clothes, or OvefcOat, you
will profit by ass inspection of our
late arrivals OF fine goods and Il
study of our late prices.
For natty styles of NeckWear OF
the latest approved styles, call nj
our store.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

so genuine POntOOsuc Indigo
Blue Suits, both Single and Double
Breasted, with detachable buttons
mt Ss.4s. ONLY $s.4s for a genu-
inc Indigo Blue POntOOsuc Suit. A
lower price than we have ever
known such excellent goods 10 be
sold at before. This is without
doubt the BEST bargain i'm BLUE
SUITS ever offered i'm the State of
Maine.
100 pairs $500 Dexter all Wool
Pants at $3.50.
Our business is booming, and
why! Because OF our superior
qualities and low prices.
Our stock contains many rare
and almost irresistible attractions
i'm new styles and YOU will find
our prices for these goods VERY
LOW. Moreover, we deal in reii-
able goods only, we allow mo- mis-
representation and cheerfuliy ex'
change anything brought back IN
same condition as when sold
Does it strike you 5 queer that
our trade is growing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27
ABOVE Pretty FACES.

special pleading can obscure it to inteili'
gent men
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27
Wanted.

DOARDERS, transient or permanent; table
ID board by the meal, day or week; furnished
looms let with or without board. Apply at
ily2dtf 29l SPRING STREET.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

HHI LDREN TO BOARD-An excellent
~ opportunity is afforded to board one or two
children, ON farm few miles from Portland
good air; plenty Of milk and best Of care. For
terms address BOX 3, Saccarappa, Me. 241
WANTED-Two or three gentlemen boarders
w In private family near Congress Square
references exchanged. Address @. A., Press
ONCE. 22-1
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G /. A r K 8
HOUSE 5!

soc CelIuIOid Cuffs only 34c
25c CeIiuIOid Collars only ISc
csc Shaw Seamless Hose 2lc
soc UnIaundered Shirts only 3Sc
Best bargains i'm Maine,
Thousands of pairs of OveraIIs
at &c per pair profit.
soc Overalls doc; use OveralIs
6Oc.
25c boxes reversible Linene Col
lars and Cuffs only lsc; 4-pIy Lin
EN- Collars 2 for csc.
Toe White and COIored Hand.
kerchiefs only sc.
so dozen 35c Braces for I9c.
soc Outside Shirts for 35c.
80 dozen use White Cashmere
Undershirts and Drawers at only
soc.
80 dozen soc CIOuded UNDER
shirts and Drawers winter gOOds)
at only 29c; the best bargain in
Portland.
case 81 Brown Mixed Under
shirts and Drawers at S5c.
COntacOOk A Shirts and Draw
ers only $l.95.
CIuetfs' celebrated Shirts an d
Collars always in stock.
IRA F. CLARK,
ing House I'm Maine.
div
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

The elements seem to owe the agricultural
fairs grudge.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nieations. The maze and address Of the writer
are IN all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

"OTEL, known as the International House,
III corner India and Commercial Streets con-
tanning about forty rooms, including ON the first
floor two good stores and room, suitable for a
ed and are well arranged for a small hotel or
boarding house; the above described property
will be let as whole or separately at reasona-
BILE rental Apply to AUG. p. FULLER, 432
Fore street. myi9f
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

WE give the best 25-cent dinner in the city, at
w the Gordon House Dining Hall; call, 80
Free street; 8 courses; one extra large room on
first floor with three beds, will be let TO party of
or 5 at $3.50 per week for room and board.
GORDON HOUSE, 80 b 32 Free street. 25-1
GROVES Patent Seamless Congress Roots at
~ retail and to measure; awarded medal OF
honor as best in the market; 104 EXCHANGE
STREET, Portland; S. @. GROVE first inventor
who was ever granted patents for seamless shoes
1872; Last Pat 1884. PAL
CFPT. AND OCT.-Any one wishing to
- spend few days or weeks in the country In
Sept. or Oct. can ind pleasant place at the
Pierce House, Harrison, Me-, at moderate prices
w. II. BAILEY Il SON. SLIT
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

We wish to say TO the mothers of
Portland and vicinity that we
nave selected a stock OF Ch1ldren'S
ClOthnng that cannot fail TO please
them. Our ChiIdren's Department
is loaded down with hundreds
and hundreds of ChiIdren's suits
and OvercOats purchased for
SPOT CASH and many lines are
sold at LOWER PRICES than
small dealers have TO pay Tor them
Nothing like SPOT CASH nm buy
ing and selling CIOthIng and
Gents Furnishing Goods. We do
not mark our goods at from 30 10
100 per cent profit, as some DEAL
ers do, and then advertise a big
reduction i'm prices, but mark
them mt "A small advance from
cost.
We believe that small advances
for goods handled in larger guam
titles and turned quickly Is the
only way TO succeed in business ln
these times. We are working on
that basis and the fact should be
apparent that il brings about n
state of affairs very favorable 10
the buyer. If yOn wish TO be care-
full and economical in your pur-
chases and are DESTROYS OF secur-
ing the fullest value for every dol
lar you spend, ID is n duty you owe
yourself TO see our stock without
delay.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

The Finest Meat-FIaVOring Stoke.
USE AT FOR SOUPS,
Eeef Tea, Sauces and Made Dishes,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27
WANTED.

WANTED-My patients TO know that have
w removed TO 49l1a Congress street. seven
Dentist. 1874
WANrED-Highestc cash prices paid for cast
W OH clothing, ladies or gents, or exchange
ior turkish rugs. Please send letter or postal TO
M. DEGkOOT, 04i2 Middle street. 6-tf2ws
WANTED-Situation as bookkeeper or as
~ slstant, can furnish good references as to
fords, Me. 2I-4
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FEMALE HELP.

WANTED-A capable girl for general house,
w work in small family; must have good
references Apply before p. m. at 1877 NEW
BURY STREET. 2B-1
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FOR PRESIDENT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON,
OF INDIANA.
Eor PresIdentlaI ELECTORS.

At Ldrge-Horace II. Shaw, of Portland.
Samuel N. Campbell, of Cherryheld.
First District-M Mark Il. Wentworth, of Kittery.
Second Distrtct--T. r. Simonton, of Camden.
Third District-Albert w. Cushman, OF ELLSWORTH
Fourth Distrfct-Lambert Sands, of Sebec
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

WANTED-Tabls girl at the BLANCHARD
w HOUSE, Free street 261
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

WANTED-A good cook; references reguir-
w ed. Cali at l12 FREE STREET 26I
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-09-27

WANTED-By two Down East girls, situation
w In private families will do general house
WORK, second work or ehlldrens nurse; 20 girls
waiting Tor all branches of work at my employ
ment once, 100 Federal street. over Park Dining
Rooms. MRS. PALMER. pol
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17

THE RACES OF AUsTRALIA.-The in,
habitauts of the continent of Australia
have always been stumbling block in
the classification of the races. owing TO
their exhibiting in a mixed form some of
the characteristics OF two distinct races.
Their com plexion, features auj peeuiari
ties of the skeleton are distinctly negro
like, yet the frizzlv hair so characteristic
of that race is not found il the ARstra
lian. The suppoeition is that they are
not a distinct race at all, bnt cross be.
tween two primitive stocks. 1t has been
supposed that the frizzly barred Melane-
slams or Oceanic negroes, which include
the Paruans of New Guinea and the in
habitauts of the Western Pacific islands,
originally peopled the Australian contln-
ent and that a modification of their
physical characteristics was brought
about to some degree by the infusion of
a low foIm Of Caucasian, such as is now
found in the interior OF the southern
parts of India, among the notifications
being the change to straight bair.-
Globe Democrat.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
Clara Belle at Home.

Franklin File is the name by which
the dark-eyed man, suave of manner,
with a broad, white brow and black
moustaChe, is known to the newspaper
men of the country, says the New
York GrdphJc. The outside public
know him as"Ciara Belle. ;" "Gilsey, Os-
ear" and by the divers other nom de
p!umes with which he masks his per-
sonahty. File is typical ''aIl-round
American newspaper man; active,
keen, crisp, cynical. with satanical
humor and matchleSs News" style.
know only his outside work: his bits
Of local color. his etchiugs of people,
bis photo graphs of the life and char
acter and circumstance of New York.
He writes of Gotham as only a Co.
thamite can. He knows the town and
its people and habits of thought and
ways OF looking at things. To his fel-
,ow-craftsmen the statement that he is
an ornament of the san staff describes
his work. His income is quoted at
SO, coo and he twists every dollar of it
ont of the end of his fingers Hard
work? Yes, but what big money Is
made without it?' as CO.. Ochiltree,
who knows would say. This is a
mighty goou profession, though, for
bright men who work, and it never
paid better than now.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
replied young smartness;

HAD FAITH IN HIS WIFE.-They had
been talking of the sharp games played
on innocent people by sharp men, When
Green looked up, and said:
"GentlemaD, | don't brag about my
wife being sharper than a razor, but I'll
tell you what I'll do. I'll write note,
sign it with 10y own name, aud ask her
to deliver my Sunday suit to bearer for
repairs. You may send it up to the
house, and ] bet you So she'll be too
sharp to let the clothes CO."
"We'n take that betl" called two or
three voices, and there being five of
them they Clipped in dollar apiece.
The note was written and signed and
dispatched b. Il messenger hoy. In half
an hour he returned, empty handed as
to clothes, but having note which
read:
Come off the perch! Ali the clothes
you have in the world are on your back. "
''Gentlemen," said the winner, as he
pocketed his flyer, "iet me recommend it
to you as something which always wins;
and as [ must meet a man at three
o'clock l will now bid you good day"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17

WHERE PANAMA HATS ARE MADE
"Why is it they make such wonderful
hats at Panama and nowhere else2" asked
the porter.
"On the contrary" replied the halter,
''these wonderful hats are not made ct
Panama and are made somewhere else.
No Panama hat was ever made Mt Pana-
ma They came to be called by that
name because Panama merchants first
made them known outside Of local mar
kets. The best Panama hats are made
at Guayaquii. They are woven by nat
i've women ont OF the fiber of the pita
palm This fiber is generally spun or
stripped by these skillful artists into
slender threads ten and fifteen feet long,
although it can be stripped into almost
any length with care The braidiDg or
weaving is all done with the fiber held
below the surface Of water, which keeps
it piiahie and preserves the pecnliarities
Of its texture. An ordinary Panama
hat, made of several pieces of fiber,
costs So OF first hands in Guayquii
That seems trife high, but it takes a
woman three weeks to braid hat Of
that kind, and it will wear forever.
Finer grades require more delicate
threads and longer time in making
New York Evening Sun.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
IMPURE FOOD.

Exceeding caution should be exercised
In the purchase Of new article of food.
Many recent cases of serious illness have
been re ported from the use of the new
patent foods for infants, from INFESTED
baking powders, and cheap havoring ex-
tracts. The desire for rapid wealth in
duces INSCRIPTIONS manufacturers to
place anything before the public that
will sell at a large profit, without regard
to its usefulness or healthfulness. Al
present there is a great raid upon the
baking powder market, and so many i'm
pure and adulterated articles of this
kind have been found peddled about the
country that the authorities In several of
the States have taken the necessary ac-
ton to expose them. The report OF the
Ohio State Food Commission has shown
that large number of brands sold here
are made from alum, phosphates, or a
cheap and adulterated cream of tartar.
The danger to the public is made still
greater by the unblushing effrontery
with which the proprietors of those i'm
pure powders advertise them as perfect,
claiming for them all kinds OF false and
impossible endorsements.
The official report of the Ohio State
Food Commission gives the names of a
number OF these impure powders, and the
amount of impurity and inert matter in
each as follows:
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
FIFTY YEARS AGO.

In recent issue of your paper cor
respondent says: Fifty years ago pro-
baby half orr farmers wore home-spuu."
What have we gained by giving up this
industry? Let us see. Fifty years ago
nv father owned and ran an old fashion
ed cardiug and cloth dressing establish
ment, to which the farmers brought
their wool to be carded into rolls and
then taken home and spun and woven in
hand looms into mems and womens wear
web. Then it was returned TO US to be
fulled, carded, stretched, dyed, sheared
(the nap), and pressed. This was for
mems wear, and it was cloth fit for the
lords who wore it-too good for the titled
lords of these degenerate days. Bsnjam
in Franklin, Thomas jefferson, and near
ly all of the great men of their
period wore this cloth. The women's
wear was not fuiled, but otherwise was
handled the same. This wear was then
taken home aud made up into comfort
able habits of Ell kinds worn by women.
The dresses were cut high in the neck
and planned for health and comfort. In
ali this home work, the girl. the coming
woman, participated. She was familiar
with every detail. Her body was fully
developed by work, and her mind was in
sympathy with her body. When the
time came for her to respond to the WOO
ings of love she had as an inheritance a
pure soul incased in q sound body. AS
wedding dowry she had chest full of
linen, flannel, coverlets, spun yarn for
stockings, few sheep, COW, her spin
ming wheel, ETC., etc. This type Of
women became the mothers of our past
great men-the Lincolns, Grants, Sher.
mans. and the hosts of statesman, Chief
Justices, and the remarkable business
men of the day-in fact, of all the men of
note who stand head and shoulders
above their fellows Now please com
pare this Goddess Of Liberty, this I'M
crowned queen, with one Of cur modern
girls or women-ope Of those semi rude,
banged. uselc So creatures, who, if they
ever become mothers, beget the dudes
we see every day, who are simply bur-
lesque on on the human racei Have we
improved the race or retrograded?-
ga Farmer in Chicago Tribune.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17

Why THE Crow IS BLACK.--The
Indians of the extreme northwest had
some very remarkable legends about
the creation, in which the crow takes
the leading part, bringing order out of
chaos. Perhaps the most curious was
that which accounted for the raven coat
OF the crow. One night, while making q
tour through his dominions, he stopped
at the house Of Can nook, a chief, and
begged for lodging and drink of water.
Can-nook offered him bed, but, on ac-
count Of the scarcity of warert, refused
to give him anything to drink. When
all the rest were asleep the crow got up
to hunt for the water butt, but was heard
by Can nook's wife who aroused her hus-
band. He, thinking the crow WAS about
to escape. piled logs of gum wood upon
the fire. The crow made desperate eff
forts to fig through the hole in the roof
where the smoke escaped, but Can nook
caused the smoke to be denser AID dem
ser, and when the crow finally regained
the outer air he had a black piumage.
1t was previously white.-The American
Magazine.
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Wives For French Soldiers.

There is no place where well-to-do
widows have SO good chance of adj
vantageously investing their incomes
in the purchase of husbands as at a
French military ball. The French
officer is not particular as to personal
charms or family. He is a good fell
low, knows how to make little money
go a long way, how to avoid debt, and
has Snowy qualities which women like
There is no more domestic man, when
he has a chance of domesticity. In
stead OF going to boarding-houSes in
search of second husbands. the sonsy
reflects Of rich and vulgar Englishmen
would do better to attend military
balls. Money and a good reputation
Will secure a capital match. Both are
de rigueur. \ subaltern has to get
his colonies consent; and, no matter
how high the officer, he is unable to
marry without the leave of the war
minister There is regular inquiry
department at the war Office, for in
vestlgating the antccedents of ladies'
whose names are sent up by officers
desiring to become their husbands.
No marriage is possible unless there is
at least dowry of 4S pounds a year.
If there be shady past, aud tits found
out, the proposing officer is "blown
up The regiment is looked upon as
a family, and officers and wives treat
each other as if they were all blood re-
latiDus, The officer who marries a
lady with fairly good income is really
we'll of. He can, for instance, al
ways have two soldiers for domestics
one for himself, and another for his
horse; but they must wear uniforms.
THIS IS a bar TO making use OF them as.
coachmen. \ snowy establishment is
not expected; but when there are am-
pie means, hospitality of fraternal
sort is looked for by brother officers.
London Truth.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17

The banana has a high recommended
ton as an article of food because Of its
nutritious character. One authority an
nounces that one pound Of this fruit has
as much nutriment as 3 pounds Of meat or
as many pounds of potatoes, while as a
food it is said TO be III every sense super
ior to wheat bread. The natives of the
West Indies aud other tropical countries
subsist largely upon them and lind them,
as chemists do, food containing large
amoGnt OF nutriment. A friend of the
writer's makes them special aud ezelus
i've Article OF food when he has work re
guiling considerable and particular at
tention and accuracy at the time when
regular meal anu other food would
weaken the action OF mind. lie finds
that the banana in such case digests east
~ and makes no dimiuution of mental
concentration, while, at the same time,
the required substance of mind and body
is obtained.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17

A WEDDING SUPERsTITION.-A curious
superstition was brought out during the
performance of the marriage CEREMONY
IN JUSTICES Office Ill Omaha. The mag
istrate had commanded the contracting
parties to stand before him, and was
about to begin the ceremony when
woman rushed in and ordered The Judge
TO stop a moment. The women, who
proved to be the brides mother, locked
aS the carpet on the floor. and said:
Judge, L am little superatitious.
Which way do the cracks run in this
foor?" This was puzzler for the Judge;
but being OF al accommodating spirit,
he ripped up about two yards Of tie car
pet beneath his feet and found that the
seams of the floor ran crosswise of the
feet OF the young couple lie vGs about
to unite. The. position Of the bride and
groom was changed. The old lady gave
a sigh of relief and the ceremony pro
eded.-New York Commercial Adver-
tiser.