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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Names for Nov States.

There is q good deal in names, in spite
Of what somebody has said. The house
committee on territories know il, and
they wisely insist hat If the northern
half Of Dakota comes into the Union il
shall be not as North Dakota" but as
"Pembina'; and hat if Washington
organizes il must drop its already much
appropriated name and take Tacoma"
Yakima or "Wallula," well known
aboriginal designations. There Is no
reason why new states should bear names
worn ~threadbare, or why one should be
called NORTH or ''West" something or
other. II argues II poverty Of language.
All new states ought 10 be compelled TO
bear mclodious Indian names, as most Of
the old ones do.-Frank Jeslies.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Mad Over NegetarIanism.

A man made mad over vegetarianism
was q curious inmate Of a Pennsylvania
hospital. The sight Of any animal, bird,
insect or reptile. slain at the hand Of
man, would send him into p~aroxyisms Of
hysteric rage. He would no shoes,
in order to kill the fewer animalcule as
he walked. Every shoe or wooden article
of clothing that came in his reach he
would destroy a funeral would fill him
with frenzy, for he held that the dead
should be carried into the woods and COW
cred with leaves; while his vegetarian
IDEAS as 10 food were equally pronounced.
On every occasion possible he would slip
of to eat grass, each blade Of which he
would carefully wipe in order to preclude
the destruction of an insect.-GoOd
Housekeeping.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Al the Wharxea Of Havana.

Along the low, crowded, quaint
wharves on the Havana side, by the
Catalina warehouses, skirting the Regla
docks and storehouses, or severed at va
rious points in the bay by these pictur-
esque lighters and their noisy lancheros,
are barks and ~barkentines, briggs and
brigantines, two, three and four masted
schooners and full rugged ships, dis
charging and receiving cargoes. Here
are Dutch banks and brigs discharging
coal from Cardiff. They will receive
sugar or molasses for Philadelphia or New
York, and there load with general cargoes
for some European port. Norwegian
banks, brigs and ~brigantines have brought
coal from the Baltic and tiles from France
and Spain. French brigs and banks are
discharging cargoes of tiles from Mar
settles. Here are Spanish vessels with
linen and wines from Barcelona. All
manner Of queer Portuguese craft are
here with onions and garlic and flour.
From Halifax have come vessels with
general cargoes of onions, cabbage, pota-
toes, apples and salt fish. From South
America have come brigs and brigan-
tines, with the general air and build of
Spanish craft, and these have brought
wheat, fruit and tassajo o r jerked beef,
olives, sweet oil, bacon, butter, lard, figs
and brandy. From Vera Cruz and Mex
leo have come what our American sea
folk are pleased to term tramp steam
ers, with hundreds Of bulls for the bull
fights and for meat; and American and
Canadian vessels bring hither three
fourths Of the entire food stapl S con-
sumed by the people of Cuba. Edgar L.
Wakeman's Letter.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Behavior in the Sick Room.

The etiquette Of the sick room should
be better understood. Many a patient,
nervous and excited. has literally had the
life forced out and gone to the grave
through uneasiness or fright wei his
mysterious surroundings. There is no
time when a man or woman more needs
TO have natural and cheerful people about
them than when tossing on a sick bed.
Talking in the room should always be
done in a natural tone of ,oice, and never
in whispers. There should be no tip
toeing and no long faces, or discussions
over this or that grave symptom. The
doctor that don't bring a breeze of cheer
fulness with him to the sick room had
better quit business and go to the under
takers trade. There are many forms Of
disease where the patient is killed or
cured, not by any remedies, hut by the
indiscretion or discretion Of the physician
and attendants. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
NAMES FOR STATES.
The True Test of the Name Of a Country.
Verbal Awkwardness.

The True Test Of the Name Of a Country.
Verbal Awk~wardness.
Probably the worst name for a country
known to history is the United States uf
America. 1t is ambiguous, may mean
either a nation or a confederacy, and has
two senses in the constitution. Il is not
80 trivial as New Found Land, but il is
longer and does not admit of shortening,
rs does the name Of our neighbor island
to Newfoundland. New South Wales is
almost as bad, and all three are awkward
beyond redemption. The test of the
name OF a country is in whether it adj
mits of a derivatiye gentle noun and ad-
iective. Europe gives us European;
Britain, British; Cyprus, Cypriote, and
Siam, Siamese. These are good as
names. But no man can bring himself
TO say that he is New South Welsh
man, or that he is . United States Of
American.
And so, after the fashion in which the
neighbors of Praise God Barebons's
brother with the wonderful name, II
Christ had not died thou hadst been
damned" said it for short, we are in
the habit of calling ourselves simply by
the tail end Of our proper designation,
Americans. forgetful that every human
being from Yukon to Patagonia has
equal rights with us to the name. The
people of New South Wales want to
change their name, and The Spectator
well says they ought to do it, although
for them to claim the name OF Australia
would never do. They might call their
country Sydney, or Sydneyland, or Cook
~sylvania, or Southland, or Auralia, it
makes little difference what so long as 1t
is manageable. What not to call them
selves might be learned from the names
of some Of our United States of American
states. Some of our states allow no de-
rivative. A man from Virginia is a Vir-
gilman. from South Carolina q South
Carolinian, but how does q man from
Massachusetts, pronounce his manner Only
Yankee, which is 10 less absurd than for
Enroughty to spell Darby. What is q
man from Connecticut? Still q Yankee.
What is a man from New HAMPSHIRE
Still a Yankee, although Senator Cass
tried to better the term when he called
John p. Hale q New Hampshire goose,
and Hale retorted by calling Cass a Mich
igander. Men from Maine can still he
only Yankees or Down Casters, for they
resent, we believe, being called Mainiacs.
The later names adopted 10y u states
are generally musical and disable, al
though 0hioan is a disagreeable deriva-
tive of Ohio. The gentle word ought to
b. Ohiote, like Cypriote, but, perhaps,
the people of that great state do not care
TO rhyme with coyote. Wisconsin re-
fuses as strenuously as Michigan to ac-
cept a derivative, as the only one posi-
BILE would be Wisconsinner. OF the pres
ent territories Idaho has a very sweet
name, but what could its citizens call
themselves We suppose the people Of
Utah might be Utes, but if the territory
were to take the proposed state name il
would be hard to call them Deseretters.
What we chiefly seek in a name is that it
be easy to pronounce and be flexible. Its
meaning is Of little consequence. China
is a good name. but it means nothing,
and the people Of China have no knowl-
edge of it.-New York Independent.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

"Take my advice" said an elderly
man about town, "and don't 'swcar Off
doing this OF that thing. If you have a
habit which you think Is hurting you
either physically or morally. just deter
mine 10 yourself TO stop IL. but don't
spread il broadcast among your friends.
You will be exposed to less temptation,
have more chances Of keeping your good
resolution, and, in the event Of a failure,
no one but yourself will be- the wiser.
There's nothing like holding the respect
Of other people, and II they know you
can't do a thing that IL wholly for your
own good they'll new think well Of
you" It's good advice, too,-Philadel'
mia Call
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Novel Defensive Weapon.

A novel weapon of defense has been
Sound in the ruined pueblos Of Arizona.
In the doorways of several Los Muertos
rooms the Heminway expedition has
found many huge defensive stones. These
stones are ponderous masses of volcanic
rock, rather handsome in shape, but
destructive in design. The upper end
tapers to a sort of handle. The stone
was suspended in the doorway By a buck
akin thong, which was fastened to the
ring or handle. The method Of using it
was extremely simple. By holding it
back and then letting it fly a file of men
could be hewn down.-Chicago News.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
French Goyernment Service.

Women employed by the French gov
eminent are furnished with n hot lunch,
Or breakfast, as they call it, at from ten
10 fifteen cents, in a kitchen established
Tor the purpose in government buildings.
No letters are allowed to he delivered to
them in the office. As to the quality of
service rendered by the women, it is con-
Gdered far superior TO that of the men in
matters Of detail and everything which
calls for manual dexterity. Their salary
b extremely small. Chicago Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
The Rolling Pencil.

Never endure the trifing but none the
less real annoyance of rolling pencil or
penholder, when by merely sticking n
roughly squared lump of sealing wax on
the end. the rolling tendency is checked
forever. Sticking the pencil or PEN
holder through a small square bit Of
cardboard answer the same purpose, but
the cardboard is liable to slip off, or bend
oft If shape.-"H. S. B." in The Writer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
The One Who lind To Malt.

Master pofmann, the child pianist,
wrote a note to the roung lady violinist,
Eettie Carpenter, ard told her that he
had changed his rIind about marrying
since seeing her. She graciously re-
piled:
Very well, / viii wait for you" To
which the small adorer responded pa
thetically:
'T0h, but it's / who'll have to wait.
You are all ready. Boston Advertiser.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Experience Had Taught Him.

st. Paul Dame-Charley. l like light
housekeeping, hut this bedroom is too
crowded to suit me. I've filled every
nook and corner in it, and now I've got
TO put that dirty linen under the bureau.
Clarley-Don't you put anything un-
Ger the bureau, my dear.
"Wby notl'
"Leave that place empty and / shall
always know where 10 find my collar
button. st. Paul Globe.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
A Pleasant Feature.

Heidi you read my story in the cur.
rent number Of The Eyeryother Monthly
Magazine, Miss smith,
Slie-les, and liked il very much.
He Thanks. Well written-chg
she-Nery; and so delightfully."- short,
.ou LnoW -Harper's Bazaar.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
The Aaueduct. Of Peru.

Among the great water works Of the
world those Of Peru were In some respects
the most difficult achievements OF any.
The Incas built nqucducts from tho
slopes of the Audcs for a distance II over
100 miles 10 the capital, carrying the
water partly through tunnels cut in the
rocks and partly % arcades on supporting
pillars II mason work TO span valleys, the
channels Icing composed of cut stone
without cement. From these great aquc-
ducts n number Of branch conduits and
burrows were laid literally for irrigation
purposes. Scientific Journal.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Houses of AIormons.

In Salt Lake city the houses of the
Mormons all have two doors. even the
smallest Of them. Some have also two
woOdsheds and two wells. A house that
Is begun with only II room is irequently
heightened out room by room and door
by door as new wives are taken.-CLi.
cage Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
.Artesian Well Pressure.

Sometimes the pressure of an artesian
flow Of water results from a gas pressure
instead OF from a high head Of water.
Dakota. for instance, has several artesian
wells 1000 feet deep. with $50 to $50
pounds pressure, but there are no high
places near by to give this head Of water.
New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

Astronomy is likely % have q boom
in the United States. Among the insti.
tutions that have projected or just COM
pleted new ~olsorvatories Of importance
are Iowa college, Carleton college, Smith
college, Lake Forrest university and
Bates college .-Arkansaw Traveller.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
An rnterprlsInv cIo,hi.r.

49,. snterprising clothier advertises
guaranteeing a wife to every mar who
buys a suit Of clothes. This il no in
.~!uccinrnt ut all. What would do for
this country better would b. a guarantee
Of a suit of clothes 10 every man who has
n wife.-London lid Bits.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
IndIes' IIrnrntips.

There are three establishments in Paris
devoted to the manufacture Of ladics' Gig
arettea and they do a large business.
Most Of the cigarettes contain opium.
and perfumes are freely used. Chicago
Herald.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
Virtue Of sunlight.

SUNLIGHT Ia as essential b. animal rs
vegetable life. Physicians say the num-
Der Of patients cured in hospital room
exposed TO the rays OF the,sun arc four
times rs great as those confined in dark
ened oom s.-Boston Budget.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

A four inch dead smooth file has SGl
teeth TO the face. or 2iG TO the inch.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

An egg OF the great aux nov extinct
was recently sold in LONDON for $500.
Only sixty-six Of these eggs are in cx-
istence.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

nj Ais
90 YOU?

DO you feel dun. lanRuid, low-splrited, life
less. and indescribably miserable, both physi-
cally and mentally; experience q sense OF
fullness OF blOating aftet eating, or OF gone
ness" or emptiness OF stomach In the MORN
ing, tongue coated, bitter or bad taste In
mouth, Irregular appetite. dizziness, frequent
headaches, blurred eyesight, floating specks"
before the eyes, nervous prostratlon or ex-
haustion, irritability OF temper. bot flushes,
alternating with chilly sensations, sharp,
biting, transient pains here and there, cold
feet, drowsiness after meals. wakefulness, or
disturbed and unrcfreshing sleep. constant,
indescribabls feeling OF dread, or OF impend-
ing calamity
II you have all. or any considerable number
q tsst th @e.t sy aaI,nas S sPu hm are suffering mnYi,d fEsn
Bilious Dyspepsia, or Torpid Liver, associated
with Dyspepsia, or Indigestion. The more
complicated four disease has become, the
greater the number and diversity OF symp-
DIR. Pieree's olden Medical Discovery
will subdue IL II taken according TO direc-
tons for q reasonable length OF time. IL not
cured, complications multiply and Consump-
ton Of the Luugs, skin Diseases, Heart Disease,
rheumatism, Kidney Disease. or other grave
maladies are quite liable to set in and, sooner
or later, induce a fatal termination.
DIR. Plerce's Golden Medical Dis
eoyery acts powerfully upon the Liver, and
through that great blood purifying orgnn,
cleanses the system Of all bloOd-tnlnts and Inn
purities, from whatever cause arising. IL is
equally eficacious In acting upon the Kid
neys, and other excretory organs, cleansing,
strengthening, and healing their diseases. As
an appetizing, restorative tonic, 1t promotes
digestion and nutrition, thereby building up
both flesh and strength. In malarial districts.
this wonderful medicine has gained great
celebrity in curing Fever and Ague. Chills and
Fever, Dumb Ague, and kindred diseases.
DIR. P!erce's Golden Medical Dis.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

An English critic says that novels are
now supplied at the rate Of about 400 q
year. M
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

Breach Of promise suits are now called
s.vhite mailing sttacks."
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08

Tho art OF starching linen was nitro
duced into England by q Mrs. Dinghein,
Q Flemish woman, In 1853.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-08
CURES ALL HUMORS,

from a common Blotch, or Eruption, 10 the
worst Scrofula. Salt-rheum. "feyer-sores,"
Scaly or Rough Skin, In short, all diseases
caused by bad blood arc conquered by this
powerful, purifying, and i~nyigorating medi-
its benign influence. Especially has IL mani
Tested It's potency in curing letter, Eczema,
EryEipelas, BOils, Carbunclcs, Sore Eyes, Scroll
uloue Sores and Swcliings. Hip-joint Disease,
white Swcllings," Goitre, or Thick Neck,
and Enlarged Glnnds. Send ten cents I'M
stamps for n large Treatise, With cOlored
plates, on Skin Diseases, or the same amount
for u Treatise on Scrofulous Affections.
"FOR THE BLOOD Is THE LIFE"
Thoroughly cleanse IL by using DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery, and good
digestion, a fair skin, buoyant spirits, vital
strength and bodily health will be established.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-05

There are signs of serious bolt in the
Maine branch of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, growing cut of the ac-
ton Of the Union in identifying itself with
the Third Party. The headquarters of the
movement seems to be Aroostook county,
where convention has been called to OF
ganize non-partisan society. This result
might have been foreseen-yery likely was
foreseen-when few years ago the Union
attached itself to the Third Party, but 1t was
deemed wiser we presume by the majority to
take this risk than to refuse the Third Party
an endorsement While not questioning the
right of the Union to do as it did, we have
always doubted the wisdom of its action.
There is no evidence that the Third Party
was assisted by it, so that even on the as
sumption that to aid the Third Party was To
aid prohibition the Unions endorsement did
not advance that cause. But the Union has
been positively hEfmed by it. 1t has created
prejudice where before there was nothing
but good will. and has made many people
who were before ready and anxious to aid
the Union in its work, lukewarm and jndif-
ferent. Besides it has introduced needless
element of discord into the Union itself
which now threatens to disrupt it, and set up
two associations which will inevitably be-
come hostile rivals and devote, it is to be
feared, more of their time and energies to
one another than to the cause of temperance
and moral reform.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-05

The President thinks some means should
be taken to prevent further accumulation in
the treasury of money not needed to pay the
expenses of the government ;, does every
body else. Had Mr.. Ceveland's party
been halt as anxious to dispos, Of the sur
plus as it was to destroy the protective sys-
TEN the revenues OF the government would
long ago have been cut down To- the limit of
the expenditures. But the surplus has
really been q secondary q astion with it.
How to destroy the protective tariff,
and not how to prevent the accu-
mutation Of the surplus has been the
main question and the one to which 1t has
given its best thoughts and its best energies.
1t was by no means clear that Mr.. Milps
bill would remove the surplus, but it was
clear that 1t would begin the destruction of
the protective tariff, and for that reason the
Democratic congressman voted for it solidly.
The truth is the free traders of the Demo-
cratic party, and they at present are its mas
tiers, have been very much less impressed
with the surplus as source of danger to the
country, than they have been with its useful
ness as weapon to help destroy the protec-
tive system. 1t has been part of their pol
Icy to foster It, In order to use it for this pur-
nose,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-05
WHAT We HAVE TO SAY!

We have told you all about Goodyear Rubbers
and we hope to your advantage as well as our own.
Now want to talk to you about Leather Goods,
in which we intend to give you some of the Greatest
Bargains offered to the public in our line. We
have large stock which we are bound to reduce
Five Thousand Dollars between now and Jan. lst.
We shall offer such inducements that you have
only to see our goods and prices to be convinced
the best $500 and $3.50 Ladies' Kid Button
offered in this market: All our higher grade goods
lines SI.oo per pair. Misses, Chiidrens, Boys and
Youths goods will be sold with the same reduction.
We have the largest assortment of Mems Foot
Wear to be found in Portland, which will sell at
such astonishingIy low prices that you will part
with your money with smile feeling that it is bet
than putting it at interest at 10 per cent. Our
famous Waukenphast Congress and Bal, man.
ufactured to sell for $500, we shall offer for the
small sum of $3.25. 1t will pay to see them.
This is not buncombe, but business, and any doubts
can be dspelIed by calling
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-05

There is one paragraph in the report of the
Secretary of the Treasury which will receive
the general endorsement of the people of the
East, and that is the paragraph relating to
the coinage of silver. The action of Con-
gress in compelling thegovernment to go on
coming silver dollars month after month
and year after year, without any reference
whatever to the demand for these dollars, is
inexplicable on any economic grounds, and
Is only to be explained by the fact that the
people who make coed thing out
of it have been able to coax and scare
enough congressman to prevent the modif-
cation of the present law. To be sure up to
the present time the coinage has been pro-
ductive Of no great harm, but it cannot be
prolonged indefinitely. as the Secretary
points out, without bringing serious disaster.
The present law ought to be modified in ac-
cOrdance with the suggestions of the Sec
rotary. 1t is too much to expect however
that it will be. The silver dollar appears
to be enshrined in the heart of the average
congressman.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-05

In an obituary notice of avenerable woman
who died in Portland few days ago it was
related that about 1920 she terrified the town
by charging 62a cents day for dressmaking.
Her price was considered so exorbitant that
there was great outcry against her. This
was in those good old days when according
to President Cleveland ''the plain people
wrought for the ennoblement and dignity of
man" In these degenerate days neither
men nor women are content to take their
pay in dignity. They insist upon cash. and
generally get it, and in considerably quantity
too. Perhaps the Portland working man or
woman of today would like return of the
good old days, but we doubt it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-12-05

Mr.. Cleveland's devotion to civil service
reform, which was so pronounced four years
ago, appears to have entirely departed. Not
word can be found on the subject in his
last message to Congress. The relations of
labor and capital, the fisheries, the Sackvile-
West incident, the surplus, silver coinage,
the Chinese question, our Indian policy, the
navy, the army, the post Office, our relations
with foreign powers to the minutest details
all these are treated in the message, but
one searches in vain through the $4,000
words which the message contains for even
slight recognition of that old time devotion
to the great reform which drew the Mug
wumps to his standard four years ago. This
however is true Mr.. Cleveland pays scarce
ly less attention to the reform in his mes
sage than he has been paying to it in his
administration for year past.