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The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

LOT No. Live offer 100 suits
of the famous PONT0OSUC
MILLS INDIGO BLUE FLAN-
NELS, cut in single-breasted Sack
Suits, thoroughly well made and
in regular sizes, from 80 to Al
breast measure, at the unprece-
IDENTIFY low price of $3.50 per suit !!
$3.50 per suit Patrons who
have worn the POntOOsuc Blue
Flannels for years need not be
told that they are the best low
priced full indigo flannel fabrics
made in this country. The GUS
tOmery retail price is $40 per suit
We have a splendid assortment
Of Spring Overc0ats, and an ele-
CANT line of Suits for Mems,
Youths and Children's wear, all
at ROCK BOTTOM PRICES.
200 all wool Indigo Blue Suits,
single or double breasted. with
detachable buttons at SO per
suit, just the suit for Railroad,
Horse Car Men, etc. Call and ex-
anime.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24


One Of the most recent arguments in favor
of throwing down the tariff has been that
there will, in reality, result no competition
with American labor, since European labor
though apparently cheaper, is in reality as
high-priced in the end as American, because
1t is ignorant and unskilled and can there
fore turn out less product. This argument
was lately advanced with great boldness by
New Hampshire paper, which declared
that it costs as much to make any manufac-
tured article in Europe as it does to produce
a similar article here, "the labor there being
SO much less intelligent and productive than
here " To this, Mr.. B. f Shaw, of the Shaw
Stocking Company, OF Lowell, who has late
ly given Chairman Mills some useful instruc-
tion about seamless stockings, makes reply
equally full of information for the New
Hampshire champion of Mr.. Mills's bill.
Two-thirds of the latch needles" used in
the knitting machines in America, are made
in New Hampshire, where their manufac-
ture is large industry. The Shaw Compa-
ny buy their needles there. paying $40 per
thousand for what could be bought in Not
tingham, England, for $3.50. Mr. Shaw's
analysis of the cost of the needles in the
two countries illustrates the falacy of the
proposition that production costs as much
where labor is cheap as it does where labor
is high. In New Hampshire the cost of maxi
ing the needles is as follows:
1000 needles marketed al. $1,000
FROM front OF ~ per cent? .......-S2.00
OosI ol Wues.s.s.. 80
ESQ
Labor and incidentals 80
In Nottingham, England the account
stands thus:
1000 needles marketed at. sl2bo
Profits of per cent. SO
Wire. -..........'.....-'....... .33
Labor and incidentals ................. S11.54
II will be noticed that in England the pro-
fits are less and the raw material cheaper
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL "a.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu-
aIcations. The name and address OF the writer
are IN all cases indispensable, not necessarily Tor
publication but as guarantee Of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

The New York Mail and Express having
got along with its scriptural notices to /:
Evil company doth corrupt good manners"
ought now to be thinking of moving out of
New York, If it intends to practice what it
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

The Hon. Frank Hurd is one of the few
Democrats who is in favor of free trade and
says so. The great majority, like Brer Rab-
bit, are laying low. and protesting to be in
favor simply of tariff reform with no inten-
tion Of placing our tariff on free trade
basis, in the hope Of being as successful,
as was Brer Rabbit, in getting there. Mr..
Hurd's course may be less shrewd than
that of the majority of his political brethren,
but it is far more honest and more TO his
credit
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

In spite of the claims of great strength
which his friends make for him, it is plainly
apparent that the chance is narrow that
Hon John Sherman will not meet great hu-
initiation at the Chicago convention. And
that humiliation is threatend from the dele
CATION from Ohio. Ohio is solid for Sher-
man, but it is almost certain that good
number of 1.-THE delegates to Chicago will BE-
in the words of an anonymous observer, ''for
Sherman temporarily, with prayers for an
early deliverance." The st. Louis Globe
Democrat, which regards Mr.. Sherman as
'unquestionably the ablest living citizen of
Ohio" expresses the opinion, formed from
its point of observation in the West, that Mr..
Sherman will find it very difficult if not inn
possible to hold the solid vote of his State
beyond the first ballot. ''There are, it says,
mo signs Of such a form of allegiance as
such man ought to have from the people
upon whom he chiefly relies for the success
of his campaign. They have not rallied
about him in the way that is necessary to
impress the rest of the country with the idea
that their preference for him is genuine and
abiding. This attitude of Ohio towards
John Sherman is not new. Great as have
been his services to Ohio and the nation,
high as is his reputation as financier and
statesman, he has for some reason failed to
impress himself upon the imaginations of
the people of Ohio.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

The scientists of the Smithsonian Insti-
tute think they have discovered specific for
rattlesnake bite in drug that bears the
iaw-breaking name of jaboriandi. If such
turns out to be the case another excuse for
whiskey drinking will have disappeared.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

1t may safely be assumed that the discred-
liable disclosures now coming out concern
ing Gov. Hill do not cause the New York
friends Of the President many hours of an
puish
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
THE GREAT GAME.
Rrool<lvn Standard rnion.

There was time when baseball was
merely an incident of gambling, but that
day has gone, never, let us hope. to return,
and there is nothing more honestly conduct
ed in this broad and glorious land of ours
just now than the business that gives en-
ployment and money to hundreds of our
young men who have by long practice and a
most commendable self-discipliavry process
in the matter of living become experts in the
handling of ball and bat.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

LOT No. 1--WE offer 100 BOYS
INDIGO BLUE ALL-WOOL SUITS
Cloth made by the Assabet Wool
en- CO.. for Boys 5 to Ii years old;
new, fresh goods, just placed for
the first time on our counters this
week; made i'm handsome Norfolk
Blouse styles, with belts, at the
exceedingly low price of $500 per
suit. Read the price again.
Think what the fabric is that we
are offering you for $500 per
suit---Assabet Ali-WOOl Indigo
Blue Suits, which will not fade,
the real value of which is not less
than $3.50 per suit We will give
a written guarantee with every
suit, if required, that they are
genuine Assabet fabric, which is
a sufficient guarantee of their
value.
1000 kites to be given away, one
to each purchaser of a Children's
suit, or sold at ten cents each.
60 dOz. 25c braces at IL cents.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

100 pairs $3.50 All Wool Pants,
made of the celebrated Dexter
Mills goods, at only $2.9S.
We purchased for SPOT CASH,
10 cases of the Champion Coat
Hanger, the best one out. SOME
THING NEW, which we shall sell
at Is cents, or 2 for 20 cents;
regular price % cents each.
Our cash sales for the week
ending March 14th were between
81 500 and $1,000, an increase of
over 800 from last year, and con-
sidering the bad weather, includ-
ing stormy Saturday, we think
it proves beyond a doubt that
people appreciate good goods at
Low PRICES.
In OUR CHILDREN'S DE-
PARTMENT we also offer some
of Che most extraordinary attrac-
tiOns ever placed ON our counters.
Our stock Of Boys and Children's
Clothing is the largest in Portland
and we offer some exceedingly at
tractiye bargains this week.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
CURRENT COM ENT.
AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

AN INTERESTING SITUATION.
IN. Y. Journal of Commerce.
Savings banks, as well as life insurance
companies, are exposed to the deadly perils
of Albany legislation.
WITHOUT FUNERAL NOTE.
Hartford Courant,]
The cold and silent tomb yawns for Mr..
Bayard's fisheries treaty, and the hard
hearted Senate even denies it the hoDors of a
public funeral.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24


A delegation of Congressman of Irish de-
scent called upon the President few days
ago to protest against the appointment of
Minister Phelps to succeed the late Chief
Justice Waite. Their complaint against
Phelps was that while he has been in Eng
land he has affiliated almost wholly with the
Tories and given Parnell the cold shoulder,
thus indicating clearly that he had no SYM
pathy with the Irish struggle for larger
measure of freedom. The President listened,
but gave his visitors no encouragement that
their views and arguments would have any
weight. There is rumor, however, that he
is not entirely blind to the bad effect on his
chances of being the next President of an
Irish-American detection, and will try to
arrest any danger from that source which
might follow Phelps's appointment by send
ing Secretary Endicott abroad and taking
the Hon. Patrick Collins into the Cabinet.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

100 pairs $1.75 All Wool double
and twist Boys Pants, ages 4 to
IA, at only $l.13.
100 Boys Suits, ages 4 to IA,
of the celebrated Sawyer Cassi
meres, at only $3.50 per suit, sold
everywhere at $500 to $3.50.
So S1.75 Gray BIOuses at only
92 cents.
We have i'm stock between 600
and 500 Boys suits, ages 4 to IA,
which we are selling at from soc
to $500 lower than any other
house. We are DETERMINED to
build up a 500, 900 retail Cloth
ing and Gents Furnishing Goods
business in Portland. The magni-
tude Of the task can better be i'm
agined when We say that no other
TWO retail Clothing Houses i'm
Portland are today selling that
amount Of goods.
IRA +. CLARK,
Maine.
DIV
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24

The Bangor Wing intimates that Gov. Mar
BILE is too old to be renominated. His record
of one term as governor, 1t says, would
naturally be the limit of the political ambi-
ton Of man at his time of life." Let us
see. Had Gov. Bodwell lived he would have
been 20 years of age when the Republican
convention met this year, yet the nomination
would have been conceded to him, and the
Wing would not have insinuated that he was
too old and ought to be content with one
term. Yet Gov Marble is but year older
than Gov Bodwell. Hannibal Hamlin, the
last time he was elected to the United States
Senate was sixty-six, and before his term
expired he was seventy two. Yet we do not
remember that the Wing pointed out that he
was too old to do the State good service and
that his political ambition ought to cease.
And was it not the Bangor Wing which in
1873 urged the Republicans of Maine to
nominate for their candidate for governor
the Hon. Edward Kent who was then seventy
one years of age and had record of two
terms as governor? The Wing is making
some important discoveries just now. Gov.
Marbles disqualification by reason of age is
one Of them. Another is that gentleman
who lives in Augusta, if he owns house in
Bangor, is much better representative of
Penobscot county and the East than a gentle
man who has lived in Bangor all his life.
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
on! MY HEAD.

The pain from Neuralgia and its
companion disease Rheumatism is
excruciating. Thousands who could
be quickly cured are needlessly suf-
fering. Ath-lo-pho-ros will do for
Others what it did for the following
parties:
williamsport Ind, Oct 9. 1887.
Having been afflicted with neuralgia for
the past four years, and trying almost every
thing but in vain, finally heard Of Athlo-
phoroa After taking one bottle found II
to be helping me- and after taking four bot,
ties of Athlophoros and one Of Pills, ifounu
that was entirely we'll think the medi-
cine is positively sure cure
CHAUNoEY B. REDDIcK.
Mt Carmel H. Dec. Is 1887.
have used Athlophoros in my family and
find Il to be the greatest medicine for neu-
ralgia l., existence and having had its fangs
fastened upon me for the past 30 years know
whereof speak. MRS. JULIA CHIToS
Or Send 6 cents for the beautiful colored pic
tlre, Moorish Maiden"
THE co. ff2 Wall ST. M
eod&w1ynrmcecd
The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
nIIsCELL ANXIOUS.
CLARK'S CLOTHING
HOUSE |!

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of
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The Portland daily press., 1888-04-24
CONCERNING BOOKS.
BY E. cAvAzzA.

Joy and Other Poems is the title of very
small and modest volume, which however
suffices to introduce genuine poet, Danske
cambridge. her work-this is not one of the
cases where it is difficult to apply the right
pronoun-is of great promise in various
ways; first of all because it has the merit of
being written mostly in a major key. When
1t becomes elegiac or sombre, the intention is
so evidently artistic that the sadder verse
merely supplies the relative minor to the
more vigorous and cheerful chords. 1t is no
small virtue to combine such natural and
healthy sentiment with so delicate and ca
priclous a lyric gift as this of Danske Dan
bridge. Her muse is sylph-like, creature
of air and fire that catches and interprets
the most ETHEREAL and mysterious utterances
of nature and her children. A perfect exam
pie of this peculiar quality, elfn, elusive.
and wholly lyric, occurs in The Spirit and
The Wood Sparrow. A spirit of the air has
dropped to earth from a cloud of snow and
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
A Girls Life in Hindostan.

Miss Mary Graybiel, one of the mis-
sionaries sustained in India by the sect
known as disciples, writes very interest
ing letters to her family in this city.
The place at which Miss Graybiel is now
located is in the heart of India, on the
line of the railroad which is to be built
from Bombay directly across to Calcutta.
The children of the Sunday-schools of
the denomination in the United States
contributed fund OF some four thou
sand dollars with which to erect house
for this mission, and in her last letter
she modestly tells how the work was
done. 1t appears that she had to serve
as architect, master-builder and general
boss mechanic. First, she bou5 ht four
yoke of buffaloes to do the teamiug;
then few big trees-they are very scarce
in that part of the country. She en-
ployed hundred natives, or nearly that
number, whom she taught TO quarry
stone, which had to be hauled several
miles, and to make brick, first trampling
the clay, fashioning it into bricks, and
then burning them, using the spare por-
tons of the trees for fuel. The trunks of
inc tTtcs WeTe ldOollousiN ul manu- hdWeu
into boards for the floors, roof, etc A
stone foundation three feet thick was
laid three feet below ground and as much
above, this solid base wall being deemed
necessary TO keep out the. white
ants, which are great pest of the
country. Evidently a good job was made
of the wall, for Miss Graybiel ingenuously
relates that an Engl.shman visitor in
quired who had been the engineer, and
expressed much surprise when she told
that she had directed the work herself.
1t takes a Buffalo girl 10 kold her own
among the heather, or anywhere else
Incidentally Miss Graybiel states that the
son of German missionary living some
forty miles distant was killed By tiger.
She attended the funeral, making the
journey through the solid jungle in a
cart drawn by pair of buffaloes, with
the chance of being sprung upon by that
or some other tiger atany moment. Sucn
is life in the wilds of Hindostan. -By-
falo Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
IL Was Plumb.

Yesterday forenoon a man halted on
GriswOld street aud looked pretty tixedly
at the tower of the City Hall. In ten
seconds a second man stopped and ele-
waited his gaze. In five minutes thirty
men were looking No one had said
anything or discovered anything, when
fresh addition advanced to the first
man and inquired:
Nv What is it, misterln
"The City Hall tower" was the an
swer
whats the matter with itln
''Why, 1t strikes me that It is out of
plumb. Don't you think so:n
why, mol How could it be out of
plumbi'
II don't know. 1t struck me that
way, but if you say it's all right, I'll
take your word for it. Good morning,
sirl'
The other thirty stood and looked at
each ether in a foolish sort of a way for
minute without saying a word, and
then everybody made rush to get away.
Detroit Free Pres.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
A Telephone millionaire.

Alexander Graham Bell is a very rich
man, and SO are all his relatives While
he cannot be deprived Of his present
riches, yet his future income is very
much in doubt. Should the decision Of
the United States Supreme Court be ad-
verse to Bell the people Of the country
will get cheaper telephone service. and
the Golfers of a great monopoly will be
no longer stuffed full to overfowing.
Bell Is a handsome Canadian, and en-
Joys the luxury OF the handsomest house
in Washington, for which he paid
$40, 900 lie is a well-built man, with
black hair and beard, Just beginning to
turn gray, and has young-looking
face.
The interior of his home is superb.
Water colors, rare paintings and sof.
etchings surround you on every side.
The furniture of the house is a marvel of
taste and richness. The library, which
ad oins the main entrance, is a model of
its kind, and contains thousands Of rare
literary productions. The binding of
the books is of the highest perfection,
and you almost fear to touch the covers
Many of the chairs are Of carved candle
wood. Mrs. Bell is a deaf mute, al
though she can converse with her hus-
band readily. who understands every
movement Of her lips.
She was rich before she married the
telephone magnate, but he has largely
increased her income from his princely
gifts to her Of large blocks of telephone
stock. Just across the street from Mr..
Bells house is little cottage where he
teaches deaf children. He has given
great attention to this sub ,ect, and has
made many wonderful discoveries in the
signal language, which he is endeavor-
ing to supplant by a labial sound Ian
guage of his owns. Louis RePu5-
linn.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
The Manufacture of Imitation Gems.

A New York jeweler tells Mail ant
Express reporter that imitation gems
''come from Oberstein, in Germany.
The entire town is supported by the
manufacture of such gems. How are
tLev fixed upl In va ious ways Inns
imitation diamond is only quartz, and 1t
has been boiled in some chemical that
will make it look brilliant for awhile,
but it soon wears off. If you handle it
much it will not look SC ldstrous. Dia-
monds are the hardest stones to success
fully initiate.
'What other gems are manufactured
cheaply.n asked the reporter.
lone of the easiest is the emerald.
MANY stones you think rubies are only
red spinal, and lazuli is only dyed chai-
cedony. Chalcedony is the usual base
of false onyxes and agates, which are
most counterfeited. The stones are
boiled in some coloring matter and then
subjected to intense heat. The color
permeates the whole stone. Some of
the families at Oberstcir have one secret
and some another They never give
them away. One family has the secret
of converting crocidolite into cat's-eyes.
Gypsum and hornblende are also made
into the same gems. Zircons, which are
formed of silicon and zirconia, look like
diamonds. A thin slice of diamond is
sonnet mes laid over topaz so that the
whole appears to be one gem"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
A Warning to Lovers.

The last stroke of the hour of mid
night has Just sounded. Still he fingers
near the door with her in the steam
heated hail.
at is very late, " she murmurs half re-
proachfully as he squeezes her hand for
the twenty fifth time.
"Was that nine or ten that strucki" he
asks.
at was twelve"
Twelve! And your father is"
"Sitting up until you go, and Pm
afraid he will be angry. He"
Il must 60. Is it possible that he
knows it is so latei"
"His watch never varies a second and
he is in the habit of consulting it every
few minutes when he is wa ting for me
to retire. OH Lawrence, fear, dread,
| tremble-go softly-perhaps he will not
hear"
There was a sound like that of the
drawing of corks, the door softly opened
and closed and Lawrence Longstop went
ont into the night, the starless, tenebrious
night.
A moment later there was flash, a
loud report, wild yell, the hurried
patter on the walk of flying footsteps
and the maiden's terrible con lecture was
realized as she beheld her father enter
the hall with smoking musket in his
hands.
"Ohl father" she shrieked in an
agony Of dread, "You have killed him.
y GU have killed himI"
"No, haven't. 1t was only peas; ne
amt hurt much. 1t was only peas"
'Ohl what will his folks in Boston
sayr'
"Bostonl Was he from Bostoni'
''He was.
"Hang me, if I'd a-known that, l
would have loaded with beans i"-BOst0a
Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27

Carving is a very graceful and useful
accomplishment, and everybody should
study to know how to dissect a fowl.
A turkey in the hands of an artist can be
made to furnish large number at a
table, but a clumsy butcher can make it
an announcement bird-too much for two
and not enough for four. Mrs. Null
bach, in one of her instructive and inter
esting historical novels, shows how en-
tirely the mistress of house is depend
ent upon the skill or temper of the
butler. If he chooses he can carve the
fowl so as TO serve a number of guests,
bnt if he is RULED he will cut it in such
hunks as that it will not suffice to go
around the table. Every Southern man,
nearly. prefers to do his own carving,
and the skill displayed in the perform
ance raises it to the dignity of the fine
art. Skill in carving is one of the
necessary requisites for every gentleman
o. the house, and without it the sum OF
his domestic accomplishments is in
complete.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27

For delicious lamb pie; Take some
outlets from the upper portion of leg
Of lamb, and cut them into pieces about
three inches long and wide; season
slightly with salt and pepper. Let them
stew in very little water for half an
hour. In the meantime prepare deli
cate paste, allowing pound of butter
to pound of -four, adding water gradu-
ally enough to make a dough; when in
readiness, the upper crust should be the
thiekest. Put in the stewed lamb with
its gravy, intersperse some blades of
mace, add a few sliced potatoes and
boiled turnips, cover the meat lightly
with some chopped boiled celery aud
pieces of butter, or for the celery boiled
caulihower may be substituted, seasoned
with nutmeg.-Nep York Post
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1888-04-27
Fashson Notes.

Pink tulle is favorite shade this sea-
son.
Shrimp pink with tan color is a pretty
combination for evening gowns.
So far all the models for spring fashions
would indicate an increase in the craze
for colors of brilliant hue.
The Directoire bodice is one which is
most becoming. and at the same time
suited to almost any figure.
Real silver hooks and eyes are used on
handsome evening corages, serving the
double purpose of ornament and use
Jerseys, which are braided over the
surface from neck to edge with beaded
braid, are the last wrinkle IN Jerseys.
Terra Gotta in somewhat aggre sive
shade is seen in street fabrics and COM
bines better with black than any other
color.
The new silk from China. which is
softer than anything ever before seen, is
called sunshine" pronounced sun
sheen"
The Tam O'Shanter bonnet is both
very pretty and very becoming to youth
full faces, and is made less severely plain
than hitherto.
Umbrellas of marine blue, green, and
lilac, as well as red, are making an effort
to supplant the sober coiored brown and
black ones so long used.
The "Clytie" or the Psyche" are the
names to designate the formidable knot
at the back of the head, which is worn
by many fashionable girls at : present
time.
Walking hats of spotted leopard skins
axe an English importation and ave worn
by stylish New York maidens who are
not afraid of being conspicuous in their
head gear.
The new satines, zephyrs and Scotch
ginghams are fascinating. They cost
from thirty to ninety cents a yard, and
ladies are already busily engaged in lay
inc in their summer suDnlv