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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

An Italian physician claims to have dis
covered that the blood of an eel contains a
poison Of similar character to the poison of
vlpers. he says an eel Of two kilogrammes
has In its blood enough poison to kill six men,
Senator Morgan's thirty-seven-hour speech
on the tariff question was great strain on
him physically. When his voice became
weak, he would refer to some citation on
the subject in hand, and call on the clerk to
read 1t. He thus obtained frequent intervals
of rest, which enabled him to perform his
remarkable oratorical feat.
Mrs. Marion Fortescue, who was married
last Sunday to Robert b. Roosevelt, United
States minister at the Hague, is the second
daughter of Thomas O'Shea, editor of the
Dublin Freeman's Journal. When she was
runaway marriage with Captain Kenyon
Fortescue who was the grandson of the late
Lord Fortescue. Captain Fortescue died.
and Mrs. Fortescue came to New York,
where she was given employment by Charles
d. Halpin, who was at that time editing the
Citizen. There she first met Mr.. Roosevelt
Senator Edmunds will not take the stump
this fall, though he believes that the present
campaign is one of the most important crises
in the history of the country, and that it
VIII AFFECT the welfare, prosperity, and hap
f-A - shO PCOpiOs LUZ ho ooJo ~
is physically impossible for me to speak out
OF doors, and very nearly so in any large
hall filled with people. The wear and tear
OF nine months of Senatorial work and the
not altogether propitious climate of Wash
lngt0n are indicating to me that my capacity
Tor work is substantially exhausted for the
season."
A few years ago the English gave the name
OF Mount Everest to that peak in the East
ern Himalayas which, as far as is yet known,
Is the highest mountain in the world. In
May last they gave the name of Mount God
win-Austen to the peak in tile Western Him.
alayas which is supposed to be the second
loftiest summit. Most British geographers
adhere to the laudable rule to give to every
geographical object its true native name hnt
here are the two highest mountains in the
world bearing the names Of two Enolisbman
distinguished as surveyors. There Is how
ever, an excellent reason why these stunan-
dous heights will never be known Inv natina
names. Each of these mountains Is snr
rounded by several satellite peaks that arc
nearly as high as the pinnaces which Iift
their snowy heads a little above them
These surrounding mountains entirely cnt
off the view of the loftier SUBMITS from the
nearest inhabited regions. The natives have
given names to these satellites, but they
have never seen the higher SUBMITS, which
have consequently been unnamed until for
eign explorers revealed them to the world.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24
Mr.. Blaine on lumber.
The Argus publishes the following re-
marks made by Mr.. Blaine in the House of
Representatives June 10. 1868:

The Argus publishes the following re-
marks made by Mr.. Blaine in the House of
Representatives June 10, 1868:
In the first place, let me say that during the en-
tire war, when we were seeking everything ON the
the eartu, out Of which taxation could be wrung.
it never entered into the conception of Congress
to tax breadstuffs-neve During the most press
ing eAigencies of the terrible contest in which we
were engaged neither breadstuffs nor lumber
ever became the subject of one penny of tax tion.
II was not because Of the influence of the rich
gram dealers at Chicago, Toledo or Milwaukee.
1t was because If anything be universal bread
stuffs are universal; for they constitute literally
ever so small iii amount it will be made a pretext
for the very Spectators OF whom gentlemen talk
for adding an appreciable amount to the cost Of a
Now as to the article of lumber, again remind
the House that there never has been tax upon
TINS article. Inc gentleman from OHIO may talk
OF this question as he pleases; but say that
whenever the western frontiersman undertakes to
make for himself home. to till the SOIL to carry
cabin; he needs lumber for his fence; he needs
lumber for his wagon or cart; he needs lumber
for his plough; he needs lumber for almost every
purpose of his daily life.
And comments upon them as follows:
I Mr.. Blaine has outgrown the sentimental follies
OF MS youth, for he is now for protective tariff
in large caps.
Here is very distinct insinuation that
Mr.. Blaine's remarks in 1868 were an assault
or the protective tariff on lumber, and that
ne has since changed his mind and now is in
favor of such tariff. In short it is an aecu-
sation of inconsistency,
Whether this accusation proceeded from
Ignorance or malice on the part of the Argus
makes little difference; it is entirely untrue
and unfounded. The question under discus
sion in the House when Mr.. Blaine made the
above quoted remarks had nothing whatever
to do with the tariff. 1t was an internal tax
bill that was before the House. This bill
imposed taxes on various kinds Of dealers
and manufacturers. Thus under it, dealers
in horses were to be taxed $40 each; butch
ers whose annual sales exceeded $1,000 were
70 paYSio; dealers in canned meats &c. were
Taxed $40 or more according to their sales.
Inc Dill had no more relation to the tariff
than our municipal and State tax bills have.
In Inc Dill was the following section:
manufacturers, not otherwise charged with a
special TAX, shall each pay $40: and ali n,anifac
turerS, whose annual sales exceed e5 oo0 shall
pay 81 for each additional 81 600 ON III, a,nonnt
OF their sales III excess of So ,0oJ.
Mr.. Blaine sought to EXEMPT mann
facturers of lumber from the payment of this
tax on the ground that it would increase the
price of one of the necessaries, and would
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24
PUBLIC HEALINc.oE THE SICK
At Congress Hall.
Strange and Mysterious Magnetic
Power.


DIR. Smith, the Justly celebrated and most now
erfnJ maonatic bealer 4, tb;o ooun+r, - 49,, ~,
Cse1Y,, 80, - '''io Doun'iy, mas ensaseu
congress HAL, IN the city OF Portland, where he
will publicly heal the sick free OF charge. every
morning from I n IN n o,cloelr ana a,,ar rr,,,,.
-, - 49, 80 = " -, : o.o.n' Gnu o'eiy Ahuis-
uay evening at O'CLOCK, until further notice COM
mencing Monday morning August Of DR. Smith
il the on,v fhorouohly ad,,oa+ad ,,,,,a,a,.,
o,oasS ouuoa.ou physician
ana surgeon IN this country who is endowed with
the magnetic gift of healing to that degree which
enahIas hin, ~, no ,,no,, -, q ,,,,,,,,o ~. = -.
49, .',, W 81 upoii .iio pupiio s'aso anu pun
ncly heal all manner of disease simply by the lay
ing on of hands. Diseases of years standing that
nav o'iiieu 'iie sAiii Oh tne medical profession
ana have been given up as ineurable are restored
to health In a few moments time by the simple an
nlica,ion Of b;s hands ~ ~ o,yao,e,, ,,a. r,s
strange maenetic noya ,e bich PATS LII, s
nossassas masas %is p omei mncm II oml,n
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

give nothing in return but small revenue to
Ine government which was not needed.
NOW there is no similarity between direct
TAX such as this bill proposed, and protec-
1--WE duty. And opposition to the first and
support OF the second are entirely inconsist
emit Part of the purpose of protective
duty Is to protect labor from disastrous COM
petition of low priced labor abroad. While
tue sole purpose of an internal revenue tax
is TO raise revenue. A duty may increase
the price of the article ON which it is laid but
very slightly. while it prevents the wages OF
labor being reduced to the foreign standard.
But an internal revenue tax must inevitably
increase the price of the article on which 1t
is laid to the consumer, while affording no
protection whatever to the producer. 1t
was tax of this kind on lumber which Mr..
Blaine opposed in the House-a tax which
inevitably would increase the price of lum-
Der to the consumer while it would afford no
protection whatever to the producer.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

When William Emery says that the tariff
increases the cost of an imported or manu-
featured article by the precise amount of the
duty, there is some excuse for the falsity of
the statement, because Mr.. Emery perambu-
lates as a stateman only at rare intervals,
and may reasonably be supposed to know
nothing Of what he is talking about. But
there is no excuse for Allen G. Thurman,
when he makes such statement as this,
which occurs in his Port Huron speech:
Now, my friends, II you will reflect for a mo-
meDt you will see that it Is necessarily the case
that the tarir taxes are paid by the consumer Of
the articles which are taxed, and Of all domestic
articles of like kind which are manufactured in
the United States, for II Is curious fact and one
Of the worst things about this tariff tax that while
the government gets 81 resulting from the tax
ss that & At
importer brings goods Into the United States to be
pays this tariff tax BE pays the tax therefore,
and then sells. to the wholesale merchant. OF
hr ne e. must get TINS tax back On the price for
and his business would break up at once.
he therefore e puts the tax on 10 the Or.
price added and with the cost of transportation
and his reasonable commercial profits, he sells
these goods to the wholesale merchant. The
wholesale merchant sells TO the retail merchant
and of course this tax, which enters into the price,
continues in the price. and to it is added the profit
of the merchant. Then the retail merchant sells
to you. and of course he must keep within this
price. for otherwise he would sell for less than he
gave for the goods, and no man of sense would do
that Therefore the tax is in when the cloth is
sold to you, and you, In the price you pay this re-
tail merchant for the goods, pay the whole of the
tariff tax. the importers profit, the wholesale mer-
chants profit and the retail merchants profit, be-
sides interest on their money. 1t is as plain as
that two and two make four. II were a school
master and teaching boy 10 years old and he
could not understand that with ten minutes in
strnction, would give him up as hopeless idiot
This is simply untrue, and capable of being
proved untrue by example after example
taken from the list Of protected articles. 1t
is also position which has been admitted to
be false by leading Democrats-of the South,
too, for whom Mr.. Thurman has great re-
spect. Alexander Stephens said: SIN levy
ing duties on imports you can at the same
time make foreign producers pay for the use
Of your markets, and in that way incident
ally and properly give aid and protection to
American industry. 1t is not true. as gen.
eral proposition. that the consumer pays all
the duty imposed upon commodities brought
from other countries"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

Mr.. Levi p. Merton has quite war record of
his own. In 1868 he "failed up" in the dry goods
business, and settled with his creditors for fifty
cents on the dollar With the profits thus ac-
qufred he periodically started a bank. and, by
specializing judiciously on the misfortunes Of his
country. amassed Immense riches. 1t is such
men as this that the Republican party delights TO
honoi.-L Eastern Argus
How about William Emery? Did he
never speculate in the misfortunes of his
country? He did not. to be sure, start a
bank, a transaction which would have been
entirely honorable; but. unless the public
records Of Maine are false, he did flourish
ing business in substitutes Perhaps he was
animated by patriotism. but some of the
prices he got for his recruits seem to indicate
that his patriotism took on decidedly mate
rial aspect.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

81 .aa
The New Age declares this week that ethe
question which the election of this year sub
mits to the country is not a question of pro.
lection and free trade, but of the degree of
protection" And the New Age of this week
publishes supplement headed ''Read and
Think" consisting Of letter from Henry
George to workingmen. Ia this supplement
we find the following: ~
The rejection of protection and the abolition Of
the tariff win not Of itself accomplish this [give
labor full freedom], but IL will be a long step
towards il. : And this is the question that
you will be asked this year to answer by your
votes. Are you for restriction or are you for Tree
dom?
Here Is plain declaration that the issue
this year is between protection and free
trade, Now which does the New Age be-
lieve, its own statement of the issue or the
statement of Mr.. George which it commends
to its readers? Or does it put them both out
at the same time hoping to catch protection
lists with its own and free traders with Mr.
Georges?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24
CURRENT COMMENT.
NIGHT BE asked of MAINE. TOO.

NIGHT BE asked OF MAINE, TOO.
New York SUM-
What in thunder ails the Massachusetts
Democrats?
DELIGHTFUL strand
boston Transcript
At York Harbor the ladies so far outnum-
Der the gentlemen this season that the place
is known as the She-shore.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

More information is coming in regarding
that great alleged speech of the Hon. Will
liam Emery. The audience is said to have
consisted Of two men and a boy. The men
are now away and SO unimpeachable testi-
mony that the speech was delivered is not
forthcoming The boy slept during the per-
formance
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

Secretary Bayard appears to be very much
cut up by the rejection of the fishery treaty.
But he was warned both by the Republicans
and Democrats of the Senate, and of the
House as WELL that treaty on the lines he
proposed would not be acceptable to the
county. He went ahead, however, and made
II, and now.he isdispleased because the coun-
try does not surrender to his views.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

HON. w. PLUmmKR, Of Dakota,
viii speak at
nhuBcloy. aug. -
btfODk Aug. 20
HON. JAMES G. BLAINE
will speak at
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

WlbtOu. ......s... 80. ..Aug.
HON. g. A. BOUTELLE
mill oraalr otI
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24
II. @. JORDAN, of Alfred,
will speak at

North Sbapleigh. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. a
HON. W. G. DOAN, Of Pennsylvanfa, Y
wi enaak af ts-,4e 3
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nicatIons The name 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, 1888-08-24
NO FREE FISH.

n HIIdue1PIId NUTIH At1tI1CdH'I
There will be no free fish from Canada.
The United States Senate stood on its digni-
ty in repudiating the unpatriotic attempt to
grant away the tights that our New England
fishermen have enjoyed for century.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-08-24
A new CARD T0THE PUBLIC
he best advertisement for an article is quality the next
consideration is price,

Kinds Honey and Almond Cream. 80
:, And an immense stock OF Tooth, NAH and Ha
Toilet Articles too numerous to mention.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-02
WINTER TOURISTS.

There IS no better place to be
found on The Gulf Coast for real
enjoyment for the winter tourists
Than Scranton or Pascagoula Fish
and oysters abound, and game is
plentiful III the back country, and
the weatheris so mild that one can
90 out into the open air any
day during the season. We pre-
diet that the tide of winter tour
lists will set this way largely this
winter, and will continue to in
ccease every year rs its advan-
tages become known. On this
subject we clip the following from
the New Orleans Times Demo
crdt:
"Under the belief that some of
the winter tourists who formerly
went to Florida, will seek other
quarters this year, Mobile has sci
about securing a portion Of this
business and Will, to that end ad-
veriise lis advantages by Issuing
pamphlets Of information, and ad-
vertising extensively in the North
ern papers. We feel quite certain
that this venture will prove profit
able; and, indeed, that any place
on The Gulf Coast which follows
the same policy will meet with
equal success.
The tendency, however. Of this
tourist travel Of late years has
been to California. and it is the
Pacific slope that our Gulf coast
must mainly compete with. Much
of this travel passes through New
Orleans, and if it could be shown
that we have here the same adj
vantages many Of the tourists
would stop over instead of taking
The long, tedious and expensive
trip Of two thousand miles or more
to California. lin bidding for this
tourist travel, therefore, Mobile
New Orleans and other towns on
or near the Gulf should prove that
they can offer the same advantages
as California. They can easily
show this in most respects, IN
climate, life, sports of all kinds, in
hunting, fishing, sailing, ctc. Ii
they fail in any respect, it IS in
The matter of accommodations,
which, while they may be as com
Portable as Florida and California
offer, are seldom as inviting. We
fear that the Gulf coast will never
secure its share Of this winter Irav-
el until il learns The lesson by
which Florida and California have
profited, and offers the tourists uol
only comfortable but elegant quar-
ters. such rs can be found in The
hotels of St. Augustine, Jackson
vile, Los Angeles aud Monterey.
The people who come South for
winter can afford The BEST and
want the best. We are satisfied
thousands of them will come here
if we can give them The same luXu-
,ious accommodations as Other
winter resorts"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-02
THE J1ORLD IS VERY FUNNY.
The world is very funny,
For no matter how much moi

The World rs very funny,
For no matter how much money
Man is earning he viii spend it, aud be
hard up all the time.
70 his utmost he is straining,
70 catch up without attaining,
TIL he makes his life a burden when it
should be bliss sublime
He who earns thousand merely
Thinks two thousand dollars
yearly
Would be just the fgureto make his hap
piness complete
But this income when it doubles
Only multiphes his troubles,
For his outgo then increasing makes his
both ends worse to meet.
1t is run in debt and borrow,
Flush to-day and broke to-Ifior-
row,
Financiering every which way to post
ponc the day of doom;
Spending money ere be makes it
And then wondering what takes
it,
Till he, giving up the riddle, looks for
rest within the tomb.
Oh this world is very funny,
To the average man whose money
Doesn't quite pay for the dancing that he
does before Ne should,
And be kills himself by trying
Just little higher flying
Than is suited to his pocket and his own
eternal good.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-02
NEWSPAPER LAWS.

The following is the decision of the
Supreme Court OF the United States in
reference to subscribers TO newspapers:
l. Subscribers who do not give express
notice to the contrary, are considered as
wishing to continue their subscriptions.
2. If subscribers order the discontinue
ance of their periodicals the publisher
may coutInue to send them until ali ar
leaiages are paid.
3. If subscribers refuse or neglect to
take their periodicals. from the off e tn
which they are directed, they are held
responsible until they have settle their
bills and ordered them discontinued.
4. Ii subscribers move to other places
without notifying the publishers, and the
papers are sent to the former direction,
they are held responsible.
5. The Courts have decided that re-
fnsing to take periodicals frnm the Office
or removing and ksaving them uucalled
for, is prima faca evidence Of intentional
frand.
q. Any person who receives news
paper and makes use of it, whether he
has ordered it or not, is held in law to he
a subscriber
Z If subscribers pay in advarce they
are bound to give notice to the publisher
at tho end of their time if they do not
wish to continue taking it; otherwise
the publisher is authorized to send it on.
and the subscriber VIII be responsible un-
I'll an express notice with payment of ar
rearages, Is sent to the publisher.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-02
THAT HIP POCKET NERVE.

Osyka Two States.
Take beardless Young scape-
grace, with The old Adam in him,
as all OF us are, and let him have
pretty pearl-hardled. 3S calibre,
centre fire revolver TO tote, and
habituaI Ioting, (lhe boy conscious
all the time The dangerous thing il
there, because he feels it) will
form IN the course OF time, if we
may be allowed the expression, a
sensitive, abnormal 4lip-pOcket
nerve, running from the brain to
the heart and thence to the hip.
Al any insult or slight injury Of
fered The young desperate. real or
imaginary, his mind trained, con-
stant study Of the fact that The pro-
lection that he relies on is snug in
his hip-pocket ready-the car
tridges are fresh and the cylinder
greased-for instant and deadly
use; this knowledge flashing along
the hIp-pocket nerve from the
brainio The heart, from The heart
to the hand, thence to his hip, bang
goes his little gun, and a good cit
izen lies a corpse at his feet Now
the question arises, would this
tragedy have happened had this
young desperate been as he ought,
in the habit Of going const anlly IN
armed? We say not. By going
armed in secret violation Of the
law 50 long, he grows by virtue of
The unlawlu! Practice, a desperate
person lfhe does not intend any
harm, should the occasion arise,
with his little gun, why in the
name Of common.seuse does he lug
it around with him all the time!
And while all this is true OF the
youihful offender, what ought TO
be said about Il man who rOams
around Christian community
loaded down with concealed weap-
ems! Lowry was right-the carry
ing Of concealed weapons should
be a peuilentiary crime.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-11-02
Curiositics OF Magnetism.

Most well informed people are
doubtless aware that The globe on
which we live Is a great bail of
magnetism; but few have an idea
of The influence this property is
continually exerting. Many com
mon but strange phenomenon can
be traced directly TO this source
Statistics show hat as many as thir-
teen steel rails Will become crys-
tallzed and break on a railroad
track running east and west, be-
fore one Of those on a north and
south track is similarly affected.
This is entirely due 10 the mag
neti>m generated by friction, and
that the fact that lhe polarity of
The magnetic current is resist ed on
the east and west track, and not
on The the one running north and
sOuth. Another strange effect OF
this peculiar force is ;hat eXerted
on the watches OF trainmen. A
time-piece earned by the conduc-
tor running a train twenty miles an
hour, however accurate il may be,
will, il the speed OF the train ism
creased to say fifty miles become
useless until regulated. The mag
nelism generated by the flight of Il
train may be said To be in proper
ton to lhe speed with which it is
and the delicate parts of
a watch, peculiarly sensitive to
This Influence by reason of The
Iammering and polishing they
have received are not slow to feel
he effect.