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The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
SPEED or RAILWAY TRAINS.
The Fastest Time is Made Between
Baltimore and Washington.
[st. Louis tilohe.nemocrat

lou LOUIS GlODeD Democrat
An examination of the official time tables
for June, made by the Railroad Engineer
ing Journal, shows that the fastest trains
now scheduled are two on the Baltimore
and Ohio, which are timed to run the forty
miles from Baltimore to Washington in
forty-fve minutes, without stops, making the
rate of speed fifty-three and three-tenths
miles hn hour. No other train can be found
which makes over forty miles an hour, and
the nearest approach to it is train on the
pennsylvania Railroad, which runs from
Jersey City to Philadelphia, making one
stop at an average speed of 1873 miles an
nour. On the opposition-Bound Brook
line one train makes the distance from Jer-
sey City to Philadelphia at the rate of 45.9
four stops. The quickest train between
Philadelphia and Baltimore runs at the rate
OF 4l.6 miles an hour. The fastest long dis
lance run is that of the Chicago limited on
f the New York Central and Hudson River
Road, which averages 416 miles an hour
from New York TO Albany, and 4O6 miles
from Albany to Buffalo. The corresponding
train on the Pennsylvania Road runs at the
rate OF thirty-eight miles an hour from Phil
adelphia to Pittsburg.
The trains which are timed to run over
forty miles an hour are thus found TO be
very few in number. and there are not many
wplch are called upon to make more than
thirty-fve or, indeed, over thirty miles for
any considerable distance. 1t must be re-
membered. however, that train whose aver
age speed is forty miles an hour must make
much faster time than that in parts of It's
run.
What is the slowest passenger train is not
easy to determine, but an express" on a
North Carolina line, which takes nine hours.
TO run 100 miles-an average of Ill miles an
hour-is very promising candidate for the
honor.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

Free trade, says Its advocates, will cheaper
the laboring mans clothes and his blankets.
Perhaps so. But 1t will also cheaper his
wages, or destroy his opportunity of earning
any. For II is not possible that an American
manufacturer can compete with an English
manufacturer in the markets of the United
States when those markets are as free to the
latter as to the former, and continue to pay
double the wages of his rival. The Ameri-
can manufacturer must then shut up his
MIL or reduce his wages. Consequently his
employees must be turned out of employment
OF put up with much smaller incomes. But,
says some one, this is a theoretical case
Inc Mills bill does not withdraw protection
70 the manufacturer. That is true. But it
withdraws 1t from the wool raiser. Now
now long viii the wool raiser consent that
the woolen manufacturer shall be protected
while he is exposed to foreign competition?
Not great while we may be sure. The au-
thors of the Mills bill foresaw that this par
TALLY to the wool manufacturers as against
the wool growers would assist In their ulti
mate purpose of Withdrawing protection
from the manufacturers. They used such
manufacturers as they could hoodwink to
help them remove the duty from raw mate
rails, we'll knowing that the producers of
raw materials later on would help them re-
move the duty from manufactures. Protec-
ton If maintained at all must be maintained
as system. If one part of the system is
destroyed the tendency Of the whole is to
fall. With raw materials on the free list the
free traders will haveisucceeded in destroy
ing part Of the system.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
RECEPTION HALL,
City Building, Portland,
Wednesday, the Sth Of August, 1888,
at 10 o'clock I'm the rere....

TO nominate candidates for the following offices .
-Four Senators. County Attorney, Sheriff, Judge Of
Probate, Register Of Probate, County Treasurer,
one County Commissioner; and also to choose a
County Committee for two years and do any other
business which may properly come before the
convention.
The basis for representation viii be one dele
gate for each city and town and one additional
for each rs Republican votes cast for Governor
at the last State election, and one delegate for
fraction Of 40 votes. The delegates have been
apportioned upon the foregoing basis as follows:
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The friends Of the lease of the Ogdens.
burg must not fiatter themselves that the
lease is going through without opposition.
Though very little opposition has made 1t.
self apparent SO far, there is good reason to
believe that there win be good many "noes''
thrown today. Various influences are at
work to defeat the measure. 1t would be,
we believe, serious misfortune to the peo-
pie of Portland If this lease should fail. II
would entail upon us for an indefinite period
load which we have been struggling under
for many years, and which, now there is an
opportunity to get rid of.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The citizens Of Portland should not neg
lect to vote on the question Of the lease Of
the Portland & Ogdensburg railroad to the
Maine Central. 1t is matter which affects
every one of them, and about which they
should have settled convictions. These con-
victions should be expressed at the polls.
There is every indication that large ma
iority Of the people are In favor of the lease,
but this fact must be demonstrated at the
polls. and the only way that can be done is
for the friends Of the lease to walk up and
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

does not the policy that he advocates look to
tnat endp The Argus has been drinking
deep drafts Of Bastiat's Sophisms of Protec-
ton Of late. How does it happen that 1t has
overlooked his sophism of the balance of
trade. M. Bastiat says "the profits accru-
ing to the nation from any foreign commerce
should be calculated by the overplus of the
Importation above the expectation. This
overplus, after the deduction Of expense. is
the real gain" Bastiat says this theory,
which he regards as the true one, leads
directly to freedom In trade. But the Argus
finding an overplus of imports under protec-
tion arraigns protection for causing it and
appeals to free trade to remove it. Our con-
temporary is getting mixed
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The chief argument. If it can be called
such, employed against the lease OF the Og-
densburg. is that the road is liable to fall in
to the hands Of the Boston & Maine. Well
suppose 1t does, and suppose that this cor
poration is as hostile to Portland as it is the
fashion to represent it, will we be any worse
off than we are now The Boston & Maine has
Just as much power now to turn freight from
the west coming on to this road to Boston and
away from Portland as 1t would have had If
1t owned the whole line. But the contingency
OF the road passing into the hands of the
Boston g. Maine is very remote one.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The alternative to leasing the the Ogdens-
burg to the Maine Central is keeping it and
continuing to run it under the present con-
ditions. There is no prospect that an offer
either for sale or lease will come from any
other source. The citizens of Portland are
therefore, to choose today between leasing
the road and getting $4,000 a year for its
use, and keeping it and getting nothing.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The Boston Globe regards the chances of
the Hon. William L. Putnam as very good.
If the Globe means the chances of his be-
coming Governor of Maine, the Globe is en-
titled to take high rank among the humor
GUS papers.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The official reports OF exports and imports for
tne nscal year ending June Both, 1888, show a
balance q trade against us amounting to twenty
eight millions l27 300, 527). That is our people
D0ugnst q foreigners the past year that large
rather surprising condition of affairs the Phila-
delphia Times, an able independent Journal. dis
Argus.
Why should an advocate Of free trade, or a
tariff for revenue only, regard this as an
unwelcome exhibit. Is not an excess of i'm
ports over exports an ideal condition of
things in the view of the free trader, and
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

Gen. Dow expresses the opinion that the
talk of free trade is all bosh Ii such is the
case why does Candidate Putnam devote all
his speeches to showing that the protective
system is disastrous to the country, that it is
unconstitutional and that it ought to 20
Why does Mr.. Charles E. Allen, Democratic
candidate for Congress from the Second Dis
trict, welcome the Mills bill as step toward
free trade? Why does the Argus fill its col
umns daily with attacks ON the protective
system. denouncing it as robbery? WHY
does the Lewiston Gazette, another Demo-
cratic organ. do the same? Are these men
and these organs shouting against protection
with no purpose in view but to make noise
Mr.. Putnam says great principles are in
volved In this contest. If the two tariff sys-
TENS are not in issue then it is difficult to see
where the great principles come in.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The Democrats truckle-to the South as
ofy, Northern Industries are slashea~ by
w AhW numerically, but rice and
sugar. two of the staples of the South, are
left heavily protected.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. 2.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu
nicstions. 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., 1888-08-02

The Conservative members of the British
House Of Commons appear to be acting in a
very dishonorable way toward Mr.. Parnell
The London Times having made certain
charges against the Irish leader, of charac.
ter which If true must make him Infamous,
Mr.. Parnell has asked the government that a
commission be appointed to examine into
their truth. This the government has
granted. Mr.. Parnell has also asked that
inc inquiry Of the commission be confined to
Tue specinc charges against him, SO that the
issue may not be clouded, and the result be
s,eaag Understood ~. by the people. This,
willing to concede. Apparently the onnarn
ment is anxious to mix in a lot Of othor ~.
ter SO as to distract public attention from tno
real issue and conceal its discomstrro
provided the charges of the Times which
1T has identified itself with, are oyerthrown
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
CITY ADvERTIsRmENTs.
STATE OF MAINE.
TO THE ELECTORS
OF THE
City Of Portland.

IDUkSuANT TO warrants from the Mayor ana
= Aldermen OF the City OF Portland, hereby
notify and warn the inhabitants Of said CITY Of
Portland, qualified according to law. 10 meet Al
their respective Ward Rooms on tho arst
THURSDAY In August, A. d., 1888, being the
second day OF said month, at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon, then and there 10 give in their ballots
upon the following question:
Wether the legal voters Of the City Of Portland
land and Ogdensburg Railway TO the Maine Cen
trai Railroad Company which was approved and
authorized to be executed by the Directors OF
the Maine Central Railroad Company on the
twelfth day Of July, A. ID. 1888: and BY the
directors OF the Portland and Ogdensburg
halfway on the sixteenth day OF July, A. d.,
1885 In accordance with Chapter 507 Of the Pri-
vate Laws Of 1885 OF the State OF Maine, entitled
An ACT N relation to the Portland and Ogdens-
burg Railroad Company.
Such questions shall be determined In the fol-
lowing manner, that Is TO say Each voter in favor
OF ratifying and confirming such lease, shall ex-
press his preference BY q ballot bearing the word
yes" and each voter opposed thereto, by a bal
lot bearing the word 'tNO.'
The polls on such day OF election TO remain
open until four O'Clock In the afternoon when
they shall be closed.
also give notice TO said inhabitants that the
Aldermen OF said city will be In open session at the
Aldermen,s Room, In City Building, from nine TN
WE'VE O'Clock In the forenoon, and from two to
nve O'Clock In the afternoon, on each Of the four
secular days next preceding such day Of election.
for the purpose Of receiving evidence OF the quail
ncation OF voters whose names have not been en-
tered on the list OF qualified voters, IN and for the
several Wards, and for correcting said lists
GEO. @. BURGESS, City Clerk.
Portland, July 20, 1888. jy26dtd
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The County Committee win be in session at the
hall at o'clock in the forenoon on the day Of the
convention to receive the credentials Of delegates
and attend to such other business as may be nee
essary.
ISAAC w. DYER, Chnirman.
AUGUSTUS II. BROWN, Secretary.
Portland, July 8, 1888.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

Our esteemed morning contemporary last
Saturday asked Mr.. Ernest M. Goodall for
information and when he sought to give it it
very impolitely slammed the door in his face
and told him to 60 to the PRESS. We are
glad to say, however, that little reflection
convinced our generally genial, though on
this occasion decidedly grouty neighbor.
that Its conduct had been unbecoming. This
explains why Mr.. Goodall's letter appeared
In the Argus OF yesterday; and the explana-
ton is one altogether creditable to our CON-
temporary. This was the Argus's REQUEST
We should be extremely gratified for the infor.
mniatlon Il Mr.. GoodaIl can show us why the Mills
wooden goods, afford wooden manlIfacturers t Sa
ness. ~ JUST
And this is Mr.. Goodalrs response:
SANFORD, Me-, July 80 1888.
In your issue Of Saturday you ask why. with
free wool and the tariff reduced on manufactured
gooas, the American manufacturer could not be
been successfully manufacturing mohair nlnshes
ior about four years. having started the business
s n years wy, we spent our money and put in
Two years OF time before we made success of ii.
we have met with sharp competition from the
french and German manufacturers since the time
The price 6as VIZ Pece q goods on be market
hair plush can be bought ia open market IL this
country 40 per cent; cheaper than four years ago.
AS tne foreign goods gradually dropped in price,
cost OF production to minimum, as every manu-
iacturer knows that the larger the production the
less the average cost is per yard
Now the Mills bill proposes TO remove rhe dutv
on tle raw material used in the manufacture Of
plusnes AAngora goat hair), which is I2c per
pound It also removes the specific duty on the
manufactured goods, which is Soc. per pound AS
Ihese goods weigh ~ ounces per yard it will en-
n nj ft1rf.
cents per yard cheaper than under orr nresent
tarin while we are enabled to buy our raw mate
RAJ put &c. per yard less than now This being
tne TACT, viii you kindly explain wherein we
should derive any benefit from the Mills bin?
Yours truly,
E. NJ. GooDALL
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
The Annual Meeting

. tne stockholders Of the Boston Electric Time
company VIII be held at the office Of the company
IN tnis city at 2 p. m. Wednesday, August o;
G. ID. LIVERM0BE, Clerk
Portland, August 1, 1883. aug2d1w'
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
ANNUAL MEETING

VvHE Stockholders OF the Atlantic and 9, ta,,
u renee Railroad Company are hereby notified
tnat tneif annual meeting for the cnoice Of Direc-
~ ~, sne ehsulng year, and for the transaction
al MI, BUSINESS as may legally be present
co. VII pc neld at the ONCE Of the Company. in
4arus az tne rst Tuesday the seventh day Of
II. r.. BARRETT, Clerk az The Carnoraiion.
Portland, July rs. 1858 " '"0 ilyIGeodtd
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The sun rises on the 1st at 4b. 39m. a m
and sets at III. Am. p. M. making the length
OF the day 14h. 35m. The sun rises on the
olst at on. ION. a. M, and sets at Oh 22m. %,
M, making the length of the day 13h. 12m.
IN Inc decrease n the length of the day during
morning is 3lm. and in the evening it is 42m
observers Will note that the DAYS decrease
more rapidly as the sun approaches the au-
tumnal equinox. The decrease in July il
Am, while in August it is III. 13m.
=. Inc sun VIII be partially eclipsed on the
providence. but visible in the Arctic ocean.
Norway and Sweden, portions of Denmark
ana Greenland and the extreme northerly
parts OF North America and Asia
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
OFFAL NOTICE.

"A LII persons who have any complaints TO make
"a for the non-removal OF offal or any apparent
neglect OF duty on the part OF the drivers, viii con
OF making complaints elsewhere, as quicker atten.
ton will be given the matter by SO doing. G.. ND
.STANWO0D & CO., Nos. 261, 263 and 265 Com
mercal street. Telephone $50. ie29d3m
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION,

The Republicans Of Cumberland County are
hereby requested to send delegates to County
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

The August moon fulls on the 21st at 11h.
tune on the LIST 2 Ann. D. M. being % 55'
south. She is in close conjunction with
Mercury on the 9th at Oh. slim. a. m. being
10 south; She is in conjunction with Saturn
on the 9TH at 4h. 20. a. m, being IS north.
one Is near Venus on the 8th at 3h. 40m. a.
M, being 40 north. Veranus lies next in
ner path, and the conjunction takes place on
tne 18th at 4h. Bonn. p. M, the moon being AZ
"a north. Mars IS next reached in her
course, the conjunction occurring at sll. 4Om.
?, M, the moon being So 81 north. Our
ter on the 14th at Oh. 35m. b. M. being % s.
north On the 18th, at 11h. 31m. D. M, she
IS IN conjunction with Neptune for the sec
ond time during the month. being 90 AZ
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
THE AUGUST MErEoRs

The August nights from the Sth to the 10Th
VIII be enlivened by the display of meteors
which are sure to. descend through the at.
mospnere In greater or less numbers. The
meteors, as is well known. come from the
great meteor zone whose perihelion is on the
eeafth,s orbit and whose aphelion extends
beyond the bounds of Neptune, the most dis.
tant planet In tie solar system. The earth.
ABOUT the 10th, plunges through the zone, the
the earth's atmosphere and descend in the
form OF shooting stars. The radiant point
Of the August meteors is in the constellation
Perseus, and they are therefore called Per
sids. Perseus rises on the 10th in the north.
east about 8 O'Clock, and observers who
watch the sky in that direction will be re.
warded by the sight of several hundred me-
teors as the hours OF the night pass on.
Many OF them will be brilliant, and as large
them will leave trails of luminous vapor last
ing several seconds.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
AUGUST

Is one of the best months of all the year for
phere inclines to meditation and invites The
companionship of the twinkling mysteries
that stud the heavens. The mountain heights
are excellent observatories, and the seasRore
with its grand sky-reach is favorable for
observation. The star-lit nights will be ra-
Jupiter in quadrature, and Mars following
on his track and gaining in the race, viii
lend charm to the southwestern sky. as
soon as the twilight glow dissolyes into the
evening shades. The full-orbed August
moon Will be glorious with the lights and
brightness and seeming to prolong the sum,
mer days as 1t rises for several nights with
only an average difference ih times of TWEEN
ty-six minutes. Truly, the heavens above
are lalr TO see. and SO is the earth beneath
during the charming summer nights.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02

Saturn is evening star for few hours on
the LIST, and after that time morning star
ne Is In conjunction with the sun on the LIST
az on p, m. when passing beyond the sun he
acappteaIs On the western side. He will re-
main invisible for a part of the month, but
may De easily found, with the help Of an
Ippera giass, at Its close, when he rises two
u t;o.. peIore the SUM- Saturn is in coniunc-
s sn,,t, Win Mercury on the 18th, being 39'
sou.n. both planets may be found in the
same neld On the morning of the 14tb. with
tue assistance of a field glass.
=, saturn sets on the LIST at III. Am. d. M. no
the 3lst he rises at 3h. Pm. a. m.
=, mercury Is morning star until the 23d, and
tnen evening star. He is in superior CON
Junction with the sun on the 23d at sh. D.
M, when he commences his course as eve
Uranus is evening star Observers using
an opera glass may find him west of Spica,
and not far from Theta Virgins.
Neptune is morning star He is in quadra-
ture with the sun on the Goth at 3h. a. M.
peing then 900 west of the great luminary.
venus is evening star. She is slowly
emerging from her concealment in the sun
beams, setting on the last day Of the month
ABOUT half hour after the sun. Sharpsight-
ed observers may pick her up just after sun
set about A. south of the point where the sun
went down.
!. Venus sets on the LIST at III. 22m. d. m. On
the 3lst she sets at 6h 53m. %. m.
Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Mars and Jupi-
Ter are evening stars at the close of the
month. Saturn and Neptune are morning
stars.
The Portland daily press., 1888-08-02
A new CARD T0THE PUBLIC
'The best advertisement for article quality next
consideration is price,"

Kinds Honey and Almond Cream. ........... ::
And an immense stock of Tooth, Nail and II
Toilet Articles too numerous to mention.
, 1888-10-31
L. G. Larsen.
FIN.
Translation.


PURSUANT to Ordinance of 9th
June 1884 concerning public
roads in St. Croix 2 it is hereby
made known hal by agreement be.
tween the Colonial Council and Co.
vernment a road in Queens Quarter,
length about 1000 feet Danish mea-
sure, from the Centre Line to Barren
Spot Station, running between Els
tates Strawberry Hill and BarrenS Spot,
has been included among the public
roads.
Government for the Danish West India
Islands, st. Croix the 29th October 1888.
For the acting Vice Governor,
LIMPkICHT,
, 1888-10-31
CHRISTIANSTED

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Johan MichaiIov, Joseph Palmer wife s.
child, Christian Harrigan, Marie James,
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