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Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-05

Germany is to expsnd $4,000 marks
for new men-of-war. With her men-of-war
on the sea and her men of war ON the land
she will be well equipped in a military way.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-05

Mr.. Edward Atkinson says that twenty
per cent. of the cost of all the food we eat is
lost by our imperfect knowledge of how to
cook ID. Twenty per cent. is within bounds.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-05

REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT CHEMISTS sAS TO
PURITY AND wHoLESoMENESs OF DIR.
PRICES CREAM BAKING POWDER.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is the
only brand upon which the United States and
Canadian Governments have ever made a
favorable report. (See United States Nation
al Board of Health, Washington, D. G., Bull
letin, Supplement No. 6, page 33-See Re-
port to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue
Department, Ottawa, seat of Government,
Canada. April Sd, 1850
DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder does not
contain Ammonia, Lime, Alum or any Adul-
terant. r. s. g.. PATTON, Phi. D Chemist
for the United States Government.
The Cream of Tartar used in DIR. Prices
Cream Baking Powder is the strongest and
free from all lime and other impurities.-
Prof PETER COLLIER, Chief Chemist for the
United States Department of Agriculture,
WASHINGTON. d. c.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-05
grp 6ouas.

For which we are sole agents.
This well known and well tested
brand of thoroughly warranted,
reliable, Fast Black Hosiery, we
now have a full assortment of
for fall and winter wear, in La
dies and Children's sizes, at pri-
ces ranging from csc to 75c per
pair. Your kind inspection of
our Electric Hose will be appre-
ciated.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-05

At least one prominent actress, Mrs. Ken.
dali, prides herself on being domestic and
fond of her children. She deserves all the
advertising this oddity will give her.
Morning journal and courier., 1889-10-05

Birmingham, England, employs one thou
sand umbrella makers, and one of them
claims to have invented transparent UNI
brella that will allow the bearer to see what
he or she is about to run into, as we'll as
what In about to run into him or her.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
rne AmerIcan sailors at samoa.

The disposition of American and English
sailors to cheer under every circumstance of
DANGER and hardship has been more than
once Illustrated. At the bombardment of
Alexandria. when the American flagship
passed near one of the English iron clads
that was in action, the American sailors.
many of them veterans of the civil war,
rushed into the rigging of their own accord,
and cheered the British sailors who were
manning the guns. This incident became
famous, and the American Admiral was crit
icized severely for allowing this, although il
was done spontaneously by the men. A
more pathetic incident was the cheering of
the sailors in the awful hurricane at Samoa.
After the British corvette Calliope had once
collided with the American man-of-war Van
dalia, and her commander had determined.
as the last step, to run for the open ocean.
there was a moment when the steamer
seemed to stand still. and then the rapidly
revolving propeller had its effect. The YES
sci moved up slowly against the great waves,
and as she passed abreast Of the Trenton
great shout went up from over 400 men
aboard the flagship, and three hearty cheers
were given for the Calliope. The answer
was three cheers for the Trenton and the
American flag that came back across the rag
ing waters. A few hours later the Trenton
was drifting, a wreck, on to the shore, al
ready sTewn with wrecks. among which
was the Vandalia. then going to pieces in
the darkness. The crew Of the Vandalia
were YET clinging to the rigging as the Tren-
ton' WIN the Stars and Stripes hoisted (the
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18

The old Wings of the Sonth, those shad-
owy, unreal personages, who have been hi
bernating in the Democratic ranks for more
than quarter of century. and who have
now come to that age when a man changes
his political affiliations about as often as
leopard changes his spots, plainly cannot
be depended upon to form the nucleus of a
vigorous white Republican party in the
South Far better rallying points for such
an organization are the industries that are
springing up all over the South. Birming-
ham, in the old Bourbon State of Alabama,
leads in the progressive thought of the
South, as it is leading in the great industrial
revolution in that region. Here we have the
beginning of a movement to break up the
solid Democratic white column, in the for
nation of White Republican Protective
Tariff League. Already Mr.. Thomas Sed-
don, president of the Sloss Iron and Steel
Company, and other prominent manufacture
ers who are protection Democrats, have
Joined the League, and announced their in
tention to do all in their power to make the
new movement successful. Sub-leagues are
to be organized in every county in the State
as rapidly as possible and the leaders Of the
new movement are of the opinion that SINH
lar leagues will soon be organized in Virgin
la, Tennessee and Georgia, and perhaps 9TH
er Southern States. The breaking up of the
political capitalization of the South must
be slow process, as it must be the break
ing down down of prejudices crystallized in
the civil war. But for this difficulty task
the most potent factor is commercial and
industrial interest. 1t is more powerful than
political maneuvre, than oratory, than
legislative enactments AS trade is better
peacemaker than treaties SO industrial ac-
tivity is more aggressive foe of Bourbon
ism than any solid political opposition.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The Gibbs Charming portrait of Washington
has been engraved as the frontispece for this
years centennial issue of Harpers Magazine
In further keeping with the spirit and interest of
the day, Prof. John Bach McMaster opens this
April number with "a paper on Washington's In
auguration, charming compound of history and
biography, and Moncure d. Conway in the course
OF esploang an old map ana many MSS, discoy-
knowledge of the 'sreal" Washington. Biorns-
tjerne Bjornson contributes his third and last pa
slant has prepared twelve drawings Of scenes in
Tangier and Morocco, and has put into his des-
criptive article some of what he calls the slight,
WhiteneSs and brilliancy'' of the East. Andrew
H. Smith, M. D., writes upon The Family Physi-
clan; John X. Coryell upon birds that are noted
f0r nyingiunder water; and Theodore Child upon
CHARACTERISTIC French Cafes. Two short stories,
the first installment of a new noyel-A Little
journey in the Worldly Charles Dudley War
ner, and the continuation of Miss W00lSon'S Ju-
piter Lights form the fiction of the number. Ga
bions OF Abbotsford. a hitherto unpublished frag-
ment by Sir Walter Scott describes his home
and its curiosities. Among the six poems Is the
and sonnet by Wordsworth, with drawings by
Alfred Parsons.
The April Century is a Centennial number, one
half OF its pages being DEVOTED to this subject
The frontispece is picture by 1. R. Wiles,
Washington Taking the Oath as President. The
Inauguration of Washington, written by Clarence
Bowen Secretary of the Centennial Committee).
Ihis Is followed bytwO articles by Mrs. Burton
harrison; Washington at Mt. Vernon after the
keyolutlon, and Washington in New York in
lIs9. Charles Henry Hart Of Philadelphia one
OF the best authorities on this subject in the
Ton, and McMaster, the historian, writes concern
Ing A Century of Constitutional interpretation
BESIDES this profusion of Centennial material the
magazine treats of variety of subjects: Mrs
roete,s novel; The Last Assembly Bail. is contin.
sian Police; Remington, the artist. writes and
illustrates an article on the colored United
States troops of the West. Harry S. Edwards
Lincoln History treats Of Retaliation, the Enroll
ment and the Draft; new writer, Miss Viola
Rosebor0, has an Illustrated story. A Jest of Fate;
and one OF 7. Coles fine engravings in the Old Mas
ter series, is printedIwthout any type the back
1.-The artist this month being Ambrogi0 Loren
zetti. The special commissioner, Mr.. George H.
Bates, sent by the United States to Samoa In
1873. prints brief but timely paper on Some As
poets of the Samoan Question.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
The E,sh-McA,I,ster Eeus.

Not since the elopement of Victoria Moro
SIM, the bankers daughter, with her fathers
coachman. has the New York press been in
such high state of excitement as 1t Is now
over the quarrel between Mr. Ward McAllis-
ter on the one side, and Mr.. Stuyvesant Fish
and Commodore Elbridge Gerry on the other
Interviews with all the participants are Of
daily occurrence, and editorials as serious
and solemn as II the fate of the nation were
involved. are thrust upon the public morn
ing and night. The quarrel appears, how
ever, to be very inconsequential affair
when stripped of its embellishments. The
three belligerents were all members of the
committee on entertainment at the centenni-
al celebration, and as frequently happens,
each one wanted to have his own way, and
his own way was different from somebody
else's way. In the allotment of specialties
Mr.. McAllister, who seems to be a sort of
inspector clothed with power to say when a
mans purse is long enough and his manners
good enough to entitle him to admission into
what is somewhat vaguely styled Society"
drew the ball, and he proceeded to organize
1t in way that suited himself, without much
regard to the opinions of the other members
OF the committee. The quadrille was the
first snag he ran against. He wanted to
make it, to borrow his own language, an
official affair, in which no gentlemen but
those holding high official station should take
part But Mr.. Fish and Commodore Gerry
dissented, because. according to Mr.. Meal
lister, Mr.. Gerry wanted to appear In it him.
self Then there was another fuss about the
banquet. McAllister insisted that Mayor
Grant Of New York should preside, but Mr..
Fish objected, and the objection was the
outgrowth, so McAllister alleges, of an am
bition on the part of Fish to preside himself
Finally the quarrel became so hot that Nc
Allister was requested to resign, which he
did, though apparently with great reluc-
lance. The belligerents are now giving
their opinions Of each other to the New York
press In very racy English. McAllster
sneeringly allndes to Fish as nothing but
"railroader," while Fish disparages the
greatness of McAllister's title as leader of
the four hundred. by alleging that there is
another four hundred just as heightened as
McAllisters, and Of which he himself is the
leader. Then McAllister charges Commo-
doro Gerry with saying that Mayor Grant
dld not Know enough to preside over the
banquet, while Commodore Gerry retorts
that he never said any such thing, and that
McAllister was never snything but the COM
mittee's caterer anyhow. None of the bel
ligerents have SO far issued any challenges,
but they are evidently fast getting them
selves into frame of mind that will not be
quieted by anything less potent than pistols
and coffee. The militia should Immediately
beput under arms.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
that terrible day), came

only flag hoisted 90 'r "a, An eve witness
drifting down upon tA> SUI n" w
has described the scene ,.,,Don them The
Their final hour seemed e. sntan could be seen
great black hull of the Tn ,eady 10 crush into
through the darkness almost nd her TO atoms.
The stranded Vandalia and grl oss the waters.
Suddenly a shout was borne acl @andala. The
The Trenton was cheering the v air and was
sound Of 450 voices broke upon the :. Three
heard above the roar of the tempes cry that
cheers for the Vandalia!" was the the rig
warmed the hearts of the dying men IN 4, and
ging. The shout died away upon lne St a, INK
there from the auivering masts Of tne ~ Hy
en- ship response SO feeble that " was sCa,S ~,
heard upon shore. The men, who felt lney Nv, W. ~
looking death In the face, aroused s She fa-
ship Those who were standing on shore llstsheI ,
10 silence for that feeble cry was the 9'ad to
they had ever heard. Every heart was & on "a
pity. "God help them!' was passed Iio,n a QUE
man to another. The sound OF music next came
across the water. The Trenton,s nanu WAS p pay
| Ing "rhe Star Spangled Banner tle 4nousanuS
| Of men on sea and shore had never before heard
strains of music at such time as this. an lhde-
| scribable feeling came over the hundred Amerlr
cans on the beach. who listened to the notes %
the national anthem mingled with the howl OF w
| storm For moment only were they silent, and
then they broke forth with cry that rent the al
| and reached each of the struggling men ID the
| rigging Of the vandalia.
No moment of battle could have been more
awful; no crisis could have been more trying
| to human courage. The sailors of the Tren-
| ton who raised the American cheer, and
played the Star Spangied Banner In the hur-
ricane of Samoa are worthy successors Of
the heroes who went down with the Cumber-
land in Hampton Roads. Their cheers at
Samoa recognized the prowess of their rivals
and immortalized their own bravery.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18

The Gladstonians have won notable vic
tory in electing a candidate in Rochester,
Kent county. Kent county has heretofore
been Liberal Unionist stronghold. and
I'M the last election Rochester was carried
by them by over two hundred majority. At
the election on Tuesday the Gladstonian
candidate was successful by nearly hun
dred-a net gain of some three hundred.
The result more than offsets the Conserva-
tive vim, Try in Birmingham.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18

Refarr,ng 10 tn Washington rumor that
an attempt is to be MAJ. " Du ~ = "n .s
Republican party at the So- :" anu s,'s' Va. .ne
colored Republicans are to be IL. eu' , sns
Concord Monitor, in an editorial, insp- eu
probably by ex-senator William E. Chandler,
says;
II it is true. as has been telegraph ed, that the
colored Republicans in Alabama and the South,
are to be ignored entirely In this organization 1t
will require no prophet TO f0reteli its doom. The
colored men of the South especially have reason TO
be attached TO the Republican party for what 1t has
done for them In the way OF securing their right TO
themselves, TO citizenship and TO the ballot. They
know that they must look to the Republican party
TO secure TO them the full fruits of their political
rights-a free ballot, honestly counted and cor
rectly reterned They grayitate as naturally to
the Republican party as the needle to the pole.
They cannot be ignored by any lover OF fair play
and Justice in political combinations. The inter
ests OF white and colored voters, who really de-
Sire the prosperity Of the South are identical.
They must pull together against the opposing
party, IN order TO win success. An organization
IN the South Of either white or colored voters,
simply for the purpose of controlling political
patronage, Will inevitably fall to pieces. There
must be unity Of action by the Republicans of the
South, and the color line must forever be ignored
In the presence of Republican principles which
have made the grandest political party the world
ever saw.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18

THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL is.

We do not read anonymous letters and COMM
nications. The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases Indispensable net 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., 1889-04-18
CURRENT COM MENT
A SEARCH FOR IDEAS.
Gardner Home ,Journal.l

The oan,,o, ~, 'argement commission last
week made visit u the state @o houses OF
Massachusetts, Connecticut a. Ne~ ;n narp
shire. 1t Is to be hoped they 90. 'niot ~ :
alton enough from the three million don..
capitol at Hartford to enable them to build
the little addition to our State House in
proper manner. A commission that can't
End an excuse for an excursion isn't much
of a commission in these days.
DON'T WORK BOTH WAYS.
lGardiner Home Journal
Massachusetts is going to have an addi-
ton to its State House, but we haven't
heard that it will send to Maine for an
architect.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18

A large part of the Oklahoma immigrants
have thrown away everything but their six
shooters. The future will undoubtedly justi-
fly their selection of the thing to keep.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18

Rough on Rats has killed two more persons
in Chicago. Isn't it about time to give this
deadly preparation more appropriate namee
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
PROPOSALS..
TO CONTRACTORS.


DROPOsALs FOR sTONE.-RoCE
IL ISLAND ARSENAL, ILLINOIS, APRIL 3,
1SS9.-Sealed proposals, in triplicate, will be
received by the undersigned until O'Clock p. NJ,
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1889, for furnishing,
delivered free on board cars at this Arsenal,
about 300 cubic yards OF dimension, footing
and coping granite. sandstone or limestone, for
the water power dam. Three classes of propo-
sails will be considered; LIST, for dressed stone
ready for laying; I'd. for undressed stone; Sd, for
dressing the stone on the Arsenal grounds. Full
information can be had by addressing Major JNO.
r.. MCGINNESS, Ordnance Department. Com
handing. apr13d6t, t27 .28, 80
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
MISCELLANEOUS.
PRICES AWAY UNDER
BOYS CLOTHING.
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You'll see that here, big lots Of new goods
have already come in and more coming
daily. The main word to mothers ard those
buying for boys Is that our assortment is
ripe-nothing wanted that we Thought good
enough to provide. Many lots have been en-
tlrely closed and repenshed-some lots that
could not be duplicated are now being sold
at '.half prices" Lots of fine All Wool Suits
insizes for boys 4 to IA years, being offered
to you at $780, $500, $3.50, $500 and 5000
per suit that have sold for double the money.
Extra pants are feature of our Bows De-
partment-we make them with ali suits. we
know from experience that boys wear one.
two or three pairs of pants with one Jacket
so we provide for this. You had better bny
the extra pants when You get the suit, for il
you wait they may be gone. We have, how
ever, hundreds and hundreds of odd knee
pants for boys at all times. Those that we
are now offering at 80 cents are big values.
Shirt Waists, Star make mothers friend
and other styles, at 80 per cent under regular
retail prices.
Flannel Waists and Blouses, Jersey Suits
and Blouses, Sailor Suits, 0vercoats, Refers,
&C., &c.
The prices can't be lower anywhere than
here, and mothers can be trusted to Judge of
quality. We mean that no man or boy Shall
be served so well anywhere else as here.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
CITY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Ordinance Relating to Dogs.

LIVERY owner or keeper Of dog shall annually
H cause IL 10 be registered, described, and
licensed Tor one year 10 the once Oi the city clerk.
by paying therefor TO said clerk the sum %
twenty-five cents. and shall cause it 10 wear
around its neck a collar distinctly marked with
the owners name and registered number, and
shall pay Into the city treasury for such license
one dollar.
Whoever keeps a dog contrary to the provisions
OF this ordinance shall forfeit ten dollars % be
recovered on complaint 20 the use Of the city.
All fines and penalties provided In the proceed
Ing sections may be recovered ON complaint be-
fore any court OF competent jurisdiction In this
city.
All other ordinances relating 10 licenses for
dogs are hereby repealed.
It shall be the duty Of the city marshal TO cause
all dogs to be destroyed which shall be found at
large within the city, without collar, required
by these ordinances.
In case any dog shall be found loose or going 1t
large, contrary TO any OF the foregoing provisions.
the owner or keeper thereof or the head Of the
family or keeper Of the house, store, once. or
other place where such dog Is kept or harborec,
shall forfeit and pay sum not exceeding ter
dollars.
The Portland daily press., 1889-04-18
Home Investment F.!
$4,000
Wakefield, Mass, Water Co.
CONSOLIDATED MORTGAGE IS.
Due February l, 1906, optional February /. 1896

The Wakefield Water Company is corporation
chartered under the laws of Massachusetts and
furnishes water for fire protection and domestic
purposes 10 the towns and inhabitants of Wake
field and St0neham, in Middlesex county, Mass.
These are two suburban towns, about ten miles
from Boston, on the Western division Of the Bos-
ton & Maine railroad, and have together pOpu-
lation of IL 900 to 14.O0O.
The capital stock of the Wakefield Water CON-
sued December /, 1888, $4,000, fully paid up
These $4,000 bonds are part of a consolidated
600 are held by the trustee under the terms Of the
trust deed and can only be used TO redeem $780,
600 per cent bonds which were then Outstand-
ing and are optional in 1898, making the bonded
indebtedness OF the company. secured by mort
gage upon the plant, the sum Of 100000.
In addition to the mortgage bonds mentioned
there have been 100000 Debenture bonds Is
sued, which, Of course, are subject TO the mort
gage bonds, the proceeds of which have been ex-
pended on the works, thus adding to the value Of
the plant.
an ample supply for the demands upon the compa-
ny, and the water Is pure and suitable for domes-
tic purposes. The only other available water sun
ply In that immediate vicinity is controlled by the
The pump house is of brick and of good size.
the machinery Is Of standard make. There are two
pumps and two boilers, each Of sufficient capacty
TO supply the works alone, so in case an accident
happens to one of them there viii be no Interior
ence with the water supply. The water Is pumped
directly into the mains and through them 10 an ron
stand pipe 40 teet IN diameter and go feet In
height, which gives good reserve supply
There are AZ miles Of main OF IL inches in diam
eter and less, there being a large amsnnt ~ ID
inch main and only small amount Of less diameter
than 4 inches. The normal pressure varies
according to location from so 10 so nonnds froSs
the stand pipe pressure. -VA"
The Company has been operating its works for
hye years and has met with success from It's
commencement. 10
There are 135 hydrants, and the rental from
these from the two towns amounts to SO 74O
Inere are ABOUT 300 taps, and the revenue from
private consumption was, in December. 1855. AZ
the rate OF S22,O6 per annum, making a total
revenue per annum OF s2S,S0O. Therefore the
financial condition is as follows: ''i0
Sross earnings. 800
T EApenses :. ;;........................ $4,000
interest charges on mortgage
pvhuo''''s..s s..........l 1900
- $4,000