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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
CURRENT COMMENT.
WOOL AND THE TARIFF.
Boston journal

Free trade antIcipations are pretty badly
blasted by the tone of the resolutions adonf-
ed by the Executive Committee of the Ma
tional Association OF Wooden Manufacturers
at its meeting in this city yesterday. The
confidence with which our Democratic
friends have been predicting that the gath
ering would declare war on the wool interest
and thus open the way to pr0stration of
the American wool and wooden Industries,
appears to have been totally misplaced. The
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
THE PRESS.
FRIDAY MORNING, SEPT. 20.

We do not read anonymous letters and eommu
nIcaiions. The name and address Of the writer
are in al eases 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. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

For so small a country Japan furnishes the
world with most appalling list of dreadful
disasters. About year ago it was an earth
quake that buried whole villages of gentle
natives; and now it is an inundation worse
than that at Johnstown and rivalling the
deadly floods of the Chinese River of Death.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
THE KIND TO HAVE.
Boston Transcript
sERcENT s. pRENTIss.
A Brilliant Orator OF Half a Century
Ago.
boston Traveller ]

Boston Traveller
There are comparatively few men living
who remember the brilliant lawyer, states
man and politician of the State OF Mississippi,
Sergent S. Prentiss.
: Mr.. Prentiss was born In Portland, Me-,
Sept. 20, 1908, and died at Longwood,
beautiful resort near Natchez. Miss, July l,
1850, at the early age Of AZ years. He was
graduate of Bowdoln College. In 1927 he
went South to seek his fortune. at that
time there were no public schools at the
South. Wealthy planters employed private
tutors to educate their children, and these
tutors were generally selected from the
North an unintentional tribute then paid
to the superior education and intelligence of
the Northern States. The position of private
tutor was not regarded as mental. and the
tutor was placed on an equality with the first
families. While acting in this capacity Prem
tiss employed his leisure in reading law, and
In 1929 was admitted to the bar of the State.
He was a remarkably fine-looking man and
his first appearance as a pleader before
Mississippi jury was marked by that rare wit
and eloquence which endeared him to the
Southerners, and they at once adopted him.
1t would have been well for him had it
stopped with the adoption of his talents and
his citizenship. Unfortunately, however. he
embraced to the full other Southern Gust oms
and peculiarities, which led to his early
death. At one time he was partner of
Felix Houston, brother of the renowned Sam
Houston.
His cong ressional career was brief but
br iliant one. In 1887 he contested the seat
Of Colonel Claiborne, and his speech 10 his
own defence occupied three days. The
House was decidedly in his favor. and he
would have unseated Colonel Claiborne had
1t not been for the casting vote of James X.
Polk of Tennessee, then Speaker and bitter
Democrat. This accounts for the bitter at
tacks made upon Polk by Prentiss when
Polk was nominated for the presidency in
1874. His constituents, however, returned
him the next time, but be soon became dis
at the close Of the term and settled in New
Orleans No Southern orator, not excepting
even Clay and Crittenden, could control
the masses Of the South like Prentiss. There
are several gentlemen living who remember
his last visit to Boston and the grand re-
ception given him.
To show In what estimation he was held
by his party and Others we give in full the
following correspondence of the Boston
Atlas of the date of March IL, 1888:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
MEMS FINE SUITS.

Instead of profits, big loss. Gents Fine
Frock Suits. all wool. handsome dark colors,
$l2 and SIS per suit; $40 quality.
Young Mems All Wool Suits, sizes SO to
SO, at this sale only IS; regular price $12.
Small lot Young Mems Fine. Custom
Made, Wide Vale Suits, the most elegant
and newest design of this season, offered at
$40 and $25 per suit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

Mrs John A Logan has been suggested
seriously as successor to Commissioner Tan
ner in the Pension Bureau. of course a
woman is the proper person to manage
bureau; though Mrs. Logan has declined to
undertake the task,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

The caucuses of Boston have gone over
whelmingly for Bracket, and unless ap-
pearances are deceitful, he will be nomin-
ated. Yesterday mornings figures gave
Bracket total of 657 delegates, and Grape
a total of 467, with fifty doubtful.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

The story that Cronin was killed by Brit
ish spies is very thin and no doubt trumped
up by the corrupt and desperate ring that is
suspected of putting Cronin away to conceal
their own manifestations.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

MIR. Joseph Chamberlain thinks a new
party should be formed. No doubt he
thinks, too, that Joseph should lead it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
Words Are Useless = Come and Judge for Yourself !!

Our entire new stock of Winter Over
coats now manufacturing will be put on
our counters Oct. 1st next. The thousand
or more we have on hand, carried from last
season, must be disposed of before that
time. Everybody in this climate must be
interested in this sale.
Large lot of Mems Extra Quality Blue
Chinchilla Beaver Overcoats, SO called big
bargains and cheap at $40; offered at this
sale at
Only $500 Each.
Sizes SO to A.
Large lot of Young Mems Handsome
Style Overcoats. $500 and $1,000 quality. at
Only $500.
Sizes 33 to Sc.
At $40, $12 and SIS both gentlemen and
young men will find remarkable variety
of Overcoats, Cape 0vercoats and listers in
our best grades. the regular prices of which
are $1S, 500, $22 and $25.
Mems Heavy Refers at $3.50 and up
wards. $3.50, So. Sc and SIS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

Mayor Mckinley, in opening the campaign
10 Northern Ohio, included in this sentence
his opinion of the position the Republican
party should occupy on one great question:
THE black man is now counted as a basis Of
representation in Congress, and therefore 1t
is the more important that that basis shall
be fairly counted, and the mission Of the
Republican party will not be ended until the
franchise shall be as sacred as the peoples
firesideS."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
BOYS KNEE PANT SUITS.

Over 200 All Wool Suits for boys to IA
years of age, at $500, $3.50 and $500.
Small lot of ALI Wool Combination Suits,
comprising Knee Pant Suit, extra Pants and
Hat to match, ONLY $500, worth $500.
800 pair of Boys Odd Knee Pants, in sizes
A to IA years, new patterns just made up. at
only 80 cents, 70 cents, and $1.OO per pair.
See our Boys fine Knee Pants at $3.50,
$500, $3.50 and $780,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

1t is not little amusing to listen to the
declarations OF the Democratic papers oyer
the refusal of the New England wooden
manufacturers at their recent meeting in
Boston to demand repeal of the tariff on
wool. They had hoped that this demand
would be made. and that thereby severe
blow would be dealt at the protective sys-
tenn. But the wooden manufacturers, while
demanding certain changes in the tariff
which seem reasonable. did not intimate that
they wanted free wool, Thereat the Bos-
ton Post says: 1--WE gave President Whit
man of the Manufacturers National Asso-
hation and his friends credit for more cour-
age. Instead of standing up like men for
what they want, and what they know per-
fectly well their industry is in desperate
straits for lack of, they played the towards
at their conference Tuesday, surrendered to
the Ohio idea as IL it were hard wood club
instead of wind, aud put forth set of reso-
buttons which make them laughing stock,
and which they will at no distant day be
heartily ashamed Of" The question nat
urally suggests itself ON reading this criti-
cism: Who knows best about the needs of
the business of wooden manufacturing The
Boston editors, or the men who have invest
ed their money In mills which they are man
aging?
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

200 Boys Overcoats, ages to II years,
only $1.S5, $3.50. $500, So. so, $500, $500 and
5000. The biggest bargains and best values
in Boys Overcoats ever offered in this State.
A dollar saved is dollar earned and now
is the time to save it.
All our best grades of Boys Oyercoats in
sizes A to IL years. that sell regularly at
$1,000 aud $500, marked down to
Only $500.
Large Boys All Wool Overcoats only
1878.
Large Boys Fine Overcoats at $1,000 and
$500, marked down from $3.50, $500,
$4,000 and $780,
See the display of Overcoats in our large
show windows, and prices marked. No
house in New England can offer you any
such bargains.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
LOST AND FOUND.

OsT-On Friday. Sent. 18th, between Frye
-, Durg and Gorham, Me-, a ladies enameied
wa1cn with monogram In diamonds. suitable
reward VIII be paid freturned to THIS OFFICE.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
For Sale on InstaIIment Plan,

For Sale ON Installment Plan.
DESIRABLE dwelling house, No. lao Pine ST.,
IL mas four large rooms on the ground noor
with all modern improvements; in perfect repair,
with new National hot water heater; has large
yard In rear with ten-foot passage way 70 Neal
agreement to convey, and $500 with interest at
nve per cent per annum. Enquire az fohT-
LAND SAVINGS BANK, SO ExchangeSt. -.
Sep3 du
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

EOR SALE-In Knightville near Portland
IL Bridge acres improved land, with fruit and
ornamental trees. bounded by streets SO that the
land can be divided up into lots and all available
Barn on the premises. BENJAMIN SHAW, 1914
Exchange street. AL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

SPECIAL Sale ON Ladies' Oxfords this day.
- See show window. BROWN, 46l Congress
street, Sign Gold Boot. al
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

E0gND-The furnace that gives the most heat
Eadar m9n y. tne least fuel at G. ii. CROCkEh. zzo
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20
TO Let.

1.-TWO nice tenements in house No. 153 Frank
IL lin street. House has been thoroughly re-
paired and newly painted and papered through
out. VIII lease them to a responsible party for
au2ldtf CHAS. PERRY, P. o. Box 1919.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

EOR SALE-Sioux Falls Land. We have
u 10 days option on few shares at par of
The QueenCity Syndicate; this is safe, desirable
and profitable investment and has our full
endorsement after careful examination.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

Jersey CATTLE FOR sALE-A few
- choice Jersey heifers and cows Of superior
strain for sale at reasonable prices. Registered
Bank Building. al
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

EOR sALE-Brick house; three stored; 10
Il rooms and bath new steam heating works
of the latest pattern; located on one of the most
within one minutes walk of City Hall; will be
sold cheap on easy terms. w. Ii. WALDR0N,
18o Middle street. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

NOR SALE-In Windham, Me-, farm Of 80
y acres; SO acres in frstclass tillable condition
the rest woods and timber; will be sold on easy
terms; location first rate. Enquire of l. W.
PARKER, 45 Exchange St., or Of J. Turkey, 1853
DaDforth ST. Portland "A
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

EOR SALE-Building lot on old State street
Il at great bargain; also lot TOXIC feet, cor
three very cheap lots on Melbourne Street. w,
III. WALDRON, $50 Middle street, 1911
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

EOR SALE-At Woodfords, large two story
Il house, in good repair; two families; Sebago
water; large lot with fruit trees; large stable;
one minutes walk from street cars; 50. 300 terms
$500 down. balance 500 per annum and interest.
w. ii. WALDRON, $50 Middle St. 1911
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

TNOR sALE-Opera house lot, which for loca-
IL ton and price cannot fail to meet the APP
proval of whom it may concern. w. ii. WAL
ORION, $50 Middle street. 1871
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

EOR SALE or TO LET - The Atwood
Il house, two stories with French roof. pleas
antly situated in Ligonia, Cape Elizabeth, with
several acres of land, fruit trees In bearing, good
room and furnace, and is in good repair; it will be
rented low or sold on reasonable terms. Apply
to LOCKE & LOCKE, $50 Middle street, or to
AUG. p. FULLER, 452 Fore street, 25dtf
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

DOR sALE-1 upright ten horse engine. o
I second lathes. JONES & HITCHINGS,
40 Fore street. 0Aff
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-20

LNOR sALE-1n Back Bay, Portland, 40 acres
IL of flats and land, bounded by the ship chan
mel about $500 feet in length now being dredged
by the u. S. Government; the new mar ginal
street through the flats and the land extends
to Lincoln street. w. ii. WALDRON, $50 Mid
die street. 1871
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29

Japan Fire Screens, Picture Frames,
Bronze Vases, different kinds;
Gard Cases, ivory, bronze, sandal wood,
ETC., etc.
Fans, large assortment;
Framed Japanese Pictures,
Ink Stands, bronze;
Paper Knives, ivory, bronze, etc.;
Bronze Plaques,
Canes, all kinds and very choice;
Dinner and Tea Sets, Hand Painted.
Ladies' Bronze Baskets,
Japanese Fancy Towels,
Jap. Morning Gowns, cotton, silk, etc:
Silk, Grasscloth, and Ladies' Fancy
Handkerchiefs,
Crepe Shawls,
Japanese Sauce,
Rattan Chairs, assorted varieties;
Chinese Plants,
Paving Stones,
Chinese Mating, white and colored;
Row Boats, etc., etc. 155-ly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
Count Tolstoi,s Simple Life.

During my weeks sojourn at Yasnaia
Poliana, the count did no manual toll.
lie had not made any shoes for some
time, and although he proposed blowing
The field of peasant woman whose hus-
band was in jail for bone stealing, he
d1d not actually get between the stills.
He really did not seem to have sufficient
physical strength to do long days hard
work. He was ailing, and, as he said,
rejoicing in the consciousness that every
day brought him nearer to death. We
were all much concerned at the evident
frailty of his constitution, The previous
year, when he had hurt his foot against
a cart wheel, he had been laid up for
months. This year he was far from
well, but he refused to have any advice
from doctor.
Physic and the healing art he held in
profound disdain, and it was an attempt
to secure the advice of the first physi-
clan In Moscow which precipitated the
pilgrimage from Moscow to Yasnaia
Poiana in the spring of this year. The
vegetarian regimen which he has adopted
was doing him no good. He was steadily
pressing forward along the ascetic path.
Until last year he enjoyed the cigarette:
now tobacco, like wine and fresh meat.
Is tabooed. The son smokes, but not the
father. Meat is served at dinner and
supper, but he contented himself with
curds, spinach or vegetables. He still
allowed himself tea, almost the only lux
!ury left. Like Gen. Booth, Count Tolstoi
Is not yet ''saved from tea" But that
also will probably speedily follow the
rest of the superfuities which have been
discarded in the pursuit of the simplifica-
ton of life.-W. 7. Stead in St. Louis
Republic.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
Nervous Headache.

There are many kinds of headaches.
In these days the nervous headache is
a very distinct variety. It is gen.
orally located in front of the head,
across the forehead over the eyes. It
may be in other parts, though-at the
top of the head, at one or both sides,
at the back, or all over It is painful,
depressing, disabling. A man feels
at the height of The paroxysm like
hunter who has galloped his legs
clean off, and who could not leap a
three foot ditch to save his life. The
spur is of no use, neither is the whip.
The pain in the head is worse to bear
than either, and the patient will
rather endure both whip and spur
than make any kind of effort which
will make the head pain worse.
Physic by itself is of no use. There is
not single drug known to medical
science which will of itself at once
and permanently cure a nervous head
ache.
On the other hand drugs are not al
ways needed. A complete change of
air and circumstances will usually
take away the pain in ten or twelve
hours. Perfect rest of a duration pro-
portioned to the severity and long
continuance of the symptoms will
make the cure permanent. There are,
of course, methods of relieving and
diminishing the pain until such time
as it may be possible to obtain the
complete rest. But the rest is the
thing to be secured at all COSTS If
not, the pain goes from bad to worse
and the risk from less tn orrnater The
final consequence it is impossible to
predict, except that a breakdown
sooner or later is inevitable, and the
breakdown may be for year or for
lifetime.
A nervous headache is a danger sig
nal; if it be frequent the danger is
increased, and, if continuous, catas-
trophe is imminent. The driver must
put on his breaks at all hazards, or he
will probably soon have leap for his
life. There are very few sets of cir
cumstances in which It is mans duty
to go on with his work when he is in
this condition, at all risks. Even a
threatened bankruptcy had better be
risked than a threatened life. Besides
p man who is in the unyielding grip
of permanent headache is not really
the best judge of his own circum-
stances. He magnifes and distorts
things amazingly. He takes counsel
of his fearsand abandons his hope and
courage altogether. Rest immediate
and sufficient is the sovereign remedy.
Two weeks at once may be better than
a year very soon.-Doctor in New
York Mail and Express.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
sENsELEsS SUICIDES.
What Napoleon the Great Thought of the
Crime of Self-DestructiOn.

What Napoleon the Great Thought OF the
Crime of Self-DestructiOn.
Epidemics are not confined to phys
ical diseases; crimes are sometimes as
contagious as certain fevers or the
plague, Just now human nature is
showing its radical eccentricity by
suicide. Instances are reported from
all sections of the country, and though
insanity will account for many of them
the large majority simply indicate a
dissatisfaction with what life has to
offer. If they were confined to Those
who are engaged in hopeless struggle
so long continued that heart and en-
ergy are exhausted, that would be one
thing. But here is the case of rich
man or woman of society who lightly
swallows the fatal drug, and in a pet
Or a fit of anger or for some other
trivial cause opens the door and steps
into the next room. One naturally
seeks reason for these startling acts.
Do we dread death less than our
fathers, and, if so, whyP Is life grad
ually losing its value? Isn't there
enough within the ordinary limits of
earthly existence to keep our atten-
ton, that we must needs close up our
accounts before its natural term ex-
pires? Do we live so rapidly and
suffer so continuously from nervous
depression that our grip slackens and
we lose our hold without regret? Are
the restraining influences of religion
less powerful than formerly, that we
spurn the guilt attached to suicide and
risk the chances of the future? Have
we lost our mental and moral power
of resistance and endurance, and are
we becoming the spoiled children of
fortune, who must have all we want
or we will vacate ohe premises and try
our fortunes somewhere else? 1t was
Napoleon the First who said: Suicide
is a crime the most revolving to the
feelings; nor does any reason suggest
itself to our understanding by which
it can be justified. What claim
can that man have to courage who
trembles at the frowns of fortune?
True heroism consists in being superior
to the ills of life in whatever shape
they may challenge him to combat
n. Y. Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29

A Maine teamster has succeeded In
driving pair of oxen with bits and
reins. Th& OK knowe!tl evra more
than lio,y Writ credits Inn wish.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29

OOHN DYER-............ Honolulu
--13m Ro ON No. 8. upstairs. Spreckels' Block
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-11-29
Builders Of Steam Machinery

In all its branches.
Steamboat, Steamship. Land Engines & Boilers
High Pressure or Compound.
STEAM VESSELS of all kinds built complete
with bulls OF wood, iron or composite.
ORDINARY ENGINES compounded when ad-
visable.
STEAM LAUNCHES, Barges and Steam Tugs con-
structed with reference to the trade in which
they are to be employed. Speed, tonnage and
draft of water guaranteed.
SUGAR MILLS and Sugar Making Machinery
made after the most approved plans. Also, all
Boiler Iron Work connected Herewith.
WATER PIPE, of Boiler OF Sheet Iron of any
size, made in suitable lengths for connecting
together, or Sheets rolled, punched and packed
for shipment, ready to be riveted or the
ground.
HYDRAULIC RIVETING, Boiler Work and Water
Pipes made by this establishment, riveted by
hydraulic riveting machinery, that quality of
work being far superior to hand work
SHIP WORN, Ship and Steam Capstans, Steam
Winches, Air and Circulating Pumps, made
after the most approved plans.
SOLE Agents and manufacturers for the Pacific
Coast of the Heine Safety Boiler.
PUMPS-Direct Acting Pumps for irrigation or
city works purposes, built with the celebrated
Davy Valve Motion, superior to any other
pump.
--13m Ro ON No. 8. upstairs Spreckels' Block
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-10-11
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
OFFICIAL,

-1----------1-SS- @>|rSS(>SC->><~->C~CS
- T. FULLER. Justice orthe Peace and Court
- commissioner, Office on the second floor OF
Aarofte's Block. Oak Street, Little Falls, MINI.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-10-11
BUSINESS CARDS.

n 4. CHURCHILL, Real Estate and insurance
-. ONCE a. Tuttle & Churchili's store, Little
Fails Mimi
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-10-11
CITY OFFICERS.
COUNTY OFFICERS.

FRANK ELLENBECKER, Auditor.
4ENRY GOULE'T, Register of Deeds.
). STOLL, Treasurer.
n: RICHARDSON, Judge of Probate,
sKANk ": LYON. County Attorney.
II. 3. CLYDE. County Surveyor
=. Il. a. fORTlEK, Coroner
>: FULLER, Court Commissioners
HENRY RASlCOT, Sheriff
|. Z. STAP u s, Clerk Of District Court
}. II. ZEAL, superintendent Of Schools.
County commissioners sTUMPF. Chair,
nan, MARCUS KOBE. PETER MEDVED. A.
o. LAWRENCE, DENNIS SHEEDY.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1889-10-11
MEDICAL.
DENTISTRY.

MARTIN Dentist. Office in Blake's build
Our 20 years practical experience In the Dental
Art assures US that we can guarantee to the pub
l'c that our work will be honora aud scientif1.
sAlly done and equal to the best.