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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The abbrevation SIX Mas" for Christmas,
should not be tolerated by writers.-New
York Sun.
The Kentucky constitutional convention
has decided In favor of permitting ministers
to become Gubernatorial candidates.
There are two kinds of good women One
kind brings in tract when you are sick, and
the other kind brings In bowl Of hot soup.
When you see man sit down in BARRIERS
shop, pin the newspaper round his neck and
commence to read the towel you can put
him down as absentminded.
AS VIM. 7. Tapley was serving customer
in his grocerys tore at East Dedham,, Mass,
recently, he knocked kerosene lamp from
the counter to the floor. The lamp broke,
and the blazing oil poured, over the floor.
MIR. Tapley, with remarkable presence of
mind, rushed to an open flour barrel and
with the contents smothered the blaze.
The Indianapolis Qnd.) Journal sets this
sum: Take pencil and multiply-twice
two are four. twice four are eight, &c,-and
you will find that in the twentieth genera
tion you had 1,04S,576 ancestors, without
| counting the intermediate generations. Then
| lay down your pencil and mediate on the
Insignificant result of all those ancestors"
A society" woman of Chattanooga has
been making up romance about Red Cloud
the Sioux chief, to the effect that he is her
| brother. She says he was kidnapped in
| 1857, when three years old, from his home in
| Wisconsin, and was not found till eighteen
years afterwards, when he returned to bis
family for brief time, but rejoined the
Sioux for good-or for bad, whichever it
may be.
Operatives in the shoe factories of some Of
the Massachusetts, cities are reported as
gratifying the gambling instinct by getting
up fire-alarms pools. Each pool consists of
| as many members as there are fire-alarm
boxes in the city; each member puts in a
| certain sum, and receives an envelope con
tanning folded slip of paper on which q
number is written; when fire alarm i
sounded the envelopes are opened. and who.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

Gov. HIPS friends think he was treated
rather shabblly by the ''reformers" who as
sembled in New York the other night to-
celebrate the recent Democratic victory and
glorify the Hon. Grover Cleveland. He was
invited, to be sure. but was practically
put under obligation not to speak If he a.
tended. The effect of the performance has
been to still further strain the already
strained relations between the adherents Of
the Stuffed Prophet and those of the LIQUOR
Dealers Friend, and render the former:
prospect of securing the New York deega.
ton to the National Convention more dubi
GUS than before.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

Rhode Island as is well known, is the
smallest state in the Union, and Connecticut
has none too much land. 1t is natural, there
fore. although unfortunate that both states
should strenuously resist any attempt to
change the size of either. This they are do
ing now, and at last accounts were in no
prospect of settlement. The Pawcatuck
river. which separates StoningtoD, Conn,
from Westerley. R. l.. is the cause of the
trouble. The act defining the boundaries of
the two states designates the middle of the
Pawcatuck river as the dividing line This
river, it seems, is not fixture on the face Of
the earth, but has moved nearly a mile
toward Connecticut within the last several
years, thus depriving the Nutmeg State OF
considerable valuable territory and adding il
to Rhode Island.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

The English government has turned the
cold shoulder to the Newfoundlanders by
agreeing to renew the modus civendi with the
French for another year. The Newfoundland
ders have also been given to understand too
that in dealing with the question of the
French fisheries with the Home government
will do what seems best to it without pay =
ing much attention to the representations of
the people of the island.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
JUDGE NOT

How can we tell what hearts have vilest sin?
How can we tell?
Many, like sepulchres are foul within,
Whose outward garb is spOtless as the snow.
And many nay be pure we think not so,
How near to God the souls of such have been
What mercies secret penitence may win,
How can We tell?
How do we know who sinneth more than we?
How do we know?
we tmnk our brother walketh guilty.
Judging MIN In self-righteOusDess, an, well!
ferhaps, had we been driven through the nell
VI MS untold temptations, we might De
Less upright IN our daily walks IMAM ne
How do we know?
Dare we condemn the ills that others DO?
Dare we condemn?
Their strength is small, their trials not few
The tide Of wrong Is difficult TO stem,
And If to us more clearly than to them
Is given knowledge of the goood and true,
More do we need our help, and pity too.
Dare we condemn?
God help us all, and lead us day by day!
God help us ALI
We cannot walk alone the narrow way;
EVIL allures us, tempt, us, aud we fall,
We are but human and our strength Is small
Not one of us may boast, and not day
Rolls DER our heads but each hath need to say
God help us ALL
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

Congress has foregone its usual holiday
recess, but unfortunately SO many members
OF the House have taken themselves off that
the sacrifice does not amount to much prac-
tically. No quorum is present and no busi-i
ness can be transacted except by unanimous
consent to overlook that fact.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

Mr.. Sullivan's statement that the great
mass of the friends Of Ireland in America
disapprove of Mr.. Parnell's conduct is I'M
doubtedly true, and it can hardly fail to have
strong effect upon the Irish at home. 1t is
upon the contributions flom America that the
Irish party depends for funds to carry on
the agitation. The treasury would soon bt
empty if Instantaneous should cease Civ
ing, and all effective agitation would have to
stop. With Parnell at the head of the Irish
party and controlling its movements these
contributions would probably stop entirely OF
dwindle to an inconsiderable amount. This
fact, when the Irish people come to under
stand ii, can but have very strong influ-
ence on their attitude toward the discredited
Irish leader.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

The trial of Sawtelle consumed nine work
ing days, and one of those days was spent
in visiting the scene of the crime. Consider
ing the nature Of the testimony, which was
largely circumstantial, and consequently in
volved much inquiry into minute details,
and the number of witnesses called, the time
consumed was remarkably short, and shows
that the presiding justices were successful in
keeping the counsel from wandering off on
to collateral questions. The defence was
remarkably weak, not from any lack of abil.
ity on the part of counsel, but from the in
herent difficulties of the case. 1t relied
largely on slight discrepancies of the gov
eminent testimony as to time and place, in
Producing very little independent evidence.
The failure of Sawtelle to take the stand was
sufficient alone to carry conviction of his
guilt to the public mind, and no doubt 1t had
great influence upon the jury. That the
verdict rendered was right there is no room
to doubt. Indeed it is very rare that Grim
inal case is involved in less uncertainty than
this was. At the beginning there were init
nations that the defence would be able to
involve the place of the muder, whether in
New Hampshire or Maine, in some doubt.
But they met with very poor success even on
this point. Some points have been reserved
for the law court, but there is probably little
in them. The verdict returned was right,
and undoubtedly will stand
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

Professor E. Stone Virgins, of Ottaws,
has risen to the surface again and predicts
an epidemic of cholera for Canada during the
coming summer. This is little out of the
line of his usualipredictions and may come
true. There is.more reason, considering the
terrible sanitary condition of many cities and
towns in the province of Quebec, to expec. a
fulfllment of this prophecy than there was
of those that were based on nothing more
tangible than winds and clouds or magma
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

A Pennsylvania judge has decided that no
state, except by permission Of Congress, scan
forbid the sale of oleomargarine imported
into the state in original packages. This is
following out the decision of the United
States Court in an Iowa case in which liquor
was the article in question, and is probably
good law. The present effect of it Is to null
lily all state laws against the sale of spuri
GUS butter. Congress, of course. can RENE
dy the trouble by passing law empowering
states to make the same regulations concern
ing this article as jim regard to liquors. But
it may not be so easy to get such legislation
in this instance as it was in the case Of
LIQUORS.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

Last winter the newspapers were teemlng
with articles designed to show that the cli-
mate was changing, because we had had two
mild winters in succession. The weather
this winter has been effectively replying TO
those articles. The old-fashioned variety has
got back again.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
A HUSuLIATING POSSIBILITY.
rAlhanv .Journal

The Hon. Grover Cleveland of Massachu-
setts took occasion to sneer at the Hon.
Thomas B. Reed of Maine and the Hon.
desire to remind the bon G. G. that If the
other Republican candidates for Congress
had made the same inroads on the Democracy
as did these two men, the Republican ma
iority in the fifty-second House would have
by the Democrats. 1t might be dreadfully
humiliating to the Hon. G. c. If in 1892 either
the Maine or the Ohio man should be select
ed to whip the Stuffed Prophet out of his
hnn
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
Wonders

Are wrought by the use of Ayers Hair
Vigor in restoring gray hair to its original
color, promoting new growth, prevent
ing the hair from falling, keeping it soft,
silky, and abundant, and the scalp cool,
healthy, and free from dandruff or humors.
The universal testimony is that this prep
aration has no equal as a dressing, and
is, therefore, indispensable to every we'll
furnished toilet.
81 have used Ayers Hair Vigor for some
time and it has worked wonders for me.
was troubled with dandruff and was rapidly
becoming bald; but since using the Vigor my
head is perfectly clear of dandruff, the hair
has ceased coming out, and I now have
good growth, Of the same color as when I
was young woman. can heartily recon-
mend any one suffering from dandruff or
loss of hair to use Ayers Hair Vigor as
dressing."- Mrs. Lydia o. Moody, East
Pittston, Me.
"Some time ago my wife's hair began to
come out quite freely.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. DEC. 90.

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 preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
To Contractors and Builders.

The undersigned will receive
sealed proposals Tor the building
OF N cIOIhing factory and the
furnishing OF al materials for
Ihe same, agreeable 60 plan, and
qualifications now ON lile at Ihe
Store OF y. Durgin, IN cornish,
Maine. unit January SIN, A. ID.
1891, tnciu>ive. said factory n
10 ne IOOx3J, two stories and
Daeenheot aud ~ to be completed
on or before August asst, A. ID. sol.
Ehe right to reject any and nll
dds II hereby reserved.
II. DURGIN, Director.
decl0
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

price of standard to which it is nearest.
For con sumers in this country, manufac'
turers of the plate can make large variety
Of sizes which answer all the different pur'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
CURRENT COM MENT.
SHOULD MAKE IT EASIER.
DrAufaAnAa TD,,,.oN

ILIOVIUtHCo JUuIldI.I
Silver is heavy and transportation to the
mlnts will be somewhat expensive. Why
not have the government issue notes on
warehouse certificates or send an inspector
around to the mine to take an account of the
ore on which the owners wish to realize ?
There Is no reason why the poor silver mine
owners should have any unnecessary bur
dens placed on their industry.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, IS.
I, ]. E. Gilman, Cashier of the above named
bank, do soemnly swear that the above
statement Is true to the best Of my. knowledge
and belief. j. K. GILMAN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this oath
day Of December, 1890.
c. o. BANCROFT, Notary Public.
Commentaries:
$ $s 4 k { ssfH Directors
dec26 dat
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
PROPOSALS..

TbROPOSALS for construction of breakwater
y and beacon at Little Harbor; y. H.-United
states Engineers ONCE, Portland. Me-. Drcem-
Der 1, 1880 Sealed proposals In triplicate for
construction OF breakwater at Little HarDor. N.
H., will be received at this ONCE. 534 Congress
street until 3 p. IN. OF TUESDAY, December 80.
1890. and then opened. Attention Is In ltd 10
Acts OF Congress approved February ~, 1886,
and February 13. 1887, VOl. %. page 232 and
Vol "a, page Ala, Statutes at Large All neces-
sary Information furnished by Jared A. Smith,
dec2d4tt27&29
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

There seems to be no doubt that Sec
rotary Noble stirred up mares nest when
he recommended the investigation of certain
practices of the pension attorneys, and their
regulation by act of Congress if any illegal
operations were found to exist. Congress
has been discussing some proposed reforms
which If carried out will reduce the drain on
the pensioners by curtailing some of the large
fees that attorneys have been permitted to
receive. Ithas been denied that these fees
are excessive, but the recent action of GER
pension sharpers shows that the Secretary
OF the Interior hit the pulls-eye. Mr.. Bel
KNAPP OF Michigan, a member of the House
committee on pensions, a day or two ago re-
'ei'eo threatening letter from a claim
agent, warning him not To continua bio
present course. or he would ruin his political
future. His is not the only case on record
where repeated entreaties of claim apanta
have now turned into threats.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
THE -
CHAPMAN BANKING COMPANY,

Oxford kuilding, ISL Middle So,
CORTLAND, MAINE,
Respectfully announces itself as organized and
prepared TO
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS,
DEAL In CHOICE INVESTMENT SECURITIES,
NEGOTIATE MUNICIPAL AND CORPORATE
LOANS,
SELL FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE AND
LETTERS OF CREDIT.
1t Will receive the accounts OF Corporations,
Firms and Individuals on favorable terms, and al
low liberal rates on time deposits. IL has set
aside. and placed 10 hands OF Trustees, Specials
ssuaraniy Fund Of s1O0, 900 for the exclusive
benefi' Of dep0stors.
Attention Is herewith called TO the following
list OF choice securities now offered for sale, and
recommended to conservative investors:
$1,000 City of Columbus, Ohio,
sis,.os City of Newark, Ohic, street
2,o0o County of Lacas, Ohio, Gener-
nj Fund. ........... ACKNOWLEDGEMENT s..
s5 900 Haskell County, Kas.. Refund-
81 ,O.O 50. Mary. Town.hip, Kas.,
Refunding .......................... 6,s
$780, Ce'orado springs, Och, Rapid
Transit Railway CO.. Ist Msrt........ 6's
$4,000 Keokuk, Iowa, Electric street.
Halfway aud ~ wer co., lst sort. E. o.
sI5, 200 Crawferd.vilie, lad, Water
s30,oOO sciote Water Co., of Marion,
$4,000 Pierre Water Work: Co, ,, OF Us
$4,000 beaver Water Co., Of Denver, "
$4,000 Detroit Bay City Raiiroad
sac, 6oo Cape Girardian i sonihw:.;er. So
Railway Co., Consolidated ............ 6's
Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
&C CHAPMAN k6sERr ouG GPAs, Z. CHAPMAN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

A Chicago despatch says an establishment
for the manufacture of tin plate has been
started at Marywood and gives evidence of
developing into one of the manufacturing
features Of the country. At present the pro-
duction is small, but work has been begun
on the construction of other mills and soon
there will be an elaborate plant The pro-
prietors are E. d o. w. Norton, who for
many years have been importing
large quantities of tin plate from
Wales. Most Of the machinery for
the new venture" says Mr., Norton.
land in fact all Of the skilled workmen.
were brought over from Wales, yet we have
much additional apparatus of our own con-
struction which has lessened the cost of
making sufficient to Offset the increased cost
oflabor. For instance. In Wales the clean.
ing OF the plates after they are made is done
by hand, women being employed to do this
part OF the work. In our little plant we
have machine of our own inyen-
tlon to do this work. One ma.
cnlne will do the work of 80
women. The number of different sizes of
plates which Americans can make will be a
great factor in their favor in competition
with foreign goods. The English plates are
made In two standard sizes. These do not
salt for all purposes, aud In making some ar.
ticles great waste is incurred. IF Won nr.
der special size you are made to paw the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

STATE OF MAINE. COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, IS.
l. Charles q. Allen, Cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and be-
lief. CHAS. q. ALLEN, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this Gath day
OF December, 1890. WIN. w. MASON,
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest;
FRED Z. RICHARDS, \
Fl. Is. CLEAVES, Directors.
LYMAN M. COUSINS,)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
NATIONAL TRADERS BANK,
OF PORTLAND,
AT PORTLAND IN THE STATE or MAINE,
az the close Of business December 10, 1890.

STATE OF MAINE, COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND, IS.
1. Edward Gould, cashier of the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that he above state
ment Is true TO the hest of my knowledge and be.
lief. EDWARD GOULD. Cashier.
(l Subscribed and sworn to before me this
%. oath Gay OF December. 1890.
CHAS. U. BANCROFT, Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
VIM. G. DAVIS,
r o. CONANT, Directors.
dec25 ' d3t
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

The policies CT the UNION VI
TUAL LIFF fNSUkANtE WV
PANY aHoed absolute proseesloh
and ln liberality are uhslfpis''ro
bV those any other Company
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-27

"The use OF 'Castoria is so universal and
its merits SO well known that it seems a work
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach"
CARLOS MARTIN, d. D.,
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-17
Corporation Notice.

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON THEIasEH
AZ day Of July 1899, application was msdsto th Re
GERMANIA AVENUE.
MANHATTAN AVENUE,
anu 'ne h0f'hOf BEE ias e STREET,
IN the Following manner. including all intersec-
10 have the street for the full width thereof
gSrrnn n to the established grade by excavatins or
TO have new blue stone tagging feet wide ialo
10 naye new bridge stone crosswaiks laid,
And al other work done that may be neee ssary
to Complete Che = impgoye n n in q good and sub
stantial manner. q
airy, 1890. the Commissioner Of Assessment filed
with the Board of Street and Water Commissioners
viii PROBABLY Be assessed and the probable amount
OF herent to each lot or parcel Of land also the
for the said impro vernent, and the same is now
Of the board Of Street and Water Commissioners
and notice Is also given that the following streets
Guided in said assessment, namely
GERMANIA AVENUE,
MANHATTAN AvENUE
BLEEKER STREET
HUTTON STREET.
GERMANIA AVENUE
to a point abort llasl55 feet feet east thereof.
from
GERMANIA VENUE
to q point about 1O2.4 feet east and 1924 feet west.
LINCOLN STREET
from
r STREET
about 100 feet east and loo feet west.
THORNE STREET,
from
ZABRTsKI STREET
about 100 feet east and 100 feet west. Nt
BLEEKER STREE Ton the South Side
GERMANIA AyENUE
about 100 feet east and 100 feet west.
MANHATTAN AVENUE ION the North sidel
from s
GERMAS1A AVENUE
about 100 feet east ana 10 feet west.
And that the I'd day of March. 1890. at 10
o'clock a. m. and the meeting room OF the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners are hereby fixed
as the time and place when and where the Board of
street and Water Com nissioners will meet to hear
parties interested in said application and all re-
monstrances against the said improvement that
may be presented in writing.
By order OF the Board of Street and Water Com
GEoRaE t. BoUToN,
Clerk.
Dated Jersey City, January II. 1890.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-17

CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED AT
= the office of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners on Monday. February 3, 1880. at ten
O'Clock a. m. for the constructiono of a sewer in
NINTH STREET
FROM
BRUNSWICK STREET,
IN accordance with plans and specifications on file
in the office of the Chief Engineer. corner OF Jersey
bid and agreement Of sureties must be obtained.
OF QUANTITIES.
About 430 lneal feet Of "a finch br lex sewer.
About 1000 lneel feet of piles.
About 8, 500 feet B.. NJ. of stringers.
About . new receiving basins.
About 10000 feet b. NJ. of flooring
About 10 cubic wards of concrete r
About 100 cubic yards of stone masonry.
Time allowed for the completion of the work,
sixty t6) working days. !.
The making Of the above Improvement and award
Of the contract therefor will be subject to the re-
monstrances of the owners of the property liable
to more than one.half the assessment therefor.
NO city Official will be accepted as surety, nor Will
o substitution of sureties be allowed
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed envelopes,
s sneesSs' directed to sa3E i 4. Dugan. Esq,
Chairman of Committee on Streets and. Sew
ers," and handed to the clerk OF the
Board in open meeting when called for In the
order or business relating to sealed proposals.
The attention of bidders is especially called to
terms whereof no contract shall DE binding upon
the city until the bondsmen offered by the con-
traitor have been approved by the Board Of Fin
ance, the President of said Board having power TO
examine the proposed bondsmenu under oath
BY order Of the Board Of Street and Water Com
GEO. t. BoUToN, CLERK.
Dated Jersey City, January II, 1899.