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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-04

Ia the senate today, after the c0nsidera.
tiOu Oi routine business and the selection Of
Mr. ingalls, 20 act us President pro tenn. dur
ing the absence Of lice-Pfesldent Morton,
tine Montana election Gaze was taken up
and Mr. cray finished bis argument begun
yesterday in support Of CLARK and Naginuis,
the Democratic claimants. The matter
then went over until Monday.
The House bin 10 amend the census law.
hy providing for ihe enumeration OF the
Chinese population in the country, was
taken up anl discussed, but without action
went over till Monday. Afier am executive
session the senate, 40 $50 J.. N.. adjourned
Until Saturday.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-04

The hey West and Tampa Manufacturers
of Havana cigars. who appeared before the
Wavs and Means Committee yesterday,
submitted "a substitute schedule to-day with
the request that the committee adopt it iu
place Of the one 10 which objection is made.
In the schedule adopted By the committee,
bales Of tobacco containing any tobacco
suitable for cigar wrappers are made dutia-
bie 40 the higher rate prescribed for tobacco
suitable for wrappers. The substitute schedi
ule aims dOaWay with this feature. II Is as
follows. Leaf tobacco .guiidDle Tor cigar
wrappers IL not stenmed, - per pound; n
stemmed. $2.75 per pound Provided that IL
any bale, box, or package contains ~ per
cent. or less OF tobacco suitable lOr cigar
wrappers, the entire quantity 0ftObaccO con-
tained In such bale. box, package, Of in bulk
shall be dutable; il nos slemmed, az 3J
cents por pound. ii siemmed, at lp cents
per pound: Provided further that II any
/ bale. 10x on package contains more than 20
uef cent. 90 tobacco suitable for cigar wrap.
pers, the entire quantity Of tobacco contain
ca in such balls, bos, Or package, or III bulk,
shall be- dutiable,lt not siemmed, at s. per
. pound: il stcmmed, at $40 per pound. Pro.
vided, further. that il any tobacco lwpoftcd
in any bale. box. package ur lc bulk. shall
cOnsis, Oi tobacco produced IN diAe.en'
countries, the entire quautty oI tobacco
contained in each bale, box, package or IN
hulk, shall be dutiable, il not stemmed, ai
81 per pound, II stemme1, az S2.lo PEI
pound. The above would be entirely satss
fa"f"~,' an the manufacturers Oh ''fni VA
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-04-04

Investigation of the failure ei The Ropub-
lcan magnates. john =. Hummer a CO..
makes very great shrlnkuge n the assets.
Mr. plummri's individual property being
heavily m0rigused, the stock of ihc nrm
on hand belonging lo manufacturers, and
most OF the bills receivable belonging io
manufacturers. The result giving a liberal
estimate OF the assets is >-iu.OOO and La
biliiios ARE fully SlWO0o0. There are many
preferred creditors. 30 that the Si,l00OOO
unsecured debts are api 90 fare poorly.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24
KING OF THE soREs.

Pray allow me to make q correction,
To give credit where credit is due,
And also In this same connection
To present a great nuisance to YOU
think I've located with nearuess
The worlds most unspeak able bore.
And III name him, for briefness and clearness,
The fellow who's heard II before"
For ages, at club and at dinner,
Mankind has stood ready to rail-
AT the tiresome and ma,acroiI sinner
Who recited O second hand tale:
AND though long he was king Of the asses,
That distinction he merits no more,
For the crown now undoubtedly passes
To the fellow who's heard it before"
You have seen him, this upstart conceted,
You have feared him, know, as haveI;
Oh, what mirth has died. stubborn, defeated
ly glance from his cold, hshy eye
Not u bon mot TO crack is he able, .!
No story of his starts q roar
Deac Banquo Is he AT the table,
This feIIow who's heard it before
Perhaps you have heard quaint ditty
Which you think you will sing At the spread,
Or al anecdote spicy and witty
Has been running all day through your head :;
III the end, ii is no whit surprising
II you never step out Oil the moor,
But instead remain seated, Surmising
If that fellow has heard it before?"
How often ripple Of laughter
That has once run the length OF the room
Falls suddenly calm and fat, after
That ogre has spoken its doom!
No meter now much you are ucIled,
He speaks, and you're merry no more;
son, that story died and was picked,
Eve heard 1t so often before"
There he sits With h.Seyebrow uplifted-
On his lip a contemptuous curl;
In no way at all Is he gifted
Save in being bore and churl.
When glance at his face a 1esire
Comes Ger me to baLne1 MS gore,
For KNOW that he's often q liar
When ne says that he's heard it before.
Oh. give us the Ounce with the story
That was old in Bocaccio's tine,
With the Jest that was weary and hoary
Ere Luc:an arrived at his prime;
We Will bear II, each N an, like stoic
Though he tell it times three and d score,
But away Win that nuisance heroic,
The fellow who's 'heard IL beforew
owe him grudge, this fine fellow,
And II ever catch him alone
will hammer his head till it's mellow,
And Will Jeer at his every groan;
Know I'd be tried by jury
or mon who are equally sore,
So I'll Kill MIN, think, in my fury.
This Smart Alcck who's heard it beforew
-Gcorge Horton, in Chicago Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24
The Big Water Suit.

The suit brought by Marker Bros,
Thies and Carpenter, of Big Mead
ows, to adiudicate water rights in
District No. 4, which includes the
Humboldt river and it's tributaries,
begins in the District Court here to-
day. The are over $40 defendants,
who have been cited to appear. A
large majority of those will appear
by counsel while others appear per-
sonally, and some, we are told, have
witnesses here to prove when the
water was appropriated for irrigating
or other beneficial purpose.
There is, as might be suspected,
quite q formidable array Of legal
talent here. j. Il. Alexander, Attor-
ney- General Of the State, and Hon. j.
II. Macmillan are counsel for PLAIN
tiffa and almost all the lawyers in the
State are engaged for the defendants.
The suit is ono of the most important
over brought in Nevada, as it will
establish the right to use tho waters
of all the streams from the sink to
the head of the Humboldt Silver
State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24
WON THE BIG PRIZE.
A Book-Keeper's Sad Experience with n
Horse and Wagon.

"A Book-Keeper's Sad Experience with n
Horse and Wagon.
1t is not often that winning a prize
will make man look sad, but the I'M
likely frequently happens, says the
Chicago Globe. The other morning the
book-keoper in ono Of the wholesale
establishments of the city went to his
desk looking so blue that his fellow
clerks thought no must have lost some
of his relatives during the night. They
delicately inquired what tho trouble
was, and were somewhat apashed at the
response:
ooh, it is all my cursed luck" he ex-
claimed. 81 never knew such an unfort-
unato fellow as am"
'Why, you have not been toying with
the tiger and gone dead broke?" they
asked, still moro interested.
"Well, not exactly" ho replied. "The
fact is, bought ticket for q rattle, and
won a horse and wagon"
but what is thoro in that to make
you look blue?" they asked, in astonish-
mont.
"Well, will tell you. 1t is just this
way. | was acquainted with an old ex-
prcssman-had known him for forty
years: in fact. He had an old horse and
wagon that he drove all that time. Like
their owner they were pretty we'll worn
out. Well, the old man sicl;ened and
died, and his friends determined to
rattle the horse and wagon in order to
got enough to bury him decently. Of
course had to buy n ticket, and would
you believe it, won! Now, what am
to do with that horse and wagon is what
bothers me. They are a perfect white
elephant on my hands. Nobody would
buy them from mo. l can not tako Thorn
and leave them on the street, and can
not lot tho poor old brute of horse dio
Of starvation. lilo will cat his head off
in loss than no time, and yet what can 1
do? | will give anybody five dollars
who will relieve me of my prize and call
it square"
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24
Republican Caucus.

At n recent caucus of the Republi-
can members Of the House of Repre-
sentativcs Dorsey, of Nebraska,
prophosiod that if the Republican
party hesitated to adopt free coinage
or something equivalent it would
surely DO defeated at the polls this
Fall. 1t became evident from several
votes on tho minor propositions
taken during tho debate that the
Republican members are opposed to
the Window bill in proportion of two
to one.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24
County Official Paper
STEWART ON SILVER.

A Washington dispatch of the 21st
instant says:
Senator Stewart, Of Nevada, in an
interview which will be published in
the Post tomorrow, sharply criticises
Secretary WINDOWS attitude on the
silver question. He asserts that it is
Secretary WINDOWS policy to de-
monetize silver. The Secretary, the
Senator says, confounds the silver
question with the money question.
The business of the country is suffer
ing badly from the want of more
money, and what silver men ask is
that more be created. The provisions
of the Window bill giving the Secre-
tary discretionary power in the pur
chase Of silver bullion he attacked on
the ground that past experience with
Secretaries of the Treasury shows
this to be unwise. The bullion re-
demption features of the Window
bill were also attacked, the Senator
declaring it's object being to make
gold the sole standard as money.
What the advocates of silver want,
the Senator concludes, is constant
and regular supply of money to meet
the legitimate demands of the coun-
try, and they do not want to place it
in the power of the banks or treas
ury officials to expand or contract the
currency to meet the demands of
spectators in property or money
The general tenor Of the whole inter
view is that silver men want silver
recognized as money metal, and
they do not consider the Window bill
such measure.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24
Chinese in Transit.

Secretary Window has sont to the
Senate n letter in response to the
Senate Chinese resolution, stating
that no Chinese who entered the
United States for transit have failed
to depart, and that so far but a very
small number, not more than 100
Chinese PERSONS probably, have
Rvaled themselves Of tho privileges
prescribed in the regulations of
Septemher, 1880
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-04-24

Minister Ito choir-masser) 1.-THE
music went splendidly this morning."
oir-master-"Yes, fattor myself it
did" Ministcr-'I am glad to see tho
singers give their whole energy to tho
important religious work. There is no
deception in such singing as that"
ir-master-''Wel1, no, ] should say
not. You SEQ, Mr.. Thumper, 1 told tho
choir last night that an operatic man
ager would attend church to-day for the
purpose OF finding some good voices. y
Christian Rogistor. A.. nj 4. is,rS1 a4,ss,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
Ready Made CT thing,
Boston Ad, erliser.l

lDOcbtH AuhtltloCIsl
am sometimes amazed in passing the
great ready made clothing establish
ments of Boston to note how differently
they are regarded than formerly. 1t was
less than a generation ago that they
were patronized almost exclusively by
workingmen, mechanics and farmers.
who desired rough, cheaply made cloth
ing. Merchants, bankers. professional
men invariably left their measure with
their tailors, and scorned what was ia
miliarly termed "slop made" clothing
But demand arose for fine grades Of
ready made clothing, and the alert
American manufacturer was ready to
meet the demand.
The demands Of the customer were
exacting. and to reach his high standard
of excellence scientific methods were EN-
ployed and competent designers. 1t was
the old story of the relative cost of max
ing one coat or of making 500 But
there were men of peculiar shape who
heretofore had been able to become fitted
only by the custom tailor He was too
tall or too fat to be fitted from the ready
made stock of the olden time. This
difficulty was soon met and overcome
until to-day, although the custom tailor
nas by no means disappeared, the ready
made dealer has for his customers that
class Of men who once scorned him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
When He was a Journalist.
rNhinann Trihnna

ALT Hayman, the theatrical manager,
says: 81 came pretty near being a
journalist once. 1t was in Philadelphia.
The managing editor was city editor
and everything else. One day he sent
me out to interview some one. / return
ed to the Office and said couldn't find
the man; he was out of town, or some
thing of the sort. ] know was ratified.
The managing editor looked me over
and said:
you'll never be shot for having
brains"
went off and moped. After several
weeks-during which time had drawn
$50 week-I went to the managing
editor and says, I'm going to quit
your
"Where are you going? What are you
going to do? What do you know how
to do? Hey"
He said it all in one breath told
him was going into the show business.
"Show business" he grunted. "What
do you know about the show businessi
What do you know about anything? How
much have you been getting hereg'
made home run on that last one.
said, Twenty per-"
what are you going to get in the
show business, hey:"
| got there again. said away up in
c, Fifty per to start on"
He got up from his desk, took me by
the hand and said, in modified tones, II
didn't suppose you'd ever gel that much.
Still, / advise you to take it, take it
take it, young man. 1t is probably the
best you'll ever do"
l have always been grateful to that
dear old man for making his first remark
to Inc. 1t drove me outof a profession
wasn't fitted for, and put me into one
where | have done remarkably we'll
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
The Morning VS.. tho Evening Pipe.
[Scois Observer

1t has been ofttimes debated whether
the morning pipe he the sweeter, or tll:;t
first pipe CT the evening which "Hes-
perus, who bringe tn all good things"
brings to the weary with home and rest.
The ilrst is smoked on clearer palate
and comes TO unjaded senses like the
kiss of ones first love. but lacks that
feeling of perfect fruition of merit re-
compensed, and the goal and the gar
land won, which clngs to the vesner
bowl. Whence it comes that the major
ity give the palm to the latter. to
which | intend no slight when | find the
incense that arises at mathis sweater
even than that of evensong. For. al
though with most of us who are laborers
in the vineyard, toilers and swinkers.
the morning pipe is smoked in hurry and
fear and q sense Of alarms and excur-
sions and fleeting trains, yet with all
this there are certain halcyon periods
sure to arrive-Sundays holidays and
the like-the whole joy and peace of
which are summed up in that one beatl-
fic pipe after breakfast, smoked In
careless majesty like that of the gods
"when they lie beside their nectar and
the clouds are lightly curled."
Then only can we be said really to
smoke. And so this particular pipe OF
the day always carries with it festal
"reminiscences; memories of holidays
past, hopes for holidays to come; a sug-
gestion of sunny lawns and fannels,
and the ungirt loin; a sense withal of
something free and stately, as of 'faint
march music in the air." or the old
homah cry # "Iiherty. freedom and
enfranchiaement."
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
Loose the Bands Of Thy Neck.
TCorphill MagaZipe.I

My mother used to tell story of a
curate in Norfolk parish, where the
rector was nonresident. One Sunday,
just as the curate had entered the read
ing desk, the rector caric into the
church, and sent him note to the effect
that he wished to preach, but had for
gotten to bring his bands This APP
pendage to the clerical wardrobe was
quite indispensable in those days, and
the only way in which the curate could
help him out of the difficulty was to I'M
tie his own bands and hand them up
into the three decker as soon as the
rector mounted
But when the time came, as i'll luck
would have it, the string of the bands
got into knot, and by one of those I'M
accountable condolences that sometimes
occur the singers in the gallery struck
up the anthem Loose the bands of thy
neck, thou captive daughter of Zion,'
and as they repeated the words over and
over again, and one part echoed an
other, ''Loose the bands of thy neck
loose the bands-loose the bands" the
hapless curate became more bafled in
his hopeless endeavors to unite the knot
ted strings, and in his nervousness sup
posed the anthem to be directed to him.
| do not remember how it ended. but
probably the amusement it caused after
ward may have more than compensated
for the annoyance of the time.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
rAE SOM uNsuNC.

Oh the singers sing on, and their songs are sweet
And we listen their tones 10 hear,
For their harmonies all are as full and complete
As the days of the dying year.
And we fancy there speaks in the strains SO giad
All tho thrill of masters tongue.
But the songs that are sweetest the world e'er had
Are the beautiful songs ursung.
There's glow in the words that the lips shape
not,
And q thrill in the tones unheard,
AS Of tenderest memories half forgot
Or the trill of q long lost bird;
And tho hopes of our being are set In tune
With the songs on the winds outfiung,
But they fade like the glow of q day in June,
And are lost in the songs unsung.
There is never wish or a prayer breathed out
By the sorrowful ones of earth
But Is wreathed in a circlet of rhythm about
And In melody finds its birth.
There is never deed that is grand or true.
Or word for the right outrung,
But is added up yonder beyond the blue
To the beautiful songs upsung.
oh tho air is all flooded with songs unsung,
That are borne on the winds soft wing,
And the boughs in the woods they have Quivering
hung
Since the life giving breath Of spring.
In the heart of the flowers they sweetly wait
Till the Angel OF Song goes by,
Ard the angel will tenderly them translate,
As the flowers shall fade and die.
May the singers sing on, for their songs are sweet,
And the world it is glad to hear,
And our hearts win respond with q quickening
beat,
And an echo of gay, good cheer.
Ent the strains that can move US with most CON
troll
That have closest our being chung,
That are part of the life of our inmost soul,
Arc the beautiful songs unsung.
-Woman's Tribune
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
TbChET OFFICE.
SO Exchange ST.. sno 0eool Foot Of India Street,
pURTlAHD & WORCESTER uh.
Portland & Rochester II. II.
STATlnH FOOT 0f pRgBlE STREET.

ION and after Nsepdny, Oct. rs, 1880,
passenger Trans will Leave Perth usls
For orcesIer. Clinton, Aver junction.
Nashua windhnm and Bppi1a at 7.30I
n. IA. anG $3.50 y. m.
Yer m"nC hester, Concord, and points North
Fer Re heater, spTtBRvsIe, Alfred, w ater
bore alo sEco River at Tao =. M, 1880
ana $50 y. m.
Foo tssrhaus at 80 and 1890 a. M, 1880
500, 5.:fO, d.2O and 10 Q. 40 y. an.
Eor ~acearnppR, Gum be . ~ nd N ills, W esf-
brook junction and Wsodsord's al 7.3O
and io.OO "a. IN, a.. Be-, 500, $50, gao
AND taf.0O o. as.
Fer Forrest venue (Deering), gao d. M.
The f2.3O p. M. train FROM Portland connects
AZ Aver Junction with "Hoo-ae Tunnel
Route" for The West and al 1ion station,
Wos cester, for Providence and New Yorx,
VIA "ProvideDes Line" for Norwich and
New Work, VIA Norwich a.ine'' with Ho.fou
= Albany u u tor the West, and with
New WORT al rail, via, "springaeId.''
Trains arrive at PoItinnd from Worcester
at 80 p. ~; from colchester ~.35 % ms,
! 80 and , D. p. M; From Gorham az b.lO,
$50 and 1850 n M, $50, Also, $50 and
~ 30 q. m
saturdays only.
For thruIgh Tickets to all points West and
South, Apply TO s. Z. CORDWELL, Ticket Agent,
Portland Me. " PKThFS Supt.
c. J. wIGGIN. Gen1 Ticket Agent. oe'7ar
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06
AllTILE ISLAND COLONY.
20 white Folks VINO Live on Lofty
Rock Just Sig enough for Them.

New lOrh DUN
A few months ago the handful of peo-
pie who lire on Pitcairn island cele-
brated the hundredth anniversary of the
landing of their fathers on that little
rock. The world is always glad to hear
of the prosperity of this people, and sew
eral other little communities inhabiting
the smallest specls of land in the ocean
also excite much interest.
There is one island, however, of which
we seldom hear. 1t is Lord Howe ISL
and, the home Of fifty or sixty white
people, about 900 miles northeast Of New
South Wales. Years ago two or three
families from New Zealand thought they
would seek new home.
They had heard Of the profuse vegeta-
ton on this crescent shaped little island,
and decided that they would build new
homes there. So they went to Lord
Howe island, which is only six miles
long and about a mile wide, and rises
precipitously from the sea to height of
nearly 5000 feet at nearly every point.
They built their huts, titled the land,
and after while two or three other
families joined them. Some of these
original settlers are still living, but most
Of the residents are their descendants.
The island is under the government of
New Zealand, and once year it is visit
ed by magistrate, who settles all little
disputes. 1t is very easy task, for
there are seldom any differences among
the people. Like Pitcairn and other lit
tie island communities, they have never
found it necessary to build Jail.
There were none Of the higher man.
mails on the islands when they went
there, but now there are quite a num-
Der of goats, swine and cats, which, hav-
ing escaped from domesticity, have
lived in the woods SO long that they
have become quite wild. While some
of the men engage in tilling their gar
dens others are out fishing. A great
many edible fish are caught there, and
the people find it very easy to live in
comfort without large amount of labor.
They say they have not the slightest
desire to return to larger communities.
They do not encourage immigration be-
cause they think they and their children
will need all of the 1920 acres of the isl
and. Sometimes sailor from passing
ship spends little while in the commu-
nifty, and has been known to carry away
one of the daughters as his wife, but
most of the people are born, live and die
there.
They cannot travel more than a few
hundred rods without seeing the sea, and
of course they come to know every inch
of their little world. Once or twice a
year vessel comes to them with large
variety of supplies, and they purchase
with their corpa and other products the
goods they need for the ensuing year.
At the same time their libraries are re-
plenished with new books, large lot of
newspapers come to their homes, and it
takes them good while to read of all
that has happened in the busy world
since they last heard of it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-06

rance, as well as immensely decrease the
losses by fire. The invention is kept Sc
cret for the present. Only one foreign
er, Sir Lyon Playfair, the English scien-
fist, knows of it. He corroborates all
that is claimed for the invention, and
says that the inventor is bungling
chemist, but that he has faculty Of
laundering into the choicest secrets Of
natures laboratory. AS soon as patents
are perfected and capital interested. zinc
water will become an article of COM
merce.