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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

The official speech of the Governor Gener-
al of Canada is of interest to Americans
chiefly for what it says about the Behripg
Sea difficulty. Its declarations ON that SUBJ
ject are not very explicit, yet they seem to
imply that negotiations are proceeding be-
tween the United States and England with
a fair prospect Of early settlement. 1t is
scarcely less for the interest of England
than for that Of this country to have the
business Of killing seals in Behring Sea
broken up. Its continuance means, within
no very long time, the determination of the
seal which would be quite as serious mat
ter for England as for us. The recognition
Of our right to police Behring Sea for the
purpose of preventing poaching does not ne
cessarily imply any right to regard that sea
as a mare cldustun, though of course the
Canadians. for purposes of their own, are
fond of so arguing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
European Markets,

LIVERPOOL, Jan. 10, 1890 Cotton market
stead, with fair Inquiry; American middling at
8 13-16d: sales 10000 bales speculation and
export 200 bales. receipts 5000 hales.
LIVERPOOL, Jan. 18 ,SaO-Quotations Win
ter at Is; Spring wheat at rs cd: Club Wheat at
rs 4d. corn-mixed American at As Id. Peas at
Is ed Provisions. etc Pork at h4s Cd; Bacon
at 29s Cd. Cheese SIS Sd. Tallow 25s Cd. Lard
80 Cd.
Wheat dull with poor demand holders offer
mOderately
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THU PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING, JAN. go.

We do not read anonymous letters and comm.
nIcaclops The name and address OF the writer
are in all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for
publication but as a 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, 1890-01-20

is offered for better washing compound than
Savena. Everybody likes Savena that tries it.
Just try one package yourself. useful present
in every package
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
Shaker
Extract of
Roots,
(SeigeI's Syrup
CUR ES
Dyspepsia.
ADAMS EXPRESS COMPANY.

Mr.. w. II. Hall, Foreman of the Delivery De-
Extract of Roots (Seigeps Syrup is the gentlest,
peasantest safest and surest remedy In this world
for constipation, indigestion and dyspepsia. The
most delicate women and children may take 1t.
whom any other medicine would hall kill. 1t cur
ed me OF dyspepsia and its resulting complications
alter the dis ase had been growing u on me for
years and obtained so firm hold that the best
physicians OF Jersey City IN. J.), where l live,
were at the end of their resources. / personally
is prepared by the Shakers, as have visited their
Community at Mt Lebanon, N. Y, where the good
work Is done. If any one OF the countless thou
sands who suffer from dyspepsia, did, will use
the preparation wisely aud as directed, l will
pledge my reputation for his cnre."
Sold by all druggists.
Send for our Illustrated pamphlet, How We
Shall Look When We Grow Old" New and
Startling. Mailed free. Address
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

There is plenty of indignation in Portugal
over England's course, but it is manifesting
itself In way that is much more dangerous
TO Portugal than to England. Stoning Brit
Oh consulates is not likely to abate
any Of Englsnd's demands but rath-
er to create new ones. Boycotting
English goods is more effective but
Portugal is a small nation and the result
of this boycott cannot be very serious. The
Spanish republicans are interesting them
selves in her cause, but that is likely to hurt
more than to help her with the continental
governments which are nearly all monarch
les. Probably the Portuguese government
has no serious intention of making any re-
sistance to the English demand. all manifes-
tations in that direction being more feints
to appease the populace until they cool off.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
Fish

cape CrdnD'I6S IUQSI2
Pea Beans. u 0DG2 10
Medium Il 76d 1 81
German med l 9O@S2
Yellow Eyes 50 75@s3
Cal. PeaKeans2 1902 20
Irish Potatoes
% bush 65G75
Jersey Sweet 4 25@f 90
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

The sales last week at Boston are reported
at 1904 GOD pounds, against 2.446 900 pounds the
previous week and $4,000 pounds in the cor
responding week year age.
AT Philadelphia the Wool trade has been very
quiet. An advance of lc h $ been realized in
some cases for medium leeces, which are scarce,
and there has been moderate INQUIRY for fine
delaine fieeces, which most holders decline 10
meet at current Offers as these Woods also are In
small supply.
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Cotton Markets.

NEW YORK,Jan 18 I890.-The Cotton market
firm, lie up and quiet ;sales 289 hales: upands
ordinary 71Rc; good ordinary 3-16c; low md
ding at 101ac; middling at lOssc: Gulf ordinary
at SMc good do at 7-Ioc; low middling 1oss G,
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$1,000 r EWARp

is offered for better washing compound than
Savena. Everybody likes Savena that tries it.
Just try one package yourself A useful present
in every package
Impecunious Lover-Be mine Amanda and you
will be treated like an angel!
"Yes, suppose so. Nothing to eat and less TO
veal. No, thank you."-City Mission Record.
With Ely's Cream Balm child can be treated
with pain or dread and with perfect safety. Try
the remedy. 1t cures catarrh hay # yer and colds
IN the head, 1t is easlIy applied ino the nostrils
and gives relief with the first application. Price
SOC.
Newsboy-Please, mister, will you give me two
cents to get nights lodging?
Minister-But two cents won't pay for that nv
little friend.
Newsboy-No, sir. But if l had two cents I
could pitch with the other boys, and perhaps win
a pile.-New York Sun.
A new idea embraced In Ely's Cream Balm.
Catarrh is cured by cleansing and healing, not by
drying 10. 1t is not liquid or snuff hut is easily
applied into the nostrils Its effect is magical and
thorough thretment will cure the worst cases.
Price 30 cents.
Getting Ready:
Pastor-Mrs. Jones, have you ever reflected
that In the course of time you, too must ioio the
silent majority?
Mr.. smith That's so parson; and / kinder
WI you'd Impress on her that she ought 10 he
practicn up Tor 1t now.-Burlington Free Press.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

receive the reports. The report of the meet.
ing of the various labor commissioners of
the country at Hartford also contains many
facts and suggestions of general interest and
permanent value.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

The New York people think they are
ahead in the Worlds fair contest. That is
the way they interpret the action of the
House so far On the matter. But Chicago is
by now means discouraged.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
The Wool Market.

The Wool markets continue dull, and the ten
dency of prices is rather downward, though no
general weakening has occurred.
AT Boston the past week sales were fair, there
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Proposals for Granite Paving Blocks
and Granite GrOuting.

SEALED PROPOSALS will be received by the
- undersigned until Janusry 81. 1880, at
with ten thousand squire yards m RI or less OF
granite paving blocks Of the foliIwing di ensions
viz: length 3 TO IL inches; width 3ia TO 41S
incbes; depth TO inches
said blocks to be delivered in the city Of Port
land, nj the Portland and Rochester X. X. yard,
or at The Union Station on St. John street, or
on Commercial street, as may be required by the
street commlssio Ter.
The granite grOu Ing to be delivered on the
Port and and Rochester r. r., opposite the city
stone crusher; the quantity of granite grouting 70
be bid for Is five thousand tons, more or less.
Bids may tie made for the pavilg blocks and
grouting together or In separate bids the right
Is reserved 10 reject any or all bids.
Propos is 10 be addressed to, aud any further
information may be obtained from NEHEMIAH
SMART, Chairman Of Committee on Streets. No
Is City Building. ~
Portland January 16, 1890. ianlBdtd
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
Railroad Receipts.

PUKTLANU JAN TO Io5U.
Receipts by Maine Central Railroad-For Port
land 20 cars miscellaneous merchandise; for con-
Meeting roads 70 cars miscellaneous merchan
disc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
Feminine Logic.
Baby cried.
Mother sighed.
Doctor prescribed Castorial

How they Differ.
she-what do the papers mean by the Under.
ground Electric System?
He-The Underground Electric System is lust
the reverse of the one now in use 1t is system
of the citiZens-Life.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

One Of the best ways of helping
Yourself is to support home lnsti-
tutlOnS, success in life being far
easier to attain in q thriving than
a standstill community. Citizens
Of Maine should recognize This fact
and place their Life Insurance in
their home company.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
PORTLAND WHOLESALE MARKET.


PORTLAND. Jan. ls, 1890.
The following are to-day's closing quotations Of
Grain. Provisions. &c.:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

are general complaints Of lack of animation. Fine
fieeces are not so firm as week ago, though the
movement is small and quotable changes can
hardly be pointed out. No Ohio combing and
Ohio delaine Woods are exceptionally strong. Cali
iforna and territory supplies are exceptionally
quiet.
Current quotations in Boston are as follows, with
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

New York Stock and Money Market

10y I6I6yrdpusI
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 $780, Money has been
easy, with no loans closing offered al per cent.
Prime mercantile paper az pA@7. Sterling Ex-
change dull but steady, with actual business at
1882 for 6u-day bills and SO for demand; posted
rates are 4 50 and 81. Government bonds duh
and steady. Railroad bond fairly active and
firm. The stock market closed quiet but firm,
generally at shade than the opening prices with
the Trusts at the lowest of the day.
The transactions at the STOCK exchange aggre-
gated 10000 shares.
The following are to-day's quotations Of Govern
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

A woman who is weak, nervous and
eepless, and who has cold hands and feet can
not feel and act like well person. Carter's Iron
Pills equalize the circulation, remove nervous
ness and give strength and rest.
Feminine Logic.
Miss Struckoyle-Gracious, there comes that
horrid Miss Frencher. Her father runs dime
museum.
Miss Hudson-Why, he is President of the
Dime Savings Bank.
ciate with her.-Munsey's Weekly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

T OsT-A white fan; supposed to have been
- lost on Congress street, Thursday forenoon,
warded by leaving same at THIS OFFICE:
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FINANCIAL.
LAND INVESTMENT ASSIMILATION

Of Indianapolis. Ind, pays6 per cent. interest,
and guarantees by Real Estate Seeuri a net
profit Of So per cent. on the money invested With
In three years. Men If highest stauding and re-
sponsibility In the state connected with this AS
ISOLATION. For full particulars, address Meridi-
an Natl nal ank, or VIM. w SMITH AZ Vance
Block Indianapolis, Ind. dec27dlW&w3m
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

Stranger Ito small boy)-Is your father at
home?
Small boy-No, sir; he went to the cemetery
this morning.
Stranger-When will he return?
Small Boy-He's gone to stay.-Lfe.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

A mans wife should always be tie
same, especially to her husband. but If she is
weak and nervous, and uses Carter's Iron Pills
sne cannot be, for they make her ''fee like q
different person." SO they all say, and their hus t
bands say so tool
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20
Walked Up EffectuaIIv.

A lethargic, dormant condition of the liver is
hardly TO be overcome with drastic cathartics and
nauseous cholagogues. A gentler, pleasanter
and far more effective means exists of arousing
the organ when somnolent. This is Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, youched for by the medical
fraternity, t sted by the public for many years.
resumption by the hillary organ of its secretiye
function, with activity attendant upon health, a
return to regularity of the bowels, an a renewal
of digestion, are the no less happy and certain
results of using Bitters systematically. Its axa.
tive effect is never painful and drenching, Its
tendency beng rather to perpeluaie regularity
than to produce copious action. Malaria, ner
vousness, debility, kidney troubles and neuralgia
1t subdues effectually.
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Print Cloth Market,

FALL RIVER. Jan. IL, 1889. The following
is e statement for the weeks print cloth bust
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-20

GunpOw der-Sh0t.
Blasting. IS 5OG4 OO
Sporting. g 2568 sc
Drop shot, 25fbs. II 26
Buck. IL
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Star, " gross o
lDirigO........ 500 4
Metals.


CasK cut. - 3hG2 40
Wire ID 26@3 36
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28

the large blue bonnets of the Tam
O'Shanter variety on their heads, and
their feet eucased in ''rivlius, the
'pampootas' of the half naked
wretches of the Irish Arran Islands.
consisting of oblong patches of rawhlde.
tied over the feet with thongs. The
hair is next the foot and the sole and
sides only are covered. The ancient
"clivins' or fire-tongs frequently
weigh twenty pounds. Grain is
universally cut with the sickle,
threshed with the fail, and wipnowed
by being tossed in the breeze. The old
wooden harrow is common; crooked
wooden ploughs are still seen; many
households possess the quern or stone
han i-mill as old as Aryan history; and
little huts of water mills, where larger
'querns are whirled about by rude wheels
against which water from little rills Is
shot horizontally, and where the grain
is fed into the upper stone by hand, are
numerous in the islands.
The Shetlanders as people are must
frank, engaging and courteous, though
underneath II all there is wise cauni-
ness of reserve far exceeding that of the
mainland Scotch. A genuine charm to
the stranger Is their softness and almost
liquidity of speech; although 1t is at first
difficult for even u Scotchman to wholly
understand the language of the country
people and fishermen. A few illus a
tons may be given. A grandfather is q
"gutcher; house is ''IjoTa;'
O 'erus' Is a sh ep fold;
q tclivin' is the tongs; the
thole-piu for boat is u
"kabe;'' dog fish are "hoes;'' buoy
!s a chow and fsh-gall has no other
name than 'huggie- staff. - The use of
hdu' and :ds'' for "thou'' and
'you.' is universal; and an answer by
bright guild wife, to whom had applied
for one or two Shetland superstitions, is
the best example which could be gwen of
the Shetland dialect:
"Guid truth, gin / wild tell de ony-
thing, de wild shuue Surely hae it in
prent; and da guild OF to me vid be
dune!' EDGAR L. WAKEMAN.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
AFOOT IN SCOTLAND.
Among the Shetland Islanders, Peo-
pie Prosperous and Comfortable.
An Interesting Review Of Their Industries
and Means OF Livelihood - Exciting
Scenes in Whale Driving.
copyright, 1890.


Special Correspondence OF the Gazette.
LERwIcK, SCOTLAND. October 20. 1880.
Whatever their condition in the past,
II would be difficult to fiud any lowly
people more generally prosperous aud
comfortable than are the Shetland
Islanders at the present time. Their in
dustrles are p-gathsring and burning,
sheep-raising, Matchmaking of hosiery
and other knit goods, whaling and the
universal fishing. The mineral wealth
OF the islands has so far been of little
importance. At Sandlodge. opposite
MousR Island its famous Plctlsh tower,
there is an abandoned copper mine with
idle and rusting machinery. Over against
grim Fitful Head found another abRu-
dOned mine, where, in search for cop
per, thousands OF tons of iron pyrites had
been thrown into the sea. Chromate
quarries at BGltasound, in the North
Isles have remained untouched for years,
while in Bressay Island are slate quar-
ries, but the states are too heavy for
modern houses, and the thicker strata
are utilized for paving stones. Lerwick
being paved with "Bressay flags
The manufacture OF kelp was formerly
carried on extensively, and still is a
means of subsistence BIZ many. This
kelp gathering and burning, which is
still source of livelihood on the Arran
Islands, ireland, on the west coast of
Scotland at Tires, in the Argyieshire
Hebrides, and in many places on the
Shetland coasts, is dangerous and de-
structive of health. Though the word
"kelp'' is often applied to seaweed, 1t is
rNaIly tha rorD5ppf from N of
seeweed, from which the alkali soda
once so largely used i'll the manufacture
OF glass and soap was obtained, and
from which iodine is still secured. The
eeaweeds are called by natives "tan-
giles. - They are detached from the
sides Of rocks, and frequently great
storms sweep fortunate piles of the
clammy stun in upon the lodges OF the
glos. They are gathered, stacked,
matched and dried for several weeks,
and in the autumn are burned in rude
open pits or ovens along the shors, the
ashes fus!ug into Il solid substance OF the
density OF freestoue, which is broken up
before being sent to the market. Ke!p
gathering furnishes u any picturesque
scenes aicue tny desoiats shores, as
women and children are largely en-
ployed.
Inc hosiery ana otner Enlt "ootens
which come from the hands of Shetland
women are famous. They are as cease
less knitters as those of sConnemara and
Donegal. IN Ireland, aud produce fabrics
of won irous delicscy of texture. The
preparation of the yarn has much TO do
with the lightuess and softnsss of their
work. tleeCes are never shorn. The
cruel practice OF ''rueing,n or removing
the wool from sheep by pulling it by the
roots in handfuls, is still prevalent. The
finest wool Is thus procured; and the av-
erage weight of the most priced flseces is
but two pounds. The knitwork OF these
MIN bic fingered women formerly con-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-12-28
4 Safe InrestDp enf

The Lord of Creation Knuckles Down.
Man is power in the land, but after
all, he can t get married without Q wo-
man g oonsent.-[Drake's Magazine.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-18
That he might gain the lady of the herd,
To counterfeit In himself Buoso Donati,
Making will and giving il due form
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

A st. Louis throat doctor says he can TAKE
man with piping voice and give him the
tones Of Booth. 1t is done by cutting his
throat just above the Adams apple and sew
Ing II up again. He has had three cases Of
It, and all have been success. He cuts youl
throat himself. and does 1t nicer than boss
brigand.
1t is singular that the use of smokeless
powder In the European armies should make
difference in the cost of running news
papers in America. but that is fact. The
smokeless powder is composed in part of
anthony, and since its adoption the price Of
the metal has gone up from st cents to 81
cents pound, and Is scarce at that. Type
and stereotype metal contains about 20 per
cent OF anthony. and hence has advanced In
price.
The interesting fact is announced by
Messrs. Charles Scribner's Sons that they
have acquired from Mr. Henry NJ Stanley
all the American rights for his personal mar.
rative of the expedition for the relief OF
Emin Pasha. Prior to the appearance of
the complete work Scribner's Magazine will
publish an article upon his last journey by
Mr.. Stanley. It will be illustrated, and is
certain to be as important contribution as
any that has ever appeared in an American
magazine. Mr.. Herbert Ward, who was one
OF Stanley's officers, makes no mention of
the expedition In the article recounting his
experiences upon the Congo, which appears
In Scribner's for February, the fact being
that Mr.. Stanley has reserved the sole right
to describe this most remarkable of all his
African undertakings.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-18

Our esteemed contemporary, the Argus,
declares that the new rules Of the House Of
Representatives abridge the rights of the
minority. What right is abridged? Ger
tainly not the right Of debate, for that is not
even curtailed. Nor the right to protest, for
every member has the same right to vote
against a bill that he ever had. Not the
right to filibuster, even, for the Democratic
members can absent themselves from the
House, and thus frequently be able to de-
stroy quorum. What right is 1t then
The reply is, that the right that is abridged
is the right to demand that the Speaker shall
reckon man absent when he Is obviously
present. That, and the right to make mo.
tiOns simply and solely for the purpose of
obstructing business, are the only rights of
which the minority have been deprived.
AS matter Of fact these so-called rights are
not rights at all. They are simply devices
by which the minority has in the past I'M
dertaken to nullify the power which right
fully belonged to the majority.
The Portland daily press., 1890-02-18

The Louisiana Lottery Company, notwith-
standing its rebuff in North Dakota, by no
means intends to go out Of business. The
next effort for renewal Of its charter is
likely to be made in Louisiana and it is re.
ported that 1t is ready, II need be, to offer to
pay the entire debt Of that State amounting
TO from Slo,ooo,0O0 to $12,OO0,ooO. The enor-
nous profits which the concern is earning
can be judged from this enormous bride
which it is willing to pay to be allowed to
continue business. OF course 1t is impossi-
BILE to give accurate figures Of the business,
but people who know a good deal about its
operations aver that its yearly receipts can
not be less than $24,oOO.OOO. or this not more
than one third is expended for prizes. S.
100000 will cover its other expenses so that
its net revenue yearly amounts to over S.
100000. This enormous sum goes into the
pockets of the stockholders. It is not to be
wondered at that they are ready to pay big
money for the privilege of continuing bust
naea
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which have made this magnificent victory

which have made this magnificent victory
possible.
from the New York Mail and ESpfess
For this great emergency MI Reed was
the man of all Others hiS>10bust character,
his intellectual stalwactness, his command
Ing personality. hiS~6asy equality to all the
exigencies of debate, and, above all, his open
and convincing advocacy of the right of the
majority to- rule and to do business made
him aS/much the Republican leader for the
HOUSE at this particular iuncture as Grant
was for the Army Of the Potomac, when the
time had come for the continuous hammer
ing" OF Lees army.
from the Springfield Union
The very fact that the Democrats voted on
tne rules is concession on their part to
common sense. 1t was a virtual acknowl-
edgment that the speaker had a right to
count members present but not voting, as
part Of the quorum. This rule Is now em-
bodied In the rules by majority vote passed
In an undisputed quorum OF the House, and
we venture to predict that it will remain the
rule of the House for, future Congresses,
whichever party may be in the majority,
| This Is a victory for Speaker Reed and the
Republican party and 1t was worth to the
| country the delay 1t has caused,