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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-27

better classes are built with central court,
surrounded by long, narrow rooms. One
serves for kitchen, where the cooking is
done by charcoal fires. The other apart
ments are for general family use.
Near the entrance door a narrow stair
case leads TO the first floor. This is called
the doueria. and here 1t is that the master
of the house receives his friends. Each
house has a well which supplies water for
the laundry, and for ordinary use, but
drinking water IS obtained from the public
fountains. In some instances the horses of
the owner divide with the ladies the occu-
patton of the ground floor; in other words,
one room is used as stable. The
narrowness of the apartments in the
best houses of this country cannot fail
to attract the attention of strangers
They are, generally speaking of good
height, but are very long in pro-
portion to their breadth. This arises from
the difficulty experienced in obtaining
native wood of sufficient length for the
floors. The width of the room, in conse-
quence, seldom exceeds ten or twelve feet.
The tower of the Katoubia is the only
building OF stone in the city, there being
a great scarcity of this material in its Vi
entity.
A feature of Morocco is the public baths,
there being over twenty, The bath is SINH
tar TO what is known as the Turkish, with
men admitted from sunrise up TO noon and
women In the afternoon and evening. The
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-27
AT ASCOT AND
THE GRAND PRIX.
Attractive Gowns Worn at the
Great European Races.
a Checked Summer Silk on Pale Tea-C olored
Ground Barred With Turquoise Blue
and scarlet-A Light Cashmere.

Special Fashion Letter to THE SUNDAY CALL
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-27

The census returns show ;he population
Butte. Mont, to be % 600
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

The disgraceful performances In Ward 2
at the recent caucuses will be productive of
some good If they serve to torn the attention
OF Republicans to the necessity of adopting
some system under which caucuses can be
confined to persons who are entitled to take
part In them. 1t has been demonstrated
over and over again that under the present
method Of holding caucuses it is easy for
men to vote who Lave no right to, and also
to cast, IL they see fit, more than one ballot.
lis impossible to carefully scrutinize the
voter or watch his voting amid the confusion
of a crowded ward room where everybody is
impatient to get through and get out. The
check list cannot be used effectively, and the
practical result is that at such gathering
everybody votes who wants to or whom the
contesting candidates want to, and thus
many persons take part in the selection of a
ucket which they do not intend to support
out are going to do their best to defeat. OF
course candidates selected In this way are to
certain extent discredited, and oftentimes
iail to command the full support of their
party because their nomination appears IN
be tainted with fraud or illegality. The milf
mate result Is the serious weakening Of tho
party and its division into factions, each ac-
cusing the other of fraud and trickery. But
while is easy enough to diagnose the dis
ease with which our caucus system Is suffer.
ing it is net so easy to suggest the proper
remedy. One thing is certain, however.
The caucus can never be reformed until a
check list can be effectively used, and this
can never be done until more time is af-
forded. Four or five hours at least must be
allowed If illegal voters are to be kept from
voting and the balloting confined to men
who have right to take part in the selec-
ton of the ticket
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

English newspapers h had good deal
to say about the sensationalism of the
American press, particularly since the exc.
cution of Kemmler. which. by the way, was
served up In some of its most blood curdling
forms In the London papers the next day
and extensively commented upon editorially.
just what the English paper means by
American sensationalism is not clear. If re-
porting crimes annd casualties in all of their
elaborateness is meant it seems to be case
of the pot calling the kettle black. For col
umns and columns of valuable space in lead
ing London papers are devoted every day to
police court proceedings which are dismissed
in brief tabular statement in papers pub
lished in smaller American cities, or left out
altogether in the metropolitan papers. The
English reporter does not seem to have the
happy faculty of his American cousin in
pointing moral such affairs. He repro
duces with absolute faithfulness columns of
disgusting testimony and argument in all
manner of disreputable affairs 1t is, how
ever, not the record of crime in American
papers that strikes the Englishman as sensa-
tional and arouses his ire; it is the tendency
Of the American to summarize, to intersperse
his record Of mans words in speech with
description Of the mans attitude when he
spoke, to jump from point to point of an ar
gument. leaving out the connecting links of
unimportant matter, and last of all to treat
matters from the standpoint of an outsider,
looking at the proceedings without taking
part in them. This tendency to seize upon
the important points and dramatic incidents
OF given event is perhaps not strictly de-
feasible in writer of history, but the read
er OF newspaper does not want history in
its columns. He wants the events of the
day presented in an acceptable shape, rely
ing upon subsequent writers to collect it all
into historical shape together with what
went before and what came after What the
Englishman calls sensationalism seems to be
that which makes American and En- glish
papers differ, as the special correspondents
reports of Congressional sessions differ from
the reports of the same sessions in the Con-
gressional Record. 1t is not sensatlonalism,
1t is life itself.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

The Springfield Republican can be su-
premely funny when 1t tries, especially with
the able help of the Chicago Times. Those
two papers have discovered that the popula-
ton Of Maine has fallen off considerably In
the last ten years, the loss being particularly
noticeable in ''the sea.coast counties-Cum-
Derland, which contains the city of Portland,
anu hancock, Knox. Lincoln and Waldo,
bordering on and adjoining Penobscot bay
ana including such ports and places as Rock
lano' Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Boothbay. Wis
casset' Ihomaston, etc.-the flower Of the
aalhe coast In the number and excellence OF
naroors and in the picturesque attractions
WINE the gain is in the wild regions of
Aroostook and other interior places. The
real cause" for this state of things, the
Times says and the Republican agrees. must
be that Maine is and must be Commercial
State, and that the policy Of non.intercorrse
in trade decreed by the high tariff Is denonu
lating the sea-coast places and kill,ns ,ho
State in the attempt to make 'manufactn,iro
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
PARALYSIS.

Mrs Evelyn Butman. SO Lawrence street, Bos.
ton, age 40, not recovering from the change OF
lfe had sudden attack April, 1889, losing the
speech was so affected that she could not be under
stood; confined to her bed for two weeks, and
then recovered very slowly, but could walk only
assistant; also used cane, and there was no gain
until May, $780, when she commenced taking
Murdock's Liquid Food. Since that date she
has gained rapidly, walking without cane or the
aid of an assistant, and she recovered her Speech
andis able to walk from two thirds to threequarters
OF a mile at time, and do the whole lof her house
and weight, as she is heavier than she was before
the attack
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
TUESDAY. The 18Th day Of August, A. D. 1890
All o'clock i'm lhe Forenoon,

to nominate candidates for the following officers;
Four senators s; county attorney; clerk OF COURTS
sheriff; county treasurer; register of deedsj one
county commissioner; and also TO choose county
committee for two years, and TO transact any
other business that may properly come before the
convention.
The basis for representation will be one dele
gate for each city and town, and one additional
delegate for each seventy-fve Republican votes
last for Governor at the last State election, and
me delegate for each fraction Of forty votes.
The delegates have been apportioned upon the
foregoing basis as follows.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
PROPOSALS..
PARALYSIS.

Reasons why 1t win not yield to medicine
1t comes from exhaustion of the nerves and
muscles by their being weakened by extra labor
and not being able to utilize sufficient nourish-
ment to preserve them in health.
Murdock's Liquold Food will restore Iatents
to health suffering from paralysis, as we have
never in ten years known of case that we have
not done 1t, as new blood gives new life, and by
1t the limbs and speech recover their former or
partial use for many years.
We illustrate by two of many cases that have
recovered during the last 80 days in Boston, as
well as the celebrated case that drew so much
attention Of the medical profession and press
six years ago, being the case of Miss Walkup OF
Pennington, Mass
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

The Boston Herald has formally served
notice on the world that it has nothing more
to say against Speaker Reeds quorum ruling
The Herald has learned that it is folly to
carry partisan fights against common sense
and-the opinions of large majority of the
people. beyond certain point, and that II
has reached the point.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
CURRENT COMM EMIT.
BRICE STILL A RAINBOW CHASER.


BRIcE STILL A RAINBOW CHASER.
GAuburn Gazette.l
Calvin Brice, they say, expects to be the
next Democratic candidate for Vice Presi-
dent. Still chasing rainbows. poor man!
NOT THERE FOR A PICNIC.
[Cincinnatti Commercial Gazette]
Members who are so anxious to break out
OF Congress when their presence is necessary
to maintain business quorum, should re.
member their obligations to the country
which they were so eager to assume. A ses.
sion OF Congress is organized for business
and not for picnic.
A GREAT EXAMPLE OF VIRTUE.
Lowell (Mass.) Courier.l
1t is amusing to hear the New York
World, which can run half dozen guessing
lotteries at time for the picayune profits OF
policy dealer, pitching into Russell Harri-
son because a paper with which he is con.
nected prints lottery advertisement, and
calling him a "wayward son." The World
Is great example Of virtue.
THEY SHOULD QUOTE THE TRUE VERSION
Boston Evnning Record
If the enterprising Democratic correspon.
dents must quote Speaker Reed, why do they
not stick to the official report of his utter
ances as found In the Congressional Record
The Record rages show the Speakers fine
play of wit and exhibit his ability to get the
laugh On his opponents every time. More.
over, the Record remarks are accurate, and
by using them the correspondents will not
be called upon to undergo the ignominy OF
being proved to be liars.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

Aotal. .1b2
The committee win be in session at the Hall at
ten O'Clock in the forenoon on the day OF the con-
venton to receive the credentials of the delegates
and attend to such other business as may be nee
essary.
E. DUDLEY FREEMAN, Chairman.
CHARLES A. TRUE, Secretary.
Portland, July 10, 1890.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

Maine men in the big parade, as they are
elsewhere, were among the fortunates. They
had their dinners in their pockets and ate on
the street while others went hungry
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
ISLAND srEAmRRs.
ISLAND sTEAmEHs.
CASCO BAY STEAMBOAT co.
Custom House Wharf.
WEEK DAY TIME TABLE


CC@1m1;sneIng Tuesday; JuIy 4, 1890: steam
For Forest City Landing. Peak. I.Iand-
2.15, 8, S.46. '4.9O. s. 5.45, clio. "a, 7.s0, 81
$50, 9.45. RErURN-6.20, us, $50, $50, 40
4.15,s5, $50, 6.S0, Y, $50, s, $500, 0i5
1918, or at close OF entertainments.
For TE efethens Landing, Peaks Island
$40, 1907 $50. RETuRS-6i0, rs. 80
1920; ll5O, LOS, 800, ABS, b.25, e.35, a,
For Rvergreen Landing, Peak. I.innd-
$50, Q, z, 8, 0, 1870, IL. 2, 1915, 4.2O, B.4B
$40, 7.So, 1880. kETURN-6.O5, 6.55, 7.55,
s;0Ss lol6, h.4b, 1, 3.l6, '4.3o, $40, e.40 $50
For Little Diamond I.Iand-5.so. CTS,
o 1870; ~, 's15, 40 5.45, e.lo, 5,3o, $3.50.
100 s.s5, $3.50, 5.s5, go, $50, 5000. i1o0'
For Great Diamond ssland-5.3O, 9, z, 8,
10;go; " PIP 40 sa5, go 40 $50
$50, s4.45, $50, 646. S.45. sIO.35,
For Ponce. Landing, Long Island g, z,
REfURNN64 20, 7I5. $50 81 go. III 20 90 is ss0
ESQ, q, 05, $40, e.35, $50, s1O.f5.
= FOR marriner's Landing. Long Island
., 1880, z, 1915, b.45. RErURN-1O, 11.3o 3,
SUNDAY TIME TABLE.
For Forest City Landing Peaks I.Iand-
S,9 ~; 1850, II, l2.15, 1.SO, 2.45, 3, 3.45,
For Trefs then's Landing Peak. I.Iaud-
II ., $50, 1880, 1915, 2, '3.15, 4.2o. SIG.
For Evergreen Landing, Peaks IsIand-
~ !. 9;30, 1880, 1915, 2, '3.t5, 4.20, 515, 6.1O
For Little Diamond I.Iand-s7, 8. $50.
1880, 12.l6, 2, -3.15, 400, 6.15, clio, II 80.
For Grent Diamond HsInnd-s7, 9, $50,
1890, 1915, 2, A3.1b, 40, 5.15, Clio, n so
Fer Ponee's Landing, Long IsIand-s7.
9. $50, 1880, 1215, s1.3O, 2, 1915, 4.2O, 5.I5
For narriner,s Landing, Long Island
$50, 1880, 2, 1915, 20, 5.15.
Not run IN stormy or To00y leedther.
U. W. T. COOLING,
jyIdtf General Manager
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

Another Leary raft. has started and is re-
ported to be heading for this port Vessel
captains are warned to keep bright lookout
for the next week or so lest they meet it un-
aWares
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

good deal has been said and written Of
late years about the Nicaragua canal and the
benefits that will be derived from 1t when
completed. During the same time work
has been going on nearer home, which IL less
talked about will prove of nearly as much
benefit to navigation, as it will cut off diff
cult and dangerous portion of the ocean voy-
age between the Atlantic ports and the st.
Lawrence river. Reference is made to the
ship-railway across the isthmus that joins
New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, between
the waters Of Chignecto bay and Northum-
berland straits, now in process of construc-
ton. The idea of a cutoff connecting the
waters above Nova Scotia instead of making
1t necessary to pass below that Province
through the Straits Of Canso is not new.
Over seventy-ive years ago canal for the
passage of small gunboats and other sailing
vessels was projected but 1t was allowed to
drop. Several subsequent attempts were
made to start some such movement but moth
ing came of 1t until the canal idea was aban-
doned and a railway substituted. The pres
ent projectors took the matter in hand and
have 1t well under way now. The company
having the construction in charge recently
invited large number of people from the
cities that are to be benefited by the railway
to visit the place. and the Saint John papers
are enthusiastic over the prospects for busl-
ness along the line, and for relief to seasick
passengers who have hitherto gone by the
Straits of Canso to the summer resorts of
Prince Edward Island and the Northern
Shore. AT the same time one or two of the
papers take care to point out the military
value of the railway in the event of a war.
Says the Telegraph 'We do not expect
such an emergency soon to arrive and trust
1t may never come, but should it happen the
ship railway would serve most important
purpose for our endangered commerce, and
for the passage of the smaller class of naval
vessels engaged in our defence" 1t will be
possible If this railway succeeds to make the
run from Saint John to Charlottetown, P. e.
l., by steamer and railway carrying steamer
and all in small fraction of the time now
necessary.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
PARALYSIS.

3SAYwooD PLACE, BOSTON June 10, 1890.
On the 29th of March, 1890, was taken with
an apoplectic shock, so bad that lost the entire
use of my right side, speech and mind and was
carried to one of the largest hospitals in Boston,
where remained week with no gain, and nv
death was expected daily by the physicians. My
brother-in- law having received much benefit from
the use OF Murdock's Liquid Food when he had
the Rheumatic Fever, when he found that my
life was despaired of at the hospital by the phys
clans, carried me home and gave me Murdock's
Liquid Food, on which / commenced 10 gain
rapidly, and at this date have recovered my sight,
speech and the use of all my limbs, and walk with
out assistance, say half a mile at time. My
friends as well as myself, realize that my life has
been saved by your Liquid Food. as have had
no medical treatment since leaving the hospital,
andI was growing worse every day l remained
there. Yours b. 7. FEINAL.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

Horse cars are to be banished inside of two
years in Washington by act of Congress
They were too slow. 1t is hoped that the
Senate will decide that something else is toe
slow pretty soon and will order it banished
too. inside of two years.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY MORNING, AUG. IL.

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 or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

The Hartford Courant puts the whole case
into compact and comprehensive shape
when it says:
Probably no one seriously believes that Mr..
clifton K. breckenridge Of Arkansas planned the
crimes in his congressional district the stealing
OF the Plummersville ballot-box and the murder
ofColonel Clayton. Where he made his mistake,
as has been pointed out again and again, was in
consenting to become and 10 remain the benehci-
airy of the crimes.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION

The Republicans Of Cumberland County are
hereby requested to send delegates to County
Convention to be held at
Reception Hall, City Building, Portland,
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

PROPOSALS. FOR ORDNANCE, SUPPLIES
il Kennebec Arsenal, Augusta, Me-, July 20,
1890. Sealed proposals In triplicate, will be re.
ceiyed until O'Clock p. M, on MONDAY. August
Corn, Forage, Hardware, Building Materials,
Fuel Paints, Oils, Tools, etc.. during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1891. Printed lists of sup
etc. can be had on application to Capt CULLEN
BRYANT. Ordnance Department u. S. A.. Com
manding. Jly29,3O,Sl ,aug21 %.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

w ton, salary Sz5 to 500, to locally repre-
sent a successful N. Y. Company incorporated to
supply Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Jewelry, etc:
to consumers at cost. Also g Lady OF tact, sal
ed, 800 200 paid inn. References exchanged,
Empire Co operative Association Credit well
rated) Lock Box 61O, N. Y
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

The New York Mail and Express hears
that Mr.. Cleveland is preparing to bury the
land beneath an avalanche of mice. fresh
penny papers in the various cities" for the
furtherance of his political aspirations The
Mail aud Express doubtless means one-cent
papers. since penny or two-cent papers are
sufficiently numerous already in the employ
of the Cleveland party. But In either case
the result will be likely to be the samoa
large-sized bill for Senator Brice of Ohio, the
Democratic Crosus, to settle. with no mate
rial return in the shape of Cleveland votes.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

The parade in Boston completely paral-
yzed the horse-car service while it lasted. So
the veterans had their revenge on the New
York Central after all.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

March, 1884. Miss W. is quite singular a
case, being one OF six sisters, all afflicted In the
some manner, losing the use of their limbs gradual
y to the age of eight years. and after that
time having little control over them. Two sisters
died. The brothers are not thus afflicted. This
sister has had these symptoms increasing upon
her since her eighth year Is now twenty-seven,
and for the last year has not been able to walk
without two assistants She suffers no pain. The
sisters have all had the best medical advice that
money could procure, but in no case has the
disease yielded to treatment
The second week of Miss WIS stay Ia our hos
pita she said her stomach was relieved of faint
ness she had always felt. She was taking four
tablespoonfuls Of Liquid Food daily. Fourth
week, able to walk about the yard, and go up and
down stairs alone. Eighth week, color Improved
eyes bright and clear, much more cheerful, gain
ing in weight and health. Eleventh week, has
gained eight (8) pounds In weight, able to stand
alone on the scales to be weighed, goes up and
down stairs daily alone goes alone to the carriage
TO take her drive, Is cheerful and takes great in
terest In everything that is going on about her,
sews, reads, makes many little fancy articles for
friends, and Is gaining daily.
May, 1890, called ON Miss w. mt hey
home, and she is iu good health, able Z
perform light duties, and enjoys life dali
A. L.. MURDOCH.
1e3O MW&Ftf
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
MwF&w1y

MI rA Treated without the use Of knife
Vii or detention from business. Also
all diseases of the rectum. No
pain or risk: harmless operation and complete
relief. Cure guaranteed. Consultation free. BY
Dr. O. t. FISK, s44 Main street, Lewiston Send
for pamphlet. At. U. s. Hotel Room Is, every
Saturday from a. to 4 pm.
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The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14
FREEPORT STEAMBOAT COMPANY,

Steamer Phantom, until further notice, will
exceptedl at 300 a. m. and 4.50 D. M, touching
at Falmouth Foreside, Cousins Island, LttlejOhn's
South Freeport IL so a. m. and so D. m. -
Leave South Freeport GAO a. m. and SO D. m.
touching az the above named landings Arrive in
Portland 8 40 a. m. and $50 D. m. -
Fare TO South FreOport. including drive of Ave
the round trip. ''' SA''V
Passengers taking the 900 a. m boat for Free.
port VIII arrive In time for trains going East.
passengers coming West by all a. m trains can
nave ueIlghtful ride and sail by taking our car
Portland at 400 p. m.
ie2sdtf - :" LIZ FreepOrt.
The Portland daily press., 1890-08-14

So much has been said about the compare
tive painlessness and efficiency of hanging
and killing by electricity that the PRESS has
secured, through the courtesy of the Concord
Monitor, the physicians record of the death
OF James Palmer at Concord, N. H., on the
first of May. which is placed in comparison
with the Kemmler record. This is the Pal
mer record:
The drop fell at 1l.o3A. Fourteen minutes
and four seconds later the physicians pronounced
life extinct. Their record of the pulse and heart
was as follows: Pulse-1st minute, 40; I'd, 143;
Sd, 1875 in first quarter of 4th, SO, then ended.
Heart-lst minute, ITO; I'd, 100; 3d. 100; 4th,
100; 9Th, l4O; 9th, 100; 7th, 100; 9Th, could not
be counted.
The final record of the Kemmler case in
GLIDING the stopping and second starting of
the current Is this
When the current was stopped for the second
time the body was allowed to lie In the chair to
cool before The autopsy should be made. 1t was
then just GAO O'Clock. Kemmler had been in the
death room altogether only eight minutes.
If the length of time consumed, can be
taken as the measure of relative efficiency,
hanging must take second place.