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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24

80 dozen 20 cent Linen Handker-
chiefs at only 12b cents
Celluloid Cuffs "a
worth so cents.
Celluloid Collars 16 /"
worth 25 cents.
Laundered Shirts 4S /"
worth 70 cents.
Four Pairs Linen Cuffs for 80 q"
worth 20 cents pair.
Reversible Linene Cuffs 16 d"
box; worth % cents.
| Is cent Suspenders at s
Natural Wool Hose %
worth IS cents.
Shaw Black Hose 20 I"
worth so cents.
Unlaundered Shirts 37a 4"
worth so cents.
| 80 cent Gray Undershirts at 20 +"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24
NOTICE.

On and after the LIST dav NJ
April, ship carpenters wages. en-.
gagged ON old work i'm Portland
will be $500 per day.
maf2ld1w#
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24
THE PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. MARCH "a.

We do not read anonymous letters and commu.
nlcstions. 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. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24

The fact that the Louisiana Lottery
crowd have been hunting for place to flee
to in case renewal of its charter is refuse
gives some ground to hope that such a con-
tingency is possible. and the formation of
an anti-lottery league, implying as it does
some public opposition to the lottery, is also
gratifying sign. The comments of the
New Orleans newspapers on the refusal of
Gov. Nichols to accept the gift of the lottery
company, however. are not reassuring to the
people who want to see the concern abol-
ished. and indicate plainly enough that the
company has strong grip which will not be
easily l0osened.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24

1t looks as though there was more trouble
in prospect for our government from seal
poachers fitted out in this country than from
those owned by Canadians. The Canadian
vessels are SO slow that the revenue cutters
have no great trouble in overhauling them.
But there is now being fitted out at San
Francisco a steamer, whose destination is
said to be Behring Sea, that will be able to
make twelve knots an hour, which is four
knots more speed than either the Bear or
the Rush is capable Of. The chances of
catching such craft as that by any vessel
the government now has in the sea are very
slim. If she is caught. however, there will
be no question about her condemnation, for
the right of the government to keep the ves-
sells of this country out of the sea is indis-
putablo,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24

stands today without equal
NV AtIA 10 any Clothing Store in
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24
mIsCELLANE Ous
24=BARG AINS-24

Iasuss Askr1 demonstrate most forcibly
fthat our styles and prices are
HIs.n nopelessly bey,'nd compete
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-03-24
CURRENT COM M EMIT.

THE VETO MILL HAS SHUT DOWN.
[Biddeford Journal
During Cleveland's first year in the White
House he worked his veto mill ON 115 bills.
Benjamin Harrison has been in Office full
year without having resorted to the veto
once. Unlike his predecessor, he doesn't
claim to know more than both houses OF
Congress combined
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-02-02

With every inducement TO lawlessness.
with the blood Of their fellows crying for
vengeance. the negroes of South Carolina
make appeals to the law and its ministers.
With every incentive TO keep within the
law. administered exclusively By men Of
their own color, South Carolina whites sur
rendered themselves to the control Of brutal
passions. There must be . change. The
civilized world viii not permit the murder
OF men because God made them black TO 60
on forever.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
a Rife

Another repeating rife is that invented
by a COrsic&n, VI. Luigi, an eX-Ohiccr in
the French army, which processes to be an
improvement on the Lebel. 1t is destined
more particularly for volley firing, and has
this advantage, hat its magazine, which
may be constructed to hold from four to
five cartridges. a be filed up at once,
without the cartridges having to be insert
ed one by one, as is the case with the Lebel
rife. A powerful spring worked by the
trigger throws out each empty cartridge
when fired, and simultaneously adjusts
another in its place.
The front part of the barrel is separate
from the remaining portion, and after
each discharge is slid back so as to open
the magazine for the election Of the empty
cartridge. u is then brought back into
position locked, and the rife is once more
ready loaded for firing. BY a special sys-
tenn of rining the trajectory Of the bullet
has been reduced to almost Il direct line,
while the carrying distance, with 4 gram
of Rothweil or ordinary French gunpow-
der, is estimated at $500 meters.-New
York Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
An Effective Track Clearer.

An ingenious way of driving cattle off a
track is that Just patented by an inhabi-
tant Of Settle, Washington. a nozzle,
pointing out in front of the locomotive, is
connected with the boiler, and by the open
ing of "A valve, which is under the control
of the engineer, Il strong jet can be thrown
forward by the boiler pressure through
the pipe and nozzle. The direction of the
nozzle can be changed at will. 1t can read
lily be imagined that cattle showing a dis
p~osition to ~monopOlize the track will be
apt to vacltc without needless los, of time
on coming into contact with the persua-
siye jet of scalding water. New York Com
merCial Advertiser.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

Dr.. Patton, chief surgeon ofthe National
Soldiers home ut Dayton, o., said in an in
terview in Pittsburg the other day that, of
the 5000 soldiers in the Dayton home,
fully so per cent. are suffering from heart
disease in one form or another, due to the
forced physical exertion of the campaigns"
And he made the prediction that as large
a percentage of the athletes of today will
be found twenty-five years from now to be
victims of heart disease, resulting from the
muscular strains they force themselves to
undergo. AS for the likelihood of exercise
to prolong life, it may be said that accord
ing to the statistics of NJ. de SOlaiville
there are more people living in France to-
day who nave passed the age of sixty than
there are in England, the home of athletic
sports. There is probably no nation in
Europe more adverse TO muscular cultiva-
ton for its own sake than the French.
"Great athletes die young, and a NOR
tally list Of Oxford rowing men published
a few years g showed that . compare
lively small percentage of them lived out
the allotted lifetime. "-Providence Jour
nal
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Prorrse PRESENTATION.

A very popular fallacy is that profrse
pcrspiration is weakening. The best reply
perhaps to this supposition is a reference
to the men engaged at gas works, to the
puddlers in the manufacture of iron, to
the sugar boilers, and to all those whose
daily labor is OF the severest bodily descrip-
ton. Many of these work stripped to the
waist. The perspirGtiOn pours off in such
quantity us often to make Il pool at theil
feet, yet these men are the perfection OF
health and strength. They have no en-
numbering fat, are free from colds and
nearly every disease. Again, it is well
known how gymnasts, pedestrians and
oarsmen induce profuse perspiration while
training, and yet they do not lose their
strength or limit their powers of endur-
ance.-Herald of Health.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Samson and the Jawbone..

Il q town in New Jersey there used to
I've y dentist whose name was Samson.
A. If - prove that there is something in a
name, this Dr.. Samson was l powerful
MN, and his mighty right arm never
failed to bring with it whatever his forCepS
had fastened upon. "As strong as Sam
son" had Z local Significance in that town.
It happened, however, that DR.. Samson
did not like references to the Significance of
his name. Like many other men whose
names "mc&n something" he had heard
these jokes until he was heartily tired of
them.
One day a townsman came in who had a
tooth to be pUl!cd. The patient" was a
foppisl, rattle headed fellow, who tried to
keep up bis courage by putting on a jest
ing exterior.
Now, GocSor,' he said ~nervously, 81
suppose you won't drag me around the
room more than three times? Three times
and tlon 'oIt,' you know."
Are YOU afrGid?' the dentist asked.
"Oa 70, rot exactly, but it's a little
~a!:.Y0in%, don't you know, to have a Sam,
G>n :;=s:ng away TT your jaw"
u suppose snid the dentist, looking q
little sour, THAT you are afraid I'm going
on en- expedition against the Philist;nes."
against whEt?'
The Philistincs, and so have Use for the
jawbone o. an assr'-Youth's Companion,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

Tobacco grows something like cabbage,
but | never saw none cooked. | nave heard
men say that cigars that was given them
election days for nothing was mostly cab
bage leaves. Tobacco stores are mostly
kept by wooden Indians, who stand at the
door and fool little boys by Offering t!ema
bunch Of cigars which is glued into the
I|njun's hands, and is made of wood also.
l tried to smoke a cigar once, and | felt like
EPSON salts. Tobacco was invented by a
man named Walter Raleigh. When the
people first saw him smoking they thought
he was a steamboat and were frightened.
My sister Nancy is a girl. don't know
whether she likes tobacco or not. There is
a young man named Leroy who comes to
see her. guess she likes Leroy. He was
standing on the steps one night, and he had
a cigar in his mouth, and said he didn't
know as she would like it, and she said:
Leroy, the perfume is agreeable" But
when my big brother Tom lighted his pipe
Nancy said: Get out of the house, you
hOrrid creature: the smell of tobacco makes
me sick" Snuff is injun meal made ont Of
tobacco. | took a little snuff once and then
| sneeZcd.-New York World.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Tit for Tat!

Riding in the street car the other day l
saw an interesting scene. An elderly lady
asked the conductor for a transfer check.
"Whcre do you wish to go?" he inquired.
That's none of your business, sir" was
her indignant answer
The conductor quietly punched a check
for Chelsea, and taking her eight cents
passed along. Soon he came through the
car again, and the elderly lady, who had
been studying the check intently, pulled
his sleeve and asked:
Conductor, where will this take me?"
His reply was prompt and justifiable:
THAT, madam, is my business. Dos
ton Globe.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

A recipe for whitewash, suitable for out
buildings on a farm, something that will
not rub off aud not injure trees, can be
tinted: For one barrel of colcrwash use
half a bushel white lime, three pecks hy-
1rauliC cement, ten pounds lumber, tel
pounds ochre, one pound venetian red, one
quarter pound lamp black. Shake the
lime, cut the lamp black with vinegar and
nix well together: then add the cement
and fill the barrel with water. Let it
stand twelve hours before using, and stir
it frequently while putting it on.-Ex-
change.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
The Cre.t "NIoon Drnrop."

1t is a time hOnorcd belief in Turkey that
IN eclipse OF the moon is caused by a huge
dragon which aoe,is to devour it, and in
maiing the att2'a9t winds his shiny body
ah5::t it, hiding i from terrestrial observ-
cvs. The writer was il Const&ntinople on
the night of Aug. 50, 1877, the occasion of
the great total eclipse throughout Eastern
Europe and Western Asia, and was II wit
ness to the peculiar ceremony of "Kaki-
yaayi-yi," which w&T calculated to free the
moon from its sea-. antagonist. There
was a general attempt made to Brighten
the dragon by Gria- muskcts and reyolv-
ers and by beating noon cymbals, kitchen
utensils, etc. As in times past it was found
that the moon soon showed her face, and
congratulations were everywhere heard
upon the victor. gained. THIS queer lunar
superstition is by no means confined TO Che
poorer classes, the rich and educated @
have equal faith in the dragon theory
St. Louis Republic.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
The Girl Who WOocs.

Imay rs well be frank at once and say l
do not like the maid who does the wooing.
She Is usurping the privilege Of her knight,
and if were he | should turn ana flee.
"But," says EthiIinda. ''he needs encour-
agcmert!' Perhaps he does. But not too
much of it. When YOU want to give an
invalid something to increase his appetite
you do not offer to eat for him; Instead
you offer u dainty bit, a little spicy or a
little acid, that Quickens the taste and
makes Il great hunger come. Treat your
sweetheart in the same way. Let him be
conscious that you are pleased with his
liking, but do not for a minute take away
his p~rerogQtive and do the wN"."- ~
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.
l.. d. G. NJ.

l.. D. G. N. RAILROAD.
DEPARTURES.
For st. Louis via Iron Noun
tain or NJ, X. 81 T..........15:45 a. m
For st. Louis, via Iron Noun
tain route................... SOD p. IN
For Laredo. lilo a. m.
ARRIVALS.
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, X. & T.............lO;55 a. m
From st. Louis, Iron Mountain
and NJ, X. & L. routes. 1000 p. m.
From Laredo. 1886 p. m.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
THROUGH EXPRESS EAST.
Leave for New Orleans, Houston
and Galveston. 900 ?. IN. and 9:25 a. m.
ARRIVE FROM THE EAST.
Arrive from New Orleans, Hous-
ton and Galveston 6:40a. m. and 4:l0 pm.
THROUGH WEST
leave for San Francisco, Ell
Paso and Eagle PaSs......... 4:40lp. m.
Arrive from San Francisco Ell
PaSo and Eagle Pass........ 1925 a. m
THE s.. A. g. A. p. r. REMISSION
ROUTE.
DEPARTURES.
Leaves for KerrvllIe, daily, eX-
cept Sunday, at............ :. 500 p. m
Leaves for Galveston, Houston
and Cuero, daily, except
at. ........... ....... S:45 a. m
Leaves for CorpusChriSti, Rock
port and Beeville daily, eX-
cept Sunday, at.............. 1:45 p. m
ARRIVALS.
From Kerrville, daily, except
Sunday, Northumberland. $50 Il. m
From Corpus Christi, RockpOrt
and Beeville, daily, except
Sunday, las p. m
From Galveston, Houston and
Cuero, daily.
Gas p. m.
MALLORY STEAMSHIP LINE.
Steamers sail and arrive at Galveston
every Wednesday and Saturday morning.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
Grateful Testimonials.

Busy Passenger ocean greyhound)-Sign
this paper, please; quick, for We are near,
ing the dock.
Passive Passenger-What is it?
Its a testimonial to the captain"
What for?'
For the brave, considerate and intelli-
gent care with which he stopped up the
leaks every time we collided with icebergs,
and ships and rocks and things."-New
York Weekly.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

Do you know how many 81 bis it takes
to weigh as much as n .-1gol1 pie? Driv-
ing out to White Bear recently oaeof those
walking compendiums Of useful informa-
ton sprang the above query, and the Opin-
ions that it elected showed a remarkable
range. One member Of the party, whose
business is to handle money in large sums,
after nrofouud thought. suggested that The
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

NUMBER would De from l,OOUt TO l,ZUU. Others
guessed down the line to 500, but no one
less than that number. After all had
lacked themselves on record the compen-
dunn stated that the number of bills was
80 or 81, according to their condition as to
dirtiness and age.-St. Paul PiOneer-Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

The Peruvians appear to have preserved
the bodies Of their i&cas after the Egyptian
fashion, and in early times mummies seem
to have had an abiding place in Mexico.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

The Ethiopians disposed Of the dead
either by throwing them into the river, or
by preserving them in their houses in stat
ues of gold or baked clay.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

uren into the concert room, not only in
small towns but in great cities such as
London and New York, recalls an Infant
phenomenon" who was brought into a
drawing room several years ago to exhibit
her proficiency upon the piano.
She took her seat, and played with the
utmost complacency and self possession.
The applause, which was intended to put
a stop to her performance, she took for en-
enlargement to go on, and she stopped
only at the end Of her ''piece," which lasted
more than an hour.
81 was Il gOoddeai more interested at the
beginning than at the conclusion" re-
marked one weary listener.
"Why>" he was asked.
Because the child was so much young
er."-Youth's Companion.
The Kings and the Cat.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. p. King, of 9+9 Vir-
ginia avenue, southwest, passed through
an experience early one morning that will
no doubt linger in their memory for a long
time. While Mr.. King and his wife We're
wrapped in slumber at about 2 O'Clock a
large sized cat entered the house
through an open window, it is supposed,
on a quiet hunt after the many birds, both
stuffed and alive, which are in the house.
While the cat was meandering about the
room Mr.. King awoke, and jumped from
the bed to put the intruder out. The cat
darted for the stairway, and as he passed
Mr.. King struck him with his hand, knock
ing Thomas against the wall. The blow
aroused all the savage instincts of the ami
NAL, and he made a furious onslaught on
Mr.. King, fixing his teeth in his right
hand, decorating it severely, and using his
claws to good effect on his nightrobe.
The noise Of the struggle alarmed Mrs.
King, and she bravely came to the rescue,
driving the cat avSy from her husband;
but the savage animal attacked her tiercely
and tore her hand. For some minutes the
battle ragged fTriOusly, until Mrs. King
managed to secure = firm hold upon the
cats throat, and chohCd it until it was in
sensible. Then Ny. King took it by the
tail and dashed its head against the wall
until it was apparently dead. Mr.. King
threw it into the yard, and after bandaging
up their wounds he and his wife retired to
finish out their nights rest. Early next
morning Mr.. KIM went to the yard to see
how the cat looked by daylight; but it was
gone. 1t had doubtless taken advantage
of the proverbial re,uainingcighC lives and
crawled away to reCuperate.-Washington
Star.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

man nas a true appreciation Tor good
things too easily Observation-Disclosures Home
Journal.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04
SAVED BY A BANK BOOK
HOW A GREENHORN CLEARED HIS
HOMESTEAD IN FLORIDA.

His Disastrous Experience Told by the
survivor-A COMMITTEES of Crackers
Made an Important Call on the Set
tler-His Check Book to the Rescue.
81 had been a clerk in a city store ever
since l was old enough to work, and | was
green. There is no doubt about that i'll my
mind now, though | spurned the thought
then. | had sold the stony little farm on
the bleak Vermont hillside which had
come to me after my father had worried
himself into the grave trying to get rich on
it, and had landed in Florida full of guide
book opinions of the land of the cypress
81 took up a homestead on the long, mar
row strip of land that divides the Atlantic
ocean from the Indian river. | did not go
to see it before entering for it at the land
office, because l knew that was unneceS-
sary.
II reached the spot by sailboat from Titus
vile, at the head of the river, and was de-
lighted to find that had neighbors not far
away, to the north and also to the south.
They were Crackers That is the name
which one native Floridian applies to other
native Floridians whom he does not like.
They had orange groves, to be sure, but
they did not seem to be growing rich on
their crops. This l attributed to their
shiftless method of agriculture. Instead
of clearing their land of the big pine trees
that numbered it they merely girdled the
trees and left them standing, dead and
bare, a constant menace to passers by and to
the young orange trees which were planted
among their roots, as well as an eyesore on
the Landscape.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-09-04

The furore for the introduction of chill
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-22

would not otherwise possess. For a
year or so he has been devoted to we'll
known young society woman. Not a
week has ever passed that he has not
been at least twice to see her. About a
month ago he proposed and was ac-
cepted. About two weeks ago the en-
gagement was broken, only to be
patched up again shortly afterward.
The cause of the engagement being
broken was that the young man made
his accustomed visit. He was shown
into the parlor. While Sitting there he
heard his betrothed coming down the
stairs. He stepped to the door, and as
she passed the door he leaped out and
printed kiss upon her lips. A faint
scream above startled him. He looked
up and saw his sweetheart at the head
of the stairs. He looked down and saw
that he had the hOusemaid in his arms.
He tried to explain matters, but his
sweetheart would not have it, and the
engagement was broken. She after
ward accepted his explanation and re-
inStated him.
This experience would have cured
most people, bat it did not cure him. A
few nights ago he called again and en-
tered the parlor. There was no light in
the hall nor in the parlor. In a short
time he heard his girl coming down the
steps. He stepped out into the hall,
and as she reached the bottom of the
stairs he enclosed her in his arms and
imprinted long, lingering kiss upon
her ruby lips. Releasing her, he struck
a match and lit the gas, then, turning
to snatch kiss, he was Mortified to see
before him the black cook. He gave
her dollar not to say anything about
| il. but it was too good to keep and she
told it.
St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-22

does that stand for in the back coun-
ities?"
"Your door is wider at the bottom
lthanat the top"
"It can't be"
"But your own eyes will convince
you. There is an inch difference"
"Never! I'll bet million dollars
there isn't hairs BREADTH"
ran for my tapeline and soon proved
that the difference was over an inch.
''Oh, we'll, l can fix that in mo-
ment," he said, but it was 9 O'Clock that
levening before he came in. Then he
had pounded one of his fingers with the
hammer, run tack into his thumb, got
bad hurt from a brad awl and half a
dozen times during the night he groaned
out in his sleep about mortifes, lemons,
hinges, springs, ETC.. and once heard
him eXclaim:
'Fftl Why, if they don't fit I'll
knock the internal old house downp'
1t was 10 O'Clock next forenoon when
/ went out to the barn. He had the door
covered with the wire cIoth,and protdly
called my attention to it.
(which is the outside of the door?" l
asked.
"Why, the side this way, of course"
''Then you've tackled the cloth on the
inside!"
..That's where it belongs"
s'You never saw it there, Mr.. Bowser
-neverI And look at the way you have
tackled the stuff ON. It's bumped up In