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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10
THE CRY OF the DREAMER.
BY JOHN BOYLE o'REILLY.

am tired of planning and toiliDg
In the crowded hives OF men;
Heart-weary of building and spelling,
And spelling and building again.
And long for the dear old river,
Where dreamed my youth away:
For dreamer lives forever.
And toiler dies In day.
1 am sick of the snowy seeming
Ot life that Is half a lie;
VI the faces lined with scheming
In the throng that hurries by,
From the sleepless thoughts endeayor,
i would go where the children play;
For dreamer lives forever,
And a thinker dies in day.
can feel no pride, but pity
For the burdens the rich endure;
There Is nothing sweet In the city
But the patient live of the poor
Oh, the little hands too skillful,
And the chlld-mind choked with weeds!
The daughters heart grown will ul,
And the fathers heart that bleedsi
No, not From the streets rude hustle.
From trophies Of mart and stage,
would fly to the woods low rustic
And the meadows kindly page,
Let me dream as of old by the river,
And be loved for the dream Away;
For a dreamer lives forever,
And toiler dies In day.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10

Take the sugar schedule in the Mckinley bill
carefully read its provisions and you VIII find that
instead Of giving the consumers free sugar II prac
tically taxes them two cents pound mure for TINS
commodity, for the free importation law relaIes
only TO unrefined sugars and not to sucn as are
used on the family table.-[Eastern Argus.
This is a fair sample of the misrepreseEta-
tions about the Mckinley bill by which the
Democrats have won their victory. Under
the old law there was tariff on sugars be-
low No. 16 Dutch standard. The new law
admits them free. These sugars are dark in
color, not fit for table use, and bought chiefly
by the refiners for refining. Under the old
law sugars above No. 20 paid duty Of 81
cents pound. Under the new law these
sugars pay duty Of half cent pound.
These are the sugars that are used on the
table, yet in the face of these facts the Argus
declares that the Mckinley bill practically
taxes the consumer two cents a pound more
for this commodity. Whether the Argus's
Misrepresentation is malicious or the result
of ignorance we do not undertake to say.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10

The Argus makes spirited denial of the
PRESSES statement that the Democratic vic
tory means free trade bill, and proceeds
with the astounding assertion:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10

Twenty-four hours before the polls closed
on last Tuesday there was not man in the
country wise enough and far seeing enough
to predict the result Of the vote. Most Re
publcans thought they would lose the
House by small majority, and most Demo.
Gratis thought they would carry the House by
small majority. But nobody foresaw the
cyclone that was to come. Yet today all
over the country there are plenty of mer
who are confidently predicting what is going
to happen next year and the year after that
Not one of them could foresee the result Of
an election only twenty-four hours off, but
they know all about an election two years
off
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10
COFFEES.

Our ARABIAN easily leads all
competitors as the best coffee ever
sold. Our sales ON this brand
continually increase and we now
sell more every month than we
sold two years ago in a year. Our
customers sometimes complain to
us that other stores sometime tell
them that they have 'sjust the
same" and that trial proves that
an inferior article has been i'm
posed on them. THE ARABIAN
is SOLD ONLY BY US; NO
OTHER STORE IN PORTLAND
KEEPS 1T.
We also carry all the best grades
of Fine Java, Rio, Maracaibe,
etc.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10
7 EAS

Teas have advanced from 8 to
10 cts. per h., during the last few
weeks, but we are prepared to keep
up the quality of our regular
grades at old prices. Regarding
prices, they run from SOC to $l.00
per lb., just the same as at every
store where large assortment is
kept. We make the chief attrac-
ton Of this department, the high
grade of goods we always give for
the price, which we guarantee
superior TO what can be obtained
elsewhere.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10
The Eastern Argus has defined the issu

The Eastern Argus has defined the issue
In Wisconsin as follows:
The common school was not an issue In Wiscon.
sin. as the PRF IS well knows. But the private
school was an ISSUE and the Democrats stood by
II nobly.
The law which the Democrats of Wiscon-
sin have combined against to repeal is law
requiring every school child in Wisconsin to
attend school in which reading, writing,
arithmetic and United States history are
taught in the English language. 1t matters
not whether that school be common schoo
or private school, SO long as these four
branches are taught in the English language.
The issue was whether the common school
education" as we understand 1t in Maine and
New England, should be the equipment CT
the rising generation in Wisconsin. The
Democratic party in Wisconsin decided that
it should not, and the Eastern Argus takes
the same view and commends the Wiscon-
sin Democrats for standing ''nobly" by the
cause Of an alien education for American
citizens.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10

The Argus makes spirited denial OF the
PRESSES statement that the Democratic vic
tory means free trade bill, and proceeds
with the astounding assertion:
You know. or ought to know, that the Demo-
cratic party is not now and never has been free
trade party. 1t was the votes of Democratic Con-
eresslnen that secured the passage of the tariff
acts of 1916, 1924 and 1923, against the oppo-
siton of the representatives of the party that sub
sequently and for long period was known as the
Wing party. SO, according to history, there Is
not shadow of reason for calling the Democratic
party OF the past free u AIDE party and certainly
tneDemocratic party OF the present is not open to
the imputation.
True, the Democratic party OF the remote
past, was not free trade party as it was
not a secessionist party. In the days Of
Nathaniel Macon, Thomas Benton and An
drew Jackson, the great leaders of the Demo-
cratic party North and South, believed In the
Union and protection. But a change came.
Robert j. Walker, while Secretary of the
Treasury, wrote his famous free trade re-
port, which became party creed. From THAT
day to this the Democratic party has been a
free trade party in sentiment, although some
Of Its leaders have tried to conceal the fact.
The men who are most influential In its
councils are free traders The man who
framed the last Democratic tariff bill and
win have large influence In framing the
next is a free trader. Roger Q. Mills said
while the Mills bill was being framed. in a
public speech at New York:
God grant that the day may soon come when
American slips, freighted with American com
meTce snall go TO sea under the shield and pro
lection OF our own Rag. But If that day is to come
1t must be preceded by reversal of the policy of
commercial restriction. We must remove both
by legislation and diplomacy every hinderng
cause that prevents the free exchange OF the prod
We must unfetter every arm and let every
muscle strike for the highest remuneration for Its
toll
We must let wealth, the creation Of labor, grow
up in all the homes Of our people. Then @, cry
industry VIII spring forward at bound, and
wealth, prosperity and power will bless the land
that is dedicated to free men, free labor and FREQ
trade.
This sentiment was appalauded by the
New York audience, and afterwards, when
read on the f0or of the House of Represen-
tative. was enthusiastically applauded on
the Democratic side.
In Maine here the Democratic leader most
conspicuous on the stump and In the columns
OF the newspapers, is Chas E. Allen, of
Dresden, lately candidate for Congress in
the Second District. He is a radical free
trader; and the columns of the Portland
Argus are always open to him for the spread
Ing of his free trade teachings.
The Democratic party is today a free trade
party, and in the next Congress it will pass a
free trade bill, or bill as near free trade as
itdares to pass.
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THEI PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. NOV. 10.

We do not read anonymous letters and commo-
nIcations. 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, 1890-11-10
825,OOO.OO
Argentine, kaasas, Water and
Electric Works Co.
FIRST MORTGAGE SIX PER CENT
BONDS DUE 1909.

Argentine is near suburb OF Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, being three miles from the Union Depot IN
Kansas City, the city now has population Of
5000 and Is rapidly growing.
Located In Argentine Is the Kansas City Smelt-
ing and Refining Company which en-. Toys six
hundred men the Atchison. Top ka and Sante Fe
r. X. Co. has located its shops aud round house
at Argentine and employs seven hundred and Hfty
men, and disbur-es nearly $4,000 per month in
pay oils at this point.
Although the works We're only completed and
accepted by the city In February OF this year. the
company Is at the present time earning It's expen-
ses. interest on its bonds and surplus Of SOLO.
There are now contracts pending which, II made,
will give the company surplus over and above all
charges OF six thousand dollars per year.
We have purchased these bonds after careful
investigation ana can recommend them for invest
ment.
Price, par and accrued interest.
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WINTER UNDERWEAR WINTER

ANDY
eversh how As
a'LEADER" for TODAY one case OF -
Ladies' Merino Underwear at SO 7S cents 81 99
s" :" 80. So 75 CENTS 81 1.25
Ladies' Socknet with
Children,s
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-10
WOODBURY. & MOULTON,
BANKERS.
Corner Middle and Exchange Streets,
PORTLAND, ME.
CHAPMAN BANKING COMPANY,

Oxford Building, 1S5 Middle ST.,
PORTLAND, MAINE,
Respectfully announces itself as organized and
prepared to
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS,
DEAL IN CHOICE INVESTMENT SECURITIES,
NEGOTIATE MUNICIPAL AND CORPORATE
LOANS,
SELL FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EXCHANGE AND
LETTERS OF CREDIT.
1t VIII receive the accounts of Corporations,
Firms and Individuals on favorable terms, ana al
low liberal rates on time deposits. 1t has set
aside. and placed In hands OF Trustees, a Special
Guaranty Fund of 100000 for the exclusive
benefit Of depositors.
Attention is herewith called to the following
list OF choice securities now offered for SALE and
recommended to conservative investors:
s10,OaO City OF Columbus, Ohio,
$4,000 City Of Newark, ohio, street.
81 900 County ofLuea., Ohio, Gener-
$4,000 Haskell Coaaiy, Ka... iiefund
5000 So. Mary. Town.hip, K.:,
s25,0.O Colorado sprisgs, UoI., Rapid
SIO.0OO Keokuk, Iowa, Electric street
Hallway and Power Co., list Dort.. :. IS
$4,000 CrawferdsvilIe, Ind, Water
:. and Light Co.. Ist Mort. IS
$4,000 scioto Water Co., of marisn,
$4,000 Pierre water work. Co., Of =
Pierre, 50. Dakota. fst lnort.......... 81
$4,000 Denver Water Co., of Denver,
$4,000 Detroit Bay City Railroad
SO doc C mSs,i So
Railway Co., Consolidated. .-......... IS
Prices on application. Correspondence invited.
O. G. oHArM kosERr cHG GPAs. I. CHAPMAN
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Emma Juch received nearly all her musi-
cal training from her father
Before Jimmy Powers went on the
stage he was a clerk in a butcher and
cheese exchange He was a fat and dis
NAL failure behind the counter.
The longest run Of the season in New
York earring 1.-THE Old Homestead'') was
made by Mr.. Frohman's company in 1.-THE
Charity Ball, " which was recently taken
off. Its record was eight performances a
week from November to May L
Sylvia Gerrish is clever writer and
delightful correspondent.
In the playbills of the London Drury
Lane theatre of 1773 appears the name OF
Mr.. Jefferson. That gentleman was the
great grandfather of Joseph Jefferson,
whom this generation admires and loves
so heartily.
Judith Berelde will appear next season,
in all probability, in new piece written by
Rosenfeld. She is to take the part of a
gypsy girl called Sue. 1t is said that the
name of the piece will be Blue Jeans"
The statement so often made that there
is no money in comic opera would seem to
be contradicted by the fact that Francis
Wilson recently dropped into New York
brokers Office and purchased ~, 900 Of
government bonds. Before he became q
manager himself he drew a salary of $685.
600 year from Rudolph Aronson.
The name of Mime. Atlantis husband is
Gye She is French Canadian by birth,
and wherever she stops large photograph
of Queen Victoria forms one of the princi-
pal decorations of her room She constant
ly wears bracelet of gold set with ener-
aids and diamonds, which was given her
by the queen She has a son IA years old.
Fannie Dean Hall made very Favorable
impression throughout the south during
the past five years as an actress, and now
she has created veritable sensation as .
singer. Miss Hall was born in New Or
leans, and is a member of an old and well
known family. But the war sadly depleted
the fortunes of the Halls, and the great
epidemic of 1858 finished the work begun
by the war so that now Miss Hall has an
incentive for good work other than ambi-
tion-ths asre of her aged father
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05
B1aine,s Wonderful Memory.

"There is one thing can say about Mr..
Blaine" remarks Governor Gear. HE
has the most phenomenal memory have
ever known A few days ago was calling
on the secretary when he asked me to sit
down. Gear said he, you are the very
man wanted to see. For a long time l
have been wanting to ask you about some
families which left my old county in Penn
sylvania thirty years ago and settledin the
part of Iowa which you now represent In
congress How are the Smithsons getting
alongs And the Brownsr"
And Mr.. Blaine went on" added Gov
ernor Gear, ito make inquiries about no
fewer than twenty-five families, a member
of which he had not seen for more than
quarter of a century. He not only remem-
bered the names, but the characteristics
and family histories, and when my own
memory was at fault, though have known
nearly every family he made inquiry about,
he described the heads to me with such
particularly that could not fail to recall
them had ever known them. A very re-
markable thing was that he could remem-
Der the names of nearly all the girls whom
these men had married and also the names
of their children, and among the children
whom he remembered are many of the best
men in nv state Washington Cor. Au-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05
The Loneuest Man Tn Europe.

Perhaps the most lonely man in Europe
is Herr Peter Lechner, who lives in round
tower on the top of the ScbOnnbIck noun
tain. in the Australian Alps He is en-
gagged in noting at this, the highest station
in Europe, the meteorological changes and
conditions of the passing day and night.
Three times day he takes his obser1 ions
and telegraphs them to the meteoro gical
Office at Vienna. A telephone connec ; his
eyrie nest with the Office, and for months
this is the only chance he has Of hearing
the human voice. At Christmas day vol
unteer party always cuts its way upward
70 him through the snow clad valley and
mountain, bringing him presents from
town The rest Is silence, snow and soil
tude.-New York journal
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05
Penalty Of Little Nervousness.

Queen Victoria is great stickler at for
mality; she will not tolerate anything like
a breach of custom, The custom is that
whenever the queen visits a town she shall,
before leaving that town, knight the mayor
thereof. The form of clubbing knight is
exceedingly simple. The candidate kneels
before her majesty; she asks his name; he
gives it simply Andrew Jones'" or what
ever it might be; the queen touches him
with a sword and says: Rise, Sir Andrew
Jones" On one occasion the queen was
about to knight the mayor of one of the
smaller cities she had been visiting. The
poor fellow was scared almost out of his
wits He was so nervous that when the
queen asked his name he answered: "Mr.
Thomas Hopkins" Whereupon her ma
jesty, incensed at this breach of custom
and making no allowance for the poor
mans trepidation, exclaimed: Rise, Mr.
Thomas Hopkins" and, throwing the
sword aside, sailed Indignantly out of the
room.-Eugene Fields Letter.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05

Now * the time for you % buy season
ticket q: the Sa1atorium az 9
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MflIi sagle
LITERARY WASHINGTON.
WILL THE CAPITAL BECOME THE
NATIONAL CENTER OF LETTERS,
Walter WellmaD Thinks It VIII and
Gives His Reasons-''The Neighbors"
Club-Librarian spohord-Nrs. Springer
and Her Poetry-Her Love of the Sea,
Correspondence

WASHINGTON, May 22.-As a literary
center the national capital is rapidly be-
coming noted throughout the world. It
has no large publishing interest, other
than that maintained by the government,
but large number of writers live and
work here. There is in Washington
little club known as 1.-THE Neighbors,"
which is distinctively literary and must
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-05

'Mr. SpOhord, l am looking up this OF
that subject-where shall l find it"'
And without moments hesitation
the librarian calls Off the names of half
do1 IN or dozen books, and sends for
them. The whole library is before him
like the pieces on a chess board, and, Of
course, this is much better for the sena-
tor or representative than consulting in
dexes.
Look in the index" exclaimed Sena-
tor Edmunds the other day, in the library;
''oh, no; not while Spoford is here. He
is the only index l want. There are no
typographical mistakes or cloudy refer
ences in him, and, besides, he is brought
down to date"
When Spofford dies, as he must some
day die-and that soon, | fear, unless he
gets away from his desk-the library will
suffer loss beside which the destruction
of a hundred thousand volumes would
be mere trife. The hundred thousand
volumes could "a .oIPced; Spoford
could not be-
Just now Washington literary circles
sprung up in their midst. One of the
conceits Of ''The Neighbors' club is an
anonymous box, in which bits of poetry
are dropped by modest authors to be read
at the next meeting. Out of this box
have come such large number of poems
and songs that were obviously from the
same pen, all breathing the breath Of
genius and singing principally of the sea,
that no little curiosity has been aroused
concerning their authorship. The mem
bers mentally scanned the roster of the
club in search Of the man or woman
whose early life had been passed within
sound of oceans roar, never suspecting
that such exquisite songs of the surf
could come from landsman. Now the
secret is out, and the author is none other
than Mrs. Springer, wife Of the member
of congress from Springfield, Ills.
At a recent meeting of "The Neigh
bors" a sketch of Mrs. Springer, dream
ing the hours away" under the sea wall
at Fortress Monroe, was presented the
club by young artist, and Rev. w. II.
Milburn, the blind chaplain of the house
of representatives, spoke feelingly of the
poetess. 1T is not strange" said he,
''that one bred upon the prairies of the
west, as she was, knowing the ocean
only by hearsay for many years, should
be prepared to yield her heart to its
mighty charm. The boundless plains
of her native land, whose gentle undula-
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and tell of things invisible to most of US
when she came to stand by the multi
tude of great waters, through which she
beholds Jehovah riding upon his horses
and chariots of salvation"
One night last winter 1.-THE Neigh
bors" honored Mrs. Springer by giving
tableaux of one of her pathetic poems
a poem, by the way, that had come out
Of the anonymous box" and moved all
listeners to tears:
Twas night in a little vilSge-
village down by the sea-
And the clouds hung low,
Drifting to and fro,
And the wind noaned drearfly.
The storm came down; the gun was
fired; ship was seen on the breakers;
hat and cabin were emptied of strong
hearts and hands eager to do all in their
power to save the ilnperiled lives. But
the sea rolled in 50 madly that even the
life boat could not be launched.
Like straw in the breath of the tempext.
Twas thrown back on the strand.
The women wept in anguish,
And raised their hands in prayer;
For every heart was stricken
With that sharp cry Of despair.
The cry of child had been heard from
the wreck; its plaintive notes had in
soired the men on shore to redoubled
hut vain efforts. The life boat still lay
upon the beach.
Hark, Borne over the waters,
Ringing out strong and clear,
Came the voice Of a woman singtngf
And listening they could hear
The words IN the hull OF the tempest
ooh. love so indebted >
They.knew twas the voice OF the mother
Singing to calm her child
And a. sac saug TO her darling
Knowing that death was so near
She caught the words she 50 needed.
Her own heart 10 strengthen and cheer.
Hold Tuou Thy cross before my closing
eyes
They knew she sang, though they could
hear no mora
Then came i lul. and clear as clear could be,
Heaven morning breaks, and earth's vain
shaG ''vs fee
And strong and full ike prisoned bird set
free
"Tu life, in death 0 Lord. abide with me-"
a heavier surge of tAe breakers-they heard
the voice no more.
And though they watched and waited,
Nought but the breakers roar
And the moan OF the wind. now dying.
Came 10 the listening ear;
And they knew the voice OF the singer
They never sSRin should hear
AMI wheu the night had wasted
Aud morn came. cold and gray,
On the wet sand. near the mooriug,
A fair dead woman lay
To her heart stiu EMBODIED
A tiny fair haired girl.
With face like wsgside flower,
an. pure Is Al ocean p-arl
And ,le Sun broke through the shadow
And iooked OF the dead aud smiled:
An they knew as they knelt about her
Twas the singer and her child
Mrs. Springer is one of the most Iowa
bic women Of the capital. and one Of the
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he range of their contents, the names
authors, date Of publication, and the
comparative value Of works on a given
subject. Spoford is such complete
and infallible index to the entire library
that senators and representatives have
habit Of going to him and saying:
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The composition of Herr Strauss orchestra
is eight first violins, six second vtolins, six
violaS, five 'cellos, five double BASES, one
harp, two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons,
two clarinets, two horns, two trumpets,
two trombones, one tuba and one tympani.
The name of Strauss has long been a
popular one. Johann Strauss, who first
made the name famous in the annals Of
light music, was born in 1904, five years be-
fore Mendelssohn and Chopin and nine
years before Wagner. Edward Strauss, the
conductor of the American tour, is the
youngest son. He has composed over 200
meritorious selections and has been in
charge Of the orchestra for twenty years.
1t is this orchestra which plays at the
court balls in Vienna, which created a
Juror In London in 1885, and which is held
by many to be even superior to the famous
Philharmonic orchestra of Berlin.