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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-31

scrutinize stores and prices
1T will pay you and US.
You will then better realize
what our great mark down
sale means to you who buy
Overcoats now.
When we tell you that we
are selling $40 overcoats for
$l5 you know they're here
just as advertised.
We want to turn every dol
lars worth of winter Cloth
ing into cash at once. We
witt do our past to make the
price satisfactory.
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Saw ADvRRTHsEmENTs TO-DAY

At1030 a. m. and 2.30 p. m. today f. o. Bal.
ley & Co sell at the store Of f. P. Bailey. No. 235
Federal street, the entire stock consisting OF
ranges parlor and office stoves, tinware, machin-
cry, safe, desk, tools. etc. See auction column.
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Slough Cream" cures complicated colds, chaotic
coughs, Gains Group, conquors consumption
Costs 80 cents. Call chemist. oc1d6m
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To avoid the crowd attending the great
mark down sale at Libby G. Larrabee's you
should attend early In the forenoon, They
will be prepared with large force Of clerks
through this great mark down SALE
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Portland NecroIeey.


Below is given list of prominent citizens
of Portland, who have passed away during
the year 1890:
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d&w1w

Have no equal rs a prompt ana posi-
tive cure for sick headache, bilious ess constpa-
ton, pain in the side ami all liver troubles Car
ter's Little Liver Pills. Try them
dec2a d&wlw
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Concerning change in the system Of tel

Concerning change in the system of tele-
phone calls recently inaugurated State
paper says sit will take some time for pat
rons Of the telephone to get used to calling
please connect with 26,' but the plan works
well in other places, and will no doubt meet
with favor here" II will not take some
time to accustom people to this style Of call.
They will use 1t for week sorupulously,
then will ring the bell and yell '2s" at the
box on the wall.
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white seavers,,

No praise of ours can equal the sincere faith of
those who know Johnson's Anodyne Liniment9
dec3I eod&w1w
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HARRINGTON BROS,
Rines Building,
No: 542 CONGRESS STREET.
WANTED.

HORSES boarded for the winter; clean warm,
Ii ventilated stalls; box stalls, careful atten-
ton, exercising yard, good feed ana exercise as
desired; terms reasonable. Address j. j. HAIR
MON: Spring Brook Farm, Freeport, Maine.
dec3l div
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-12-31

The policies OF the UNION MU.
TUAL LIFE INSURANCE COM
PANY AFFORD absolute protection
and IN hberality are unsurpassed
by those any other Company
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State Dairymen,s Conference,

The Maine Board of Agriculture will hold
State Dairymen's Conference at Town
Hall. Winthrop, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, January IA, 10, and &c. 1891.
Following is the programme:
Observation-Disclosures DAY.
Centrifugal separator will be operated and
churnS run.
THURSDAY.
800 a. m.-Centrliugal Dreaming of milk
1000 a. IN. Address of Welcome,-L X Hitch
Held. Dairying Good business for the Maine
Farmer -Hon. II. W. Ellis, Emblem.
l.3O p. m.-SeparatOr at work.
zoo p. m.-Quallty in butter-Prof. James
Ghtesman, DeeIfoDt Farm, Southboro', Mass.
Fine points in butter making-G. N. Gowell,
evening. Lecture on Canadian cheese making
Will samples OF faLcy make-Dr. Albert LetieeG
OF Bangor. The market outlook for dairy pro
GGucts-l. y. Winsow, Proprietor st. Adams
Creamery.
FRIDAY.
900 a. m.-Churning
l0no a n,--Whas- tho Experiment station Is
doing for carrying Prof. Jordan Discussion OF
the subject matter-Governor Hoard and others
1.3O p. m-Remarks by His Excelency GOV
ernor Bureigh. Lecture, 1.-THE Dairy Temper
ament OF Cows"-GOvernor W. d. Hoard, Madt
son, Visions in, Editor Haard's Dairyman. Oshel
papers, discussions and questions and answers
Will NIL all spare time, and dairymen should come
DreDared 70 take a mart O-..>
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:. 0. BAILEY & co. AuCreurEUS
St0clx of n ID uos.o

nssaS0 FEDERAL STREET, Wednesdav
Stock consIltper slst, at 10 a. m and 2.3O d NJ
narior ana ON " cooking ranges, ("HOusehoid''l
inSs saacbinarr' nags, secondhand stoves cast
etc sale e .ools safe. scales desk ete
dec27 'he business.
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Portland jail.
From Sheriff Webb's report to the prison

inspectors we take these figures:
Number of males committed. ......,,..1243
NumDer OF females committed. .............. l27
NUMBER IN jail November 30 1889. 100
NUMBER In jail November 80, 1890, ........ 1874
total number committed
from this county has been 1,251; from other
counties where no Jail workshops are located, z /;
from the United States Court, 112.
OF the causes for which men re sentenced
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Wednesday Evening Parties.
The party to have been given this evening
1t Gubert,s hall will be omitted
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L offer for sale the balance OF 1
STOCK oil sleighs built by the late M
tim Pencil & co.
Two new light driving slelghs A
one business sleigh; flrst class In eve
respect.
W,li be sold low. Can be seen at O
rage Factory corner CascO aud a.
berland streets.
dsoao p. X. MARIE
"eSoo al
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
AS TO SUMMER RESORTS.


There II . Great Deal Of Humbuggery
About Thea.
There are many things. people feel
called upon to endure and spend money
upon that they would rather not endure.
There 10 probably more humbuggery
about summer resorts than. any other
one thing. Most resorts are bad;
those around the lakes are far better
than the usual run Of resorts through
ont the States. yet they only contrive
70 furnish little cool air at night and
drinkable water. and there the story
ends. As rule the table fare IL bad.
the rooms arc unfinished and unfur-
nished, servants are incompetent the
linen on tables and beds La dirty cotton
stun and no linen at all, mosquitoes
and chiGres abound, and other evils
multiply abundantly. s
We 60 for rest cool air, and free
dom from dust snd smoke. We hnd
ourselves shorn Of the comforts OF
home at . resort that 10 Q delusion and
fsncy-priced bore.
Yet 1t L. change; and. after all
that IL what we needed. We had been
In the ruts for SO long that life APP
peared one-sided. When we ges back
from our fight with mosquitoes and
sand and small gossip and evils met
or imagined we are more patient with
the realities Of everyday existence.
We grow to learn this, and that is
why we are all going back 70 the
mosquitoes and cotton linen next
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
THE FUTURE or. womsn.
0asAsssAe aaAkas seae DsniAsnt sssasi,
he Hsemasha.

alsasss.s saAkss senas bs.lAsns s.asi-
BE Eemaehs.
In the course OF brief address at n
school for giris where Mrs. g ladstoue
distributed the prizes Mr.. Gladstone
saids
.I'he future OF society Is OF enor-
nous Importance to the world. L
think II 10 not embarrassing 10 recall,
II may be allowed to do 1t, little
anecdote. when some words were[nsed
to me more than nifty years ego by an
eminent physician of that date-Dr.
Farr. who lived In Charterhouse
square. ] went there on account OF
some affection Of the eyes, but he en-
tered into general conversation about
the political prospect of the country,
and he said to me these words, which,
think, were full OF sense, right feel
ing. and wisdom: You may depend
upon it. Mr.. Gladstone. IL Is not the
Wings who will save the country, nor
the Tories who will save the country; !.
1t Is the mothers OF England who will
save the coAitry.'
fnlnk that would TO be very young
wife the most cheering, the most con-
soling. and the most stimulating les
son that could be learned. The value
and the Importance of this thought are
such that no new addition we can pos
sibly make to woman's vocation can
ever stand for moment lin COMPARE
son with their vital bearings upon the
formation OF character In every one
OF US. And what Is the formation of
character but that for which God
sends us into the worldp II ID the
sum and SUBSTANCE. the beginning and
ending OF the matter. and IL IL the
formation OF character which Il the
pride and glory OF the teacher,
but infinitely more 10 mother. 70 scon4
tribute" !,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
Fools and MONKEYS.

The evils of duelling have recently
been illustrated by an occurrence both
absurd aud pathetic, watch resulted
from a combat in France.
A travelling circus was stationed
outside Paris. and two of its acrobats
one night quarrellcd so seriously that
they determined upon fighting a duel
for the satisfaction OF their wounded
honor Accordingly they met,
after the evenings performance, in
the pnblic ring, tired at each other,
vt twenty-five PAGES, and Ehoox hands,
quite con ent. Neither was hurt and
neither had expected to be.
There were however, witnesses OF
the bloodless encounter. two monkeys.
quietly munching nuts at the further
extremity of tie ring. They had been
engaged, during the performance. in
i.iding roanA tie ring on horseback,
firing pistols Gs they weas-
Whcn the daeiIlsts hsd left the
stage the n.c.i1eJ sarew aside t.leir
NUS. and sci4ed upon tile pistols.
They charged then ~ tie men had
done 10 their presence, s.0od Is 4 dis
tauee 81 i've PAGES apast fo.tk aim,
uaa trod. kacll was killed and thus
wire tw1 poor little creatures made
-rint vss IA 84NY s9tty
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
cARMENclr.. CASTLE.

waRihe Eaay LAnRsry. she WIN Noe No.
esme m Amerioan Citizsn.
Carmencita. who is counted among
the lucky women OF tlle day. says the
New York Sun. IL shrewdly making
hay while the sun shines and one Of
these fine days che win sail OF tn
Malaga and take possession OF real
castle In Spain. She Ii not learning
the language. for the reason that she
Secretly she hates the country for.
Notwithstanding the success the news
papers made for her. her early career
wrs paved with flint and lined with
sackcloth. As the chorus girl and the
coryphee she had the regulation uphill
road to travel.
Her salary was very small; she
found her own costumes and often went
on small rations to buy new slippers
and silk tights. She lived in o hall
bedroom. walked to the theater be-
cause she could not afford car fare.
carried her make up mirror In her
pocket because yene was no place of
safety in the wretched dressing rooms,
travelled all night in day coaches.
sleeping as we'll as she could on half
q seat and considering herself well
off when she had boiled rice and
claret for her dinner, with bit of
Turkish tobacco for cigarette. She
lived the life that thousands OF poor,
misguided chorus girls live to-day
escaping the pitfalls and some of the
hardships by reason OF brothers
protecting company. That bravo
young guardian. Unequal 10 the priva-
tions forced upon him. sick in body
and longing for home, surrendered the
fight and after long struggle was
laid 10 rest in quiet little Spanish
graveyard in Philadelphia. His ILL.,
ness and death and the misery they
suffered together in q strange land
completed her aversion TO the country.
and when finally success came to her
there was no love left in her heart for
the source Of her prosperity. Instead
OF investing her money here she has
seen fit to send IL back to the old
country. where her friends are putting
II In choice corner lots. The other
day Carmencita had birthday and 70
celebrate the event purchased small
diamond OUTFIT paying 500 for q
couple OF earrings. and $500 for q
jewsled bracelet The young woman
lives In very simple manner in . nas
on West Seventeenth street. where her
expenses amount to about 81 q day.
She has no extravagant tastes to
crafty and barring the luxury of O
cab saves all her money. An affection
OF the heart makes the quiet life she
leads obligatory. She Ia cut OF from
all excitement and all society In order
70 ELL her engagements. It frequently
occurs after dance Of unusual length
or exertion that while the plaudits
ring through the concert hall for her
temperance restoratives are being
applied to bring her out OF fainting
it
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
AGE FORECLOSURE SALE. +,

NoRTGAG FORECLOSURE SALE. i.
1y1 Default having been made in the.
payment of the sum of Three hundred and
twenty -four Dollars principal and interest
upon q certain Mortgage, duly executed and
delivered by Fletcher T. Smith and Esther
NJ. Smith his wife, Mortgagors, to The Min
n .sota Loan and Trust Company, Mortgagef.
bearing date the Ninth day Of June 1885,
and, with a power Of sale therein contained,
duly recorded in the Office of the Register Of
Deeds, in and for the county Of Stevens and
state of Minnesota, on the Ninth day OF June
1885, at O'Clock r. H., in book K J" OF Mors :
cages, on page AZ: ~'~-
Which said Mortga together with the
debt secured thereby. was duly assigned by
said The Minnesota Loan and Trust Company
Mortgages, to Philaro r. Earl by written as
signment, dated the eighth day Of August
1885, and recorded in the Office Of said Be-
gister Of Deeds, on the twelfth day Of August
1885, at 8 o'clock A. M, in Book Of said
mortgage records, on page 557; and whereas
there is actually due and claimed to be due
and payable at the Date of this notice the sum
of Three hundred thirty -four and 40-lO0
Dollars, and whereas the said power OF sale
has become operative, and no action or pro.
ceeding having been instituted, at law or
otherwise, to recover the debt secured by said
Mortgage, or any part thereof.
Now, THBREFoRs, Notice is hereby given,
that by virtue of the power OF sale contained
in said mortgage, and pursuant to the statute
in such case made and provided, the said
Mortgage viii be foreclosed by sale of the
premises described in and conveyed by said
Mortgage, viz: The North half tNK) Of the
South East quarter Use ~ Of Section Eighte. n
t1sl in Township One Hundred Twenty. six
(126), North. Of Range Forty -three (43l, West
Of the fifth principal meridian, containing
eighty tSV acres, be the same more or less,
according 20 the U. 8. Government survey
thereof, In Stevens county and State Of MINI
nesota, with the hereditaments and appur-
tenances; which sale will be made by the
Sheriff OF said Stevens county, at the front
door Of the Court House in Morris In said
County and State. ON the Twentieth day Of
January 1891, at ten o'clock A. M, Of tbst
day, at public vendue, TO the highest bidder
for cash, to pay said debt and interest, and
the taxes, and insurance, If any. on said
premises, and Twenty dollars attorneys
fees, 90 stipulated in and By said fnovtgago,in
case Of foreclosure, and the disbursements
allowed BY law; subject 10 redemption at
any time within one year from the date Of
sale, a. provided By laws
Dated November 18th, A. d. 1890.
PHlLARO q. EARL,
Assignee Of Mortgage. =
WILzaAM J. HARx and JAMES M. MARTIH,
Attorneys tor Assignee.
Minneapolis, Mimi.
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WHEN LINCOLN CRIED.
He wepe Go Think that the Raln Wa
A. Aw Rrmw

He wept 60 Think shas the Raln Was
A-FalIln' ON Her.
Uncle Billy" Green. of Tallula, ILL.,,
met Abraham Lincoln soon after that
awkward young man landed from the
natboat which floated down the San
canon to Salem on the high water
following the ''deep snow" of 1921.
says the New York Journal. He was
intimately associated with Lincoln
ever afterward.
He was LiEcoln's partner in the
grocery at Salem, and at night, when
the customers were few, he held the
grammar while Lincoln recited his
lessons. To his sympathetic ear Lin:
coin told the story of his love for
sweet Ann Rutlidge. He saw the
happy pair strolling through the
woods about old Salem, or boating on
the river. or lingering long oyer the
bucket of water which Lincoln drew
from the well for Ann. He offered
what comfort he could to his friend
when poor Ann died and Lincoln's
great heart nearl; broke.
latter Ann died." says Uncle Billy,
ION stormy nights, when the wind
blew the rain against the root Abe
would set thar In the grocery. his
elbows on his knees, his face in his
hands an tears runnin' through his
fingers. ] hated to see him feel 80
bad, an I'd say, Abe. don't cry an
he'd look up an say. I can't help It.
Bill; the rains a-fallin' on her."
At Lincoln's first inaugural banquet
Green sat at the table on the Presi-
dents left with the dignified Score
tary Seward on his right Lincoln
presented the two men to each other.
saying: Secretary Seward, this 10
Mr.. Green OF Illinois"
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A Tell-rale Green Card.

There is a little green card in use
by the Postoffice Department that lie q
terror TO some OF the more careless
letter-carriers. It is a terror only
when they have once been caught.
Very seldom. indeed. they are caught
the second time. This card is dropped
in . letter-box, and on 1t marked the
time it was put In, and also the time it
should be taken out by the carrier. A
record Is kept BY the chief OF the car
riers. and II that little card does not
turn up with the other mail with
which 1t 10 due 1t is clearly to be seen
that the carrier has not taken the
mail from that particular box.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
Official paper of the City.
EFFECTS or Tia INDIAN SCARE

EFrEGTs OF Tie INDIAN SCARE
Whether or not there ever was
anything in tae fili5uster of the
threatened Indian outbreak may be
doubted; but one thiQg is certain, it
has done an inealculable amount of
ham To The Northwest.
The newspapers of the cities have
done all lney could to fan the flame,
and have succeeded in spreading con
SternItion over the whole country.
They could mot do more to injure
the cOuntLy II 1t VAS thoir greatest
i .lerest 10 do So.
1t looks incredible that men should
be willing 20 destroy the prosperity
VI entire states for the sake of sci ling
few hundred newspapers; and yet
this seems to he their chief object.
IL will take years to restore the
confidence in security of life ami
property in the states west Of us
that existed six months ago. EN-.
igration will get u set back from
which it will hot recover ina long time
Aud all for what: why the Indians
ought they wUuIu nave a TrOIIc. Per
haps They were driven to desperation
buL Wmalsver was their motive or de-
sign, the military could attend to the
matter much better than the news.
Taper correspondents.
Tnese same newspapers, while they
disseminate information, do an in
finite amount Of harm by charging
upon every misfortune that befalls
the Northwest. A blizzard, dry
season Or'an Indian scare iSsO enlarged
upon that people at - distance are ap.
ralled by what we 1T home think a
small matter.
This latest panic has spread through
the East to such an extent that pas
SengerS who had their berths engaged
On the Northern Pacific cancelled
their agreements and went west by
She Canadian Pacific. The railroads
are feeling this first. The news has
been cabled to Europe, and every
corner Of the world is filled with the
news Of the CREST Indian rising.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04

Senator Cullnm's recent statement
that the Mckinley tariff law will
have to be modified blythe present Con
gress IS significant. That the Senator
voiced the sentiments of a great many
republicans cannot be disputed; new
ertheless, it is not expected that the
committee on Rules of the House of
Representatives, which controls the
business of that body, and which in
turn Is controlled by Messrs Reed,
CannOn and Mckinley, Its republican
members, will allow anything which
las even the slightest tendency in
That direction to get before the
House,
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
oklahou... elan. .aa o,......

j. w. Patterson, the tallest man
known In the world excepting the
Chinese giant. Chang. stands q feet
2 inches ia his stocking feet and 10 "a
years old. He owns considerable
property In Oklahoma. and as soon ne
he returns from the East will beoin
the erection OF fine residences A
couple OF months ago his wife pre-.
sented him with pair Of strapping
boys. Of which Mr.. Patterson 10 i'm
menscly boastful. Mrs. r. lie larger
than the average woman. being near
~ 6 feet high. and weighing over 200
pounds. says the Oklahoma Chief.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
The Chances at Lotterr.

This is how an expert statistfcian
figures out The chances of winning In
y lotterys A 81 ticket implies one
chance in Tree of winning IS cents,
one chance in nineteen of winning
$1.75. and one chance IN 1,237 OF win
ming $4.2b. 1t will be seen. there
fore, that the most answering devo-
ton to the purchase OF lottery tickets
can not be depended upon to insure;
afluence or even comfortable liveli-
hood for the smallest and most frugal
household. 1t Is absoluteiy necessary
to have some other means Of subsist-
anGa.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04

As if there was not already enough
quarrelling among the managers of
The Woriu's Fair, the lady manag ers
have entered the lists as active com
petitOrs of the long tongued males.
The country has had quite enough of
this sort of thing, and if the present
managers, male and female, cannot
utilize their time better than they
have been doing there should be a
movement started for an entire new
set Of managers.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
IIela lnbbon. for rlvs rre.ldsn...

The national character among
coachmen is Albert hawkins. who
drives for the President. He has been
master of horse to the Presidents ever
since Grants first term, and has he'd
the ribbons in five inaugural process
sions. Black us the ace Of spades. tall
and straight. with strongly marked
features. he looks like the chief Of
some African tribe. an appearances to
which slit in the upper portion OF
one VI his ears lenus reality. He il
san IN ommonly good drlyy., out hs Is
unfortunate in often being obliged to
drive nnor horsca.
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04
ZHH SU.N
FOR
1S9z.

Some people agree with The Suns
opinions about men and things, and
some people don't; but everybody
likes to get hold of the newspaper
which is never dull and never afraid
TO speak its mind. 81
Democrats knsw that for twentyu
years The Sun has fought in the
front line for Democratic principles.
never wAvering or weakening In It's
loyalty to the true interests of the
party It serves with fearless intelli-
gence and dlsintercsted vigor. At
times opinions have differed as to the
best means of accomplishing the
common purpose; II is not The Suns
fault Ii 1t has seen further into the
milestone.
Eighteen hundred and ninety.one
will be a great year in American
politics, and everybody should read
The Sun.
DaEY, per month. .................... 20.b0
Daily. per yer s....s .....s......... $500
Sunday, per year ...... ........ g. 90
Daily and Sunday, per year 49,. ...... &S.0n
Daily and Sunday, per month ....... 80 10
Weekly Sun, one year. ..s........ HOO
Address THE SUN. New York.
I
The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1890-12-04

Soldiers Trained 90 Fight swtmmin9.
One of the features OF military drill
In the Russian army IL the training OF
soldiers to swim ia battalions. at the
same time using their weapons At
the recent annual military maneuvers
in the presence OF the Car fine ex-
hibition OF proficiency was given in
this direction. A large force of in
fantry swan across wide lake in full
marching order, with the help OF fas-
cines made Of reeds and rushes or of
inflated sheepskins. At the same time
they kept up lively fire on the boats
of a supposed enemy who were disput-
ing their passage.