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The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
Gloucester Fish Market.

We quote jobbing lots of mackerel as follows.
Small IS at $l2as12h % Dbl, mediums SIS 90 a
Sl5 80, large Si76S171a, large trimmed al sIs
medium Is at S1SaS 512. large at S19as2fS M.
shore Is s22, Bay Is, s21; large s2s924; bloaters
shore Goldfish s21s p cwt; haddock at s1A i;
Georges do for curing 81 20.
Last fare sales Bank haliDut IL and 1Osac ~ IN
for white and gray.
We quote new Georges Goldfish at sOass 25 10
OIL for large, and small at 30; Bank al as 90 for
large and S-G5 20 f0ru small; Shore Al AZ "a
and So 90 for large and small. Dry Bank at s6 :
medium SIS Is; French Goldfish SO per qtI; Phil.
lips Beach Goldfish 81 pr qtl.
we quote cured cusk at % GO " gtl; hake at
and English cured So 90 per OIL
Boneless and prepared ish at 6G7c % fb for
bake, haddock and cusk, 71S@1Oc ID fb for cod.
nsh, as TO style and quality. Smoked halibut al
SHeq1O1sc; smoked salmon 1Sc do haddock &C.
medium herring at 22c " box ;tucks zoe; length.
trout VI " fresh halibut at SO 30; fresh salmon at
LILO; clans 81 05;lebsters 00;mackerel so;
herring S5c.; American sardines, quarter oils
~ 20. half oils So, three quarter mustards at
"a 20; splced 90 ;clam and fish chowder, 81 SIS.
Labrador Herring at So 90 " Dbl; medium split
sc 90; extra No do at 0 90; Newfoundland: do
S61s Nova Scotia do So so; Eastport S4; split
picked Goldfish 81 20; paddock So; halibut heads
B DO; sounds at $13; tongues and sounds sl2;
alewives at s. so; trout $14 90; California sal,
mon $14 co; Halifax do $23; Newfoundland do
SIC. Clam bait 81 to so; slivers 81; halibut fms
$l5; shad S12; swordfshat 50.
we quote cod oil at SOC " gal; medicine oil at
ers at 25c " bucket.
Fish scrap at S. y ton; dry do SIC do liver SIS;
nsh skins SIS; waste So y ton.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

Unless the historians of decades gone
by, and the traditions that have come
down to us from those periods, are all at
fault the time was not SO very remote
when corruption stalked rampant
through the halls of congress, statesmen
stuffed their pockets with brides in the
shape of currency or stock certificates,
and women fair and tickle reigned like
queens in the galleries of the national
legislature or in their own sequestered
bowers. 1t was just after the war, &C
cording to all accounts, that the bust
ness OF lobbying best thrived.
1t was there that Sam Ward reigned
as king of the lobby. His business, his
influence, his capabilities were as well
recognized in Washington as the func-
lions of the lawyer or undertaken in an
interior village. If you wanted will
drawn in Smithville you went to Squire
Jones, and if you wanted lobbying done
in Washington you called on Sam Ward.
The king of the lobby was gentleman,
born entertainer, a celebrated bon
vivant, a prince of hosts, but in addition
to these qualities and graces he had
brains, was the intellectual peer of any
man in public life, and though there was
no secret about his profession or his
trade, whatever you call it, some of the
ablest and most influential men of his
time were proud to call him their friend.
To all outward appearances Ward
lifted lobbying up to a gentleman's level,
made it social field, in which swallow
tail coats, terrapin, wine, flowers, per-
fume, wit, jest, song and story were
chief weapons; but it is also whispered
that underneath all this darker, more
sinister influences were at work, that
regulations were ruined and others held
suspended at the will of the shrewd opera
tors
Now, it seems once in lifetime only
that a public man is involved in lobby
scandal at Washington. 1t cannot be be-
cause men are smarter or more cautious
today than they were quarter of a
century ago; it must be because they
are more honest, because modern lobby
ing is on much higher level than Sam
Ward had it. Modern lobbying is
sort of attorneys trade. 1t is almost as
respectable as the law. Just as lawyers
practice before the courts, lobbyists prac-
tice before congress. They take fees,
generally contingent, and they work
hard to win their cases; but they rarely
bride the jury or employ any secret or
disreputable means. They do not even
take the jury out to dinner and wine
and dine the officers of the court and
their friends, as Sam Ward did.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

It's Greece, but living Greece no more,
-Globe Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
Money Easy-Stocks Dull and Fairly
:steady.
Sterling Exchange STEADY ads
Generally Steady.
Quotations OF Staple products In New
York, Chicago and st. Louis.
Stocks and 1onds.

At New York money has been easy, ranging
from IA to S1a per cent; last loan at 21s, clos
ing at ga per cent. Prime mercantile paper at
6g7 per cent. Sterling Exchange quiet and for
bankers bills with actual business at 4 SO for
6O-day bills, and 1914 for demand; posted rates
are 4 S61a@4 80. Commercial bills at S51h0
S7%. Government bonds dull and steady TO
hrm. Railroad bonds dun and generally steady
The stock market after IL o'clock gave no indica-
ton OF life until toward 2, when moderate sell.
Ing movement carried prices down slightly, wip-
ing out the gain in Sugar, and carrying most Of
the list below opening prices. The movement was
Oh snort duration and looked like short sales to
test the market, following no recovery, and
among the stocks of the regular list Rock Island
F p point 70 below opening figures, and st
raul "a. The decline, accompanied by circuia-
uon reports that Baron Fava weuld sail Safur-
Gay, that the Gov of Neb. had signed the freight
Di and that gold would be ordered for shin.
ment for SATURDAYS steamer. The squirt died
completely away before delivery, after which the
market resumed firm front and featureless ont
SIDE OF Sugar, which reached 831s, the market
prices of the day.
The transactions at the Stock Exchanga acore
gated 1881 shares.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

Flour.
Superfine and
low grades. A 50@5 0C
K Spring and
Xxx Spring. g 25@5 &c
Patent Spring
Wheat. S61s@ea
Mich. straight
roller .....s5 60@5 rs
clear do. 50 25@5 30
st Louis st'gt
roller. % 76RS5B
clear do. 8 50@5 75
Winter Wheat
Patents. $6@s61s
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

a,. ro. ,,ork tongues 18 o0@18 80; mess nork
9A 40 ~, P U mess IA 90; extra prime 10 6o pA
Hams lar. p AZ &C.; small at sls@loc; pressed hams
iG GasTd-cnolce 7a7Mc p ID in ties and tubs JOB
paHI sa Is C city dressed SAC p Ii country do
ur,tar- western ex creamery at goa 3oc. fanov
hiDbsr irsts and extra irsts 25@28c extra mitsy
tian or,o a5S S6c: othersl- "a &C; factory chnics
% S S Nav YORK. and Vermont extra creamy ~
o9Saoc : extra drsts G; New York and vi dsir rv
gooS r. choice at 20927c; Eastern crm anaSS
r. cbnica az 25972c. The above anotatiooss
orc raceIvers, prices for strictly wholesale lots
Sbeese-Northern choice 12c; Western cbo;co
1ISIl lhc: Sage 12G12Mc.
3 EggsHEastern extras at : @22; fancy near.hv
stocE higher. frsts &C zoe; extra Vermont az
New Hamnshire at - G22c; Western extras az
2i@211sc; Michigan choice at zee. Jobblng prics
PontryIWestern dry packed turkeys. cho,ca
ar nj &c: fair to good at 12aI6c; chickens az
i2@i3c fowls 1I@f2; geese s9l0c; ducks at 10
G12c.
Q 3562 40 u bush; choice New York marrow
hand-picked pkd 20@2 %: choice Screened nas
3 IOG2 20; choice Yellow Eyes at 9OG-. .Iob-
bling prices loo higher.
Hay Choice prime hay at sl4 00@soO 90: fair
to good S1I O0aSl3 90; Eastern line SI16sI2.
poor to ordinary S9@S11c: East swale SSSio'
Rye straw. choice. SIT 5od1o 90 ;Oat straw S10
Potatoes-We quote choice Houlton Rose i 81
per bush do Hebrons at 81 10; Aroostook Rose
at 1 15@1 20; do Hebrons 1 10; New York Bur
hanks 10.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
TICKET OFFICE.
b Exchange 81, and Denoi Fat Of india Sireei
BOSTON & MAINE n. e.
Iu Effecs Oct. ~, 1880.


Trains leave Portland. Union staticn) fer
, hs.son tI:o1, ts..S AM an l2.4o, $50 pm. Bss
o. For searssr. assss, I a.P Iois 81 SoS.
e eSaS Reae sso ss. c'd 7 90
?. m. Kea1ssunE7 100, s2s am M, isl4S, $50.
b.15, els y. m. Wells Reach 100, S.46 a. m,
fs. Do D.a.r roo sss is4o ssc Si5
2. IN. south New Market JUNCTION, exeter,
HayerhiII, Lawrence, lowell 100, s.46 a.
sea i1 ION a. n.y p W.ifssrs s45 a. M, Tao,
$50 p. m. Worcester (via Great Falls and
e.sa sa LawGSnce5 a. m wa south Ssw
market, Junction.) TOO a. M, $50 p. m.
Sunday Trains from Union Station.
Fer Boston and way stations 1885, 4.l5 p. m
Eastern Division from Union Station
Fer Boston At (t2;oo a. m daily t9.oo a. m
Gl.0o p. N. daily te.oo ?; m. Bcs ., 4. fe or
2. m. (.7.00 p. m. daily. For Biddeford,
Portsmouth,, Newbaryport, salem, Lynn
200, 800 a. m, Loo, 800 p m. Amcsburs
From Commercial Street Station
For Portsmouth, and way stations 4.3Op 0. M
Cape Eiizabefh and scarbere dressing
$50, $40, lois g. m, 1895, 1895, 4.3O, 6.6b p
Trains for Commercial Street station connect
at searboro Crossing with trains OF both Divisions
tConnects with Ran Lines for New York, South
Connects with Sound Lines for New York.
sWestern Division from North Berwick.
ttWestern Division North Berwick Sundays
only.
All trains arriving and departing from Union
station run via Western Division Between ScaE.
borough Crossing and Portland.
Through Tickets 70 all points South and West
for sale at Union station, Congress street
and at Comnercini sfrees Station.
JAS. 7. FURBER, Vice p. and Gen. Manager
ID. J. FLANDERS, Gen. p. and 7. A., Boston.
oct11 ar
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

TOR ailaying opposition, for success in
the other house, for management of the
committee of conference, etc Often
you VIII see the lobbyist-the legisla-
1--WE attorney would be fairer term
seanaing his man up in one of the al
coves OF the congressional corridor while
pouring upon him fusillada ~ orgT-
ment and fact. Here and there is lob
,pylst whose stock in trade is the secret
hves OF public men. One such is in nv
minds eye-a silent, sinister, cat eyed
man. who has spies in brothels and who
keeps coachmen under pay. Even this
vie creature has caught the spirit of the
1imes and "handles" men by honest
methods when he can.
Women lobbyists? They are few and
far between. The imaginative observer
about the Capitol will tell you that
Speaker Reed moved the ladies' reception
room from its old quarters next the WAYS
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

In fact nine-tenths of the so called
lobbying Of this day is respectable and
legitimate There certainly is no offense
against morality or the law in going be-
fore committee of the house or senate
to make argument for or against any
proposed legislation. Everything de-
ponds upon the methods employed. A
large majority of the men who make
business of watching legislation for
clients are lawyers of good standing,
many of them ex-senators or represen-
tatives. Under the rules of the two
houses of congress ex-senators have the
right to go upon the floor of the senate
and Representatives upon the floor of
the house in case they are not interested
in pending legislation. In justice to the
many men who have retired from con-
gress to practice law in Washington,
and who are generally classed as lobby
lists, it should be said these rules are
rarely violated.
OF course lobbying is going on all the
while. The point make for the credit OF
the American people-for what is Wash
ington but the national life and morals TO
cussed and mirrored?-is that it is for the
most part respectable lobbying. Evil
dence of the progress that has been
made is to be found in the fact that the
cry OF ga lobby" no longer frightens
any one. During the recent congress a
number of important measures for
| which it was well known a lobby was at
work were taken up and passed. The
| legislative mind-even that from the
backwoods-has moved up few pegs,
and is now able to see that measure
which some one wants passed, and is
willing to hire lawyers to get passed,
need not necessarily be bad measure.
The modern lobbyist depends for the
most part entirely upon intellectual in
huences. He is not mistaken in assum-
ing that majority of public men are
sincere and painstaking; that they want
to know the right and the truth. 1t is
MS outy ana, II ne nave good case, MS
pleasure to enlighten them, to convince
them, to win their confidence and enlist
their sympathy. If his case is not a good
one he will do well not to work on a con-
tlngent fee, for there is no more critical
court, none more difficult to please, none
with keener vision for fraud or deceit
than the Argus eyed congress.
How does the lobbyist work? He goes
| at his task just as you or I would if we
had a bill we wanted passed. He first
approaches the members of the COM
mittee having the bill in charge. If he
can carry the committee with him, half
his battle win be won. This done he
must arrange a plan of campaign for
getting the bill up and on its passage.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

MRS. COLE AND HER PRETTY DAUGHTER
and means committee to a corner of
statuary hall, because in the former place
"a dark corridor inclosed for the pur-
pose-the female lobbyists were so thick
and bold as to bring scandal upon con-
gress. But this is not true. Women of
all sorts congregated in the old room. as
they do now when congress is in session.
In statuary hall, it is true, but they are
not lobbyists. They are women of all
sorts-innocent young girls, mature ma
irons, coquettes, designing dowagers,
congressmen's wives, daughters, friends.
sweethearts. A majority of them are
poor creatures with claims on other poor
creatures, looking for congressional help
in their search for government situa-
lions. Probably there are not more than
two or three professional women lobby
lists in town-women who sell their serv-
ices to whoever will buy. The woman
as lobbyist is failure in Washington
in this day and generation. The states
man of today is too worldly, s'too fly"
the female lobbyist herself would say, to
be caught in her meshes.
There are plenty of women who lobby,
but for measures IN which they are per-
sonally interested, not as hired agents.
The most noted female lobbyist of the
late congress was Mrs. Fannie King
Cole, daughter of ex-Postmaster General
Horatio King and widow of a naval off,
Ger, who in the last day of the session
succeeded in having passed her cele-
brated bay window relief bill. Mrs.
Cole, acting under a permit issued by
the proper authorities, erected in this
city dwelling house which, when about
completed, was discovered 20 project
some ten or twelve feet beyond her
ground and upon that owned by the
government. Wealthy and aristocratic
residents of the neighborhood claimed
the projecting part of the house shut off
their view, and applied to the courts to
have it torn down. Mrs. Cole asked con-
gress to legalize the permit under which
she had operated. For months she
haunted the halls of congress.
Accompanied always by her exceed
ingly pretty daughter, she soon became
one of the most familiar figures about the
Capitol. From nine in the morning till
near midnight she was constantly on the
move, during the day at the house or
senate, and in the evening at the resi-
dences of congressman. AS the session
drew toward a close Mrs. Cole became
more nervous. The last two or three
days found her wrought up to painful
pitch. Night and day she was in the
corridors or the committee room or the
galleries, the faithful daughter by her
side. At the last minute she won her
case, and she is again happy woman.
Had she lost it her friends think she
would have gone crazy.
So you see lobbying and lobbyists at
Washington are not as bad as they are
sometimes painted.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
Mr.. Belts, e V bA Ar,

=. Inward Daniel Belts is an artist
and man with sharp. eye. He read
the other day about some.hunter on the
plains who was pursued by relentless
cyclone. In sheerdesperation the hunter
turned and fired his trusty rifle at the
rapidly approaching funnel shaped cloud.
Instantly the wind began to lose its
nerve, and in less than a minute the
landscape was as beautiful as a day in
June.
Mr.. Belts shut himself up andwrestled
with the secrets of Nature. At Last he
struck pay gravel, and his patent is ap-
Piled for.
cit is large rubber ball filled with
gun cotton or dynamite" he explained,
(which viii be hurled with terrific force
at the advancing cyclone. The explo-
hve viii have fuse to it which win be
ignited automatically.
he further explained that the propel-
ing instrument was so arranged that it
always pointed at the cyclone. The ball
was thrown after the wind had attained
certain velocity.
MIR. Belts has had q great deal Of
trouble in arranging this last detail.
For he found that if he set it at too Low
a notch the machine would go off in a
stiff breeze and throw the rubber ball of
dynamite over into neighboring past
ure or down into COW lot, doing great
and immediate damage to the cows with
out any material advantage. Then, again,
If the machine were set too high, it would
not get into active operation until after
the entire family had crossed the Dark
River and the cyclone was in the next
county.
Mr.. Belts says there is no question but
that dose of dynamite will knock any
cyclone cold. The machines can be put
on high pole out of the reach of goats
and children
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
PORTLAND & WORCESTER LINE
Portland & Rochester X. II.
STATION FOOT or PREHLE STREET.

On and after Monday, Oct. gJ, 1sB0
Passenger Trains will Leave Portianfs
For " orcester. Clinton, Aver guucfion,
Nashua, windham and Eppinx at s.30
a. and 1870 y.
For Manchester, concord, and points North
at 1870 p. m.
For Rochester, springvale, Alfred, Water
bore and sace River at 5.t0 =. ma, 1880
and $50 y. ns.
For Gerhan at .. 80 and lO.oon n. M, 1850
800, $50, $40 and n 90 y. IN.
For saccarappa, Cum be land N ills, West
brock Junction and Wesdfsrd'. at $50
and le.00 a. m, 1850, 800, $50, $40
and HOO y. a.
Fer Forest Avenue (Deering), $40 ID. On.
The 1870 ". an. train from Portland connects
at Aver Junction with "Hoesac Tnnnei
Route" for the West and at Union Station,
WoS eester, for Providence and New EorA,
VIA "Providencs Line,o for Norwich and
New York, via Norwich Line" with Eosaon
a Albany X 70 for the West, and with
New Work all rail, via, "sprfng deid.,s
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 30 p. M; from Rochester af s.3J N M,
l.30 and J.50 p. M; From Gorhan at o.AO,
s.55 and af.5O N. M, I.30, 4.30, $50 and
-. 81 p.
tSaturdays only.
For through Tickets to all points West ana
South, apply to s. K. CORDWELL, Ticket Agent,
q. j. WIGGIN. GsnT Tic Set Agent ocf79S
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
RAILROADS.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY OF CANADA

GkAMD thUhk hAlLHhi vi VhnhDh
on and after MONDAY, Oci. ~, 1880.
trains will rum as follow"
DEPARTURE.
For Auburn and Lcwfsfon, 7.zO z. m.g
12.46 ana 5. 2 D. n. For Gerhamy Guy .. ~.
1.S0 aAd 6.12p. m. For monsreai ana ~
cage, TOO a. M, and 1.30 p. %. rof fseDoss
l.3O p. ~. For 8uekdeid and Cnn'""s
TOO m, and l.3O D. m.
ARRIVALS
From Lewiston and Aabarn, $3.50 a. NJ
l. 1915 $40 and $50 p. m. From Gorhan.
$40 a. m, l2.1b and s. AZ p. m. from
Chiease and Montreal, 1916 and b.42 p. m
from Quebec, 12.16 p. m. From Island
Fend, (mlxed) TOO D. m.
ruIiman Palace sleeping Cars on nlgct
Lraln, and Parlor cars on day train between For
land and Montreal.
TICKET OFFICE.
bOtrohangs st.. and Dsaoi Foot Of india Street
:. Lowest fares from Portland, Yarmouth June
lon and Danyille Junction as follows: To Chicago
szO ana 500; Detroit s10.76 and 1880; Kan
sas Clty x3l 30 and s27.O0; Sc. Paul s31 so and
szt;zo ~. Louis via Detroit s23.76 and 1920
5I Lousvla Chicago S27.1 and S22.7O; San Fran
cisco. california, S90.25 and s6I.25. These rates
oct2 oS"eiai "~"@s0' dtf
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

little Bangor boy surprised beth his parents
anu MS schooi teacher not little recently while
AZ dinner. He propounded the following sclen :
sno Question 70 the teacher;-whlch is the quick
ro Inc ssacner was little slow about yentnr,no
repiy, put nnally said she Thought heat was "s
oo,s nat - Ilght. said the sharp youngster she
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

Putting him to the Test
Farmer Peastraw-Well, son, what did you
learn at college?
Son-I learned TO fence, for one thing.
Farmer Peastraw-That's good; I'll get some
nails tomorrow, and Well have bout.-Munsey's
Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
CITY OF PORTLAND.
Assessors Notice.

THE Assessors of the City Of Portland hereby
Il give notice to all persons liable to taxation
In said city, that they will be In session every
secular day from the iirst to the fifteenth day Of
April, inclusive. at their room In City Hall, from
nine to twelve O'Clock In ths forenoon and from
two to five O'Clock in the afternoon, for the pur-
pose Of receiving lists of the polls and estates
taxable IN said city.
And all such persons are hereby notified to
make and bring to said Assessors, true and per-
feet lists of all their Polls and Estates real and
personal, or held by them as guardian, executor,
administrator, trustee, or otherwise, on the
first day OF April, 1891, and be prepared to make
oath to the truth of the same.
:, And when estates OF persons deceased have
changed hands from any cause, the executor,
administrator, or other person interested Is here
default of such notice will be held under the law
to pay the tax assessed although such estate has
The Assistant Assessors will be required to re-
turn Information ON the following points:
i Name Of head of family.
2. Names OF sons, or other male relatives over
twentyone years Of age, residing in the family.
3. Names OF persons absent at sea, or who are
out Of town for any, cause, belonging to the
4. Names OF all boarders excepting those who
have wives or families elsewhere residing) who
were residents here April /, 1891.
The full first name, as well as the surname OF
each person, with initials of middle name,
should always be given. When there are per-
means of support the facts should be stated.
8. full list of all children that were born be-
tween April L, loJU. anu April 1, 1881, giving
their names, sex, date OF birth and the names
OF their parents.
8. Household furniture exceeding two hundred
dollars in value.
z. Musical instruments exceeding fifteen dollars
In value.
9. Number Of horses and their value
o. Number of carriages ami their value.
10. Number OF cows and their value.
And any person who neglects 10 comply with
this notice will be doomed 10 a tax according to
the laws of the State, and be barred OF the right
10 make application TO the assessors or the County
Commissioners for any abatement Of his taxes.
upless he shows that he was unable 10 offer such
lists within the time hereby appointed.
Blank schedules will be furnished the assistant
assessors for delivery where satisfactory infor-
nation is not obtained; and persons receiving the
same will be expected to return them, properly
filled out, to the assessors office.
Persons not receiving the blanks Will De tur-
nshed at the office of the assessors on applica-
ton.
ry- In no case where the assessors have been
put TO the disagreeable necessity OF making
doom will the possession Of government bonds or
deposits in the savings banks be allowed as plea
in MITIGATION of such doom:
- ''' STEPHEN MARSH,
JOHN w. YORK,
WILLIAM o. FOX,
ap1dtf Assessors.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03
Cotton Markets.

IBy TeIegraph1.
NEW YORK. April 2, 189l-The Cotton market
Is dull and unchanged; sales So bales; ordinary
uplands at 6$se: middling uplands at &c; Gulf
ordinary . l3-l6c; middling 7-1ec.
NEW ORLEANS,April. !1S91.--Cotton market
quiet; middling 11-i6c
SAVANNAH,Apr 2, Is91.-The Cotton mark
ct Is quiet; middling 5-l6c.
CHARLESTON; April 2, 1891.-Cotton market
steady middling SBc.
MEMPHIS April 2. lS9l.-The Cotton market
is quiet; middling sac
MOBILE April q. 1S91.-The Cotton market
quiet middling 8ssc.
The Portland daily press., 1891-04-03

peraneem emit of the liver, with constt-
patton, Injuries the complexion, induces pimples,
saIlow skin. Remove the cause by using Carter's
Little Liver Pills. One dose. Try. them.