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The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
REVIEW OF PORTLAND WHOLESALE MARKET

FUR The WEEK ENDING, July 10.
Trade in general merchandise is dull and does
not compare favorahly with the corresponding
month last year, The reports from the larger
trade centres show no Improvement over the
depressed CONDITION of business of last week. The
Wheat markets exhibit more activity, due to the
large buying on the part of exporters, but
the pressure of new Wheat and favorable crop
reports has caused decline Of 2@3c PDush. The
demand for -four is moderate and the market is
quiet; family grades are held at unchanged prices
for old fiours, which are getting scarce In grain
prices are steady at a decline of lie p bush on
corn. The supply fresh mackerel equals the
demand, but the market is not overstocked; the
catches are generally light and the fish are small
In dry fish pollock ad hake are 25@5oc ~ quintal
lower; new medium and lgrge No maekerel are
$@2 % Dbl higher. In Provisions Fork is firm
with good demand at an advance of 2605Oc y
bbl lard is firm and the late advance held by
packers is confirmed by large advance In the
price of hogs. The Fresh Beef market continues
active at firm prices; sides 1905, kinds at 1l1s
@13c fores at 5@6c, rounds and tanks 8aS1ac,
rump loins 15917c, rattles at 4941sc, backs 7@
&c. sheep lie, yearlngs 12c, pork ribs lie, hams
101zc. shoulders Sc, tongues $12; tripe, half
Dbl So TO- 14bbl 81 10. 1sbbl 20. In Sugars we
quote an advance of 1-16c on .ex-quallty fine
at the latest dates was 68,545 tons against
5l,272 tons in 1890 and 80, 1872 tons in 1889.
Molasses trade is quiet and demand light stock in
the four ports at latest dates was 5473 hhds,
against $3.50 hhds In 1890 and 45l7 hhds in
1889. Rice is firm and high grades are scarce.
Teas are quiet but prices are firm and unchanged
Linseed and boiled oils are &c lower. Pure ground
leads is 25c lower at Sc 1897 80. Egyptian
onions are 25c y bag higher. Eggs are firm at
an advance of 1c. Spuashes are So 50a3 rs p
p Dbl Watermelons 25s30c each. Strawberries
are about out of the market.
Freights-Tne market continues to show a
hardening tendency in connection with cff-shore
freights and somewhat better rates have been
obtained. The improvement is mainly due to the
reduced supply of tonnage. The recent drop in
the price of OIL and the improved condition of the
silver market has given firmer tone to the mar
ket at New York, and higher rates have been
paid to Calcutta and Japan. The inquiry for ton
mage TO South America is still light, but better
rates are generally demanded for lumber and
general cargo. Outward West India freights are
strong, whist return business is scare and rates
unsatisfactory. Southern lumber freIehts coast
wise are dull and unchanged. Coal freights are
dnll and lower.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Footstools in Theatre.


There is an arrangement in most Eu-
ropean theaters which l am astonished
to see our theater owners neglect so long.
l refer to footstools. If you go to the
theater and take q look at the ladies
present you will notice that after an
act or two many of them, especially
those who are diminutive in stature, are
evidently very uncomfortable. Their
discomfort is owing to the same cause as
that of the man who was hanged-their
feet cannot reach the ground. After q
short time you may be certain that many
of the pedal extremities are in the arms
of Morpheus. You will notice that
many ladies put the toe of one foot on
the ground and raise the heel in the air.
Upon the instep the other foot is rested
ana momentary relief obtained.
european managers recognize the fact
that seat that is comfortable enough
for a man OF average size is very insult
able Tor woman, and accordingly at
the entrance of the theater Won can AL
ways find woman who keeps little
stools which she rents for trife. Any
lady who has used them is surprised at
how much the ease afforded adds to the
enjoyment of the play. MANY own
their own stools, and bring them to the
theater as regularly as they do their
opera glasses They are made of carved
wood, with the legs hinged so as to be
folded back, and can be carried with
little more inconvenience than that en-
tailed by taking a good sized prayer
book to church. They are inclosed in
handsomely embroidered bags with a
handle, and if adopted here could not
fail to be popular
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
General Villas Rabbits Foot.
New York Times.


A resident of Bay st. Louis, Miss,
tells pretty story about ex-Postmaster
General Villas, rabbits foot and the
little mistress of. the postoffice at the
lake shore resort. twill be remembered
that when Mr.. Villas took charge of the
postofice system of the United States
the heads of offensive partisans dropped
very rapidly, but in south Mississippi
alsng the lal1e.shore there were no voters
in Office, for the postmasters were all
women. Nevertheless the decree went
forth. that they must give way 70 adher-
ents of the party.
Among the Office holders was little
woman who did not believe in being in
hurry. So she asked the postmaster
general for an extension of time, which
was gallantly granted. In looking around
among her few treasures her eyes fell
upon one she considered above price. II
was small and delicate left hand foot
Of rabbit mounted in silver, with a
nams and date engraved upon it. This
she concluded to send to the postmaster
general as token of gratitude. In her
letter of presentation she said, among
other good wishes, that she trusted the
rabbits foot might some day be the
means of landing him in the United
States senate.
Her wish, aided by the eficacious
properties of the rabbits foot, has been
successful, and Mr.. Villas has been ele-
waited to the senate. He himself acknowl-
edges the means by which that good for
tune was achieved, and in a letter to the
little postmistress he said:
II still possess the good luck charm,
and you are at liberty to claim any ad-
vantages that might be due to it, and /
shall take it as compliment
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
GRAND TRUNK RAMHAY or CANADA

On .ad after MONDAY. june 40, 1901
trains will rum follswss
DEPARTURRs.
For Auburn and Lewisfon, 7.21 a. M, azd
l2:4b and e.12 p. n. For Gorhans, $50 a. N.
l.3o and 6.12 p. m. For N OnreRi aud Chi
ease, SEC q. M, and 1.30 y. m. For Quebec,
l.3O p. N. For BaekneId and Cnnfou.
$50 a m, and 1.80 y. m.
ARRHvALs'
from Lewiston and Auburn, 8.35 and IL. 45
a. M, $40 and 5.32 p. m. From esorham,
$40 and l1.4i a. M, and 8. AZ y. IN. From
Chienxo and Montreal, IL AS a. M, SAG D.
NJ. From Quebec, 11.45 a. m.
rnilnnn Palace Sleeping Cara on night
train, and Parlor cars on day train between Port
land and Montreal.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Boiling Clothes with Kerosene.
IGood Housekeeping

For q boilerful of clothes use two
thirds of a cake of soap and four table
spoonfuls of kerosene. Lessen the guam
tity both of soap and kerosene for a
small washing. Put cold rain water
kerosene cannot be used with any but
rain water-in the boiler, to the depth
of three or four inches; shave up the
soap, measure the kerosene, and add
both to the water while it is cold. Boil
together thoroughly, watching that it
does not foam over on the stove Then
add enough cold water to boil the clothes
in and put them in-the best white ones
while the water is cold. Bring to a
boil, and boil steadily for ten minutes.
Take out into tub Of cold rain water
and suds.
Rinse and blue in still other waters.
There will be no rubbing, except to get
the suds out, for the dirt has all disap-
peared. Add to the suds in the boiler a
little more soap and kerosene if there
are many towels, etc., for the next batch.
After it boils well cool little with cold
water, and put in the dirtiest of the
white clothes. These will boil during
the sudsing and rinsing of the first lot.
Wash the colored clothes in the sudsing
water by hand, or with machine if pre-
ferred. Flannels especially wash easier
for the kerosene in the suds, and there is
nothing abont it to fade the most deli
cate fabric
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16

. 1AnAA -
Pure grind Id 8 7597 30
Pure drylead z o0a7 so
Eng Ven Red. go 3h
iRed Lead ...7 a TIA
Am. Zinz...,.b 00R7 90
! Rochelle Yellow. 2M
! Rice.
Rice, y ID. -. 615@ IN
RangoOn. 80. 8 @6M
Balerufus.
lSaleratuS. 80. bC9 or
| Spices.
| Cassia, pure. log IT
lCloYeS........ l6t0 20
Ginger. .... 13@ 10
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.
aoston proauce Markot.

BOSTON. July 15, IS9l.-The followi are to
days quotations OF Provisions, &C.:
P0rk-LOng cuts Ia 00014 3d. short cuts IA 20
Ola 20; backs at IA 50@14 70; lean ends Ia 90
u SO; prime mess Ii 5o9l7 ooi extra prime at
Hams at 1Oc; small at 1o1kc; pressed hams
12Lc.
Lard-Choice &c % ib in tierces and tubs; 10
Hogs-Choice city dressed e1sc p ID ;country do
SAC.
Butter-Western extra creamery 18@l81sc;
fancy higher; frsts and extra frsts 150l7c;
extra imitation cream 15gl6c; others - &C;
mont extra creamy 19920c; New York and
VT dairy good to choice l6G175sc; Eastern
erin good to choice at 16@1Sc. The above
quotations are receivers prices for strictly whole
sale lots.
Iheese-Northern choice s@814c; Western
extras 71a@8c.
Eggs-Eastern extras at S1a@19 fancy nearby
stock higher: frsts 18c; extra Vermont and New
Hampshire at 1S12@l9c ;Western extras at 17(0
00c; Michigan choice at 17a00c. Jobbing price
lie higher.
Po1Itry-Choice Northern and Eastern fresh
fair to good at 1l@13c; Western iced turkeys
l2Go0c; fowls 13a131ac; chickens zoe.
BeanS-Choice small New York hand-picked at
2 4O92 30 D bush; choice New York marrow
hand-plcked 3592 40: choice screened pea
lO@2 20 choice Yellow Eyes at So92 90. job
Hay Choice prime hay at SIS OO@S19 90: fair
to good SIC 00@16 90; Eastern line Sl2@13;
poor to ordinary $l0@11: East swale Solo;
Rye straw. choice, s17al7 SO; Dat straw IS 6o9
Potatoes-we quote new Norfolk rose, reds
and hebrons 50 1908 90 " Dbl; fair to good 50 20
@2 %. Sweet potatoes, Tennesees S4; Floridas
so OLA 90
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
The pRESa.

:, Nay be obtained at the Periodical Depots Of N
y: Fessenden, Horse Railroad Station: MARQUIS
20 h1cnange st.; Chisholm Bros, Union y. De
Congress St.; Jewett, 6O4 Congress St.; Peter
son, 2 Exchange ST.. Goold, corner Congress ano
Tnestnut Sts; Chisholm 1O9 Congress NJ, a. az -
Congress st.; whitehall, 1913 Congress st.
Beardswortn, So India St.; Da Silva, 221 Spring
St. Perry Cor India ana U0mmerc aas SSt on,
gress st.; L. End News Co., 236 Congress ST., and
OF chisholm Bros. agents on all trains running out
OF the city.
Auburn, Ha kell Il Reynolds.
Bath, J. o. Shaw.
Bethel, Frank A. Leach.
biddeford, +. M. Burnham.
A. L. Jefferson.
Boston, Mass, American House
brunswick, b. L.. DennlS0n.
Cumberland Mills II. G. Starr.
Damariscotta, e. W. Dunbar.
Deering, S. S. Morrel.
EEreeport, W. a. Mitchell.
Fairfield, K. II. Evans.
Harrington, Ii. q. White & Go.
Gardiner, Palmer & Go.
Gorham, Jas. II. Irisn q Co.
Hoult0n, +. l.. Cook.
lewiston Chandler g Estes.
Long Island, 7. M. Glendenning.
Limerick, s. A. Grant.
Norway, 5. 1. Crockett, A. o. SOyes s'
Old Orchard, Geo. e. Fogg,
Orrs Island S. q. Prince Il Son.
Peaks Island-Brackett Bros
Richmond, q. A. Beale.
Rockland, o. =. Andrews, Il. III. Burnham q A.
j. Huston.
saccarappa, W. b. Boothby.
Saco, H. B. Kendrick & Co., VIM. Stsckpole.
&c. Paris, A. M. Gerry.
Skowhegan-Bxby & Buck.
Thomaston, E. Walsh.
Vinalhaven, A. b. Vinal.
Waldoboro, q. Bliss.
Watervlle, o. III. Hayes.
WoOdfords, IL. A. Leighton.
Yarmouth. W. +. Bennett.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
$40 O K 3.

Corrected by SWAN & BARRETT, Bankers and
Brokers, 1876 Middle street.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Money Easy-Stocks Dull and Rather
Heavy.
Sterling Exchange Dull and Weak
Railroads Dull and Steady.
Quotations OF Staple Products In New
York. Chicago and st. Louis.


at New York money has been easy, ranging
from 11a@2 per cent, last loan at VI and closing
at ia per cent. Prime mercantile paper at 51a@7
per cent Sterling Exchange is dull and weak
with actual business for bankers bills at s5
for 6O-day bills, 4 81 for demand; posted rates
4 851a@4 871s. Commercial bills are S44
and 85A. Government bonds are dull and
firm. Railroad bonds dull and steady TO firm.
There was the usual subsistence in amount OF
business done in the stock market after IL o'clock
and utter stagnation marked limited dealings
After delivery hour Louisville and Nashville were
carried below IA, the rest OF the list sympathlzng
No special feature was shown and the market
closed duh and rather heavy at slight fractions
under first prices.
The transactions at the Stock Exchange agere-
gated 65 zoo shares
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Washington and "Tne Old Army
lCentury.l

The toast assigned me is "The Old
Army" Yes, that army is "old," older
than the present government 1t began
to take form the moment the colonists
made lodgment on the coast of Massa-
chusetts and Virginia; grew in proper
ton up to the French war of 1866, and
still larger during the Revolutionary
war, 1776-83.
In 1888 the armies of the Revolution
were all disbanded, except eighty pri-
Yates and due proportion of officers,
none to exceed the rank of captain" to
garrison West Point and Fort Pitt.
In June, 1854, the congress of the thir-
teen states provided for two companies
of artillery and eight of infantry, not to
exceed 81 officers and 700 enlisted men.
In 1876 it increased the number to 40 Of
ficers and $40 men. At that date these
troops garrisoned the frontier posts, viz,
Fort Harmer, now Marietta, o.; Vim
cennes, Ind; and Venango, N. Y, in
addition to West Point, Fort Pitt, and
Springfield, Mass Then came 1889, with
its new constitution, and Washington
became its first chief executive.
He was the father of this nation. No
man ever better comprehended the mean
ing of the expression, Life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness" that govern
ment was meant to govern" not to be
governed; that force to compel the right
was as necessary as patriotism, industry,
thrift, and patience to the citizen, and
one of his first acts was to organize an
army as the right hand of his admins
tration of law and justice in the face of
clamoring theorists. Hisefforts resulted
in the formation of the present army of
the United States
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
QonestlC Ports.

SAN PEDRO-Ar 9Th ship Wacbusett Arey,
fFERNANDINA-A 14th. sch VIM Jones. Full
'0i B,RUNSSWICK--sla 18th. sch Elvira French,
Kendrlck, Philadelphia.
BRUNSWICK-Ar 14th, barque VIM Graham,
Sid 18th, brig Mary Mariner, Pray, for New
SAVANNAH-sld 14th, sch Kate Flint, De-
'PoRf ROYAL, Scar 18th, sch Mary Cook,
ar 14th, sch Clara Leavitt, Lombard, Richmond
WILMINGTON, NC-Cld 14th. brig Edith, Car
RiCHMo ND-sld 14th, sch Jennie Hall, Lam
NORFOLK Sid 14th, sch Andrew York,
BALTIMORE~Ar 14th, schs LavInia Campbell
and Jacob Reed, from Kennebec; Zach Sherman,
Gardiner.
PHILADELPHIA 18th, Emma ID Endi-
colt, Brown. Pigeon Cove; Lizzie Babcock, Whea-
ton, and Emma Meyer, Magee, Kennebec; VIM
Ar 14th, schs Geo WollcOttaRe Kennebec;
Geo Twohy, Farrow do; Gertrude Bartlett, Roll
Inns, Bangor; Thos G Smith, Adams. Kennebec !;
Thos w Hyde, Sherman, do; Manitou, Arey, from
Ar 18th, sch Harry W Haynes. Bonsey, Jack
Cid i4th, 'schs BENZ Fabens, Condor. Boston /;
Clara Colcord, Cocord, Bangor; Lucy A Davis,
Davis. Portland.
Ar at Delaware Breakwater 14th, ship Grandee
Smith, Havana; barque Lapland, Davis, Cienfue-
Cos (and sailed for New York;.
Ar at do 18th, brig Hattie M Balm, Dunning,
st Jago; schs Mary Lord, Lord, Hayti; Nahum
Chaplin, Arey Port au Prince.
Passed out 14th, barque Virginia, Pettigrew
from Wilmington for Santos
NEW YORK-Ar 14th, barque Talisman, Range
Demerara; MonrOvia, Chase. ManZanilla; schs
Henry Woodruff Burnnam, from Turks Island I;
Charlotte Bnck, fendleton, Bangor: Beta, San
born, Machias; Jennie Greenbauk, Perry, Rock
land; R1ngleader, Thomas, do; Silver Spray,
Brown, Thomaston; Marion f. Sprague, Nicker.
son, Boston; Il Woodsde, Wade, FAN River.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16

Aveteran soldier of Salem who applied
for pension was obliged to forward to
Washington some testimony as to his
disability, and this is the affidavit that he
presented to his lawyer: "This is to GER
tify that John Jones worked for me be-
fore the war and since. He doesn't do
half days work now and never could"
Jones' counsel thought that the testimony
would not help along the claimants case,
and he wisely concluded not to send it.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
True Economy.

No matter how many hundred doses Of any
other medicine are offered for q dollar, DIR.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is the cheap
est bood-puriier sold, through druggists, because
it's guaranteed and your money is returned if it
doesn't benefit or cure.
With its use you only pay for the good you get.
Can you ask more?
After the dinner.
He Fanny, didn't they serve the game out OF
the regular order? Wonder why they did it?
She oh, probably they thought it wouldn't
keep till the next course.-Harper's Magazine.
Many modest women suffer rather than apply
to physician; Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has saved thousands of such from lives
oil misery and early graves.
An appropriate name
Author-These two books-I hardly know what
to call them-are waiting for titles.
| Joblots-Why don't you call than ,sAmor,o.r
Heiresses," then!-Harvard Lampoop,
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
TICkET OFFICE.
so Exchange ST.. and Deuol Foot Of india S5ss.

Lowest fares from Portland, Yarmouth IunS.
ton and Danville Junction as follows: To Chicago
s20 and 1875; Detroit S16.75 and s123O; Kan
sas CITY S5I 90 and $1,000 81: Paul s31 so and
81. Loulsyla Chicago S27. 10 and S227O San Fran
cisco, California, $0O.25 and S6O25. These rates
are sui ject TO change.
I. j. sEARGEANT. General Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Economy In Horseshoes.

LNtW lUIk ItItBTdH.J
a horseshoe has been patented in Can
ada which is provided with removable
caiks' These calks are easily removable,
ana when they require sharpening calks
may be put in in about five minutes.
nwo sets are kept on hand, one sharp
anu tne other dull; this effects a great
saving s.a The shoe has tapered dovetail
the calk fits 4'''''-A O-
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
DOWN BY THE SEA.

Are you engagedT' ne whispered low,
And low the sad sea breezes
Went signing through the Silly night,
And through the leavy treeses.
"Are you engsged2' he whispered low,
And low the white capped pillows
Came drumming in upon the beach,
Green fringed with dropping willows.
"Are you engaged7" he whispered low,
And low the night birds ,winging
Their silent courses through the sky,
Brought distant notes of singing.
"Are you engaged2" he whispered low.
mo, no." she said, and tarried
A moment while he kissed her hand;
''No. no." she said, Pm married"
Detroit Free Press
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Bugs as Medicine.
[San Francisco Chronicle.l

Chinese drug stores, which may be
numbered by the score in the Monaghan
quarter, are in themselves complete and
unabridged museums of insects. In the
hundreds of neat drawers which line the
walls and in the numerous jars of fan
tastic design and barbaric form which
ornament these establishments are to be
round preserved flies, beetles, bees and
every other species of insect life. not to
mention every variety of toad. snake and
lizard. Every box Is Carefully labelled
with Cnlnese signs, and the contents are
carefully dried before being stored away
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
srIghron Cattle Market.

For the week ending July IA, 1891.
Brighton Hides 6@61ac Pfb.
Brighton Tallow 21a@31ac y fb.
Country Hides 31A COLA " h.
Country Tall0w &c.
Calf skins 6OG65c each.
Lamb Skins 6U@75c.
Dairy skins 25G40c fb y.
Sheared skins 20@4Uc each.
Mich Cows-Trade light ;sold at s2595t Phead
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16

Pressed. ....sl29S 13
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Foreign Ports.

June 2e, lat 40 OF W, Ion 81 80, ship Yorktown
Hull for New York.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Cotton Markets.


lBy Ielegraphl.
NEW YORK, July To- l89l-The Cotton market
Is easy and Iquiet; sales 2S3 bales; ordinary
uplands al SAC: middling uplands at 7-l6c;
Gull ordinary Ice: middling 8ssc.
NEW ORLEANS, July 10, 1891.-Cotton mar
ket is steady; middling l5-16c
SAVANNAH, July 10. I89l.-The Cotton mar
Bet Is easy; middling 7szc.
CHARLESTON. July 10. 1s91.-Cotton markt {
quiet middling 77sc
MEMPHIS, July 10. lS9l.-The Cotton marke
Is quiet; middling 77sc
MOBILE, July is, 1S91.-The Cotton market
quiet; mlddling TIC.
The Portland daily press., 1891-07-16
Domestic Markets.

NEW YORK, July 10, 1891.-The Flour market
receipts 10 1877 packages: exports 1854 bbls and
1888 sacks; heavy and moderately active; sales
1880 bbls
Flour quotations extras at 8 1904 40;
city mills extra at 8 00@5 10; city mills patents
40; fair to fancy at 60@6 70; patents at So
@5 So; Minnesota clear 40a4 so; straights do
at 55@5 20; do patents 6596 90 do rye mix
"a 90; Southern flour moderately active and
heavy. Rye Flour unchanged % Corn meal duh
12,48S bush: sales ESQ 600 .bushi lower, fairly
active free sellers; No 2 Red at 1894 @97c store
and elevator, 97sz @99c afoatl 9716@99c O b |;
arrive 81 OF; No 2 Chicago at oo@l o0Ha. Rye