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The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
Improxemants in leather.

AS early as 1928 an English tanner
conceived the idea of forcing the tan
liquors into the hides by hydrostatic
pressure. By this method he greatly
lessened the time Of tanning; and, as he
used frame on which the hides had to
be tackled before being put into the
wheel, and as the hides had to be cut to
fit these frames, thus causing consider
able waste and damage, the process was
abandoned.
1t is hardly to be doubted, however,
that with the spirit Of push and enter
prise now manifested by those engaged
in the manufacture Of leather the future
will see wonderful improvements in
this important industry, and that
science and electricity win make il
possible to convert hides into leather In
as many hours as 1t now takes days. If
this is done at all the shoe consuming
public need have no fears that it will be
accomplished at the expense of the ex-
cellency of the material which goes into
its footwear, while tanners themselves
can rejoice in the fact that they, being
able to turn their money several times a
year, can make both better and cheaper
leather than ever before.-New York
Advertiser.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
CHAIRMAN BLAND.

The selection of the Hon, Richard p.
Bland of Missouri as chairman of the coin
age committee makes 1t pretty certain that
free silver is not to take any back seat in
the present House, but is to be way up
front assiduously shouting Mr.. Speak
er and demanding to be heard. There is
no public man in the country more thor
oughly devoted to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver than Bland He has been
constant and onsistent advocate of free
silver ever since the subject came into
prominence. He is the father of the pres.
ent silver dollar, and his only regret In re-
gard to it is that his silver offspring are not
as numerous as the sands of the sea. Ii he
could have had his way they would have
been by this time. Bland may fairly be
set down as a crank on the subject of si,-
yer. 1t has filled his whole congressional
career. At every session of Congress he
has been on hand with some sort of free
silver bill, which he has urged upon the
House in season and ont of season with a
persistency worthy of better cause.
1t cannot be said that BANDS selection
to head the coinage committee Is reward
for his services to the Speaker, as can the
choice of Springer for the head of the
ways and means, for Bland did not sup
port Crisp, but was throughout the Speak
ership contest a valiant and devoted advo-
cate of the free trade and income tax
statesman from the Lone Star State He
has been chosen for the position undoubt-
edly because the views were believed to be
in accord with those of the majority of the
present House on the silver question.
And the Speakers belief on this point Is
doubtless in accord with the fact. Outside
of few Mugwumps from Massachusetts,,
who appear to have speedily gone into
eclipse after the organization of the House.
and few Democrats from New England
and New York, the Democratic members
OF the House are solid for free silver. The
most of them have behind them resolutions
of their State conventions endorsing this
policy, and refusal TO abide by these
resolutions would sound the political death
kneli of great many Of them. The little
coterie OF Mugwump who have been fat
tering themselves that they had leavened
the whole mass Of Democracy of course
view with alarm this appointment Of
Bland and are kicking against it like
steers. But it Is safe to say that their
alarm will not impress the Democracy and
that their kicking will accomplish nothing
more than to rack their own limbs and
joints. The time when the Massachusetts
Mugwumps used to boast that they sat
on the box and drove has long gone
by. Such of them as have not been kicked
off the Democratic chariot have been
slowed away under the seats and amongst
the baggage.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
There Are No storks in England.

England is beyond the ordinary range
Of the stork, though hardly year passes
without one or two being seen on the
east coast and generally, alasl shot I'm
like the bittern and ruff, it was no more
common before the fens and swamps
Of Cambridge and Lincolnshire were
drained than 1t is at the present day.
"Mine honored friend, Sir Thomas
Brown, of Norwich" wrote Willughby,
200 years ago, "says that it is but rarely
seen on our coasts" There is, we be-
heve, no record Of its nesting in Eng
land, and the i1npossibility of protecting
a migratory bird precludes the hope Of
its being introduced into the country
Chambers Journal.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
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The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24

It appears that our claim against Chill
is by no means the only one that that re-
public has got to settle. England demands
some $5O,0O0,0OO for damage accruing to
her interests from the recent civil war,
Spain and Italy want from $300O,oOO to SIS.
100000 and Germany asks a considerable
fixed. The total of all the claims against
her will amount to nearly $4,000 600 with
out taking into account our claim. John
Bulls anxiety lest the United States and
Chill shall go to war is explained perhaps
by a fear on bis part that such a war would
leave Chill with little left to. pay bis
demands. England always has sharp
eye for the almighty dollar.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
Jelly from Elephants. rusks.

How many people have ever eaten
jelly made from elephants tusks? Yet
1t is very good, indeed. IN the English
factories where MANY tons of ivory are
sawn up annually to make handles for
knives and forks, great quantities of
ivory dust are obtained. This dust is
sold at the rate Of sixpence q pound,
and when properly boiled and prepared
it makes the finest, purest and most nu-
tricious animal jelly known. Years ago
ivory jelly was a very fashionable
remedy and much sought after.-Wash-
inpton Star.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
IN BEAUTIFUL CONWAY.
The New Kelley Institute-Its Accommo-
dations and Lovely Surroundings.
Correspondence Of the Press.l

Correspondence of the Press.1
NORTH CONWAY, December 20. 1891.
This famous White Mountain summer
resort is about to become health resort,
speaking after the manner of the disciples
of DR.. Kelley, or of those who believe in
temperance is disease and not habit.
One of the prettiest of the summer hotels
is being made ready as fast as possible for
all-the-year-round occupancy, and it is ex-
pected that by the 10th of January it will
be opened for the reception of patients
sufferers from the liquor habit, the Opium
and morphine habit. or nervous prostra
ton. The treatment, with the bi-chloride
of gold will be the same as that in the
Kelley Institute at Dwight, Illinois, and
an experienced physician who has served
there. will have charge of the medical de-
pertment.
A syndicate of New Hampshire and
Portland men have purchased the Artist
Falls House and the surrounding wood
lands and fields for the establishment of
branch Kelley Institute. No other hotel
in North Conway. or some would say in
the whole White Mountain region, has 30
romantic situation as the Artist Falls
House. Easterly and close at hand, is the
picturesque Rattlesnake mountain range,
near whose base is the lovely little waters
fall from which the hotel is named. The
Forest Glen mineral spring, whose waters
possess valuable and welktested medicinal
qualities, is In beautiful grove close at
hand. Moat mountain stands directly in
front, the house facing the west. The near
surroundings, the mountains. woods and
fields, form fascinating union of the wild
and picturesque with the cultivated. A
charming wood road leads half a mile to
the main thoroughfare Of the village. The
purchasers have shown great taste and
Judgment in their selection of site; its
beauty and retirement combine to make is
an ideal spot for its purpose.
The officers of the North Conway Kelley
Institute Association, which has been duly
Incorporated under the laws of New Hamp-
shire, are Charles ID. Seat0n of Portland,
president, James L. Gibson of North Con-
way. clerk, and VIM. e. Gould Of Port
busy place at the Artist Falls House just
now. New chimneys are being built with
open fire places that are to have coils of
hot water pipes at the back for warming
the whole house. Carpenters and painters
are at work, and 1t Is evident that no pains
or expense will be spared to make this
branch of theKeeley Institute as comforta-
BILE and attractive as may be. Many of
the rooms are to be arranged en- suite for
the convenience Of the patients families,
who often accompany them. At present
about 100 can be accommodated, but later
cottages will be built in connection with
the hotel. Already good many appiica-
tions have been received from patients
is open. Though the right of treatment Is
purchased for the State of New Hamp-
shire, persons from any locality can be
received and undoubtedly the majority
will come from other states. e. M. M.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24

DR.. Kelley, of Dwight Institute fame,
lectured the other night before large au-
dience in Chicago on his cure for drunken
ness. The only new point In it concerned
the reason for not making public the meth
cd by which he restores inebriates. and
this was his explanation:
To give to the general public the formula
from which my remedy is compounded
would be to simply destroy It's efficacy as
cure. The remedy is not a proprietary
one, similar to the many others known as
patent remedies upon the market In drug
stores. 1t is complete system, which
must be closely watched from beginning to
finish, and from which no detail can be
omitted without endangering its success.
Physicians in charge of Institutes in the
various States of the Union have to come
to Dwight before taking their places as
surgeons in charge of other Institutes.
This education cannot be impaired by
letter. 1t must be taught and learned at
the tables of the home office, where the
treatment is administered by physicians
let me ask if there is wife.
mother or daughter in this house tonight
who would desire to see this bless
ing je0pardized by placing 1t indis-
criminately In the hands of prejudiced, ig-
norant, or unprincipled men? | think not
Illuminated a world of misery since the
time of Noah. Would you have it quenched
forever? If you could listen to the
appeals from the poor tottering victims
who come to me for cure, lost to them
selves and the world, and then read the ex-
pressions of gratitude when the once poor
wreck of manhood returns to his home,
strong in mind and body at the end of
three weeks, fully able to take up the
burden of life where he had laid 1t down
so long ago, and carry it to the end in So
briefly, | am satisfied you would consider it
the greatest misfortune that could befall
the people of America should the remedy
known as the gOld-cure for dru kenness be
lost to them by placing it in the hands of
unprincipled men. who would soon drive Ii
from the market by spurious limitations.
1t is possibly true that limitations of his
preparation would be put upon the market
if he were to make public his formula; it is
also possible that some saloon-keeper
might use it for the purpose of SOLDERING up
his customers. But the objection that the
making public Of a remedy or process
might be productive of harm Is one that
can be urged against every remedy
and probably every process too. Jen-
ner's vaccination has undoubtedly done
mischief in the hands of quacks and
incOmpetents. And the same is true
of almost all great discoveries in
medicine. Yet their discoveries have not
been deferred by this danger. and it is well
for the world that they have not. Is DR..
Keeley's cure SO different from all other
great sures that different course should
We pursued in regard to it?
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24

Sir Edwin Arnold has agreed to write a
poem for the Worlds Fair opening.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

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HeliOtrOpe Water.
Wang Wang Water.
Ricksecker's Violet Water.
Il us,e. HANDKERCHIEF Extracts.
Donsan & NHerritt's Cologne.
Century Cream for the complexion.
Laces, Fans, Chiffon RnffIing
Ladies' and Gents silk Handkerchiefs.
Ladies, Silk Unaerw msasn
Fine Wool Underwear.
Misses Underwear and Hosiery.
Ladies' White prOns.
silk Umbrellas.
ClssIssrem's School Umbrellas.
Ladies' and Misses NHuffs.
Coiored Pattern Dresses.
Goiorea Dress Silks.
Black silk Warp Dress Goods.
9 ALI Wool s.
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Fine Table LINEN.
Elegant Chenille Covers.
Rich NRarsaitEes Bed Spreads.
Fine White Blankets.
Choice Wrapper Blankets.
LINEN Sheets and Pillow SLIPS.
Linen Shooting.
Pillow Case LINEN.
Cotton Sheets and Pillow Gases.
Only about 100 lest of the 1000 Fifty Cent
Dress Patterns.
New White Ground Percales.
Choice Dress Prints.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
why Bow Choirs Arc Preferred.

There are several reasons why the old
style quarrette should have been re-
placed by the boy choir. Under the old
system the singers often misbehaved;
they took no interest in the church serv-
Ice, and I have known cases where they
occupied their spare time during the
service reading novels and newspaper
Then, again, the solo singers were Elk
tremely independent; they used to take
most unwarrantsble nberties vita the
eervice and were not at all arnensh1e to
discipline. 49, interview In New York
Epoch.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24

1t is hardly worth while for our Mug
wump friends TO spend SO much breath to
prove that Mills was entitled to the chair
manship of the ways and means committee
by long line of unbroken precedents
Everybody admits that. But that only
makes his snubbing more conspicuous
and shows that it was Intentional and de-
liberate.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24

The new Republican club at Augusta by
way of demonstrating that it is not
factional orga ization we suppose. has in
yited all the candidates for Congress in
the third district to deliver addresses before
it. The candidates are numerous enough
TO offer the club an instructive and delight
full entertainment for almost every evening
for the remainder of the winter.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24

The general opinion is that all the new
circuit judges will be confirmed. The
Democratic Senators from Indiana will
probably vote against Judge Woods, and
some Republicans may oppose Putnam aud
Dallas. out there will not be opposition
enough to defeat any of them.
The Portland daily press., 1891-12-24
THE PRESS.
TWELVE PAGES.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER "a.

Gov. Hill, before he goes out of office,
inspector who has just been sent to Jail at
Syracuse for contempt of court. Hill no
doubt was the instigator of his perform
anee, and Hill is the one that really ought
TO suffer,
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

THE Globe-Democrat of Sunday last contains special from Washing ton, which contains a grain of hope
 It says. "A story obtained consider able circulation to-day to the effect that the President has expressed his Willingness to sign bill for the free coinage of all silver produced from the mines oi the United States. There is rothing very surprising in this. It will simply apply the Republican principle of protection to silver mining. The government now buys 4,500, ,O00 ounces of silver monthly. This is the equivalent of the product of the mines of the United States as nearly as can be estimated To substitute for the present law the new pr9position for free coinage of the product of this country's mines would not increase the silver money. It would not be imitation in any sense Free coinage silver men of the mining States say that they would be satisfied W tn such law, while some Republicans are urging that it would be happy stroke in politics at such time as this, with the Democrats rattled over the Cleve- land letter."
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

>H@-'-@' '----'- house or fandango house shall pay licence tax of $ for each night so kept open. " '
 SEC 2I. There shall be assessed and collected, in the manner pre- scribed by law as in case Of any other !icence, a tax of 'S25 per month, to be collected monthly on each gaming table or apparatus of any kind what ever, such as monte, faro, pass faro, pass monte, sondeau, roulette, twenty one, dlce, aed and black, rouge ct noir, lansquernette, tan, stud horse poker, or any other banking or per centage game of whatever name, which licerce shall be issued in the manner provided for by law in the case of any other licences,
 SEC. 24. All acts and parts of acts in conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed.
 SEC. "25. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after April 1st 1So1. - '' ',. ..-
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

TIE CommerciakBulletin editorial, discusses the relations of the Govern mant to the Pacific railroads at great length. It says concerning the Union Pacific: 1t Is safe to say the man. asement of this property by the Gov C. e.nment cannot be more economical, lot more enterprising and not more capable in competition with other lines than 1t has bsen under private management. Asa government road the UniJu Pacific would not be allow e1 to charge as much for freight as it has been charging in most casfs. To all appearances the railroad would not be able to pay expenses under such management, and would become a yearly charge on the people for the benefit of those who use 1t, hold office on it. and have contracts in connec- ton with it. This company has been taken as all Illustration only, because the llrgcs, for the case of the Central Pacific is not essentially different, and in many respects t is less favorable for the government. The time draws near when tho government will be compelled so s..gzv -Lcae roads itself and ran the4e, frotably e- :, Eeavy loss, or. sf'.ct some new settlement with pri- qs.-r i.terests
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

THE legislative proceedings as they appear, in our Phenix contemporaries contains very little information. Bills with few exceptions are referred to solely by their number, and when one reads that Council Bill No. 700 has been introduced and referred to she committee on saw logs, he knows no more than he did before. Occasional exceptions are noted to the rule and indications given as to the nature of the bill. H..
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

NEWSPAPERS of the several counties just now contain in the published de- linquent lists a strong argument against statehood. The names of Pima countty's delinquent tax payers occG- pies seventeen columns of the Tucson Citizen. In additional to the financial condition of the county we were shown letter from leading bank of that place stating that financial ins5itu- tions are so overburdened with war rants upon county treasuries that they are unable to furnish usual facilities to legitimate customers. Other com meroial centers are groaning under a like script iability.-Silver Belt,
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

TIE census bureau announces that there gre l ,075 irrigated farms in Ari zona having total area of 65, acres, The average cost of the land, including purchase price, fencing, blowing and water right is 8I6.92 per acre, of which $5.O7 represents the cost of water right, and the average valuation placed upon the land ty the owners is $48.68 per acre, including buildings.-Albuquerque Citizen.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07
Happy Hooslers.

Wm. Timmons, Postmaster ol Idaville, Ind, writes .'EIectric Bitters has done more for me than 'all other medicines. 'combined for that bad feeling arising from Kidney .and Liver trouble.'' '' John Leslie, farmer and stockman, of same place, says: "Find Electric Bitters to be the best Kidney and Liver medicine made e-'fecl like new man." ] w. Gardner hardware merchant same town, says' Electric Bltters is just the thing for man who Is all run down and don't care whether he lives or dies; he found new strength, good apetite and felt just like he had new lease on lIle.' Only soc a bottle, a: D. J. Brannen's Drug Store
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

CHICAGO is having terrible time over her Worlds fair or Columbian exhibition, In fact, it is proving a sort of white elephant on her hands. The directors decided the other day that $IO,OOO,OOO would not be enough money end that it was going to tate at least s15, eco, OO0to build and con duct the great show Where is this money coming from? Hardly $5,O0O,- 900 as yet in sight to certainty, An appeal will no dolbt be made to con gress for an appropriation to help out
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT, ARIz. !
 February 76 IS0I

LAND OFFICE AT PRESCOTT, ARTz. l
 February 26, 1891. .NT OTICE IS hereby given that the fol- IN lowing manned settler has filed notice of his interti T to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof wlll be made before the Register and Receiver t Prescott, Ariz., rn Frilay .ATr;l r I29I. VIZ: James T. Munds Homestead Entry 6I7, for the South E of North Wet 114 aud Northeast # of North West 4 South Fest f of North East # of Sec -6, Tp. z8 N of R : E.
 He names the following witnesses to prove Lis continuance residence upon and cultvati n of. said land, viz: D. R. Prime, K. K Willard, James Van Deren, C. M, Willard, all of Cornville, Arizona.
 I. C. MARTIN, Register.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

TIE bill providing for the issuance
 of $5O,0 in bonds for the aid of the Worlds Fair is one that should prompt ly pass With that sum Arizona can present an exhibit that will be worth many times its cost as an advertise ment for the Territory.-Republican.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07
The Pulpit and the Stage.

Rev. F. NJ. 2hrout, Pastor United Brethren Church, Blue Mound Kan. says: Il feel it my duty ro tell what wonders Dr. King's New Discovery has doue for me My Lungs were badly diseISed. and my parlshcners thought could live only few week l took five bottles of Dr. Emg's New Discovery and ieln soGud- and well gaining 26 lbs. in weight"
 Arthur Love. Manager of Loves Funny Folks Combination writes: After thoroush tria, and convln- cirg eriienc-. l am confident Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consump- tgon, beats 'em all, and cures wien everythIngs else fails. The greatest kindness 1 can do my many thousand friends is to urge them 10 try II Free trial bottles at D. J. Brannen's Drug Store. Re5uilr Sizes soc, and Si O.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

ED. ". WELL, of Prescott, has been appointed by President Harrison the fourth judge of Che Supreme Court of Arizona. No ether appointment could have pleased the people of Arizona better than this one.
The Arizona champion., 1891-03-07

FLAGSTAFF the county seat of Coco nino county, Arizona, on the Atlantic & Pacific, furnishes fne lumber manu- factured from her surrounding forests of pine, ond' magnificent stone taken from her immense qua ries.-Albuq- aerque Citizen. A