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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-26
The queen Pawned Her Jewels.

Queen Isabella OF Spain, pawned her Jewels to
raise money to fit out the expedition that discov-
cred the new world. Her sacrifice was not great
er than is made by many women of America who
deny themselves many things in order to have
money to buy DR.. Pierces Golden Medical Dis
coveFy for their sick husbands or children This
discovery" is mere important to them, than the
one made in 1892. For all dsea- es of the Lungs,
Liver, Throat, or Stomach, the discovery" is a
sovereign remedy. A trial convlnces, its contin-
ued use cures. Itpurfes the blood, invigorates
the liver and strengthens and builds up the whole
system. Guaranteed to benefit or cure in every
case, or money paid for it returned
Oficial-You cannot stay in this country, sir.
Trayeller-Then I'll leave it.
Oficial-Have you permit to leave?
Traveler-No, sir.
Ofcial-Then you cannot 60. 1 leave YOU
tweniy-four hours to make up your mind as to
what you shall d0.-New York Sun.
Slush, dirt, wet feet; rheumatism and colds fol-
low. Use Johnson's Anodyne Liniment freely.
Uncle jack" said Robbie, as he critically ex
amined a rabbit his uncle had just given him;
'didL't you tell me that the Lord made rab
bits?'
Guess did, Robbie" was the reply.
swell, don't you think" refectiveIy added the
boy, THAT when he got as far as the tail he sorter
tired OF his job?'-Boston Courier.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-26

Mrs. Freshly-Is your husband as entertaining
to you as he was before your marriage?
Mrs. Younger-N-o-no; can't say that he Is.
George used to be one of the wittiest and most
comical men ever knew.
MRS. Freshly-And he is not SO amusing now?
=, MIS-. HouDger-He Is not so original. He brings
me comic papers home and we read them now
chicago America.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-26
Portland Wholesale marka,


PORTLAND, Jan. "a, 1891,
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
&C.:
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-26

For any case Of nervousness, Sleep
lessness, weak stomach, indigestion, dyspepia,
try Carriers Little Nerve Pills. Relief is sure.
The only nerve medicine for the price in market.
Not Encouraging.
"D)h't you Think Miss Twilighte, that you
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REALLY. Mr.. We're de We're l don't know. 1
learned to like tomatoes once, but after careful
consideration have been sure ever since thai
The result was not worth the pains."--Somerville
Journal
Only 25 cents a bottle for the most wonderful
llniment in the market-"5avation Oil"
What difference! Otto of Roses, 81 a drop.
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup 20 cents bottle.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-26
ROYAL BLUE LINE

FINEST AND SAFEST TRAINS IN THE WORLD
between
New York, Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washin gten !,
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28

itself into the churches, and we
insist that the lie be elected or the
churches that protect it be
damned.
There are times when tolerance
cease to be virtue and becomes
a crime. One of those times is
when murder goes stalking
through the streets openly defiant,
legalized, dictatorial.
1t is not questson of opinion,
but question of facts. 1t is a
fact that the liquor traffic is or.
ganized murder. 1t is a fact that
it is legalized and protected Ly
law. 1t is fact that this is a
representative form of Govern
ment in which the voters, through
their chosen representatives, make
and unmake the laws. We try
as much as any man to cultivate
tolerance for opposing opinions.
We really think we are "built
that way" But this is not a
matter of opinion. There are the
facts, and the men that are blind
to them are with very rare cxcep-
tions, wilfully, determinedly, crimi-
nally, outrageously blind. And
it is the business of a church to
say so, or else it has no business
and ought to get off the earth"
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28

wrote me the other day that he
had voted the Prohibition ticket
for the first time in his life, since
he had been reading the Blade,
and he sent me some more money
tor it.
/ am the only hearhen editor Of
a Prohibition paper in the world.
that | have ever heard of, and |
don't think it's good policy for
the Prohibition party to try to
break me down. / don't think
myself that it would work first
rate to have too much of a much
uess like me, but just one won't
hurt, with all the pious Prohibi-
ton editors to counterbalance me.
If these pious Prohibition ed
itors will just 60 ahead and let me
alone, and keep up their end as
well as i do mine, I'll bet we'll
get there Ammo Domini 1900.
Well get 100000 votes in '92;
we'll get 100000 in '96, and in
1900, the ~ viii! stand for Prohi-
bition and The two goose eggs will
stand for Democracy and Repub-
licanism.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28

L admit | have a good deal of
prejudice against Sam Jones, but
l may be wrong about it and will
get over it as soon as | can, for he
is a good PrOhibitiOnist.
But l have never had anything
against Sam Small, and an out
rage like that gives me sympathy
for him.
/ know that the primitive
Christian preachers Were always
getting whipped, and | know
that these no account preachers
are less liable to get hurt than
anybody. So that when | find
one of them receiving the kind
of treatment that Sam. Small has
just gotten from saloon-keeper
it is pretty good reason to believe
that Bro. Small was saying some
thing that ought to have been
said, and that the others We're too
cowardly to say.
1t is pretty hard on him, but il
helps the Prohibition cause.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
Dickie's work.

The Prohibition party of North
Dakota has been crganized ready for
business in 1892. A state central COM
mite was organized consisting of H.
H. Mott, Walsh county; A. J. M.
Carver, Benson; Waiter A. Muir,
Cass; NJ. ID. Williams, Stutsman; G..
H. Wartham, Kidder; E. L. Saunders,
Cass; HI. A. Foss, Graz Forks, and
II. B. Richardson, Pembina. Mr..
Foss is the editor of the Normanden,
the Scandinavian organ of the alli-
ance. Mr.. Muir is the late president
Of that organization and editor of the
Independent, the organ of the peo-
pies party. Mr.. GARY is the editor
Of the Benson County News. The
committeeman are all pledged to the
Prohib' ton party. A state conven-
ton will be called to meet next March
to get the party in shape for the
national campaign of 1892.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
Rev. Sam Assaulted by u
Liquor Dealer.

Rev. Sam Small was brutally
assaulted Thursday morning by
Tom Minor, a liquor dealer. Last
Sunday Mr.. Small delivered an
address to a large crowd at the
Prohibition Hall, in Atlanta, Ga,
and after attacking the character
of many Atlanta whisky dealers,
be charged Tom Minor with de-
serting his family and leaving
them to starve. Thursday morn
ing Minor saw Small enter bar
Der shop, and followed him. Just
as Small started to place his coat
upon a rack, Minor struck him on
the nose, telling Sam to the floor,
and before he could rise Minor
kicked him in the face. Small S
face is badly bruised Ken
tuckian- Citizen.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
H-. H1a doh.

mixed Drinks" a liquor paper
published in Chicago, contains the
following very significant advertise
ment:-
Wanted-A situation. Owing to the
fact that Sandwich has gone dry, our
old friend, John c. Muench, vice
president of district 3, Liquor Deal
ers' and Manufacturers State Pro-
tective Association, will be obliged to
close up in that town. He is looking
for position in some wholesale liquor
house, and being well acquainted
with the trade, would make, ETC., &c."
Evidently prohibition prohibits in
Sandwich, Illinois, or "our old friend"
would not be obliged to close up. All
this cry that prohibition does not pro-
hibit is the veriest nonsense. 1t does
prohibit wherever the officials do their
duty. And wherever the law is hon.
estly enforced it does produce the
most beneficial results, no matter
what liquor men say to the contrary
Liberator.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28

Every drop of blood that he
shed will probably make Prohi-
bitiOn voter.
"The blood of the martyrs is
the seed of the church,"
Brutal men will laugh and ap-
plaud the saloon. keeper, but good
women know what saloon-keepers
do for woman and children, and
this will make sympathy for Sam
Small, and that will max sympa-
thy for Prohibition, and they will
put in a good word for it now and
then to their husbands end broth.
ers and sweethearts, and after a
while, may be, things will gel
better.
1t seems pretty hard that we
have to stand the ms ult and out.
rage of men in a blu siness of that
kind, but let us "Lea rn to labor
and to wait"
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28

l suppose there is no place in
tue world where whisky is so thor
oughly soaked into the church as
in Prais. There is probably less
sentiment against the liquor traffic
in Paris in proportion to its size
than any town in the world.
Nearly all the people of any
prominence in the town drink
whisky, or are interested in the
whisky business, and 1 do not
suppose there is a preacher in the
town who would dare say a word
against whisky. The leading aris-
tocracy of the town are distillers.
The Blade began its circulation
hy having friends at different
points to furnish it lists of the
names of what were supposed the
best people in the different Sec
tons, and my paper was sent to
them, kindly asking them to mott
fly me if they did not want it.
OF all the papers to which my
paper has gone, my books show
that Paris. has, in proportion to
the persons receiving it for year,
had the fe vest to pay me for it;
and l never expect that they will
pay me for it.
So that if "a good Christian
lady" does blast me, l am glad she
lives in Paris.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
Prohibition Speakingat Lex.
ingtOn and Georgetown.

Prof. Voters Prohibition State
Organizer, will speak in Licking
ton Thursday December 3rd, and
in Georgetown, Tuesday Deem
Der Sth. The speaking will be at
the Court House in each place, at
1870 o'clock P. M, and ladies and
gentlemen are respectfully invited.
He is having fine audience
throughout the state.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28

The above is the beginning of a
long list of extracts from the Blade
with editorial comments thereon in
the Kentuckian-Citizen of Nov.
IA
Col. Craddock, its editor has
shown me distinguished kindness
in making such extracts from the
Blade. His paper is popular and
has a wide circulation, and Demo-
crat that he is, he has always
given me a fair showing. In the
very few instances in which he
has raped me / believe he
thought deserved it, and it is
quite possible that / did. He and
| have for years been good friends,
and the only objection that l have
ever had to him is that he has
wasted so gentle a lite on &C.
libacy.
But / must beg leave to ask for
a few particulars about that Chris
tan lady who says l am "crazy"-
not that it haaTrts RE at all; in fact
/ rather enjoy it. Jesus Christ
and ST.. Paul both had the reputa-
ton of being crazy, and l am in
good company.
/ suppose / have been called
crazy four times as much as any
man in the Eastern Kentucky
Lunatic Asylum at Lexington, but
as yet it has rot affected my appe-
tite nor broken into my sleep.
But this is the first instance OF
which l know in which a lady has
taken that view of my case.
And all of the men of whom
know who have been saying that
any time lately were such as were
opposed to Prohibition.
/ have boosted in my paper thai
the ladies were for me, and L think
they are largely for Prohibition
and | just want to ask if this
"good Christian lady" in Paris ii
for Prohibition.
Paris is the head of Bourbon
county, and Bourbon has given it
name to whisky, the world over
| suppose there is no place OF
earth where whisky is so wOr-
shipped as in Paris, Ky.
1t has not been long since tn,
Democratic papers in Paris, pub
lished that two Democratic churcl
deacons, one of the Presbyterian
church. and the other of tn
Christian church, notoriousl,
bought votes with whisky to &c
a Democratic nomination.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
"PUT OFF THE BLAINE IIVERY!,

A Singing Message Said to Have Recn
Seat 10 Senator Quay.
A Washington special to The World
says: Mr.. Blaine's friends here assert
that the failure of the Pennsylvania
Republican Convention to recommend
his nomination for President was due,
not to the influence of outsiders like
Clarkson or Dudley or Senator Quay,
but Of the real Blaine leaders in the
Keystone State. They went firmly
forward at the last moment and de-
clared that the interests of Mr.. Blaine
should not be taken out of the hands
Of the men who had always been true
to him and given over to those who
had always been opposed to him.
1t is averred that leading Republi-
can, a delegate to the Convention,
sent this message to Quay at his hotel
Tuesday night:
Gas friend of Mr.. Blaine I protest
against your programme, and if you
attempt to carry it out I'll denounce
it and the Trainer in open Convention.
You are a Blaine man."
"The Blaine sentiment in this State
needs no Guiding. 1t is strong and
self-supporting, and the vote of Penn
sylvania, in convention or at the polls,
will attest the fact if Mr.. Blaine de-
sires it.
But this Blaine sentiment, strong
as it is, shall not be used to rehabili-
tate discredited politician, who has
been driven from posts of prominence
and responsibility. Surely the man
whose services the President at this
time can afford to dispense with is not
one necessary in any way to the cause
of a universal favorite like Mr..
Blaine"
You must put off the Blaine livery.
1t does not become you, and no true
frienc of the Secretary relishes seeing
you wear it.
1t was this note, so the story goes,
that caused Quay to pause, and that
bTaced UP tine anti-Quay sentiment in
the Convention, He saw that by at
tempting to carry through his indorse-
'nent of Elaine for President he would
putting his own and not Mr..
,3laine's fortunes in jeopardy, and he
himself did not dare to go as an issue
before the Convention.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
BOLD BAD CHARLES
Makes A Raid on Lexington
and Escapes Alive.

Col, Charles G. Moore, the
bold, bad editor of the Blue Grass
Blade, made a raid on Lexington
yesterday, probably concluding
that the cold wave had cooled the
atmosphere sufficiently for him to
come to Lexington with safety.
During the summer Col. Moore
edited his paper at long range.
OF course no one would want to
shoot the compositors for any
thing printed in the Blade, especi-
ally when they We're ladies. Peo-
Pile who know Col. Moore say
that Notwithstanding his Quaker
ish notions on fighting, he would,
if necessary, fight circular saw,
with a stack OF wildcats thrown
in for good measure. 1t was re-
ported during the summer, that
Col. Moore had, when the tenn
peratnre of tie town got too hot,
retired to Russell's Cave and set
up in it his editorial sanctum,
guarded by a grindstone hung
over the door, with a patent trig-
ger dropping it onto anyone hunt
ing the fighting editor. This re-
port however, has not been
verified. 1t is fact though, that
Col. Moore is now editing his
paper at a still longer range than
before, having moved his sanctum
from RusselPs Cave to George
town. This distance will make
things reasonably safe, provided
the Colonel does not jump on to
the Georgetown boys with both
feet, thus opening fire in his
rear and compelling him to flank
out toward SadieviIle or Oxford.
But we have confidence in the
military skill and tactical knowl-
edge of Col. Moore, as he carried
one of John Morgan's knapsacks
through Europe-after the war.
Just a common ordinary "scrap-
per" would have no more chance
with him in an old fashioned
aground scuffie," than a tox-ter-
rier would have with male coon
in E,khorn creek. Col. Moore
does not claim to be fighter but
he has cut iron weeds and built
strong water gaps on his farm
until he has muscle like John l.
Sullivan. 1t would be advisable
for the man who wants to whip
him to attack him with battery of
artillery, or slip up on him with
one of pcle Sans patent auto
mobile y torpedoes.-[ Lexington
Transcript.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
$50, 600 ACHES OF LAND
WANTED.

An Eastern Steamship and Col
onization Company have written
to the General Passenger and
Ticket Agent of the Queen &
Crescent Route. to find for them
q tract Of land in either Kentucky
0e6nessee of about $780, 900
acres. The land is to be suitable
for truck farming, also for raising
corn. wheat, trees and shrubs, and
near enough to railroad to make
shipping facilities handy. Any
one having a body of land suitable
for this purpose, will please COM
municate with the undersigned,
giving price, terms, location, and
all particulars.
C. EDWARDS
g. p. & T. A.
Cincinnati, o.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
A worid-Wide Issue.

The colony of New South Wales lie
cursed with drink. As a result Pro-
hibi;ion party has risen there. The
sgd cv Morning Herald is not an
advo ate If tie arty, and yet it can't
but acknowledge the seriousness OF
the situation. 1t says:
''Wi,hout being either fool or IA
matte one cannot help seeing some
thing weird in the annual drink bill
OF New South Wales. Here we have,
for about Il million of people, say, q
total Of from four to five millions Of
money spent every year in what is at
least not a necessary of life. That it
brings comfort often, and solace
sometimes. for the ills of life, may be
freely admitted But whether the
comfort is not balanced by the dis
comfort, and that solace by the misery
ii brings, is hardly to he disputed.
One thing we do know, that, for
what General fun it gives, it must
hone tly lie said that it is the cause of
mere Individual. domestic and social
trouble ti:an all other factors Of
human enjoyment; and that, making
every allowance for the good il does
in giving industrial employment and
III rails NJ revenue, the colony would
IT. whole b" happier and more pros
Porous il there were no such thing as
Il glass of brandy or pot of beer in
New South Wales. This can be said
with certainty, without the faintest
trace of faaa'icism. 1t is the cause
of most Of the violence, the greater
part of the insanity, a large share OF
the embcZzlcments, and the greater
part of the poverty with which the
country i troubled And without ii
We could dispense with half the gaols
and most of the police. and the mad
houses would have nearly nothing to
do.-Lever.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
DO-NOTHING POLITICS.
A Union Prohibitory League That e,
LAT Aralr In IN

Ss' ohsAy ssh saaaes
Misled by the representations and
arguments of DIR. A. J. Kynett of
of Pennsylvania, several earnest
friends Of Prohibition have advocated
the balance of power" plan of or
gauization in Voters League, similar
to that organized in Pennsylvania on
the defeat of the Amendment in that
State.
DIR. Kynett has frequently referred
to the Union Prohibitory League for
proof OF what might be accomplished
by such ''balance Of power" but to
those who have investigated, it is a
very unsatisfactory argument.
Granting to DIR. Kynett credit for
honesty and sincerity in proposing
such an organization, the fact remains
that the Union Prohibitory League
has done nothing but provide a
method by which the righteous indig-
nation Of temperance workers has
been diverted from its object and
FILTERED away in empty resolutions
and futile pledges. The Union Pro-
hi5itory League exists now under DR.
kynett's hat, and with great loyalty
it devotes all its energies to e,ecting
itself delegate to conventions.
Recently the following questions
were sent to most of the counties in
Pennsylvania, with request for unbi-
assed information:
1. Has the Union Prohibitory
League any membership in your
county?
2. III so, what has it done in the line
of temperance or Prohibition work,
and how do its members vote?
8. What special work is it doing
now?
A. Is it growing or diminishing in
numbers and influence?
These questions were sent to old
party men as well as Prohibitionists,
and strange to say the replies are all
alike. Without single exception
the report is that if Leagues had been
organized they had done nothing, and
if not now dead, existed only on
paper, holding no meetings, doing no
work, and its members, continuing to
vote their party tickets straight.
The Grand Chief Templar of I. o.
G. L. sums up the reports in his tes-
timony. He says: Il have travelled
all over the State, visited nearly
every county and have never yet
found such thing as a Union Pro-
hlbltory League except on paper and
most of that paper worthless in the
political market"
The place to organize Voters
Leagues is in the Prohibition party.
Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1891-11-28
G.. M. Brooks Endorses ms
latitude Toward llse
Church,
LEXINGTON, Nov. IA 81.

LEXINGTON, NOV. IA VI.
Mr. CHARLES g. MOORE Ed
TORI am glad to see so many
letters of encouragement addressed
to you from some of the best men
and women in the state, asking
you to continue the publication OF
the Blade and not a few of whom
are giving of their substance in
its support. l want to see the
Blade live, that it may cut in
pieces all theoretical ideas I'M
practiced. Theory without prac.
tice is like faith without works.
1t is dead.
The saloon system can never be
outlawed by prayers alone; from
the fact that ballots are worth
more in elections than prayers. l
make this statement with due
reverence for the prayer of a
righteous man, for it "availeth
much"
Aside from all criticism as to
your attitude to the church, you
are nearer right than many of
your accusers, and l hope that l
may have no reason to change my
mind concerning the good l be-
lieve you to be doing-if not for
time it may be for eternity.
l am going to support you with
pen and voice, but still better
with my money.
Bro. Moore, 1 enclose you $1.0O
from F. M. Callahan, Verona, KY,
also $500 from R. L. Cassidy,
Bethany, KY, for which you can
send them receipts, and oblige,
Your friend,
G. M. BROOKS.