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The morning call., 1891-07-13
Unique Costume worn by a Spartan.

Among the immigrants landed at the
Barge Office yesterday from the Hamburg
steamer Nornannia were about 200 Greeks.
One of those wore picturesque costume
that excited the attention of the people on
lower Broadway, New York. He was a
acknowledgement from Sparta named AL
hanasis Zepafas, going TO st. Louis. A red
fez with blue tassel crowned his dark hair,
black velvet and gold embroidered forma
covered his body, encrcIed by scarlet
sash. white linen skirt falling to his knees
and the legs encased In red scalkas or leg
gins. The costume cost $50 in Greece.
The young man will return to the Barge
Office tomorrow and sit for his photograph
for General O'Beirne.-Brpokiyn Eagle.
The morning call., 1891-07-13
P.l,tIa, Trains IN MIniature

The General Passenger Agent of the New
York Central has contracted with Pratt u
Letchworth of Buffalo for the manufacture
OF large number OF toy railway trains /;
The morning call., 1891-07-13
AUCTION SALES.
ASSIsNEE'S SALE.
M. j. SIMMONS. AUCTIONEEF
WILL SELL THIS DAY,

M. j. SIMMONS, AUCTIONEER,
WILL SELL THIS DAY,
Monday. ...........-......-...Juiy 3, 1891,
At IL O'Clock A NJ, at
1857 MARKET ST., NEAR SEVENTH,
By order OF ii. j. BOWER, assignee in the estate
of w. g. Flanders.
ALL OF THE ELEGANT PARLOR. BED AND
DINING ROOM FURNITURE,
French Plate Mantel Mirrors; Grand Chickerinx
Plano; Fine Engrayngs: Wilton and Body Brus-
Webster Hotel, san Mateo, consisting in part OF
GIand Chlckerng Piano; Large French Plate Man
tel Mirrors: Handsome Engravngs: Elegant Parlor
Sets: Odd Pieces of Fine Parlar Upholstery; 50
Nearly New wilton and Body Brussels Carpets and
Rugs: Elegant Eastern Walnut and Antique Oak
Bedroom Sets; Walnut Bedsteads; Fine Clipper
Spring and Hair Mattresses; Down Feather Pillows;
Nilsson Blankets and other bedding; Walnut and
Oak Pedestal Extension Tables; Elegant Hall
Stands; Sideboards and Bookcases; Hall and st
Carpets Fine Ranges and large line OF other fiHe
goods
iyl2 Ut NJ j. SIMMONS Auctioneer.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

BAGGAGE delivered to all trains Morton
81 .ciai Delivery. One srun!. soc; 8 trunks, ST.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

Large Correctional Supply: JOHNNY
wish my father wasn't a preacher. Bobby
Why? Johnny-So's folks wouldn't be all
the time giving him slippers.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

Don't you long for n little rustic bower ?"
she said. NO." was the reply, Il don't.
The last rustic bowers / struck were up an
innocent farmers sleeve during a game OF
euchre. That farmer cost me something
over $40, not to mention my board bill and
general discomfort. Washington Post.
The morning call., 1891-07-13
THIS. DOUBLE MAP CONTAINS (:

A Dis gram showing all CT the Political Par.
ties. l1x66
A Diagram showing al the Presidents and
Cabinsis $3.50.
a Diagram showing the Political Compls xion
OF each Congress 2x66.
a Diagrsm showing the creeis of the World
13x10.
Diagram showing the Standing Armies OIL
each Nation. 13xl0.
A Diagram showing the Naval Tonnage Of
elch Nation. 1Sx10.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

Summer Boarder-You told Inc last spring
that you were never annoyed by mosquitoes
here. Mr.. Haicede-Wal, we han't. We'lt
used to em.-lnGianapolis Journal.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

Niece (whispering)- Uncle Hiram,
let NE give you hint. Here in town we
never eat pie with knife. Uncle Hiram
(from Hawcreek} = Goshl Neither do l..
Mandy. Any way suits me; cakes his
piece Of pie up in his nsers).-Chicago
Tribune.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

A Mean Girl: He-What a pretty girl !!
Haven't | seen that face somewhere? Sne
4 think not. l don't think she put 1t on
more than an hour sin e. - Indianapolis
Journal.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

Bentley = How did Larkins meet his
death? When we left him last night he
seemed unusually jolly. Vasburgh = He
tried to blow out the electric light IN his
room and burst a blood yessel-Brooklyn
ifa
The morning call., 1891-07-13

his first word to-day. Mrs. de Gush came
in and the minute she saw him exclaimed.
What a perfect image Of his papa"
Binks-What did the baby say? Bjones-
Chestnut.-Harpel's Baz,r
The morning call., 1891-07-13

Revivalist-Youug lady. which road will
you elect this night to follow? Young lady
(blushing)-I-I'd rather prefer the bridal
patiI.-N. Y. World.
The morning call., 1891-07-13
SOMETHING TO LAUGH AT.
~ DESCRIPTION OF HER
A dream of delight and of rapture,
An ecStatic, nebulous whiri
OF whimsical fancies aud foliies
Is my angel, my sweet summer girl.
wnrli

win She Hold Them Always?-In the
drive TO the bridal Mrs. O'Shea took the
reins. She'll be 10th to let them go.-Phila-
delphia Record.
The morning call., 1891-07-13

The His DRY of Colonial Politics.
The History OF Revo utionary Politics.
The History of the Confederation.
The History of tbs U. S. Government by Con-
crosses.
The History of the U S bv Administrations
An Analysis of the Federal Government
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
MR.. ST. JOHNS SOLUTION.
A New York Banker Struggles with
the silver Question.

NEW ORLEANS, November 1.-THE
American Bankers Association resumed
its session today. W. P. st. John of New
York, read paper on the solution of the
silver question and made the following
propositions: Cease buying silver bull
lion reopen the mints to equally unre-
stricted coinage for gold and silver; allow
the owners of gold and silver to receive
legal tender notes at their coin value in
stead of coin, at their option, the notes to
be redeemed In either coin at the treasury s
option, permitting the Secretary to redeem
in bullion at not less than the coin value
thereof on the request of note holders
moderate coinage. to be prescribed and all
the remainder to be coined or not at the
Secretary's discretion; all gold aud silver
bullion and the coin resulting, to be held,
dollar for dollar, as a metallic reserve for
the notes outstanding; all treasury notes
of the act OF 1890 and gold and silver GER
tifcates when received, to be replaced by
the proposed new notes secured as provid-
ed and redeemable as prescribed; the
President of the United States to be re-
CURED to proclaim our adoption of the
European coinage ratio for gold and silver
when continental Europe reOpens its
mints to silver, our mints thereupon buy
ing up our silver dollars then outstanding
at premium of three cents each and re-
pIdCiuB tucDu Will silver uOllaTS containing
$50 grains OF pure silver. By such provis-
ion OF our statutes, we assure Europe
against the flight of cur silver dollars for
recOinage at their mints and assure our
selves against such contraction of our cur
rent money whenever Europe reopens her
mints to silver.
Mr.. ST. John dismisses the alleged i'm
pending avalanche of Europe's silver with
statistics of the financial condition of all
European nations In detail, showing their
need Of their present silver money in every
case. His proposition contemplates the
refusal of gold for legal tender notes and
their redemption in silver only il ever the
Secretary Of the Treasury suspects flood
Of foreign silver for our gold. Mr.. St.
John furnishes statistics showing that
free coinage will diminish the annual sill
yer addition to our currency compared
with that addition under the present law
and necessitate a material increase in the
worlds production of silver.
Richard NJ. Nelson of Selma, Ala, was
elected president, and John Jay Knox vice
president.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
TALES OF the STORM.
English Life savers Swept FOR
Hours Before II.

LONDON, November 12.-Tidings came
this afternoon that The Southport boat
succeeded in reaching shore in safety and
all her men survived the perils to which
they were exposed since yesterday. The
life boat reached the spot where the dis
tressed vessel which she started to succor
trace of the vessel had disappeared. The
storm prevented turning back, and carried
the boat miles up the coast.
The steamer Hawarden Castle. engaged
in the coasting trade, was wrecked at the
took refnee in the rigging and a number Of
unsuccessful attempts were made to rescue
them this morning. Four bodies were
washsd ashore.
Quartermaster Mckenzie. of the White
Star steamer Britannica, Liverpool for
New York, which sailed from Liverpool,
yesterday, was carried overheard by q
wave.
The gale continues at Queenstown, where
the wind is still blowing with terrific
violence,
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
WAS BIG MONEY IN THE BUSINESS
Several Hundred Per Cent. Profit
on Imported Opium,
When the Custom House FormaIl-
ties Were Not Observed.
This Little Omission Has Landed
the Imp orter In jail.

New YORK, November 12.-This after
noon Thomas G. Chace, arrested charged
with smuggling opium, was brought before
Commissioner Shields. The penalty for
the crime Is fine of $4,000. or imprison-
ment for three years at hard labor. or both.
The assistant district attorney moved an
adjournment until tomorrow. which Com
missioner Shields granted. Bail was fixed
at $1,000. against which the prisoners coun-
sci vigorously protested as being excessive.
Commissioner Shields took the matter un-
der advisement, stating that he would an
nounce the sum determined on tomorrow
Chace was conducted to Ludlow street jail.
Special Agent Wilbur stated that he Wis
tied Chace's home in Providence Wednes-
day and found several tin boxes, similar to
those found in Chace's trunk In the Astor
House in this city, containing the drug.
He also found three trunks evidently con-
structed for carrying opium. Chace Is well
connected and his character has hitherto
been unquesti0ned. 1T is understood that
he came here to deliver goods to another
agent, who escaped detection. The opium
can be purchased in Montreal In quantity
at $3.50 per pound. 1t is worth from $40 to
S24 here.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
RlDDLED THE CAR.
Western Train Robbers Who Sc
eutad Nothing for Their Pains.


MILWAUKEE, Wis. November 12.-The
midnight train from Chicago on the Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railroad was robbed by
masked mea near Western Union Junction
at o'clock this morning The train had
run out Of the junction, % miles south of
this place, about half a mile, when the
fireman, Edward Averil, who was putting
some coal into the furnace, was startled to
bear a noise behind him. He turned
around and discovered two heavily masked
men clambering over the engine tender.
Both leveled their double barreled muskets
at the fireman and the engineer, Mckay,
with the Injunction: Don't move an inch
till we tell you, or We will blow the top OF
your - - heads off," Engineer Nc.
Kay was directed to run the train to with
In q point about one mile from Western
Union junction. Here the engineer was
commanded to stop.
Both men were ordered to step down out
of the cab and get In line ahead of the rob-
bers. They were marched to the express
car under cover, and then the work of
blowing open the express car began. Sew
eral bombs were thrown into the car, and
the explosions were terrific and must have
awakened every passenger on the train.
but nobody appeared on the scene. The
six or seven in number, judging from the
manner in which they conducted opera
tions. The trainmen believe they had a
team close at hand with which to carry
away the safes, which were taken bodily
out Of the car.
Flremen AveriPs story is the most CON-
prehensiye. "They made me walk ahead
of them to the express car" he said, land
they gave me a Jimmy to pry open the
boxes. l had to move all the dead matter
off the boxes and do their dirty work gen.
orally, but was glad to get off with a
whole skin. They got the messengers
keys and they will have no trouble in get
ting away with all the money"
The train was held for over an hour, and
II the plans of the robbers had not been
perfect they would not have been delayed
much. Their entire efforts were centred
on the express car, aud not a passenger
was molested.
When the train arrived at the Union de-
pot at 2 80 o'clock, the express car present
ed an appearance that would indicate II
had been attacked by heavy artillery. Ey-
cry door and window had been blown out
and the platforms and walls were shattered
in half a dozen places, while the contents
were piled in one indescribable heap in the
centre of the car.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
1T WAS A LABRADOR EVENING.
Professor Lee Lectures at
Kotzschmar Hall
And Rupert n. Baxter at the Y. M.
c. A. HALL.
Interested Audiences Follow the
Rowdoin Explorers.

Last evening was Labrador evening, a
great time for Bowdoin men, and epjoya-
BILE to the general public as well. Profes-
sor Lee arrived in the late afternoon train
from New Bedford, where he lectured to
delighted audience Wednesday evening.
and went at once to the home OF W. >.
Dana, Esq, where he was the guest OF Mr..
F. Fl. Little of the Portland Camera Club.
There was general popular interest In
the lecture, and Kotzschmar hall held a fine
audience when theihour for beginning ar
rived. Prof. Lee not only seemed to be
physically perfect type of what an ex-
plorer should be. but he possesses the fac
ulty, which all explorers do not have, Of
talking Interestingly of his explorations.
Last evening he was assisted by a large
number of excellent stereopticon views.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
GREEN GOODS swInoLERs.
They Flood the Town With TheI
Bait for Victims.

Portland has been flooded the past few
DAYS with circulars, addressed to all sorts
and conditions Of men, from leading bank
ers to impecunious parties whose names
adorn the directory. calling for shrewd
agent in the ''green goods" or counterfeit
money business. or course the whole
thing is a complete swindie. Ii letter Is
sent In reply by some avaricious and not
over honest person, 1t Is never received by
the party to whom IL Is sent. III tele-
gram Is forwarded 10 the address, and in
structions received as to how to meet the
swindlers, the m0dus 0perdndt generally Is
to take the victims money, apparently
place the amount of queer In exchange
In box, seal the box and hand it over.
When the victim gets TO his t0tel or rail-
road train he finds the box contains brown
paper or sawdust, and his good money Is
gone, This is the letter OF instructions
sent by the swindlers;
II you wish to come aud see me send me
the follow wing telegram, shall understand
il and will send full Instructions how car
be found. but distinctly remember, under
no consideration ever send me letter, fol
/ won't receive 1t.
Copy Of telegram you are to send:
John Boxton, Tllley Foster, Putnam County,
N. Y: ship carload potatoes, [Sign your nam,
and post office address,,
/ shall send you full instructions on re.
ceipt Of ABOVE telegram where you car
meet me at my headquarters. | only re..
eeive my kilograms at this address, 0u!
transact business elsewhere. Answer ~
once. This address good for 80 days oniy'
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
idluarsaInIt neIlagotsaInarpok; ;

idluarsalnit neIlagotsaInarpok; kissianele
idluarsainek pljutigsllug0 okariakarall0arpun-
gilat, naehojullO 1llunatik pillorikkat?
lgvit illlyettit amakaerkovlugit, perorkoy-
lugili0, paungakarkOvlugillo kanniD0tit kan
ninginut' ungasikpotille taktunginit.
1T was at Hopedale that we did our
principal scientific work among thelnatives.
Tnat the Eskimos inhabited our continent
centuries before the discoveries of the an
cient nayigators there can be no doubt; in
deed, etnnologists consider them the old
est race at present existing on this conti-
nent. some believing them to antedate the
Ice age which may be placed anywhere
from ten TO twenty thousand years back in
Ine past. Hakluyt mentions the fact that
IN l6Oo, as on former voyage, several Es-
kimos were seized with their kayaks and
taken TO Denmark where they were nur-
iered. Baffin also speaks OF them In his
voyages, as savages living In skin huts.
10 this day amid all diversity of time and
place, these people have to great extent,
preserVed their ancient manners and Gus
toms. Thelr personal appearance Is un-
altered, they still have the broad, fiat face,
narrow eyes and small hands, which char
acterizes their f0refathers and which are
seen IN the Chinooks on the opposite
snores OF Behring Sea, people to whom
sney are doubtless nearly allied. Contact
implements. The kayak as well as the
seal spear and clothing is still the same as
IN ancient times. Even at Hopedale we
found the native bearing the same general
stamp as his more northern brother. His
complexion, facial expression, and under
size, his salient characteristics are Mon
golian, so that he bears no resemblance TO
his Indian brother.
The beast OF burden so common among
the Eskimos Is the dog. These animals re-
semble In size those Of Newfoundland, but
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
MR.. BAxrER's LECTURE.
An Attentive and Interested Au.


An attentive and thoroughly interested
audience greeting Mr.. Rupert III. Baxter at
the Young Mems Christian Association
Hall last evening, TO listen to the narrative
OF his experiences and observations with
the Bowdoin expedition In Labrador.
Mr.. Baxter was we'll prepared with Ian
tern pictures of the scenes visited. and
also with specimen articles collected by
him.
After giving brief historical sketch of
Labrador, the Terra Corterialls" OF the
old Portuguese navigators, and an account
of the fitting out OF the Bowdoin College
expedition and its arrival in Labrador, Mr.
Baxter took his hearers to the harbOr of
Hopedale and the Moravian Mission
Station. There they were met and cordial
ly received by Mr., Kaestner, the mission
airy In charge. OF this Hopedale Mission
and the characteristics of the Eskimos Mr..
Baxter spoke as follows:
In 1769 party Of missionaries coasted
along the Labrador shores and established
station on Nunengoak Bay. Little by
little the missionaries gained the affection
Of the natives and In 1882 founded another
station which they named Hopedale. This
was the third permanent station established
In about dozen years, and here as at the
other stations there was much eagerness
displayed by the natives to hear the Cos
pei message, But the prevailing tone at
Hopedale differed from that elsewhere met
with, for contact with dissolute European
traders had rendered the people Indifferent
and in-tractable. At last the patient and
| Jealous work Of the early missionaries bore
| fruit and today the iIhunce of the Moravi-
an Mission work Is felt throughout the en-.
tire Labrador peDinsular. The present
| principal, Mr.. Kaestner hassbeen thirty
| years on the coast, and twenty Of these
have been passed at Hopedale. Nor should
Mr.. Hansen and his charming wife be for
| gotten. Their Icordiality will long be re-
| membered by the members of the Bowdoin
| Scientific Expedition. Mr.. Townley toe
was exceeding kind, and did all IN hi;
power to entertain us while we were al
Hopedale. We were fortunate In being
able to pass Sunday at the mission sta
| tlon and together with the Eskim0s we as
sembled in the little chapel for religious
service which was conducted entirely In
the Eskimo language, and although OF
| course we could not understand
vet we thoroughly enjoyed it, Ths
| Eskimos are exceedingly fond OF
music and have many civilized instrument:
on which they can play simple airs very
well. Tney nave the Bible translated into
tion Of one Of the pages In the book ni
| jeremiah:
| 23 Anathotemlut angntiuglt ogguanartomut
| ,lkkltauko1omagapkit Jahreme taIpsomane tik'
| kitauVlksanget nelliutieranget.
| KAPITEL XII.
GhdekdnQttn pttlortkorntngtnsik Sitllln0nertt
dsstngtnntk. AeiLojut katkojdlulingtniltk.
| NALEGAK, kiglissInniaromagal lloarupkillo-
- net ldluarsalnek pilutgehugo' tasVa
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
L'ETAT, c'EsT MOI.
London Says Da Fonseca Mas
Suspended Brazilian Law.

LONDON, November 12.-Following close
urcn the sweeping denlals made by the
Brazilian foreign minister, which in sub
stance assert that tranquility prevails
throughout Brazil with the exception OF
local trouble In Rio Grande do Sui comes q
dispatch from Rio Janelro that Dictator
da Fonseca has suspended the operation Of
the civil laws aud annulled the guarantees
to Brazilian citizens. This Is held here TO
show that the Dictator depends upon the
military and naval forces to uphold him In
the usurpatiOn of dictatorial power. He has
appointed commission for the summary
trial OF those persons who decline to ac-
ceot his dictatorship aud whom he terms
insurgents. The dispatch says Gen. Fer
nandeZ, who Is said to be one Of the princi-
pal leaders Ia the revolutionary movement,
was arrested by the Dictator's orders and
lodged Ia prison. The dispatch further
says that discomfort Is spreading among
the troops. The garrisons stationed at
several places numbering about 1000 men,
have declared against Da Fonseca.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
FOR SALE.

EOR SALE-Stock farm, $50 acres, unsur-
II passed for producing hay, grain, or vegeta-
bles; elegant new buildings, one mile from R.
X, Depot, at the most thriving yillagein Maine,
w. ii. WALDRON, $50 Middle street. 12-1
NOR SALE-21z story house, containing
IL eleven finished rooms in good repair; lot
4Ox90, situated No. 48 Lafayette street; price
$500. Inquire Of A. G. LIBBY, 421a Ex-
change street. ILL
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
socIe,y OF 81. Vincent de Paul.

The Society Of ST. Vincent de Paul Is
known throughout the world as one Of the
hest charitable societies in existence. The
conferences are found In almost every city
of Importance, its charity knows no limit
limit and In duty TO the poor 1t Is con-
tlnualy watchful always aiding distress
where there is need. In the United States
there were according to the annual report
of the Superior Council OF New York for
the year ending May 80, 1891, 308 confer
ences composed of 6054 members who
visited during the year 1882 families and
assisted them 70 the amount Of S139,5l5.
The conferences In the city cf Boston as
sisted 1900 families to the amount OF $751;
$50 and in the city OF New York they ex-
pend for the relief Of 4,622 families sac, ,548;
In this city there are two conferences, one
at the Cathedral and the other at St.
D0minic's whose combined assistance TO
the poor amounts to $500 year, aud to
continue the good work the st. DOmlnie's
Conference will hold on next next Tues
day evening in City Hall their annual
grand promenade concert and coffee party.
Ii Is hoped that large attendance VIII
show that the poor are not forgotten and
good sum will be realized for their aid,
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
CHEERS FOR BLAINE
In the Farmers Congress-A
maine Man Treasurer.

SEDALIA, Mo-, November 12.-At to-
days session of the Farmers National
Congress resolutions were adopted demand
ing the passage of federal law prohibit
ing gambling in farm products, and en-
dorsing the principle of reciprocity and the
work accomplished by the worlds fair
directors. The Congress rejected resolu-
dollars of the value of 100 cents each,
government ownership of railroads and
telegraphs, and national prohibition Of the
sale of Intoxicating liquors.
The resolution approving reciprocity
was adopted unanimously, and at the same
time the congress went wild with cheers
for James G. Blaine. Vice President al.
w. Smith of Kansas was elected pres
ldent; b. +. Clayton of Iowa was elected
secretary, and w. M. freeman of Maine
treasurer.
The Portland daily press., 1891-11-13
ERaL NEWS.

The California National Bank of SandIe-
go, has suspended.
Fire in Dix place, Boston, Yesterday
caused a loss of $4,000. divided among
several concerns.
Tie Boston West End street rai,w.u
stockholders yesterday elected dIrectorss
Asa p. Potter and Jonas ii. French ware
dropped from the directors, together Wiz
Messrs. Reardon. Bartlett, Converse ",d anu
Foster.
Postmaster Hart of Boston, in a card
given out yesterday says it will be imnoss.
ible for him to accept The nomination snr
mayor of Boston and requests that his
name be omitted In considering Candidates
at the Republican city convention.
The Pennsylvania State Farmers ALL
ance adjourned yesterday. Resolutions
were adopted endorsing the Ocalla nIat.
form, demanding government supervision
Of railroad ana telegraph G,rp lines. the eiec-
ators by direct vote and making the issu-
ing of free passes q criminal offense. $50