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Caller-Please. sir, the master, Deacon Skin
flint, died last night, and the missus wants to
know If you will preside at tn funeral?
Long Suffering Pastor-Yes, certainly, with
pleasure.-Good News.
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II YOU are tired taking the large, old
fashioned gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. man can't stand
everything. One pill dose. Try them.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
The Wool MARKER.

BOSTON, Mch. 81, 1891.-The quota ions on
Wool are pretty firmly held, with the idea that
stocks are light in all classes of domestic Wcols,
and that all VIII be wanted. Territory Wool, and
WOODS oil that class, are very arm forf good lots
Pulled woods are steady with the market steady.
| The following figures prevail:
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PORTLAND & WORCESTER LINE
Portland & Rochester II. r..
STATION FOOT OF PREBLE STREET.

On and after Monday, Oct. I3, $40
Passenger Trains will Leave Portlands
Fer w orcesfer, Clinton, Aver junction,
Nashua, Windham and Ripping at $50
a. m. and 1870 p. m.
For Manchester, Concsrd, and points North
For Rocbesser, springvale, Alfred, Water.
borc and saco River at 5.3o .. m, 12.30
and $50 p. m.
Fer Gerham at . 80 and 1000 a. M, 1850
800, $50, $40 and N 4 90 y. ma.
For saccarappa, Gum be riand Hills, West
brook Junction and Woodford's at 5.30
and ti1.OO y. m.
For Feres. Avenue (Deerfng), Gao p. m.
The 1880 p. m. train from Portland connects
at Aver Junction with "Hoosac Tunnel
Route, for the West and at Union Station,
Woy cesfer, for Providence and New Yorx,
via "Providencs Line,o for Norwich and
New Work, via Norwich Line" with Rosies
& Albany Il, X for the West, and with
New Work ali rail, via, "springleld.r
Trains arrive at Portland from Worcester
at 30 p. me-; from a. Leicester S.35 n IN.
f,S0 and 5 80 p. m.; From Gorham at 6.4O,
S.35 and L 80 n. ma, f.3O, 4.3O, $50 and
- 81 y. nm.
tSaturdays only.
For through Tickets to all points West and
South, apply to s. Z. CoRDWELL, Ticket Agent,
Portland, Me. J. W. PETEFS, Supt.
q. J. WIGGIN. Genl Tic ket Agent. oct7dd
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Rumierd Falls & Butkfield Railroad,


Leave Portland via G.. T. Railway, 100 a. m. and
1.30 p. m. RETURNING-Leay Canton 4.30
and $50 a. IN.
STAGE CONNECTIONs-DAI w
Minot for Hebron Academy; Buckheld for w
Sumner and Turner; Canton for Peru, Dixfelo
and Mexico, also for Brettun's Mills, Livermore
my10du L. L. LINCOLN. SuDt.
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FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT,

WISCASSET, March 25-Sld. sch Mile WASH
burn, Coffin, Boston.
March 27-Ar, sen Hope Haynes. Tibbetts, FIN
Sid, sch Lawrence Haines, Tibbetts. for Patch
ogue, LII.
ROCKPORT. March 26-Ar, sch Chas d Hail.
Low, Boston, to load for Suffolk, Va.
VINALHAVEN, March 25-Ar schs Manitou.
Arey, Camden; Glide, Hopkins, Wnterport.
Sid, schs Geo Lawry. Dobbin, and Ned Walk
er, Dobbin. New York.
RED BEACH, March 26-Ar, sch Emma Mead
am. Brown, Calais for New York.
Sid. sch Palestine, Swain, New Yok.
.Phpsburg, March 25-Frank Bowker. OF this
place has contracted to build three-masted schr
for Eugene Greenleaf, to be commanded by Can't
Fossett, of the schr ii B Metcalf. The new schr
will be ITO feet long, 80 feet beam, and feet
deep.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28

Vineyard Haven, March 27-Sch Loduskia, fin
Elizabethport for Ellsworth. with coal, was set
ashore on West Chop last night. She was assist
ed OFF without damage and anchored here.
Bangor, March 26-Sch Vicksburg, which was
damaged by ice yesterday, is an old craft, bull at
Bath from parts of several vessels.
Bangor, March 26-The ice at this point broke
up last night and the river is now open to navi-
cation.
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Little Man (excitedly)-pm hunting for man
aunrn.n. "A L snrao q

Little Man (excitedly)-rm hunting for man
named Bibbs who said was toadstool.
Big Man (calmly)-Pm Bibbs, but didn't call
Won toadstool 1 said you belonged to the
| Little Man (backing of)-Thats all right. We
| are All fond of mushr0oms.-GOod News.
AYERS Sarsaparia cures blood Diseases eradi-
| Gates impurities and renews the vital forces.
Friday in Cheap Restaurant.
Waiter whatll We have?
Guest-Baked blusfsh.
Waiter-Haint got any.
Guest-Let me have some cod, then.
Waiter-Hain't got any fish at all.
Guest with a sighl-Weil, then, give ma son,a
corned beef and cabbage; the LORD Knows I
asked for ish-Buffalo Commercial.
Those who have felt the torture of rheumatism
are the first to buy Salvation OIL
Immense success-Eyery cough in the land
cured by DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup. % cents.
A Valuable Animal
"Ihe government is going to pay $50, 900 for
RAM" remark ed the snake editor
The animal ought to have a fine pedipree to he
worm that much," replied the agricultural editor.
Pittsburg Telegraph.
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CALIFORNIA, TEXAS and MEXICO.

Semi Monthly Parties, Personally conducted,
man sleeping cars. Call on or address Z. x /.
CURRIER, New England Agent Southern Pacific
Co., 1872 Washington ST., Boston, Mass.
jamie cody
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$1,000 PRIZE COMPETITION.
Third Half Yearly Canadian 4 grieuItur
ist Word 900 20 be
given away.

The third great Word Competition for the
canadian Agriculturlst and Home Magazine, !"
Americas great and popular Illustrated Home
Journal, will positively close on the 25th Of May
next. The following magnificent prizes will be
given free to persons sending in the greatest
number of words made up out OF the letters con-
tanned in the two words. hrhe Agrlcnltnristn
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
Chicago Cattle Market.
By Telegraph

Recaints Sso nlcn. ~, 1891-The Cattle market
So,ss , hstves 95G6 90; stockefs 5Oa3 50;
A 10. Wv ooSs@ 4o' AoAanS az
+, alogs-receipts $4,000; shipments -;active and
nsuer rosgn ana common 4OO04 rs ;mixed and
p pSs az So@t 90; prime, heavy and butch
sheep receipts 1000; shipments y; fairly &C.
I'VE and steady to strong; natives at 475a5 so;
westerns 5o9b 70; lambs at 6OG6 40.
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RAILROADs.
GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY or CANADA
On and after MONDAY, Oel. ~, 1880.
trains will run as follewu
DEPARTUnEs.

DEPARTUhEs.
For Auburn and Lewiston, 7.20 a. M,
1915 and s. " p. m. For 6;ortlnm, 100 a. N.
cage. zoo and fIs 30 m For . os. BEL
I.3O p. m. For BuekneId and Canton,
TOO a M, and 1.30 D. m.
ARRIVALS
From Lewiston and Auburn, 8.26 a. M
12.16 $40 and $50 D. m. From Gorham,
S.25 a. m, 1915 and 8. AZ D. m. From
chicago aud Montreal, 1915 and 6.42 y. m.
From Quebec, 1216 p. m. From Island
Pond, Mixed TOO D. m.
Puilmnn Palace sleeping Cars on night
train, and Parlor cars on day train between Por
land and Montreal.
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COPARTNERsnIP NOTICES.
MILLIkEN & co,

fEyHE undersigned have this day formed CO.
Il partnership under the name and style Of Mil
iken Il Co., for the purpose of carrying on gen.
eral commission and brokerage business at the
premises l59 to 1856 Commercial street.
GEORGE MILLIKEN,
formerly of w. & G. r. Milliken
CHARLES ID SEATON
February /, 1891. feb5dtf
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
Portland wholesale Market.

PORTLAND. Mch. II. 1891.
Flour and Grain are stea Oily held at the recent
advance. Provisions sreng and higher for Pork
and Lard. Eggs fairly active at 1S@l9c. Seeds
firm at quotations. Sugar dull and unchanged
the quotations for April are 4Tsc for granulated
and 4Ac for Extra G.
No New York and Western markets to-day
the Exchanges agreed to close over Good Friday.
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
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Foreign Ports.

Ar at Port Pirie prior to Mch 20, ship Caronde-
let JONES' Port Gamble.
= Ar at Honolulu Mch 1, ship Exporter, Keazer,
Newcastle, NSW.
Ar at Accra prior to Feb 20. brig T Campbell,
Nelson, Boston.
Sid I'm Rio Janeiro Mch 10, barque st Lucie,
Erskine, Barbadoes.
Ar at OpOrto 18th, sch Bells Wooster, Coffin,
Philadelphia.
Ar at Inagua 10th inst, sch Ii Rivers Watts,
Navassa, (and sid 18th for New York;
Ar at Barbados Mch q sch Ernest Lee, Tho
mas, Cedar Reyes.
Ar at Barbados Feb IS. barque Virginia, Petit
grew, Santos.
Sid Feb %, sen John Ii Converse. Drisko for
Porto Rico.
Ar at Caibarien Mch 10, barque Herbert Fuller,
Nash, Harrington.
Ar at Cardenas Mch 20, barque Chas Ward,
Coombs, Philadelphia.
Ar at Matanzas Mich 18th, barque Stewart,
Blake, Philadelphia.
Cid 10th, sch Jas Boyce. Jr, Duncan. New York
At MatanZas 21st inst, barque K o Clark, Stahl
for North OF Hatteras; Ethel. H0dgkins; A Z
Bean, Hurlbert, and Elmiranda, Williams, do
Matthew Baird, Norton, for Martinique; brigI
Arcot. Gates Annie r Storer, RlchaI dson and
Dauid Bug.ee, Showers, unc; schs Maggie s Hart
Keene, for North of Hatteras; Fannie White
more. Whittemore, do; X II Pettigrew, Morse
and Fannie Bartlett, Greger. do
Ar at st John, NIB, Goth. schs John Case. Viii.
son, Jonesport, to load for New York; Hattie X
King, Collins, st Andrews, NIB.
CID 26th, sch Rogers, Rogers, New York.
Spoken.
March 10, off Cape May, sch Jennie A Cheney
Cushman. from Kingston. ia, for New York.
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catarvh In New England.

Ely's Cream Balm gives satisfaction to every
one using it for catarrhal troubles.-G. X. Mellor
Druggist, Worcester Mass.
Ibelieve Ely's Cream Balm is the best article
for catarrh ever offered the public.-Bush g. Co.,
Druggists, Worcester, Mass.
An article of real merit.-C. P. Alden, Druggist,
Springfield, Mass.
Those who use it speak highly of it.-Geo. A.
Hill. Druggist, Springfield, Mass.
Cream Balm has given satisfactory results. w.
p. Draper, Druggist Springfield, Mass.
That's the Trouble.
Brown-You don't look well lately, Robinson.
Robinson-No can't sleep on account OF lung
trouble.
Brown-Nonsense, your lungs are all right.
Hobinson-Yes, mine are; the trouble Is with
the baby's.-N. K. Farmer.
Prompt re lief In sick headache, dizzi-
ness nausea, constipation pain in the side guar
anteed to those using Carter's Little Liver Pills.
One a cose. Small price. Small dose. Small
pill.
Pastoral Politeness.
Caller-Please. sir, the master, Deacon Skin
flint, died last night and the missus wants to
know If you will preside at tn funeral?
Long Suffering Pastor-Yes, certainly with
pleasure.-Good News.
II you are tired taking the large, old
fashioned gripping pills, try Carriers Little Liver
Pills and take some comfort. man can't stand
everything. One pill dose. Try them.
The Reverse.
"Henpecked always looks very forlorn."
"Ae does that"
81 guess he finds 1t a cold world"
"On the contrary, his wife makes it exceedingly
- orb
Certain hard words, made into pills.
Simply to swell the doctor bills.n
are not what constitute DIR. Pierce,s Pleasant
furgatlve Pehets They are tiny, sugar.coated.
purely vegetable pills, as pleasant as confection-
cry to the taste, and acting upon the stomach and
liver gently but effectualy, and as paturaIlv a.
Nature herself. For sick headache, Indigestion.
biliousness, constipation and all the resulting
diseases no laxative equal to them has ever been
discovered.
"No, my man, this is not mine. 1t was twenty
dollar bill lost"
"But this was twirty-dolldr bill before got il
changed ,,,
"Och, sure. so the owner could conveniently
reward me, sor."-'Exchange.
rOl the cure OF all Iefndlo ulsoiuoio anu III oSu
larities, Ayers Sarsaparilla has no equal!
"your son writes for the newspapers, under
stand9"
Yes; my boy is mighty smart, if do say it
myself that shouldn't
DOES he use pseudonym in his writing?"
ch1ani, NO he can't write with the pesky ma
Star ' W uo T" py hand."-Washington
Baby cried,
Mother sighed,
ooceor prescribed, Castormf
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AppIes.
Railroad Receipts.

LIVERPOOL, ENG. Steamship Carthaginian
1890 boxes tin plates to Phelps. Dodge & Co.
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IRA F. CLARK & co..
One Price cIothiers 482 Congress Street.
PACIFIC MALL STEAMSHIP COMPANY

California, Iauan. China. Central 1atYEHA
and South America and Mexico &!24a%ASS
From New York, pier foot Of Canal St., North
River, for San Francisco via The Isthmus
Panama.
CITY OF PARA sails Wednesday. April, noon.
For Japan and China,
Via Victoria, B. G.,
From San Francisco. LIST and Brannan SITS.
CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO, sails Tuesday,
April IA, 3 p. m.
For Freight, Passage, or general information
apply to or address the General Eastern Agents.
E. A. ADAMS a. CO.,
I15 state street, Cor, Broad ST., Boston
je1o dtf
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28

THE UNION MUTUAL LIFR
INSURANCE COMPANY does
not ask the patronage of our clti-
Zens solely because 1t Is a home In
stitution, but because II gives as
ample equivalent for outlay as any
Company In the country.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
Portland DAILY. Press stock List.

PORTLAND, Meh.27. 1891.
receipts by Maine Central Railroad For Port.
land So cars miscellaneous Merchandise, connect
ing roads % cars.
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......MARCH 81.
MARINE NEWS,
PORT OF PORTLAND.
FhIDAfiMarch 70
Arrived.

FRIDAY, March 20.
Arrived.
Steamship Carthaginian, MacNicol, Liverpool
passengers and mdse to H & A Allan.
Steamship Cottage City, Bennett, New York
passengers and mdse to B Coyle.
Steamer State OF Maine, Hilliard, st John, NIB,
via Eestport for Boston.
for Bridgeport.
Sch Nellie Waters, st John, NIB. for New York.
Sch Nellie Clark, Calais for Boston.
Cleared.
Sch Henry May, Orne, New York-Berlin Mills.
Sch Oliver Ames, Handy, coal postmaster
Sch Woodbury. Nj Snow. Steele, Roekland, to
load for New York-master.
Sch Laura & Marion, Eastman, Harpswell-
II Blake.
Sch Lewis R French, Newman, Prospect Har-
bor-J Blake.
Sch Sadie Beals, Machias-J ii Blake.
Sch VIM keene, Beals, Jonesport-J III Blake
Sch Alert Wallace, Ashdale-J III Blake.
SAILED-Schs Oliver Ames, W M Snow.
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mIsCKLLANEOUs.
IRA F. CLARK & CO.'S
SPRING OPENING

SPRING
the
novelties the Markets and order
reputation will offer these the smallest possible margin
We would first
everything
Vest Suits from l2 IA "s
patterns that suitable Clds Spring
o a
Youths and
business We $685. Black
CheviO Suit r OercOat the thing,
Neck
an idea o noyet lite shown
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28

Eastern capitalst-See herel When bough-
these corner lots Of you, you told you had sold
100000 worth of real estate In this section in
one year. can't find a customer for foot of my
land. Did you really sell that much In that length
OF time?
Western man ssirree. You see, was the
sheriff.-New York Weekly.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
CENTRAL RAILROAD or NEW JERSEY,
PHILADELPHIA & READING R. r.,
BAL TIM0Re & OHIO RR.

All trains vestiouled from end to end, heated BY
steam and lighted by Pintseh gas.
TIME TABLE NOVEMBER rs, 1890.
Leave New York from foot OF Liberty street,
North River,
For Philadelphia at 4.30, 7.45, 900 I 80 a. m,
1.30, 200, 500, 400, 500, 600, 7.3O D. m. !,
12.16 night; sUNDAYs-9.O0, IL 90 a. M, 2. 90,
$50, 500 600 p. M, 12.15 night.
For Baltimore ana Washington daily at 9. 90, 80
except Sunday a. M; 400, $40, 500 p. m,
1915 night.
Parlor cars on day tralns-Seepers on night trains.
Tickets via this line are on sale at ali principal
Railroad ofices throughout New York and New
England
Boston ofnee. al Washington Street.
dec22 dff
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28

Corrected by SWAN s. BARRETT, Bankers and
Brokers, 1876 Middle street.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
A beard can be colored brown or black by
Buckingam's Dye for the whiskers.

Parkins-What magnificent woman Cashlys
wife is?
Harkins-Ya-as; but, then, he's fellow who is
always bound to get the pest of everything.i
Parklns-H'mi I'll bet you, my boy, that he
doesn't get the best of keri-Puck.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
FOR SALE OR TO CHARTER,
TUG Boat,
HENRY PRESTON. SIR.
Special Notice.

Said boat is in frst-class order. For particulars
Apply to Il. w. WOODBURY., Beverly, Mass.
mnzO div
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
ROYAL aIuEIlNE.

FINEST AND SAFEST TRAINS IN THE woRL
between
New York, philadelphia,
Baltimore and washington
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28

Ayers sarsaparilla cures blood diseases, eradi-
Gates impurities, and renews the vital forces.
The Portland daily press., 1891-03-28
That's the Trouble.

IHdL 5 lH6 ITOuDIb.
Brown-You don't look well lately, Robinson.
Robinson-No can't sleep on account OF lung
trouble.
Brown-Nonsense, your lungs are all right.
Robinson-Yes, mine are; the trouble is with
the baby's.-N. K. Farmer.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-10
GRAND ARMr OF rHR REpuBLIc.

A representative of the Department of
New Jersey visited James N. Van Buskfrk
Post No 100 Of Bayohne at its encamp-
ment last Tuesday evening in Hendrick-
sons Assembly Room and made an official
inspection
James N. Van Buskirk Post No. 100. G. A.
h., has Withdrawn from the Joint Com
mfrtee of Arrangements for the general
observance of Memorial Day in Bayonne.
the demonstration projected by the Me-
mortal Committees OF Mansfield Post.
Custer Post, Sons of Veterans, and Mans
field Circle, Ladies of the G. A. r.. will be
held The celebration will Include a gem
eral parade by the majority of the
military ORGANIZATIONS, patriotic or
CARNATIONS. fire companies and
secret societies OF the city, orations de-
livered by prominent speakers from a
grand stand at the CITY Hail. the coilec-
ton of floral tributes for decorating the
graves of the soldier dead. etc. The
parade will form At nine O'Clock in the
morning on Avenue d, with the right
resting on East Thirty-third street. In
order TO pc assigned their proper place in
line organizations intending to participate
must report arrival TO the COMMITTEES in
Arcanium Hall not later than half past
eight. Past Commander John Vreeiand
and Commander Francis c. Ludey, OF
Mansfield Post, are respectively chair
man and secretary of the com
mittee. The comrades of James N.
Van Buskirk Post intend to pa
rade through town and pay a visit
to the Constable Hook and New York
Bay cemeteries. Their parade will form
at half past eight O'Clock in the morning
on Avenue ID, with the right of the line
resting on West Thirty-1irSt street.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-10

spIit
Ills toao and gesture were better IN
derstood than his words. George hap
peiled to have in his pocket the sum
named, and, producing it. demanded:
thisS'
Everything, ! was in it myself.
"Will you tell it to the old lnang''
III you think it necessary" answered
the man reluctantly.
Come along, then" and promptly he
refraced his steps, with the honest miner
in tow, to the house, where their appear
ance interrupted Frau Kropf in a bitter
denunciation of her husbands folly in
ever thinking of selling the farm. The
money was paid over and Daniel Chip
land told his story.
Cute and Sharp put up the job. . he
said, and took me in to get the old man
wild about gold on his farm, after taking
an option on it, and either get a good
cash stake out of him for giving up the
option or load him up with all he could
carry Of shares in bogus company.
We We're to share and share alike"
But, gone here, Goldbug. There is
gold in the sand?H cried the old man in
anxappealing tone that was almost e
wall.
Not enough to hurt your eye in a
million tons OF it. There's only black
iron sand-nothing else
but | did see you wash it outlv
$50 you thought. / had quillful Of
dust In my moutb and was chawin' to-
bacco. Every time Iwanted to find gold
just spit little into the pan. "
MIR. Kropf fell back in his chair with
a groan, too much overcome for anger.
Zach, lieber himmel!s he moaned.
"Shall man not believe his own eye
sightlp
There's nothing so likely to deceive
him" answered the Goldbug philosoph-
ically with grin
my friend. suspect that in a pooty
little vile shall feel like changing the
expression on that schmlling face of
yours if see it about me.
Don't trouble yourself By the time
you make up your mind to action shall
be on my way back to the boundless
west, Gods own country, where I'm at
home
And he probably was as good as his
word, for he suddenly disappeared, and
no more was seen by Herr Kropff.
George, vas an old fool. You unit
Lieschen VIII go right along Like you vas
and marry ven you please.
..Oh, fatherF' exclaimed the girl, hap
PLY, 81 knew you would not break your
daughters heart"
''Did you, my child? Vell then You
did knew me better than did know my
self Twas not aware that vildt dream
of riches would make me fool unit bad
father to my leedle girl; but I know it
now. mt for the first time | gompre-
bend what u leffel head that old zhentie-
man in the Bible did have ven he pray,
give me neither poverty nor riches.
Gontentment, my child, is better than
gold especially ven the gold is unpro-
curable."
Father" inquired Jacob, entering at
this juncture. what are all those red
figures on the toolroom door? l Just
found them.
Let that be the mystery of your life,
mein sohn; unit remember that if ever
you again to me visper Of them figures
| viii break your back With glub.S