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The morning call., 1891-08-26
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The morning call., 1891-08-26
COAL is DOWN!
Wellington $1,000 a Ton
Seattle $500 a Ton,
JOHN HENDERSON JR.,
I3O ELLIS STREET, COR. MASON.
Ed- Telephone 1867. del0 weFrSu
PALACE HOTEL.

THE PALACE HOTEL OCCUPIES AN ENrIRB
block in the center OF San Francisco. 1t Is tha
model hotel of the world Fire aud earthquaks
proof. Has nine elevators. Every room Is large
light and airy. The ventilation 10 perfect. A bath
and closet adjoin every room. Ali rooms are easy
OF access from broad, light corridors. The central
court, Illuminated by electric light, its Immense
gass roof, broad balconies, carrl lageway and trop
cal plants, features hitherto Unknown In Amsri
can hotels. Guests entertained either the Amer-
or European plan. The restaurant is the finest
In the city. Secure rooms in advance by teIeyrsoh
Ing. THE PALACE HOTEL
S~p San Francisco. Gal.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02

has not soured the milk of huma kind ness in the old man. Waves of real fun could be seen rising and falling above and below the lines the years have drawn on his face. It was to me a sublime sight 10 see man who had fought and defied the years with 80 much grace and goodwill. I was con vinced that beneath the warp and wool of wrinkles time had woven there beat kind and generous heart. A sour, splenetic, fault-finding person would have fretted out his existence before manhood's hour had reached it's noon.
 Hiram has never been drunk, and says he has never used tobacco only for drenching horses for the grub.
 If any are disposed to be skeptical about the age of the subject of this sketch they are referred to Mir. T. c. Nolan, who lives in Henry county, Through the courtesy of Mir. Nolan had the pleasure of an interview with this old man.
 No doubt as to his age will remain in the mind of the person who sees him and hears him talk. He has a son, until recently with him in the poorhouse, 70 years old. This boy he calls Ed.
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
OLDEST IN THE WORLD.
HENRY. GEORGIA, HAS THE
 OLDEST MAN LIVING.
He Has Lived One Hundred aud Twenty Two YeRrs and Hero Is HIs Picture at that Age-He ls in n PoorhOuse but Cheerful.

There is within thirty miles of Alan ta, say. the Journal, the most inter- esting natural curiosity to be found, perhaps, on tae face of the green earth. It is human being who began to breathe in the year l769, l22 years ago. The very year the King of England charged on the people of Massachusetts at the opening of Parliament, the pur- pose of independence and subversion to the constitution, the heart of Hiram Lester began to beat. Five billi n of people have appeared upon the earth and disappeared since this man first saw the light. He was five years old when the Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774.
 He lacked but one year of being old enough to vote when George Washing ton died. He had seen half-century melt into the past when Geo ge the Fourth ascended the throne of Great Britain.
 When Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton were fgb':ng according to the code in Hoboxen, N. J., he had been battling with the difficulties of life forty years. When William Ewart Gladstone appeared on the stage of action he was in the prime of life.
 He was seventy-one years of age when William Henry Harrison, the dis guisbed grandfather of our present chief magistrate, was inaugurated President of the United States.
 He was bending under the weight of seventy-tive long and eventful years at the time the first message was ever sent by talegreph. It has been pub ished on reliable authority that men have lived to the advanced age of 150 years and more. But if a Sl0,oo0 pre- mium were offered for the oldest man now eating three meals a day on earth 1t is highly proba ble that Hiram Lester would be in the Henry county poor house no longer than it would take the judges to put into his palsied hands the golden prize.
 Beyond all reaso able doubt he would have money enough to make him doubly sure of having his own home in which to close life so long.
 Station three such men-one after another-directly back into the past and they would carry us back to the time of Christopher Columbus and the wonderful event of 1i92.
 Let fifteen such men touch in di- ftCt tiuc SNrd ptit'tuCh, hIiel tiieN "uutu take us to the time of St. Paul, the great apostle to the Gentiles.
 Supposing a step to be l22 years long we could walk over the heads of forty nine such men clear back to the time of Adam, as he stood in his happiest days amid the trees of Eden.
 Many men have won fame since l769 by the sword, the pen, or the brush. Hiram Lester has won a name by keeping quiet and outliving all his contemporaries.
 He is hearty and cheerful, eats we'll and sleeps we'll He does not have the blues. and can talk of the times of Troup and Clark with the same inter est as If they were just passing.
 The t under ot the world trouble
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
COURAGE OF THE TIGER. lac is Made Of Better stun Than tho
 King of H8easts.

The Bengal tiger has more courage than the lion according to a snowman, who states that the matter was tested in this manner: We placed a shoot ing cracker in the respective cages and fired the fuses As soon as the fuses began to burn they attracted the at tention of both animals, but in wide ly different manner. The lion drew into a corner and watched the proceed ings with distrustful and uneasy eye. The tiger, on the contrary advanced to the burning fuse with firm step and unflinching gaze. On reaching the cracker he took his paw and began to roll it over the floor, and when it ex- ploded beneath his very nose he did not finch but continued his examina. tion until perfectly satisfied. The lion betrayed great fear when he heard the report of the explosion and for quite . time could not be coaxed out of his den"
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02

expected Alu. Tor they naf scarcely entered the mill when carriage cou taining Jacob Mustif and two police constables drove slowly up to the house.
 Lena shrank back as Jacob came in- to the place, followed by the officers. She wondered what it all could mean.
 Judith looked at Mustif and the con stables in amazement. The ruff,an was evidently wanted. as his hands were secured and one of the men attended him, while the other carried the bag which had belonged to Madam Du- masque. The latter came forward and addressed the group collectively.
 This man was wanted for a house. breaking job he said We've been on the look k-out for him for some time; and tonight we caught him with this bag ill his possession; and from card bearing this address, which we took from a case inside the bag. we con clude the owner to be Madam Dumasqe, and that Mustif is in unlawful posses sion of the property"
 Judith interrupted the constable. her face purple with rage.
 .'lt Is her bag" she cried; '.but she will never want money or jewels any more. Her spirit cries out for justice flor vengeance, from the spot where she sits, dead, killed by the hand of her son. And. it may be, another death will be laid at his door, for he has been busy at his murderous work inside the mill. You are his accom- plice.n she said, turning fiercely upon the sullen silent Jacob. My ven geance is suro and certain"
 (yo IF c0xTINuID.)
The Forrest City times., 1891-10-02
mo Comiag Theasrlcal aeasen.

The tour of Hallen and Hart began on Aug. IT in Detroit.
 Henry Irving talks of making an Australian trip the season after next.
 Mir. John Warner again d rects the tour of Nat Goodwin in the coming season.
 Mime. Albani will be a member of Abbey's French and Italian Opera com psny.
 Louise Kellogg has been engaged as soubrette of the Cordray stock com pany at Seattle, Wash.
 'sThe Idler," presented In Australia by Mir. Cartwright . d Miss Neither sole. Ia pecuniary success
 A new mel0drama by George n Sime and Robert Buchanan will V {ivoo next noath et ths Adslpht
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
The Ancient mines of Laurium

United States Consul Manatt, at
Athens, in recent report on Greek min
ing and metallurgy, enters into the his
tory Of the subject in an interesting
manner.
The mines of Laurium, now worked
for zinc, lead and iron, are, he says, the
very mines from which Themistocles
drew the silver supply to fit out his feet
and beat back the Persian invader at
Salamis (490-4S0 B. CO., and SO to lay the
foundations of the Athenian hegemony.
More than this, 1t is thought probable
that the Phenicians delved here before
the Greeks came, as they are known to
have done In the Island of Thasos.
AT any rate, Thoricus was free city
before Theseus welded the Attic bor-
oughs into single commonwealth chat
is to say, before the name Of Athens ap-
peared in history and it's Importance
must have been due to the mines; SO that
the mining industry at Laurium may
possibly boast an origin as remote as
thirty centuries back, while it is again
In full blast today.
In walking through the French COM
pany's great mine at Camaresa, in the
heart of the Laurium region, one ira
verses here a gallery in active exploita-
ton for zinc and lead and hard by an
other worked out by the old Greeks two
or three thousand years ago. These an
Gent works are among the most inter-
esting monuments of Hellenic civiliza-
fion
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
Gloucester Fish Market.

FUR THE WEEK ENDING. July 20.
Canning mackerel So per Dbl.
Tinker mackerel bait 50 30 per Dbl; porge do
Fish barrels 65c each.
Medium fresh macke-el 1914 and 6kc apiece
for large and medium, 90c per hundred for tinkers
So 25f0r small.
Fetched halibut at &c y fb.
Last fare sales Bank cod S3a3. 90 per cwt; Rips
DO "a OO93 90; Georges $500
Shore Goldfish 81 81 % cwf; small do at 81 so ;
cusk 81 40; haddock at 81 II; haKe zoe; salt do
$3g3 80 for large and small cod, 90 40 for cusk
VI 20 tor haddock and 81 % for hake.
Last fare sales OF Bank halibut lOc4Y ID through
we quote new Georges Goldfish at sO9S6 90 ID
qtl for large, and small at 20; Bank at Sc 90 for
large and S-94 20 for small; Shore az So 20
medium IS rs; French Goldfish Sc per qtl; PHI
lips Beach Goldfish 81 pr qtl.
we quote cured cusk at 81 IL y oil; bake at
and English cured SIS Ia per 9tI. '''''A - 'A'
homeless and prepared fish at 5@7c % ID for
make, haddock and cusk, 71S@1Oc ID h for cod.
dsh, as to style and quality. Smoked halibut al
6glic; smoked salmon 1Sc; do haddock &c,
Medium herring at l8c % box ;tucks 18c; length.
wise 17c; No Is at 13c; Bloaters at soc; canned
trout 81 " fresh hallbut at SO 20; fresh salmon at
herring ls6c.; American sardines. quarter oils,
81 90; spiced 70; clam and FISH chowder So 90.
90 extra 20 a. AZ oo Se sp SG
10 N: Nova Scotia do S. go; Eastport s4; split
Shore S4A found do SO; round PASSPORT 4 90;
8 60i sounds at S12; tongues and sounds $ll;
mon sI4 90; Halifax do s2s; Newfoundland do
$l6; shad s12; swordfsh at SIS.
we quote cod OIL at SOC " gal; medicine oil at
Soc biaekfsh oil SOC; menhaden. oil %. Liv-
ers at 26c " bucket.
Fish scrap at IS " ton; dry do 81 do liver SIS;
hSh skins SlS: waste az ID ton
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
Names Female Tramp.
Lewiston Journal

A city female tramp of giant stature
is annoying some of our western Maine
towns. She comes to the farmhouses,
generally after dark, and begs to be al
lowed to stay all night. Her request is
generally granted, though unwillingly,
Tor her person is very repulsive. She
always carries several large bundles Gov
cred with waterproof. In one of them
are a clean dress and whole shoes which
she saves to put on in Boston. They are
too good for tramping in Maine.
10 all appearance she hasn't a relative
in the world, and prefers this rowing life
to any kind of labor, for she is freuuent.
ly offered chance to do houseworl at
farmhouses, but always declines. Once
she did work for day or two, but de-
clared she'd rather walk and beg. She
expects to go to the poorhouse, but not
until she can no longer travel. 1t is said
that to hear her talk without looking at
her one would imagine her lady, so
correct is her language
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
An Improvement In TunneIIng.

The frequent and serious difficulty ex-
perienced in the operations of tunnel
ing, namely, the subsistence Of the sur
face after the completion of the work,
has lately been found to be preventable
by simple system resorted to by Lon
don contractor, by the use of which no
ground outside the actual section of the
subway in hand need be disturbed. The
system in question comprises series of
steel bars placed side by side with the
excavation SO as to form acomplete tenn
porary lining and support to the roof,
and within this series Of bars the perma-
nent brick arch Of the tunnel is built.
The bars used in this work are ten feet
long, six inches wide, and two inches
thick, being provided at their edges with
longitudinal grooves, by means Of which
each is linked to the next one in such a
way as to admit of separate longitudinal
motion, and yet to prevent lateral sepa-
ration. The bars are inserted in the
same manner, as well as supported, as
ordinary tunnel bars, the ground being
excavated only the exact section of the
tunnel, plus the triiing thickness of the
bars.
After the brickwork has been built
within them the bars are separately
pushed forward by jackscrews as the
earth is excavated for the succeeding
length. The bars are provided with longi-
tudinal tubular cavities, through which
grouting or other filling material may be
introduced from time to time to fill
the space left vacant by the advancing
bars between the top of the lining arch
and the earth above and around, this
preventing any subsistence
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
Cost of Booming In Georgia.
Augusta ChrOnicla.1

heard an amusing conversation be-
tween two property holders. One was
speaking Of improved values Of property
around Augusta, when he said: "a real
estate holder in Augusta is afraid to try
to boom his property for fear of having
his tax assessment increased. If man
goes out on the street and makes the in
nocent remark that he wouldn't take
$25, 1000 for certain property, up goes the
assessment to $25, 900, even though he
couldn't get SEQ, 900 for it.
The other speaker said: Zone day /
had some friends at my house to dine.
During the dinner was asked what my
place was worth, and we were all feeling
good, and wanted the value of the
place to sound well, SO gave some ex-
travagant figure which I could never
have got for 1t. One of my guests hap
pened to be a tax assessor, and, would
you believe it, my assessment was in
creased according to my rosy hued state
ment."
The moral seems to be either that a
man had better talk "poor," or else that
the assessors should take something more
substantial as their basis of assessment
than mans after dinner or te-trading
tallc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25

WISCASSET, July 21-Ar, sch PEARL Barter,
Boston.
July 24-Ar, sch Mile washburn, Coffin. from
Boston.
Below, sch Hope Haynes. Tlbbetts, Boston.
IL Is reported at San Francisco that the FIVE
masted schr Gov Ames is to have her rig changed
TO tour-masted Darquentine, on account OF her
unwieldineSs.
Sch Calabria. Of Nassau, MP, 532 tons, built at
ParrsbOro, Ms, in 1881, and overhauled In 1885
at New Y0rk, where she is owned, has been sold
for about $4,000.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
New York Mining Stocks.


NEW YORK, July "a 1891-The following ara
tO-day'S closing quotations of mining stocks.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25

Aunt Hannah-Yes Mr.. Gneissiy is good ap-
nearing man, and may make you a good husband;
but don't know. One cannot Judge by appear
ances. What are his gifts? Has he got any?
Annie-0f course not yet, aunt. Our friends
won't send them in until we are married.-Boston
Transcript.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
Domestic Ports.

SAN FRANCISCO-Cld 23d, barque G Allen,
I FERsAN ipSps1aes 2sd sch RFc Hartley
sATiLLA RiVER-Ar 18th, sch VIM Jones,
BRuNSWICK-sld 23d, sch Austin d Knight.
;, sAyANHAHI;AATr 2sd, sch Clara Leavltt, Lom-
cGARLEsToNosId 2sd, brig B Hussey, for
GEORGETOWN. Scar 22d, sch Chide Har-
GEORGETOWN. SC Sid 23d, sch Myra W
Spear, Caswell, Boston.
NORFOLK-Ar 22d: scns Randall. BaIti-
more; Lamartene Philadelphia.
Cid Esd, schs Emma Angel, Portland; C ID
GEORGETOWN. DC-Cld 2sd, sch Haynes
BALTIMoRE~Ar 2sd. sch Walker Aiming.
ton, DIinkwater, Providence.
Ar 23d, schs Warren Adams, ColeOrd, Coosaw;
Julia A Ward, KnowltOD, Gardiner.
PHILADELPHIA-Ar2 3d, sch Jos W Foster,
Hogan, Pascagoula.
sid 23d, barque Lillian, Kinds, New York.
Ar 28th, schs Laura L. Sprague, Blake, Lynn;
May Mcfarland. Small Bangor; John b Paige
Haley, Kennebec. cx
Cid Sd. sch Tnos w Hyde. sherman. Portland.
Sid ID. Sch Grace Cover. johnson, Frontera.
NEW YoRKA ro2 2Sd b osrSpg ao Adny Turner
Break Of Day. Lewis, and Il G MllliEen, Lewis,
kenneDecs tlnemae, hllhUai, aOi LLlio u Odli,
Also ar DAD sehs MAYNARD Sumner, Dyer, Rock
land; Mary LangdOn, Kenney, do; Llama Cobb,
Falklngham, shuee. Ms; Lena IA smith Jasper,
ROckland: Fleetwood, do; Belle Halliday, Rock
port; Seth w Smith, Calais; Eugene Borda, from
Clarks Island; Wesley Abbott ellsworth; WmV
Hutchlngs, Lubec; ClnOru mhlte, SulllVani
NEW H4VEN-Ar 2Sth, schs AbbIe stubbs,
PendletOn, Brunswick Dexter Clark. Young,
Portland; II M Brookings I'm Gardner for New
PRoVIDENCE-Ar 23d, schs Josephine Eli.
colt, Cole, Brunswick; Charleston, Saunders,
Bangor.
Sid 23d, sch Willie L Newton, Coombs, Phila-
delphia.
DUTCH ISLAND HARBOR-Sld 23d. sehs Eva
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
boston proouce Marke,.

BOSTON. July "a, lS9l.-The followi are to
days quotations OF Provisions. &C.:
Pork-LOng cuts IA % ala so; short cuts IA 80
@14 a5; backs at IA 76@15 90; lean ends IA SO
IL 90. ~
Hams at 1O1sc; small at lie; pressed hams
: Lard--Choice TAG p. fb in tierces and tubs; 10
Hogs-Choice city dressed 74c p ID country do
6hc.
Butter-Western extra creamery lSaOOc:
fancy higher; hrsts and extra frsts 16l1l7c;
extra imitation cream 15gI6c; others = &C;
factory choice at l3e15c; New York and Yer
mont extra creamy 10000; New York and
VT dairy good to choice a 16a17c; Eastern
GRIN good to choice at 16@lSc. The above
quotations are receivers prices for strictly whole
sale lots.
Cheese-N Northern choice sA@shc; Western
Eggs-Eastern extras at oo@1s; fancy nearby
stock higher: frsts 17@l Sc; extra Vermont and
New Hampshire at 0O0l9c: Western hrsts 1917
@i7c; Michigan frsts at 17a00c. JObbing
prices lie higher.
PolItry,Cholce Northern and Eastern fresh
fair to good at 1l@13c; Western iced turkeys
12G00c; fowls 13@131ac; chickens zoe.
Beans Choice small New York hand-picked at
4Og2 % y bush; choice New York marrow
hand-plcked 35@2 40; choice screened pea
Sn a0gZ 20 Eyes at So92 90. job
Hay Choice primo hay at SIS OO@S19 90: fair
10 good SO O0016 90; Eastern line Sl2ml3;
poor to ordinary S10@11: East swale S0lO;
Rye straw, choice, $l7&17 80; Dat straw IS b0g
Potatoes-We quote choice natives at 81 rs
90 " Dbl; Bristol Ferrys 81 75@O 90; Jerseys
81 7o92; NorfOks 81 90 % Dbl Sweet potatoes
Jerseys at So 50@4 90.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
HARpSWELL STEAMBOAT co.
Delightful Sail ~ Miles Down CaSeO Bay.

BEGINNING. July 20, 1891, the elegant new
ID steamers CHEBEAGUE and MERRY
G GONE. will leave Portland Pier daily as
1870 q. m; AGO. 400, 600 D. m. For
Little Chebeague Island 900, 1870 a. m. I;
zoo, 400. 600 p. m. For Hope Island and
jerks, Great Chebeague Island, 900. 1880
g. m; 200, 900, p. m. For Llttleheld's,
m: For South Harpswell, 900, 1890 a. m. 2. co.
$40 p: m; Bailey's and Orrs Islands, 900 a. m. ;
RETURN for Portland. Leave Orrs Island,
600, 11.20 a. M: 40 p. m. Leave Bailey's
Island, clio, 10 % a. m. $3.50 p. m. Leave South
Harpswell 6.25, H. 5, a. M; 2Ob, ABS D. M,
Leave Llttleheld's, Great Chebeague, $50 a. m. /;
20, BOO p, m. Leave jerks and Hope ISLANDS,
100 q. nj 1910, 2.40, SIS y. nj. Leave
Little Chebeague, 7.20, a. m; 1920, $50 4. 40,
6.26 p. m. Leave Long Island, G.2O, TAO a. M
1850, $40, 800, 6.36 D. IN.
Arrive Ar Portland, $50. SIS a, M; LEO, 34O
6.3O, 600 p. m.
SUNDAYS.
For Harpswell and intermediate landings,
1000 a. M; zoo p. m.
RETURN. Leave Harpswell for Portland, call
Ing at intermediate landings at 1l.45 a. M; 400
p. m. Arrive Portland, 30, 80 d. m.
Sailing excursions % miles down the bay every
AFTERNOON on the a. m. and 2 p. m. trips. Tick
cts only 90 cents Sundays, to Harpswell and re-
turn only 80 cents. other landings 20 cents
ISAIAH DANIELS,
JyZUutf (nAneral ManapQr
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-25
THE PRESS.

May be obtained at the Periodical Depots OF N
u. Fessenden, Horse Railroad Station: Marquis
76 Exchange St.; Chisholm Bros, Union De
pot 9odgson, 961s Portland St.; John Cox. $50
Congress St.; Jewett, 504 Congress st., Peter
son, 2 Exchange ST.; Goold, corner Congress and
Chestnut Sts. Chisholm, 100 Congress st. "A. g.
Todd & Co, Commercial. corner Park; Dow 243
Congress St.; Whitehall, 1913 Congress st. |;
Beardsworth, 81 India St.. Da Silva, 221 Spring
St.; Perry, Cor. India and Commercial Sts.,
Erskine, 43 Middle St.; S. Hamilton, 945 Con-
gress St.; E. End News Co., 235 Congress St., and
of Chisnolm Bros. agents all trains running out
OF the city.
Auburn, Ha Il II & Reynolds.
Bath, j. o. Shaw.
Bethel, Frank A. Leach.
Biddeford, F. M. Burnnam.
A. l.. Jefferson.
Boston, Mass, American House
Cumberland Mills, Ii. G. Starr.
Damariscotta, r. w. Dunbar.
Deerlng, s. S. Morrell.
EreepOrt, w. A. Mitchell.
Fryeburg, ]. @. Gerry.
Fairfield, K. II. Evans.
Gardiner, Palmer & Co.
Gorham, Jas. I'll. irish 8 90.
Houlton, +. l.. Cook.
Lewiston, Chandler q Estes.
Long Island, 7. M. Glendenning.
Limerick, S. A. Grant.
Mechanic Falls, Merrill & Denning,
Norway, s. L. Crockett, A. o. Noyes.
Old Orchard, Geo. K. Fogg,
Orrs Island, s. Q. Prince Il Son.
Peaks Island-Brackett Bros.
Richmond, q. A. Beale.
Rockland, o. Andrews, II. II. Burnham 8 A,
Huston.
Saccarappa, w. b. BoOthby.
Saco, II. b. Kendrick Il Co., VIM, StackpoIe.
80. Paris, A. M. Gerry.
Sk0whegan-Bixby & Buck.
Th0mastOn, K. Walsh.
Vinalhaven, A. Il. Vinal.
Waldoboro, G.. Bliss.
Waterville, @. III. Hayes.
WOodfords, III. A. Leighton.
Yarmouth, w. Il. Bennett.