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The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06

ISLAND sTEAmERs
FREEPORT STEAMBOAT co.

Steamer PHANTOM will leave Portland Pier
- for Freeport, touching at Falmouth Foreside,
Cousens', Great Chebeague and Llttlejohls'
Island and VOLTS Point at D. m. daily (Sundays
excepted. RETURNING, will leave South
Freeport at a. M, touching at all landings com.
mencing March 10th, 1891.
marriott Ii. b. SOULE, Manager.
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FROM MERCHANTS EXCHANGE.

Sid FIN Saigon 4th inst ship N Blanchard,
Blanchard, Hong Kong.
Ar at Hong Kong April 28th, barque st James.
Burnham, from Shanghai for San Francisco.
SID I'm Antwerp 80 inst, ship Patrician, Sterl-
ing, New York.
- Ar at Liverpool Sd inst, ship Chapman,
Thompson, San Francisco.
~, Ar at Cape Town, CGH, prev to I'd inst, barque
VIM Phillips, Potter, New York
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BOARD,

WANTED
w son OF Ezekiel Young formerly OF Scituate,
Mass, TO communicate with JOHN s. WHITE,
Attorney at Law, Portland, Me. 5.tf
WANTED-Situatio as assistant bookkeepeI;
w nrst class references. Address ASSISTANT
BOOkkEEfEk, Press office, Portland, Me. 6-1
WANTED A RENT-Small house for two
w, persons. Must be in respectable neignbor-
hood. Possession taken any time within three
months. Address L. l.. BROWN, Box 1135,
brunswick, Maine. 80
WANTED-A rent OF three or four rooms for
w two persons, for housekeeping, within five
minutes walk of Browns block. Address K. f. T.,
b4O Congress street. 81
WANTED-Ac cure; being great sufferer with
w the rhumatiSm Will pay any one literally
to cure me of it, on the no cure no pay principal;
as 1 am unable to travel 1 will also pay your
travelling fees both ways after the cure is effect
ed; ano medicine, natural healer preferred; state
age and method of healing. Address JAMES nj
West Cumberland. Me-, ?. o. box 40. ii
"ANTED-A Morgan mare about 6 N = years
w old, weighing from nine hundred 10 one
AFRAID OF locomotives. b. j. WILLARD. No. so
Commercial street. oIA
WANTED-Own your own home: special sale
w at Comfortable Park, Westbrook: pleasant.
ury: level lots. main street between Cumberland
Mills ana Saccarappa, near Junction depOt &c 70
&c loot; grand new bargains easy TERMS Apply
10 JUDGE SHAW, Cumberland Mills. my1l12
WANTED-To buy from $1,000 co $1,000
w wsrth OF cast OF clothing, the highest cash
prices paid for ladies' dresses, also gentlemen,
and childrens's clothing and winser overc0rs.
Address, postal OF letter to- No, VI Midc. eos
Nd. DEGkOOT, Portland, Me oesAou
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FALMOUTH F0RESIDs STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
Steamer Alice. Portland Pier.

IN and after April 10, 1891, steamer ALICE
for Portland and intermediate landings, at 9 and
100 a. IN. and and p. M, daily except sun
Leave Portland for Falmouth Foreside at z and
500 a. m. and and els p. m.
n IN and after May ] Sth, steamer ALICE VIII
~ run to Yarmouth Foreslde, leaving fortland
az a. m and d. m. Leave BucknamS Point,
Yarmouth Foreside at {. 80 q. m. and ASS p. III.
for Portland and intermediate landings.
ALBERT III. WAITE,
myI odtf General Manager.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
Railroad Receipts.

PORTLAND, June 8, 1891
Receipts bv Maine Central RailrOad-FOr Port
land 80 cars miscellaneous Merchandise, connect
ing roads 151 cars.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
The Wool Market,

BOSTON, June 8, 1891.-The wool market is
very quiet. The quotations on Wool are easier.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
Portland Wholesale Market.
Grain,

PORTLAND. June 1891.
The following are to-day's closing quotations of
Provisions, &C.:
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
MAINE CENTRAL r. r.
Fer Bangor, Bar Harbor, 80. 50hn, abs
White Mountains, Montreal
and the West.

Fer Bangor, Bar Harbor, 80. SoLn, tss
White Mountains, Montreal,
and the West.
On and after May Sd. 1891, passenger trains
For DANvILLE JCT., AUBURN and LEWIS
LE E% T5S a 7ia R1S SiT K 1920
Rock22 AM anu and KNOX siS and LINCOLN RY
BR itS s BA aaT PIG GRRDINER. HALO
WELL and AUGUSTA, e.46, 1920 am, '''l'
F2RMfNGToN and PHILLIPS via LEWIS
TON, SAB a. m, LILO p. m. via BhUNs"iOh'
M NOM q WINTHROP. READFIELD and
wATEEyTtiE Vi, LEWISTON, l;1o ?; M; va %
a M and StaS IUo only az 500 D. nno
s& AGhsfA va LEwls5go ana 10
BELFAST, lilo, LIS and t11.20 D. m.
DOVER and FoxCRoFT via DEXTER, LIS and
BANGOR via LEWISTON, Ito .. m; via AU
GUSTA, 6.45 q. M, .1.15 and t11.20 .. m. /,
and sundays only &C 7.20 q. M.
BANGOR & PISCATAQUl5 X. r., via DEXTER
LILO and III 30 p. m; via OL,)T0WN at 6.46
Ef & s. SDH ri and MT. DESERT FERRY at
BAR HARBOR, i.i5 and tii.2o D. m.
vANOEBOkO, $40 a. M, '1.16 ana Tl1.20 y. m.
aE60sT0oK COUNTY, HAiI ~ and the
PROVINCES LID and t11.20 pm.
sRuns daily, Sundays included.
runs every night. sundays Included. but not 10
Skowhegan Monday morning. or to Belfast,
Dexter or beyond Bangor excepting 20 Bar Har-
Dor Sunday mornings.
WHITE FOUNTAINS LsNE.
For CUMBERLAND MILLS ana SEBAGO
LAKE, S.45 a. m, LOS, 2.b0 and 6.15 D. m.
bklDGION az $40 q: M, 100 and 616 p. N.
FRYEBURG, NORTH CONWAY, GLkE,
BARTLETT, FABEANS, g. As a. m.,. LOS and
6.16 p. IN. ST. JOHN5BURY and MONTkk-
AL. 8.45 a. m. 6.15 .. N. JEFFERSON, LAM
CASTER, NORTH STRATFORD Connecting
with q. 4. r. COLEBROOK, WEST STEW
ARTSTOWN and LIME RIDGE without
change), LOS D. m.
Inc $40 a. m. tram for Montreal connects
all points in Northern New Hampshire, Vermont,
Chicago and the West; also connecting at Mon.
treal with the Can. Pac. Transeontlnental train
for Vancouver and Pacific Coast points. The
6.15 p. m. train has O. p. sleeper Tor Montreal
Minneapolis and 81 Paul.
Arrivals In Portland from Montreal, &c., $50 a.
M; Lewiston 635 a. m; from Augusta. Bath aid
kockland and monday only Watervllle $40 a.
m. ; harrington, SkOWnegan and Lewiston, 1926
p. m; st. John, NanceborO. Bangor, Dexter,
Dover and FOxcr0ft. Rockland, etc.. NJ 1890
p. m; SeDagO Lake $50 a. m. and 1920, 4.46
and 800 2. m; brdgt0n $50 am, 500 D. M;
Fabyans, Bartlett and North Conway $50 a. H.,
1920 and 500 p. M; Montreal, st JohnsDury,
$50 a. m. and 500 p. m. Lime Ridge, North
Stratford and Lancaster, 1220 p. m; MaJeryille,
Bath, Augusta and Rockiand. 6;26 p. nj
Skowhegan Watervflle and Lewiston. 6.4S
p. m; Night Put man LAO q. m; and Sundays at
1880 o. m. from st. John, Bangor, Lewiston and
ROckland.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
Hezekiah's Surprise.

oval. Hiram, if this don't beat ALI The old
way for doctors was kill er cure,' but here I've
found piece in this here newspaper where a
doctor offers cash err cure' It's fer catarrhi
wish we had it'd like to try him! jest listen,
Hiram! The proprietors of Or. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy offer reward of $500 for any case of
catarrh which they cannot cure.' That beats all
lotteries holowl The medicine costs so cents
your catarrh is cured, er you get $500! Where's
my hat? Pm going right over to neighbor
Browns, to show him. never wanted to get
within ten foot of him before. but IL it is the
of his catarrh, guess can stan it onc't." Sold
by druggists.
Also Hut of Stone.
Shell don't see why so many girls object TO
love In cottage.
Hell was afraid you would.
She-I am not so foolish. One Of those at New
port would just suit me.-New York Herald.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06

YABACOA, Pr, Schr Hattie Turner-428 pun
"a hhds mOlasses to E Churchill & Go.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
WIT AND WfSpo NJ
A HOUSEHOLD RECIPE.
lLifel

10 very thn batter add quickly little hot
butter.
II slck headache Is misery, what are
Carter's Little Liver Pills IL they will positively
cure it? People who have used them speak
frankly of their worth. They are small and easy
to take.
"Brlng volets to my grave each day."
The mournful poet cried
"All moistened with your fears-and lay
Them gently by my side
The maiden gentry dropped her head
Beneath his dying touch;
81 do not mind the tears" she saId
But-vlolets cost so muchi"
Atlanta Constitution.
Weak hair strengthened and the scalp kept
clean by using Halls Hair Remover.
His Honor-H'm, drunk fand disorderly, ELI?
What's your name?
"Pat. sor."
"Your full nameP''
"s s and Z is Pat whin Oh am full or whIn Oh
Thirty days."-Daily Continent.
cold Of unusual severity developed into
difficulty decidedly catarrhal in all its character
'stics, threatening return of my old chronic
malady, catarrh. One bottle of Ely's Cream Balm
completely eradicated every symptom of that
painful and prevailing disorder.-E. W. War
ner, Rochester, N. Y.
Laura lin January)-Just see the lovely gift
from my dear papa-a delicious spider In silver,
with garnet eyes,"
The same lin June)-Yes, I'm sick such
shock as had at the picnic yesterday! A great.
horrid beast OF spider fell right into my plate!
No wonder / tainted dead awayr.-Pittsburg
Bulletin.
When began using Ely's Cream Balm my
catarrh was so bad had headache the whole
time and discharged large amount of filthy
matter. That has almost entirely disappeared
and have not had headache since.-J. IL. SON.
mers, Stephney, Conn.
"Gessler? Who was Gessler?" said Mrs. Beck
ram to her husband.
HE was tyrant, my dear, and also a life-in-
surance agent"
"What do you mean by such nonsense?'
"There is no nonsense about it, Mrs. Beckram.
i assure you Does not William Tell say to
GeSsler In The third act, .Ha, tyrant, hast thou
not given me assurance of my life? Your huS-
band, madam, never makes a statement that he Is
not prepared ito support by documentary EVIL
II
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
FROM OUR CORRESPONDENCE.

B0OTHBAY HARBOR, June,5-Sld. schs Com
merce, Perkins, Penobscot for Boston; Lake. PEI
kins, do for do; Polly. Sullivan for - Lanra
kell, do for dol Sarah Hill Hatch, do for DO; Ia
dy Antrim, McClintock, Rockport for Boston:
q Sawyer, Sawyer, Apple River for New York
Hamburg, Libby Sands River do; Lizzie Lane
New York for Bangor; Freddie Eaton, Newarl
for Calais.
Ar 9th. sch Herald of the Morning, Lewis, fror
New York.
O. YlNALHAVEN, June l. Sid, sch Maynar
Simmer. Dyer, New York.
june 3-Ar, sch Lottie Hopkins, Ames. with A
tubs fish.
s. Sid, schs Mollie Rhodes, Eobbin. New York
sarah Smith, Jonesboro
=, hOChPORT, June AR, sch Catawamteak
Rowe, Charleston
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
@. W. T. COOLING,
ieldtf AlanaraI "a An

DORTLAND & BoOTHBAY STEAMBOAT
L co. summer Arrang ement. On and
will leave East BoOthbay at 7.30 a. M, for
Portland, touching at So. Bristol, Herring Is
land, Boothbay and Squirrel Island. Every
Tuesday will leave Portland at a. m. for
Round Pond. touching at Squirrel Island and
Boothbay. Every Wednesday will leave Round
Pond at a. IN. for Portland, touching at
Boothbay and Squirrel Island. Every Thurs
day Will leave Portland at a. m. for Penn
aquid, touching at Squirrel Island, Boothbay,
Herring Island, South Bristol and East Booth
bay. Every Friday will leave Pemaquid at
z a. m. for Portland and above landings.
every saturday viii leave Portland for East
Boothbay, touching at Squirrel Island, Booth
bay, Herring Island and South Bristol. No
freight received after 7.45 a. m. on day OF
sailing.
my11du ALFRED RACE. Manager
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
Ayers Pills are palatable, safe for children
and more effective than any other cathartic.

''Ab, old fellow" said Texas gentleman to
another on the street. $50 you are married at last.
Allow me to congratulate you. for hear you have
an excellent and accomplished wife,"
az have indeed" was the reply; "she is accom-
plshed. "Why, sir, she is perfectly at home in
literature at home in music, at home in art. at
home In science-in Short at home everywhere
except
Except what?"
Except at me."-Texas Siftings.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
CASC0 BAY STEAMBOAT co.
Custom House Wharf.
Week Day Time Table.

WYNN DoI LAhhC
Commencing Tuesday. June 2, 1891, steamers will
leave Custom House Wharf, Portland:
For Forest City Landing, Peaks Island, at 5.45,
$40, 500, 900, 1890 a. M, 2.16, 3.16, 500,
6.10p. m.
For Cushing's Island at GAO. 800, 1880 a. M.
2.15, 500, 6.10 p.m m.
For Little and Great Diamond Islands, Trefeth-
ems and Evergreen Landings, Peaks Island, {. 80,
$40, 500, 1890 a. M, ZOO. 4.20, $40 D. m.
For Ponces Landing, Long Island, 500. 1890
a. m. 200, APO D. IN.
For Mariners Landing. Long Island, 1880
a. m, 200 p. m.
- RETURNING
Leave Forest City Landing at $40, Z. 20, 8 80,
$50, 1850 a. M, 2.35, 3.45, $50, $50 y. m.
a Leave Ponce's Landing at $50, ll.2O a. m,
Leave Clshlng's at 700. s.15, 100 a. M, 2.45
800, GAO p. m.
Leave Little Diamond at $40, 7.20, 9.25 a. m,
1906, 1856, 5.35. $50 D. m.
Leave Great Diamond at Clio, 7.16, 9.2O, 12.OO
a. M, $50, $50, Gas D. m.
Leave Trefethen's at $40, ITO, $40, IL. so a.
M, 800, 5.25, 6.35 p. m.
Leave Evergreen at .05, 7.05, 9.05. IL .45 am,
Leave Mariners landing. Long Island, at
1l.3O a. m, 800 pm.
Sunday Time Table.
For Forest City Landing. Peaks Island, at 500,
BOO, 1880 a. m. 1915, 2.l6, 3.15, 90 p. m.
For Cushing's Island at 900, 1880 a. M, 1915,
For Little and Great Diamond Islands, Trefeth-
ems and Evergreen Landings, 500, 900, 1880
a. M, 1915, 200, 4.2O d. m.
For Ponce's Landing, Long Island, at 500.
1880 a. m, 200, 4.20 p. m.
For Mariners Landing, Long Island, at 1880
C.w.T. COOLING,
Je1d0 GENERAL Manager
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06
MARINE NEWS
PORT OF PORTLAND.

PONt Or FSnt LAND.
FRIDAY, June 8.
Arrived.
Sch Hattie Turner, Glass, Humaeoa PR-mo-
iasses to Churchill & co:
Sch VIM Herrick, Kelley, Baltimore
Sch Saml w Tilton, Clifford, Philadelnhia
Sch Sebago. Ross, Philadelphia
Sch j Ii Edmonds, Fiddler, Philadelnhia
Sch Wawbeck. (Br) from st John. Mr.
Sch Damietta & Joanna, Wallace. Woodh,idoa-
clay TO Portland StOneware Co.
Cleared.
Sch Elizabeth Ann, (Brl DeCoste Naw p,ob-
mOnd. PO-Rvan & Kelseyl W" niou
Rich.
Sch Clifford White. Falkingham, shulee, Ms
Sch Anna Fl Morse, Bunker, Kennehao 70 load
TOR BaltimOre-JS Winslow & Co. ~ i0''O
Sch Annie L Green, Cousins Castina 70 Ioad
for Boston, II Blake. ~ 'N'
Sch Chas Cooper. Gray, Penobscet to load for
Boston, Fl Blake. ~
Sch Hannah Grant, Kelley, Millbridge-J 81
Blake.
Sch RIenzi, Condor, North Brooksyllle-J Fl
Blake.
Sch Capitol, Hutchinson, Oceanyille-. II Rake
Sch Chapparal, Teel Port Cyde-T RIaka
Sch Good Templar, Simmons, FriendshipN,J II
Blake. =
Sch Enterprise, Chamberlain, Parkers Head
j H Blake.
Sch Mary Elizabeth, Dunton, Boothbay : d
Choate.
SAILED-Bhg Lutzbmg; sch Maggie Ellen.
The Portland daily press., 1891-06-06

Weak hair strengthened and the scalp kept
clean by using Halls hair Remover.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03
And the Frightened Boy Fairly Flew

And the Frightened Boy Fairly Flew.
A dirty faced little boy, incased in a
single garment of shreds and patches,
was caught clinging to the rear end of a
train that rolled into the Grand Central
station a few nights ago. He was about
four years cid and small for his age. In
the expressive language of a Westchester
farmer, che didn't look much bigger'n a
jugo' cider" A jealous trainman espied
the tiny lad before he could dismount
from his dangerous perch on the car
platform. A policeman was summoned
and the arrest of the marauder was de-
manded. The boys who catch on trains
are a nuisance and should be punished
maintained the trainman. A police
officer 6 feet 2 inches in height and
broad in proportion, took hold of one of
the child's arms with his thumb and
foretinger and marched the little culprit
almost the entire length of the long sta
ton, q crowd of fifty or more people fol-
lowing.
Some of the people uttered indignant
and sarcastic remarks, such as "Do you
want any help, oficer?" "Look out, Mr..
Policeman; he'll trip you up" But the
officer paid nc attention to the crowd.
He grimly marched his prisoner to the
Forty-second street exit of the station,
and with a twinkle in his eye he lifted
the child in his arms and addressed him
sternly thus: "Prisoner at the bar, you
have been arrested. But this is yer first
ofhnse. If yuse gifts arrested agin you'll
be punished till the full extint of the
law. Now git" The youngster got out
of sight in the throb of q second.-New
York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03

Syrup"

Here is something from MI. Frank
A. Hale, proprietor of the De Witt
Mouse, Lewiston, and the Tontine
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and r not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost a
father and several brothers and sis
tiers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds, and he
Hereditary often coughs enough
to make him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When
ever he has taken a
gold Of this kind he uses Boschee's
German Syrup, and it cures him
every time. Here is a man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bles, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion? Listen! II
use nothing but Boschee's German
Syrup, and have advised, Ipresume,
more than a hundred different per-
sons to take it. They agree with
me that it is the best cough syrup
In the market" o
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03
WHY Ec1s Are Objectionable.

Inaslnuch as cells must. go TO sea in
order to propagate their species, they are
found not to multiply at all when placed
in ponds that are %landlocked, although
in such places they will grow rapidly
and be healthy. It costs so little to pur-
chase young ones by the quantity that
this is no obstacle to the usefulness Of
stocking inland waters with these fish.
They have many very important advan-
tages from the economic point of view,
inasmuch as they will feed on anything
dead or alive, will thrive in water clear
or muddy and at any temperature, and
require no looking out for.
However, in rivers like the Susque-
hanna, where gill nets are used, cells
are very undesirable. 1t is not unusual
upon hauling the nets in that stream
and in others farther south to find that
the catch has been entirely eaten up by
myriads of the squirming robbers, which
have left little besides heads and back
bones. 1t has been found advantageous
by the fish commission to plant cells in
the upper great lakes and in the Missis.
sippi. They have also been introduced
very successfully in California.-New
York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03
About sltttn1 Er.c. aud Louus,nx,

The crusade which began some months
ago against the habit of Americans "sit-
ting on their spines" has suddenly start
ed up again. The lackadaisical, round
shouldered and slanting carriage of New
Workers is noticeable in nearly all public
places. have often observed, in glanc-
ing over the people in the big restau-
rants, that the diners lounged in their
chairs almost without exception, The
maj who sat erect in a sensible fashion
was Il great rarity. All along Broad
way loungers in hotels are sprawled
over their seats in a similar way, and
nothing is moro common than to see a
man slide down in his seat in the thea
ter until his knees are wedged against
the chair in front of him and his neck
rests upon the back Of his own chair.
In railroad trains there is a similar e1-
hibition of lackadaisical,s sprawling,
lounging and half recumbent men. l
have a notion that all of this is due to a
certain extent to ignorance.
Men who have long journeys 10 go
through should try the effect Of sitting
upright in the corner of a seat one day
and sprawl all over the seat the next.
They will find that the percentage Of
fatigue is i~mmeasurably smaller when
sitting squarely in the seat than when
trying to cover it in a recumbent posi-
ton. So it is in the street car, the cab
and the elevated trains. The principal
advantage of the erect posture is that
when a person sits in this way, without
leaning against the back of the seat, the
jar of the car is so distributed that it
never reaches the head. There is much
more comfort to be had in sitting erect
than in lounging. - lakeley Hall in
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03
Something About Money.

There is no place on this wide earth Of
ours where there is nothing to sell Or no
money to buy with. The kinds of money
people are forced to use would make our
boys who are familiar with gold, silver
and crisp green paper laugh. Think of
currency all the way from strips of odor-
ferrous dried fish to beautiful nature pol
ished sea shells and bright birds plum
age.
OF course we speak of money in its
broad sense, meaning something con
venient to carry, of a standard value, to
be used in exchange or trade; something
that costs labor to get or make, and Of
which every man thinks it would be
good to get plenty. The pieces Of
leather Of the Greeks with the rude
figure of an OK scratched upon them,
standing for q real OK, were just like our
bank notes.-Philadelphia Press.
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03
Sanitation at Cheap Restaurants.

The frequenters of some of the cheap
restaurants of our large towns would
probably suffer from IL painful falling off
in the appetite were they first to pay Il
visit TO the kitchens from which their
savory morsels come. In the interests Of
their hunger they doubtless show sound
discretion in taking the goods the gods
of the gridiron send them without ques-
tioning or demur. On the other hand,
in the interest of sanitation and public
welfare, it is quite as important that the
cleanliness of our restaurant kitchens
should be beyond suspicion as that Of
our baking establishments.
The local authorities are empowered
by the sanitary acts to deal with any
work place which is not kept in a clearly
state, OR not properly ventilated, ETC., SO
as to be injurious or dangerous to health.
1t would be interesting to know what
attention the local authorities have
shown to these establishments. -Hospi-
%o1
The Dickinson press., 1891-10-03
TWO ALTERNATIVES.
a shrewd Young Man Chooses An Un

A Shrewd Young Man Chooses An I'm.
fair but the Expensive One.
A young man came to this city some
time ago with no capital, but with an
experienced and expert knack Of getting
rid of money. He brought letters in
Producing him to the favorable attention
of several rich and influential New York
business men. His relatives in the west
persons of good social standing and
some eans-were very glad to grant
such courtesies to him In consideration
of his departure from their immediate
neighborhood. He had proved an ex-
pensiye indulgence for them.
One of the gentlemen upon whom the
young man called was the president of a
lourishing down town bank. This bank
president had been the intimate friend
of the young mans father, and, without
thinking of the consequences, he offered
to do anything in his power to advance
the interests of the son of his old friend.
The young man had ga business scheme
in his head and he wanted credit at the
bank until his expected remittances ar
rived. The bank president told him
that he might draw up to $1,000.
The checks came in promptly for large
and small amounts until the young
mans overdrawn account amounted to
$1,150. The hard headed cashier then
Went to the president and suggested
that the bank ought to have some col
lateral. He frankly admitted that he
had no confidence in either the young
mans schemes or his intentions. The
president saw the force of his cashiers
suggestion, but, still chary of offending
his old friends son, he wrote a personal
letter to the young man, saying:
MY DEAR YOUNG FR1END-It has been a
pleasure for mo to accommodate you with q
small line of credit at tho bank. Sufficient
time, however, has elapsed, I think, to enable
you to realize on your own resources, and ]
trust that you are now able to MAKE a settle
ment. In fact, l am constrained to say that
you must either mako your account good OF
cease drawing checks on the bank.
The young man was not thin skinned,
and this letter did not offend him. He
smiled as he read the closing sentence,
and stepping into the Office of a friendly
broker, he penned the following note:
RESPECTED srR-Accept my cordial thanks
for your kindness. OF tho two alternative
that you suggest I am obliged to accept the
latter. shall cease drawing checks on your
bank. With kindest regards, etc.
The kind hearted bank president was
somewhat nonplussed by this reply, and
he showed the note to his cashier. That
practical f%unctionary looked over his
gold trimmed glasses at his superior and
said: "Umph! we'll, that is pretty slick.
But you have got rid of him cheaper
than l thought you would."-New York
Times.