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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER o.
TIE ELECTION.

The returns at this writing (mldnight)
are far from complete, nothing having
been heard from many of the far western
states. The indications at this hour I'M
doubtedly strongly point to the election
of Cleveland. He has carried New York,
New Jersey and probably Connecticut,
and this. with the Solid South and five
votes in Michigan, would give him 207
votes, or only 16 short of an election. The
indications are that Illinois has gone
Democratic. This would furnish, the
needed votes and to spare. Indiana IS
close and claimed by both parties, with
the chances in favor of Cleveland. The
chances are, therefore, in favor of Cleye-
lands election, and very likely his ma
Jority in the electoral college will be
arge. Nothing is received to indicate
definitely party standing in the next
House, but undoubtedly the Democrats
will have large majority. Indeed, the
indications are that the Democrats will
have full swing in the government of the
country for the next four years. If
Cleveland is to be elected it is well that
both the Senate and the House should be
Democratic. The Democrats will then
have chance to show the country just
how much their party has reformed, and
the country evidently needs such an ex-
hibition. But we predict that it will be
satisfied with very brief one, and that
four years hence it will pitch the Democ-
racy out neck and heels.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

In South Carolina towns especially in
small villages where the high-priced
liquor license cannot be afforded, they
have what are termed literary and social
clubs, for which charters are granted by
the secretary of state. At Walhalla an
Indictment was obtained against the club
for violating the liquor law. During the
trial a witness testified that the front
room was where newspapers and lite
ary periodicals were kept and on being
asked to name them replied: "corn and
rye liquor, brandy, gin, beer, and most
anything you can ask for.'' The verdict
was 'snot guilty"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09
HARD WOOD BOARDS.

WE are ready to contract for one million \, ive
hundred thousand feet. or any p nak 'ne r.
Maple, Beech and Elm, cut promiscuously. flvs e
sawn. run of the log not less than li-lotn iaUn
nor more than "a inch thick to be saWn aurin nl
Sticks to season, and delivered in Portland from
April to November LIST, 1888. Payments cash.
j. II. HAMLEN & SON, Portland, Me- dAw
Oct28 Jaw
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

as compared with loss of $13, 24s, 300 in
October of last year. That month, how
ever, was a particularly bad one for the
Insurance companies, the loss for octo-
Der, 1890, having been only $7,2795O0.
For the ten months Of the year the losses
are about $1,000, 900 less than for the
same time last year, but over S22,000,O00
larger than for the same period OF 1890.
The recent efforts of the companies to
reduce the hazard do not appear yet to
have markedly materialized.
The ban which has been put upon the
importation of Canadian cattle by the
government of England, will prove
severe blow to Canadian agri-
culture, already suffering severe de-
preston. The English board of agricul
ture slaughtered 1900 head of cattle, sent
from the Dominion, on finding them suf-
1ering from pleuro- pneumonia, and has
ordered strict scrutiny, which may re-
suit in entire prohibition-to be here
after exercised in the case of all cattle
coming from Canada. The value of a
clean bill of health for the cattle of a
country is now brought home to the at
tention of our northern neighbor, which
should emulate the aggressive manner in
which the government at Washington
stamped the same disease out of the
herds of this country when it unfortu-
nately appeared here some years ago.
The European market now takes very
kindly to the cattle from the United
States, because it knows that this disease
no longer exists among them.
--------
The figures of Mr.. Ira Aver Of the
Treasury department for three months
| ending with September indicate a pro-
duction of 10,952, 725 pounds of tin plate.
A year ago the industry was just assum-
ing form and proportion, and the produc
tion was only s26.922. The. industry
therefore, increased its output l 200 per
cent during the quarter year ending with
| September, compared with the cores
ponding quarter of 1891. year ago
only five firms were engaged in. the pro-
duction of tin plate. Now there are 80
competing concerns. The tin plate in
| dustry has developed without Interrupt
ton; and the prospect is, unless the pos
| sible misfortune of Democratic admin
istration at Washington after March a,
1893, should deter capitalists from max
! ing further investments, that the estab-
lishment of new tin plate plants will con-
tinue and the production of the coming
year will aggregate fully 50,00o,oo0
pounds. In addition to the 80 estab-
lishments now in operation IA more are
being actively pushed to completion.
eight are being enlarged, and 20 more are
contemplated.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

The chairman of the Democratic COM
mittee of Illinois boosted that he would
put on the polling list of Chicago the
names of 10000 recently naturalized
Poles and Hungarians. It looks as if he
had done it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

1t looks as if Cleveland's promises to
Tammany and the Hill crowd had been
satisfactory.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

Notwithstanding the loss of s3,3775,00
by the Milwaukee fire, the October fire
loss in the United States and Canada, ac-
cording to the New York Commercial
Bulletin, amounted to only Sl3, 349, 200,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

Tammany and the Solid South will
now rule the country. 1t is pleasing
prospect indeed. -
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-11-09

The votes of the big cities did it. The
country districts appear to have stood by
the Republican party Loyalty.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
LEFT iuNpoNE.

u isn't tho thing you do, dear,
It's tho thing you've left undone,
Which gives you bit Of heartache
AT the setting Of tho sun;
The tender word forgotten,
The letter you did not write,
The flower you might have sent, dear.
Arc your haunting ghosts o-night
The stone you might have lifted,
Out Of . brothers way,
The bit Of heartsome council
You were hurried to much TO say,
T'hs loving touch Of the hand, dear,
The gsntle and winsoms tone.
That you had no time or thought for,
Wtth troubles enough Of your own.
The little act OF kindness,
30 easily out Of mind;
Those chances TO be angels
Which every mortal finds
They come In night and silence
Each chill, reproachful wrath
When hope is faint and Tagging,
And a blight has dropped on faith.
For life Is all too short, dear,
And sorrow is all too great,
To suffer our slow compassion @1
That tarries until too late.
And it's not the thing you do, dear,
It's the thing you leave uhdone,
Which gives you the bit Of heartache
At the setting Of the sun.
Margaret Z. Sangster.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23

The crescent has been known since
time out of memory. In ancient
mythology 1t decorated the foreheads
of Diana and OF Astarta the Syrian
Venice. In the days OF Rome's great
est glory the ladies wore II as an orna-
ment in their hair. Since the foun.
dation OF Constantinople (the ancient
Byzantium) II has been the emblem OF
the city. and as such adorns It's walls
and public buildings besides being
stamped on its coins and postage.
The legend which accounts for it,
universal adoption in Turkey, and Con.
stantinople in particular 10 as follower
Philip OF Macedon laid siege to the
city in the year $40 B. c. He chose q
night OF unusual darkness for the pro-
posed assault but was foiled by the
moon suddenly breaking from behind
q cloud. In commemorative of this
providential deliverence the crescent
was adopted as the symbol Of the city.
The Mohammedan Sultans were slow
to assume this emblem until someone
mentioned that II was the symbol ol
increasing greatness power changing
as rapidly as the phases OF the moon.
st Louis Republic.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
Danxerous Isevoiusions.

Belle-Don't you think gentleman
should always wear dress suit when
he makes call on a young ladyP
Nell (doubtfully)-Well. don't
know. II he wears a full dress suit
his shirt bosom when he gets homo
gives him dead away. --Somerville
journal
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23

The latest contribution to the rain
making controversy comes from Pro-
lessor Curtis, meteorolosist in charge
OF the experiments. In communica-
ton from that gentleman, just pub
lished, he affirms in the most unequiv-
ocal manner that SO far - the pro-
duction of showers by msans ofexplo-
sions, either on the ground or in the
upper air, ID concerned, tho expert
ments have been an utter failure.
Showers were in some instances OBJ
tanned, though by no means to the ex-
tent described in the tslegraphic re-
ports, the 'torrents" OF the imagina-
tive reporters being in many instances
mere drixzles. But even these were
foretold by the Meteorological Depare-
ment, and were due to natural causes,
and not in any appreciable degree to
the dynamite, and explosive balloons.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
The Last Division.


Teacher-"If your mother SHOULD
wish to give each one ON equal amount
OF meat, and there should be eight in
the family, how many pieces would
she have to. cut?s nk
Class Eight" a3frL
Teacher-"Correct. Now each piece
would he called one-eighth Of the
whole, remember that" y2iw
Class-"Yes m"
Teacher-"Suppose each piece wer,
cut again, what would result?"
Smart Boy-"Sixteenths."
Teacher" Correct. And If cut
AGAIN." s,1s
Boy-"Thirty seconds"
Teacher-"Corrsct. Now suppose
we should cut each Of the thirty-two
pieces again, what would resultY"
Little Girl" Hash. "-strsSf 4
Smiths Good News. 3s,ssT
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
Not the Same Party

The Rev. Whangdoodle Baxter has
the most flourishing Sunday.shool
in Austin. He ssked one Of the pu-
pills: ~
"Who is dat mysterious beinafrom
wiom muffin am hid, who seesGmdl
knows cherry ding what happensi. I
axed yer dot qaeshun last Sunday
and now wants de answer" M
~ knows hit, My fodder told me
de right answer" said one boy.
"Well, den, Who does yer fodder
say am dat mysterious bein' who
knows all things what happens?"
Ode foahman oh de gran jury
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
The Lion" and Giraffe.

The servant came to announce "a
Victor Hugo the arrival OF visitors,
viz, Lord San English peer, &C.
companied by his wife and thrss
daughters. Victor Hugo stepped into
the drawine-room and inquired the
object Of : visit which did him honor.
Lord s-then turned to his wife and
said
"Mr. Victor Hugo, great poet" r
Victor Hugo bowed in silence.
Lord S-then tnrned to his daugh-
Victor Husol Notre Dame dc
,Parisp"
Victor Hugo again bowed his ac-
nowledgement.
"victor Hugol great poetl Notre
Dame dc Parisl" Lord S---repeated
with enthusiasm. He then opened
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23

|srhat. lacked ike AN album " s.
about. "a solicit A .autoFaYh fic-
tor Huye WINGED. But LORD 80
pulled out his.watch, and locking a.
bis memorandum book Tor sucn 10
was, remarked a. a . u
cat ten o'clock go and see tho
giraffe lat tho Jardin, d'Acclimfta-
ton" whereupon he stalked on with.
his family with him.-LEcho do
Paris. i3t
Little Johnny Tells . Story.
Ono time there was . young cote
witch felt butty, and there was ole
ram wich lay in the road, hal o sleep.
chune his cud. The cote he had been
shet up in paster Of his life. anVhad
never saw ram, an he sed to his sis
ter, the cote did, "You jest stan still
an 80 me whipe that freek OF the face
OF the erth."
So the cote he went up before the
ram an stomp his feets an shuke his
head real fritsful, but,the ram ne did
emit g,t up, but only jes KEEP chune his
cud and wotched out between his
lashes. Bime by tho cote he backed
Of and tuke a run. an then arose up in
the air an come down with his he'd on
the rams head, wack! The gote's he'd
was busted, but the ole ram he never
wank his eye.. Then the ole ram he
smiled with his mowth, an SGD to the
butte gotes sister, Pears to- mo,
miss, that kangaroo OF yourn Is nitty
careless when lie lites, he come gum
dasted near making me swoller my
cud. San Francisco Examiner.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
Not sure.

Cashly-There! now that ! have giv-
en- that poor woman quarter, I
ought to have luck. &C
Flashly-Don't follow, my dear man;
nothing to do with it. '''R
"Why" Gia& saos
~ went to tho races ono day and
gave blind man standing at the gate
q quarter for luck. Lost every cent i
had. When ] came out, tried to
borrow quarter of the blind man,
but he couldn't zee it."-Kate Fields
Washington. -J
At the Privato Detective Offios.
Lady-"Do you happen to know
any Of those people who purloin top.
coats, nnn orellas, ETC., from cafes and
other Places OF public resortH yosf
Deteotive:-"oh, certainly; has your
husband-f'
Lady:-"No; ! only wanted to ask
II you could send one OF these gentry
to q confectionsr's where ] often call,
and got him to steal my old cloak, 80
that my husband will have to bug ms
sealskin for Christmas."-Der, Ulk.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
a Mornent of candor.

Mrs. Speaksrmind, 1T chrysanths.
mum show--"Why 10 there such . fur
or over such . commonplace flower a.
the chrysanthemumf"
Everybody Else -s'That's just what
We came to find out. New York
Weekly. ,,g,s.,o
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23
Found Thsir Level.

|Es" TSN NA"o' -SvS"fs1 AA
First Escaped Murdersr-I say,
pard, now we're out. what shall We
DOT The blood shedding instin ct 10
strong in me. simply thirst for gore.
How can we 90 on shedding and re-
main unhungf r.
Second Escaped Murderer have
it, my sanguinary friend! Well Join
a professional football team.--Pitts-
burg Bulletin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23


y Realistic Playing.
Petted Daushter--'"They asked mo
to play ct Mrs. Hishupp's this even
ing. and Ibid; but"
Fond Mother, proudly-"Were they
not entrancedi" 4 dsA4
Petted Daughter--"Huml When I
played Life on the Ocean Wave with
variations half OF them left thereon.
Fond Mother, ecstatically-'That's
wonderful! They must have been Sea
sick. New York Weekly. ffl99s
uAlicatsiy Put. -,
Boireau conversos with the old Baro-
ness C-,a% one time the most fsSci-
mating woman in society, but Row
al shrivellsd and wrinkled. ,s,Ahl"
ssclsims her EEL iadyship, Now sad Y is
'STo be sure" Boireau rsmsfkstfft
10 hard lima when one. has to, stsrn
again into q ceterpillar after having
been buttsrAyI"'-Ls Figure.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-01-23

II have a horse that has run . mile
in onetwenty." sexx
lis his tail bobbed3" : esSs (
"No; why2" sksN
because it is best for horse tale
like that to be cut short. Kate
Fields Washington.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-04-09
THE GRIPPE.

Many of our readers are now suffering
with the Grippe. 1t Is well to remember
that it always attacks the weak and par
ticularIy aged people. If you have weak
ness in any organ the grippe is pretty sure
to find it out. The main thing is to keep
the stomach free from the malady and to
enable it to assimilate the food. So long
as this Is done the system will triumph
over the disease. As soon as you find that
you havethe grippe get bottle of REID'S
GERMAN COUGH AND KIDNEY
CURE. This affects the disease in foui
ways, or rather it accomplishes four re-
suits, all of which are highly important in
the domestic economy. In the first place II
aids the digestion and keeps the microbes
out of the stomach. In the next place 1t
arouses the kidneys and separates the uric
acid from the blood. In the third place il
heals the lungs and soothes the inflamed
surfaces, and lastly it relaxes the bowels.
When this work is fully accomplished
there is no further danger from the grippe.
Get this remedy of any dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-04-09
THE cANDLE-FlsH.


A Wonderful Provision for Lighting the
Homes of the Far North.
OF course where it is night people
must have some sort of light to see by.
Among us. lamps gas and SO on, are
used. But what do you suppose people
do where there is nothing of this kind?
Why, in some places they use one thing;
in others, another. In Alaska and other
far away lands to the north all they
have to do is to set a candle-fish on fire.
and they have good, clear light, which
will last more than an hour.
The candlc-fish is about ten inches
long, and somewhat the shape of our
slender smelt. 1t is very fat, and Just
the thing to make lamp of. The
natives fasten it in rude kind of
candle-stick, made of strips of white
oak, and set it on fire. They light it at
the head, and it burns steadily away
down to the very tail.
OF all the queer ways to make q lamp
to read or sew by, think this is the
queerest Nature seems to provide al
most everything needed by the people
in the place where they live. The can
dle-fish is SO oily that it can not be pre-
served even in alcohol The nights at
the far north are very long, and if it
were not for this fish the people would
be most of their time in entire darkness.
Our Little Ones.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-04-09
PunoENr PARAGRAPHS.

-"You say your. present boss treats
you better than Mr.. Smith did?" "Yis
sorr, and oftener."-Epoch.
She Had Read Them.
fool stole my book of poems" Wife
He will not carry them far" -Yankee
Blade.
-He-.You didn't know was color
blind. did your Shell suspected it
from the neckties you wear "--Clothier
and Furnisher.
Texas cowboys recently forced on
train a man who wore a red necktie.
which leads us to regret that we haven't
any cowboys in the north. Rochester
Post
He deeply smitten and trying hard
to interest her)-"Have you-ah--any
interest at all in this fad of collecting
spoonsg' She (wearily)-"rm trying
to get rid of them. Club.
Mrs Slimdiet-''Is there anything
can put in your room TO add to your
comfort?" New boarder-f notice there
is no thermometer on the stove; how
do you tell when it is goingT
Friend of Playwright-"Tell me.
now, what do you consider your greatest
work?" Playwright = Getting my
plays accepted after they are written"
Boston Transcript
II see you are advertising again for
q runaway dog. This is the third time
in a single month"; eyes. bother IL!
Since my daughter has begun taking
music lessons l can't keep dog in tho
house. London It'd Bits.
$50 you want me to move you?"
said the expressmau. Eyes" Does
your servant girl know you are going to
move?" YES" "Well, I'll come
around tomorrow and get what she
has left. "-Washingtou Star.
Mr.. N. Peck-'T should think you
would be ashamed to wear the hair of
another woman on your head" Mrs.
N. Peck Shame yourself. for you
wear the skin of another calf on your
feet brooklyn Eagle.
Two LikenesseS Young Billops
feeding his best girl after the theater)
LET me give you little more of this
pudding" Best Girl-"Yes It 80 re-
minds me of you" Young Bilfops-
"Because it's so sweet? Tee-hee!" Best
Girl-"And SO soft" Solemn silence).
Brooklyn Eagle.
"A Thoughtful Suggestion. "A group
of men stood about an individual who
had just been pulled out of the river as
he was going down the third time.
''Give him some whisky" said one. A
murmer came from the nearly drowned
man. Some one put his ear down and
listened He said: Roll me over first
and get some of this water out It'll
weaken the liquor"
An apecdote is related of a certain
Methodist parson who was loudly in
Weighing. before ministerial assembly,
against schools of theology, and finished
by thanking God that he had never
rubbed his back up against one. +" do
understand the brother to say that he
thanks God for his ignorance?" asked
the bishop "Well, yes, if you want to
put it that way" he replied. Then all
have to add, said the bishop; unctu-
ously, lis, that the brother has . great
deal to be thankful for"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-04-09
A SINGULAR HORSE.
Dean swiit's Clever Ruse to Get
Seat.

Dean swift's Clever Ruse to Get a
A funny story is told of Dean Swift,
who was a witty man and fond of a
joke at the expense of other people, as
most witty people are. One very cold
night, when he was travelling, he
stopped at little inn. There was only
one fire in the house, and the guests OF
the inn, crowding about ii, left no place
for the newcomer.
With a solemn face Dean Swift called
to the hostler, and told him to get a
peck of oysters Immediately and ia Ike
them out to his horse.
Twill your horse eat oysters?" ask ed
the astonished man.
Just take them out and .see," said
the horses master.
The people around the fire stared at
the man who owned this curious horse,
and nearly everyone of them left his
seat and went out to see the remark
able horse eating oysters.
Then the. cunning Dean made him.
self comfortable in the warmest corner,
and ordered his supper.
Presently back came the hostler,
with the disa ppointed crowd after him.
"He won't touch them. sir!" cried the
hostler
Then take the foolish animal all
the oats he can eat" replied Dean
Swift "Yeu can bring the oysters
here. I'll cot them for supper myself y
Hssper's Young People