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The Portland daily press., 1892-04-19
A Regatta Not Likely.

There has been some effort to get up a
rowing regatta here for next Fourth OF
July. The Cumberlands and Dirigos in
this city would be interested, and it has
been hoped that the New England Row
ing Association might be induced to take
hold of it. Last evening, Mr. Tolman, of
the committee on the celebration OF
Fourth of July, appeared before the COM
mittee on estimates to ask for an appro-
priation of $500 to assist in getting up
the regatta and other Fourth of July fes-
tivities. But the committee did not seem
to be very enthusiastic over the regatta.
They thought that as Forepaugh's circus
was coming, and as there would be horse
trots, base ball games, etc., there would
be no need of a regatta.
The members of the Portland Rowing
Association feel that it would be an easy
matter to get the New England regatta
here, if Portland could give $1,000 as Law.
renee did last year.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-19
THE PRESS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS TO-DAY.
ADJUSTMENTS.
9th Stockbridge.

ADJUSTMENTS.
9th Stockbridge.
FIFTH PAGE
Harrington g. Biokford
The Atkinson Co.'S
Proposals for the foundation of Plush Mill; c. A.
Tilton.
Police examining board.
EIGHTH PAGE.
The Atkinson Company.
Manson G. Larrabee.
For sale; cotton mill.
Proposals; Fred n. Dow.
Owen. Moore g. Co.
The Atkinson Company; 2.
X. John Little & Co.
AUCTIONS.
Auction sale; horses.
New Wants, To Let, For Sale. Lost Found
and similar advertisements, will be found under
their appropriate headings on page 6.
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-19

The initiative Japanese
are fighting the French
with their own weapons
and winning too.
Whoever heard Of
Tooth Brushes from Jap
an? And yet they're
making them in Toxic,
quite as good as the Pa
risian ones and at haTMe
money. For example,
we're selling a lot Of Jap
anese tooth brushes this
week at 1oc and 1ec and
they're equal to any we've
sold before for 25c. Gen
uine bristles, four row,
fine bone handles and
well made.
There are other bar
gains in the toilet goods
section. Do you need to
be told how our prices
compare with exclusive
stores ?
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-19
CITY ESTIMATES.

City Asked to Encourage Fourth of
July Regatta-The Committee Adjourn
without Definitely Establishing Appro-
The Portland daily press., 1892-04-19
WESTBROOK AFFAIRS.
The City Council Transacts Some In
pertant Business.
ACTION ON THE BEQUEsT OF THE
LATE JOSEPH WALKER.

Orders Passed Making the Appropriations
for the Yeaf-The sec, 900 Loan-Peti-
ton Referred for a Change in the Street
Railway Location-A Large Amount of
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24
ONE OF THE PEOPLE
Haxen S. Pingree Comes From
Puritan Aneestory
EARLY BECAME A SHOEMAKER
And IN Thar Business Hzs Ever Since
tesT soldiez-Hls Prosperity.

Hazen :. Pingres is . lineal descen-
iAnt OF Moses Pingree. who came from
England Ia 1910. and settled IN Fps
vlcns Massachusetts,. For the frat 40
years, nearly al Of the American
branch Of the family lived in Ipswien,
Eowlsy and Georgetown, Mz-saehu-
setss. Towards ths close OF the last
century the family had go increased IN
numbers that many OF the name sought
and obtained new homes IN other parts
OF the Bay state, and IA Maine. New
Hampshire. Vermont aud Nova Scotia;
and A. the present time descendants of
the family are found IN nearly every
part OF the union. The sscry Of New
England furnishes abundant proof that
the early male members OF this family
we're mea or character and influence,
ana OF industrious and frugal habits.
An extended history OF the family by
William NJ. Pengry, says: mo family
has made better citizens than the
descendants OF Moses Pengry. Trained.
90 most OF them have been. 10 habits OF
industry. fruga lty and uprightness.
descended from Puritan ancestry. and
embracing much OF their strIctness,
they have always been law-ablding,
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24

over 80 persons are employed. aud
Their weekly payroll amounts 10 De-
tween 5000 2na 5000. The value OF
Their annual products amount 20 about
u .1S, COO Their safes extead al over
the west. ogt are more especially con-
lined 20 OHIO, Michigan and the north-
western states From the beginning OF
this enterprise, Ar. PlngEee has bad
general supervision over the eum pill
Gated details OF the entire eataUiisn-
ment. Nr. smith retired fToa the
firm IA 1855. but ths rral name, Pm
gree & Smith, has been retained. MI.
Plugree's success has been the result OF
hard work and good management
Hts nsssraeis Record.
Ia 1883 Mr. Pingree was elected may.
or OF Detroit over John Pridgson Jr.,
who neld the Office al that time, by
isis majority HIS record since has
been an envisble one. Through DE IN
tiaence, the street car strike OF last
sprlng, which threatened TO parslyze
the business interests OF the city, wzs
satisfactorily settled. With the inter-
esls OF tho taxpayers AZ heart, he has
ably fought the petty steals or the
council. and has backed the board OF
pubic works IN its efforts TO perity the
city contract system. lis efforts to
require all payements To be laid on a
solid foundation have been productive
of great good TO the city. His last
great stroke. which greatly increased
his popularity, was the veto OF the city
railways monopoly franchises IN
July of last year. THIS veto
probably saved To the city mill
hone Of dollars. Hs communications
TO the city council have always
been clear, strong, and to the point. In
the MUNICIPAL election Of the fail Of
1891, Mr.. Pingree was reelected mayor
OF Detroit by a majority of over 1000
more than the combined vote OF the
two democratic Candidates, Wan. =.
Thompson and John Miner. The ex-
tent OF this victory becomes apparent
when it is shown that the nominal
democratic majority IN Detroit Is be
tween $500 aud 1000. In social life
Mr.. Pingree is large-hesrted and gen.
erous, q faithful friend and . good
citizen. HIS private life has been pure
and untalnted by susplclon. lie was
married February %, 1872. to Francis
A. Gilbert of Mt. Clemens. Michigan.
They have three chiidren-two
daughters and son.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24
KEEPS UP WITH THE NEWS.

The Cockrosch Prefers tho Newspaper
Or'ce to the Most Gorgeous Palace.
The keen-eyed coclroach seems TO be
q native Of the well-regulated news
paper Office II you have any business
with Mr.. Roach and fail to find him
elsewhere go to a printing Office and
you win find him looking ever the we'd
ding reporters shoulder or helping the
baseball editor to paste his copy to-
gethcr.
think the roach has . keener sense
of huraor than even the humorous ed
isor. The roach knows what q joke is
and sometimes the editor does not.
These sleek birds without feather
have converted my desk into meeting
place or club house, and they transact
most Of their affairs while 1 am busy.
They are quite fond of display, and,
like people who wear diamonds, want
70 be seen. says writer in the Louis
vile Commercial.
Almost every night when I begin 70
work battalion of these reaches
march out on the smooth surface of my
desk and drill like soldiers. The gen.
erals of the battalion place the soldiers
in command of the captains and then
sneak over to I'd, side and eat my paste
while the battalion Is practicing.
The other night IN advance guard Of
one walked out on my writing paper,
and to move him I Tipped the end OF
the sheet and threw him double sorn-
ersauIt In a moment he was back ON
the paper again kept this up until
discovered that Mr.. Roach was delight
81 with the paSfirrc
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24
-
HIS DARK DOUBLE.
A sight Which shocked swell and II
Fair Friend.

A sight Which shocked . swell and Hia
Fair Friend.
He was walking slowly down Fifth
avenue. taking In with chances every.
thing of note. He was dressed a. only
Q man of fashion should be dressed; lat
est cut coat, trousers to match, silk tie,
patent feathers, AID even the yellow
flower in his buttonhole seemed to have
grown expressly for the occasion. He,
evidently. was well pleased with him
self in general, judging by the admir-
ing chances he exchanged with the
strollers, especially the gentle sex. just
approached q young and handsome
lady.
As she approached him. says the
Clothier and Furnisher, it became eyi-
dent that they knew each other, which
was verified later by tipping Of the
hat on the part of the gentleman, and
. slight bow on the part of the young
lady. They had hardly stopped tc
speak when the young lady drew back
with q slight cry.
The young man, anxious, OF course
TO know what should bring about such
. change in his fair companion, turned
70 look in the same direction, and there
came face to face with burly negro
dressed in exactly the Same fashion as
himself; the same hat, same coat, same
TROUSERS, same shoes and even yellow
flower was pinned In the lapel of biz
coat
The colored man looked ssraigh,
ahead and walked on. They both
turned around instinctively TO look If
ter him, and then it was the young
mans turn to utter q gasp of surprise.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24

II IL proposed TO cover the surface of
the sea around an endangered vessel
with thin cotton or silken net. rem
dered unsubnersible and ever floating
By means of being dipped in q special
chemical preparation The idea Is due
10 shs fact that when crossing the track
Of the gulf stream Il has been noticed
that the vsss spreading tields of floating
seaweed within the confines Of tbs
ssrssn. though upheaved By the swell.
remain glossy and smooth The net
scts In tbs same way a. the seawced.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24

For The Next Three Days
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
SPECIAL SALE.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-04-24
Lily White Flour

II made frnm he cho.ce.s whest.
, 1892-02-10

as II hose had gained two feet in height
aftei she made this speech, and she left
the room looking straight before her.
Her mother cried, talked about the mag
nihcent match she might have made and
insisted that there was certainly a some
thing queer about her, or she never
would have let such a chance slip.
All through that winter, in n very
quiet way. Rose had beer seeing a young
man, who vas her fathers lawyer, an
honest, open hearted gentleman. And
h is the use of lingering over it. He
loved her. and one day he said, Rose.
do you love Ele?'
And looking him straight in the face
she said, Yes"
And then he asked, Rose, will Won
be my wife?' And again she answered
Yes" And so the Rose Budd was
plucked, and the girl who had been
trained to marry an,Englishman, whose
education had been directed with a view
of her making the match of the season,
had shown her own independence by in
sisting On marrying the mar she loved.
He had no title save that of gentleman,
and yet, strangely enough, he was the
catch of the season, for a fortune was
awaiting hlH luo udO ne WIS twenty
eight years old, provided he was mar
ried at that time ito an American girl
All the gay world went to see this
wedding. The girls who were Roses
bridesmaids looked in her eyes and saw
there a something that was new b o them
"a look that meant that the very full
ness of joy had been reached. And one
of them whispered to the other, 81 hope
some day ] will be as happy as Rose is"
1t was an American wedding, for the
lace veil that Rose wore. and which her
great-grandmother had worn before her,
pinned on her head not only by stars
and crescents of diamonds but by an
American flag made of rubies, sap
phires and diamonds, and which came
from way across the water, bearing
with it this message: ITO the one Amer
lean girl who taught me to honor all
American women This comes from the
man who as he could not win her will
try for dear loves sake to win a woman
like her"
And as they came down the aisle OF
the church these two happy people, Rose
and her lover, it seemed as if the we'd
ding march sang that old, old song,
Its love, it's love that makes the
world go round"
ISABEL A. y
, 1892-02-10
Punished the Boys.

At one period in the history of the
University of Kansas a secret society
broke into being. The boys composing
it wore a badge consisting of the letters
IT. c." at least two inches long,
wrought out of new tin. No one could
guess what the object of the society
might be, until it became evident that
turkeys were mysteriously disappearing
from various localities.
Thus the matter a on until, in an
unlucky hour, the boys raided the poul.
try yard of Judge Nelson Stephens.
Now, the judge was not a man to be
trlfied with; he soon detected the rogues
and resolved forthwith to punish them
in his own peculiar way.
Without mentioning the discovery
outside his own family, he politely in.
vited all the ct. C.'s" to supper. They
were delighted with the invitation and
accepted it forthwith. The judge re
ceived them most cordially, and kept
them in a roar with funny stories until
supper was announced. Still shaking
with laughter, the guests were shown
into the dining and assigned their
places.
On the plate of each 1T. c." was a
huge turkey The judge begged his
guests to help themselves, and went on
with his funny stories as if he were
accustomed to serve his guests with
whole turkeys every day in the year.
The boys were in torture; they could
neither eat nor listen. The judge, how
ever, too polite to notice their embar-
rassment, simply urged them to eat, and
kept on with his stories. Thus did he
roast" the boys as thoroughly as they
had ever roasted his turkeys.
That very night the disconsolate "Tur.
ksy Catchersr disbanded, and theii
badges were seen no more.
, 1892-02-10
An Anecdote of Mrs. Cleveland.

While Mrs. Cleveland was in the
White House a college society held o
reunion in Washington and the presi-
dents wife consented to receive the
members. Among them was a young
man from Vermont and one from Georgia
who passed down the line together. The
grasp of Mrs. Cleyeland's hand was SC
cordial that the pair were anxious to
secure another handshake, and after
watching the crowd a few minutes fell
in again, and finally reached Mrs. Cleve
land. The pair looked unconcerned,
but as Mrs. Cleveland looked at tho
striking faces she seemed puzzled but
said nothing. Then the couple got out
in the corridor, but We're not satisfied
even then. Accordingly they changed
coats and hats, ruffled their hair and
worked into the line again. When the
lady found them again in line ready
to shake hands she looked for a sec
ond and then laughed heartily, but
shook hands, suggesting that three timea
was quite sufficient. The grasping pair
were forced to agree with her.
, 1892-02-10
wh,rs .arh, DAILY Lsader" Nav be Pound
AGENIINE L Y Bill.

The coinage committee of the house i;
determined IN grapple directly with the
silver question without resort to any Of
the makeshIfts proposed. such as consid.
erins the matter IN an international mon
etary congress-, a course which past expe'
rience has proven would result in delay
and nothing else.
The bill continues the old standard oil
4l24 grains Of silver ni%ne-tenths line to
the dollar and maintains the existing
ratio of sixteen parts of silver to one part
OF gold. The silver and gold dollar are
equally the unit of value and the silver
dollar is a legal tender in payment Of all
debts. Silver bullion is to be coined free
OF charge at all mints of the United
States or coin notes issued for it at the
coinage value OF the bullion deposited.
This is plain. unequivocal and unvar-
nished free coinage, and the people East
and West will watch the fate o the meas
ure with extreme interest, though from
varying standpoints. In the house silver
il in the home of its friends. We are
not of those who believe in crawfshing
now on the subject Of silver. The Dem
ocratic party has been too often made the
victim of the expediency of its leaders.
Many seem to think that the only course
TO pursue in the face of an impending
national campaign is a cowardly course.
If we desire to succeed we must bury
come o! our dearest convictions for fear
We may a~ntagonize somebody, Is iu effect
what they argue. For our part we be-
lieve the Democratic party should be on
aggressive. Say what we will the silver
question is of equal importance with the
tariff and we believe cuts even more
deeply into the pockets of the people.
We are glad 10 see the issue squarely
faced. The interest of a vast majority of
the people of this country demand the
passage OF such bill. The question is now
very generally understood by them and
they can no longer be odwinked nor
deceived by pretensions. They want
something tangible and the Democrats in
the house Should send the silver bill
through without a useless waste of time.
Let the responsibility of iailure-should
failure ensue- rest upon the Republicans.
The people should know that the Demo-
Gratis, speaking through their congress.
sional representatives, are determined to
do their whole duty.
, 1892-02-10

you very much for the honor you have
shown me, an honor which | must de-
cline. You do not know that an Ameri-
can girl asks in her married life for
something else besides position, and that
something is love. Without it you can
not expect to have II faithful wife. And
yet in all that you have offered me you
nave not mentioned it. The general i'm
preston among Englishmen, especially
among E~nglishmen of title, is that an
American girl will sell her soul for q
coronet and for the sake of being pre-.
sented to the queen. They are mistaken.
That there are some women who value
money and position before everything
else, l am sorry to say is true; but in
this great big new country there is many
a one who would not marry the king of
England himself unless she loved him
and unless he loved her. Undoubtedly,
you nave meant to show me an honor.
thank you for that; but l ask you to re
member one thing, and that is that
though we American girls may laugh
and be merry at all times we are not
mere butterflies, and we do not give our
hands without our hearts" 1t seemed
, 1892-02-10

THE members OF the Greystone club
and their guests spent a large and juicy
evening at Denver. Nomiually the pur-
pose OF the gathering was to boom some
Western man for the presidency, but just
whom is not made conspicuously apparent
from the report of the banquet received
through the Associated Press. The sus-
picion that a Colorado political Senegam-
bian will yet crop up from the debris OF
the banquetting board is perhaps not alto
gether %unfounded.
, 1892-02-10

and her hand? Rose sat down one day
and thought out the reasons why these
stories of love were told her, and having
learned a little of the ways of the world
she concluded il was because she was q
rich mans only child. Now in think
ing this she did herself a little injustice,
for her gentle ways won the hearts of
the men who first thought of her great
wealth.
Her first proposal came from n young
man who it seemed to her thought more
of his clothes han of anything else. Ho
wore the widest of trousers, the most
immaculate fitting of coats, his gloves
evidently did service but once and when
he lourished his lawn handkerchief tho
perfume of violets seemed to fill the air.
The flowers in his ~buttonhole changed
with the seasons, for he first wore a hugo
chrysanthemum, then a bunch of white
yiolets and then in winter a priceless
orchid. From n narrow silk cord dangled
a huge monocle. One afternoon after
Rose had brewed him three cups of tea
he put the %lnonocle in his eye and look
ing at her he said rather gaspingly,
"Miss Budd-l am about to do you the
honor-no-I mean will you do me tho
honor of being my wife, Rose was so
frightened that she dropped the teacup
she was holding and she answered,
Really, Mr.. Glasseyes, | don't think
you quite know what you are talking
about"
"Oh, yes, | do" he said, and no
smoothly arranged his trousers, got
down on his knees and murmured in q
pitiful tone. "Oh, Rose darling. do say
yes and make n man of mel" And Rose,
looking straight ut him, answered, THAT
would be impossible" And her the
poor fellow got up and cried a little bit
and had another cup of tea and then
went away. And Rose sat and looked
out of the window and wondered if thin
was what they meant when they talked
about true love.
The next applicant for the hand OF
my Lady Rose was her stiff English
friend. This was n function of great
Importance. In the morning he sent her
a large bouquet of white roses; in tho
afternoon he called and asked to see her
mother; after n short talk with her Rose
was sent for, and then in the most dig
nified tone her admirer said, Miss
Budd. your mother has done me the
nonor Vi sdylnB yes 10 tne proposition OF
marriage which have just made her"
Rose looked at him, laughed and asked,
How in the world could you marry my
mother"
He drew himself up rather stiffly and
continued, "a beg your pardon, you did
not allow me to finish my sentence; your
mother has said yes in answer to my
proposition to marry you. You will oc-
cupy one of the finest positions in Eng
land, you will be presented as a bride,
and l will do all in my power to make
you n great social success, although a0
an American You would undoubtedly
achieve that yourself, but with my great
name you will of course AVE special ad-
vantages. If you will permit me, | will
put your engagement ring on, and give
my first kiss to my future wife"
Poor Rose! There she stood growing
winter and whittier, feeling that her own
mother was selling her for position ex-
actly asif she were a slave. She summed
up courage, and without a word to her
mother she said to her admirer: Thank
, 1892-02-10

GLOVES AND HANDKERCHIEFS.
dressing well is because of the close at
tention that she pays to the details of
her toilet. From the tips of her toes to
the top of her hat everything must be
neat and in keeping. Just as much at
tention is given to the choice of stock
ings, shoes, gloves and handkerchiefs as
to the dresses, bonnets and wraps, and
are scarcely less in Importance.
The new gloves of this season are
made to allow for the long sleeves now
worn, and have never more than four
buttons, while some have but two.
Gauntlet gloves are favorites, and the
edges of them are beaded with very fine
steel, jet or gilt beads, with sometimes
Il small flower in colored silk to match
or contrast sharply. On the backs of
all the gloves are heavy stitchings in
black. Pearl color is the favorite, with
black stitching and jet and steel beadS
on the gauntlet. The thumbs of gloves
are now set in a manner that relieves
the strain, and thus n pair of gloves lasts
twice as long as heretofore.
Some of the gloves have a wide, Van
dyked black kid band laid on the wrist
of light gloves, not quite at the top and
coming down to the back of the hand.
Others have narrow black kid banda
quite at the top of the glove.
The new handkerchiefs are in fine ba-
tiste, colored or white, with double hem
stitched border and with initials heavily
embroidered in one corner in contrast
ing color for ordinary use, and for nice
are deeply embroidered batiste handker-
phiefs inst aiUhteen inches snuara tbe
embroidery often done in washable col
ors. Lace handkerchiefs of course will
never go out of style, and any kind is
chic, but those of Point, Honiton or Brus-
sells are those shown in the magazines.
, 1892-02-10
A New Leaf turned Tor 1892.

This is what we are doing: Running
Pullman dining cars, Pullman palace
sleeping cars, Pullman c~olonist sleepers,
free reclining chair cars, aud new day
coaches. 1t costs you nothing extra to
ride on a first-class line. You can reach
air easter points via the Union Pacific
, 1892-02-10

The Chicago. Union Pacific & North
western line offers the best accommoda-
tons TO the travelling public en- route to
Chicago and intermediate points via
Onsha. Through trains. fast time,
mrxni6cent sleeping cars, elegant dining
can, reclining chair cars and handsome
day coaches.
, 1892-02-10

IT SHOULD not be forgotten that the
sooner the bonus is placed in escrow the
sooner the contract can be signed and
therefore the ooner actual work on the
smelter site will be begun.
, 1892-02-10

Through passenger trains, through
freight trains, via the Chicago, Union
Pacific 4 Northwestern line to the
principal cities east Of the Missouri river.
via Omaha.