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The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

average increase of yearly earnings of
the employees in the trades showing an
increase was $43.96 in 1891 as compared
with 1890. The total number of strikes
reported for the year 1891 was 4519 as
against 625s occurring in the year 1890, a
decrease of 1870. OF the total number,
4519, 1916, or 50 per cent of them were in
the building trades. Evidently the calam-
ity that was to follow the Mckinley bill
has not yet put in an appearance in the
Empire state. $50
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

An interesting object lesson of the
method of the Democratic campaign in
this state is furnished by the Argus
neglect to publish the letter of Secretary
of State Fessenden. The Argus copied a
few days ago from the Boston Globe a
letter from the Augusta correspondent
of the latter paper charging Mr.. Fessen-
den with deliberately perpetrating in his
capacity of Secretary of State a most
outrageous fraud upon the voters of the
State. Saturday Mr.. Fessenden pub
lished reply showing conclusively that
these charges were false. The Argus
pays no attention to it, but suffers the
Globes lies to go uncontradicted so far
as it's columns are concerned.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30
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Persons wishing to leave town for long or
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tons or less, 800 per square. Every oIhef
dav advertisements one third less than these
rates.
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first week; half price each succeeding week.
"a Square" is space OF the width OF
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Special Notices, on first page one third ad-
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The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

a position to furnish evidence that beer
is being openly sold in Portland, if such
is the case, without exposing yourself to
the charge of being offensive informers."
Indeed it is your sworn duty to doit.
Now, why don't you do it? Why have
YOU not done it?
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30
TIN PLATE.

The Mckinley tariff on tin and terne
plates went into effect on July l, 1881,
so that there has now been full year
for testing its effect upon the manufac-
ture of tin and terne plates in this
country. There has been so much lying
about this business that until lately 1T
has been exceedingly difficult to get at
the facts, in order to determine whether
any considerable quantity of tin plate
was being manufactured in this country
or not. But the report Of Special Agent
Aver of the Treasury department fur
nishes trustworthy statistics and we now
have the means of knowing exactly what
the American manufacturers have done
since the Mckinley tariff went into effect.
Mr.. Ayers report covers exactly one
year from July l, 1891 to June 80 1892.
According to this report the production
of tin and terne plates by quarters, for
the fiscal year ended June 80, 1892, was
as follows:
Ouarter ending Pounds
September 80, 1891. 1885, 22
December 81, 1891. ........... 1,4O9. 81
9 MaSsa 3d. 81 ls 1922 s,Soo75I
Total product for the year,. 13,646,719
Besides the foregoing it should be
stated, further, that the production of
American sheet iron or steel, made into
articles and wares, timed or terne-coated
during the year, as shown by the sworn
statements of manufacturers received to
date, was 1928, 228 pounds. AS these
manufactures constitute tin and terne
plates within the meaning of the law, it
now seems probable that when full re-
turns of the same are received the total
production for the year, inclusive OF
such manufactures, will not fall much
short of 100000 pounds. The tin
plate paragraph of the Mckinley bill
provides that if there shall not be pro-
duced in this country in any one year
before July 1, 1897 an amount of tin plate
equal to one third Of the smallest amount
of tin plate imported in any one OF the
years to 1897 then the duty shall expire.
Mr.. Aver thinks the production of about
81, 900, 900 pounds of tin plate will be
necessary to meet this condition and he
is satisfied that fully 100,000,000
will be produced next year. There are
at present AZ companies which are ac-
tually manufacturing tin plate or prepar-
ing to do so. Twenty-six of these are
actually manufacturing now. These
statistics gathered by Mr.. Aver con-
clusively show that tin plate of good
quality can be manufactured in this
country, that it is being manufactured in
large quaint ty, and give promise of abil-
ity on the part of the home manufacturer
to supply great part of the demand
within few years. if the tariff duty is
not removed. They vindicate the wisdom
of the tariff on tin plate and put to shame
the Democratic tin plate liar.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

The Argus has a great deal to say
about an alleged big Democratic mass
meeting which Messrs. Ingraham and
Bradbury addressed at West Baldwin.
The facts are these: There were just
thirty-five Democratic voters at that
meeting, and counting women and
children the entire audience numbered
seventy-five.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

FOR GOVERNOR,
HENRY B. CLEAVES.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30
PROHIBITION RALLY.

John Lloyd Thomas, ex.secretary OF
the Prohibition National Committee,
will address the citizens OF Portland,
Saturday Evening, September 80, in
Gospel Mission Hall. There Will be
good music ON the occasion.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30
FINANCIAL.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad Company,
p. O. Box 346. No. 95 Milk ST., Boston, July Is,
1892.

p. O. Box 346. No. 95 Milk ST., Boston, July Is,
1892
Income Bond Conversion
UNDER CIRCULAR NO. 6s.
substantial majority of the holdings of the
$50. DOC. 900 Income Bonds having assented to
the conversion proposed in Circular SO, the
plan has been declared fully effecnye ey me
to distant and absent holders OF income SONGS
who have either not become acquainted WIN
the plan or through circumstances nave peen
unable to avail themselves OF it in the nmt
named in Circular S. such limit is hereby ex-
tended until September /, 1892.
Income Bonds will be received ier ex-
until September /, 1892, BY the following APP
pointed agencies:
UNION TRUST co. OF NETWORK,
At Office of Atchison Co., So
Milk ST., Boston. ~
UNION TRUST co. OF NETWORK,
so B'way, New York City.
Barring BROTHERS & CO., LIMITED
s Bishopsgate-within, London, 3. G.
Pending completion Of engraved bonds,
Bondholders, to be exchanged without unneces-
sary delay for the former in due course.
THESE CERTIFICATES HAVE BEEN
LISTED ON THE STOCK EXCHANGES
IN BOSTON, NEW YORK AND LONDON.
Income Bond Scrip of any class will be re-
ceiyed for exchange, the same as the bonds, IN
amounts not less than 500, and in even hun
dreds or thousands.
Holders of any of the bonds called for ex-
change, under Circular So of Oct. 10, 1889,
upon presenting their bonds to any. OF the
Agencies mentioned, can effect the original and
present exchanges at the same time.
ORAL AND WRITTEN INQUIRIES con-
corning this Plan and applications for Circulars
and blanks for use hereunder can be made Of
any Of the above agencies, and OF j. w. REIN
HART, VICE PRESIDENT, ATCHISON
COMPANY, 95 MILK STREET, BOSTON.
BY order of the Board Of Directors.
GEORGE G. MAGOUN, Chairman.
j. W. REINHART, Tioe President.
+ jy16 e4thdtf.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

The increase in the interest earn
ing power of the UNION MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY for
the first half of this year, compared
with the like period OF last year,
Thousand Dollars per month.
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30

Labor Day Lewis Morrison, in
Attraction FAUST.
alt029 diff
The Portland daily press., 1892-08-30
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 80.
FOR PRESIDENT,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.

FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
WHITELAW REID.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
Inform Under Difficulties.

"Handsome building over there.
Can you tell me what it is, Sir?''
asked a New York Times reporter of
a Haremite whom he saw leaning up
against a gas-post.
The Harlemite made no reply but
began fishing in his overcoat pockets.
Presently he handed out q little slate.
One corner of the slate he put in his
mouth and then went fishing with
both hands for a slate-pencil. 1t
took him probably minute and a
half to find it, though to the reporter
the time seemed much longer. The
pencil found, the man spat on his
slate and rubbed it clean with the
tails of his coat Then he wrote
something on the slate and handed
it to the reporter. The reporter took
the slate and read what the man had
written.
I'm 81. M Write what you wish
to say on this slate"
The reporter took the pencil and
wrote:
II suppose 81 M stands for deaf
mute. Pm sorry for you, old man.
Very sorry, indeed. But what | de-
sire to know is what that building
over there is.
"Ovcr Whcrc?" wrote the Har-
lemitc.
"Why, directly across the street.
Don't you sec the building that Pm
talking about?"
"Bricll building"
Eyes"
with brown-stone trimmings"
Eyes"
"Thc one where they are just paint
ing the front doors?"
Eyes, that's it. What is it?" wrote
the reporter, congratulating himself
upon having made the Harlcmite
understand what he wished to know
BY this time the slate had become
SO covered with pcncilings that there
was no place whatever upon which
the lIarlcmitc could write an an
swer. So he spat on the slate again
and polished it off once more with his
coat-tails. Then he wrote;
"DOn't know"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05

form, what he had to say in his de-
Tense. To the CONSERVATION or the
court, he called the murdered man,
and the supposed victim came for
ward. 1t was then apparent I
another man had been murdered.
The Identification by dress was
vague, as the peasant Of the dis
trict all wore the same description Of
clothes. The presumed victim, hay
ing heard Of his enemy's arrest, ha0
retired to another part of the coun-
try; but, his better nature prevail
ing, he had returned to save his old
foe from death The case was quite
clear; the prisoner was innocent.
The Judge told the jury that it was
not necessary to charge them, and
asked them to give in verdict of
"Not guilty"
The foreman requested permission
to retire, which was granted. The
court was in an excited state. The
jury returned after three hours,
when the foreman handed in the
verdict "Guilty." The Court was
astonished.
Guilty." said his lordship. "Of
what is he guilty?"
Gle did not murder that man, my
lord" said the foreman, "but he
stole a donkey from me two years
agO!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
Thirteen Million Voters.

This is the greatest voting nation
of the earth. There are more Amer
leans who vote than the voters Of any
other country; they vote more fire.
quently, and elect by popular suffrage
larger proportion Of their public
officers.
In 1888 nearly eleven million four
hundred thousand citizens voted for
President. This year the total will
not be less than thirteen millions.
Whence comes this increase Of more
than a million and a half votes?
From the people of six new States;
from the newly naturalized mmi-
grants; from million young men
who will for the first time record their
preferences in national election.
How are you going to vote, young
man? You hardly know how much
depends upon your answer to that
question. Yet it is in general true
that man remains attached through
first vote.
Those who study the political his
tory of the country will discover that
parties have changed but little, from
the beginning. There have been
times Of degeneracy and times OF re-
vival, periods Of timidity and periods
of moral courage, years of victory and
years Of defeat.
Through it all the division has been
on nearly the same lines, and the
aims and methods Of parties have not
changed.
1t is, therefore, mistake to think
that in the coming election that man
casts a sensible vote who looks merely
at the personal character or the per-
sonal popularity Of candidates. II
you vote you must vote for one set Of
principles or another, whatever may
be your intention in the matter.
You have about six months in
which to make up your mind. De-
libcratc, and decide wisely, remem-
bering that yo0 are probably making
a choice for a lifetime. Youths Com
paniOn.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05

weighing $50 tons, are let down by
countcr-balancc weights to the level
of the bridge, thirty feet above high
water. A hundred feet above the
bridge level is another roadway for
foot passengers, who will be
taken up by elevators In
the towers whenever the bridge
is open and travel below Is
impcdcd. The side spans are 270 feet
wide with q Roadway above high
water Of from 20 to q feet; the foun-
dations are 60 feet below high water
mark and 81 feet below the bed of
the river, and the bridge has a sec
tional area Of waterway of 20, 040
square feet as compared with the 49,
300 square feet Of London bridge
The total length Of the bridge and
abutmcnts is $40 feet, and Of the
bridge and approaches 2,64O feet,
while the stcepcs6 gradient Of ap-
proach is only / in 40. That of Lon
don bridge is 1 in p. 1t will thus be
seen that the bridge, when completed,
will be one Of the most remarkable in
the world, spanning as it does what
is perhaps the busiest waterway on
earth.
Some 81, 900, 900 brick, 20, 500 cubic
yards of concrete, 800 tons OF ce
mcnt, 235, 600 cubic feet Of granite
and other stone, and $4,000 tons Of
iron and steel are to be used in its
construction. Attached to the bridge
will also be two steam pumping en-
gincs for hydraulic machinery, each
360 horse power; eight large hydrau
lie engines and six accumulators, and
four hydraulic elevators for passen-
gers. 1t will cost So, 500, 900.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
Canals Run by ElcctriCity.

There have been many propositions
for the disposal Of the Ohio canals,
but the one contemplating the use Of
electricity as the motive power, the
same us is used for street cars. is con-
sidercd the most practical, and it Is
certainly one Of the most novel sug-
gcstions of the times. 1t has been
proposed at times to abandon the
canals and sell them out for right Of
way to railroads. At other times it
has been proposed to widen them so
as to make it possible to convey ships
from the great system of lakes to the
system of river navigation that could
be reached from the Ohio River. If
poles were stretched along the canals
the same as they are now along the
street railways, and a rapid transit
established from Cleveland to Ports
mouth. it would certainly be great
invention. and the public works Of
the State would become formidable
rival of the railroads. A rapid sys-
TEN of navigation from Duluth to
New Orleans may be among the pos
sihilties of the future, and if such
is the case the system Of great lakes
and the Mississippi River and its con-
tributaries will be connected by an
electric canal system through the
State Of Ohio. What Il time that
would be for excursions.-Co Columbus
Journal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
"A Monkey Learning II New Tongue.

Having but little interest in white
faced monkey, who is very shy of me, !
rarely showed him the slightest atten-
ton until within the past few weeks,
when l observed him trying to utter
the capuchin sound for food, which al
ways secured for Puck, a capuchin mon
key, banana or some nuts, says II. L..
Garner in the Forum. Seeing that Puck
was always rewarded for utterng this
sound, the little white-tace began to try
it, and as soon rs | discovered his pur-
pose / began to reward him in the
same way, and I have thus seen one
step taken by a monkey in the mastery
of another tongue
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
THIS HOUSE
is NOT
FOR RENT.

Then people stopped and read the
card, but did not annoy the workmcn
or the owner by Dcrambulating the
house, asking questions and suggest
ing improvements.
That night when the owner of the
new house had gone home to his sup
per- two women called on him.
1--WE are housc-hunting.
Il haven't any house." said the man,
GROSSLY.
I'VE saw your new house. and"
Did you read the card in the win
doW?'
"Yes, that's what we came
about"
Goodness, woman. doesn't that
card distinctly say that the house is
NOT for rent?'"
'But why isn't it for rent? We
came on purpose to ask that very
question"
"Bt,dllse," Numbered the owner, Il
am going to live in it myself"
Then he showed them out and bar
rcadcd the door Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
LiScnncN from .IuStfGN.

Prof. Lloyd Morgan says that his
first experience of South African
death-dcaling snakes was rather dis
turbing. One of his pupils brought
him, in Large cigar-b0X, Il ring
haIs-slang," deadly and courageous
snake not qncommop at the Cape,
and turned it out on the veranda for
the Professors delectation. 1t was y
.spitetul little follow, with an omin-
ohs hood, dark, glossy skin, and
glistcning brown eyes.
1t struck viciously at the cigar-box
held up before it, indenting the wood
and moistening it with venom and
saliva. | was anxious to dissect out
the poison-gland and examine the
fang of the snake, and my friend
kindly presented the reptile to me,
after first tying it up securely in the
cigar-boX.
After examining the fastenings |
placed the box on the window-sill of
my bedroom, which looked into the
ycranda, and left it there for the
night. Next morning | procured Il
pan big enough to drown a small
python, placed the cigar-boX therein,
loaded it with bricks, and poured in
water to the brim.
| gave the 'ring-hals" three hours
to get thoroughly drowned, removed
the bricks, took out the box gently
cut the string, lifted the lid--and
found that | had been soaking, with
the utmost care, an empty cigar-box,
1t had been securely tied. and how Il
creature more than thrice the girth
of my thumb had managed to escape
is still a mystery to me.
| leave the reader to imagine the
detailed search of every Granny of
our bedroom, on which my wife in
sisted, For several days every boot
had to be hammered with a stick be-
fore it was put on. | stood on chairs
and shook all varieties of garments
lest they should be occupied. No
ring-halS was forthcoming. A week
afterward, however, he appeared in
the kitchen. and | dispatched him in
more etfectual manner than by
drowning.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
Avenged.

At q murder trial held some years
ago in an Irish assize court, curl
Gus incident occurred. The accused
was charged with the murder of a
man with whom he had been at en-
nifty for long time, 1t seemed that
on the day the crime was committed
the two men had met at a race
meeting, and blows were exchanged
between them, and again on the
same evening at tavern. where the
interference OF some of those pres
ent alone prevented another fight.
The prisoner vowed vengeance
against his enemy, and was seen TO
follow him when he left the tavern.
The body Of the victim was found
the next morning with the face so
barbarously mutilated that the man
could be identified only by his dress.
The circumstantial evidence against
the prisoner was SO strong that there
was no doubt of his guilt. How
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
MaXimS for Advertisers.

Spare the advertisements and spoil
the business.
He is wise man who takes large
space and little matter in it.
Who so loveth good business loveth
advertising, but he that despiseth fame
is an ass.
Asa jewel of gold in swine's snout.
SO IS an effective advertisement in q
journal without circulation.
\ good advertisement is like the mer
chants ship: it bringeth abundance
from aiar London Fame.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
The Other War.

In a county Of Eastern Minnesota
there lives one August Peterson, who
has attained to the ripe old age Of
l06 years, says 4 writer in Kate Fields
Washington. Having outlivcd all
his relatives and early friends, he has,
for many years, been a protege Of the
county. The poorhouse being too
small to accommodate all the needy
ones Mr.. Peterson, with many others,
was farmed out to families that re-
ccived SO much per month to pay for
their keeping Recently, however,
the old poorhousc was destroyed by
fire and replaced by Il capacious mod
ern building, which would accommo-
date all. When changed to his new
home the old gentleman was treated
to Il nice warm bath. "My sakes, but
that feels good" he said. Its the
fust bath Eve he'd sencc the war,
when | were in the hospital. $50
you was in the rebellion, was you?"
asked the attendant. "Thc rebaylion?"
asked the centenarian in mild sur
prise. BLESS We, no sir; not that
Wharf.-The other one, in 1912" Aud
he looked at the 50-vear-old man
with an injured but compassionate
air, as though he pitied but pardoncd
his youthful verdancy.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
n Woven Book.

A curious book, in which the text
is neither written nor printed, but
woven. has lately been published at
Lyons 1t is made Of silk, and was
published in twenty-five parts. Each
part consists of two leaves. SO that
the entire volume contains only fifty
leaves. inscribed with the service Of
the mass and several prayers. Both
the letters and The border are in
black silk on white background.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
The Types Did 1t.

The error by which Mr.. Adrich. who
had written "A potent medicine tor
GODS and men" was made to appear in
print "a patent medicine" etc, recalls
to Boston Transcript CORRESPONDENT
that on another occasion the same
ausnor wrote: Now the old wound
breaks out afresh' and was Mortified to
learn by the types that he-a bachelor
out afresh.' '''>'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
PiccemeaI Annexation

Canada is annexing itself to the United
States on the installment plan-.a carload
at time. Though some of the Canadian
stateamen are much averse to whole
sale annexation the Canadian people do
not object to annexation by retail. If
the people OF Canada continue to emf
CRATE to the United States at their pres
ent rate, Canada will, at no distant dav.
become solitude which will NOT he
worth annexing. Boston Gio6e.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-05
Large Heathcn Temple.

The largest heather temple in the
world is in Seringham. India, and it
comprises Il square, each side being
one mile in length, inside of which
are six other squares. The walls are
twenty-five feet high and five feet
thick, and the hall where the pill
grims congregate is supported by a
thousand pillars, each cut from a sin
gle block of stone.