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The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

The letter of the Hon. John l.. Stevens
in reply to Paramount Commissioner
Blount, to which we give considerable
space this morning, goes to confirm what
had been pretty thoroughly established
by the internal evidence of Blount's, own
report that the Paramount; gentleman
went to Honolulu not to make an i'm
partial investigation but to procure evil
dence by which to support policy that
had been decided upon before Mr.. Blount
sailed from San Francisco. All OF
Blount's performances are entirely con-
slstent with this assumption and utterly
inconsistent with the idea that he was
sent there to make an impartial investi-
CATION of the facts. Going out to get a
pretext for restoring the queen it was
entirely natural that he should make his
headquarters at a royalist hotel which
the friends of the Provisional govern
ment were reluctant to enter, for by so
doing he would avoid the danger of COM
ing in contact with the latter and hear
ing things that he did not want to hear
1t was entirely natural, too, for him to
hobnob with the queens sylnrathizers
and give full credence to the. stories that
they poured into bis ears. CoE.idering
what he was sent to Honolulu for we
think that Mr.. Blount behaved with the
greatest discretion and gave proof of
great ability to serve his masters AS
an impartial investigator, however, in
which role Mr.. Gresham has attempted
recently to introduce him to the public,
Blount makes very wretched appear
ance
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30
CITY OF PORTLAND.

In BOARD OF MAYOR AND ALDERMEN,
November 6. 1898,
ORDERED, That notice be gwen to the
~ owners OF the building situated on the
southerly corner of Fore and Union streets in
said city that said building is represented to
the Board Of Mayor and Aldermen to be a
delapidated and dangerous building, and that a
hearing iof the matter will be had before the
Board on MONDAY. the fourth day Of Decem-
Der, A. D., 1898, at 7.3o O'Clock p. NJ, when
and where all persons interested may appear
and show cause, if any they have, why said
building should not be adjudged nuisance or
dangerous and such disposal be made thereof
as the Board shall prescribe; and that such
notice be given in accordance with section rs,
chapter II, of the Revised Statutes, by publica-
ton OF a copy of this order three weeks sue
cessively in the Portland Daily Press, a news
paper printed in the County of Cumberland
In Board Of Mayor and Aldermen November
6, 1885,
Read and passed.
Attest: EDWIN L. DYER,
City Clerk.
A true copy Of order and Endorsement thereon
Attest: EDWIN J.. DYER,
nov9d3w City Clerk.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

Speaking of the reduction of the duty
on cutlery, Sheffield manufacturers are
reported in despatch to the Boston
Herald as saying that the slow tariff will
allow German manufacturers to food
America with cheap products to the
serious detriment OF good American
manufactures. German makers" they
say, "have been piling up enormous
stocks ready to pour into the Uni5ed
States" Our tariff reform brethren can
not discredit this statement by the COM
mon method of attributing it to one of
the protected robber barans. 1t comes
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
MAINE STATE PRESS.

AND


DAILY In advance) Sc per year: So for six
months; $3.50 quarter; 80 cents a month.
The DaILY is delivered every morning by
carrier anywhere within the city limits and at
Woodfords without extra charge.
DAILY (Not in advance, invariably at the
rate of So year.
MAINE STATE PRESS, (Weekly) published
every Thursday, 50 per year; 81 for six months
80 cents q quarter 25 cents for trial subscrip-
ton of six weeks.
Persons wishing to leave town for long or
short periods may have the address of their
paper changed as often as desired.
Advertising Rates.
IN DAILY PRESS $3.50 per square. first
k, rs cents per week after. Three inser-
tons or less, S1.oo per square. Every other
day advertisements, one third less than these
rates.
Half square advertisements 100 per week,
first week; half price each succeeding week.
"a Square" is space of the width OF COL
umn and one inch long.
Special Notices, on first page, one third ad-
ditional.
Ansusensents and Auction Sales, $500 per
square each weea- Three insertions or less,
S1.5o per square.
Reading Notices in nonparell type and
classed with other paid notices, 20 cents per
line each insertion.
Pure Reading Notices in reading matter type
o5 cents per line each insertion.
Wants, TO Let, For Sale and similar adyer-
ments. rs cents per week, in advance, for 40
words or less, no display. Displayed adver-
tisements under these headlines, and all adyer-
tisements not paid in advance, viii be charged
atregular rates.
In MAINE STATE PREss-$1.0o per square
for first insertion, and fifty cents per square for
each subsequent insertion.
Address all communications relating to sub
scriptiop and advertisements to PORTLAND
PUBLISHING Co., 81 EXCHANGE STREET,
PORTLAND, ME.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30
The "Sport'' Described by an Enthusiastic
Eye Witness.

The "Sport'' Described by an Enthusiastic
Eye Witness.
[Boston Globes Report of the Harvard Yale
Match.
With hair Tapping back on their necks
like the names of wild buffaIoes, the
two lines crouched face to face, every
mans fists clinched until the tense
muscles drove the nails into the flesh
and made them look white and stiff like
the hands of dead men. You could see
the whites of their eyes staring under
their shock hair, and mark the set
muscles of their jaws ridging their faces
into a sort of agony.
Suddenly the Harvard quarterback
swooped the ball to the turf.
There came double rush of feet, a
crack aud crash of fists and Jackets
rushes here, there and everywhere, ana
over the line went Wrightington tw enty-
five yards into Yale's ground.
Then the storm broke. 1t ran all
around the great crater with quick
hurricane burst that brought every man
to his feet, rip-roaring maniac.
Quickly the two teams lined up and
bull-necked Waters plunged headlong
| against the Harvard line for few yards.
When the scrimmage untangled, Arm
strong of Yale lay breathless on the
ground. He soon recovered an the game
| was resumed.
| Rush and hammer, hammer and rush
| and Harvard drove the ball rapidly down
| to 1ale's twenty-five yard line, next. to
| the fifteen and next to the ten yard mark
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30
THE FINEST OPEN AIR SPORT.
Broke His Neck Because He Didn't Have
Cheats on His Shoes,

PORTLAND, Me-, November 20, '93.
To the Editor of the Press:
noticed in your editorial columns of
this morning another long trade against
football. If you have studied deeply in
to the m after you seem to have done SO
to very little purpose. You gravely emu
merate the accidents which have hap
pened in football games in England. One
would like to know what that has to do
with the subject. The English game of
football is entirely different from the
American game. 1t has different rules,
different positions, and different style
of play. In fact, the only points of SINH
larity between it and the American
game are the shape of the ball and the
| name. 1t would be as much to the point
to write about bull-fight accidents as
those of English football.
Every one of the fatal accidents which
have occurred this fall in this country
was due to some cause for which the
game was not responsible. The man
who broke his neck recently, neglected
to wear cleats on his shoes; SO when he
jumped forward to receive the ball Che
was playing back of the line), he slipped
and fell forward on his neck, not being
in contact with any player. And yet
this piece of gross carelessness is said to
be due to the brutality of the game. In
the case of the man who died from peri
tonitis, it is admitted that it was the
fault of the grounds; every football
field should of course be free from
stones. The fact that a light man of 100
pounds was crushed in mass. simply
goes to show the folly of a mans at
tempting to play football without the
necessary physical qualifications. do
not mean that man should reach that
Observation-Disclosures which you so sar-
castically suggest.
At Harvard, every man who plays foot
ball, must be examined by the physical
director and secure his permission to
play. He must reach certain strength
total in order to get this. 1t is safe to
say that fewer accidents happen there
than anywhere else, owing simply to the
care taken in forbidding weak and I'M
sound men from playing. Moreover, on
all the big college teams player is
taught how to take care of himself, how
to fall when tackled, how to hold the
head on going into a line, which side to
throw the head when tackling a man,
etc. The danger of the game lies in the
smaller teams initiating the style of
play of the big colleges, neglecting pre-
vioIsly the preliminary training.
If, instead of croaking scornfully in
dark Office, you would go out some fine
November afternoon and watch big
football match, many of your pet theo-
ries would vanish. There you would see
the best blood of America displaying all
those traits which have made the Anglo
Saxon race the foremost in tho world;
that self control. that unity of action,
and above all, that spirit of indomitable
pluck and dash which fights to the bitter
end. And as you go away. with the
swelling college cheers still sounding in
your ears, you feel that the game has
won place in the hearts of the Ameri-
can people which cannot easily be taken
away. HARVARD, '96.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

Ex-Gov. Ames of Massachusetts,, who
at one time gave great comfort to the
tariff reformers by declaring in favor of
free coal and iron, is decidedly opposed
to the removal Of the duty on agricul-
tural machinery. Mr.. Ames seems to be
the same kind of a protectionist as the
governor of West Virginia is free trader.
What he has to buy he wan is free, but
what he has to sell he wants protected.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

Mr.. Stevens convicts Paramount Blount
not only OF suppressing the truth, which
is bad, but of downright fibbing, which
is worse. Paramount" appears to have
been more Jealous in discrediting the
Provisional government than there was
any occasion for.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30
Thursday; the Thirtlsth Day Of November, Instant
AS DAY OF
E THANKSGIVING AND PRAYER,

and recommend that 1t be observed in a
manner befitt ng great and a Christian com.
munity. And on this day of universal thanks
and the attachment to our beloved common
wealth and its institutions be strengthened, and
may the observance of this ancient and honored
New England custom be emphasized by deeds
of kindness and charity, in making Drlghter the
homes of the unfortunate.
Given at the Council iChamber at Augusta
this third day OF November, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-three. and of the Independence Of
the United States of America the one hun
dred and eighteenth.
HENRY B. CLEAvEs.
BY the Governor:
NICHOLAS FEssENDEN,
Secretary of State
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

The pleasure that our English cousins
are getting out of the Wilson bill has
doubtless not escaped the attention of
American. readers of the newspapers. Of
course this JOY Is all derived from the
improved prospects of the American
people.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

from people in thorough sympathy with
the free trade doctrine, and is an I'M
biased opinion of what will be the re-
suit OF the tariff cut on cutlery. Good
American manufactures will be eX-
CT lded from the American market by the
influx of cheap German goods. How does
the American working man like that
pro spect?
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that the
taken upon himself the trustof Administrator
OF the estate of
RACHEL j. MILLIKEN, late of Yarmouth,
In the County OF Cumberland, deceased, and Civ.
en- bonds as the law directs. All persons having
demands upon the estate of said deceased, are
required TO exhibit the same; and all persons
indebted to SAID estate are called upon to make
payment TO CHAS. w. JORDAN, Admir-
Yarmouth, November 18th, 1898.
,....> .nov16d1aw3wThs
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

1t is pretty evident thai when Miss
Mackay exchanged fortune for title
she got py far the worst end OF the
bargain.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30
STATE OF MAINE.
Proclamation.

By THE GOVERNOR.
The Portland daily press., 1893-11-30

"a lEoCI&C11e1C Io"s
Gratefully recognizing the many blessings be-
slowed by Almighty God upon our state and its
people with the advice of the Executive Coun-
Gil, designate
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24

None before Saturday, July %
None after Saturday, July 90.
DO not miss it. And do not
blame us if you fail to attend
this sale.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
Early Lake Vess els,

The first sailing vessel on Lake
Superior, the Griffin, was launched in
1879 by Father Hennepin, and was
wrecked on her first return trip from
Green bay. The first American vessel
launched was built at Erie in 1897,
England and France having monopo-
llzed the lake shipping to that time.
The first steam vessel launched on
the upper lakes was Walk-in-the-
Water, built at Black Rock in 1918.
Her advent in Cleveland is remem-
bered by some aged citizens In 1S49
the total tonnage was 1918 tons,
valued at $685. 900 In 1862 there
were $50 steamers, aggregating 1885,
62O tons, and 1852 sailing vessels,
with capacity of 257, $50 tons, the
total value being S11,S62, 450. In
1891 there were 1892 steamers and
zoos sailing vessels, aggregating
], 154, $40 tons and valued at SO, OOO,-
600. More tonnage was put anoat in
the past four years than was in exist
ence on the lakes at the close of the
war. In value the output OF the last
two years is double that Of the whole
lake fleet in 1865.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
THE FIRST USE OF GAS.
The Honor OF Its Introduction Belongs
to william Murdoch.

to william Murdoch.
Great was the amazement of all
Europe when, at about the close of
the last century, William Murdoch
discovered that gas could be used for
illuminating purposes. So little was
the invention understood by those
who had not seen it in use that even
the great and wise men (p) of the
British parliament laughed at the
idea How can there be a light
without wick?" said one mem Der of
that august body with wink and
knowing nod Even the great Sir
Humphrey Davy ridiculed the idea of
lighting towns and cities with gas
He one day asked Murdoch: do you
mean to use the dome of St Paui's
for your gas meter" Sir Walter
Scott also made merry of the gas
idea and of the coming attempt TO
illuminate London with smoke from
a tar factory" When the house of
commons was finally lighted with the
new illuminant the architect and GUS
todian of the building, who imagined
that the gas ran rs fire through the
pipes, insisted that they be removed
several inches from the wall to pre-
vent the building from taking fire!
Several distinguished members were
also observed carefully touching the
pipes with their gloved fingers and
then smelling of them to see if they
could detect the odor of burnt leather.
The first shop in London lighted by
gas was one Of which Mr.. Acker-
man, German, was the proprietor.
This shop was on the Strand, and the
date was 1910. One of the ladies of
rank who often visited the Alderman
snop was so delighted with the
brilliancy of Il gas jet on one of the
counters that she requested the pro-
prietor to let her take it home for
the evening. promising to return it
safe and sound on the morrow.
Although many lay claim TO the
honor of being the first to introduce
gas for practical purposes. all the
glory there is in it should be ac-
corded to Murdoch, who was, no
doubt, the original discovcrer of the
art
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
The Educated Hoosier Cockroach.

While a gentleman was at his Office
desk day or two ago, one of these dis
reputable reaches ran across the paper
gn which he was writing. He tipped it
against the wall with his finger, and it
BOUNDED back on the desk, lighting upon
rs back. 1t remained motionless for
sDme time until it recovered from the
zs,ock and then endeavored to get upon
rs feet again, but in vain. Smaller
ruaches passed by their PROSTATE brother,
evidently without noticingit it, but larger
sns came along pretty soon, stopped,
wsnt over to the one that lay upon its
hack, straddled across it, and giving it
y quick jerk with its forelegs landed it
deity upon its feet, and the two disap-
peared over the edge of the desk.-In-
annapolis News.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
IL New York. of Course.

VISITOR have here a poem on the
"beautiful-
Editor-My dear sir, we have
10000 poems on 1.-The beautiful
snow on hand. aud we don't want
any more.
Then perhaps, sir, you will allow
me to continue. Ny poem is on"The
Beautiful Mud"
We'll take that, young man."-
Texas Siftings.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
At the Circus.

Aunt Maria-Jest look a. that fell
Ter with his head in that lions
mouth! Why don't it bite i'm?
Uncle JOSH 'spect he uses the
same sort o. hair oil as that Teller
that comes to see Cynthy, and il
makes the lion sick. 1ianapolis
Journal
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
4 London Girls Club.

A dozen bright college girls in
London have started truly educa-
tive club. 1t is called the school of
Fiction" and each member is sup
posed to write story a month
These creations are read at the fort
nightly meetings and are then bound
ip a precious volume, which becomes
the joint property of the club men,
bers.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24

n Scottish Beggar in the OIden Time.
This man, who Aourished in the
west OF Scotland, was known under
the familiar cognomcl of Cabbage
Charlie. He was a mendicant on a
wholesale plan of operation. Not
contented with his owl simple exer-
tiops he kept a numoro band of
beggars in pay, who went abroad as
his servants throughout the country,
and who. coming back to the APP
pointed rendezvous at the end of the
week, gave up all the proceeds Of
their industry to him, and received a
certain allowance, prey iously agreed
upon, amounting to from ten to fifteen
shillin9s per week. By a talent that
might not have disgraced more cele-
brated names, he contrived to organ
lie and reduce to a perfect system
what would appear almost imprac-
ticable considering the habits of
those with whom he had to deal.
He even found means of detecting
the smallest dishonesty on the part
OF his men, and he acq lircd such a
strange influence over the that thew
burst make no remonstrance against
the severity OF his rules nor complain
OF the penalties and taxes to which
he sometimes subjected them.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24
RAr-AMo-cAr BATTLE.
A Remarkable EnGag ement, with the
LAWS of Nature Reversed.

Remarkable EnGae ement, with the
LAWS of Nature Reversed.
when the cats are away the mice
will play" is an old saying, as every
body knows. The little blue-coats at
the Western Union telegraph Office,
in the Board of Trade building. have
changed this to make it read. when
the rats are away the cats will play. ="
They claim that the largest and oldest
rodents in Louisvil c are in their
office. and they ought to know, for
they go every day into every quarter
of the city. The Western Union rats
are enormous. says the Courier
Journal. Even Manager Smith does
not deny that.
One day MIR. Smith dropped sug-
gestion before group OF his mes
senCcr DO ;ha: a :ev cats might dc
away with tho nJ.-ance. These little
fellows tod all tt.r %; ii r boys in the
once, and The ilcAt day cats lounged
upon all tho &a-k-, in the corners.
behind doors AMI ali over operators
tables a lot OF food was brought
down from the Calf house. and the
cats thought they had been brought
to an institution for poor and
aged felincs to spend the clos
ing days Of their lives. All went
we'll for few hours, and then the
fun began. An old rat, weighing
some two or three pounds, walked
into the middle of Manager Smiths
office with his customary impudcnce
and was soon the discovercr of the
fact that there were a great many
strange ANIMALS around. At first he
could not imagine what they could
be, but after pushing his nose against
the soft hair Of one o them he re-
membered that they were cats. In
his youth he had heard about them.
Instantly the old rat went into his
hole, but he was soon marching back
at the head of brigade of veterans
full OF fight. Then how the fur did
fly! Out of every door the cats
rushed pell nell, the army of rats
alter them. In a few minutes the
rats returned from the chase and
took possession of the Gait house
meat that had been served TO their
enemies. That was several months
ago. and since then a cat. large or
small, has never darkened the door
way OF the Western Union. The rats
hold the fort Manager Smith saws
he has submitted. and thinks nothing
of seeing big rodent sitting or his
desk playing with the -ed-ink bottle
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-24

Those who have attended these
sales (and most everyone has)
know their meaning. Many of
our patrons buy supply to last
from one sale to the next.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-07

Basiniski Bros. are in the field for the
Christmas holidays, as they have been
for the past seventeen rears. Ever
since the occupation of this valley by
the military forces after the Custer mas
sacre-Basiniski Bros. store has been
the acknowledged emporium for holiday
goods. But this year, they propose to
distance all former efforts. Everyone
here knows their business status. 1t is
no secret that they have got to realize
on their stock, and that in a very short
time. 1t is to be a genuine sacrifice
SALE The goods have got to be sold,
and under these circumstances purchas-
ers are sure to find bargains. The stock
is still unbroken and covers everything
from a cheap toy to a diamond necklace.
Read their new ad in this issue and you
will know what to do.
The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-12-07
Snake CHARMING.

A snake charmer can, by a simple mo-
ton Of his hand, make a moving snake
stop instantly. The reason is this:
The snake is q most timid animal. His
eyes, while dull to color and form, are
quick to motion. especially if it is rapid
If any large thing moves very quickly
too near him, he gets frightened and
scurrie off. while at certain distances
the motion stops him if he be moving.
He stops from establishment, fear or
the wish to see what it is that moves.
Hence he glides on unconscious of the
charmer's presence near him so long as
the latter remains quiet: the snake does
not know him from a tree or a rock.
But when he gives a Sudden evidence Of
life the snake is astonished and immedi-
ately remains stock still.
In India and Africa the charmers pre-.
tend the snakes dance to the music, but
they do not, for they never hear it. A
snake has no external ears, and perhaps
gives evidence Of sound only through its
skin, when sound causes bodies in con
TACT with him to vibrate.
They hear also through the nerves Of
the tongue, but do not at all comprehend
sound as we do. However, the snakes
eyes are very much alive to the motions
of the charmer. or to the moving drum
sticks Of his confederate, and being
alarmed he attempts to strike.
A dancing cobra (and no other snakes
dance is simply a cobra alarmed and in
a posture to attack. He is not dancing
to the music, but is making ready to as
sail the charmer. -Harrison's Family
Magazine.