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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

The argument of the friends of sound
money that the United States could not
alone sustain the price of silver by free
coinage, without the concurrence of other
great nations, is borne out by many cir
cumstances, and especially by the recent
f1uctuations in the price of silver.
A recent financial article in a we'll in
formed New York journal, the Evening
Post, referring to the fact that it might
have been supposed that the Houses
overwhelming majority for repeal would
have found some reflection in the silver
bullion market, notes that on the con-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

Speaker Crisp's taunt that in the Fifty
first Congress empty seats and hats were
counted to make quorums was unworthy
of Mr.. Crisp, because it was .barefaced
falsehood No such thing as Mr.. Crisp
insinuates ever happened. 1t is true
that on one occasion, through the mis-
take of tally clerk, a member was noted
as present and helping form quorum,
when in reality he was not in Washing
ton. This caused a great hue and cry
among the Democrats, and was the foun-
dation of the now venerable fable that
empty seats and hats on pegs were
counted. The mistake of the tally clerk
against the method of noting present
quorum; but it had little effect since the
same argument would be equally strong
against the method of yea and nay voting
or any other parliamentary procedure.
On one occasion in the recording of the
vote on a certain question in former
Congress, Ex-Governor Plaisted Of this
State, then member of the House, was
recorded as voting on a question, when
in reality he was not present. The mis-
take was easily corrected without any
harm, as the case with the mistake in
regard to the presence of the member in
the counting of the quorum. The dis
patches elate that Mr.. Reed made no
reply to the personal onslaught of Speak
er Crisp; and it is easy to understand
why he did not, if the aged falsehood
about the Fifty-frst Congress was a
sample of the whole of the Georgian's
cr,oaoh
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE REPLY TO CRISP.
NEW York Press

Ex-Speaker Reeds scathingly sarcastic
arraignment OF the Democratic majority
in the House yesterday for it's inconsis..
tency and cowardice in the matter of
adopting parliamentary rules was well
deserved. The Democratic howl about
"Czarismn and Reed rules" in the 51st
Congress was calculated solely for party
Democratic leaders would be glad to adopt
the aReed rules" if they dared to do SO.
Mr.. Reeds reply to the undignifed per-
sonal assaults made upon him by Speaker
Crisp was crushing in it's force. 1t was
all the more effective from the fact that
it was delivered with entire calmness and
dignity, forming a marked contrast to
the vehement language of the Speaker,
whose course in leaving the chair to
make a personal attack upon a mem Der
of the House merited the severest criti-
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The pensioning of Mrs. Jefferson Davis
is again subject of agitation in the
South. She is the daughter of President
Zachary Taylor.
The trustees of Dartmouth have elected
Prof. William Patten, Phi. D., Harvard
1913, to the chair of biology; Albert g.
Crehore, Phi D., Yale go assistant pro-
lessor Of physics; and Fred P. Emery,
Dartmouth, 1877, assistant professor OF
rhetoric.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
THE PRESS.
THURSDAY. AUGUST 81.
STATE OF MAINE.
PROCLAMATION
BY THE GOVERNOR

By public enactment the Legislature of our
State has designated the First Monday OF
September as
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

The Fall River spinners who are medi-
tating resistance to reduction in wages
should remember that there are times
when half loaf is better than no loaf at
all
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
L4BOR'S LEGAL HOLIDAY.

1t is just and deserving recognition OF those
great interests that have contributed so largely
to the continued prosperity and advancement
of our State, and deserves on the part of our
people general and appropriate observance.
Given at the Council Chamber, at Augusta,
this twenty-fourth day of August in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hue
bred and ninety-three, and VI the lnde-
pendence of the United States of America
the one hundred and eighteenth.
BIZ the Governor: HENRY b. CLEAvEs.
NICHOLAS FEssENDEN, Secretary OF State.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

The President has pulled up his fish
line long enough to say that he is pleased
with the passage of the Wilson bill.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
MISCELLANEOUS.
for Infants and Children.

s'Castoris Is 50 well adapted to children that
recommend 1t as superior to any prescription
Known to me-" H. A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
iii So. oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. z.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

The latest dispatches from Washington
indicate that the Sou thern Senators are
gradually weakening their opposition to
repeal and are one by one coming into the
administration camp. This leaves the
back bone of the silver strength with a
limited number of Republican free silver
Senators from the West. Those gentlemen
must have some interesting reflections
as they perceive their Democratic allies
one by one skulking to the rear. For
those same allies the Silver Republican
Senators, went back on their own party
three years ago. No men were then such
devoted friends of silver as the Demo
cratic Senators from the South. Today,
realizing that there are no more chest
nuts to be pulled out of the fire, they are
leaving their former allies in the lurch.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31

BASEMENT SALESROOM.
One lot Cream Ground ChalIie Delaines,
1-4c quality
For3 3.4c a yard,
very nice for puffs.
One lot Wool Challie Delaines, cream
ground. tic quality,
SC a Yard.
100 pieces Cambria Finish skirting Prints
1-4c quality,
DC a Yard.
100 pieces Best Quality Dress Prints,
worth 12 Lie,
s 1-4c a Yard.
7s pieces French Finished Sateens. have
been sold at IL lie and &c,
SC Yard.
Genuine Imported French satines, 81 1-2c
quality.
Gle.
UNBLEACHED COTTONS.
10 bales of the best yard wide Cotton
ever sold in America
For SC a Yard.
10 bales of Lockwood Cotton, SO and 40
inch, Remnants, to 10 yards in a piece,
ArRemnant Prices. Basement.
5 bales very heavy Cotton, 36 and 40
inch, l to 10 yards in a piece,
AT Remnant Prices.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-08-31
TWO SPECIAL SESSIONS.
CONGRESS- 10 THE NATIONAL RESCUE.

MANSON G. LRRABEE meets the local situation with magnificent
Trade Sale We would much prefer sell you the following goods at
cast or less than to take them in our SeAnnua Inventory
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12
DIRFERENT.

You can't eat your cake and have 1t, too.
But it's different with an onlon.-YoDksrs
Statesman.
When q man persists in drinking like 3
fish he shouldn't complain IL he finds his
reputation growing scaIy.-Buffslo Cour-
ier.
A PEASANTS Complsint-How stupid of
the hens to lay the fewest eggs just when
they are most profitable. Blst-
ter.
There Is q strange scientific fact about
the eolors In goods. The faster they are
the less liable they are TO run.-Detroit
Free Press.
The Legislature has protected most of our
native birds except the chickens. They are
protected by the market price.-Clsveland
Plain Dealer.
Patient-Whatd do you think of q warmer
climate for me, doctori Doetor-My dear
man, that's Just what Pm trying to save
you from.-Truth.
'If should propose to you, Maud, what
would your answer bep "T am sure I do
not know, Mr.. Ramsen. Women are very
foolish at times. ."-Brooklyn Life.
"I like to lunch with Barrows. Ris con-
versation is very bright" "That's all
right, but it's cheaper to get 1t direct from
the comic papers. s."-Harper's Bazaar.
Flopsor-Boozsley's uncle has died and
left him valuable magazine property.
Flipson-Then he can keep up going on
periodical .sprees, can't hei-Philadelphia
Record. ~
Upcreek-'sDon't give me q room on the
top floor. When wake up like to hear
the birds sing" Chicago hotel clerk-Just
as you say. Some prefer birds and some
sngels.-Exchsnge.
Toms father had taken him to the top
of the Washington monument. The little
fellow gszed admiringly at the beautiful
view for minute or two and then said:
Papa, which lie Africaf'-Hsrper'sY Young
People.
Amy-So you won't give me back my
hoopls stick; well, that's stealing, and you
won't 60 to heaven. Freddie (whose
mamma told him he was born In heayen)-
don't care; came from there, and like
1t here better.-Smith, Gray q Co.'S
Monthly.
Mrs. Carpenter-"Yes, my daughter was
crazy to get married, and abe married q
man who has failed In everything he has
undertaken" Mrs. Rox (whose husband
failed for million) n)-Graciousi They must
be immensely rich.-Nev York Prees-
Mrs. Hicks-Mrs. Dix declares that you
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12
BLACK, BUT BRIGHT.

When we read of the ignorance, the idle
ness, the superstition and the viciousness
that prevail among many of those whose
parents were slaves in the South, or who
were themselves slaves there only thirty
years ago, we are apt to feel that the
negroes OF this country are making slow
progress. But there ia another side to the
story, and very encouraging one too. 1t
has just cropped out in Virginia. At
Petersburg in that State last week the
representatives of eighteen Virginia news
papers, owned and edited by negroes, met
and formed the Negro Press Association of
Virginia. The president is Scott Wood of
the Petersburg Herald, graduate of the
college and law departments of Howard
university, Washington, and the other
officers are educated men, who have
made marked progress in journalism
Such an event as the formation of a press
association of colored men in Virginia,
only twenty eight years after the surrender
of Lee at Appomattox Court House, Is e
wonderful event Formerly negroes were
uOt hliOW6O To I6au. NOW Ihuy OIL bneIu
are making reading. ------..-----r-
The State auditor of Virginia has some
thing to say about the negroes of that
State which will surprise people who
haven't been Watching them. He shows
that they pay taxes on real estate and
personal property to the value of nearly
thirteen million dollars. If taxes there
are levied on the principle that prevails
in other regions, and If the colored
citizen is "a expert In concealipg
property from the gaze of the as
SCISSORS as some of his white brethren,
these figures represent but a fraction of
the property which the black people OF
Virginia have amassed. But even at the
figures given, the advance shown is re-
markable. There is further reason for
satisfaction in the statement that 70 per
cent. of all the colored children in Vir-
ginia are in the public schools, fewer of
them, 1t is said, being supplied with free
text books than of the white children.
How is this for people whose right to q
place in the human family was not long
ago seriously questioned by many who
have not since done as well as they have
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12

Some ingenious contrivances are used by
thieves. One of the latest looks like an
ordinary walking stick, but is SO arranged
that, pressing a spring at the handle, the
ferrule will spread apart and form a sort
of spring clip that will take hold of any
thing that is within reach. The thing Is
called "the continental lifting stick" and
is used to take things from behind coun-
ters when the shopman's back is turned.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12

called her husband natural born fool.
Hicks-I didn't say anything of the sort;
simply eaid he hadn't an enemy In the
world. Mrs. Hicks-Well, what do you
call thati = Browning, King & Co.'s
Monthly.
Housekeeper-This Is the twentieth time
to-day that I've had to come to the door to
tell peddlers that did not want anything.
Peddler-Very sorry, mum. Housskeeper
Its some comfort to know that you are
sony, anyhow. Peddler-Yes, mum, I'm
very sorry you don'twant anything, mum.
New York Weekly.
Two gentlemen who were very much ad.
dicted to fishing were angling In the Hud-
son, when one of them fell In the water
and was only rescued with great difficulty,
Upon the almost drowned man being
brought to, the first question his friend
asked was: 81 say, did you see any fst
while you were down thersf-TeIss sift
fngs
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12

In recent lecture In London Sir John
Lubbock gave some interesting examples
of mixed metaphors perpetrated by speak
ers in the house of oommons. He spoke
of one speech by solemn Highlander in
which he grsvely informed the house that
certain appropriation of fs,0o0,o0o for
the Afghan war was "mere aea-hite in
the ocsan;n while another Scotch member
remarked that ''you may depend on 1t, sir,
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12
FASHION NOTES.
Intricate OrnamentatfoI

IHkEICdte Observation-Disclosures
This toilet ia fashioned of silver grey
cloth or Himalays suiting, sud is trimmed
with eminence or brown velvet. The skirt
has triple box. plsat behind, very narrow
at the waist and very wide az the bottom.
The cape has no seam at. the back and Is
trimmed with broad girdle of velvet.
The fronts are held in place by another
girdle, which is much narrower than the
other. The Medioi collar is embroidered
with an applique design of velvet. The
sleeves are loose and full, and are trimmed
with applique velvet and ruffls of black
lace. The same lace trims the back be.
tween collar and girdle. The cape is lined
with light shot silk. The toque worn with
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12

the costume is covered with velvet and
trimmed with a butterfly bow and large
rose placed at the front. 1t is faced with
shirred velvet.
Many pretty toques are made most sim-
ply, being hardly more than q round of
velvet slightly stiffened, but frequently al
most fat to the crown of the head. The
edge is wired heavily and finished, per-
hsps, with a tiny quilting, or set with
beads. Two rosettes are placed in front. a
little ways apart. They stand up stiay
and from their centers rises thick and
shors aigrette. The space between the ro-
settes is filled by a soft. low knot of velvet.
Another tiny toque, that covers only the
top of the head, has q tiny brim that flutes
out over the soft hair. Right In front
and about the middle of the hat, which
has no crown, is set short upright bunch
of horsehsir aigrette. From either aide of
the bunch tiny wing is set with the curve
of the wing up, and the points setting out
horizontally. ALI this makes design that
is pretty and tiny enough to be copied for
an ornament by q jeweler. FLoRETTK.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12
saving an old Albany House.


An effort ts being made, with 8 fair pros
peot Of success, TO preserve the Lansing
house, AlbAny's Oldest and most conspicu-
ous landmark. The old Lansing building,
its big iron letters proudly announcing that
1t was built In I7l0, retains a conspicuous
position North Pearl street. But II has
been sold and must come down OF be re-
moved bodily 10 some other site. Nj.
John G. Meyers has offered the building 10
the Press club to preserve it. The club has
not as yet formally sncspted the offer, but
individual members have interested them
selves and are busIly engaged In seeking q
suitable site. The building is In good
state of preservation and could be removed
without damaging il. The principal difs-
Guilty viii be 20 find an available Ei:e-A lot
near the csntre of the city.
In case such q site can be secured, one
historic pile Of old Dutch brick will con-
tinue to stand, gable end 10 the street, 20
show visitors row Albany houses looked q
couple of hundred years ago. The plan
most in favor among the members Of the
club is TO keep the interior of the old house
just ss IL Ia and use IL es q psrlor. reception
rooms, and meeting rooms, and build an
addition sufficient 70 meet the needs Of the
club. The old building would be kept as q
show house, and would be open 20 visitors
from out of town at all times, and In IL
would be kept All the articles of historic
interest In the possession cf the club. The
club has been for some time past engaged
in collecting pictures of men who have
been prominent in journalism and ltera-
ture In this city.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12

The standard cure for cold and cough,
DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup, should be kept By
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12
No. 81

money for each other In every enteruriss
at rates which, compared with profit. have
often been imperceptdble.
Let the state fail for year to nav the
interest on the national debt, let the rner-
chants become untrustvorthy In bargains,
let there be but three months Of anarchy
In London, and British commerce would,
for all Its advantages of position, be q
thing of the past, which could hardly be
reclaimed.
We do not fear sight-hour bills, or So
cislistic wage rules, or democratic voting
about property, because we believe In the
national character, and In that solid sub
stratum of sense which has usually kept
Enghshmen straight; but let British in
dustry really relax even by one fourth, let
the workers become greedy beyond what
trade will bear, let any class whEtever,
even the millionAires, feel that the fruits
OF toll, daring and success cannot be peace
ably enjoyed, and the consequences win be
worse for the prosperity of the islsnd than
II her foundation slipped q thousand miles
The whole of her wealth viii pass, a it
ought on thoss conditions to pAss, 10 the
rivals who keep their senses, who recog-
nire that nature pays nothing except for
toll, that no man sovs where he knows
that he cannot reap, that nothing grows
save In motionless quiet which often
looks like absence Of energy and life.
Mr.. Grant Allen ssys IL Ia all eeogrsphi-
cal position; but let him for half genera.
ton suspend the operation of the laws or
tar sway the profit of capital, or pay
wages not according 10 work, but accord
ing to need, and be will soon discover
what an advantage of position Ia worth.
Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-04-12

the pale face of the British soldier Is the
backbone of the Indian Army"

A bill before the Massachusetts, legisla.
ture providing for the use of indelible lead
pencils at elections Is q novel attempt to
prevent the fraudulent practice of marking
ballots when they are being counted, 80 as
to alter the result. The bill provides that
the Secretary of State shall supply each
city and town with indslible pencils of a
peculiar color for the use exclusively of
voters in making the cross marks on the
official ballots. When the election is over
the pencils are to be returned, along with
the ballots cast, to the proper authorities
The Pittsburg newspaper proprietors are
to test the strength of religious sentiment
In Pittsburg by using against other things
the same laws that are now being religious
ly pushed against Sunday newspapers.
The laws were passed In 1794 and forbid
all sorts of worldly vocations on Sunday.
The newspaper proprietors are to have the
street and steam cars stopped, and In other
similar ways enforce the laws in their
entirety. Several of the religious dsvotees
who have helped in the prosecution of the
newspapers own shares In the street and
steam cars which are to be stopped, and
the newspaper proprietors can see no other
way to thoroughly enlighten those persons
than to make them feel the spirit of the
laws in the way of business.
An old stage driver in New Hampshire
gives the following explanation of the orr
GIN of the bible: "There wur Matthew, au'
Mark, an Luke an John, an Moses, an
Jonah, an Solomon, an David, an ther
don't nobody know haow many more.
They all he'd their own bibles, and every
Teller thought his wuz ther best one in the
hull lot. Wal, after some years ther peo-
pie begin ter clsmor for ther true bible, an
SO all these fellsrs met tergother ter decide
which wus ther true bible. Naow, of
course, every one on 'em said his wuz the
best, and then they had some words which
waound up in WAT. They fit purity fierce
for time, an there wuz considerable
many of them got killed Of, SO ther rest
callated they'd better call halt an caount
up the waounded. Then they he'd ernuther
consultation, an after er good deal er jaw
In on all sides, they come ter ther conolu-
sion thet they'd better put their books to-
gether into one. An the more / think
ont, the more believe it's the way the bi-
BILE wuz made"