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The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

"God bless us every one." A little
girl in bed in the other room is praying
to go to sleep, but fighting to stay
awake. so Lord, said she, make me
good and let me &C in the omnibus to
see Aunt Margaret and all the aunts
and nieces and mothers. Don't let it
hail or snow or rain, for want to go
in the omnibus to see Aunt Margaret
very much indeed, and all the aunts
and nieces and mothers. Make me we'll
SO that I can go in the omnibus, please
do. Bless grandpa and grandma, Aunt
Kate and Aunt Sophia and Mr.. Charles
Swan. Bless papa and mamma, and
make us all good so that we can go to
heaven at last, for Jesus sake. Amen. !"
There was a short pause, and then the
wide awake, defiant voice went on:
Keep grandma from dying before
she gets here. Don't let anything hap
pen to her. Don't let any bears or wild
beasts eat her up. Bless grandpa and
grandma and Mr.. Charles Swan and
Aunt Kate and Aunt Sophia.
Another pause, little longer than
the first, and the unconquered one be-
gan again:
81 long for apples. Ilopg for milk.
I long for pie. long to be good. 1
wish I had not that cold. long for
some brown bread. long for some mo-
lasses. I long for some white bread. I
long to be woman. thank thee that
it did not rain or snow. Give me a
clean spirit. Let me be good when papa
is here, for it grieves him to have mo
naughty, and he buys me things-play-
things. 1 have prayed that should go
to sleep. That makes three prayers. f"
A yawn, long drawn breath, and
then silence presently announced that
the lasRprayer was answered, and sleep
reigned.- McCauley in Washing
ton Post.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
Gamblinp.

A considerable proportion of failure
in business and 80 per cent of the de-
falcations and theft and ruin of youth
among people who are employed in
places OF trust are due directly to gam
bling. l have seen in my vast employ
ment so much misery from the head OF
the family neglecting its support, and
squandering his earnings in the lottery
OF the policy shop. and promising young
men led astray in small way, and final
ly becoming fugitives OF landing IN
the criminal dock, that l have come TO
believe that the community which IL
fenses and tolerates public gambling
cannot have prosperity in business re-
ligion in its churches or morality among
its people. ---Chauncey Depew.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
TWILIGHT.

A clear, pale sky-serene and autumn cold.
Thin floats the buoyant crescent silver keen
Through luminous far drawn spaces family
green,
Save for one long, low, lingering streak of gold.
Blue mists the hushed and supine land enfold
And dim the winding little rivers sheen,
Where, darby clustered. shadowy willows
lean,
And chill and heavy lie on plain and void.
Now as the daylight's eager voices fade,
And life is narrowed to q shrinking span,
A twilight breath of calm and peace and shade
Now on the hot and restless heart of man,
From individual hopes and fears set free,
A quiet t6uo1 from out the unknown is laid
The thought of comprising eternity!
-Cornhil Magazine.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
EXERCISE FOR THE EYES.
Absolutely Necessary In Order That the
Vision May Be Preserved.

Absolutely Necessary In Order That the
Vision May Be Preserved.
When the eyes are treated fairly, they
are strengthened, not weakened, by
work. Just as the arms of blacksmith
grow the stronger for his trade, so the
eyes of watchmakers who work under
healthy conditions are found to improve
and not to deteriorate in vigor and
quickness. 1t is the abuse of the eyes,
not their use, which is to be avoided.
IT a man is aware either that his eyes
need no artificial correction OR else
have received their proper adjustment,
and if his work, whether literary or
mechanical, is done in a light both
steady and sufficient and with due re-
gard as to ordinary sanitary rules, he
may feel sure that he is strengthening
his eyes, not weakening them, by hard
work Men of intellectual pursuits
sometimes are afraid of losing their
mental powers in old age because they
have drawn SO much upon them when
young. The reverse is nearer the truth,
and if they have not overtaxed their
brains the fear is absolutely groundless.
The man whose intellect goes first in
old age is generally some farmer OF la
borer who has never strengthened and
invigorated it by use; not the politician,
the lawyer or the man Of letters. So
with the eyes. Those who had strength
ened their eyes by using them properly
keep keen sight longer than those who
have never trained them. In the case
of the man who has neglected to give
his eyes full development they will fail
in power along with his other bodily
functions. When, however, the man
who, born with good eyes, has kept
them in constant hard work and yet
never strained them reaches old age, he
may find them capable of performing
their functions better than any other or
gan of the body.-Philadelphia Times.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
Maori Women,

The Maori women are potent factor
in island life and must not be forgot
ten. Liquid dark eyes, soft voices, af-
fectionate and merry dispositions, light
brown skins OF ivory smoothness and
gracefulness in every movement are
their most striking characteristics. Sell
dom are they to be seen in a passion,
and not single "cuss word" for man
OF woman is to be found in the vocabu-
larry of this charming people. In the
most furious rage they can only call
each other cat, bullock, dog, goat, sheep
or pig. The most deadly is wild duck,
implying child whom nobody will
own.-Fortnightly Review.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
Chewing Gum and NAL de Her.

An English woman has made dis
covery which she communicates to a
magazine as follows: II wonder how
it is we know nothing of the wonderful
America chewing gum as remedy
against seasickness. The other day,
when crossing the terrible silver streak,
an American lady kindly offered me a
piece which she had obtained in New
York. It was of wafery looking con-
sistency, favored with pepsin, and it
carried me safely over from Dover to
Calais with perfect comfort. !"
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
Friends.

"Friends are discovered rather than
made" wrote Harriet Beecher Stowe many
years ago. "There are people who are in
their own nature friends, only they DOM
know each other, but certain things, like
poetry, music and painting, are like the
Freemason's sign-they reveal the initial
ed to each other" Emerson expresses
somewhat the same sentiment when he
declares, with conviction one wishes had
a more obvious foundation i'll fact, that we
meet those people in life of whom we have
need.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
Cumulative Proof.

Al tell you, a year ago, we had 10
degrees of frost in Berlin.
B-Why, that isn't worth talking
about; here in Dresden we have had as
much as 80 degrees.
A-Thirty degrees? Nonsense!
Bits perfectly correct-15 in the
New Town and Is in the Old Town
Humoristisches.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

Twelve steel plates from designs for
illustrations to Pickwick, made near
ly half century ago by Onwhyn, have
been discovered in London, and prints
rom them have been published.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

A man was arraigned il London
court for creating a nuisance by play
ing bagpipe. The court ,:uled that
The bagpipe is a musical Instrument,
and he went scot free. Whe ther or not
the decision is musical one is ques-
tiou
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
The prisons of Morocco are the worst

The prisons of Morocco are the worst
in the world. No care or attention
whatever is given to the prisoners.
They are left dependent on their friends
for food, and if they have no friends
the government provides only bit of
bread or handful of grain daily to
keep them alive.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
CARD TO THE PUBLIC.

The subscriber begs to announce
to the public that he has purchased
the CHAs. PAINE PRINTING OFFICE,
which as is well known, is second to
none in the city, and has retained
Mr.. JOHN w. COLLINS, so long iden-
titled with the business at tins place.
His aim will he to make his work
his best advertisement, and with low
prices, he would respectfully solicit a
share OF your patronage.
w. p. HARRIS,
lis Exchange Street.
Portland, Me-, Jan. 80, 1894 lanood2w
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

WANTED-A position to do general house
w WORK by a Danish girl. Apply at 81
SHERIDAN STREET. IL
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

A LADY-of experience wishes desirable
N situation as housekeeper In family or to
take charge of house. At last place six years.
Best of references furnished. Call at 1859
BRACKET STREET. 2-1
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

MIR SAMUEL LEVY is now prepared to
Vl buy cast off clothing of all descriptions
for highest cash prices. Address letters or
postal to 100 MIDDLE ST. febl-u
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

EOR SALE-On ST. John street a new IL
Il story house of IA rooms; arranged for two
families lot 5Ox118 feet. This property will
be sold at bargain and on terms to suit pur-
chaser E. G. S. KICKER. First National Bank
Rnildinp Room L. Basement 81
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

MONEY TO LOAN--On real estate, mort
VA cages. personal property. commercial pa
per: stocks bonds, or any good collateral Sc
curiiies. Inquire Of A. c. LIBBY & co. 421a
Exchange st. Bill
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
What is

Castoria Dr. Pitchers prescription for Infants
Children. contains neither Opium, Morphine
substance. 1t is harmless substitute
Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor OIL
1T Pleasant guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Castoria destroys Worms and allays
feverishness Castora prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teethng troubles, constipation and fatulency
assmlates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-.
toria is the Chdrens Panacea-the Mothers Friend.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
WANTED-MALE HELP.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
AUCTION SALES.
F. 0. BAILEY & CO., Auctioneers.

AT No. 80 Federal St.. TUESDAY Feb 9Th
"A at 10 a. m. we shall sell entire furnish
ings. consisting Of Parlor Suite in Plush. Easy
Chairs. Tables, Oak Sideboard. Dining furni-
Oak and Painted Chamber Sets, Oak Hall
Stand. nice Cooking Range, Kitchen furnish
ings, &C. This furniture has been used but
little and is in perfect ORDER feb3dtd
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
CLOCK REPAIRING.

4 HAVE made specially of clock repairing for
years and am familiar with all its branches
My prices reasonable, work strictly firstclass
Drop me a postal and l will send for your clock
MCKINNEY, the Clock Maker, IS Free ST.. neal
Middle ST. sept4dtf
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

"ANTED-To call ar your store or house
w and pay you cash for old rags barrels,
iron, rubbers, bottles, metals of all kinds II
you have any Of the above please drop me
postal Address c. B. WISH, 100 Green
street. city. 11-1uf
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

MONEY TO LOAN-On Watches. Dia-
WI monds, Furniture, Furniture Leases,
Horses. Carriages, old line Life Ins. Policies 8
years old and over, I'd mortgages onReal Estate
secured a. d unsecured notes and any kind of
good security. PORTLAND COL. LOAN CO.,
room 6, Oxford Building, 1876 Middle St.. I'd
floor. 22-4
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs CENTS cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

WANTED-All persons in want of trunks or
w bags to call at E. d. REYNOLDS, 556
and 55s Congress street, corner of Oak. as we
manufacture our goods and can therefore give
enings. IL
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
FOB SALE.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

"ANTED-A young man to enter into
w well established business. Must come
well recommended and have four or five thou
sand dollars capital. Address, IS. D. Co. this
office. IL
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

"ANTED-Good reliable carpenter to build
w two small houses QabOr only and take
his pay in splendid building lot in Westbrook;
centrally located, level and close to electrics.
Also trade for good Sleigh must be cheap. Adj
dress BOX 500. WestbrOok. 81
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for rs cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
WANTED.

Forty words inserted under this heat
one week for rs cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
FOR SALE AT A BARGAIN.

A marble slab 9x3 l-2 feet. Has
been used as an imposing stone
i'm the Press composing room.
Will be sold at a bargain.
jy13dtf
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
WATCH REPAIRING

NIFw Resilient Waltham Mainsprings only 75c.,
~ warranted; cleaning and handspring only
$780, cleaning 81 90. All work strickly frst-class
and rranted. Twenty-Five years a watch maker.
MCKINNEY, the Watch Maker, 10 Free st. near
Middle. sep4d.ft
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

II OST-Betweeen the afternoon of goth and
IL afternoon of 21st black dog skin robe
lined with black short plush. Marked Arthur
X. Hunt: the finder will be suitably rewarded
by returning same to stables 697 Congress
Street. FERNALD & SAWYER. Bill
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

The Centaur Company Murray Street. New York City
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

DARTNEK WANTED-With capital in a
4 well-estabIshed business. Address L.,
this Office. my14tf
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

Forty words inserted under this heat
one week for rs cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

WANTED-Several seashore farms for Gus
w toners: also other property anywhere in
the state. 1 have farms for sale from $500 to
$500; 2 hotels: also houses and lots in Auburn.
n. b. TRACY, Real Estate Agent, Odd Fellows
Block Lewiston, Me. IL
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
LOST AND FOUND.

+ OST-Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Union Sta
IL ton or in horse car to Public Library, or
in Geo. c. Shaw's, on Congress st. to Smith, a
round gold pin with diamond in center. Please
return to A. ID. SWEETSIR, APT Cumberland
st. and receive ample reward. 81
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

EOR SALE-House So ST. Lawrence ST.,
containing twelve rooms, suitable for one
or two families modern plumbing, cement
lot 5Ox 90 fit. with number of apple and plum
trees and a barn IL "a feet. Apply to
E. L. COOLING, $50 Middle St. ian1-tf
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

WANTEDD, MINED, IMMEnIAT mRs = g I'll for
105 Bracket street. IL
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

WANTED-Whe you have real estate to buy,
w sell, mortgagel, exchange or rent leave
your order ri and particulars at my office. The
and fair dealing to all interested parties
HERBERT S. DYER, Real Estate Broker,
Room ~, First National Bank Building,
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
TO LET-RENTs.

Forty words inserted under this head
one week for 25 cents, cash in advance.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-"
q. A. ARCHER, M. D.,
iii So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. z.
"Our physicians in the children's depart
ment have spoken highly of their expert
.ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits of Castoria has won us to look with
favor upon it,
UNITED HOSPITAL AND D1spENsARy,
Boston, Mass.
ALLEN c. SMITH. Pres,
urrav Street. New York City.
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

DOR sALE-If you want to own home, if
u you want to stop paying rent, if you want
to live in the best part of the city of Deerlng.
buy house lot on one of the new streets called
Sawyer, Bryant and Thomas streets. Wood
fords. Prices low and terms Of payment made
very easy. Call ON w. III. MOTLEY or G. B.
DALTON, Woodfords, Me- Bill
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

r OST OR STOLEN-S1O reward. Aug. 81.
IL 1898. Hound; black on back, turns to
brown underneath; head and ears all brown;
scar on head and breast; collar plate broken
marked Geo. Newcomb. W. Fitchburg The
above reward will be paid for his recovery by
S. A. CRAIG, So. Windham, Me. So
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

"ANTED-Stable manure. Cash paid.
w Address w. w. DAVIS, East Deering,
Me. loft
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

TITO LET-Tenements, prices So so to $25 per
l. month. Also to let. grocery and drug
stores, and houses for sale in Portland and
st. 81
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

ITO LET-On March 1st house No. POI Cum
Il berland St. containing IL rooms; bath
room; steam heated; sunny exposure. Can be
seen from to P. M. this week. 81
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06

WANTED-A store with or 6 dwelling
w rooms, busy part of the city preferred.
Address with full particulars, BUSINESS,
Press Office. 81
The Portland daily press., 1894-02-06
ANNUAL AUCTION SALE

A Auction TUESDAY, February 18th. at
"A 10 O'Clock sharp. rain or siitne. Some
large horses in the lot weighing 1900 TO 400.
Call at the Street Car Company's stables.
Harrison Ave. Boston. Fake any Washington
car Get off East Lenox st. fsb5dlw
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-22
The Monarchy Dead.

Information from the land where
Kalakaua once reigned, in com.
pany with other kings, and queens
of less animated kind, indicates
that the royalists in the almost
republic of Hawaii-soon to be the
state of Hawaii-the followers of
Mrs. Dominis, have had very en-
joyable time for more than a year
past. Hawaiian newspapers per-
petually call attention to the men
tai buoyancy with which the ex-
queens attaches invariably regard
the steamer which is expected to
arrive 'this evening or tomorrow"
The news for which they wait so
patiently has never made it's APP
pearance, and the chances are that
it never will, but the Dominis
people will not give up, although
they acknowledge to have been
disappointed more times than they
can remember. They must be
lacking in intelligence - these
members of the opium and
lottery rings-or they would never
continue to imagine that the res
toration of Liliuokalani was even
possible-the Senate report made
that SO plain that he who runs
might read with ease and without
error. Annexation of the Islands
to the United States may be long
DELAYED, for there is division of
opinion as to the wisdom of such
move, but it can be accepted as
settled fact, an Interchangeable con-
dition, that monarchy will never
again control Hawaii. Royalist
rumor-mongers may for time con-
tinue to deceive themselves and
annoy believers in good govern
ment by their senseless chattering
and reiterated predictions Of revo-
luton, but such feeble agencies are
powerless to injure even the pres
ent form of government in the ISL
ands and will cease to be when the
provisional arrangement is sue
ceeded by the establishment of a
Observation-Disclosures Star, May 5.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-22

Mail matter is now transmitted be-
tween Paris and Berlin in IS min
utes by means of the pneumatic
process.
The cylinder head of Connecticut
locomotive blew out while at full
speed. The trains momentum car
ried it to the station, five miles
away, without pound of steam.
English-speaking people rule 8
third of the earth and over 400
600. 600 of its inhabitants.
Eogland commands the gate
ways of many seats and most of
the great CULTS of the world.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-22
SUGAR AND ANNEXATION.

A strong letter appears In thi!
issue from Mr.. Hartwell which we
commend to the attention of al
those who are so ready to imagine
that the general interest and the
special interest of the planter can
never agree. We are with Mr..
Hartwell in believing that the
planters have something to gain by
annexation, and we believe that
the planters themselves are not
slow to perceive the facts as they
are. Of course it is very easy to
see what the sugar industry has to
fear from annexation. The present
system of contract labor could not
continue. This system, however,
is an evil one, and, from the econo-
mical point of view, one which is
very costly and unsatisfactory.
This we know to be the view Of
many planters, who say that they
would be very glad to get rid of the
contract, and that, with q free labor
market to draw on, they could well
afford to pay higher wages to labor.
Annexation would probably give
this free labor market in the end,
and with it would ensure the pros
perity of the sugar industry.
What the planters, in all likeli-
hood, fear most from annexation is
the uncertainty of its effects. They
know what they have been able to do,
during the years of Hawaii's separ-
ate existence but as to the future,
they have only coDjectures, no
knowledge. At the same time, it
happens that they cannot evade
this uncertainty by remaining as
they are. The condition of an in
dependent republic is the most I'M
certain of all.
Property makes people conserva-
tive. The sugar industry absorbs
practically all the capital of these
islands, and its interests require
governmental stability more tnan
anything else. A strong govern
ment, one which is able to enforce
the laws, prevent incendiarism ana
suppress violence, is the imperative
need of the planters. Annexation
offers the certainty Of such a gov
eminent as nothing else does, and
this is an argument in it's favor
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-22

ACCORDING to a correspondent
writing from Kohala, there is an
impression abroad that the Con-
stitutional Convention will elect
the first President. There is no
foundation for any such notion.
They may incorporate, if they see
fit, a provision in the Constitution
confirming the present incumbent
in Office, but they have no author
ity to elect anybody, nor indeed to
do anything except make Con-
stitution.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-22
THE CROWN LANDS.

| The report of the COMMISSIONS
er of Crown Lands, Mr.. Iaukea
which was published in these col
umns few days since, is a very
interesting document, and shows
that the Government has an i'm
mense, UNEMPLOYED estate, Of un
known value, in the Crown Lands
1t will be the policy of this Govern
ment, and doubtless of that which
succeeds it, to administer these
lands In the common interest, by
getting them, as fast as may be,
into the hands of the people. No
doubt, if they were kept in the
hands of the Government they
could be worked up to a point at
which they would yield an enor-
nous income, an income large
enough to cover the whole Of the
present budget. Such a policy
would not be a wise one, as it
would hinder the development of
the country. The lands should
be acquired by small owners, bona
fide settlers, who should buy in
small tracts only. We already
have laws which are intended to
further such a. development of
small agriculturists, but they
should be enlarged and systema-
tized. In connection with this
work the careful study of New Zea-
land legislation would be useful.
In order to get comprehensive
land policy and make it amount to
something, it is necessary to know
just where the good lands are, and
how much there is of them. Then.
there must be a new road Or two.
The work of surveying all the |
Crown and Government lands |
should be pushed forward with the
utmost dispatch, even if it requires
four or five times as large force of
surveyors as is now employed. A
system of roads should be
aid out, as part of the plan to open
Up the country. When this is done
We shall really have something to
'ffer to the investor, and we shall
NOW exactly what it is. Two mil
ion dollars spent upon roads which
would unlock the rich lands of the
ountry would be a productive in
estmcnt, sure to bring back in
axes and land values both princi- {
al and interest. l.
The people would be glad to see {
n energetic attack made upon :
lis work at once. 1t