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The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08

Shin q q Cha nman. of Portland. 1870 tons,
built at Bath in 1S77 by VIM Rogers, has been
sold to Morse s. Co, OF Portland, wne Will use
the hull for carving coal.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08

Sch c W Dexter, Huntington. Hyyannls. y1dS
Sch Matthew VasseI. Jr, Ferry, Boseoh'
Sch Chapparal, PierSon, forb olyoo'
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08
EXCHANGE DISPATCHES.

Sid fm Singapore Mch 8, ship A Fuller Ly-
ons, from China for New York.
Passed AMER Apl 3. ship El Captain, Hum-
phrey, New York for Shanghai.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08
BOSTON AND PHILADELPHIA,

DIRECT STEAMSHIP LINE.
From Bostonevey Wednesday and Saturday.
From Philadelphia every Tuesday and Friday.
Pine Street Wharf, Philadelphia at 8 p M In
surance one-half the rate of sailing vessel.
Freghts for the West by the Penn. r. H., and
commission.
Passage $1,000. Round Trip $500.
Meals and room included.
For freight or passage apply to F. p. WING,
Agent, Central Wharf, Boston.
E. B. SAMPSON, Treasurer and General
Manager, 80 State ST., Fiske Building. Boston.
Mass. oct22dtf
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08
Spoken

Feb II, off Tristan d'Acunha, barque Belmont
from New York for Shanghai.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08

Portland market--cut loaf at &c ;confectione-s
&c; ;pulverized. CT powdered, &c; granulated.
41a C ;cotfee crushed. 51Aci yellow. '-@5c.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08


H. c.. .41A@5
Gen. n,Russlal3 1a@14
Ameri'cnRussia1 1@12
GalY ..-... .. .bA@7
Leather
New York
Light. 2o621
Mid weight. !. .23@24
Heavy. 23@24
Good ding. :. ;. 2It022
Union backs. .32@34
Am. calf. -. 6o@1.OO
Lead.
Sheet. 4, ga at
lpe........514@6
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08

Boston Produce Market.

EBOSTON. April =. 1s95.-The following are
to-dav's quotaTons of Provisions. Produce, ETC.
MEATS.
Pork, cuts and backs Is 30: lean lends, II 90.
Ribs. fresh. sac; sausage, s; do meat, 7c.
Hams, 101a 4111ac; bacon, 1Oc.
Tongues pork, SIT: do beef $22 43 Dbl.
Shoulders, smoked, 81a !; fresh, ia ;corned TN.
Lard, tcs, 7zs &c ;pail, 8saGsEac; If, aIs@lc.
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08
DOMINION LINE.

Steamers sail about 1 p. m. on arrival of
trains.
Rates of passage-First Cabin. $50 to
$40; return, 800 to $130, according TO
steamer and berth.
Second cabin to Glasgow or Belfast at
same rate as Liverpool, $50. To London,
Bristol or Cardiff, ss3 additional. Steerage
to Liverpool London, Londonderry,
Queenstown, Belfast or Glasgow, SIS.
Apply to JOHN w. PETERSON 2 Exchange
ST., I: F. MCGOWAN, AIS Congress ST., GEO.
Fl. STARR or DAVID TORRANCE & CO.,
Foot of India st. nov22dtf
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08
xEx-div.
Boston stock Market.

STOCKS s

The following are to-daysclosing quotations
OF GQHerumenL SecuritleS:
The Portland daily press., 1895-04-08

Domestic 4 @7
Salt.
TIls Is, ib hid 1 S0@2 90
Liverpool r. 160@I 80
Dia'md Crys, Dbl 2 30
Sa1eratus.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

ted by persons VINO WHIT aDOu6 ana
twinkle their feet to the sound of the
unholy fiddle. But humanity, especially
young humanity, is very human, no
matter what its ancestry, and there
were those among the young folks
Of The Hook who used to go, al
most surreptitiously, in couples and
big box sleigh loads. several times each
winter to the balls and dances given
at the county seat, some 1 5 miles away,
q town which the orthodox among The
Rockers held to DO almost as bad as a
city and peopled mainly by persons of a
most irreligious sort, persons with whom
it was we'll to avoid contact.
OF the daring festivities held at the
county seat shall not speak in detail
here, for, though occasionally participant
ed in by young Rockers. as / have
stated, these festivities were not in any
sense part of that villages social life
To those who did not attend them there
remained in the place of the DANCES
rhythmic joys the delights of the So
ciable, the applecut, the spelling school
and the donation. The singing school
had been in a sense social factor, but
owing to q difference between young
William Thompson, the villages most
enterprising merchant, and two or three
of the deacons, over who should be the
singing teacher one winter, the cultiva-
ton of The Hooks vocal abilities had
been abandoned some years before the
time of which / am now writing.
Notwithstanding the absence of dane
ing and the viol's music, it was gener-
ally conceded that The Hook q social fes-
tivities were quite as enjoyable as those
of the county seat by such of the young
folks as attended both. Certainly the
young men could meet as many pretty
girls at The Hook gathering as anywhere
else in the world, and while the young
men themselves were not perhaps so
stylishly clad as those of the larger
town. and were somewhat unpublished,
they were fine, stalwart fellows and
far manlier in the Judgment Of most
Hook girls than the slighter. more ele-
CANT youth of the county seat. And be-
sides there was much less formality at
the more rural entertainments. Hook
ers could not think of allowing dancing,
but they realized that girls were made to
kiss and be kissed, and every Hook
young woman knew full well that she
would fulfill her double destiny, oscula-
torily speaking, not once, twice or
thrice, but many times, whenever she
attended any festivity there.
1t was customary in those days for
each church and society,"" of which
there were three-Methodist Baptist
and Presbyterian--at The Hook, to hold
a sociable once a week all winter, and
to avoid confiiction of dates it was tacit-
ly agreed that the Methodists should
hold theirs on Tuesday evenings. the
Baptists theirs on Wednesdays and the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

The Hawaiian Islands have been found
to be richer in animal life than was for.
merly supposed. As the result of year Is
investigation by the British association,
through its committee, it has been found
that of birds there are IS species, OF
which 81 are peculiar to this group All
the land and fresh water shells are pc.
culiar. and of 1000 species of insects
700 are not found elsewhere 1t thus
seems that these islands have by no
means been populated Il IN the CONT
nent, but have been centers of independ-
emit creation. -Independent
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13


''snap and catch 'em' rings could be
established simultaneously in all three
rooms
Applicants were still held in and
about The Hook in the seventies, but they
were decidedly ON the wane, for the ad-
vent of the pairing machine had made
it cheaper to hire the apples denuded Of
their skins and cored for drying than
to entertain the number Of people who
would be hidden to the gathering es-
pecially as they were not likely to work
more than half the evening. Later a
chap from one of the big cities built an
''evaporator near the village, and its
establishment ended the days of the ap-
pie cut for ever The refreshments at
the sociables were generally of the sim
plest possible sort, being sandwiches or
cake and coffee at the most hospitable
houses
At Deacon Aliens the edibles served
were always second best apples, or
''culls." and popcorn, and there was
always plenty of water to drink, for the
deacon himself used to 60 about the
rooms with tin pail and a dipper.
quenching the thirst Of the guests. CT
der, did you say? Never. The Hook was
prohibition, and its inhabitants were
all Good Templars Just before 10
usually, after everybody had arrived
and before any had gone away. the hat
was passed Every one was expected to
|. contribute something. 10 cents being
considered about the right thing. though
there were usually few quarters ana
an occasional dollar. Whose gave more
than dollar was likely to be thought
anxious to put on airs, and per con-
ira any who gave less than q nickel
was set down as very CLOSE or much
poverty stricken. The money collected
was generally expended upon a new car
pet for the church, a Bible for the pull
pit or some such thing
If there is place on this green earth
where the social pleasures of the people
cost less than those of The Hookers.
should like to hear about it.
L d. MARSHALL
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

Presbyterians theirs ON Thursday.
'sSnap and catch EN-" was the favorite
amusement ut all sociables and most
other festive gatherings at The Hook and
Whereabouts. though The needles eye, !"
Copenhagen. . .'spot em ont" and
1.-THE cushion. " inasmnch as there was
kissing in each. were not debarred.
OF all these games cushion" was
the simplest Il was usually begun by
q young man. who would ask some one
sitting in a cushioned chair to rise for a
moment When tho request was COM
piled with, the yonngster would take
the cushion and kneel upon it in front
Of a merrynlaker Of the opposite sex II
was then her duty to kneel also upon
the cushion. and then the two kissed.
The young man then retired from the
game for the time being. while the 9TH
or sought man before whom to kneel
The kissing was repeated. and so ON In
definitely It was not the Young only
who played ''onshion at Hook festipi-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13
NO DOG IN HER HOUSE.
A Boarding House Keeper Tells why sh
Has Made This Rule.

Has Made This Rule.
Persons with dogs and other pets
meet with cold and clanimy reception
in New York boarding houses. They
may occasionally steal into fashionable
flats, where the landlord or agent has
no direct means of circumventing them,
but when it comes to the boarding house
things are little more definite
A nice looking married couple went
into a Twenty-third street boarding
house the other day and We're made COM
Portable. After the first dinner the lady
was observed scraping together some
dainties from the board TO take to her
room The landlady. who is woman
of great decision of character, heard Of
il, and her knock was shortly afterward
heard at the door of the new boarders.
The latter were Immediately notified
that either they or the dog must vacats
at once.
''If cannot keep my darling Keno.
phon. we'll move, " protested the owner
of the dog. who practiced the principle
of Love me. love my dog
''Then You II have to move, said the
landlady firmly I'm not keeping a
dog kennel F"
"How in the world they ever got that
dog in here without my seeing it, said
she, after the obnoxious Xenophon had
been disposed of, lis more than | can
understand. I've had all / want of dogs.
A gentleman used to keep a small but
ferocious bulldog in his room where |
once lived He was the ugliest brute
ever laid my eyes on--the dog, not the
man. That dog wouldn't let anybody
but his owner tamper with him. The
man used to lug him around with him
everywhere he went. One night, when
the man came in, he was feeling so OBJ
livious to earthly things that he left his
dog locked in the vestibule. The next
boarder who came in got no farther than
the vestibule and landed down the steps
with q square yard of trousers missing.
He was soon joined by another boarder,
who wanted to come to bed. They rang
the bell until several of us came down
to see what was the matter. On opening
the door the dog sprang for us as if no
hadn't been fed for week and wanted
anything that came handy, but we
slammed the door 10 again just In time.
As we could not awaken the owner we
had to leave the dog there till morning,
and those who wero outside had to go to
a hotel LIN the morning everybody had
to go and come by the servants entrance
until the owner of the animal came
down and got us out of the fix. F"
"What did he say?'
''Sayi Why, he abused rs all as set
of-brutes for keeping his dog locked mp
there and gathered it up under his arm
and took it up stairs as if had been a
piece of Dresden china! And the board
ers who had been locked out left the
house for good the next day. We got rid
of the dog, but not until it had half de-
populated the establishment. Chi.
cage Tribune.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13
THE SOCIAL SEASON.
HOW JEWELLERS AT THE HOOK MADE
MERRY TWENTY YEARS AGO.

sociables. AppIecuts. Spelling Matches and
Donations Were All Popular. with So
cIables In tho Lead Those Who Wished
to Dance Had to Go Away From Home.
Twenty years ago or Whereabouts the
social season was at its height in Feb
ruary in the village called 1.-The Hook, !"
that nestlea at the foot of green hills in
the valley of pleasant memory.
The festivities INDUCED in by those
who dwelt there when | was a boy were
not at all similar to the social functions
popular in the towns today. OF dancing
there was little or none, for. though The
Hook was not New England village.
its inhabitants were of Puritan stock
and had been taught to believe few
deadlier sins existed than that commit
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

ties bashful young men used to mud
refuge in kneeling before white haired
deacons wives, and miscellaneous girls
were won't to tempt staid pillars of the
church with cherry ripe lips 1t was a
most serious breach of courtesy for any
one to refuse to join in this diversion,
and it usually fell out that every one
present, old and young, oomeiy and
ugly, was kissed before the evenings
close Sometimes. in the absence of q
cushion not fastened to its chair, pill
low took its place. and then the game
was pillow" and not cushion
This game was as quiet as il was sim
pie, but the other of the two most popu-
lar advertisements, "snap and catch
'em, was all activity, which some
times became almost boisterous 1t was
the liveliest young woman of the neigh
borhood usually that started snap and
catch 'em. /" She would get some young
man to stand up in the center Of the
floor, and then she would go to another
youngster and challenge him by snap
ping her pretty fingers in his face to
pursue and overtake her and kiss her
pouting mouth. OF course he would ac-
cept the challenge. and of course he
would catch and kiss her, though some
times, if the girl were nimble footed, the
capture would be matter of some diff
Guilty. and after its accomplishment both
pursuer and pursued would be tired and
breathless After the kissing it was the
young mans turn to snap the fingers,
while the young woman took her place
in the center of the floor with the chap
about whom the wild and circling chase
for kiss had just been concluded.
"Snap and catch 'em, it will be per-
ceived, is game that need have no end
SO long as those who play it are not
physically exhausted, and. in fact. its
gyrations always continued till the
breaking up of the gathering at mid
night or Whereabouts.
''Snap and catch 'em," too, as may
readily be believed, is a game best play
ed on the bare floor and in a room with
out much movable furniture. The foot
wear of the young men of The Hook
along in the seventies, even when they
wore fine boots and not stogas, was gen.
orally heavy enough to sadly cut carpets,
and the mad circlings of the performers
could not be comfortably INDUCED in
in small apartment 1t was because
of these requirements that the sociables
held at the residence of Deacon Allen,
the same whose grove little way out
of the village was often used summers
for the Sunday school pienics. were
more popular than those held elsewhere.
The deacon had devoted his whole life
to the process of ''laying up few
dollars and had never felt himself justi-
fed in furnishing the entire house. Con-
sequently the big "other room" in his
residence was unexpected and devoid of
furniture, and there were two rooms on
the second floor in like condition, and
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, NY.

Many Persons ar2 tro.e7
down nom oTerEoEk or konsessssE caseE
Browns Iron BfttcrS aebslilds the
system. aids digestion. removes excess Of bile
and cures malaria Get TIC genuine
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

Bend over rather pronouncedly in
walking down a slippery hill This is
not particularly graceful, but if you are
unfortunate enough to miss your foot
ing the chances are lessened that you
will strike ON that most dangerous spot
the back Of the head
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

For over 400 years Nov l3 was OBJ
served in England as festival 1t COM
memorated the death of Hardicanute
and the accession of Edward the Con-
fessor. by which the country was deliv-
cred from the yoke of the Danes.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13
Puzzled Him.

81 don't see why lose SO many
places, - said Jimmie, the ex-office boy
''Dey amt smarter kid on de block
dan me. Dey amt single one of 'em
kin smoke a cigarette and whistle at de
same time like kin. Indianapolis
Ionrnal
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-02-13

To prevent the evaporation Of water
Ia Gre pals il has been discovered that
Is TO 20 drops Of oil will form coating
nff1cienf TO obviate the difficulty
The morning times., 1895-12-17
PRIScELY ESpowMESTs

Three million dollars in less than two
months is the record OF endowmenis for
Chicago's university. They are the con-
tributions of only two persons, Miss Culver
and Mr.. John ID. Rockefeller, the latter
having given two-thirds OF the amount.
The Standard Oil millionaire has been
more generous to this university, as also
to other educational and religious insti-
tutions, and he is setting other wealthy
n.en the very excellent example of bcstow-
ing his bcnefaciIons during his life time
instead of by viii. He thus enjoys the
twofold satisfaction of seeing that his
donations are properly used and of watch
ing the growth of the institutions enriched
by him.
1t is somewhat curious that none OF the
higher institutions of learning in the
District of Columbia are yet in the en-
joynlent OF such endowments as those re-
ferred to. Columbian and georgetown have
alumni scattered all over the land who
are in possession of great wealth, though
perhaps none has quite reached the Rookie
feller standard. Eut there are many
fortunes a handsome endowment would
not greatly diminish, and it ought TO afford
them satisfaction, one would think, to
have their alma mater increase its use
fulness in such a manner and degree as
is made possible through endowmcnts OF
the Culver and Rockefeller kind.
The morning times., 1895-12-17
THE SECRETARY,S REPORT.

While it can be truthfully said that figures
never lie it VIII require more than an
ordinary comprehension to understand how
Secretary Carlisle can logically iuggle
figures iuto a favorable report on cur
financial condition. Like many other Dem
ocrats he hopefully looks TO the future,
but with another bond issue Imminent and
our national debt increasing IL is difficult
to screw up ones courage TO the point of
beiieviug with him that the present tariff
can create sufficient revenue TO supply the
demands of government.
In his report Secretary Carlisle lays great
stress on the increase OF tue cash balance
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1895;
also upon the gain in revenues during the
present administration, but he fails to state
that during his term of office the public
debt has also increased 1904, ,T2f, Ill, and
that Sl62, ,315, 400 OF that amount was
borrowed on The three bond issues. The
claim that the present law will provide suf-
ficient revenue can hardly be suhstantiated
IN face of the business depression, and as
the Secretary charges the existence of this
calamity to the use OF greeabacks and at
the same time declares there is no hope
of their withdrawal from circulation, his
assertion would seem To be without founda
ton.
The argument In favor of tile retirement
ofgreeubackS is practically beyond dispute.
The gold demanded for their redemption is
entirely for speculative uses, in which the
government has no interest, and the circula-
ton of this Kind of currency converts our
Treasury Into banking house, at which its
patrons derive all the benefits. The ques-
tiolof supplying the place Of the $500, 0,0o0,-
900 of greenbacks should they be with
drawn can easily be settled. 1t will make
no difference il the currency is in the form
of national bank notes or such as Secre-
tary Carlisle recommends, provided 1t
cannot be made the means of a reverend
ing drain upon our Treasury. That is the
weak point in our financial system to be
guarded against.
The morning times., 1895-12-17
POPULAR AS EVER.
xb.a fSl,,hhnn.0


That the decision of the executive COM
mittee of the columbia Athletic Club car
nival to continue the attraction until wednes-
day night, of this week, was popular
one, was evidenced by the throng or yisi-
tors to the club house last night.
From early in The evening until nearly
midnight the several floors of the big club
house were filled. A number of articles
were closed out last night by vote and
guesses and otherwise. and surprise and
disappointment and delight were on every
hand.
The Indications are that the supplemental
nights of the carnival will be even more
successful than the regular nights.
The Madrid Mandolin Orchestra added
to its popularity by rendering an endless
number of its delightful selections fayoring
no one floor. but covering them all.
In the gymnasium the entertainment con-
sisted of exercises on the horizontal bar.
splendidIy executed by Sewell, Ross Spur
rier, Cobb and others. and an excellent
exhibition of boxing by Mr.. Ambrose and
Prof George Carter. No decision was
rendered but the contest was neycrthe-
less one which was thoroughly enjoyed.
especially By the ladies'.
BY request Mr.. ireland presented two
living pictures which have been so much
admired. The first was Napoleon an
pouncing his project of divorce to Jose
pbine" and the second the football game
in three scenes.
For tonight several new living pictures
have been arranged and a most attractive
athletic and musical program VIII be
presented.
The morning times., 1895-12-17
ONE CENT POSTAGE.

1t is quite early in the session, to be
sure, but the invariable proposition to
reduce letter postage TO one cent has been
already introduced in Congress. Like its
predecessors it Will probably be allowed
to slumber in some pigeon hole in the
room OF the Committee on Post-offices and
Post Roads, and toward the end of the
session nisy make its reappearance with an
-dverse report tackled on to it.
The objection which will be made against
e.s cent postage by the Post-office De-
The morning times., 1895-12-17
DEFICIENT TAMBULANCE SERVICE

DEF iCiEN L AN III LAME SEW ICE
The Emergency Hospital needs another
ambulance. This may seem but small
matter because It involves the expenditure
of only few hundred dollars for the out
fit and few hundred more for the salary
of the driver. but it is Just one of those
apparently trfling things upon which hangs
sometimes the life or death of a human
being.
A few days ago a woman fell in the
street and hurt her face. A call for the
Emergency ambulance was turned in from
the nearest patrol box, but it failed to
respond, and q second call brought the in
formation that something about the harness
was broken and the vehicle could not come
Just then. half hour later it came forth,
but in the meantime a police ambula nee
had come upon the scene and taken the
injured woman to the hospital.
Fortunately in this instance the injury
was not serious, but suppose there had
been a fractured skull or a severed
artery, or something else, the lack
of immediate attention to which might
have been attended with fatal re-
suits. The lapse of a half hour might
have been the woman's doom of death.
If it is worth the while to have an
Emergency Hospital it is also worth the
while to cqlip it in every one of its de-
partments for prompt and efficient service.
The physicians at the hospital are pains
taking, conscientious gentlemen, who shun
neither time nor labor to give relief to
suffering humanity. 1t is due to them
no less than to the public that so important
an adjunct of the hospital as the ambulance
service is shall not be lacking for the want
of q few hundred dollars.
The morning times., 1895-12-17

from Twelfth to Fourteenth streets The
sum total or buildings consists of three old
1ranies-ali the remainder is n waste-yet
enjoys all the improvements mentioned
above: while street. between the same
numbered streets We'll built -up and paving
u large assessment, has bsoluteiy nothing
60 not know whether the favored dis
trict Is owned by n syndicate. private party
lexington road or Comm iSsioners nor
whether tile improvements were done at
private expense. Can you inform your
readers? A