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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17

was due to overproduction. / believe
that all Democrats and many Republi-
cans Will soon bellows as I do and as
have. They demand that our currency
Do carried back to where it was in the
Gays OF our fathers-the money of our
fathers as it existed eighty years ago.
Eighty years ago the ratio of silver to
gold was 10 to /, and if Mr.. SewaIl wants
to carry cur currency back to the 'sdays
OF the fathers,'' he should espouse Is to
not 10 to /. The latter ratio was first
adopted in this country in 1884 at the
earnest request of Andrew Jackson for
tho purpose Of getting gold baok. At
the old ratio the silver dollar swas the
cheaper ono and it had effectually driven
gold out of circulation. To get 1t back
again the ratio was changed SO that the
silver dollar was one per cont more
valuable than the gold dollar. The ex-
pertinent succeeded perfectly. Benton
Gays Of the result
The good effects of the bill were i'm
meoiately seen. Gold began to flow into
tho country through all the channels OF
commerce. cold chests gave up their
noarde; the mint was busy; and, in O.
few months, as If by magic, the currency
nanlshed from tho country for thirty
years oversprsad the land, and gave ioy
ana confidence TO all the pursuits of in
dustry.'' r
The legislation brought about by jack
son was on the reverse principle of that
desired by the Chicago convention. The
old ratio of Is to /, established by the
fathers, had ceased to represent the re-
lative value Of the two metals. and Jack
son, instead of adhering to fictitious
values as the Chicago platform, adjusted
them or the basis Of their commercial
value with the result that Benton de-
scribes. If Mr.. Sewall wants to return to
the currency of the fathers he must re-
turn to the policy which the fathers
adopted, namely, the adjustment of the
two metals according to their relative
commercial value. That is not what
he proposes, however. On the contrary
ratio. He is reversing jackson IS legis-
lation. and there can be no doubt that its
result will be reversed too-that is, gold
will hide away and nothing but silver
remain.
1t is a curious fact That Benton, who
was at Jackson's right hand in this
contest, was, on account of his struggles
against the "silverites" and paper cur
rency clements Of his day, nicknamed
by them the gold humbug' '-pro badly
the legitimate progenitor of the shorter
nickname. gold bug" of the present
day.
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not LACK material. for almost everything
IN human experience is touched upon,
sooner or later in the course of the story.
Boston: Lee g. Shepard Potland: Lor-
ing, Short g. HARMONY
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17

The aim Of the leaders of the Bryan
canvass will CO to weld all the clements of
discomfort in the country into solid
mass by convincing them that free silver
will cure their disease, whatever its
character may be. The man heavily in
debt will DO told that it will help him
because it viii indirectly scale down the
amount of his indebtedness The impe-
ounious man will be told that it will set
g lot OF money afoat in the coun try, and
that in some way there will be q chance
for him to got hold of soma of it, The
man out of work will be t1ld that infla-
ton brings good times, and the class,
small out noisy, which spends most of it's
time inveigning against the rich and
weil-to-do will be told that free silver
will be a severe blow to "gola bugs
md bankers If they should get free
silver all of them would be 1isappoint
ed, except possibly the man heavily in
debt, and bis relief would be but tenn
porary, but the hereafter does not much
trouble the leaders of this movement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17

The Hon. Arthur Sewall has been @
large employer of labor and presumably
ne enjoys the confidence of the wage
Garner. He says that be believes free sill
yer is tha only thing that will bring back
prosperity to the country. OF course this
is not q more guess. but conclusion
reached after mature deliberation. By and
by probably ho will write letter
OF acceptance. We respectfully invite him
to point out in this letter how free silver
VIII bring prosperity to the wage Garner.
We can readily see how 1T may be great
~ to the advantage Of man heavily in
debt 80 have the dollar cheapened. But
how it can be to the advantage Of the
wage Garner to have the dollars be re-
ceives for his labor lessened in purchas-
ing power We are quite unable to dis
cover. The wage earners constitute the
great mass Of the people, and without
their votes Mr.. SewaII can never be
vice president. 1t is for his interest
therefore to conyinoe the laboring man
that he will be better of IL his dollar is
oheapened, and 1t il for his interest to
set about the task of convincing them
quickly.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17

In this crisis the sound money Demo-
Gratis ought not to waste strength on q
third ticket, and we believe the great
majority of them will refuse to do SO.
When Horace Greeley was endorsed by
tine Democratic conven tion in 1879 some
off the Disguised Democrats put up a
third ticket. But it received very few
votes. The great mass of them
preferred the more direct and
effective method OF rebuking their con-
vention by voting for Grant, or not vot-
ing at all. We believe that the most of
them will adopt similar course this
year, auu that if third ticket is placed
in the field it will get little support.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


Wesssx Tales ia the latest volume Of
the reproduction put forth by Harper
Brothers in their uniform edition of
Thomas Hardy's works. While these
short stories are entertaining, and QUE or
two eiifying, they do not show MIR. Har-
dy at his best. His forte is the novel.
Anything briefer than that forbids those
scenic effects-thoss elaborated pictures
Of the night side of Natu1e-which con-
stitute the charm of The Return Of the
Native. Like Rembrandt in painting,
SO he in lettars, deals with shadows.
Thus this latest collection Is disappoint-
ing. But without it the edition would
be incomplete. (For sale here by Lor-
ing, Short & Harmon
Maggie. A Girl of the Streets, by Sta
phen Crane, author of The Red Badge of
Courage. Mr. Crane has, with bound
sprung into literary notoriety, or rather
he has been brought there by public
opinion, since the man himself seems to
be modest and quiet. and by no means
given to indicating his own claims to
notice. The reason that this author is
at present SO widely read is because he
does ope thing we'll. He reproduoes with
marvellous reality the brutal. the worse
than animal side which human nature
on its most degraded side can show. In
the book before US, sordid. ugly, wicked
creatures take possession of the thought
MI k<I
frame of mind where it seems useless to
try to stem such tides of depravity as are
here pictured. Maggie herself, poor
soul, was not amiss had she only had a
ray of help or of love to fall upon her ex-
istence. This is not healthful or use
full mood for the world helper. Hence
persons believing that they neod light
courage, faith and cheerfulness to wage
warfare against sin, will turn from
such writings as Maggie to something
constructive and positive. To the in
different and Selfish, such truths may
perhaps appeal, and prove the only
means of thoroughly rousipg them to a
sense of the wide spread misery among
us, and Of individual responsibility and
the share Of each in the universal broth
rhood. (New York: D. Appleton &
Company; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmon. Price rs oents.)
Blind Leaders of the Blind. The Ro.
nance Of a Blind Lawyer. by james
r. Cooke, NJ. D., author of Hypnotisn,,
etc. This book is prefaced by a portrait
of the author. The fact that he Is blind
| and yet is = practising physician. will fol
itself attract attention to tho story,
which is full of sensation, contains many
descriptions of painful physical and men
tai processes, and lacks both continuity
and climax. Though this is true, it il
also true that the beck has an interest
of its own. 1t deals with occult phase
Of life even while 1t launches disapproy
oil at various ''fads. ~ 1t is very easily
written with good deal of talent in III
style OF narration. In fact the sourc
and subject are so unusual that both will
draw readers to it's perusal; these will
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17

Practical Rhetoric, by John Duncan
Quackenboss, A. M, NJ. D., Emeritus
Professor Of Rhetoric in Columbia Uni
versity. This is an excellent text book.
and one we can thoroughly recommend.
1t is also good volume to have among
reference books.
A writer, unless exceedingly sure of
technique, will find 1t good desk boo k
to turn to now and then, on proof
reading or other matter; more especially
interesting is a very full list of EVERY
Day Misusages" of English. New
York, Cincinnati, Chicago: American
Book Company, Washington Square,
New York city. Price S1.o0)
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17
FOR GOVERNOR.
L.lewellyn Powers
OF HoULToN.

DIR. Gordon denies that he would vote
for Bryan and SewalL but he says that
he will not vote for Mckinley. Appar-
entity the Doctor is fast getting into a
condition where his only resource will
be to take to the woods
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17
MIR. sEwALL 81

MR. SEwALL sEOULD READ HISTORY
In MIR. Sowall's speech at Bath Wednea-
day, he said as follows:
Had you attended the convention you
would have been impressed as I was. that
the convention was no5 of one party, hut
made up of patriots led with that one
idea that the trouble in our country
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-07-17

The gola standard Democrats have
not yet determined whether to support
the Republican ticket or nominate one
of their own. II they really are in earn
est in their purpose to crush the combina
ton that has held high carnival in Chi
oago, they will not hesitate long to de-
clare for Mckinley ana Hobart.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29

falgar,'' he applied to Capt. Hardy for advice as to the position of the Victory, Hardy's answer being that, owing to the smoke, it was impossible during the height of the action to see beyond the ships alongside, adding: T am about the worst man you could come to, for some time before that which your picture represents the Victory's tiller ropes had been shot away, and was be- low in the steerage attending to them and the helm, and down there we knew so little of what was going on that we continued to load and fire one of her stern guns until ordered from the deck to stop because we were firing into one of our own ships.'
 Like Loutherbourg, Stanfeld had been at sea as young man, while both owed much of their facility and power of composing subject to their early training in the scene loft. But think Loutherbourg greatly surpassed Stan field as a draughtsman and in knowl- edge of naval architecture
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
PICKED UP IN THE STREET.
Blacksmith Finds His Tool to Be a
 Nugget of Pure Gold.

Curious things sometimes happen ill the gold bearing regions of the north west. The Blackfoot Idaho) News tells of a somewhat remarkable experience which occurred to blacksmith at that town lately.
 The smith, whose name is Farmer, had in his shop grindstone which he wished to taper off," For this purpose 3 small stone was requisite. So he went out of doors aud made search for stone of the right size and shape.
 He found one somewhat smaller than a hens egg, and returning to his shop began to smooth down the edge of the grindstone with it. He had not ''smoothed" long before he thought that the stone worked rather queerly, and was, in fact, too soft to grind the stone. He took it to his anvil an1 Lroke it in half, and then he found that be had picked up nugget of pure geld.
 Unfortunately, it was a rather small nugget. He sold it for $5.62 cents, and though this was very good price for d pebble picked up in the street, it was rot wealth
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
KISSING OF HANDS TABOOED.
Hygienic Reasons Lead to Abandonment
 of an Austrian Custom.

of an Austrian Custom.
 It has hitherto, says the New Orleans Picayune, been the custom of the chil dren attending the public schools in Austria and Hungary to kiss the hands Of the teacher on arrival and departure. This has now been forbidden by an order from the imperial board of edu- cation, which bases it's action on the fact that sanitary investigation has shown that kissing is unhealthful and should not be, practiced, except when absolutely necessary. This brings up a very nice point of law to establish when kissing is absolutely necessary. If the public school teachers of Aus tria and Hungary are old and ugly it is likely that the scholars will acquiesce in the new ruling without a murmur. If, on the other hand, the Schoolmarms are pretty young women, like most of the New Orleans teachers, then the big boys in Austrian schools may keep up the good old custom of kissing the teacher, and plead that it was a case when kissing was absolutely necessary. Science is going too far, anyway, when it finds microbes in kisses and tries to establish quarantine against them. Kissing goes by favor. and not by law. When the kisser is in love and the kissee IS pretty, it is always a case of abso- lute necessity, not amenable to Austrian or any other kind of laws.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
NOT THE SAME.
Beranger's Terse and Clever Character
 ization of Victor Hugo.

4 terse and clever characterization was that by which Beranger, the poet, summed up Victor Hugo's relation to the great republican spirit of France. Hugo, although it is said that he was not a republican at the very beginning of his career, became a most enthusiastic and outspollen one. He represented the pie torial, dramatic side of popular feeling and became so picturesque a figure in French politics that he could not have failed to serve as a popular idol.
 Beranger, who was a republican of the simplest type, notwithstanding his share in establishing Louis Philippe on the throne, denied the poets attitude in one line.
 One day, says the Contemporary Re- view, shortly after the revolution which overtoppled that throne, an acquaint- ance of Beranger met him coming out of the Palais-Bou1bon. q shall feel obliged" said the poet, eff you will sec me home, for I do not feel at all we'll Those violent scenes inside there are not to my taste. I am not at all well,' he continued, with a wistful smile; T have been accused of having held the plank over which Louis Philippe went to the Tuileries. 1 wish 1 could be the bridge across the Channel on which he would return. Certainly would have liked a republic, but not such as we are having in there'
 He pointed to the home of the Con- stituent assembly. You ought to be pleased,' said his friend. Victor Hugo is in the same regiment with you.'
 Victor Hugo is not in the regiment was the quiet reply. "He is in the hand''
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
Gave the Servants Away.

A parrot in a. certain family was usually kept in the dining-room with the family, but during the winter was removed to the kitchen for greater warmth. When the winter was past it again made it's appearance among the family, whom it amused with the uew remarks it had picked up in th,. kitchen. On one occasion, when the bell had been rung for something, the parrot was heard remarking from his cage: "Let 'em ring again!'
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
AUSTRALIAN BEE HUNT.
How the Natives Find the WeII-Filled
 Hives.

How the Natives Find the WeII-Filled
 Hives.
 An Australian savage comes up to an Irishman's idea of human skill, for ''he bates the bees" A native seldom fails to get honey when he discovers the bee he has been wathching for. The following description of natives bee hunt is given in MT. Arthur's Kangaroo and Kauri:"
 Warruyallah, the chief of tribe, went with two little nets to small pool, filled his mouth with water, and then lying down, his head hanging over the pool, he remained quiet for an hour, apparently looking at his own reflection ill the water. Then the hum of a bee was heard. Buzz-z-z it went over the pool, round the blacks head, now on one side, now on the other, and now close to his ear; but not a motion betrayed the bee hunter.
 But when the bee, dropping close to the water, gave notice by the change of its tune that it was about to sip, the chief, with a snort, squirted the water from his mouth over the little "buzzer." Before it had time to recover from the unexpected douche, he seized it dex- teriously by the wings.
 Then he prepared it for the chase by fastening to it bunch of wild cotton with some gum. The bee was let go; it made for it's hive, slowly at first on ac- count of it's novel burden, which inn peded it's progress and showed a sign in the air for the chief to follow. Over tra1nble and brake went the chief, ac- companied by the men of his tribe, and in half an hour halted at the foot of an immense gum tree, into whose top the bee had gone.
 The chief mounted quickly, by cutting notches into the bark with his stone tOmahawk. In a, short time he brought down quantity of honeycomb, a small piece only of which contained honey. The Australian bees are sjingless.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
PICTURlNG A SEA FIGHT.
How Instantaneous Photography Figures
 in the Modern Painters Art.

Instantaneous photography has made it easy to-day for men with little knowl- edge of seamanship to place ships and boats under sail in a picture, but in early days, says Temple Bar, the power of doing so correctly was limited to a few men like Stanfeld and Capt. Beechy, R. N
 The difficulty of obtaining anything like reliable description of a sea fight, even from those who had taken part in it, was, according to Stanfeld, very great, and he told us how, when plan ming his picturS of 'The Battle of Ira
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29

But, notwithstanding they are now in the city itself, there are few lots for sale yet at prices corresponding with the "Sound Money Doctrine" of President Cleveland and his cuckoos, which means that kind of a dollar which will buy two dollars worth of property. These lots are near the new elec- tric car line which is now in operation. The lots are in the city and their occupants do not need to ride into town, but the presence of electric street cars is popular and adds market value to the property. Inside of five years this will be business property. Buy lot now for residence and when business crowds you out the rents will sup port you in house outside in some addition where you can keep horse and drive into
 town and collect your rents. Terms cash
 , in one year, in two years at 10 per cent interest.
Arizona republican., 1896-05-29
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Evening star., 1896-12-26
MORE VICTIMS.
Two More Sufferers From Brutal
Oyster Boat Captains.

Two More Sufferers From Brutal
Oyster Boat Captains.
Two oyster dredgers. victims of the bru-
tai oystermen down the river, reached here
this morning on the steamer Wakefield
and soon afterward they called on Sanitary
Officer Frank and asked for assistance.
They gave their names as Alexander Ross
Bell and W. l.. Morgan and wanted trans
portation to their homes in Winston, NJ
c. Several months ago they left their
homes to look for work, and three weeks
ago they signed with McDougal Bros. in
Baltimore to go on an oyster boat. They
were sent aboard the dredger Thomas r.
Rauk in Machodoc creek, being the only
white men on the boat. All during their
stay on the boat they were brutally bea ten,
finally their stay was merely a fight for
life, and they refused to work, preferring
death 10 ill-trea atment. Then they were
given s1.5O each and were put ashore
Sanitary Officer Frank wanted to send
them to Baltimore, where they could make
complaint, but they said that others who
had been ill-treated had not been given a
hearing in the monumental city, and they
preferred to be sent home.
The sanitary officer told the men that he
sympathized with them and would heIp
them. but he was tired of spending the
Districts money when the states of Mary
land and Virginia ought to remedy the
evil. After being given something to eat
the young men were started on their home.
ward journey.
Evening star., 1896-12-26
MIX VS.. Flesh.

10 the Editor of The Evening Star:
While the guardians of the public health
are exhausting SO much OF that cerebral
something known as gray matter upon the
question pt milk a medium for the con-
Veyance of disease. would it not be well for
them also TO look into the practice that
prevails of peddling flesh for food pur-
poses from wagons through the streets and
alleys of this city? In this connection even
the most limited knowledge of the condi-
tiOHs under which zytnotic diseases may be
disseminated will convince us of the fact
that, while the flesh In question NAV have
been taken primarily from healthy ami
maiS, and may be in itself wholesome IL
cannot have escaped contamination from
this mode of vending 1t. and, conceding
the possibility that the usuai operation oil
cooking may deprive such germs as may
adhere to 1t of virility, and thus render
them less noxious when taken into the
alimentary system. still its presence In the
household Is a menace to health, and any
thing that has been in contact with IT may
readily become source OF Infection.
In the foregoing L have Cndeayored to
show the danger OF seilln;, flesh, originally
healthful. under improper conditions. but
the question still remains. whether all flesh
so sold has ever formed part Of a healthy
animal In conversation with an attache
OF the health department. and In answer to
the query. "Whelher all fesh sold from
wagons was inspected" he said that "ft is
bot only improbable. but impossible. un-
Her the circumstances"
Now I simply ask why n condition that
has been recognized and l.yislated against
in other cities-notably in New York where
II is In violation of law to expose flesh in
tended for food even In front OF the store;
should be permitted TO exist here.
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