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The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
PALMER SHOE Co.
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
Shore Acres.

Shore Acres is drama worthy the
suggestion of its name and that is high
praise. For "Shore Acres" is phrase
which brings to the Imagination, the
homely simplioities of the farm land,
and the keen SAVIOR, the wild courage OF
the sea. And the play has both of these
and Is raised thereby not only to, but
above the level of the best stage pictures
of New England life our generation has
seen. 1t will rank with the conspicuous
successes not alone of the season, but of
the dramatic generation. Mr.. Herne's
Uncle Nat is portrait worthy to hang
forever in the museum gallery of great
traditions. There were moments not a
few which recalled the f1awless art, the
mellow humanity of the great comedian.
who SO many times in parts SO closely
analogous, commanded our smiles and
tears ''Shore Acres will be seen at
Portland Theatre tonight and tomorrow.
Kell ar.
A book on "Modern Magic" by Pro-
lessor Something or other, is advertised
by New York publishing house, and
there are professors here and there
over the civilized world whose preten-
sions amuse where they do not deceive.
Kellar is the only modern magician who
has spent years of research in India, the
home of magic and fountain OF mystery.
When he appears in City hall tomorrow
night he will satisfy his friends and ad-
mirers that success has crowned his
studies in the marvellous and that now
for the first time they will be able to have
some definite idea of the mysteries we
have al read and heard vaguely of for
generations The student or the child
who could see the Kellar entertainment
and not come away enthused over the
Queen OF Roses" and "The New Shrine"
alone will be unworthy of the opportu-
nifty Of witnessing the most interesting
exhibitions ever given in this city.
1892.
There are many new surprises In view
ness Edward E. Rice's respl endent ex-
travaganza "1492'' at City Hall on the
evenings of January II and IS, and matt
nee. To dwell upon the many merits of
this production would be superfuous, as
they are well-known to all admirers of
oAOeoAiod1 uOIOOueltlOA IIOL Un3 AUAhAulc
to the Pacific. It's many pleasantries have
driven dull care from thousands OF hearts
and instilled long, lasting cheerful
ness Both the minds and eyes of it's
auditors are simultaneously interested
and pleased, the former by the br light
dialogue, jokes, etc., and the latter with
the dazzling scenic effects and rich cos
tunes, while the most charming and
catchy music engages the ear.
Stoddard Tonight.
This evening John l.. Stoddard will
appear at City Hall to review his eve
ning's Of souvenirs of foreign lands so
auspieously begun last Monday. The
famous city of the Sultan, Constants
nople, has long been a fayorite of the
tourist whose days therein are filled with
novelty and marked by starnge expert
enoes. The mosques, streets and build
ings, tine picturesque, swarthy inhabi-
ants, everything tells of a history and
eiviliz stion far different from that OF
occidental lands. and gives Mr.. Stoddard
an opportunity for elcquence and Illus
tration which he will fully improve.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
PALMER SHOE COMPANY.
Change of Time on the Spring Street Line

Change of Time on the Spring Street Line
of Cars.
The new 10 minute time table of the
Spring street line will go into effect to-
day This will be the time tables
Cars will leave Bowdoin street for the
Grand Trunk depot at 6. IS a. M, and
every 10 minutes until sos a. M, then
at s. IS a. M, and every 10 minutes there
after until 7.45 o. M, then at sos and
every Is minutes thereafter unit 1920 D..
m.
Leave Bramhall street for the Grand
Trunk depot at 6. 45 and 7.15 a. m. and
every 10 minutes until 8 an, then every
10 minutes until 10. Is p. m.
Leave State street for the Grand Trunk
depot at GA a. M. and every Is min
utes until 8. 10 a. m. and then at 8. "a and
every 10 minutes thereafter until 8 D. m.
then everysl ID minutes until 10 25 p. Do.
Leave Gran d Trunk depot for Spring
and Vaughan streets at 500 a. M. and
every Is minutes until s. 90 a. n. then
at s. 36 and every IL minutes thereafter
until 81 p. M, then at g. 20 p. IN. and
every 10 minutes thereafter until 10 81
p. m.
Cars going west leave the post office
three minutes after, and Monument
square .six minutes after the time given
for leaving Grand Trunk depot.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13

of the saloons. In one town in Ireland
under local option law the license was
Started at 800, and ended in the payment
of 81. 600 by the saloonmen, and there
were more saloons under the operation
of the higher than under the lower scale.
This must be taken for granted, that sa-
looms are an unmitigated evil in any
community, few will be found to deny
that, and we must look to the moral
principles involved. Injuries are to BIZ
taxed. vice to be suppressed, but when
you license vice you license what is adj
mitted to be wrong. Is it right for the
state to legitimize anything admitted to
would it not be better to have smaller
number of saloonsr' But even that is
not secured by this questionable method
of dealing with evil.
And what applies to the saloons applies
also to gambling houses and to other
forms Of social vice, and who is there
among us who advocates the granting of
licenses to gambling housesS That sys-
tenn has been tried in France, but he
who would claim that the people of
France are more moral than the people of
Eng gland in travelling through those
countries. observed things in far differ
ent way from the most OF us. The licens-
ing ofaany evil is wrong in principle for
it makes the business semi-respeotab
and gives those who are engaged in it
something like a standing socially. 1t
strengthens men in their vices, for it
proclaims that indulgence is necessary
and must be gratified. Until you arc
ready to say that all other vices can be
licensed you
MUST NOT LICENSE THE SALOON.
A local option law is better than none.
1t has been tried in Cambridge, Mass,
where the ministers of all the church es,
the Catholic church included, are warmly
IN its favor, and none more SO than the
Catholic clergy without whose coopera-
ton it could not be made a success, and
who see the good effect of the law on
their own people. But the trouble at
Cambridge is that Boston is too near. 1t
is as though the good business men of
Portland should carry this city for high
license, and South Portland and West.
brook, and Deering and Gorham, should
vote No" With Portland source of
supply, the evil could not be wholly Grad
icated in the "No' municipalities.
There are two classes of men who are
thoroughly opposed to prohibition. First
those who foolishiy insist on t cir right
to drink what and when they please, and
who are largely men the least able to
resist the temptation offered by the open
saloons, while well knowing that the
saloons are tie great enemies of them
solves. and of their families, and second
there are the saloon keepers themselves,
eager for money and ready to go any
where. A western town is started and
begins to fill up and a gambling house is
opened on this corner and saloon on
the opposite corner, and soon there are
saloons every where, and the saloon Keep
ers have almost taken possession OF the
place For the good of the peopleT' No.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13

are running the shops entirely in their
own interest, and the nominal proprie-
tors are in reality only their clerks. The
business is in short in the hands of a
syndicate and the people of England are
the sufferers, and temperance mon are
convinced that free beer or free rum
system is one that couldn't be made to
work well.
Than comes the question Of restriction
of something it is admitted by common
consent must be bad. There is no ques-
tion about the necessity of restriction,
but only as to how far it IL to go. The
saloon in this country is even worse
than the SO called ''chop houses" of Eng
land, for there people do at least eat
something, and the operation of liquor
taken alone is much more detrimental
than when taken in connections with
food. The American saloon is place
where men stand up, treat and are treat
ed, taking their liquor under the worst
possible conditions. If saloons of this
class are licensed by the state or nation
does not that very fact greatly add to
the temptation of the young? The fact
should not be lost sight of that this cost
OF the license will be made up by the
saloon keeper no matter what he says,
and
WILL BESPAID BY THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
The saloon keeper is in the business
for the sake of what money be can get
out of it. No matter what he pays to the
government it will come baok to him.
He will sell poorer liquor or will add a
gambling room to his establishment.
1t Is said, and sometimes by good
men, "But the license system would re-
duce taxation. Suppose the saloons
paid the state and nation $1,000. 600.
500, 600, coo, would that fact make the
country the richer, or save to the tax
payers any money in the end? No. for it
would mean great loss in channels of
productive Industry. more in fact that the
sum that would be paid in to the treas
ury by the saloon men. The increase of
crime that would result from the licens-
ing of the saloons would cost the nation
half they would pay Iii, and the loss to
the country by reason of poverty sure to
follow such course, would be beyond
computation. The arguments advanced
IN favor of this system will not bear ex-
animation for moment The license
system does not even reduce the number
of the saloons doing business in defiance
of the law, for in communities here there
is LICENSE system it is found that the
number OF saloons that pay no license is
not diminished
ciples of prohibition. There are two ways
of reaching the same result, local option.
that is law that applies to sinIge
municipality, and general law that on
crates all over a state We have the testi
mony of the advocates of high license.
and the general trend of their testimony
is that it does not diminish The number
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
THE SALOONS MUST GO.
Rev. DIR. DaltOn's Able Temperance
Sermon Yesterday Afternoon.

'Not BY Traducing the Oficers. Baseless
Faultfinding or ALLEGING Bribe Taking
Without Evidence" But BY Personal
Work Will the Cause Be Advanced.
The series of Temperance sermons by
Portland ministers was continued yester
day afternoon the preacher being Rev.
DR.. Dalton, o St. Stephens church who
founded his remarks on the words "Woe
unto them that Justify the wicked for
reward" DR.. Dalton said the evils of
the liquor traffic in Maine has been so
many times described that nothing new
remains to be said. and the only ques-
tion here or elsewhere is 'tHow shall the
work of reformation be best promoted?"
He spoke of his great interest IN recent
paper by Hon. George +. Talbot, regard
ing great temperance reformation in the
town of Machias many years ago, and es-
peoially IN the fact that it was in conneo-
ton with a religious movement. IN the
early days of the temperance agitation
there was great man Hesitation of self
sacrifice on the part of ministers, many
Of the leading men of the churches being
ulstlllerS or dealers in liquor; but on
the other hand some, at least, of these
very men were convinced that the bust
hess was wrong, and gave it up accepting
poverty as the result of their act. The
Washingtonian movement was largely
religious, and was wonderfully success
full.
But there are three ways advocated for
dealing with this evil, and very early it
was seen that the religious side of the
movement must be supInilented by re-
strictive laws. The state can adopt the
oiioy Of non interference with the Ii
qucr traffic, and that is the policy
ADVOCATED RY BISHOP DOANE
OF NEW YORK
who is a summer resident OF Maine, and
who believes that such a policy would
take the saloons out of politics, but that
is not the belief of one in one Thousand
of the temperance men of the world. In
England it was thought that the unre--
strictsd gale of beer, and the placing of
restrictions on the sale of stronger Ii
quors would advance the cause of temper
ance but the result has been far from
satisfactory to those WHO advocated and
who still advocate, clergymen among
the S1, rest, giving the people good beer.
The free beer policy has simply resulted
IN putting the beer shops in the grasp
OF tne brewers, and they are selling an ar
tioie unit for any one to drink. They
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
HOUSE and DANCING SLIPPERS.

Price. Price
d. Lot Kid Theo. Ties, $1.50 $l.15
Lot odd styles, high
grade slippers, 100
1 Lot Juliette or Congress,
Slippers, 400 Fps
Lot Plain Opera Slippers, 1.25 so
Lot Serge Slippers, 1.25 .65
AL of our unGressed kid, white and
colored slippers and oxfords, sold reg
ularly for $500 and 3.50 to 60 at 1.50.
All of our glace kid goods, white and
colors, 20 per cent discount during this
sale.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13

One Lot Spring Heel But
ton Boots, IL to 2. $500 $1.00
One Lot Spring Heel But
ton Boots, 6 to 10 IL, 1.75 so
One Lot Children's Black
(no heel) Boots, 2 to 5, LOO .35
One Lot Children's Black
(no heeD Boots, 10 .25
One Lot Children's Rus
set Boots, 100 so
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
MEMS LEG BOOTS.

Genuine Morocco leg. Hand sewed
welt. Made by Jas. A. Banister. Mar
row sizes, always sold for $1,000.
l Lot double sole,
l Lot single $ Sale Prices $3.50.
Lot 5000 quality,
to go at $780,
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13

SHOE DRESSING DEPARTMENT.

1000 bottles Nubian Waterproof Dress
ing, regular price 25 cts, price for this
sale only IA cts.
Can't be bought by other dealers as
low as this.
lot Oiline Ladies' French Dressing,
s cts.
1 lot LIE Grande's Ladies' French
Dressing, II cts. A 25 cent article and a
good one.
1 lot Patent Leather Paste Dressing
in tin boxes. Regular price % cents.
To be sold during the sale only at IL cts.
a box.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
DEATHS.

In this city. Jan. IL, Alice G., daughter of
Robert NJ. and Mary Kelley, aged 20 years.
Notice of funeral hereafter.i
Lewiston and Boston papers copy.
In this city Jan. 18TH Mrs. Rachel Smith.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
FELT GOODS.

Reg. Sale
Price. Price.
One otFelt Slippers, $1.25 so
One lot Dodge Felt Slip
pers, 1.25 & 1.50 LOO
One lot Felt Lace Boots, l.50 LIS
All Of our Felt Goods at a large dis
count.
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13
BOYS Dept.

Calf Iron Clad Button
Boots, $3.50 and $4,000 s1.25
Boys Calf, high cuts, to
1912, $500, to s1.oo
The Portland daily press., 1896-01-13

'Not BY Traducing the Oficers, Baseless
Faultfinding or ALLEGING Bribe Taking
Without Evidence" But BY Personal
Work Will the Cause Be Advanced.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
FARMER ORDERED TO LEAVE,
He Gave Information That Indicted
Timber Thieves.

DEXTER, No, Dec. I2.-Dick Gran
ger, an old and well-known farmer OF
OF this section. mas received notice
to leave. This morning. when his
mail was handed him at the Bernie
Postoffice. he received a notice in a
badly-written hand, accompanied by a
picture of a man dangling from the
gallows, that he quit the country at
once or meet the fate of the man in
the picture. Granger will go. as he
fears being waylaid and assassinated.
He gave information few days ago
that led to the Indictment of timber
cutters, and they want to get Granger
out of the way before the trial.
Stoddard county has had great
deal Of trouble with timber cutters in
the past few years, and they cause the
courts almost as much trouble as the
moonshiners in the western portion OF
this Congressional District
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
Issuing Gold Certificates.

WASHINGTON, d. D., December II.
Secretary Carlisle has written a let
ter in reply to one in behalf of the
Boston banks asking for the issue of
gold certificates under the authority
granted in section y ofthe act of July
II, 1882. The Secretary says:
Il am not yet prepared to give the
necessary order. After the reserve
has once fallen below s10O, 900, 900, and
the issue of such certificates has been
stopped, il is not certain that the Sec
retary ofthe Treasury, and particular
ly in view of existing conditions,
would be justified in resuming their re-
issue. 1t has been the experience of
the department in the past that the
normal increase of the gold reserve
caused by the exchange of paper cur
rency for gold is checked by the issue
of gold certificates, and, in fact, upon
various occasions considerable
amounts of gold have been withdrawn
by the presentation of notes for re-
demption and Immediately redeposited
in exchange for gold L certificates.
Moreover, the House of Representa-
tives of the Fifty-third Congress, at
its third session, passed bill discon-
tinuing their issue entirely, and it is
the intention of the department to pre-
sent the subject again at very early
date. AS the amount of the gold re-
serve is largely decimated from time
to time by the amount of available
paper in circulation. it seems inad-
visable at this time especially to in
crease the volume of that currency by
the issue of gold certificates.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
Mustered Out.

Headquarters Justi Post No. I13, G.
A. r., Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
December ~. 1896.
On the first day of December, inst.
ComraGe Patrick Queenan, late pri-
vate Co. B 29th No. Vol. Inft
Comrade Queenan was warm
hearted patriotic man. and q true
brave soldier, and, although life had
not been always kinG to him. he was
cheerful under misfortune, always
looking on the bright side and grasp
ing forward to better and happier
life hereafter. His heart was full of
chcar and his face beamed with con-
tentmcnt, always haiIing hiscomrades
gladly. was proud land deservidly
sol Of his army record. and OF his
high standing in the G. y. r.
RESOLVED, That. In the death of
COmrade Patrick Queenan We loose a
kind-hearted. faithful member and a
patriotic Comrade.
RESOLVED. That q page Of oar
records be set apart 20 his memory,
that our charter and emblems be
draped as usual. aud thatthe Adjutant
furnish copy of these resolutions to
the city papers with request to pub
lish the same. Also a copy duly at
tested to the friends Of the deceased.
Submitted in F. C. & L.
G.. W. TRAVIS.
JOHN KASSEL, Com.
CHRIST kLAGES.
Attest: ALEX. Ross,
Sergt. Major,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
officers Elected for Justt Post.

Saturday night thefollowing officers
were duly elected to preside over the
Post during the ensuing year:
COmrade L. F. Klostermann. Post Com.
Comrade Henry Henze, Sen. V. Com.
Comrade Christ Klages, Jun. Y. Com.
Comrade Christ CRUDE, Quartermast ster.
Comrade J. y. Hartzel, Surgeon.
Comrade Alexander Ross. Chaplain.
Comrade Phillip Mag. O. of the D.
Comrade Miller Kelly. O. of the G.
Comrade We Pott. Del. to DIT. Encamp.
Comrade L. Carroll. Alternate.
COmrade J. N Hartzel. Trustee.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
Treloar's constitutional Amend
ment.

| WASHINGTON. d. c., December
14.-Congressman William NJ. Ire.
loar, of Missouri, has introduced a
joint resolution providing forthe sub.
mission of an amendment to the Con.
stitution to the Legislatures of the
several States. His proposed amend
ment provides in substance that the
terms of Representatives shall be
heightened to four years, of Senators
to eight years and of the President TO
eight years. The resolution also pro-
poses that the President shall be IN
eligible for reelection.
When asked as to his reasons for
the introduction of the proposed
amendment. Mr.. Treloar said that,
in his opinion. the commercial inter-
ests, of the country demand such a
change: that under the present system
all business enterprises are practically
paralyzed for at least one year out
of every four: that for many months
prior to a presidential election the
people are all at sea as to which party
is to dominate, and that for six
months or more after an election the
commerce of the country is greatly
disturbed and unsettled. owing. to un-
certainty as to the details of proposed
economic legislation. Mr.. Treloar
claimed that the proposed amendment,
adopted, would ameliorate this con-
dition, in that il would render less
frequent the cause of the disturbance
and agnation-elections
Mr.. Treloar pointed out that the
proposed amendment doubled the
length of the term of Representative
in Congress. He claimed that two
years was not sufficiently long term,
for the reason that in the nature of
things'it will take him nearly all of
that time to familiarize himself with
the practice of Congress. He becomes
more valuable to his constituents
after having learned the ins and outs
of legislation in our National
Legislature. The proposed amend
ment makes a President Ineligible for
reelection, and the reason for such
provision lies in the fact that there is
no doubt that any man can give the
country a much purer and ADLER ad-
if ell thoughts of future
personal profit and honor be obliter-
ated.
Mr.. Treloar SAID that ne desired to
hear from every business man and
voter in the country. regardless of
politics. as to whether or not he fa-
vOred the proposed amendment. He
wishes to use the letters before the
and desires that they should |
be short and to the point.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
The Ideal Pnnncen

James L. Francis. Alderman. Chi.
cago. says: Il regard DR.. King:
New Discovery as an Ideal Panacea
for Coughs. Colds and Lung Com.
plants, having used it in my family
for the last five years to the exclusion
of physicians prescriptions or other
preparations.
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa.
writes: l have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for %
years or more, and have never found
anything so beneficial. or that gave
me such speedy relief as DR.. Kings
New Discovery" Try this Ideal
Cough Remedy now. Trial bottles
free at Haman's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
A Tell-TaIe Mirror.

Recently the Governor of one of our
county prisons was greatly perplexed
by the discovery that the female
criminals in his charge managed in
some mysterious manner to ascertain
the presence of every individual man
on the other side of the impervious
dividing barrier which separates the
male from the female worshipers in
the Jail chapel. One of the women in
advertently made an exclamation show
ing that she had suddenly become aware
that her husband was within the same
walls, although his presence ought, ac
cording to the rule. to have been COM
officers could account foran unpermitt-
ed knowledge, which was found to be
shared by all other women. At last a
very careful examination of the chapel
gave an explanation of the mystery.
Although strictly divided, as we have
said. both the male and female pris-
Oners fased the alterin their seats. and
over it had been fixed a very large
brass cross against thewall, so highly
polished astO forma very good mirror,
and in its clear surfacethe women saw
the reflection of every man as he pass
ed to his place, and had enjoyed the
spectacle with impunity until the wifes
affection overcame her discretion.
The brass cross instantaneously dis
appeared.-London Hospital.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
NathanieI.C.sHarrison Dead.

News reached this city Sunday even,
ing that Nathaniel c. Harrison was
dead. He died at his home in Jackson
Sunday evening after an illness OF
three days. Mr.. Harrison was man
who had no enemies. He was well
known to the people of this county and
his circle of friends included every
body who knew him. For several
years he was Circuit Clerk of this
county and a more competent, more
ace commodating man never filled that
Office. He was a business man who
never shirked a duty and he was a
friend who never refused to lend a
helping hand. Mr.. Harrison was
about seventy years of age, but up to
the time of taking to his bed. last
week, he was hale and hearty and tine
chances for him to live many years
yet were in his favor.