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The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11
COMPETITION OF SILVER USING
COUNTRIES.


one OF the most common arguments
heard in favor of free silver, and one of
the most impressive, and one, too, that
appeals especially to manufacturers, is
that the low price of silver as COM
pared with gold, is giving the silver u.s.
ing countries great advantage over
gold using countries by enabling them
to manufacture more cheaply, and it has
been asserted that manufacturing has
been stimulated in the silver using couu-
tries by this fact and that England is..suf-
fering severely by reason of it. Yet, Sir
Michael Hicks Beach. replying to an
argument of this kind in the House of
Commons the ether night, used these
words:
MY honorable friend who seconded
this motion said a great deal about the
effect of the low price of silver in silver
using countries in the East upon the
competition of these countries with Lam
cashire. Why are our exports of cotton
TO these silver using countries increas-
ing by percentage three times as large
as the percentage of increase in the trade
between Lancashire and other countries
that are not using silver? l believe the
danger of the competition is more due to
other causes"
Sir Michael is chancellor of the ex-
ohequer and would hardly make such n
statement as this unless it were true. If
it be true it would seem to very tho.
roughly dispose of the claim that the
cheap silver currency of the East is
hurting British manufacturers.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11
COMPULSORY PILoTAGE AND THE
PRESIDENCY.

A bill to abolish compulsory pilotage
has frequently been before Congress dur
ing the last ten years, but it has always
failed to become a law. 1t has failed
again, Notwithstanding it had the sup
port of the majority of the committee on
merchant marine, including nearly
every Republican member. The argu
the bill, it is SO clearly unjust to compel
all the merchant vessels of this country to
pay for pilot whether they need one or
not, that the defeat of the bill can be &C.
counted for in no other way except upon
the assumption that sin lister influences
have been brought to bear against it. in
huences that ought not TO weigh in the
matter. The sinister influence wnio h
has brought about the last defeat is that
of Presidential politics, If the Washing
ton correspondent of the Boston Her.
aid is to be believed, for he alleges that
the congressman from the States where
compulsory pilotage exists, and who on
account of local pressure from interested
parties would oppose the bill, were re-
inforced By ell the congressman who
favor the nomination of Mckinley, Gen.
Grosvenor, his chief spokesman, leading
off with speech against it, and there
by giving the cue to the followers of the
Ohio candidate. -Four of the States
where compulsory pilotage has not been
abolished are Virginia, North. Carolina,
South Carolina and Florida, and the
Herald correspondent AYERS that the Nc
Kinley mana gers traded the bill for Nc
Kinley support from those States. A
fact that strongly tends to corroborate
the assertion of the Herald correspondent
is that when Mckinley was in the House
he and the Ohio delegation voted in fa-
vo.. of bill almost Identical with this
one. 1t is only fair to say however that
the ground on which Grosvenor said he
based his opposition was that the bill
would be blow to labor.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

to trouble, is a knock kneed little man
with well-shaped head, his cheeks
SCARED with slashes from student duels.
He lisps, wears eyeglasses, and is pro-
nounoed Anglomaniao, especially IN
dress, and has aspirations to be
sport" Moreover he has unbounded
conceit.
The fact that DIR. Conan Doyle is 60
ing to the Soudan for London journal
has astouished many people who thought
that newspaper life had no destinations
for the famous novelist. Conan Doyle,
however, has tasted the joys that reward
the special correspondent, and says that
the delights OF newspaper work are equal
to anything THAI successful novel writing
begets.
The English papers say that, although
Mrs. Humphrey Ward is suffering from
ill health, she is bussly engaged In
finishing her new book. She has the
double labor of writing and controlling
tho affairs of University Hail, which
has now taken the name of Passmore
Edwards Hall, and has been shifted to
a new abode. AS soon as her book is
finished she will leave England for a
4CuS opoy Ol1 u4O
Nine. Cavaignac wife of the French
war minister, had a bit of broken
needle in her hand which the surgeons
could not find. She went to the Eoole
Centrale, had the hand pictured by the
Roentgen rays showing the needle took
the picture to e surgeon and had the
needle taken out.
Cardinal Manning's executors have
recovered his papers from Mr.. Purcell,
his biographer. In consequence of legal
proceedings Mr.. Purcell has promised, not
only to give back all thu papers in his
hands, but also not to publish or show
to anyone documents that did not appear
in the frat edition. 1t is another case of
shutting the stable door after the horse
has run away.
In an obituary notice printed in a
Kansas City paper of the late deputy
w trden of the Missouri State peniten-
tiary, who had held the office more than
40 years, appears the undoubtedly we'll
intentioned statement that Probably no
man in Missouri enjoyed a wider &C
quain ntance among the public man over
the entire State"
Women are forbidden to enter saloons
at Astoria, Or, by city ordinance
passed a few days ago, which also pro-
vides for the punishment of women who
violate the ordinance.
The appearaone of a dock tailed horse
on the streets of Lewiston, idaho, a week
or so ago created quite wave of excite
ment through the town. It was the first
time such a curious thing had been seen
there, and the new-fangled Eastern inno-
vation was subject for comment in sever
al newspapers in that region.
From present indications this years
sealing catch off the Pacific coast will be
the smallest on record, and will praoti-
cally be dismal failure. Coast sealing
is prohibited after April 80. The reports
brought to Victoria up to the end of
March show that the schooners of the
sealing feet had up to that time taken
fewer seals than in any previous season,
and there are fewer seals in the coast
waters than in many years.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11
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The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

The Christian people of our State, during
its long and brilliant history, have cherished
by absta lining from all unnecessary labor,
and invoking, amid the, surroundings of the
home and in places of public worship, the
State and her institutions; and by inculcat-
ing the principles of righteousness, of truth,
of amity and peace.
This revered and time -honored custom, es-
t2blished by the early fathers, is still worthy
of preservation and continuance; and may
the day have appropriate recognition and be
observed in befitting manner by all the
people of our commonwealth.
Given at the Executive Chamber, in Au-
gusta, this sixth day of April, in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and ninety-siX, and of thef
Independence of the United States o.
America the one hundred and TWEEN
ueth.
HENRY B. CLEAVES.
By the Governor
NICHOLAS FESSENDEN, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

The New York plan of killing conviot-
ed nurdernrs by electricity is'likely to bs
followed in Ohio, the House of Represen-
tatiVes Of that state having passed bill
abolishing the gallows and substituting
the electrical chair. The New York plan
excited geat prejudice when it was frst
adopted, and many vigorous attempts
were made to abolish it, but it seems to
have succeeded in demonstrating it's su-
periority to the old method of hanging
and is probably destined eventually to
come into use wherever the death penalty
exists.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

The platform adopted by the Rhode Is
land Republicans yesterday is an explicit
and unequiVooal declaration in favor of
the retention Of the gold standard. In
some respects it was more unequivocal
than that of New York or Massaohu-
getts. 1t does a valuable service to tho
wage earners by calling attention to the
fact that the cheapening of the currency
would work especial hardship to them.
I5 has been one of the claims of the silver
people that their policy would be especial
ay favorable to the masses, but the Rhode
Island platform points out, what expert
bnce has always shown to be the fact,
that any arrangement of the currency,
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

Though the suggestion of reciprocity
clause in the Mckinley bill came from
Mr.. Blaine most Of the credit of prepar-
ing suoh clause as would be acoepta-
BILE TO the Senate and House belongs to
Senator Aldrioh of Rhode Island. accord
ing to the Washington correspondents of
the New York Sun. With some slig ht
assistance from Senator Edmunds he
drew the amendment and largely through
his labors 1t got through the Senate and
House.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11
MAGAZINE NOTICES.

The American Kitchen Magazine for
April has the following contents: The
Spinster's Dinner (frontispiece); Home
Life Portrayed in Art (illusurated) Estell
M. Hurll; April (Verse); Food of the
japanese, Mrs. Mary H. Abel; English
Impressions: Domestic Service versus
Flunkeyism, Julia R. Tutwiler; Spring
time Luncheons (illustrated) Mary j.
Lincoln; Hospital Diet, Ellen H. r ioh.
ards; Feeding a Multitude; A Woman's
Strawberry Bed Olive e. Dana; An
Open Letter President Of the National
Household Economic Association; Abuse
of Alcoholic Drinks from Sanitary
Standpoint; Healthful and Economical
Food, Report of Lecture by Mrs. M. Il.
Wade.
The following are the contents of Coed
Housekeeping for April: Domestic Econ
omy, Annabel Lee; My Cousin, the
Dressmaker, Judith Spencer; Practical
Cooking, Maria E. Chandler; Waters
and Jelly, A. D. A.; Temporary and
Eternal Homes, CLARK W. Bryan; A May
Counting the Cost, Mrs. Arthur Stanley i;
Our Neighborhood Club, Emma J. Guss-
mann; A Tea Party for Ten, Amy L
Handy; The Popular Rarebit, Emm
Paddock Telford; A Shakespeare Party,
II. B. S.; Some Sweet Potato Delieacies,
Mrs. Lisette Clayton Huode; The End of
the Rainbow, Elizabeth A. Moore; On a
Chatting Dish, Eleanor Nj Lucas; A
New Household Phrase Dictionary !;
Home Duties and Pleasures; Mother and
Children; Sunday Song and Sermon;
Good housekeeping Eclectrio; Notable
Nothings; Crumbs; The Kitchen Table,
Home Correspondence; The Cosy Corner;
Quiet Hours with the Quick Witted ;
Editors Portfolio; Library Leaflets;
DIX lierh1 t,
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

Ez-Secretary Whitney still insists that
he will not accept the Democratic nomi-
nation for the Presidency. This kind of
insisting he's become SO common that it
excites Nc attention. If man wants to
make genuine sensation. if he wants
to draw the attention of the whole co un-
try to himself, let him insist that be will
accept the Democratic nomination.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

any suddening lessening Of its purchas-
ing power, is sure 10 cheat the man who
works for wages. The rise of prices
which follows the happening Of the
standard, does not reach the thing that
he has to sell, namely, his labor, until
long after it has reached the things that
he has to buy, and in the interval he is
ineYitR blv a heavy loser
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

NOR SALE-Fine lot in Deering, 70x100; on
u the line of the electrics, Stevens Plains
avenue, a little above Oak street; two large
elm trees on front of lot; wide avenue; terms
reasonable Apply to W. W. HOOPER, ii
Central avenue, Deering Centre. 11-3
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

TlOR SALE-Farfn Of 90 acres, excellent
IL land, well divided in tillage, pasture and
wood, cuts 35 ton hay, superior orchard, all
kinds fruit; house 10 looms and ample out
buildings in perfect repair; located at a
GUNNER resort in Maine and handy to
thriving city; can fill house with summer
boarders and sell all vegetables to oottagers.
Price $2500, including farm tools and
carriages; photograph at this office. W. H.
WALDRON 81 CO., 1S0 Middle street. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

The veneer mill at Foxoroft paid out
over $50, 600 to farmers for Eastwood
logs this season. Maine's woods are still
her greatest treasures, and she is still
neglecting them.
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

WANTED young men of good address
w who can sell goods; single men pre-
ferred; will pay weekly salary and expenses.
Address in own handwriting, P. o. Box 1889,
Portland, Me- u-2
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

WANTED-A discovery in hydraulics; keep
w the business in Maine and Portland by
taking some of the stock. See model and in
formation of REDLON, under States Hotel,
or for full particulars, address, f. W. WOOD,
East Baldwin, Me. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

FNO LET-Summer cottage with rooms on
IL Great Diamond island fine location on
top of the hill. All furnished; provided with
entire harbor, the city and White Mountains.
Inquire of MRS. S. G. ELWELL, 81 Pleasant
street, Woodfords. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11
THEl PRESS.
SATURDAY, APRIL IL.
STATE OF MAINE.
BY HENRY B. CLEAEs, GOVERNOR.
A PROCLAMATION.
Fasting and PRAYER.

BY the advice of the Executive Council,
Thursday, the twenty third day of April, is
designated as a day of
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

FOR SALE-The best place in Willard
land Electrics, Sebago water, good ocean
view and only minutes walk from the
beach. Inquire at 3O2 Cumberland street.
11-2
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

bicycle FOR .SALE-A high grade 1895
I'D wheel in fine condition. Can be seen
evenings between six and eight O'Clock at
No. 128 Emery street. iii
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

EOR SALE-Parson's low down Milk
Il Wagon, second hand; just been put
thorough the repair shop IS 10 II nj tns eondt-
SO Preble street. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

ENOR SALE-Fifty shares of Belllnap Motor
4 Co. Stock. Inquire of A. G. LIBBY, AZ 1-2
Exchange street. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

fElO LET-$10.00 per month, six rooms, near
IL Woodfords; one minute from electric
cars and six minutes from NC. R.R. station
and post office. Apply to SCOTT WILSON,
176 1-2 Middle stl eet, Portland. III
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

WANTED-A capable girl for general
w housework, small family, good wages
and best of references required. Apply to
No. 81 Bramhall street. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

ITO LET-Very desirable furnished rooms
IL Very large front room with large room
adjoining; also one end room with use of
small front room; furnace heat, and use of
bath; at 404 Cumberland street. Ill
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

no LET-Rent 14s Cumberland street; six
IL rooms and bath room, with hot and cold
water Inquire of W. H. SARGENT, corner
of Cumberland and Washington streets. lii
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

WANTED-Extra sales ladies Monday
w morning att the manufacturers
Macintosh sale, 247 Middle street. i'll
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11
AUCTfoN > ALEs.
Farm mt Auction.

ehA N uSaAUb
tuesday, April i4th, at o'clock d. IN
shall sell at public auction the homestead
tsrm tar OF tae late Chas. H. Hill, situated in Bux
ter station, 2. o. ana grain mill; and one-half
mile from church and store. Said farm con-
tains 100 acres conveniently divided into TIL
lage, wood and pasture. l-2 story brick
house with ell and wood-shed. barn 5Ox36
stable 24x24. Good orchard and never falling
water. Excellent chance for selling milk or
dairying. HENRY b. JOHNSON, Auc-
tloneer. apr7d1w*
The Portland daily press., 1896-04-11

By the Governor.
NICHOLAS FESSENDEN, Secretary of State
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-06
MOUNTAINS OF SNOW
Suberior Merchants Buried Under
by the Heavy Fal.-Trans
All Abandoned.

West Superior, Wis, April 1.-[Spe-
,cial. THE streets were in a blockaded
condition this morning a. n result of the
terrible blizzard of yesterday. The
storm continued until about Z o't K
this morning when the wind went do Il
as the temperature commenced to go
down. Mountains of snow INSTRUCTED
the thoroughfares and fortified hundreds
of business and residence buildings. In
some cases the drifts reached TO the sec
eond floor windows and tunnels were
shoveled out TO afford entrance to the
buildings. An enterprising merchant dis
played a placard on top of two-story
drift which informed the public that the
house was strictly in it, and another
advertiser ga clearing sale of white
goods" The first train to reach here to-
day was the Omaha passenger from st.
Paul which arrived at 1890. The train
ran into big drift on Tower avenue
crossing and is still there. No trains
have departed on any road since o'clock
last evening.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-06
IN THE FIELD EARLY.
Friends of Food Commissioner
Adams Figuring Upon Maj.
Mckinley's Election.

Madison, Wis, March 3f-[SpeciaLl-
If the friends. or some of them at least,
of Dairy and Food Commissioner III. G.
Adams of this city accomplish their de-
sire, that gentleman will be secretary
of Agriculture in President Mckinley S
cabinet, provided of course Mr.. McKin-
ley is nominated and elected, and WIS
consin Republicans generally believe his
nomination is almost as certain as the
election of the successful candidate at 81.
Louis, whoever that may be.
The ardor with which Wisconsin Re-
publicans are supporting the candidacy
of the Ohio man is second only to that
of the Republicans of his own state, and
they reason that in the event of his sue
cess Wisconsin will be recognized with q
cabinet position, and Mr.. Adams friends
are first in the field in naming the man
and place. Mr.. Adams himself says
he has taken no steps nor attempted any
deal in that direction, but that he was
pronounced Mckinley man before
there was any talk af1oat of urging him
for secretary of agriculture, but he does
his claims in that direction.
Mr.. Adams was practical farmer
before he became an officeholder, hay-
ing been raised on a farm just west OF
the city limits. He was superintendent
of public property under Gov. Hoard,
and was appointed dairy and food COM
missioner by Gov. Upham. AS a MEM
Der of the legislative committee of the
Northwestern Cheesemakers' association
he has been active in urging upon the
present Congress the passage of bill
he himself prepared restricting the manu-
facture and sale of filled cheese and oleo-
n, a Yoo ripo
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-06
BADGER PIONEERS DEAD.
Columbia and Eau Claire Counties Are
the Losers.

Portage, Wis, March 31.-[Special.]-
Ninian Thompson, an old resident Of the
town of Dekorra, is dead. He was a
native of Scotland, having been born in
the parish of Barr, in Ayrshire, Septem-
Der 10, 1919. He came to old Fort
Winnebago garrison, July 5. 1850. A
widow and four children survive.
Augusta, Wis, March 31.-LSpecial]-
Harrison Beare, an old settler of Eau
Claire county, died at his home in the
town of Clear Greek, ten miles west of
the city, yesterday, of heart disease, aged
Is years. He settled in Eau Claire
county in 1857 and in the pioneer days
drove stage from Sparta to Eau Claire.
He leaves one daughter and valuable
estate.
Stevens Point, Wis. March 31.-[Spe-
cial Mrs. Madeira Alsette Walker died
very suddenly at her home in this city
yesterday afternoon of neuralgia of the
heart. She had lived in this city for the
past eleven years. She was Al years of
age and leaves two children.
Deansville. Wis.,, March 31.-[Special.l
Mrs. Hattie Rowe of Pierceville died
at her home after a short illness, from
and widow and leaves a family of
small children.
News was received here of the death
of John L. Walbridge for many years a
resident of this place. For several years
past he had resided near Los Angeles,
Cal. He was II years of age.
Bayfield,. Wis, March 31.-[Special.]-
The remains of Capt. Abe Smith, who
was drowned in the lake Saturday last,
by driving in the open water, was buried
today by the Odd Fellows.
Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-04-06
I. CRAVING FOR GREASE.
indian Tribes in Cold Climates Store 1t
for Future Use.


Fort Resolution is one of the most
important posts in the country. Though
it has nor SO many claims to distinction
as ChipeWyan, it's natural resources for
food are much greater, for near by is
the most productive fishery in the coun-
try; the Dog Rib and Yellow Knife In
dams generally keep it supplied with
caribou meat in winter, and geese and
ducks are fairly plentiful in spring. Fur
thermore, it is the only post THAI secures
any quantity of the country luxury
grease-though the Indians never bring
in marrow, which is very palatable
tidbit. The grease they do bring in is
the fat from along the back and around
the joints Of the caribou, which is called
hard grease, in contradistinctiOn to the
marrow, which is soft. Both of these
are used in making pemmican, which is
made of dried meat pounded into shreds
and mixed with grease, and rolled into
balls or made into square or round slabs.
Pemmican, however, is a rare article
nowadays, and not to be found anywhere
south of Resolution, and only then on
occasion. This is chiefly because caribou
are not so plentiful as they were for
merly, and the Indians keep much of
the grease for their own consumption.
Nor do they make pemmican to any
great extent their substitute for it be-
ing the pounded meat, which is car
ried in little caribou skin bags when
travelling, and eaten with the grease-a
pinch of pounded meat and bite of
grease l must confess that a plate of
pounded dried meat and several good
sized Jumps of clear grease were about
the most tempting morsels | had set
before me at any time on my trip. One
never gets enough of grease in the North
land; it is eaten as some IN the civilized
world consume sugar; in fact, l devcl-
oped craving for sweets that even
grease did not satisfy, chiefly, | suspect,
because the supply was SO limited, and
somewhat notable in my case for the
reason that ordinarily seldom if ever
touch sweets. The absence of bread
undoubtedly combine to excite the de-
sire for both grease and sweets.-Har
nnr's MapaZinR