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The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-06-26
FOREST MONSTERS.
SONG If the Giant Trees That Are Found
La California.

@I Ia SAiiIOFHi6s
IN the national paris and forest pre-
serves Of California the big trees are by
far the most interesting and greatest
natural features. There are two vari-
etics-namely, Sequoia sempervircns,
ordinarily known as the redwood,
the tree which has furnished most Of
the redwood lumber Of commerce., and
the Sequoia ~gigantea, from which a
comparatively small amount of similar
lumber has also been made. The for
mer il the smaller variety and grows
Oh the foothills along the coast. The
latter attains a considerably larger
growth, is, more strictly speaking. the
.sbig tree Of California, and is seldom
found at q lower altitude thar 5000
feet.
Scattered along the extent Of the Sier-
"a Nevadas from north to south are
many distinct and separate groups or
groves of Sequoia gigantea. These are
generally known by names significant
Of locality, as, for instance, "Calaver-
as" 'sTuolumne," "Mariposa'' and
Fresno names of the counties in
which the groves so called are situated.
The Tuolumne grove is in the Yosemite
park, and the Mariposa near by. This
latter is the one most frequently visited
BY tourists and contains he.Wawona"
"a tree with a hole burned in its base,
through which the stage road runs and
four horse stages are driven without
difficulty-and the Grizzly Giant"
one Of the largest trees i'll the world.
The stately grandeur of these enor-
nous and lofty trees is SO impressive
that it seems quite fit and natural that
some Of the larger ones should have been
individualized and honored with distin-
guished titles. Nearly every state ia
the Union and every distinguished gen
eral Of the civil war has a namesako
among them. The General Grant in
the General Grant park, and the Gen
eral Sheridan" Of the "Giant forest"
(situated in the Sequoia park are indi-
viduals of the largest size. 1t is difficult
to determine just which of the big trees
is the largest, but these two and the
"Grizzly Giant"-the gnarly base CT
any one of which will exceed 30 feet in
diameter-are probably the biggest trees
yet discovered.
The trees often grow in such inacccs-
sible mountain retreats that come of the
territory covered u them las never yet
bccl thoroughly and systematically cz-
plored. Outside the lands reserved by
the government a California lumber
company WINS several thousand acres
Of these trees-enough to last 40 years,
cutting many millions of feet per year.
-Harper's Weekly.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-06-26
SWindlan.

First Street Loafer-Itis a shame.
Bill, TO think that any enc would swim
die q poor hard working man in that
way.
Second Street Loafer-Why, what's
your trouble?
First Street Loafer-Here I worked
hard for half day painting up a spar
row into a redheaded Belgian canary.
and ! am blowed if the fellow 1 sold it
20 didn't give me a bad half crown for
1t. -London Spare Moments.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-06-26
NEW AnVERTlSEmpsr-
VIRGINIA CoLLlel
For YOUNG LADIES D.

opens Sept. 0, 1887. one ~ ~ !
schoo for lucng Ladies' il M ieaal
Magnllicent buildings, all modern HI on
ihents. Campus ten acres. aaaprol
Iain scenery III Valley Of WI n m ltaa
health European and Ameria, ia'lied
rudi ours Superior advantage ssae
~ : Mus.c, Stunrnts from twenty e e I
sa'a.osues address the Presldent 80
MAtTiEP. HARRls. Roanck ].
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
THE OHIO DEMOCRATS,

Free and unlimited coinage of silve r,
immediate recognition Of the belligerency
of the Cuban insurgents, and vigorous
enforcement of antitrust laws were the
three cardinal principles" enunciated by
the Ohio Democrats at their State conven-
ton on Wednesday. AS regards the last
principle it may be said that it is de-
clared by all parties at their official gath
erings with equal fervor and that all are
trust in the concrete. The distinctive
principles of the Democrats are the
first two, and over them the battle will
be waged in Ohio this fall. Judging
from the proceedings of the convention
all disagreements in the party over the
currency have disappeared and the Demo-
Gratis of Ohio are now solid for free silver.
This solidity has been brought about in
large measure no doubt by driving out
the sound money element in accord
ance with the instructions of Mr.. Bryan.
1t is altogether gratifying that the con-
vention was so made up that it could
make its declarations definite and IMAM
biguous. The Ohio idea had come to be
synonymous in the public mind with
lodging but there is no lack of clearness
OF. precision about the Ohio idea this year.
The Chicago platform has been swallowed
and the Bryan Democracy are in full con-
troll. The voters of the Buckeye state will
have the currency issue as clearly present.
ed to them in the election this fall as it
was year ago, and the business men of
the state will have the same reason for
supporting the Republican ticket that
they had then. Probably the Cuban reso-
luton is only a piece of buncombe put
in principally because it furnished a
chance to get at Senator Hanna. 1t will
probably cut little figure in the campaign.
In word Organism will be the issue,
and on that issue we believe the Democ-
racy are doomed to overwhelming defeat.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

PERSONAL AND PECULIAR,

Congressman Updegraff, of Iowa, is
known at home as "Toadstool Tom,' be-
cause of his exhaustive knowledge of
mushrooms.
Wesley Richards, Of Birmingham, Eng
land, who died recently at the age of SO
years, was one of the inventors of the En-
field rifle, and made the first Gaping
breechloading rifles and cartridges in
1858. Later he invented the top-lever
breechloader, and the falling-block rifle
with the metallic cartridge for it,
Nansen, the explorer, is at present in
st. Petersburg, and is said to be organ
izing a novel business enterprise. He is
forming an international company, with
capital of $50, 600, 900 rubles, to exploit
the riches of the far north On his last
journey he found on the coast deposits Of
iron and nickel ores that are said to be
enormously rich. Nansens' company is
to mine and market these ores.
The Congregationalist says: Alaska
is to be congratulated upon it's new gov
ernor, the Rev. J. G. Brady, who, like
Sheldon jackson, began his career in the
Territory as home missionary. Failing
to secure recognition and support from
| the Presby terian Home Mission Board for
| plans of industrial training which he
| found necessary for the development of
| his work among the Indians, he organ
| lied business enterprise for himself,
which has grown to large proportions,
and contributed to the success of training
among the Indians, as well as to his own
prosperity"
| Mrs. Jennie Benson, who conducts a
| large store in Omaha, employs only wom-
en- in her establishment. For nine years
she has managed her business alone ex-
| tending it every year, coming East to do
her buying, and finding time with it all
| for social duties, and even a little litera-
| ry work.
Miss Fanny Grothjan, of New York, is
succeeding admirably with her new in.
vention for setting runaway horses free
| from a carriage. The mechanism by
which this is effected acts as a steering
gear so the vehicle can be guided in any
direction. AT a recent exhibition it was
| proved to be most practical.
| North Carolina has tobacco farmer
who is Miss Sue NJ Conner, very pretty
does all the work of the farm herself, and
recently brought her crop of tobacco tc
! Winston. 1t was sold and brought the
young lady a good, round price. She
raised the crop herself, came to market
with it and looked after the sales.l
Miss Harriet A. Boyd, the young
woman who volunteered her services as g
nurse at the outbreak of the Greek war
and who, with a Cretan woman, was
alone in charge of hospital at Volc
which contained some fifty or sixty
wounded, is from Boston, and was grad
uated from Smith College in 1892 She
was student in the American Archaeo
logical School at Athens when war broke
out, and at once rendered her services to
the Queen. Miss Boyd went to the front
with the English nurses, but was as
| singed to 3 hospital by herself
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
AUCTION SALES.
BOARD OF HEALTH.

At meeting of the Board of Health
held Tuesday, June 20, these rules were
adopted in relation to the sale of milk in
the city. and will go into effect immedi-
ately:
1t is hereby ordained by the Board of
Health of the City of Portland, as fol-
lows, viz:
Section mo person shall at any time,
by himself, his clerk, servant or agent,
directly or indirectly, sell or offer for sale,
or keep with intent to sell, any milk or
cream within the city of Portland, or
bring the same therein for the purpose of
sale, unless the COWS from which the same
| shall have been taken shall have been ex-
| amined by tuberculin test or otherwise,
sufficient to determine the physical con-
dition Of the COW, applied by some veter-
| marian approved by this board, and q
certificate of such examination, giving
the name and residence of the owner or
keeper of the COW, and a description
sufficient for her Identification, and the
place and conditions as to the food and
drink furnished, or to be furnished such
COW, and showing that such COW Is
healthy and free from disease, shall have
been filed with the secretary OF this board
Section 2.-Veterinarians for such ex-
animation may be approved ana their ap-
prevail revoked at any time, but their GER
| tificates shall remain in force one year
and no longer.
Section ANY violation of the forego-
| ing bylaws by any person or corporation
shall be deemed misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof such person or corpora
tion shall be punished by a fine of not
more than $50, and all by laws upon the
subject to which these bylaws relate here
tofore ordained by this board are hereby
revoked. -
HENRY P. MERRILL, NJ. D.,
EDWIN L. DYER,
| Board of Health.
Portland, June 30, 1897.
| Approved, June 80 1897.
| THOS. FL. HASKELL,
Associate Justice Of the Supreme Judicial
Court.
iyl DIT
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

If there be any doubt of the new tariff
bill producing sufficient revenue to meet
the necessary expenditures of the govern
ment it ought to be removed before the
bill becomes law. OF course the danger
of insufficient revenue arises chiefly from
the large importations to take advantage
of the present low duties or no duties
and will be over in year. Meantime it
can be guarded against by some purely
revenue duties imposed with the under
standing that they ARE only temporary,
to tide over any deficiency that may be
caused by the excessive importations OIL
the present year. After the talk the Re
publicans have made about tariff for de-
felt they would be badly discredited il
their own tariff produced deficit.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

The Kansas printers have succeeded in
driving machines out of the State print
ing office, but of course their victory
will be only temporary. A machine that
saves labor or provides additional conven-
fences or facilities for the people is bound
to go in the long run. The Kansas prin-
tiers will find that out and SO, we may
add, will the capitalists who instigate leg
islation to prevent the development of cleo.
trio railroads and the employment OF
waterpower for generating electricity
for industrial purposes.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

Upon the specious plea that the i'm
portation from the United States of trees,
shrubs and certain classes of fruits leads
to the introduction of the serious pest,
the San Jose scale, it is proposed by the
Dominion Government to enact laws
which will exclude nursery trees import
ed from the United States, and as the
scale also affects fruit, the fruit growers
demand that the law be so drafted as to
include fruit within the scope of it's pro-
visions.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

The Senate committee on elections has
prepared a report in favor of the seating
of II. W. Corbett, recently appointed
senator from Oregon by the Governor of
that state. 1t was commended that mas
much as the legislature failed to organize,
the precedent established in the Montana
cases was not applicable, and it would
seem that the committee concurred in the
views advanced by Corbett's counsel
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
Administrators Notice.

The subscriber hereby gives notice the he has
been duly appointed Administrator of the
estate of JOHN WALTER LANE, late
of Standish in the County of Cumberland,
deceased, and given bonds as the law directs
All persons having demands against the estate
OF said deceased are desired to present the
same for settlement, and all indebted thereto
are requested 10 make payment Immediately.
HENRY w. SWASEY,
Portland
Standlsh, June /, 1897. jelSdlaw3wF
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

SIN and about Chicago business has
taken a decided turn for the BETTER says
Chief Justice Fuller. From his own per-
sonal knowledge, he adds, business in
the general mercantile lines which has
suffered much in late years, has picked
up wonderfully, and we can truly say that
an era of prosperity is at hand.'' Let it
be ushered in without further delay.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

who is now 70 years of age and who feels
himself unequal to the task of arranging
the library in its new quarters and
organizing the necessary force to take
charge of it. Mr.. Spofford is to remain
as assistant librarian at his present salary
Upon Mr.. Young will devolve the execu-
tive business, which for some time to
come at least is likely to consist largely of
attending to the place hunters who are
said to be swarming around the new
library in great numbers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS.
MAINE STATE PRESS.
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SUBSCRIPTION 1EaLess
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rate of So ayear.
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Persons wishing 20 leave town for long or
short periods may have the addresses of their
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Special Notices. ON first page, one-thrd addi-
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

I'm. Hanotaux, minister of foreign
affairs, promises adhesion to the objects
of the American monetary delegation,
provided the Berlin and London Govern
ments also accept the proposal for an in
ternational monetary conference. The
strength of this promise lies in its weak
est point, namely, the proviso.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
PORTLAND & RUMFORD FALLS RY.

NOTICE is hereby given that as provided in
& Rumford Falls railway to the Old Colony
Trust company OF Boston, Mass. dated Feb. /,
1892. said railway Will pay at the office OF Kid
der, Peabody & Co.. liz Dc vonshtre street,
Boston, Mass, or at the Portland Trust Co. in
Portland. Me-, on and after the first day OF
August, 1897. upon presentation and surrender
day of August, all bonds issued and now out
standing under and secured by said mortgage
with premium of per cent on the principal
thereof. All future interest on any OF such
In accordance with the terms OF said mortgage,
H. G. BRADFORD, Treasurer.
Portland, Me-, June l5, 1897.
1e1SdM, W&Ftaug1
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
To the Unloners Of New England:

The Massachusetts State Board has select
ed as the official route the Boston g. Maine,
Central Vermont and Grand Trunk r. R.
System to the Detroit convention. Parties
from Maine will meet those from Massachu-
sets in Montreal
Unioners will arrive in Detorit Tuesday
evening having visited Niagara Falls. Ex-
penses will be light for sleeper, meals and
pleasure trips.
Everyone who can is urged to come. Union
ers from other New England states are in
iyted to travel with the Massachusetts dele
CATION from Montreal.
Pullman sleeping cars will be run through
from Montreal to Detroit without change.
Portland parties who desire can make the
journey to Montreal in day coach, and from
there take sleeper for the night ride to To-
ronto using first class cars from there to des-
tination. The price of double lower OF
upper berth between Montreal and Toronto
is ST.
For space in sleeping car between Mon
treal and Toronto apply to John LAWYER, G.
I. r. Depot. Portland, two days before 60
ing. CHAS. NJ. HAYS,
jly1dt5th General Manager.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

The Ohio Democratic convention,
though it was solid for free silver and had
a lot to say in denunciation of plutocracy
and trusts, was dominated completely by
John r. Mclean of Cincinnati, mil
lionaire and never known as the especial
friend of the people. Indeed Mclean was
practically. put in nomination as Demo-
cratic candidate for the senatorship, to
succeed Mark Hanna.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

The Attorney General of the State of
New York has written an opinion in
which he holds that bonds and mortgages
held by domestic cooperative and frater-
nal life insurance companies, as well as
by other domestic life insurance COM
panies, representing accumulations held
for the exclusive benefit of parties in
sured, are not liable to taxation
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

The San Francisco Chamber of Com
merce has adopted resolutions urging
Congress promptly to annex Hawaii. The
resolutions demand annexation on the
broad grounds of national policy, prestige
and commercial necessity.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

FRIDAY, JULY 2.

A military star falls upon the shoulders
of another of Names sons and Col. II. G.
Merriam takes his place among the Briga
der Generals on the active list of the
Army of the United States.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

T This seems to be bad year for college
'Prexies." Brown university has been
made very uncomfortable place for one
of them, and now comes Amherst with
the claim that Mr.. Gates who has
presided over the destinies of that insti-
tuition for seven years, although an able
man, has no tact and no magnetism in
relation to either students or faculty 1t
has taken long while to make this dis
covery, and he perhaps might longer have
escaped scrutiny save for the calcium
light of criticism which it is fashionable,
st now, to throw upon the heads of
Ne of our educational institutions.
is said that John Russell Young was
ted for librarian of Congress largely
suggestion Of Librarian Spofford,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

grew a hope getting we'll
promptly letter and concluded to Lydia Pnams
After taking bottles felt much bet
using bottles cured My friends think almost miraculous
surely besngto brokendown srSs
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
DETROIT, MICH, JULY 6 TO 10, 1887

Leave Grand Trunk Depot at $40 a. m. July
sch, New England delegates going by the
Grand Trunk Railway systems.
Round "trip S22.45. Official route via Grand
Trunk Railway system,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS,


Modest by
Physician, but Freely to Mrs. Pinlhan.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02

By the Mortgage Deed sufficient amount of
rent is assigned directly.to the Portland Safe
Deposit Company, Trustee, to pay the in
terest on the Bonds.
Price and further particulars on applica-
ton.
We have already sold a large amount of
this issue for Trust Funds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-07-02
Portland Safe Deposit Co.,
TRUSTEE.
LEGALITY.

The legal papers were prepared under
the direction of Edwin Stone, Esq, of Bid
deford. and Messrs. B d. and H. M. Verrill
f,f
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-09-01

the practice is illigitimate, and when the
mints were first closed the government
tried to put stop to it, but not with
much success. Now it is winked at by
the authorities, for the situation in India
to day is too threatening for any in
reference which is not absolutely neces-
sary."
So 1t seems that the free coinage of sill
yer in ludia, which Senator Wolcott's
commission is striving to induce Lord
Salisbury to re-establish, exists there al
ready. 1t is probably the first case on
record where counterfeiting has been
facility sanctioned by government, but
my informant assured me that the prac-
tioe was so common that no disgrace at
tached to it. He was by no means the
only European who took advantage of it,.
Many of bis brother officers did the same.
When his silver WAS returned TO him in
coin by the native who undertook the job
he simply changed the rupees into Eng
lish gold at the local rate of exchange
and brought the money home with him,
realizing considerable profit by the
transaction, for rupees command some
what higher price than bar silver in India,
| Will not attempt to argue ont the
moral OF the story from a bimetallio or
monometallic point of view, but it CON
tains one dangerous suggestion. The ex-
pert native coiners of India could turn
out French francs or English shillings or
American quarters as easily as Indian
rupees They may learn presently that
there is a profit of more than 50 per cent
In making these coins under the virtual
protection of benevolent English gov
eminent. Thus would arise a new evil of
cheap foreign labor, which might be diff
cult to deal with when the product has
been sent to the countries where coinage
was represented.
Mr.. Bryan might get several good
points from the ingenuity of those
semi civilized Hindoos. No doubt he
could engage many of his friend Coxey's
tramps to go into the free coinage bust
ness, though it might be hazardous to
trust them with the raw material. Then
there would be some danger of the peni-
Tertiary, but every great cause has its
martyrs, and a graduation from such in
situations would admirably equip ad-
vocates for the dissemination of doc.
trine whose chief dogma is the payment
of loans of honest dollars worth 100 cents
with dishonest dollars worth 45 cents
When men have convinced themselves
that this proposition is right they are
well on the way to the advocacy of the
| his own coiner.