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The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

In recognition of the commercial favors
granted to Great Britain by Canada which
co uld not be fully utilized so long as the
formers treaties with Germany and Bel
GUM were in force, England has taken
bold and somewhat serious step, and abb
rogated her commercial arrangements
with both Germany and Belgium. 1t is
bid, of course. for the good will of the
colonies and may be a far reaching event
OF high significance. The Times expects
that the cancellation of the treaty will
excite resentment in Germany, but is of
the opinion that even if some additional
sfrlngency be introduced into The Ger
man tariff it will be moderate price to
pay for the direct, and the still more val
unable indirect, advantages that may be
expected from the movement "in which
Canada has taken the lead with such hap
py audacity. 1.-THE agragrians of Germany
may now demand tariff war with Eng
land as well as the United States, for in
1895 Gefmany's exports to England
amounted to 10 per cent. of her total ex-
ports, while her imports from England
amounted to. IS 1-2 per cent of her total
imports.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

to say to me. 'tDo you intend to carry
me to New York?'' he asked. / told him
that | did, He took some more smoke
into his mouth, blew it out, laughed and
said: Well, you'll never do it alive. -
All right, - said |, ''then I'll carry YOU
dead At that he yelled out: ITS
your time to dodge" and fired at me.
Ihe bullet struck the deck at my feet
and l did dodge. Johnny Reb told the
truth that time. He fired again, and I
did some more lively hopping. Then /
ran below and got my pistol. AS nv
head reapeared in the companion way he
turned loose one more time and the
splinters flew into my hair.
got on deck at last and proceeded to
even up things. He was swinging around
up in the maintop and was dancing
around ON the planking. I supposed it
was the funniest looking duel that ever
was. He used up all of his loads without
hitting me, and shot at him three times
without coming anywhere near him.
Then lodged a ball in the mast lust
above his head and the next shot got
him in the arm. 1t was right arm, and
was broken above the elbow. He dropped
his weapon to the deck All of this time
he had been holding his cigarette in his
left hand. He was the nerviest devil l
ever saw. He threw the cigarette away
and locked him up. l kept guard over
him until we reached New York, on July
21. 1t was Sunday, / remember and
though we did not know it, the gums
then were roaring at Bull Run, the first
big battle of the war. I delivered my
prisoner to the United States authorities.
but the prize master, whose name was
Thomas, went to Bellevue hospital. where
some northern women nursed him until
he got well. He stayed in prison awhile,
and there was some talk of hanging him
for pirate, but | did the best could for
him, because he was brave man, and
finally they exchanged him and he went
back South.
I began suit for salvage of the brig
Cuba and I got $1,000 for it. She was
owned in Millbridge, Me-, and when the
her owners reaped the benefit. I don t
like to say so, but l am afraid that, first
and last they got a deal more than she
was worth, was complimented some In
the papers, but [ don't hold that what we
did was especially brave, because we had
all the guns, you see. / tell you that the
six chamb bers of a loaded revolver are
powerful pacifiers. Not so long ago-four
or five years, guess-I got letter from
Thomas, who is practicing law down in
Georgia. He must be pretty nearly as old
as i am by now; He said that his arm
was all right; that was the liyeliest
Yankee on my legs he ever saw: that he
would never forget how / hoped about
the deck when he was shooting at me
that he was something of a shooter. but
he didn't think he could have hit me
with Il shotgun; that he had never heard
of man who could hold candle to me
when it came down to dancing, but that
if | would con come e.o to Georgia he would
give me all 1 wanted to do in that line
I am Methodist, added Capt. Strout
grayely, and l don't dance. That ThaTnas :
Is q reprobate and q brand still In the
burnin', / know, but would like to see see
him again, just the same. Seems that
YOU kinder feel warm hearted toward a
man after you have shot him. >' f'
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

Anent the question of the decadence of
English society which is agitating news
writing to Vanity Fair sizes up the sit
uation from her view point by saying,
The trouble lies in the unwillingness
of the poor members of the airstocracy to
earn honest livings. 1t is so dreadful for
the men to put themselves up for sale to
the rich American girls who love to come
here to excel English beauty and wealth
If this goes on all England will soon be
owned by Americans, for they are buying
land as we'll as men,
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
Brafldreth's Pills

The difference between these bills and all other medicines is
told in the following statement of facts:
have been active markets the world since
for nearly one hundred thirty years.
purely vegetable of the pues and highest
class drugs obanable
kept for two storehouses after nng made
pills sold until they old This allows them
thoroughly mowed and makes OF them the best
and safest cathalc medicine that is possible 10 procure
M They Injured SYSTEM that is the
will always produce the This cannot truthuy be
of other medicine There others who Claim it. but
demonstrations show to only of BRANDRETHs PILLS
h They produce gripping unless the stomach in
condition and then only large In
two pills they other inconvenience
9th One pill taken after heavy meal will relieve distress Immediately
PILLS third ohe best extract
para that can be made 1T highly and makes ofthe
pills the best blood get accent
tanning of the active bloodpuryng principle sarsapa
than dollars worth of any liquid preparation IN the market
8 taken night will rheumatism in almost
positive constipation and
long list of ills that follow waksuch as dyspepsia dizziness
coated tongue breath headache pain in the stomach
Take pills nghtone usually enough-and
certain that will follow.
the have taken
few nights skin will wholesome heathu color
brilliant ure. and slowness and pimpes will disappear
1Ith BRANDRErHs PILLS always better health
after taking doethey the medicine children
women in delicate health. One pill usually sufficient
I7th No medicine made with such infinite PILLS
medicine PILLS kept for before
they are boxed to be sod
18TH Except should be
taking
pills every night They the liver and leave
that perfectly healthy and when liver right
blood and we'll Don't bully your liver with
powerful medicine, but coax with BRANDRETHs PILLS
I4 sold throughout the world with and without
sugar coating. They never fail to do their work
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
THE scoRcHER AGAIN.
Bicycles With Dropping Handles should
Be Prohibited on the Streets.
(Chicago Inter- Ocean. J

(Chicago Inter-Ocean.)
Three deaths and several minor but
severe injuries have occurred within the
last ten days ON the South Side, mostly
on Michigan boulevard, as the result OF
fast and reckless riding on wheels or on
horseback. In not a solitary instance has
punishment overtaken the person whose
criminal folly has resulted in injury OF
death to an innocent wayfarer. The state
ment makes its own comment Such q
condition of affairs is disgraceful to civil
lied society. Two of the deaths, and all
OF the lesser casualties, are chargeable to
that inhuman animal, the scorcher.
Upon the theory that prevention is bet
ter than cure, why not prohibit the use of
bicycles with dropping handles upon the
streets and boulevards? The scorcher can
not twist himself into the semblance Of
an ape upon straight-handled wheel,
and speed enough for the pleasure OF
rational beings can be attained upon a
straightforward cycle. The scorcher, by
reason of his apelike attitude, cannot see
five yards before him. he is sure to run
into anything that is directly in front of
him, and what he strikes is killed out
right or is hurt severely.
Among the tens of thousands of wheel
riders in Chicago it is unavoidable that
there shall be a small sprinkling of the
human brute. He will wound and kill
without compunction any and all who
stand in the path of his reckless pastime
he is to the reputable cyclist what the
leyee slugger is to other athletes. 1t seems
impossible to catch and punish him; why
not make his dangerous pleasure impos-
sible by prohibiting the use of the droop-
ing-handfed weapon with which he
mains and kills?
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
DOMESTIC MOUNTAIN CLIMBING.
Colorado Peaks in Plenty That No Man
Has Succeeded in Scaling.
(From the Denver Times. J

Arrom Inc Denver Times.
The terrible Jungfrau of Switzerland
is but 14,000 feet high, yet travellers from
all over the world journey to Interlaken
to climb it, or to say that they have sat in
the hotel and wished that they might
climb it. Mont Blanc, in the same de-
lightful little European republic, is for
ever quilted with snow. and for this lea-
son it is one Of the most seductive fea.
lures of travel to the neighborhood of
Geneva. The Chor health resort, on the
east side of the Swiss republic, is visited
by thousands of invalids, because it is one
of the lottiest and noblest of European
sanitariums.s
Then why should not every American
who has money to spare and the desire to
make journey get out to Colorado.
strap pair of mountain boots onto his
legs, put spike on an ash staff, and at
tempt to climb Mont Blanca, in the
southern part of this stateY Mont Blanca
is over IA, 400 feet high. Or Il. he docs not
care to take the risks of this perilous as,
cent, why should he not come up into the
northern part of the state, place his field
glasses in his hands and gaze on the gla-
c1er and the perpetual banks of snow that
cover Mt. Hallett? Or if tourists be pos
sessed with reverence or piety, why
may not they locate in central Colorado
and fix their eyes upon the great white
cross that indents the Mount of the Holy
Cross at an elevation of IA, I76 feetP
IT 1t Is the duplicate of Chor that tour
lists seek, Manitou, in this state, rests at
the foot of $4,000 foot Pixies Peak for
them, and Is itself $500 feet above the
sea, while being endowed with health Civ
ing waters the equal Of Carlsbad
There are no mountains in Colorado
whose peaks are over IT, 900 feet above the
ocean level. Forty of these are higher
that number are so remote and rugged
that no one has dared to attempt to climb
them. They are as unique as those of
Switzerland, and as fearful as the Alps
in the warning t.4ey offer to the men or
women who are SO hardy as to defy them
by starting upon their ascent. Some of
them are massed with snow, other have
are merely masses of Jagged rocks.
Not even the Coloradoans have sought
as yet to surnouunt them, and the pro-
fession of "guide' is still open to who
ever may care to enter it. Railroads
reach to within close enough range to pro-
vide hotel facilities, but otherwise the
mountain climbing of Colorado Is yet
doans or the people of other states fully
realize the intoxication as we'll as the
health-giving powers of moutain climb
ing Rocky Mountain climbing would
be one of the most popular recreations of
America.
Only one mountain-clim bing club is
known to exist in Colorado. There Is
room for dozen more. There should be
one in every city. The evidences such
clubs might offer of their thrill 1ino av
periences and of their unexampled pas
times and adventure might be widely ad-
vertised, and Colorado thus pushed for
ward to the place it must eventually oc-
cupy as the American substitute for
Switzerland.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
MIR. DINGLEY's SERVICES.
Washington Star.

The country is now aware of how much
it owes to Nelson Digley, Jr., in the mat
ter of the solution of the tariff problem
A man of capacity, of thoroughness, of
console ntiousness and large experience,
he brought to the task to which Speaker.
Reed assigned him as fine a character and
as full equipment as the occasion re-
quired or his party could have desired.
The country applauded the speakers
selection, and then as generously applaud
ed Mr.. Dingley's justification of chat Sc
lection. The bill reported by him to the
House, and under his leadership to the
House, bore the stamp on every important
page of his knowledge and sound judg-
ment. 1t was in a word, such bill as
his party has promised to the country;
and 1T is not too much to say that had it
been accepted by the Senate and promptly
passed, both the Republican party and
the country would have been greatly the
gamers. But a great deal of Mr.. Dingley's
work is retained and it is safe prediction
that those portions of the new law which
prove to be the most beneficial in opera
tion will be found to be those devised bv
Mr.. Dingley and his associates of the
House.
Congress at its regular session next
winter, will have work of the first i'm
portance presented to it, and it is assuring
to reflect that on the House side it will
come under the supervision and direction
of leader in every way SO competent
as the present chairman of the ways and
means committee,
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

In the Northwest the prospects of good
times were never better than at the pres
ent time. Money is circulating more free
ly than it has done for five years. The de-
posits in many Kansas banks, for the first
time in their history, exceed the loans
The settling of the tariff is largely re-
sponsible for the revival of trade. Then
the large crop of wheat and the shortage
abroad are helping the farmers materi-
ally, and the outlook generally is ex-
tremely bright. Now for strong, steady
pull, and a pull all together.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
CAPT. sTRouT RETook HIS BRIG.
A story of Semmes's Reign of Terror on
the Seas.

In the Chicago Times Herald the story
is told of an old sea dog of Leominster,
Mass, one Capt. Strollta as follows: was
master of the American brig Cuba and
sailed out of Trinidad ON July 2, 1861. I
had a cargo of sugar, and was bound for
London. The Cuba was 236 tons burden,
and with the wind dead astern she walked
the waters like thing Of life. Which is
poetry. Two days ouJ-which is to say
on July 1--WE sighted a vessel on our
starboard bow She was travelling nearly
a parallel course, and pretty soon she
veered in and fred shot across our
bows. Naturally | stopped The rebell-
ion had broken out and confederate cruis-
ers were securing the seas swapping up
our merchantmen, but relied on our
bills of lading to see us through. They
had the stamp of the British consul at
Trinidad. Twas ordered to go on board
the. Sumter and Selnmes took my papers.
He was sour-looking man enough, and
when he saw the consuPs stamp, he
grinned. "That's -- Yankee trick,
he said. Then he added: ~ am sorry to
inform you that you are prisoner of
war" l told him that he wasn't half as
sorry as I was. and he seemed to believe
me. He sent me back to my vessel along
with prize crew that was armed to the
teeth.
The Sumter took us in tow at 10 O'Clock
in the morning. At O'Clock next morn
ing the hawser broke. Semmes tried
three times to refasten, but the sea was
too high. He then ordered the captain
of the prize crew to take the Cuba to
Cienfuegos. We were only sixty miles
west of that point. We were unarmed
and allowed to walk the deck. / got a
chance to talk to Jim Bebbage and Jim
Carroll, my two mates. and we deter
mined to recapture the vessel On Julv
found the prize master asleep on the
round-house. Immediately we got posses
sion of all arms. The prize crew got on
to the racket and ran for their arms
Finding them gone, two drew their
sheath knives and one got an ak, and
they rushed aft where we We're. The
mainsail was down and lay between us.
One of them tried to jump over it and
I hit him on the head with cleaver that
/ had in my hand. He fell, scrambled
back and did not attempt to return. NV
mates and my cook We're now armed
with revolyers, and one of my sea1nen had
a cutlass. 'If you STIR" 1 shouted to
off," They didn't stir. When l ordered
them to surrender they yielded and went
forward, followed by myself and the
crew.
l had on board only four pairs of irons
put one on the prize master and the
others on three of the most dangerous of
the prisoners. The rest we tied with
ropes That day 1 fell in with the brio
Costa Rica which took two of the nrize
crew. / then headed the Cuba for New
York. Nothing of Importance happened
until July IA, when the prize master
whose irons had been removed at his M
gentErequess, managed to get hold of !.
pistol and perched himselfEin the mainton
Then he rolled cigarette and lighted II
blew some smoke through his nostriis,
and called down that he had sometime
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

An Ohio Democrat whose opportunities
for observing the political conditions in
the Buckeye State'' are good, and whose
Judgment is generally reliable, asserts
that the recent civil service orders of the
President will mean 10000 votes for the
Republican ticket in Ohio. Professional
politicians, numerically very small body,
may be slightly disgruntled, but on the
the voters is pleased and win use their
votes as instruments to attest their ap-
proval of the Presidents honest enlarge
ment of the classified service
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
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Reports from Bombay state that there
has been an alarming increase in the
number of{deaths from cholera since the
middle of July, and that there has also
been a slight increase in the number of
cases of the plague, which had been re-.
garded as practically extinct. The natives
of India seem to be awakening to the need
of greater efforts to eradicate the diseases
of the country, and the Viceroy has an
nounced that native chiefs of India have
undertaken to found an institution for
the scientific investigation of Indian dis
eases in commemoration of the Jubilee.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

A bill has been introduced into the Bra
lillian legislature offering prize of $22O,
600 in two equal parts, one to the author
of work demonstrating the existence of
the bacillus of yellow fever and the sur
est and readiest means of its recognition;
and the other to the discoverer of an eff
fective treatment of the disease A fur
ther provision of the bill authorizes the
reservation of sum of $4,000 for the
founding of an establishment for the prep
aration OF curative serum, the discover
er of the same TO be the organizing direc
tor of the institute The first of these
prizes is likely to go to DR.. Sanarelle,
whose discovery was recently announced.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

The fact that Secretary Gage called on
Mr.. Cleveland at Buzzard's Bay the other
day has been caught up by some of the
sensational newspapers and made the
and the Secretary are out and that the
latter is plotting to make Mr.. Cleveland
q Presidential candidate three years
henc The chief significance of the yarn
is to show thatIthe sensational lnewspape
are hard up for material.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
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1t is now said that Col. F. d. Grant
may be made minister to China. His ap-
pointment has been requested by the Com
mercial Travellers Association. Whether
this mission will be sufficiently important
to satisfy the ColonePs growing ambition
to be great is of course doubtful. For
the time being, however, he may be in
clined to take almost anything in sight.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03

Senator Morgan is going to Hawaii to
investigate the annexation question.
Morgan's preconceived ideas on the SUBJ
ject have been little too strong to per-
nit the public to put much confidence in
the impartiality of his Investigation.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8.

The Russian Red Cross Society, in re-
turn for the action Of the New York So
ciety, has established two beds, one at St.
Petersburg and the other at Odessa, for
the care and comfort of patients from the
United States navy.
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
CURRENT COMMENT.
THE ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
New York Christian Advocate J

Whatever force there mny be in any OF
the affirmative arguments, the objections
which'appear to us insurmountable;;ar are thai
the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands,
which are 2l09 miles from our coast, will
be departure equivalent to a renuncia-
tion of our national policy; departure
in this case evil ,and o precedent for great.
er evil; that the population of the Ha.
waiian islands, with the exception of a
minority, is very undesirable.
MR. nINGI.EY,S SERVIGES
The Portland daily press., 1897-08-03
MOTTO

Boothbay Harbor to Wiscasset on Monday Aug.
Z; VIII be cancelled, and also her Boston connec-
!lon with Portland Steamship Co. for the even
ing OF the same date
jul2Sd5t CHAS. r. LEWIS, Treas.