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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
IN A KINDLY VEIN.
Sir Walter Besant Advises Englishnen
to study Our History.

to Study Our History.
Sir Walter Besant in The Queen writes
words Of wisdom regarding America. If
| every Englishman would see as clearly as
he does, how much more pleasantly the
two gfeat branches of the Apglo-Sa
race Ypald get along together.
TN writing to an American correspond
| emit tiie7 other day--it was a letter which
she sent with my knowledge to a news
lapcr@-I fell into double bidhder; a
thing whieh | cannot defend except by the
futile excuse that most Englishmen would
make the same mistake, The state in
which my letter was published was that of
Tennessee.
First 1 spoke of Tennessee as a mid
die state-.I did not use the word mid
die in the American sense, but as we I'M
derstand it, as meaning one of the states
in the interior of the continent With the
Americans it is a southern state, of course.
However, this was not very bad blum
der. | went on, foolishly, to speak of the
| happiness to Il state of having no history.
No history 1t now appears that the state
of Tennessee has a rich history of it's own
ard that | ought, | suppose, to have
known it.
I5ut let lis ask each other this ques-
| ton. There are 4fl--or is it 45?--independ
| ent sovereign states; every one of these
| states has IT'S own government; its upper
and lower house; every one has its own
history Many Of theso states are larger
than the European states. New York is
/ as large as France; Iozas, say, is as large
as Austria and Germany together Every
one is Il most important individual and
| separate state; every one, I say, has its
own history.
| What do we know about their histo-
| ries? Which among us could pass an OK
animation in the history of Kentucky,
| Tennessee, Texas or Alabama? OF Massa-
| chusetts we know little; OF New York
| state a little; Of Virginia little; of Flori-
| da a little. What do we know of Ohio, Of
| Wisconsin, Of Oregon2 We know, as "a
rule, just nothing.
| Il Will not admit that | am moro ie-
| norant than my neighbors, and [ know
next to nothing. But / 10 know this
that The experience which was learned by
the originators of the American colonies
whose early history is one Of such terrible
sufferings, mistakes and courage went a
| long way to comforting upon the Ameri-
can people the pride and self reliance and
enterprise which are undoubtedly among
their most conspicuous qualities.
6 They went long way as well in teach
ing us how colony is to be made, when
and how to leave it entirely alone, how to
foster it, how to encourage it. Before we
colonized Australia and New Zealand and
South Africa we had already colonized
and conquered the continent of Norm
| America. OF our colonies and conquests
there the greater part has been lost to US,
but the lesson remains. For these reasons
alone it is fitting that we should teach our
children the history of our country first,
our empire next and Of the United States,
taken separately, next. y
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
QUE. WcToRlA's MILLIONS.
She Is Said to be the Worlds Riches
Woman.

Queen Victoria would undoubtedly be
th richest woman in the world, even if
she should lose her throne and all her
official revenues. She was born in power
ty. Her father was compelled to borrow
money from an alderman of the city of
London, whom he was fortunate enough
to meet in Paris, in order to pay his ex-
penses from that city to London few
weeks before her birth, and until his
death was pensioner, not of Parlia-
ment, but upon the bounty of the king.
Victoria herself occupied that mortify-
ing relation until she became Queen of
England, and when she was called to the
throne she did not have dollars worth
of property in her own right, says cor
respondent in hesChicago Record. New
ertheless, her wealth is now estimated by
the hundreds of millions of dollars. Like
the Duke of Edinburg, she never spends
cent of her.personal income. but allows
it to accumulate, and has it invested in
the most remuneratiye kind of property.
She has twelve palaces. Two of them
Balmoral, in Scotland, and Osborne. on
the Isle of Wight-are her perf onal prop
erty and she occupies them more than
any of the official palaces. Buckingham
palace in London is always ready for her
use, and she goes there to preside at
official functions, but has a prejudice
against the place, and has not spent q
night under It's roof for many years. She
lives at Windsor most of the time during
the sessions of Parliament.
There are seven or eight other palaces
,Lns, "A ,+ rI,1s
pied by her sons, daughters and other
relatives and pensioners. At Hampton
court, the largest and most beautiful of
all the British palaces, which was built
by Cardinal Wolsey, occupied by Henry
VII, and the scene Of the gayest events
in the lives of Charles I. and Charles II,
there are IS families living on the royal
bounty, mostly retired clergymen and
military veterans and the widows and
orphans of similar public servants. The
palaces at Kensington. Kew and Rich
mond are also filed with pensioners, and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
SEA ANEMoNES.
Something About These Strange and Beau
tiful Plant Animals.

Something About THESE strange ana Beau
tiful Plant Animals.
Anemones are beautiful animals that
abound on the shores Of the sea. They are
p0lyps of soft, gelatinous texture and
have great many tentacles arranged in
circles and extending like rays around the
mouth. The baby anemones have only
one row of tentaoles, but they increase
gradually outside
Each tentaelo is provided with num-
Der of coiled threads called "lasso cells,
which when thrown out cntanSle and
poison the prey upon which the aneinones
feed When food is taken, they at once
fold up their tentaelcs and appear to be in
dreamland. After thus mapping they
slowly expand by filling with water, and
when fully expanded they resemble bril-
iantly hued poIypetalous flowers Indeed,
the ancients thought them flowers, and
accordingly gave them the name roses
of the sea,
Usually the anemones are attached to
rocks, stones or shells, but they have some
power of locomotion, being able to move
themselves slowly by a successive contrae-
tiop and loosening of : the base, thus
stretching forward one side and gradually
drawing the other along. They arc very
voracious animals yet they are so consti-
tuted that it is possible Tor them to live
for months without food
Anemones have but little intelligence
Apparently they are not even conscious OF
prey until it comes in contact with THEM
extremely sensitive tentacles 1t is a sinl
gular fact that they are reproduced in four
ways: First, from eggs, which are formed
and developed on the parent anemo
when developed, tie eggs drop into 6
water and produce young anemo4es.
They also increase by budding like shrubst
oftentimes several buds grow upon one
parent and drop off when perfect in FORM
Self division is another way by which.
these strange animals may be increased in
number; when cut into sections with d.
knife, each section produces perfect
anemone.
The fourth method of reproduction ID
perhaps the strangest. In tearing away
from the rocks or shells TO which they
have been clinging the parent ane1nonet
often leave small pieces of themselves
which, in a short time, assume life anGy
form, become perfect anemones, and move.
off leisurely in search of new abiding
places. Philadelphia Times
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Domestic Markets.
(By Telegraph.)

MN, DEC 3, 1897
"a N n41 ~ IORK-The Flour market-receipts
quiet avn p@0H"so''
az dout quotations-city mills patents at 8 FOG
oG7 xAtiter patents 9096 20:cty mills clears
ents - 1o 9o'wioter straits 6b@ 20; MINI pat
oA rTloa aoea 40; do bakers SOFA bh.
oon ,neeassI-feoeipts IL 900 bush; sales 700
o9 =, oush; weak May " 3-16 90 3-l6; Dec.
H nTo u',iet; o WesIatn 49Ac.
Noiu-fecelpts or 81 bus: sales 10000 bus !;
openea steady, sold off; May 50 7a@33Ts Dec
Oats receipts $3.50, 100 bush sales 100000
push; dull; Dec c: track white % n34c.
: H neeelqulet; familyat 9 cO@lo 90; extra mess
poGo oQ; packed 50G9Ht.
s,n y = atlet; neW3 mess at s 2599 00 family
LARD dull: prime estern steam A A71a nom.
lPuLter-recelpJs 4.52S packages STEADY; state
dairy l20e Uc; state cream at l4@22c; Yves
1 1s 10 14@z3c; Elgins 2342c; factory lt1s q
Cheese receipts 1864 packages; quiet; large
white az SI4 as t4c do colored at S1AaSH2e:
silissll White and colored 909i4.
III EdgsSSss-reeeipts 9,737 packages quiet; State
ana rem 20a25c; Western { 23c.
SugaT-raw firm: lair refining at 8 SIS; Cen
trHugal 96 test at ne; refined firm: Crush
ca o@se; Powdered j, 3-l6c; Granulaeed &c.
IeIroleum easy.
.SoIee nominal No at 6ss.
SpiElts Iurpenttne firm 321a@3f.
4Ail i quiet; New Orleans 26@31
! qulet; domestic 413@6t4c.
Rna}7r tos uuiet.
T,Si iin ot s',.;9 .. OH
@3ssc.
ruTcAco a., -.ga...,
Fionr ~, VSu .1saS quoI@vious'
;Tbeat " ~ easy. - ooz,oo.. H. COIL
aotiIa SpIils az o55s9Uc' -No :, 70 q r. e
- 551IZl, No heu d. 40 40o72c. oorh-No 2
oats-No 2 at2114 c; No 2 white 2 1ac;No3
WHITE al 23I23s4 C; No rye at 46tAc. No /
Flaxseed % n 10. Prime Timorhv seed Al
60. Mess pork at 2oa7 III. Lard at aOa
4 2242 short rib siaes io14 60. Dry saited
ineats-shoulders at 4sa II short clear sides at
Z npU,,s e. o..
bpst 1si urn; crearnfy at b@2 g; dairy "a
9o o oneese lulet SOS l2c' Eggs urn lfeSh al
Receirts- Flour q ooo h,,s WHAT ia ooo
bus corn 2ia.0uo bush, oats S75.aoo bush !;
rye lA.000;push; barley 33. 900 bnsh.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
PARIS WALKING COSTUME FROM HARpHR's BAzAR

black braid, and there is an inner blouse
of white cloth fastened with gilt buttons
and black braid, and which has revers
and aahigh fiaring collar of dark blue vel
vet. Directions for cutting. the skirt
waist, and sleeves of this costume are
given on TIE tissue paper patterns sold by
Harper's Bazaar, where it appears. just
at the throat white mousseline de sole
chelnisette with stock-collar is visible.
The sleeves are small coat sleeves finished
at the wrist with velvet and braid.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
NO INJUNCTION WILL ISSUE.

Wiscasset, December 3.-During the
hearing before Judge Whitehouse on mat.
tiers pertaining to the Wiscasset & Que
bee railroad, an agreement was reached
between the parties to the litigation, and
by agreement no injunction will issue
restraining construction work under the
Haines contract The proceedings are
continued one month within which slime
if the agreement is fulfilled the bill will
be dismissed without costs to either par
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
NJ ARTN +. n II w s
PORT OF PORTLAND.
FRIDAY, Dec 3.

FRIDAY, Dec 3.
Arrived.
Steamship Peruvian, (Bri Brodie, Glasgow
ndse to II & A Allan.
Steamship John Enghs, Bragg, New York
passengers and ndSe TO B Coyle.
Steamship st CroiX, Pike, st John, NIB, for
Boston.
Sch John NJ Fisk, Richards, Boston.
Sch I w Alfen POttie, Boston.
Sch Emily A Staples Sellers, Boston for
Sch Uta Eunice, OBJ Freeport, Ns-dry
fish to order.
Sch Lettie NJ GRAY. Gray fremont.
Sch Sarah, Cole, BIachlas.
Sch Cumberland, Littejohn Somes Sound for
New York. Lost anchor at Somes Sound
Sch l. A Pummer, Swans Island Tor New
York.
Sch Gardiner b Reynolds, Clark's Island for
New York.
Sch Forest Belle Bear, Machias for Boston.
Sch = Waterman, Huntley, Calals Tor Nattick.
Sch Margaret Robinson, Millbrldge Tor Ron
dout.-
Sch Nat Aver, Bangor for Vineyard-Haveu.
sch J j Little. Robbins, Bangor Tor bingham.
sen Beta, Colbeth, Bangor for Boston.
Cleared.
Sch Frances a Yarneu Bowman. St Smons,
Grain Co.
Sch Lillian, Norwood. Tremont-J II Blake,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
SAMARITAN FAIR.

zine samaritan Association, one of the
oldest and most charitable organizations
IN the city, is to hold fair in City hall
ana serve dinners and suppers, on Tues
Gay, Wednesday and Thursday of next
week, to close on Thursday evening with
whist party. 1t is well known that the
large sums OF money earned by the society
are given to the poor. The winter has
already begun with many calls for help.
lhey need your patronage to carry on the
work.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
FINANCIAL AMI COMMERCIAL
Quotations OF Stable Products IN the
Leading Markets

New York Quotations stccss and BOND S
by Telegraph
NEW yC RK, Dec. 8
Money on call easy 112@2 per cent prime
mercantile paper at 3 a31a per cent. Sterling
Exchange was easy with 'actual business in
bankers bills 1854 "a 85s4 for demand and
1894 8s1s for sixty days, pc sleu rates at
4 "a "a 81. ConlmIcl bills at s21s.
Government Bonds strong.
State bonds dull.
Railroad bonds firm.
Bar Silver $685..
Mexican dollars 46Ts.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
EVOLUTION.

The dull brute reveled in primeyal slime.
Then to a naked soul the Lord said, $50,
Dwell yonder in that groveling flesh till Tins
Ger the sloped forehead make loves white
ness flow
So to the beast went down the unclothed soufs
Abode in twilight wallowed in the mire,
Wrlthed in the serpent burrowed with the
mole,
Till the dim cons walked it to aspire.
Then up through tortuous shapes it rudely
grew,
Saw the long night expand into the day,
Found its own self and round it slowly drew
A human vestlnent from the sullen clay.
And still it grows past what the eye can see.
Climbs austere peaks of hope to breathe
heavens air
Above the refuse Of mortality,
Nor frets to know what form it yet shall
wear.
James B. Kenyon in Independent
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
PARIS WALKING COSTUME.

Our fashion illustration this week
shows graceful and effective walking
costumeLof the newsshade of blue made OF
satin faced cloth. The skirt is medium
width, and is trimmed with an elaborate
pattern of narrow velvet bands edged
with black braiding. The waist is
slightly bloused in front but tight fitting
in the back; it is worn open, with wide
revers edged with the velvet band and
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

cl3aatrtlle-receipts 900. dun weak: beeyes 20
and beif ~er INA Monday at 3 75@5 20; COWS
! c. weats az s5@4 so: Texas steers 300
"a e'serhs i stocKers ana feeders 0o@
lower II 1sipts 5000: slow, weak ;lambs soc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
KILLED COW MOOSE.

Bangor. December 3.-Frank Harring-
ton, Frederick Harrington and Frank
Preo of Greenyille were arrested by
Warden Pollard and taken to Dover for
trial, Thursday, for killing COW moose.
Tho prisoners waived examination and
were sentenced to Bangor for TOUR months.
They appealed to the February term of
the Supreme court and were released on
$500 bonds.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
The WORLD IS MUNYON'S J
All Great Discoveries Of All Schools Of
Medicine are Brought 10 Munyon's
Laboratory.
MUNYON ESTABLISHES THE STANDARD or ME-

Professor Munyon keeps in touch
with medical investigation and expert
ment throughout the world. His sys-
tematic methods have become so well
known that the greatest discoveries
are now submitted to him for practical
test Munyon's approval of any new
remedy establishes it's character and
insures a fortune for its diseoverer.
Munyon believes that there is cure
for every disease, and that people
should die only from old age or by ac-
cident. Fifty-seven absolute cures are
now included in the Munyon system,
and others are added as experience
demonstrates their efficacy. There is
no guesswork and no theerizing.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure is prepared
expressly to cure dyspepsia and all
stomach troubles. Munyon's Rhenma-
tism Cure is a specific for rheumatism,
rumbago and sciatica. Munyon's Kid
neyCure conquers the various and dan
gerous affections of the kidneys. Nun
yon's Nerve Cure rebuilds the nervous
system. Munyon's Catarrh treatment
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Foreign Porf.-

Ar At Annoy Nov &c, ship Standard, Getchell,
New York.
Sid I'm Montevideo Oct OF, sch viator Park
er, Rosario
At Montevidco Oct 20, barque TilHe Baker,
man. from Boston.
Ar at Barbados Dec 2. barque Mamie Swan,
HtEgins; from Pernambuco for Demerara and
North OF Hatteras.
Sid i'm Turks Island 26th, sch Ella, joy for
Philadelphia.
Ar at St John, NIB, Sd, schs j d Payson. Nick.
erson, Roekland; Il A ,HEosder, Mcintyre, Port
spoken.
Nov 20. lat "a N. Ion 40 w, ship Charmer
Holmes. from New York for San Francisco.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

Ar at Barbados Dec O. barque Spartan, An
derson. from Guam for Trinidad and New York
Sid fin Colon Nov 20, sch Kate S Klnt, Tap
ley, Mobile.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

DEC. 3, 1897
NEW YORK-Tbe Cotton market to-na,
quiet; middline uplands at 5 1896; do gull al
61-16c; sales 136 BALES.
GHARLESTC N--rhe Cotton marKe to-day
was quiet; MtdnIng 3-16c.
GALVEsTON-Cotton market today was
steady; middling 7-l5c.
MEMPHIs-Tne Cotton market TODAY was
steady; middlings sac.
NEW uBLEA NS-The Cotton market rc-oay
was steady; miadling 514c.
MOBILE-The Cotton market to-day was
steady aHddllng 3-16c.
VANNAH--fhe Co5lon market to-day was
Sly; middling 51sc
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

Hides quiet and steady, dealers paying &c y ib
for cows and OK, and &c for bulls and st gs ;
calf skins weighing from s to 10 TBS 9@1Cc p
pound; lamb skins so to SOC each.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

" ielegraDh.
LONDON. De-. 3, Is97.-Consols closed at
1l2 i1-l6 for money and ll2 1915 for account.
LIVERPOOL, Dec. 8, 1S97-Cotton market
is steady; American middling at sad, sales
10000 bales, including 500 bales for specula-
ton and export
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Memoranda.

Gloucester, D9c Sch Margaret Hastings,
for Newfoundland at Boothhav, while in tow Of
ting, struck on a ledge in Black River and
started shoe, Repairs were made and she has
proceeded.
Lewes, Del Dec 2-Steamer Belgenlane dis
been allowed So, 900 salvage for towing the dis
abled sch Willie L Maxwell to Delaware Break
water Nov 16
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Portland wno,esals Mars

PORTLAN MD. Dec 8.
The marketfor Breadstuffs and Provisions is
dull and prices are unchanged Wheat and
Flour were STEADY West, but Corn and Oats
rather easy.
The following are to-days wholesale prices OF
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

Retail Grocers SUGAR 6aEe~.
Portland market-cut loaf z: coniectioners :
pulyerised &c. powered, So; granulated
51a coffee crushed Sc; yellow 4
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

" IHIagrapn
CHICAGO, Dec. 5, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
3 900; left over $500; fairly active, steady;
light at 1898 421a: mixed 8 2b@3 As; heavy
1898 40: rough 1898 20.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Good Advice.

The Boston Advertiser lately gave an
anecdote of Mark Twain which we think
is new A young woman, totally mex
perienced, applied to him for a recon-
mendation as a lecturer to the lecture
bureau. In reply he said:
'First, no occupation without appren-
ticeship.
Second, no pay to an apprentice.
He advised her to give two years to mp
premiership in lecturing before she could
hopeto be paid living wages
The editor of q New York magazine,
while recounting the experience common
TO all,editors of the countless manuscripts
sent to him by eager writer's who knew
nothing of the authors craft, said; "Those
essays and stories are often full of inter
esting facts, and of wit and pathos, but
they are thrown together like scraps of
cloth in rasv bag. If the writers would
only give u year to the study of the mas
tiers of literature they would learn insen-
sibly what not to say. They do not know
it now. F"
1t is said that young lady novelist
who had published her first book met Car
lyle and said to him airily, Our trade re-
quires less capital than any other-a ream
Of paper and Il bottle of ink ~
The grim Scotchman made no answer,
but when she turned away he muttered
tapping a volume OF his French Revolt
tion:" Eighteen years hard labor went
into that book But doubtless she knows;
she knows!"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04
Boston Produce aarket.

EROSION, Dec. 8. ls97-The following are
o-day's quotauons of Provisions etc.:
FLOUR.
Spring patents. 3 15@5 IS.
Spring clear ana straight. 4 3545 3d.
Winter patents. 8 1905 60.
Winter. clear ana straight, 3b0o 35
Extra and Seconds 90.
Fine and Supers-.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-12-04

Be careful what you spend your money
for. A cheap .substitute for a standard,
advertised article may turn out to be a
costly purchase. Insist on having the
genuine goods.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-30
PENINSULA NEWS.
COntinWed from PAGE 5.

- George L. Bartelette, who says his
home is in Philadelphia, was badly injured
Sunday night by falling in a culvert on
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad. He was taken to the Della
ware Hospital at Wilmington.
Brakeman Harry E. Mahoney, Of $40
East Tenth street, Wilmington, was badly
cut about the head and had his nose bI ok en-
by falling from freight car on the Phila-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road at Edge Moor Sunday night.
The Sunlight Soap Company, Of Eng
land, is in correspondence with the Will
mington Improvement Company about
locating plant at Wilmington, which will
cover 100 acres.
Jacob Campbell, employed on the p,
w. & B. Railroad as a freight brakeman,
while coupling cars at Perryville, had his
hand caught between the car bumpers and
mashed.
ALI trainmen, including Pullman EN-
ployes in charge Of parlor and dining cars
and employees OF the Pennsylvania railroad
parlor cars must hereafter see that nothing
is thrown from the trains while passing
over the Susquehanna River bridge, as car
penters are now at work on the bridge and
will be busy making repairs for several
months.