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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
CURRENT COMMENT.
DESERVES NATIONAL RECOGNI-
IION
(NeM York Post. ]


Tho execution of murderer in any
state is not ordinarily matter of con-
Germ to people living elsewhere in the
country, but circumstances combined to
make the hanging of Horace S. Perry at
Decatur, Ga, yesterday matter of wide
significance. 1t has heen charged, with
too much reason, that no white man of
property and influence in the South need
fear that he would be put to death by
the law for killing another man, but
cry was well-to-do and had been
prominent enough in politics to have be-
come sheriff of his county. His crime
was the cold blooded murder of a young
man whom he had hunted for two days,
but his guilt was no greater than that of
many other offenders who have either
escaped conviction or received executive
clemency after sentence. Gov. Atkinson
deserve national recognition for the
sturdiness with which he resisted the ap-
peals that were made for Perry's pardon,
eliminating in what was obviously an
afterthought invented by his wife, that
the murderer was avenging wrong done
her, and so was the defender of a
woman's HONOR The course of the
Georgia Governor Is in refreshing con-
trast with that of his namesake, Gov. At
kinson of West Virginia, who recently
pardoned murderer on this ground, and
thus encouraged any man who has any
sort of grievance against another to kill
him and set up a plea of this sort as a
bar to punishment.
CHEAPENING MILITARY TITLES.
(Boston Transcript
One might expect that an association
founded upon the memories of the war
would place the seal of it's disapproyal
upon the fashion which now obtains SO
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

The Organizes in New York are getting
very insistent and are showing.a full set
OF defiant teeth. They declare, if Tam
many does not indorse the Chicago plat
form and nominate an out-and-out silver
man, they will put candidate of their
own in the field. This makes probable
seven separate mayorality tickets in New
York this fall and altogether political
melange with most interesting features is
likely to be presented.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
petus given to this trade.

Some obscure count, commorant in
St. Louis, processes to know that Spain
has sounded all the European govern
ments and found them ready to protest
against any interference by the United
States in Cuba. AS matter of fact the
Count probably knows nothing about it.
1t is not at all likely that the European
governments have. made this peripatetic
gentleman their confident in matter Of
this kind; and it is quite as unlikely
that they have como to any agreement at
all on the matter, even if theysshave evel
seriously discussed it.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

| The principal business of the Silver
Democracy this year seems to be 'wreak-
ing vengeance They appear to be utter
| ly Indifferent as to the fate of their tickets
| in the fall elections. In several States,
by combining their campaign to State is
sues, which are the real ones involved,
and eschewing national questions, which
are not involved. they might have got
the votes of the gold Democrats, and in
some of them made creditable showing
if they did not win victory. But they
have insisted in every convention yet held
in pushing the Chicago platform to the
| front and demanding that all the Demo-
Gratis bow down and worship it on pain OF
communication if they refused. Their
sole idea seems to have been to smoke out
the gold Democrats, and then proceed to
"wreak vengeance" upon them by de-
nouncing them as traitors to the party.
In Pennsylvania the Republican State
acts which were not of kind that could
be pointed to with pride, and there was
an excellent opportunity for the Demo.
Gratis by keeping State issues at the front
to make a creditable campaign and poll a
creditable vote. Instead OF that, how
ever, they pushed national issues to the
front the moment the State convention
met by pitch polling Harrity out of the
party because he had not screamed with
delight at the ann ouncement of Bryan's
nomination and embraced the Chicago
platform MS the quintescence of Demo
cratic doctrine. They had previously
adopted practically the same course in
Ohio and Iowa. In Massachusetts, the
programme is to do the same thing.
There is going to be lot of 'wreaking
of vengeance" there and in New York
city they are loudly proolaiming that if
Tammany does not endorse the Chicago
platform and Bryan the name of its can
didate will be mud Whom the gods
wish to destroy they first make mad. j
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

Senator Gallinger's reply to Car
Schurz seems to deal altogether more
with the question of Mr.. Schurz's loyalty
or disloyalty to the Republican party
than with civil service reform, which
was supposed to be the question under
discussion. Probably that is because the
Senator found it easier to convict Mr.
Schurz of being traitor to the Republi-
can party than to square his own views
and preachings in regard to civil service
reform with platform Sthat points with
pride to the fact that the civil sevice law
was placed ON the statute book by the Re-
publican party and calls for its thorough
and honest enforcement. The Senator no
doubt has given Mr.. Schurz "tits," and
commended himself greatly to people who
enjoy personal abuse-not to say black
guardism-but he has not helped himself
III the eyes Of thinking men. He has left
unexplained how he can be, what he
claims to be. one of the high priests Of the
Republican party, and yet denounce one
of it's articles Of faith to which it has been
pointing with pride for years past, as a
hulnbug. Calling somebody else trail
tor to his party does not obscure his own
seeming treachery. However Mr.. Gal
linger has shown that he can ''sling Eng
lish' as vigorously as his colleague from
the same State, and that will be worth
something to him in the future perhaps.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

The Department of Agriculture is
having difficulty in supplying sufficient
number of inspectors under whose exami-
nation dressed meats must pass before
being shipped abroad. This has been
brought about by the increased demand
for American beef and pork in Europe
and marks a gratifying feature of the
business revival. Not alone the packing
industry but also the stock raisers will
receive immediate benefit from the inn
petus given to this trade
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

8 The postal authorities have ruled that
letter carriers are not required to deliver
mail at houses where vicious dogs are
kept unclaimed. There is common sense
in this decision and no good reason why
a carrier should be exposed to such dan
gers any more than to pestilence, famine
or any other calamity from which every
sane man feryently prays for deliver
Nnca
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

Prince Bismarck's organ thinks the
! continuance of the Dreibund is unaltered,
land that there is nothing in the present
European situation to lead Italy to with
draw from the Dreibund and as the ALI.
lance did not prevent Austria from enter
ing into separate convention with Rus
STA, so there is nothing to prevent Italy
from cultiavting with both of the western
( powers those good relations she deems de-
sirabie.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

It seems to be admitted on all hands
that whatever Croker orders done in the
matter of municipal nominations Tam
many will do. He is tho recognized
"boss'' whose word is law. Most of his
time he spends in Europe, but occasional
ly he runs across to give his orders rela-
tive to the government of the biggest city
In the country.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

The Boston Herald has just published
letters from score or more of Congress
men declaring that they knew nothing
sbout the Interpolation into section %
and never dreamed that it could have the
effect now sought to give it, If Attor-
ney General McKenna CONSTITUTES the law
4 in accordance with the intent of Congress
sshe cannot construe it SO as to abolish the
bonding privilege.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

The reports received by the Secretary Of
the State Board of Agriculture in Kansas
leads him to expect a yield of corn in
that state of 165, 6T, 2s0 bushels, an average
of twenty bushels to the acre. This is
nearly 100000 bushels higher than the
common estimate,
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

It seems to be settled that the feve,
which has made its appearance in Mis-
sissippi is genuine yellow fever, though
so far of mild type. The authorities
are taking vigorous quarantine measures,
and these together with the lateness of
the season, will probably keep it from
becoming epidemic.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

England's trade with Canada under the
new tariff law with it's preferential rates
declined IA per cent in the four months
following it's adoption. OF course the
result is disappointing.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

Consul General Lee says that it is all
"toniny rot" about Signorita Cisneros
being forced to scrub floors and being
subjected to cruelties and indignities in
her Spanish prison. AS matter of fact she
has two clean rooms and is well fed and
clothed. She would have been pardoned
long ago, he says, but for the hubbub
created by American papers.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

The story that England had obtained
complete control of the Panama canal
was published exclusively in the New
York World. When you see it in the
World sometimes it is SO, and quite as
frequently not SO.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

According to some of his Maryland
friends, Senator German is about to is
sue a letter declaring that he cannot ac-
cept a reelection. With his usual astute-
ness, he probably sees that the Demo-
cratic era it is in sinking condition and
slrinks from the responsibility of at
tempting to keep it above water
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

Several morning newspapers recently
displayed in big headlines Bryan in a
wreck" He has been there before-it is
chronic with him.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

The section assigned to the unemployed
in the Louisville labor parade had nobody
in it, We suppose Mr.. Bryan would find
that, as he does everything else, the
strongest kind of proof of the soundness
of the bimetallic theory.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

If the Debs and Sovereign convention
were in session now it would undoubtedly
denounce Mr.. Bryan for riding in a Pull
man car, and thus contributing to a
bloated capitalist money for the enslave-
ment of labor
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
New York Sun. }

1t must be a densely ignorant audience
that takes Senator Tillman seriously,
for more Thoroughbred and transpar-
ent demagogue never tried the familiar
tricks apS 1gags" of the platform, Like
all the Bryan stump orators. Tillman
repeats himself in every speech, and the
points he considers the most telling are
always without sense and aptness. 1.-THE
only overproduction know of, " he has
said over and over again, lis the over
production of fools. The average voter
is ian eternal fool and blind ass. !" Every
politician who is not Of his own tribe Is
thief or traitor. If his audience will
stand it, he tells them tina" we have come
to the parting of the ways, " and he pre-
diets q bloody revolution. 1t is impossi-
BILE for the man to state plain fact when
he is on his feet haranguing crowd.
Coming down the Hudson he sees 1.-THE
castles of possibly thousand million
aires" He is almost as bad as West
chester assessor. In prophetic vision he
sees the militia and the United States
army ruling the country at the point of
the bayonet, Thousands of millionaires
and millions of paupers'' is the way
Tillman describes the state of American
society. And then he demands in his
strident voice, half raven croak and halt
catamount snarl, whether 'fyou will
starve or fight
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IL.

If Bryan is wise in the future he will
follow Josh Billings's advice and not
prophecy unless he knows.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction
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Consumption and that there was no hope
for her, but two bottles DR.. Kings New
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

generally of cheapening military titles.
Officers who have an enviable record in
the war of the Rebellion are becoming
almost ashamed to acknowledge them
selves as captains, majors, colonies or
generals when each of these formerly
titles OF distinction, are now worn by all
sorts of men belonging to all sorts of
societies, and even by the Sons of yeter-
ans, who of all persons ought to frown
upon such familiarity withstitles that to
them should be especially sacred.
"PITCHFORK" TILLMAN.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-11

once OF the Sheriff of Cumberland County.
State OF Maine, Cumberland. IS. September
10th A, d. 1897.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-01
Tho rronts of MONTE Cnrln.

The merchant whose lossesaro the re-
suit OF mtoward and unforeseen changes
III the market receives sympathy and
help' nut what bank or private friend
Will advance money to II gambler The
betting man who has staked his last
smiling and lost 1t Is pronounced fool
and has put himself beyond the reach
OF practical compassion. Tho sharper
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-01
On Si.ips' Beds.

The Arundel Castle il the finest boat
| have secn in tlGo seas. She Is thor,
oughly modern, and that statement COY,
trs II great deal Of ground. She has the
usual defect, the common defect, the
universal defect, the defect that has
never been missing from any ship that
ever sailcd--sho has imperfect beds.
Many ships have good beds, but no ship
has very good Cnes. In the matter ol
beds all ships have been badly edited,
ignorantly edited, from the beginning
The selection Of the beds is given to
some hearty, strong backed, self made
man, when it ought to be given t. a
frail woman accustomed from pirlhagd
to backachcs and insomnia Nothing Is
- rare on either side Of the ocean Us Il
perfect bed; nothing is 50 difficult to
make. Some Of the hotels On both sides
provide it, but no ship ever does or ever
did. In Noah 5 ark the beds were sim.
ply scandalous Noah set the fashion,
and it will endure in one degree Of mod
ifcation or another until the next flood
Following the Equator, by Mark
Twain III McClure's
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-01
ATHLETE AND SCULPTOR.
A Tale of james L. KelIy's Powers, as Re
lated by n Friend.


lated hy Friend.
Although he is not large physically,
several good stories are told about the
prowcss Of James l.. Kelly the sculp-
tor whose bronze statues of Molly
Pitcher, General Buford at Gettysburg,
"The Battle Of Harlem Heights" and
sheridan Ride" have brought him
fame. a friend of his said of him:
"lle has moro courage to the square
inch than any man of his size | know,
and ON several occasions he has been
called upon to show it unexpectedly.
Zone day an expressmnn, six feet
| high and strong III proportion, invaded
his studio The eXpressman had over
charged the sculptor and the latter de-
sired To refer the matter to the main
Office. When the irate cxprossman en-
tered, it happened that tall friend of
the artist was visiting the studio. With
an oath the oNprcssman said that he
bad come for satisfaction.
i intend to smash you to smither-
Gems, he CALCULATED, shaking his fist
and advancing toward the sculptor.
Do not wait moment, answered
Kelly.
The big man sprang at the artist,
and ut this critical moment tho tall
form e the latter's friend vanished
through the back door Quick as flash
the sculptor jumped behind the enraged
cxpressman, seized him by the back Of
the neck, and with all the strength he
could summon pushed the burly fellow
to the front door and kicked him into
the street 1t was all done so quickly
that the bellicose intruder hardly knew
how it happened He fell ON the side
walk, and his face was bruised. lie got
up and ran away. The sculptor return
ed to bis work, and after few min
utes his vanishing friend entered tim
idly from Tire rear.
What have you done with that
Goliath. ho asked you know have
heart trouble and cannot stand scenes,
and so ! went out to keep calm.
""0h, there was no scene replied
the sculptor 1T was an act in three
kicks and push. His heart trouble
friend to this day thinks the sculptor il
IL piece Of sWcharged dynamite New
York Commercial
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-01
Oranges.

Tho very sweetest orange and richest
is the black or rusty coated fruit Pick
out the dingiest oranges in the box, and
you will get the best. Another way to
choose oranges is by weight The heay-
Jest are the best, because they have the
thinnest skin and more weight Of juice.
Thick skinned oranges are apt to be dry.
They either weigh less because Of hay.
ing 10 much skin or because Of the poy.
erty Of the juice in these particular
specimens. A slight freezing on the
tree causes this condition in otherwise
fine fruit The "kid glove" oranges are
the two varieties Of small fruit grown
in Florida from stocks respectively
brought from China and from Tangier.
They are called mandarin and tanger
inc. They may be eaten without soiling
kid glove, because the skin is loose
and the little "gores, - or pockets Of
juice, come apart very clearly and with
out breaking. All the above applies to
Florida oranges The Jamaica and Ha
vana oranges are much paler yellow,
and their juice is usually Of more acid
quality than the home grown oranges.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-01
SAVING UP A LOG.
How rlanl,s Are Cut Into shape In ~
Grcnt Mrstrrn NawmiIl.


Great Western Sawmill.
w. S Harwocd contributes Tho
Story of II Pine Board to St Nicholas
After telling Of the cutting down of the
tree and its progress from the forest to
the Mill Mir llarWood says:
Up from thu yelloWish brown depths
Of the SLOW moving river flowing so
steadily en- its Way to the sea comes II
huge, dark brown thing with shining,
dripping coat 1t is our log entering
upon its last stage 1t passes at once up
long incline called the "slit"-a
trench If Wood about eight inches deep
and two feet wide ut the top so hol r
lowed cut that the largest log will lie
i'll il securely as il is Icing drawn up
the incline by the stout chains with
which the slit is equipped. Projecting
pieces of steel ON this chain serve to
keep the leg steady, It's great weight.
causing it to sink upon theso pieces of
steel, which are like sharp teeth. y
workman. standing at the side of the
slit, by means of a lever throws up two
powerful steel pointed arms, which lift
the logs cat III the slit and throw them
upon tables from which they are rolled
down to the carriage which leads t. the
SANS, When the log reaches the chr.
riaEc, ii is thrown upon the framework
by the "nieeer IA lens, rateheted tim
her or piece # steel I his framework is
running on Il regular railroad track.
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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1897-12-01

When a fsh in an aquarium is ailing
On injured, it Is put into a reserve tank,
out If sight Of the visitors, and where
it can be looked after 1T any time, The
circulation # the tank is adjusted with
great nicely tot give tine fish the greatest
possible amount 81 water and with the
constant rercwal # water the greatest
possible an cunt of fresh air A fresh
water fish may bo treated with salt wa
ter laths. The fish is fed On the food
lest suited to its condition or most like
ly 10 suit its fancy
1t may lie on the bottom Of the tank
motionlcss fer hours, like sick person
i'll bed 1t may sometimes scom To- be
dead, hut a closer inspection viii show
a feeble movement ST the gill covers,
which marks the fish respiration. Aft.
or all, the fish may die; oftener, under
treatment it RECEIVERS, and then it goes
back to its place in the display tanks. -
New York Sun,