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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27

MARINE OBSERVATIONS.

Special Dispatch TO the Post tntells gencer.
TAIooSH. May u. a. m.-Barometer.
Sl.1s; clear, wind, southwest. nve mites.
Passed out last night--A bark in tow
Hciyoke at fla Passed in--A steamer al
$50 a. m.
y. m-Barometer. SiS, clear, wind.
northwest, eight miles. Outside. bound IN
Tug Holyoke, with six canoes. and -
whale in tow.
SEAH BAY, May &.-S a. m---Giear.
light southwest wind.
D. m.--partiy cloudy: light northwest
wind.
CI.ALIsAM. DAY s6.--s a. m.-Ciear:
iigh. southwest wind.
p. m.--clear. light northwest wind.
PORT ANGELIC May 2S,- Barometer.
an clear, wind. west nine miles. Unit
ed States battleship oregon In the har-
Dor.
n. m.-Baromet.r. @es, clear. wind
west seven miles
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roREroH MARKETa
Financial.


LONDON. May 2s.-Consois, ils 7-is; sill
yer. q s-isd.
NEW YORK, May 3.~-Thc Evening
Posts financial cabiegram from London
.sThe stock market opened duh today.
The lowest prices were touched at mid
day. but thereafter there was sharp
recovery. and the close was at the best:
Kaffirs were better after dizziness. and
copper was strong
.'t:oid has again gone to Russia. and
I believe that more is TO so tomorrow
or on Friday. The ignorance and misap-
prehenxion as TO the destination OF the
gold may lie measured by the fact that
two morning journals here state their be-
lief that the United States is the real
destination of the metal
The Paris bourse has been irregular.
b,,; the close was firm.
The Berlin market was firn.
BremdstuGs and Grains
LIVERPOOL. May 1s-whtat-Ssteady:
No. [ standard California. Bis: csrgoes OF
coast. buyers and sellers apart: carzoes on
pa s~sge, buyers and sellers apart. partial
IN I'd lower, English country markets. par
tally I'll lower: French country markets.
dull: Liverpool wheat, No. ] California,
Is SID; wheat In Paris. firm, -four IN Paris.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
PORT ORCHARD ROUTE.


Steamer MARY r. PERLEY.
Leaves Galbgaisn's dock. foot Of Washing
ton street. for Sylvan Grove Bremerton,
T.. s. Navy Yard, Charleston, Sidney. at
9.e a, m, 400 y. M: Sundays 80 a. m,
10 3. IN. Returning. leaves Sidney at s:45
"a. M. i2;15 ,. m. Navy Yard, 7.s0 a m,
q IS p. III: Sundays. Leave Sidney 800 o.
m. Navy Yard, 40 p. m: Saturday
nights. leave Sidney. 600 o'clock. Navy
Yard. SO Telephone. BED Isl.
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SAE IrAN ISLANDS

ETEANEE fIJTA THOMPSON
Carrying United States mail. leaves .fty
dock foo. of Main street, Mouday
wednesday and Friday at a. m. for Port
Townsend. San Juan Islands and New
Wnatcom. Returning. leaves New What
com TUESDAY, Thursday and Safureas ar
o. IA J. r. Thompson. manager-owasr.
Lily. Bogardgg & Co.. agents City dock
Telephone Main s..
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Take Seattle s International at 200 ..
m, 10 WsckerShsn, transfer to stage 4
miles. steamer un Lake Whafcorn electric
meter 10 New Whateon. arriving at AIS
.. IN. Henry Singer. manager Stage Line.
WIckershana. Wash
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27

TIE North Western Line ecnfrsses over
70, r,tres o. perfectly eauippea ra,,w.v
:. ,,n-ets. Iowa. Wisconsin. Mirhsran
xst-,.x..a North Dakota. South Dakota
N.ara.ka and Wyoming. IL operates ths
g., trains m tho world The service 20
1@s4~ago. Milwaukee and all the principal
~f,ssx Of the East and so3theass cannot
-. s,g-rassea- insgst On having ysur ticket
VIA The Nartn- Wexisrn. r. ~. Parker.
COMMERCIAL ASeat. - First svssus. seat
tln.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
WHATCOM, SEATTLE AND TACOMA
ROUTE

Take steamer BAY CITY for Anaccrtes.
Fairhsven or Whateom. Leaves CONNER
ctAl dock Tacoma. p. M: CITY deck
foot Main streetl; Seattle. p. m. TneA,
Thurs. and Sat. Returning i.aves Mat
com p. m: Fairhaven, SIS p. m. ard
An&cortes 10 .. m, Bun. wednes ard
FRI. Fares-Seattie s.. or s. 50 round trip:
Tacoma Sl-2S. or g round trip.
" n Fills
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STEAMERS.
Go on THE GREYHOUND

CO ON THE GREYHOUND
Everett. Edmonds. Snohornixh Route.
Two round trips daily. excep. Sunday
q M. As ?. m. leaves Everett 10 q. n. !:
p. m. Seattle landing Goirnan dock:
Everett landing, Merchants deck Con-
meets with Str. Flyer for Tacoma: with
Str. AikAeo for Saohomsss; with train for
Monte Cr1sto and way stations. Teie-
phone Red n.
FRANK W. CooDHUE. Manager.
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KRusE & MADISON LINE.

Steamer Cleveland leaves San Fran
cisco May - FOR Seattle and Tacoma con-
Meeting for all points Steamer Lakme
sails regularly. Freight 81 per ton For
freight and passage apply 10
E. e. GAME Agent,
Arlington Dock.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27

SAN FRANCISCO. May es-FTo4r-
Family extras tS7Jeis g.. bakers extras
3s s.ssss -, SupcrlIae. 81 lezasS
Whrsf-Ship piping. ak IA i.Ss2S for local
use. slasal 81, milling. $asssgi. 10.
Barlev-Feed. .@si 1s2.c. choice. &c; brew
g j,ats4P1IEe. sound. 81 la.8l. y: some
fancy white. higher inferior grades. 5cg
s1-aT1@.
Receipts.
Tfos1r-S1tfzrter sacks fs.sts. wheat cen
tails. ] 3o. barley. een;als SEQ. ags. cen
tails -. Oregon. So, beans. sacks AN
corn. Centais- as. potatoes. sacks, axe
onions sacks 60. bran, sacks SIS. mid
AHnEs sacks 10 hay. tons 81 mustard
seed sacks. : wool bales lis, hides num-
sor. ? X. quicksilver. tasks. -. wine. ga
lors - 50
Fse1-~Misdlings. s.aaaanso par ton
California bran, Sl5sfl5sl.
Hay-W asst. Ss~F y. wheat ard oat.
$-6I5. CAT Ss}N 20, river harley. xssi.; hest
barley. 81 sses: Alfalfa sas9s: clover ssfFs
sIeck. S5sso compressed wheat Sesss -.
New crop: Dat. ss.sss-aa alfalfa. s.. straw
peg bale. @s@f5s~e.
I1otatoes-gsiyer BGFaanks. -.sI7sc per
sack. Ysser geds, sSEsoc per Genital: Ore
sgu Burbank. 6Scsssl per Genital: Fszta1uusa
ana Ta.0atea RGTD&aks gssy-se par cen
tai: new po1afe-zs f.asiN.c per pound
sweet potSttsess $lsflI-2 per Genital
EeEetahgees-N.g onions. ssg.ac per
sack. caegg2 tseEs. TScGls1 per bux dried
pepper - yer pound: dr.ea CARA. 100 tzsxc
garlic ltzsF.~se. cGT mon h~f&r2ggs Ss5
Eaes etasCs ssFsss "a gas. & zs@aE7s. garden
green peas. 55~cs4sz g>eF sack. string tSsars
<4SS par pound. SUMNER squash. xs-1s:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
VICTORIA ROUTE.
STEAMER pC,SsIJr

Arlington dock. leaves for Victoria and
Port Townsend daily, excep, Sunday at
1000 a. m: returning, leaves Victoria at
s.2o p. m. steamer George r.. Starr leaves
for Port Townsend and way ports daily.
except Saturday at 800 .. m. Sunday.
direct at ? a m; returning. direct leaves
Port Townsend az p, IL. Phone, Pike -
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27

SEATTLE, EVERETT 4 WHATcOM
ROUTE.
State OF Washington leaves Seattle
daily, except Saturday. at 10 p. m.
SEATTLE & LA CONNER ROUTE.
Fairhaven leaves Seattle daily, except
Saturday. at 10 y. m
Telephone. Main 2ss. Yesler dock
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
PORTLAND WHEAT MARKET.

TACOMA. May CIV heat-DIlling prics
No. club, sc. No. o'uestem. 7sc.
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Tae Great Northern 10 the sBort line -
Spokane. 81. Paul sne All points East.
Look 1t their uSssry cas- oeioss you de-
eide
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.AClTIO COAST STEAMSHIP co

PACIFIC COAST STEAMSHIP co.
Ths Company's eaegan, steamers Tina
INA, City Of fscSis and WaIia walIa
save Seattle for Fan Francisco. via PORT
fuwnsend and Victoria. II. G.. at 3
/. Il, May 1. .. IA. II. "A. .. June 3. 8.
Al q Is Juiy Z. i, -, Il, "a. Due At San
jass / 6. Ii. il. II. q. July !. s. II. Is.
g. Leave sar Ernrctsco for Seattle
~ Victoria. b. c.. and Port Townsend az
~ n, May !. 8. II. Is n. rs. 81. June 5.
a q u IS. %. July s. 10. Ii. 20. Is. Due
{: essttIe .. m. May 4. y. II. ~, "a. -.
Iaas 1 :. II. Is. q. .. July 3. s. 10. Is. e.
g.
TIE elegant steamers City Of Topeka,
nesleo. Ai-i<t and Queen leave Seattle
.w AlnskA at = a. M, May I, 8. IA. 70. q.
n June 3 :, IS, Is. =, .. July 3. 8. II,
a nue back at Seat. lie, May Is. Il. ~,
9 June 8 10 i5 IS. q. 30. July 4. 10. Is.
D 5. ~ The Company reserves right TO
easnge. without previous notice, steamers,
ustknx dates and hours Of sailing.
y TRoWnRtDGE. r. s. Supt-.
eesaE Deck. acastfe.
G J. s1oLTENBERG. Tiki. ACT. eos
FIST Ave. Seattle,
eoopALI.. PERKINS q CO.. Gen.
Akta- San Francisco.
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osGaaore s OHIO $1,000 ..-...-... Sfss
General OaotasisQp.
FleGr-Rscsspss 1855 barrels. exports.
s.5s barrels. weak and lower. with \
1aslsra;e trade. Minnesota patents. N>lS
v4.k
Whsst-Receipts lsS 90 bushels: exports.
las,sss bushels. spot. active tor export, OPP
GoslS opened sseaaser On iixkt Northwest
ern receipts ana ugfaser.tAle French
wee Aer reports bur soon turned weak
and declined I'll day under oearlsh South
western cTpp news. ls2asiatioEs And weak
~I2s1ssa cables IN view % a large export
DEMAND; closed AG~se net over. No. :
rso. Ma IyssSsS9se. closed issc: Septegn-
Der, siAssl's s-lec. closed Ike
Soffe~--opslsas elos>esc sssli points net
lower: May. s.zsc: June. sls'; jelly. s.Sc:
September. s.sSss,-Sc. DeSssmoer. nc.
spot cefree: Rio, quiet: Nh. I. Joshing,
.sses invoice, Size: sniAa. sses dy. Cordova,
l-.eaI &C.
Susar-Hav. firm; refined. firm.
Petroisum-Oail: Pennsy lsania crude.
steady, Sc bid.
Copper-Sseady: brokers price. SIT; ex-
eniaee price, Sle-slzl -.
rug iroE~-Ssaiss. Southern. S-3oie. =.
Northern. sit9l2.
Tin--Firm: straits. sls5osiiaso. plates,
steady.
Sqesser--Stsaay at salsl4E
lseAG-S'eaoy. exchange price, s. ss5gS. 80:
p-CkerS price, Sc 1875.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
HSNT ORCHARD AND PORT WASH.
lNGTUN ROUTE.

STEAMER a. Il. ROBINSON.
4. Carrying 4 8 Mail
~. T9I' usehara and For, Washlnxton
SFsst- SO a "a. sali.ug aF sta p@e.,n
Ssasa. Brick Yars. Hre,s.c-tcu a. :
80 issd. sidney. Charleston. TEucStsfa
xss.e SAlN eE,tale. Leaves Port Orchard
station st =, m arrives .esttls. al
~ a. \. Robinson. master. LILY,
NJ Go. agents. Telephone.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
STEAMERS.
- --A-s----------- '--'-----'
FLY ON THE FLYER"

SEATTLE TO TACOMA
rsur round trips daily. except Sunday.
In cae hour and twenty-five minutes.
THE STEAMER FLYER"
Regular daily trips. SeattieAacoma
ssafe A. follows.
TAKING EFFECT TUESDAY. May ..
TIME CARD.
Single fare, soc. round trip. 15c.
Leave Seaftle-1:s5. Ills a. m: 2:43. Sis
An.
IIsya Tacoma % a. m: /. 40. : p. m.
SUNDAYS.
Leave Eeaftis-7:3o a. m: IL m: p. IN.
Lave Tarorna--s. 30 a. m: 2:3o. $50 p. m.
Landing az Northern Pacific wharf. Ia
rems and Commercial dock, foot OF Ma
nan street, Seattle.
Sundays. steamers Flyer and State OF
Warrington, fare Soc.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
MARKETS AND TRADE.

~ Seattle, May Is. .ssT.
Exchanges at the Seattle Tacoma ana
Portland cls&r1ng houses today we're:
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SEATTLE.
TACOMA.
VANCOUVER. p. C.

Take steamer Utopia for Port Townsend
Auacortes, Whatcom. BLAINE and VAN
COtJsER.
Leaves Yesler wharf Mondays and
Thursdays y. III. Blaine. 81 Vancouver
g. For information, Yesier dock.
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SAN FRANCISCO Markets.

PORTLAND. May 2s-W -Walia
Wals, 14Q75c; Valley, 7oc per bushel.
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SEATTLE WHEAT MARKET.
TACOMA WHEAT MARKET.

No. I club, milling, 15c: bluesten, mi
ing sc
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Get Alaska Tickets.
Pacific Cosss Steamship Company Office.
- SirsI avenue.
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srGE- SOUND AND ALASKA STEAM.
SHIP COMPANY.

srGE- SOUND AND ALASKA STEAM
SHIP COMPANY.
VICTORIA ROUTE.
Sssannef City Of Kingston between Ia
sens, Wash. and Victoria, Il. G.
l1hmILt Nj Tacoma Iiie!Arl ti5pm
.InrmIl.v = SEATTLE NJ Ar sdspm
lNamsl.v sslf.. Towusen d! Is Ar II Tain
s2amsAriio. Victoria MLvi s.Sea NJ
Tally except Sunday !.
Iris steamer furnishes frsf-ciass accom-
na8s;iens. carrying both freight and
gssssngsrs. and leaves from Ycsler wharf.
ssastie. Ter Victoria, al 9.M y. Ia. and for
sseersa AZ r. IN.
Passengers for Victoria can occupy
ssisfrcaas ua,il 4. N.
Ter rates. tickets. etc. inquire OF
q y. THORN by f.
Agent xesies wharf. Seattle.
A SApEaU.
Geae~sl Agent. y. +. Ry.. Seattle
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STR MuLTNoMAH
uAiLyl
a&ASES FOR TACOMA AND OLYMPIA
~ 2 ~
FARE TO TACOMA, = CENTS
VIZ CITY OF AEENpEFS
fExCEp- SUNDAY
iaANES For TACOMA AND OLYMPIA
AT "a A NJ
FARE TO TACOMA. = CENTS.
fs.rMss,. s.Iry nof-v Ar.n,
sAfI. L. WILEY. Manager.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-27
Hay. Grain and Feed.

HAY fiobbing)--Puget sound per ton,
srsTit; Eastern Washington timothy $l7
ais: California, N49lsi alfalfa, N1I12.
Oats Oobbingp-f2lq-
Barley Gohblng)-Rolled or ground. per
ton. so.
Corn-whoie. so: cracked. $aoG2l: feed
meal. saII-
Mil!stuffs Cobbingl-Bran, per ton. $i4sD
Is, shorts. per ton, sisnlA
Feed (tobbingl-~hopped feed, siTGIs per
ton: mi3dangs. per ION. SCI oil cake meal
Der ton. -.
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Vegetables and Fruit.

Potatoes Oobbing)-Native stock. Si2Gi13:
Yakinas. SIS: sweet potatoes. &c per 10.
rb.
Vegetables Gobbingt-Calisornia peas. so
SIC: Oregon peas. Sc per ID: rsub1rb ti1c;
Walla Walla asparagus 81. q per box, cab
bages California. 81 per cwt: new Cali
fornia onions. 1l1Giasc. beets. $1.25 per
sack: carrots, SIS: lettuce. dollhouse. 159D
3ec per doz; cucurnbers. hothouse s5casu
per doz-
Green Fruits Uobbing)-Lemons. fancy
California. s.. 7sSI3, selects, S2Q15o: apples,
s. 50ss2 per box: bananas. s2az. 50. oranges
fancy seedlings 81. ..Gi.. ~: choice. & 2seo
$50. Hood river strawberries. So; natives,
Saana 20 " ia Xaiia'a SiIfo n
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In The
Mash.
Mairasm
I peiAn,
he Frs
ssshisf-
lsrccsT
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Curry
IL. Flfs
cnas =
4 r -
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Are you troubled with pains IN tho
small of the back? Are you troubled with
pains on each side OF the backbone to
troubled with pains in head? Left side
or right side: Do you have shooting
pains?
Have you dizziness in the head? Dark
fiecks appearing before your gaze? Pal
pitation OF heart? II you stoop over, what
do you notice. Have you a curious weak
feeling? Have you gases On the stomach
Does the head swim? Can you rest we'll
al night? Do you wish to be cured?
Do You Wish to BE Cured.
Do You Wish to BE Curedf
DO You Wish 70 He Curcde
DO You Wish to he CuredY
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19
Origin of the Steam Whistle.

1t is told that 1.-THE locomotive whistle
was invented because of the destruction
of lead of eggs. When locomotives were
first built the country roads were for the
most part at grade and the engine driver
had no way of giving warning of his ap.
proach except by blowing tin horn.
The horn, 1t may be imagined, was far
from being sufficient warning. One day
in the year 1888 farmer of Thornton
was crossing the railroad track on one of
thescountry roads with a great load OF
eggs and butter. just as hs came out
upon the track train approached. The
engine man blew his horn Justify, hut
the farmer. did not hear 1t. Eighty dozen
ofseggs anaAnfty hpounds kof butter were
smashed into an indistiDguishable, un-
pleasant fmass and mingled with the
kindling wood to which the wagon was
reduced. Tbs railway company had to
pay the farmer the value OF his wagon.
1t was considered very serious matter
and strai ghtwny a :direotor of the com.
pany, Ashlen Baxter, by name, went to
Alton Grange, where George Stephenson
lived, TO see if he could not invsnt some
thing that would give a warning more
likely to be heard. Stevenson went to
work and the next day had a contrivance
which when attached to the engine boiler
and the steam tnrnsd on, gave out q
shrill discordant sound. The railroad
directors, greatly delighted, ordered
similar contrivances attached to all the
locomotives, and from that day to this
the voice of the locomotive whistle has
never been silent.-Iron.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19
PERSONAL AND PECULIAR.

The Inhabitants of the United States
are the descendants of immigrants from,
every country on the globe. According
to the eleventh census, there is not part
of the world which is not represented a
mong our population. The Spanish
American States are Inhabited BY the
descendants of the Spaniards and Port
uguese adventures who went there in the
fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth cent
uries. In some of the Spanish-American
population there is large 'admixture of
native and negro blood
The French were first mentioned as the
Franks, tribe of warlike Germans, In
the northwestern part of the region now
known as Prussia. They came into not
ice about $40 A. D.. and with other Ger.
man tribes invaded the Roman Empire in
the Fifth century, land settled in the Coun.
try now known as France. The word
Frank or Frankman means freeman.
After their conquest Of Gaul they named
the country Frankenric or Franks King
dom.
Conservative historians among the
Chinese claim for their race an antiquity
of at least 100000 years, while those
whose estimates are a little wild assert
that the Chinese were the original in
habitants of the earth. and that Chinese
history goes back at least 500. 900, 00C
years. The government records of China
place the foundation of the empire.at 250C
b. c., and claim it was established by
Tohi, who, they assert, is the Noah men,
toned In the Book of Genesis, B. @. 2240.
Hortensius, the great Roman lawyer
and orator. had a memory of extraordin-
airy scope and tenacity. After composing
a speech or Grafton he could repeat 1T,
word for word, exactly as he had prepar-
ed 1t. On one occasion he went to an
auction, where the business was carried
on during the entire day, and at evening,
for wager, he wrote down list Of the
articles that had been sold and the prices
together with the names Of the purchas-
ers, in the order in which the purchases
bad been made.
The Rev. A. Fl. Burroughs, commonly
known as PEARSON Burroughs )" who
keeps the Nickels House, just across the
State line in Bristol, Tenn, established
a matrimonial altar there several years
ago for the benefit of clipping couples
from Virginia. He has offfciated in the
marriage of 615 clipping couples from
Virginia and West Virginia. and has
made upward of ~, goo out of this bust
ness.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19
A PERNIC1oUs MEASURE,

We publish elsewhere the full text of
the act to regulate the sale and analysis
of concentrated commerce al feeding stuffs
to which we briefly alluded yesterday.
The first four sections OF the bill are de-
signed apparently to protect the purchas-
err of concentrated feeding stuffs from be-
ing cheated in the weight or the oompo-
sition of the thing he buys. While
a measure which wOuld afford a
real protection against the
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19
PORTLAND DAILY PRESS
MAINE STATE PRESS.
subscription Rates.

MAINE STATE PRESS.
Subscription Rates.
Ally din advance) SO per year: So for six
d onths; $3.50 quarter; 30 cents month.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19

Senator Daniel is in utter despair
over the probable failure of Wolcott's
mission abroad, but still hopes for free
silver coinage in this country. He
therefore opposes the arbitration treaty,
fearing that. it would give Great Britain
a claim "for thesdiference between the
value of American debts held in England
under the new or double standard and
under the present or single stan dard. :"
To oppose3the treaty because it might
tend to the oollectionEof honest debts is
entirely in keepingJwith the-diminishing
probity, of the free coinage movement.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19

"Has husband legal rig hit to whip
his wife?'' 1t seems decidedly odd in
these enlightened days that such a ques.
ton should be raised for judicial deter.
mination. The matter was, however,
brought into Kentucky court and de-
cided in the negative. The closing words
of Judge Settles opinions are forceful.
He says "the wife is equal to the hus.
band, land, in many cases" the gray mare
is the better horse" So, under the laws
ofjKentuckv while man may .wallop his
own "jackass. he dare not wallop his
wife. or even lay his hands upon
her in anger.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-02-19

Senator Gray, although always a
staunch supporter of President saCleve'
land, has been rather peculiarly over
looked when vacancies on the Supreme
bench of the United States have occurred,
notwithstanding the fact that he has
greatly coveted the position. 1t is re-
ported that, as q sort of consolation purse,
the President is now anxious to appoint
Mr.. Gray to District judgeship in Della.
ware, but this does not appear alto
gether to his liking.