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The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
CURRENT COMMENT.
THEY BETTER VOTE FOR REED.
(Wateryille Mail

The Democrats of the First district
wanted particularly good man to run
against Speaker Reed this fall. and, ap
parently not considering their chances
favorable for finding such an one il the
district, they went to New Hampshire
after one and took former clergyman,
who had served q New Hampshire dis
trict in the House some years before.
he was fighting clergyman, who could
make d stump speech calculated to fire
the hearts of the faithful in the most ap-
proved manner. There was q little dis
turbance over the discovery that he yves
not q voter in the First district but after
all that did not matter much and things
were going on beautifully when that dis
tinguished Democrat, Mr. William Il.
Jeffrey, wrote a letter calling attention to
the fact that only two years ago Mr.. Nc
Kinney, the candidate spoken of, had
published a letter in the course of which
he had denounced free silver in unstinted
measure and had referred to the Hon.
william j. Bryan of Nebraska as man
of exceedingly small calibre.
What the outcome Off this letter of
Jeffrey's will be only time can tell. 1t
seems almost impossible that the Demo-
Gratis should go ahead and vote for man
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

who has spoken despitefully of free silver
and, moreover, has expressed such an es-
innate of the great Democratic idol Tom
Reed to Democratic eyes is no worse than
such man. Mr.. Reed also is unfriend-
ly to free silver. and he, too. despises the
mental powers Of the struttlpg Nepras-
prove more acceptable to the Democrats
Of his district than this imported Mr.;
Mckinney. Every voter in the district
knows that Mr.. Heed is an honest man;
every one of them that reads the news
papers knows that his conduct during
the congressional handling OF thu dell
cate Cuban question was not only SELL
full. but patriotic and wise. Why
shouldn't they prefer him to stranger,
whose opinions are precisely similar to
M. Reeds upon the two most important
points in the Democratic creed, free sill
yer and the Hon. W. j. Bryant
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY., JULY 80.

1t is said that no money indemnity will
be demanded of Spain, and for the best
reason ii the world. because Spain has
no money and cannot borrow any. Our
government WON'T sue an impecunious
debtor.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

Gen. Miles has occupied Ponce with
out any resistance Eworthy of the name.
Until he reaches San Juan he is not like
ly to have to do any fighting Of conse-
quence, and it is not au oil improbable
that when the Spanish commander
there comes to understand the great nu.
merical supriority of our forces and the
utter hopelssness of resistance he may
surrender without struggle. The sur
render of Santiago shows that Spanish
commanders are amenable to reason and
that the idea that they are bound to seek
the last ditch is erroneous
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

The Republican papers are having some
fun with Mr.. MoKinpey, who is the
Democratic candidate for representative
to Congress in the First district, 1t
seems that when Mr.. Bryan was nomi-
mated for President. in 1895, Mr.. MoKin-
uey was minister to some Central Ameri-
can country, to which place he was ap-
pointed by President Cleveland. Having
been out of the country some time, and
not having kept up with the progress OF
the Democracy, besides being prejudiced
by the reports of the party having broken
away from the President without having
an opportunity to know the cause that led
to the rupture, he wrote to a friend in
this country just about the kind Of let.
ter that a man you'd write under the
circumstances. He expressed holy hor-
nothing, and antagonism to the Chicago
platform, which he had sized up from
what the Cleveland Democracy were say
ing about it. Like many others. who
are now as solid Democrats as we have,
Mr.. Mckinney got ratified and went of
at half cock. He Is probably sorry for II
now, as he is certainly sound CD the goose
at the present time, having taken nom
inatfon from the party of Bryan and Chi
cago. But we trust he will not bother tx
explain. -Rockland Opinion.
LA4o 6pOlOSJ AVI 0l0Ul1oE A41xA1AAOy AL
fortunately flies right in the face Of the
facts. Mr.. McKinney's letter showed
that. instead of not keeping up with the
progress of the Democracy, as the o pin
ion says, he knew all about it. He knew
what the fight had been about, and be
knew what Mr.. Bryan stood for, because
his assupmtion that the convention had
resolved in favor of free silver was en-
tirely an inference from the fact of Bry-
ans nomination. Neither is it true that
he sInew nothing about Bryan. If the
Opinion had read his letter it would
have seen that his opinion of that gentle
man was founded on personal obserya-
ton while they were both mem bers of
Congress. Mr.. Mckinney showed no
signs of being ratified or of going off at
half-cock when he wrote the letter. 1t
bore every evidence of being calm and
deliberate performance. Very likely Mr..
Mckinney is sorry now that he wrote it.
or at least sorry that somebody remem-
bered that he wrote it, because it is like
ly to interfere with the success Of his at
tempt to ride two horses ct once, but it
undoubtedly expressed his belief then,
and from the strict silence that he has
observed since il was reproduced the nat
ural inference 10 shat 1t correctly repre-
SCENTS his real views today. The Opinions
advice to him not "to bother to explain"
ia good. Amy explanation he can offer
will only make his predicament worse
He has got into the
scrape which men who undertake to face
both ways are likely to get into, and
there is no way to get out.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
Spain should it not suit its notions of
what it ought to be.

| 1t seems to be clear that the question
Of the future status of the Philippines is
likely to be the critical one in the peace
: negotiations. Spain expects to acknowl-
edge the Independence of Cuba, and
Porto Rico would be coded to us without
more than a feeble protest, but she has
her heart set on retaining the Philip
pines, and If their abandonment is
demanded very likely she will choose to
continue the war rather than yield now
BY combining our demands to the grant
ing of independence to Cuba, the cession
| OF Porto Rico to us and the transfer of
one OF the islands of the Philippine group
to us for ooaling station, we may In all
probability secure peace at an early day
By insisting upon the cession of the
whole Philippine group we shall probably
prolopg the war for considerable time
Ignoring Spain's wishes, as q factor
TO be considered. setting aside
all questions of magnanimity, and look
ing at the matter purely from the stand
point of our own interests, ii seems to us
that we had much better abandon all
claim to the Philippines than to risk a
prolongatson of the war on their account.
Indeed we go further, and hold
that II Spain were ready to cede the
philippines now, and would as readily
accept that as one of the conditions of
peace as the cession of Porto Rico, we
had much better decline them. The Dos
session, of the Philippines will launch us
upon unknown seas. Their permanent
occupation will inevitably Involve us in
controversies with European powers, and
| compel us to maintain large army and
a large navy. 1t will also weaken our in
duenoe in this hemisphere. The Monroe
| doctrine, though sneered at in Europe, is
respected nevertheless, and no European
power is likely to yentue into this hem.
| isphere without our consent. But we
can't invade their sphere of influence
without inviting an invasion of our own.
| T furthermore, the government of the
| Phi ilippines is likely to prove exceeding
ly perplexing and costly. The people
there are semi-barbarians, and even our
| yule may not in their estimation
be SO good and 60 satisfactory that they
will live peacefully under it permanent.
| ly, unless we keep on hand large force to
compel them to. There is certainly strong
probability that we will have to main
tain considerable army there. to keep
the population in order. To offset these
drawbacks there may possibly be come
adva ntages But if there are the friends
of permanent occupation have neglected
to make them clear.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
"KINDERGARTEN MUSIC BUILDING
Tho Science of Music for Children,

The Science of Music for Children,
This new and interesting method of teaching
the rudiments of Music to beginners, either in
dividually or in classes. is both true and scien
tific in construction, and highly endorsed by
leading musicians
author and proprietor of the method, will teach
classes of teachers, in Portland and Boston.
Address in Portland, Me-, care Cressey, Jones
g. Allen, where the Music Building Games
FUSED in the method) is for sale. Price OF
game s150 Those wishing to join classes
should send applications early. Course con-
rates for summer classes. jyS0d2W*4p
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

1t is to be hoped that the Spanish popu
lace has lspsed into state of ''listless in.
difference as claimed by a London
newspaper. If that is it's condition one OF
the greatest obstacles to peaoe-the explo-
sive tendencies of the Spanish people
will have been removed. There was
great danger that when the people heard
that we demanded the surrender Of all
their possessions in the Western hemis-
phere there would be an uprising which
would prevent the government from
proceeding with negotiations for some
time to come.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

The New York World announces thai
Sylvester Scoyel is no longer connected
with that newspaper. Scoyel is the man
who slapped Gen. Skaters face because
the latter would not let him raise the
flag over Santiago. Undoubtedly Scovel E
desire to raise the flag was inspired by
zeal for his newspaper, and his resent
ment, which took the form of an assault
upon the man who stood in his way, was
the result of the teachings of his news
paper. Soovsl's mistake was in attack
ing Che General with his fists instead of
roasting ham through the columns Of
the World. The latter performance would
have been regarded as vindicating the
freedom Of the press, and the editors
would have Joined heartily In ID.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
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The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

AUCTION SALES.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
FINANCIAL
100000
First Consolidated Mortgage 5 Per
Cent. 20 Year Golg Bonds
OF THE
JOLIET RAILROAD COMPANY.
PORTLAND TRUST COMPANY. TRUSTEE.
Price Par and Interest, Subject to
Advance or Sale.

Bonds dated April 80. 1898, due in 90 years
without option. interest per cent. per annum,
May LIST and November 1st; principal due May
1st, 1913. Principal and interest payable In
The total authorized mortgage Is $500. 900.
Of which $4,000 has been reserved III our
hands, to take up an equal amount 81 per cent.
S1s 1sS1 saooGo nj
the balance t$325.OoO) $125, 900 has beep sold
to private parties. leaving the above 100000
now offered on the markst
which Is owned by Portland capitalists. There
Is NO floating debt. The road has franchise
Tor htty years. :.
Weston F. Milliken. Treasurer Henry P. Cox,
iand.
Joliet is city of &C, 900 people. WHICH. with
which is reached BY this TOAD. Is one Of the most
prosperous cities OF Illinois. It has large manu-
featuring interests, and the growth, although
Inc length Of track IS over 81 miles, making
The bonded debt less thap $40 900 per mile;
Ihis compares most iavoraply Win inc foI1ian a
Street Railroad, and It's physical condition Is
f1rst-class Ia every respect.
Tho Portland Trust Company bought this
issue of bonds after most careful investigation,
a r. ssps NJ oTtana rsss
Railroad, who visited joliet for three days. ana
whose full report is on Tile at our office for IN
spection. The Secretary of the Trust Com.
pany also made personal examination OF
the books and plant In joliet
The gross and net earnings are rapidly tpcreas-
ing (the current pet earnings being about so per
cent over those Of 1897. so that the road is
now earning net Upwards Of $40, eco year. The
interest charges are $20,7c0, OF about one-half
OF the net earnings. The future promises net
earnings of $4,000 to $4,000 per anpum.
which will enhance still more the margin OF
security above interest charges.
Further information, together With our attor.
ney's opinion. furnished Oh application.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
A "Conpetent obssrvsr'' has this to
sly in the fnniidn YYnaas.


A "Cornpetent Observer has this to
say in the London Times:
''fuShis case the traditional peace loy-
ing elements Of the Uaftsd States will
prevail. and the present. war, with It's
main n1ete episode, not affecting Che
future policy Of the United States. Any
Europsan insddling Of iGl7sdvssed attempt
to deprive them Of thu ffNstb OF victory
would be hAely to arouse che spirit of
defiance and TO throw the high-spirited
American. peorfe into the arms of the
jingoes. In that event the United States.
possessing all material resources, would
become great military and naval power,
to the highest bidder, disturbing the bal.
ance of power in Europe, menacing the
peace Of the world. In short on TIM
question hangs the decision whether
America is to acquire colonies or only
coaling stations"
There can be little doubt that this OBJ.
server shows himself competent to make
a correct diagnosis of the present
situation. 1t is true beyond all question
that the interference CT any European
Iower in our settlement with Spain, or
an attempt to dictate to US what
terms we should make would have
the tendency that Competent Observer
notes. We are not sure but the meddling
of Germany in the Philippines, slight
though it has been, has strengthened
considerably the sentiment in this coun.
try in favor of holding them permanent.
ly. The best fortune that could befalI our
extreme jingoes would be to have it an
nounced by soma European power that il
proposed to revise our settlement with
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

man may have nerve of steel and heart
as tender as mothers
OF all the specialists in the world, there
probably are not two that have as wide an
experience in the treatment of women
diseases as DR.. R. V. Pierce chief consult
ing physician to the Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N Y With
the assistance of his staff of able physi-
clans, he has prescribed, in the past thirty
years for many thousands of women DR..
Pierce Is pre- efninently a sympathetic ply
sician. Perhaps more than any other man
in the profession he realizes the hardships
of wott1ari's work, and the disadvantages
under which she 1abors because of the
weak, delicate and susceptible structure of
the feminine organism. His immense prac-
tice in diseases peculiar to women forced
upon his recognition the fact that women
would never take the proper care of their
health, so long as that care required the
repugnant examinations ~ and local
treatments (" insisted upon by nearly all
physicians. Artery years of study he invent
ed a remedy now known as DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription that Is an absolute
and unfailing cure for the most complicated
and obstinate cases of diseases peculiar to
women. This wonderful medicine cures in
the privacy of the home, and does away
with the necessity for obnoxious "local
treatment" 1t imparts health, strength,
vigor and elasticity to the organs distinctly
feminine and fits for wifehood and mother
hood.
In paper covers, 81 one-cent stamps; cloth
binding, 10 cents extra. DR.. Pierce's Com
mon Sense Medical Adviser. Address Dr..
R. ". Pierce. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30

Mr.. Harold Nj. Sewall of Bath seems
to have secured the support Of the bust
ness men of Honolulu for governor Of
hawaii, and that, too, as against Presi,
dent Dole, who appears to have been &
candidate. The logical appointee would
seem to be President Dole, and further.
more he, more than anybody else, has
shown his fitness to discharge the. duties
of that Office.
The Portland daily press., 1898-07-30
R'vERpIH2RMx WEEki ,' of F o.
Cape Cottage Park.
swept by Clean Breezes.

swept by Clean BreeZes.
Mccupum's Theatre $50 p. m. ana s.16 p.
m. Free Musical Concerts, daily, rain OF
shine, at 6.t5 p. IN. in Casino.
Sundays at p. M in Theatre and 4.45 p. N,
Band.
Meals served a Ia carte or tablesde .hote by
She famous caterers, Robinson and Hodgson
ba9quets. glambakes, Shore Dinners partiesDf
ssn office T q Z. A1hRs Co.'si2 Monuments
sali water bathing. Fishing off the. rocks.
ttac K, sn and bais rnishsatree by 4. p MOrs
Rare Tropical Bird Collection and other
Perk attractions.
"Uspe Cottage" is noted as one OF the most
picturesque sea shore Parks on the Maine
Coast distant from Portland about seven mileS@
by deliggh1ttn trolley ride across the harbor
marine views. including historic Fort Preble.
and Portland Headlight, and their fortifcations
by the sea. Cars run 10 entrances Theatre and
Casino hence no exposure of patrons to
stormy weather.
See time tables Of the p. and G. E. Ry. Co., at
II Monument Square, Portland, Me-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-12-09
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
, The Use Of Tea and Coffee.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The use Of coffee and tea in modera-
tion Is to be commended, as they fur
nish to the system supply of whole
some liquid free from micro-organic
life, says American Queen. The
tea leaf contains the largest
amount of nutritive matter OF any
plant used as food, though but small
amount of this is extracted by our
method Of tea-making. In the east
many of the tribes of China, India and
Russia boil the leaf and eat it with
butter and salt, but in this country
the tea is used as drink merely. It's
excessive use produces wakefulness by
exciting the brain and it also retards
the natural functions Of the body. Used
in moderation, when the water is
freshly boiled and the tea not too
strong, it is a refreshing stimulant.
The effects of tea, however, differ ac-
cording to the kind taken. The tea Of
India contains two and a half times
as much tannin (poison) as that OF
China, and is thus more apt to pro-
uuCG ISd pOloOulh6s III plSpoi mo VIZ
one teaspoonful should be allowed for
each cupful of boiling water, and the
proportion may be slightly reduced
where more cups are required. Tea
should always be made in an earth
enWare pot and with freshly boiled wa
ter. 1t should never be allowed to
draw more than five minutes, as the
fannie acid Is then extracted and the
decoction becomes poisonous. A slice
of lemon may be occasionally substi-
tuted for sugar and milk.
Coffee also has it's many advocates;
aside from its medicinal properties as
a disinfectant and stimulant during ep-
idemics Of fever, it is more powerful
and less injurious agent for producing
heat and energy than alcohol and it
aids digestion.
To be entirely palatable it should be
made, allowing one heaping table,
spoonful Of freshly ground coffee to
each cupful Of boiling water, in a pot
containing one or more strainers, and
the boiling water allowed to percolate
slowly through the coffee. In serving,
the cream or scalded milk should be
put in the cup first and the coffee
poured upon them.
For after-dinner coffee double the
proportion should be used-two heap
ing tablespoonful of coffee to each
cupful of boiling water. 1t should be
served nerfpct1V clear with hmm Sill
gar if desired, but without cream or
milk.
If the aroma of the coffee is to be
preserved the spout Of the pot should
be fitted with cover, tightly rolled
wad of paper being used for want OF
something better to prevent the evap-
grafton of the steam.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-12-09
PRINCESS of Wales, Kodak.

For some years now the Princess of
Wales has been in the habit of taking
a kodak about with her in the Sand
bingham district, says the Woman at
Home. She is very fond of photograph
ing animals, and at the Prince Of
Wales horse sale, which takes place
each summer at Wolferton, the prin-
cess may be seen on the salesgrounds
taking snapshots of the animals as
they pass in review. Both she and the
Princess Victoria, who is an artistic
photographer, take any little view
which may strike them in their ex
petitions near home. On one of these
occasions the princess took a snap
shot at a freight train which was
passing over the railway bridge at
Wolferton station. When the mega
tive was developed, she noticed that
the bridge had curve. She naturally
supposed that she had not held her
camera in the proper position, and a
few days later photographed the bridge
from the same spot while an express
train was passing over it.
The negative, when developed, show
ed the same leaning in the bridge.
Her royal highness, not being able to
understand this, drew the attention
of the Prince of Wales to it, who at
once OWNED that there must be some
thing dangerously wrong with the old
bridge. Inquiries were set on foot and
it was found that engine-drivers had
been complaining Of an alarming
movement when they passed over this
point. A thorough investigation Of
the structure being made, it was dis
covered that the defect had onl.' been
detected just in time to prevent seri-
GUS disaster. 1t is not often that q
royal pastime leads to such an i'm
portant discovery. 1t was owing to
this that the old Wolferton bridge was
rebuilt.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-12-09

One of the most popular preachers in
London from 1882 to 1879 was DR.. John
Cumming, a Scotch Presbyterian. His
celebrity was chiefly due to his SER
mons on prophecy wherein he inter,
preted the signs of the times, the mi
lennial rest, the best trumpet and the
seventh vial.
DR.. Cumming was canny Scot. He
knew how to drive good bargain, and
shad unbounded confidence in his draw
ing power as preacher. When he be-
came pastor of the London church II
had run down into poor, weak, palsy
stricken thing. The confident young
Scotchman agreed to take the pew
rents for his salary, and to remain sat
isfied with them.
The trustees consented-there was
an acre of untitled pews-to discover
in a year or two that their pastor was
receiving the largest salary Of any dis
senting clergyman in London.-Youth's
Companion.